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[reasonsforhope]

"Cody Two Bears, a member of the Sioux tribe in North Dakota, founded Indigenized Energy, a native-led energy company with a unique mission — installing solar farms for tribal nations in the United States.

This initiative arises from the historical reliance of Native Americans on the U.S. government for power, a paradigm that is gradually shifting.

The spark for Two Bears' vision ignited during the Standing Rock protests in 2016, where he witnessed the arrest of a fellow protester during efforts to prevent the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on sacred tribal land.

Disturbed by the status quo, Two Bears decided to channel his activism into action and create tangible change.

His company, Indigenized Energy, addresses a critical issue faced by many reservations: poverty and lack of access to basic power.

Reservations are among the poorest communities in the country, and in some, like the Navajo Nation, many homes lack electricity.

Even in regions where the land has been exploited for coal and uranium, residents face obstacles to accessing power.

Renewable energy, specifically solar power, is a beacon of hope for tribes seeking to overcome these challenges.

Not only does it present an environmentally sustainable option, but it has become the most cost-effective form of energy globally, thanks in part to incentives like the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

Tribal nations can receive tax subsidies of up to 30% for solar and wind farms, along with grants for electrification, climate resiliency, and energy generation.

And Indigenized Energy is not focused solely on installing solar farms — it also emphasizes community empowerment through education and skill development.

In collaboration with organizations like Red Cloud Renewable, efforts are underway to train Indigenous tribal members for jobs in the renewable energy sector.

The program provides free training to individuals, with a focus on solar installation skills.

Graduates, ranging from late teens to late 50s, receive pre-apprenticeship certification, and the organization is planning to launch additional programs to support graduates with career services such as resume building and interview coaching...

The adoption of solar power by Native communities signifies progress toward sustainable development, cultural preservation, and economic self-determination, contributing to a more equitable and environmentally conscious future.

These initiatives are part of a broader movement toward "energy sovereignty," wherein tribes strive to have control over their own power sources.

This movement represents not only an economic opportunity and a source of jobs for these communities but also a means of reclaiming control over their land and resources, signifying a departure from historical exploitation and an embrace of sustainable practices deeply rooted in Indigenous cultures."

-via Good Good Good, December 10, 2023

[darkeagleruins]

Presenting the King and Queen of the criminal illegal invasion, Samantha Power (born in the UK) and her husband Cass Sunstein.

GPS—they met together and separately at Barack Hussein Obama II’s war room/mansion in Washington, DC hundreds of times during the Biden/Harris Regime, 19 times since the election and 4 times since President Trump took office.

The circumstances surrounding the controversial financial and political of Samantha Power, a former USAID administrator, and her significant increase in net worth during her tenure in public office. Power’s wealth reportedly surged from $6.7 million in 2021 to $30 million by 2024, raises questions about how such a dramatic increase occurred despite her official annual salary of $180,000.

This financial growth has led to public scrutiny and allegations of financial misconduct within USAID under Power's leadership.

USAID, an organization tasked with managing billions in global funding, under audit for alleged misuse of funds, including spending on contentious programs like transgender initiatives and cultural projects abroad.

These programs served as conduits for financial kickbacks to lawmakers and officials, enriching them at the expense of American taxpayers. Powers funneled billions into NGOs financing the criminal illegal invasion of America.

Power’s husband, Cass Sunstein, also plays a key role in this narrative. Sunstein, a senior adviser on immigration policy at DHS during the Biden administration, allegedly shaped policies that created the “open-border” system.

This was seen as complementary to Power’s role at USAID, with Power funding programs to facilitate immigration while Sunstein ensured these policies were implemented. This was a coordinated “one-two punch,” enabling illegal immigration while circumventing any accountability or transparency.

Sunstein’s academic and professional background, citing his 2008 white paper, Conspiracy Theories, which advocated for government infiltration of online movements to neutralize narratives that could undermine U.S. military and diplomatic efforts.

This idea extended to behavioral influence strategies outlined in his book, Nudge, which became a foundational text for professionals working in counter-disinformation and media literacy.

The book emphasized shaping public behavior without overt coercion, using techniques like algorithmic manipulation, social media deplatforming, and other indirect methods to discourage dissent.

USAID’s role in psychological (gaslighting) operations was engaged in misinformation campaigns both domestically and abroad. Coupled with Sunstein’s advocacy for “raising the cost” of dissenting behavior, contributed to an erosion of free speech protections. Examples included penalties for questioning COVID-19 policies, such as job loss, social media bans, and reputational damage, all designed to discourage opposition without resorting to legal consequences.

There are even broader concerns about the interplay between government roles and private-sector enrichment, with a pattern of officials transitioning from public service to lucrative positions in finance or industry.

This “blob-to-banker pipeline” allows individuals to leverage insider knowledge for personal gain. For instance, Jared Cohen, a former State Department official, having transitioned to roles at Google Jigsaw and later Goldman Sachs, where his government connections reportedly informed investment strategies.

The current system has zero transparency, accountability, and erodes public trust.

USAID’s misuse of funds, coupled with Power’s rapid wealth accumulation, exemplifies the broader issue of financial exploitation within government institutions.

Word needs to get out. Share this post, do your own research, engage in discourse, and hold public officials accountable.

[thealogie]

my new pet theory after reading American/British cinematographer blurbs about all the previously mentioned examples is that it actually isn't one specific thing, it's the general commitment to allow imperfection and give an image a soul instead of following all the purely technical cinematography "rules" to a t.

like sure, you want something to be sharp, well lit, you want to have contrast instead of flatness, you want to compose something along thirds so it looks balanced to the human eye, you don't want everything to be super grainy etc etc but the thing is we've gotten to a technical point where it's very easy to do all of these things and when you do all of them at the same time it just looks soulless and terrible.

