What Jimmy Carter Asked For

 Excellent article in the New York Times since Jimmy Carter's passing on December 29, 2024, at the age of 100. Can we be less materialistic? Can we be more selfless and less selfish?

How to Reduce Your Exposure to Plastics

 Here's a Washington Post article on how to reduce the use of plastic containers. The article contains a link to Consumer Reports's review of alternative containers.

Texas Observer Reveals Operators of Neo-Nazi X Accounts

 Just saving this article here.

ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas Speaks in Dallas

 Here is a Dallas Morning News article about a recent speech that ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas gave. A big concern to me is all the preparations that are having to be done now and for the future so that our isolated Texas electrical grid doesn't fail. There is also the annoying fact of crypto-miners being rewarded in the millions of dollars for scaling back on their power usage. 

Lastly, what's alarming and is linked in this article is that ERCOT predicts a 16% chance of a grid emergency in August with a 12% chance of rolling blackouts. This may occur between the hours of 8 and 9pm when solar power is lost as the sun goes down but power usage remains high. A big effort is being made to find ways of boosting Texas's electrical infrastucture and storing power in batteries.

Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers

 The Washington Post article.

New York Times account of hours long counter protester attack on Pro-Palestine protesters at UCLA

 The article

State of Texas climatologist forecasts hotter years to come for the state

 Dallas Morning News article about the State of Texas's climatologist's forecast for the state. Hotter and hotter! 

Got to reduce our use of fossil fuels, if not get completely off of them.

Time magazine interview of Donald Trump and his plans should he win in November

 Apparently a must read interview of Trump by Time magazine.