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Why gas sets the price of electricity, and why the economics behind it makes no sense https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/03/17/why-gas-sets-the-price-of-electricity-and-why-the-economics-behind-it-makes-no-sense/

Why gas sets the price of electricity, and why the economics behind it makes no sense

The way electricity prices are determined in the UK is widely misunderstood. Many people assume the price reflects the cost of producing electricity from the cheapest available sources. It does not. Instead, the price is commonly determined by the most expensive generator required to meet demand, which, in the UK, is...

Funding the Future

John Leonard 3d ago

Randahl Fink 3d ago

By attacking Iran, Trump has managed to almost double the oil price.

While many EU countries have considerable oil reserves, as does Japan, many Southeast Asian countries are more vulnerable. In Vietnam gas is up 32 percent, diesel 56.

Airline tickets will sky rocket, tourism will decline, and prices will rise on oil dependant products (plastics, soaps, fertilizers, rubbers, paints, etc).

The entire world economy is in jeopardy, all because one man wanted to distract from the Epstein files.

John Leonard 3d ago

Stephen Repetski 3d ago

This is literally just straight-up corruption, but the WSJ isn't about to make that clear to readers.

John Leonard Mar 10

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Mar 10

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism/116204640133712917

“Who does #2 work for?!”

#Krasnov #Trump #TraitorTrump

John Leonard Mar 10

Robert Reich Mar 10

John Leonard Mar 10

The New York Times Mar 10

Democrats Sue to Find Out if Trump Will Send Armed Officers to Election Sites
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/democrats-sue-to-find-out-if-trump-will-send-armed-officers-to-election-sites.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into U.S. @u-s-newyorktimes

Democrats Sued to Find Out Whether Trump Will Send Armed Officers to Election Sites

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the D.N.C. sought to compel the government to say whether it plans to deploy armed federal officers in this year’s elections.

The New York Times

John Leonard Mar 10

The government has proposed new legislative amendments that would give ministers far-reaching authority to change online safety rules without the need for full parliamentary approval. With comment from @neil

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/government/government-seeks-sweeping-powers-to-tackle-online-harms?utm_source=mastodon_org&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=Mar_GovSweeping

#technews #uk #ukgov #ukpol #osa

Government seeks sweeping powers to tackle online harms

The government has proposed new legislative amendments that would give ministers far-reaching authority to change online safety rules without the need for full parliamentary approval.

John Leonard Mar 8

Marin Ivezic Mar 5

Switzerland published its first national quantum strategy, and it reads like a refreshing antidote to the hype cycle.

No billion-dollar moonshots. No national champions. Instead: honest assessment of where quantum stands, a CHF 200-300M infrastructure bet, and a strategic wager that the world will need trusted neutral ground for quantum collaboration.

The CERN parallel writes itself.

Full analysis on https://postquantum.com/industry-news/switzerland-quantum-strategy/

#QuantumComputing #Quantum #Switzerland #QuantumStrategy #Science

Switzerland Just Published the Quietest Quantum Strategy in Europe. It Might Be the Smartest.

The Swiss Quantum Commission just released Switzerland's first comprehensive quantum strategy. For a national quantum strategy, it didn't arrive with the usual fanfare we got used to. No press conference headlined by a prime minister. No headline-grabbing pledge of tens of billions in public funding. No promise to build the world's first fault-tolerant quantum computer by a suspiciously specific date. Instead, the 20-page document - authored by nine commissioners drawn from ETH Zurich, the University of Geneva, IBM Research, EPFL, and other leading Swiss institutions - reads more like a lucid strategic memo from people who actually understand the technology.

PostQuantum - Quantum Computing, Quantum Security, PQC

John Leonard Mar 6

JA Westenberg Mar 6

Nobody on LinkedIn has ever had a bad day. Every setback is a "growth opportunity." Every firing is a "new chapter." Every complete professional disaster is framed as "excited to announce." These people would describe the Titanic as "a bold pivot to submarine operations."

John Leonard Mar 6

Jonathan Kamens 86 47 Mar 6

RE: https://mastodon.online/@Geri/116181152916338466

This letter is fucking brilliant.
I wish we had the equivalent of a viable Green Party in the U.S. Maybe some day we will, but our rigged two party system is going to make it astoundingly hard to get there.

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