So what you can do to avoid that is:

Shoot on film (challengers)

Use vintage/exotic lenses (challengers, civil war)

Allow actors faces to go into darkness, allow imperfectly exposed images, allow black, crank up the ISO of the camera and use tiny amounts of light only (better call Saul)

Color grade in a genius way (add noise, grain, do things with saturation and contrast that aren't the technical standard)

Play with framing and what we're used to seeing as a balanced image (Mr robot)

Play with movement in unexpected ways, for example zooming or moving very rigidly (Wes Anderson). When handheld first became more of a mainstream thing it was so new and exciting as well!

Play with formats, colors (black and white), weird view angles (fish eye) and more.

If you're interested in cinematography even a little bit watch poor things. It does many of these things at the same time, incredibly well and in a way that actually supports the story too.

There's a cinematographer who says once he's done setting up a shot, having framed and lit it and thinking it is perfect, he always turns off one light. Or he kicks the camera a bit so the framing changes in an unexpected way. He says otherwise the perfection will suffocate the image. I think that might be what we're seeing with good omens.

I think franchises are more likely to fall into this rut of delivering a technically perfect product. Especially when there's a lot of vfx and post production down the pipeline there are so many factors a dp can easily get scared to not deliver what is needed in the next step. When something aggressively has to be sold to & by a streaming service like Amazon there is often pressure to take no risks. Comedy as a genre also has less examples of a wide range of different good cinematography styles. When I think of the word comedy the term "high-key" (aka well lit) comes up as we were taught in film school, according to the sit com standard. And modern day fantasy/magical realism comedy? I think is hard to pull off in a way that actually resonates and creates something new (not to say it couldn't have been done better sgdjdjs. looking at Gavin Finney's filmography I don't see anything particularly significant so...)

That's my two (three... five) cents. Thanks for the research rabbit hole on this Sunday evening 🫡

I love that this inspired a whole very nuanced and well researched essay on a Sunday. Thank you!!!

[darkangel1791]

I’m an Environmentalist. That’s Why I Can’t Vote Green.

Award-winning filmmaker and director of Gasland Josh Fox on why he will never vote for Jill Stein.

November 1, 2024

The Nation

Milanville, Pennsylvania—Progressives can truly win in this election, even though we have a moderate Democrat on the ticket. And it’s not by voting for Jill Stein. But first, a little history…

Not long ago the entire upper Delaware River basin in Pennsylvania—one of the most beautiful areas in the country, in the watershed for New York City, southern New Jersey and Philadelphia—was on the chopping block for fracking.

A 75 mile stretch of the Delaware River could have become a toxic oil field. Fracking is an environmental apocalypse: millions of gallons of toxic fracking fluids, radioactive waste, underground water contamination, hundreds of thousands of truck trips, air pollution, land scarring, massive public health crises, and depleted water supply. Everything about the practice is toxic; it is inherently contaminating in the long and short term.

Our community was quick to understand the threat and organize and mobilize against it. Every little town along the Delaware across New York and Pennsylvania had a mom-and-pop anti-fracking group spring up. My film Gasland, on HBO, was part of this campaign, and our Gasland tours went from town to town, Johnny Appleseed–style, fostering our new movement.

Amazingly, we won. We banned fracking in the Delaware River basin and in New York State, saving the water supply for 16 million people. One of the greatest achievements of the environmental movement in this century.

We did this by convincing the Democratic governors of New York and Delaware and the president at the time—Barack Obama—to ban fracking here. These were all moderate Democrats. Not exactly Bernie Sanders, if you know what I mean.

I consider myself far to the left of Andrew Cuomo and Barack Obama. But I know that if those moderate Democrats hadn’t been in office, there’s no way we would have won.

Republicans would have just said no. This whole place would have been completely fracked to hell. We would have lost. And the whole gorgeous, life-giving national treasure of the Delaware River would have been a toxic fracking zone.

Our victory against fracking kept more carbon and methane in the ground than almost any other single environmental win in history—making it a huge win for the climate as well.

Here is the key point: I’m not in love with Kamala Harris’s positions on fracking. I find it utterly infuriating when moderate Democrats think that they need to pay lip service to a toxic destructive climate monster of an industry to win Pennsylvania. I don’t actually think that is true, because studies have shown that 70 percent of Pennsylvania residents want fracking either banned or much more tightly regulated.

But I don’t need to be in love. I need to be able to vote strategically.

Hundreds of thousands of people showed up to protect this place and to hold moderate Democrats accountable, and that was the key to victory here.

You know who didn’t show up for this place? Jill Stein. She doesn’t show up for these frontline battles. Ever.

Stein says she’s against fracking, but Stein has hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in the oil and gas industry. Did you know that? Did you know that she actually profits off of the oil and gas industry, that she has had investments in the Keystone XL pipeline and multiple fracking companies?

Did you know that she has investments in Raytheon, that she’s had investments in ExxonMobil? Did you know that she has investments in Home Depot—one of the most rapacious companies in the world, guilty of horrific deforestation throughout the world?

How is it that the Green Party candidate hasn’t divested her own personal fortune from fossil fuels? It’s sheer hypocrisy. And so is the strategy of running for president every four years but never showing up for battles like this.

In 2016, Stein defended these investments by saying they are mutual funds and indexed retirement funds.

But that, plainly speaking, is bunk.

Her claims are a slap in the face to the entire fossil fuel divestment movement. It is easier now than ever to have investments that are fossil free; doing so is a huge plank of the environmental cause. Hundreds of real activists were arrested this summer in New York City calling for Citibank to divest as part of the Summer of Heat campaign. For Stein to ignore all this and still attempt to call herself an activist is beyond hypocrisy, it is political malpractice. Shame on you, Dr. Stein! Shame on you for profiting from fracking and oil drilling.

I’m not in love with Kamala Harris’s positions—on fracking, and on some other issues. But I will tell you what I am in love with. I’m in love with our movements.

I’m in love with what we can do. The entire history of progressive progress in this country is of movements pushing moderate presidents. It happened with FDR and the labor movement. It happened with LBJ and the MLK and the civil rights movement. It happened with Obama and Biden and the movement for gay marriage. We organize and push them—and that’s how we get what we want. That’s our progressive history in America.

