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Thank you AI data centers and miners.

Ohioans, and other states, can expect their electric bills to keep going up. The previous auction to ensure the grid operator PJM Interconnection LLC could meet demand saw capacity prices shoot up more than 830%. In the most recent auction, prices rose even higher. #Ohio

We used almost a third less electric this month than last year and our electric bill doubled.

PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM) is a regional transmission organization (RTO) in the United States. It is part of the Eastern Interconnection grid operating an electric transmission system serving all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. PJM is the largest power grid operator in the United States, serving 65 million customers from Chicago to New Jersey

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#ohio
in reply to Paul Chambers🚧

here in Columbus my rate went from about 6 cents/kwh to around 9. Yay!


Despite the president’s sagging approval rating overall, a Gallup Poll released Tuesday confirmed… twp.ai/E6ARnu



Ryan Helsley Blockbuster? Dodgers Trade Rumors Heating Up As Deadline Nears twp.ai/E6ARlg


Gallup survey: People feel they're living better lives on global scale twp.ai/E6ARnt


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When you have a 3rd and 4th leg. Nyuk nyuk
#meme #memes #photo #fail #irl #funny #coincidence #unfortunate #lol #fake



Unoriginal Sin: Dems Reportedly Pinning Their Senate Hopes On a 77-Year-Old Would-Be Freshman twp.ai/E6ARnq


OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says GPT-5 "scared" him during testing 😨
He likened its development to the Manhattan Project ⚠️

Altman warns AI is advancing with little oversight 🧭
Says “no adults in the room” to manage risks 🚫

Despite fears, GPT-5 is still on track for release 🔄
Raises questions about control, safety and power in AI 🤖

@TechRadar

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#AI #ChatGPT #GPT #GPT5 #OpenAI #SamAltman #ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews #Ethics #Privacy #Security #Safety #Cybersecurity #Tech



Gallup survey: People feel they're living better lives on global scale upi.com/Health_News/2025/07/29…


europesays.com/2285756/ EU to suspend €1.5 billion payment to Ukraine #Economy #EconomyOfEU #EconomyOfTheEU #EUEconomy #Europe


Demand Etsy Remove Alligator Alcatraz Merchandise From Its Website Now

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-4.12500000000000089e-02 + -6.41249999999999987e-01i at zoom 5.3004694962e+01.



Been having a discussion, and thought I'd have a quick poll. Please boost to get this beyond my bubble.

Is zero:

  • Even (56%, 176 votes)
  • Odd (1%, 6 votes)
  • Neither even nor odd (37%, 118 votes)
  • Both even and odd (3%, 11 votes)
311 voters. Poll end: 2 weeks ago

in reply to Sarah, The Website Therapist

@twt That one makes sense to me, because there's a lot of mathematics that is easier to express if you agree that every integer > 1 has a unique prime factorization, and letting 1 be prime messes with that, you'd forever be making exceptions. @ColinTheMathmo @sabik
in reply to Deborah Pickett

@futzle @twt @sabik I think that's ultimately what both of these boil down to: usefulness. You could absolutely define "prime" to include one and "even" to exclude zero, but you'd find yourself constantly writing "prime numbers except one" and "even or zero" until eventually you'd probably just decide to go back to what we use now. Well, unless you don't do much maths, in which case apparently you can go your whole life using those definitions and the awkwardness of them just never comes up 🤷


"Federal data has been disappearing under Trump."
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"There’s been a “targeted, surgical removal of data sets, or elements of data sets, that are not aligned with the administration’s priorities,” said Denice Ross…who served until December 2024 as U.S. Chief Data Scientist [and] is now at the Federation of American Scientists. [She] has been tracking these changes. Her current projects to monitor and advocate for federal data under the Trump administration are America’s Data Index and America’s Essential Data.

She offered multiple examples of databases that have been altered or taken down entirely."

#Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #OpenData #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics





41 Ice Cream Shops Serving Up the Best Dairy-Free Cones and Cups vegnews.com/where-to-get-vegan… #vegan #vegetarian




alojapan.com/1333688/japans-ho… Japan’s Hokkaido sizzles as heat stroke alerts issued #Hokkaido #HokkaidoNews #news #北海道 Japan’s Hokkaido sizzles as heat stroke alerts issued by AFP Staff Writers Tokyo (AFP) July 23, 2025 13; 13; Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido sweltered on Wednesday as temperatures hit record highs in several towns and authorities issued heat stroke alerts across the country. Eight towns and one city on the island recorded their highest


📰 Putin ally tells Lindsey Graham to ‘Work on America’ in response to peace talk demands

🔗 independent.co.uk/news/world/a…

#News #RussianInvasion #RussianWar #Ukraine




Trauma surgeon shares first-hand experience in Gaza
https://abcnews.go.com/International/video/trauma-surgeon-shares-hand-experience-gaza-124180337?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Mayor Johnson’s crossroads -- budget decisions that will define his financial stewardship of Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/07/28/brandon-johnson-2026-budget-financial-stewardship-chicago-first-term?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Steelers' Super Bowl Window Could Swing Wide Open With This Trade twp.ai/E6ARky



#YouTube is rolling out a system to "guess" your age and restrict your viewing -- WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
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in reply to Lauren Weinstein

Let me guess.. it doesn't factor in things like "this account has actually been created more than 18 years ago"..


Trump heads back to US from Scotland
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/trump-heads-back-us-scotland-124180077?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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The Lemon Song 🎤
#LedZeppelin
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No 'missing minute': FBI has full Epstein surveillance video alternet.org/donald-trump-epst…


[McMenamin]: “‘The biggest thing for Bronny is that he has to get in elite shape,’ Redick told ESPN. ‘That’s the barrier of entry for him right now. And if he does that, I think he’s got a chance to be a really fantastic player in the NBA.’” rawchili.com/4430182/ #basketball #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA


Today in 2001, 24 years ago: in Bogotá (Colombia), the final of the Copa América 2001 is played, between the Colombian football team and the Mexican football team, and the local team would win its first title with the goal of Iván Ramiro Córdoba.

#OnThisDay