But in order for us progressives to do our jobs and fight effectively for a more just and equitable world as a movement, we need to have Harris in office. If we have Donald Trump in office, there’s no chance in hell that we’re actually going to advance an environmental agenda.

So I urge you to please believe in us as a movement. Love us. Believe in our power. We have done this before—and we can do it again with a moderate Democrat in office. Which is the only choice we’ve got right now.

If everyone in who voted for Stein in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan had voted for the Democrat instead, Trump would never have been the president.

We have the true power. It comes from the bottom up.

And I believe in us.

A vote for Harris is a vote for us, a vote for our movements to have a fighting chance for change. Progressive politics and advancing our agenda in this country is not something that happens every four years when you vote, or every four years when a toxic egomaniac like Stein (or Trump, for that matter) runs for president. It is a daily commitment. So vote for Kamala Harris. Join the movement—and I’ll see you on the front lines.

[foundationsolution1]

Unveiling The Intricacies Of Excavation: Delving Deeper During Construction

Excavation: the simple term encapsulates a myriad of skills, procedures, and safety measures that contribute significantly to every construction project. Most construction work begins with the careful removal of earth, making a hole or channelling the ground to prepare for the erection of buildings or laying of pipelines. As commonplace as it might seem, excavation is a crucial part of construction that requires extensive planning, expertise and precision.

To begin with, what exactly is excavation? Technically, it’s the process of moving earth, rock or other materials from a site with tools, equipment, or explosives. It includes earthwork, trenching, wall shafts, tunnelling and underground. Yet, in the context of construction, excavation extends beyond mere digging. It modulates the terrain to suit the structural requirement, ensuring the safety and stability of the ensuing structure.

At the heart of every excavation project is the objective to create a stable, safe, and efficient worksite. Basic excavation work typically follows the same series of steps. First, a site assessment is undertaken to determine the composition and stability of the soil, presence of water or rock layers, and any potential hazards. The comprehensive analysis garnered from this assessment then directs the excavation strategy.

Next comes site preparation, which involves clearing the area of any vegetation, debris, or existing structures. This process ensures a clean slate for construction work while minimising the risk of accidents and disturbances during excavation. Benching or sloping techniques could also be implemented on the site to prevent collapse or landslide from happening, thus achieving safety protocol adherence.

The actual excavation work is executed in a carefully measured and precise manner. Whether it’s done manually with shovels and wheelbarrows or mechanically with bulldozers, excavators and backhoes, the work is always carried out meticulously. Technology has indeed become an integral part of excavation, with engineers using software to model excavations prior to deployment, minimising surprises or miscalculations.

Trench excavation is another common practice where a narrow excavation is crafted that is deeper than it is wide. Used mostly for laying pipes, cables and service lines, trench excavation greatly increases the safety of workers by preventing cave-ins and providing easy access to the worksite.

Wet Weather excavation is a challenging scenario frequently encountered on work sites. Here, strategic measures are taken to handle water accumulation. Pumps can be used to remove water, and dewatering methods may be deployed to minimize the water table level.

Post excavation work, structures are erected, pipes are laid, and soil is replaced around the new structure or channel. Again, this is done with extreme care to ensure the stability of the structure and prevent unnecessary exertion of pressure.

In every construction project, the importance of excavation can’t be overstated. It lays the foundation for a safe and successful build. Despite it being a process often overlooked or simplified by laymen, and sometimes perceived as the mundane act of digging, it is, in fact, a scientific procedure replete with precision and tactical stratagems, rivalling the complexity of the structure it prepares ground for.

From the analysis of soil composition to the final touch of replacing the removed dirt, excavation attests to the power of human intervention over nature, moulding the earth to suit the burgeoning demands of urban structures and infrastructures. Understanding its finer details, we may appreciate more deeply the caveats of the construction world and marvel at the impressive structures made possible by these complex and elemental earth movements.

Tagged Construction, Excavation, Foundation Solutions, Intricacies Of Excavation

[dailyanarchistposts]

Tactics

Tactics are the methods by which we strive to achieve our political goals. Mainstream Tactics include running political candidates, voting, signing petitions, media appearances, and the occasional well-mannered demonstration. More radical political Tactics include highjacking time and space on mainstream media, closing down essential services like airports and highways, attacking dangerous enemy politicians, hacking and exposing incriminating information about opponents, or destroying property for symbolic or practical reasons. When Tactics include intervening directly to stop an objectionable event or to alleviate an evil, these Tactics are known as “direct action.” Direct Actions include personally feeding the hungry or destroying the offices of a military recruiter.

When choosing Tactics, consider the three R’s: reward, risk, and reach. The rewards for using a particular Tactic should be clear. For example, publicizing personally embarrassing information about a political opponent has the obvious reward of damaging his reputation and making his job a little harder. At the same time, you should do everything you reasonably can to reduce the risks of your actions. While some older activists still seem to think that getting mass- arrested to “overload the system” is a good tactic, the criminal punishment system has grown so much in recent years that it can handle mass arrests without difficulty. When you plan to get arrested, you risk thousands of dollars that will have to be raised by you and your community for your defense - all of which will go to rich lawyers or to the State. Even if you end up being released quickly, the police will use the opportunity of having you custody to fingerprint you, document who you were with, search your phone, perhaps sexually assault you, and generally waste your day. It should be a red flag when rewards and risks seem to balance out. Publicly attacking a political opponent for taking a position with which many reactionaries agree may actually help his reputation to grow among your enemies. Watch out for these expensive victories. Finally, consider the reach of your Tactics, that is, how many people will find out about your actions. Even an action with a small reward for those involved, such as temporarily stopping the construction of a pipeline, can have a huge reach if it is expertly timed, executed, and publicized. Actions long in reach multiply the rewards for the movement as a whole. When you undertake an action, you can amplify its reach by preparing a statement for the media or anonymously uploading pictures to Twitter.

Tactics are most effective they are tailored to the political climate, time, and place. During the Nazi occupation, it was appropriate for the French resistance to assassinate enemies, set off bombs in public places where innocent people were hurt, kill informants within their ranks, and fight to the death rather than be captured. Such Tactics would be ineffective and ruinous for movements in the US and Europe today. Consider what one of us saw at a demonstration for climate justice in Paris in 2015:

When we arrived at the Place de la Republique, there were hundreds of pairs of shoes littering the plaza with no owners. Parents with strollers and old pacifists hunched and clutching purses with concern, well- meaning, were taking pictures. One man had climbed the statue at the center of the square with a Lebanese flag and was draping it over a shrine of votive candles. The gendarmes were still in their vans, though their ranks were silently growing. An hour later I was rushing an elderly woman toward the sidelines as a tear gas canister landed three paces away. The appearance of the black bloc in no way justified the violence exhibited on the crowd by the French police, but they had escalated the demonstration, and in the news reports and hostel lobbies the following day, they would be blamed for getting a bunch of peaceful protestors mixed up in a lot of violence for no good reason. It should be clear that baby strollers and black blocks don’t mix. On the other hand, the idea that resistance must sink to the lowest common denominator of polite inaction surely gets us nowhere. The lesson here is this: to make sure that Tactics are well-suited to the situation, we will need to join in solidarity across tactical differences. To facilitate better collaboration, groups should be explicit about their level of commitment and ability to take risks, refrain from making simplistic judgements about the relative morality of different tactics, and implement a variety of complimentary tactics. Had the passive marchers and the black bloc communicated about, for instance, the timing of their very different Tactical moves, people could have done a better job at taking care of each other. Coordination should not be confused with unanimity here. If the peaceful marchers and the black bloc tried to arrive at a single consensus regarding their tactics, it is likely that neither group would have gotten what they wanted. When communicating about Tactics, be firm in your commitment while remaining flexible to the requests of others. Start these planning sessions with a commitment to help your allies carry out their ideas while not giving up on your own. A diversity of Tactics makes your movement harder to outmaneuver and makes it more likely to gain traction.

[mariacallous]

The ballistic missile hit the Rubymar on the evening of February 18. For months, the cargo ship had been shuttling around the Arabian Sea, uneventfully calling at local ports. But now, taking on water in the bottleneck of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, its two dozen crew issued an urgent call for help and prepared to abandon ship.

Over the next two weeks—while the crew were ashore—the “ghost ship” took on a life of its own. Carried by currents and pushed along by the wind, the 171-meter-long, 27-meter-wide Rubymar drifted approximately 30 nautical miles north, where it finally sank—becoming the most high-profile wreckage during a months-long barrage of missiles and drones launched by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The attacks have upended global shipping.

But the Rubymar wasn’t the only casualty. During its final journey, three internet cables laid on the seafloor in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait were damaged. The drop in connectivity impacted millions of people, from nearby East Africa to thousands of miles away in Vietnam. It’s believed the ship’s trailing anchor may have broken the cables while it drifted. The Rubymar also took 21,000 metric tons of fertilizer to its watery grave—a potential environmental disaster in waiting.

An analysis from WIRED—based on satellite imagery, interviews with maritime experts, and new internet connectivity data showing the cables went offline within minutes of each other—tracks the last movements of the doomed ship. While our analysis cannot definitively show that the anchor caused the damage to the crucial internet cables—that can only be determined by an upcoming repair mission—multiple experts conclude it is the most likely scenario.

The damage to the internet cables comes when the security of subsea infrastructure—including internet cables and energy pipelines—has catapulted up countries’ priorities. Politicians have become increasingly concerned about the critical infrastructure since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022 and a subsequent string of potential sabotage, including the Nord Stream pipeline explosions. As Houthi weapons keep hitting ships in the Red Sea region, there are worries the Rubymar may not be the last shipwreck.

The Rubymar’s official trail goes cold on February 18. At 8 pm local time, reports emerged that a ship in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which is also known as the Gate of Tears or the Gate of Grief, had been attacked. Two anti-ship ballistic missiles were fired from “Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist-controlled areas of Yemen,” US Central Command said. Ninety minutes after the warnings arrived, at around 9:30 pm, the Rubymar broadcast its final location using the automatic identification system (AIS), a GPS-like positioning system used to track ships.

As water started pouring into the hull, engine room, and machinery room, the crew’s distress call was answered by the Lobivia—a nearby container ship—and a US-led coalition warship. By 1:57 am on February 19, the crew was reported safe. That afternoon, the 11 Syrians, six Egyptians, three Indians, and four Filipinos who were on board arrived at the Port of Djibouti. “We do not know the coordinates of Rubymar,” Djibouti’s port authority posted on X.

Satellite images picked up the Rubymar, its path illuminated by an oil slick, two days later, on February 20. Although the crew dropped the ship’s anchor during the rescue, the ship drifted north, further up the strait in the direction of the Red Sea.

For three days, satellite photos show, the vessel largely stayed in place thanks to low winds and weak currents. Then, on February 22, satellite images show peculiar circular wave patterns hitting the ship, as seen in the image below. One former naval intelligence analyst familiar with the images, who asked not to be named for safety reasons, says this could be a sign the anchor may have come loose. One image, they say, appears to show an unidentified object, which could be a small boat, nearby.

Both the wind and currents picked up on February 23, when the ship began drifting for a second time, says Robert Parkington, an intelligence analyst with geospatial analysis firm Geollect. “As wind increases, as current increases, that chance for movement gets so much higher,” says Parkington, who monitored the Rubymar’s movements with data from satellite technology firm Spire Global. “Even a small breeze can have an impact on where the vessel’s moving.”

More than 550 internet cables run along the ocean floors and connect the world. They link continents and economies, beaming everything from Zoom calls to financial transactions every millisecond. Twelve of the cables run through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, says Alan Mauldin, research director at telecom research firm TeleGeography. “These cables vary massively in their age, also in their capacities,” Mauldin explains. The region is a crucial, but vulnerable, choke point.

While the Rubymar was drifting, three cables were damaged: the Seacom/Tata cable, a 15,000-kilometer-long wire running the length of East Africa and also connecting it to India; the Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1), which snakes 25,000 kilometers and links Europe to East Asia; and the Europe India Gateway (EIG), made of 15,000 kilometers of cable and joining India with the United Kingdom.

The Seacom cable went down at 9:46 am on February 24, according to new analysis shared exclusively with WIRED by Doug Madory, director of internet analysis at the web monitoring firm Kentik. Five minutes later, at around 9:51 am, the AAE-1 cable dropped offline. Madory says the third damaged cable, EIG, was already mostly offline following a separate fault elsewhere. A telecom industry notice seen by WIRED confirms the three faults and says this was the EIG’s second. The notice says the damage is located around 30 kilometers away from where the cables land in Djibouti and are at depths of around 150 meters.

To determine when the cables lost connectivity, Madory examined internet traffic and routing data from multiple networks. For instance, a network linked to Equity Bank Tanzania, the analysis shows, lost connectivity from the Seacom cable; moments later, it was impacted by the AAE-1 damage. The two clusters of outages impacted countries in East Africa, including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Mozambique, Madory says. But they also had an impact thousands of miles away in Vietnam, Thailand, and Singapore. “The loss of these submarine cables disrupted internet service for millions of people,” he says. “While service providers in the affected countries have shifted to using the remaining cables, there exists a loss of overall capacity.” The analysis matches when the Seacom cable went offline, says Prenesh Padayachee, the company’s chief digital officer. Both AAE and EIG cables are owned by consortiums of companies, which did not respond to requests for comment.

The telecom industry builds backups into its systems to account for disruptions—and the approach mostly works. When one cable goes offline, traffic is sent via other routes. “Connectivity just went away,” says Thomas King, the chief technology officer of German-based internet exchange DE-CIX, which used the AAE-1 cables. “The issue was detected automatically. Rerouting happens also automatically,” King says. Other firms sent data on different paths around the world.

In the days after damage to the cables first emerged, one unconfirmed press report claimed Houthi rebels could have sabotaged the cables. There has been no public evidence to support this. Farzin Nadimi, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute think tank who has been monitoring the region, says it is most likely that the Rubymar damaged the cables, but Houthi sabotage should not be entirely ruled out, as “highly trained” divers could reach the cables’ depths. Telecom firms have reported fears about Houthi damage to cables, while Houthi spokespeople have repeatedly denied responsibility for the disruptions.

“We don’t even know if the cable is fully broken yet,” Padayachee says. “All we know is that the cable is damaged to a level where we’ve lost comms.” It could have been cut, or even dragged along the seabed and bent so light signals cannot pass through the cable, he says.

Many in the marine and cable industry have turned toward the Rubymar’s drift as the likely cause for the outage. Padayachee says it is the most “plausible” scenario given the ship’s predicted drifting speed. “If you work out the distance between the two cables that roughly relates to the same sort of timeframe as to when one cable will be affected to when the other cable will be affected,” the timing makes sense, he says, adding that the cables are 700 to 1,000 meters apart.

Anchor damage, alongside earthquakes and landslides, is one of the most common ways subsea internet cables are disrupted. For instance, multiple cables in the Red Sea region were damaged by a ship dragging its anchor in 2012. There are also several types of anchor, explain William Coombs and Michael Brown, professors at Durham University and the University of Dundee, respectively, who are researching the dynamics of anchors and how they can damage underwater cables. Some anchors sit on the seabed while others dig into the ground, they say. “If the soil type is not right, and the cable has quite shallow burial or it is on the seabed, you are going to catch it if your anchor starts to drag,” Brown says.

“Considering the timings of when outages were reported, considering the rough location of where those cables are known to be, and considering where we believe to be the location of the Rubymar, I would say that there is a likely possibility that the anchor did cause the damage,” says Parkington of Geollect.

The Rubymar finally sank on March 2. Videos reportedly taken inside the ship, gathered by Saudi state-owned news organization Al Arabiya English, show water gushing into the ship after the missile strike. As the Rubymar took on more water and partially submerged, experts say, its drifting likely slowed and eventually brought it to a complete stop.

While the ship has finished its journey, the three internet cables will remain offline for some time. Padayachee, from Seacom, says that the Yemeni government is likely to approve permits for the company’s repair plans in the next couple of weeks, with repairs to all three damaged cables possibly starting later in April.

Padayachee says that additional security measures are being put in place for the operation, but the repair work itself should be relatively straightforward. The repairs are taking place in water only a couple of hundred meters deep—shallow compared to other cases where cables are more than a mile deep. When the cables are pulled out of the water by the repair crew, it should be possible to say whether the cuts were caused by the anchor or deliberately.

The Rubymar presents one potential final challenge: Padayachee says the location of the cable damage is believed to be around one or two miles away from where the ship sank. “It doesn’t look like it will affect anything in the repair operation,” he says. “It could change by the time they get there: The vessel may have moved or, in fact, the vessel may have broken up and parts of it moved around.” The US Central Command has said the Rubymar also presents a “subsurface impact risk to other ships.”

The Houthi’s missile launches, meanwhile, don’t look like they will stop any time soon. Other ships have been damaged; lives have been lost, and those factors will impact repairs. “It's not something you usually see: trying to have a cable ship into those waters, recover the cable, make a repair, and then be able to return to port. It's a long process. It’s risky,” says Mauldin, from TeleGeography. The risk, for other internet cables, is a repeat of the Rubymar. “It is not out of the question,” Madory concludes in his analysis, “that we could have another vessel, struck by a missile, inadvertently cut another submarine cable.”

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

On OCTOBER 23 at 7PM, I'll be in DECATUR, presenting my novel THE BEZZLE at EAGLE EYE BOOKS.

#20yrsago Entertainment companies bent on wholesale slaughter of Betamax, puppies https://web.archive.org/web/20041010092552/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/001987.php

#15yrsago What’s wrong with Search Engine Optimization http://https://powazek.com/posts/2090

#15yrsago Gag order blocks Guardian from reporting on Parliament https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/12/guardian-gagged-from-reporting-parliament

#15yrsago Copyright vs. folk music https://web.archive.org/web/20091016014623/https://freemusicarchive.org/member/stevenarntson/blog/The_Absent_Second_An_Explanation

#15yrsago xkcd: volume 0 https://memex.craphound.com/2009/10/12/xkcd-volume-0/

#10yrsago Chinese Supreme Court makes service providers liable for “human flesh search engine” https://archive.shine.cn/national/Rules-to-protect-personal-rights-online/shdaily.shtml

#10yrsago NSA agents may have infiltrated the global communications industry https://web.archive.org/web/20141011080630/https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/10/core-secrets/

#10yrsago Librarians on the vanguard of the anti-surveillance movement https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/10/03/librarians-wont-stay-quiet-about-government-surveillance/

#5yrsago AT&T hikes business customers’ bills by up to 7%, charging them to recoup its own property taxes https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/att-raises-prices-7-by-making-its-customers-pay-atts-property-taxes/

#5yrsago Google continues to funnel vast sums to notorious climate deniers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/11/google-contributions-climate-change-deniers

#5yrsago Mayor accused of failing to fullfil road maintenance promises is dragged through the streets by angry voters https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49984987

#5yrsago CBC sues Canada’s Conservative Party for using short debate clips in campaign materials https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2019/10/cbc-sues-the-conservative-party-of-canada-for-copyright-infringement-citing-campaign-video-posting-debate-excerpts-on-twitter/

Tor Books as just published two new, free LITTLE BROTHER stories: VIGILANT, about creepy surveillance in distance education; and SPILL, about oil pipelines and indigenous landback.

[tubetrading]

Top Applications of Friction Reducers in the Oil and Gas Industry

The oil and gas industry is a cornerstone of global energy production, relying heavily on advanced technologies to optimize operations and enhance efficiency.  Among these technologies, friction reducers play a critical role in hydraulic fracturing and other processes, enabling operators to maximize well productivity while minimizing environmental impact.

India, with its growing energy demands and a thriving oilfield services sector, has emerged as a key hub for high-quality friction reducers.  As a leading friction reducer manufacturer in India, Imperial Oilfield Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. (ICPL) provides advanced solutions tailored to meet the industry's diverse requirements.  This blog delves into the top applications of friction reducers in the oil and gas industry and highlights their indispensable role in modern-day energy exploration.

What Are Friction Reducers?

Friction reducers are specialized chemical additives, primarily used in hydraulic fracturing operations.  These compounds are designed to reduce the frictional pressure within fluid systems, allowing for efficient pumping at lower energy consumption levels.

They typically function by modifying the fluid's rheological properties, ensuring smooth flow through pipelines and wellbores.  This enhancement is vital for optimizing operational costs and improving overall productivity.

Importance of Friction Reducers in Hydraulic Fracturing

Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as "fracking," is a widely adopted technique for extracting oil and natural gas from underground reservoirs.  The process involves injecting a high-pressure fluid mixture into rock formations to create fractures, facilitating the flow of hydrocarbons.

However, this process generates significant frictional forces that can hinder fluid movement and elevate operational costs.  Friction reducers mitigate these challenges by lowering the resistance within the fluid system.

For operators seeking reliable products, partnering with a friction reducer supplier in India like ICPL ensures access to high-performance solutions tailored to specific geological and operational conditions.

Top Applications of Friction Reducers

1.         Hydraulic Fracturing Operations

The most prominent application of friction reducers is in hydraulic fracturing.  By minimizing fluid resistance, these additives enhance the efficiency of the fracking process. Key benefits include:

Increased Pumping Efficiency:  Lower friction allows higher fluid volumes to be pumped into the wellbore without additional energy expenditure.

Reduced Wear and Tear:  Equipment experiences less stress due to lower operating pressures, leading to extended service life.

Cost Savings:  Optimized fluid dynamics result in reduced fuel consumption and lower operational costs.

ICPL, a trusted friction reducer supplier in Gujarat, provides customized solutions that cater to the specific needs of shale formations, tight sandstones, and other reservoir types.

2.         Wellbore Cleaning

Friction reducers are crucial for cleaning wellbores during drilling and completion operations. In this application, friction reducers:

Facilitate the removal of debris, drill cuttings, and other obstructions.

Ensure smooth fluid flow, preventing blockages and operational delays.

Enhance the effectiveness of other cleaning agents used in the process.

Collaborating with a friction reducer supplier in India ensures wellbore cleaning solutions that maintain operational continuity and minimize downtime.

3.         Water Management in Oilfields

Water management is a significant concern in oilfield operations, particularly in regions with limited freshwater availability.  Friction reducers help optimize water usage by:

Reducing the energy required to pump water into the well.

Enhancing the recyclability of produced water, reducing freshwater consumption.

Lowering environmental impact through sustainable water management practices.

As an environmentally conscious friction reducer manufacturer in India, ICPL offers products that support greener and more efficient oilfield operations.

4.         Pipeline Transport

Transporting crude oil, natural gas, or water through pipelines often involves significant frictional losses, which can impede flow and increase pumping costs.  Friction reducers address these challenges by:

Enhancing the flow of fluids through pipelines.

Reducing the risk of pressure surges and system failures.

Ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of resources over long distances.

By sourcing products from a reliable friction reducer supplier in Gujarat, oilfield operators can ensure smooth pipeline operations even in challenging conditions.

5.         Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

Friction reducers also play a role in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques, where they improve the injection efficiency of water or gas into the reservoir.  This application includes:

Enhancing the penetration of injection fluids.

Reducing the pressure drop across the reservoir, ensuring uniform fluid distribution.

Improving overall hydrocarbon recovery rates.

India's leading friction reducer manufacturers provide high-quality products that maximize the effectiveness of EOR techniques.

6.         Drilling and Cementing Operations

Friction reducers are essential for drilling and cementing operations in the oil and gas industry. Their benefits include:

Reducing torque and drag during drilling, ensuring smoother operations.

Enhancing the placement of cement slurry, which is critical for well integrity.

Lowering the risk of stuck pipe incidents, saving valuable time and resources.

With an established presence as a friction reducer supplier in India, ICPL delivers innovative solutions that streamline drilling and cementing processes.

7.         Minimizing Scale and Corrosion

Friction reducers are often used in combination with scale and corrosion inhibitors to maintain the integrity of equipment and pipelines.  These chemicals help by:

Reducing deposition rates of scale-forming minerals.

Lowering the corrosive effects of high-pressure fluids.

Enhancing the lifespan of oilfield infrastructure.

ICPL offers friction reducers designed to work synergistically with other oilfield chemicals, ensuring comprehensive protection and performance.

Why Choose a Reliable Friction Reducer Supplier in India?

India's oilfield chemical industry is renowned for its commitment to quality and innovation.  Partnering with a reputable friction reducer supplier in Gujarat like ICPL offers several advantages:

High-Quality Products:  ICPL’s friction reducers are formulated to meet international standards, ensuring reliability and effectiveness.

Customized Solutions:  Every oilfield is unique, and ICPL provides tailored products to address specific challenges.

Competitive Pricing:  By leveraging India’s cost-efficient manufacturing ecosystem, ICPL offers premium products at competitive rates.

Sustainability:  ICPL emphasizes eco-friendly formulations that align with global sustainability goals.

ICPL: Your Trusted Friction Reducer Manufacturer in India

As a leading friction reducer manufacturer in India, ICPL takes pride in delivering cutting-edge solutions for the oil and gas industry. Our products are designed to:

Enhance operational efficiency.

Minimize environmental impact.

Reduce overall costs for our clients.

With a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Gujarat and a team of experienced professionals, ICPL has established itself as a preferred friction reducer supplier in Gujarat and beyond.

Conclusion

The oil and gas industry continues to evolve, driven by advancements in technology and the need for sustainable practices. Friction reducers are a vital component in this transformation, enabling operators to achieve higher efficiency, lower costs, and reduced environmental footprints.

For companies seeking high-performance friction reducers, partnering with a trusted friction reducer supplier in India like ICPL ensures access to top-tier products backed by technical expertise. Whether you are optimizing hydraulic fracturing, improving pipeline transport, or enhancing oil recovery, friction reducers are indispensable in achieving operational excellence.

Explore ICPL’s range of friction reducers today and experience the difference they can make in your oilfield operations. Contact us to learn more about how we can support your business goals.

[pipebossaustralia]

How to Choose the Best Pipe Installation Company for Your Needs

When seeking pipe installation, the most important thing is to choose a qualified and reliable company. The whole project of the right company not only makes your project successful, it also saves you time and money. This blog will teach you how to choose the best pipe installation company for your needs.

Experience and Technology

The first thing to bear in mind for pipe installation is the experience of the company. Look at the company's list of projects to find out whether they have experience. If the company has done work on energy sector pipelines or other complex pipeline construction projects, then it is likely that the company understands the requirements for your project. Expertise helps quality and efficiency.

References and Reviews

The reliability and quality of a company can be realised through the references and reviews by former customers. You can see the customers' feedback and ratings through online platforms. Companies with good reviews and high ratings often service better than those that do not. Moreover, if you have friends, colleagues, or family members who have experience using pipe installation services before, you can ask them for their advice.

Licences and Certifications

You must have the relevant qualifications and certifications in order to carry on a pipe running today. Make sure that you have chosen a construction plumbing company that obeys all necessary legal norms. This not only shows their legitimacy, but it also means that they are gaining approval from those who set standard procedures and safety regulations. Licences and certifications can protect your project against legal risks.

Service Area and Technology

It should be clear that for the choice of pipe installation company, you choose a company that provides service in your field. Different companies specialise in different fields, such for example as energy sector plumbing, industrial plumbing, or water supply plumbing. You should make sure that the company possesses the appropriate technical knowledge and experience for your needs.

Pricing and Transparency

Pricing for a pipe installation service should be transparent and clear. Many companies use hidden fees or unexpected costs, so make sure you get a detailed quote that includes all costs. The correct construction plumbing company is one that is transparent about its costs and informs you about any extra expenses.

Customer Service and Communication

During any construction project, customer service and communication are very important. The company you choose should be able to listen closely to your needs. A good pipe installation company will answer your questions without delay and will keep you informed about the progress of its projects throughout.

Conclusion

It's important for the successful completion of a project that you choose the right pipe installation company. Through the points mentioned above, you can choose the best company for your needs.

Pipe Boss in Australia is a major construction Pipeline company. Pipe Boss ensures the safe and effective installation of pipes. Get a quote today!

[beardedmrbean]

Bangladesh’s new leader is clear: this was not his revolution, and this was not his dream.

But Muhammad Yunus knew the second he took the call from the student on the other end of the phone last week that he would do whatever it took to see it through.

And the students had decided that what they needed was for Prof Yunus - an 84-year-old Nobel laureate - to step into the power vacuum left by the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and lead the new interim government. He accepted immediately.

“I'm doing this because this is what the youth of the country wanted, and I wanted to help them to do it,” he explains during a private briefing for select journalists at his office in the Jamuna State House.

“It's not my dream, it’s their dream. So I'm kind of helping them to make it come true.”

Prof Yunus was sworn in on Thursday after months of student-led protests culminated in the fall of the government, and is still trying to gauge the scale of the job in front of him.

Most pressing, he says, is the security situation. In the wake of the violence which left more than 400 dead, the South Asian country’s police had all but disappeared - the country’s police union had announced a strike, and traffic was being guided by the students, while hundreds of police stations had been gutted by fires.

“Law and order is the first one so that people can sit down or get to work,” Prof Yunus says.

Monday saw the first glimmers of progress as officers returned to the streets. It is a first step, but security is far from the only problem.

The government entirely “disappeared” after Sheikh Hasina fled the country, Prof Yunus says.

What was left behind after 15 years of increasingly authoritarian rule is “a mess, complete mess”.

“Even the government, what they did, whatever they did, just simply doesn't make sense to me… They didn't have any idea what administration is all about.”

And yet in the face of the chaos is “lots of hope”, Prof Yunus emphasises.

“We are here: a fresh new face for them, for the country... Because finally, this moment, the monster is gone. So this is excitement.”

Reform is key, according to Prof Yunus. It was a simple demand for reform of a quota system which reserved some public sector jobs for the relatives of war heroes, who fought for the country’s independence from Pakistan in 1971, that sparked the protest movement in the first place.

But it was the brutal and deadly crackdown by security services which followed that saw it grow into demands for Sheikh Hasina to stand aside.

Reform is desperately needed, says Prof Yunus, pointing to freedom of speech - heavily restricted under Sheikh Hasina’s government, the prisons filled with people who sought to speak out against her.

He himself alleges he was a victim of the crackdown on freedom of speech. An outspoken critic of Sheikh Hasina’s government, Prof Yunus - lauded for his pioneering use of micro-loans but regarded as a public enemy by the former prime minister - was sentenced to six months in jail in what he has called a politically motivated case.

But there are other, more radical, ideas in the pipeline.

Each ministry will have a student seat in it, an acknowledgement of the role they played in bringing the previous administration to an end.

Already, Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud, students who led the anti-government protests, sit in his cabinet.

And then there is reform of the judiciary. Already, the students have put pressure on the chief justice to resign.

Prof Yunus argues the judiciary was failing to act independently - instead allegedly taking orders from “some superior authority”.

“In the technical terms, he was the chief justice,” he says. “But actually, he was just a hangman.”

There will, he acknowledges, be decisions made that not everyone agrees with, but he hopes it will be better than what has come before.

“Whatever experience I have in my work... So I'm not saying I can run a government. I'm saying that I have some experience of running some organisations. I'll bring that as much as I can. There will be people who like it, people who dislike it. But we have to go through with it.”

[reducersupply]

MS Eccentric Reducer from Delhi Supplier at Lowest Price

In industrial piping systems, maintaining a steady flow of liquids and gases is crucial for operational efficiency. The MS Eccentric Reducer serves as a vital component, facilitating smooth transitions between pipes of different diameters while preventing sediment buildup. If you're looking for the lowest prices for MS Eccentric Reducers in India, Udhhyog stands out as your premier supplier based in Delhi.

What is an MS Eccentric Reducer?

An MS Eccentric Reducer is a pipe fitting that connects two pipes of differing diameters, maintaining a flat bottom on one side to minimize the risk of sediment accumulation. This design is especially beneficial in applications where solids can settle, such as in wastewater management or in systems handling slurries. The durable construction and precise engineering of these reducers ensure they can handle varying pressures and temperatures effectively.

Key Features of MS Eccentric Reducers

Optimal Fluid Flow: The eccentric design allows for a continuous flow path, reducing turbulence and ensuring efficient movement of fluids.

Durable Construction: Made from high-quality mild steel, these reducers are engineered for strength and reliability under demanding conditions.

Leak-Proof Joints: The butt weld design ensures a robust seal, minimizing the risk of leaks in high-pressure applications.

Versatile Applications: Suitable for use in various industries, including oil and gas, water treatment, and chemical processing.

Cost-Effective: Offering a combination of quality and affordability, these reducers provide significant value to your piping systems.

Applications of MS Eccentric Reducers

Wastewater Treatment: Essential for preventing sedimentation in wastewater systems, ensuring continuous and efficient fluid flow.

Oil and Gas Pipelines: Used to connect varying pipe sizes while maintaining flow and pressure integrity.

Chemical Processing: Facilitates smooth transitions in chemical plants, helping to streamline processes and reduce downtime.

HVAC Systems: In HVAC applications, they help maintain balanced airflow and efficient pressure management.

Why Choose Udhhyog as Your Supplier?

At Udhhyog, we are dedicated to providing high-quality MS Eccentric Reducers at the lowest prices in India. Here’s why you should choose us:

Quality Assurance: Our reducers are manufactured under stringent quality control standards, ensuring they meet the highest industry benchmarks.

Competitive Pricing: Udhhyog offers some of the best prices in the market, allowing you to optimize your procurement costs without compromising on quality.

Timely Delivery: Based in Delhi, we provide prompt delivery services across India, ensuring you receive your products when you need them.

Extensive Product Range: We offer a wide array of industrial fittings, flanges, and valves, making us a comprehensive supplier for all your piping requirements.

Customer-Centric Approach: Our team is committed to understanding your specific needs and providing tailored solutions to enhance your operational efficiency.

Order Your MS Eccentric Reducers Today

When you choose Udhhyog as your supplier for MS Eccentric Reducers, you gain access to high-quality products at the lowest prices in India. Whether you’re working on large-scale industrial projects or specific applications, we are here to support you with reliable and effective solutions.

[thatsgoodweather]

"[University of California, San Francisco] is trying to isolate and marginalize me. Medicine residents are complaining that leadership will not allow me to speak in antiracism forums because they characterize me as “controversial.” But I am not some outlier of medicine. I am a part of its history of correction. Judging by the sheer numbers of medical students who reach out to me from around the country to ask for mentorship, to work alongside me, and who come to UCSF specifically because of my work, I am part of a movement bringing forward ideas that are a postcard from the future, that were gifted to me by the loving relationships of the communities who teach me and who I serve.  These are ideas that call for radical inquiry into why medicine doesn’t serve all, despite 20 years of investment into so-called “health equity.” These are ideas that look unflinchingly into the violence of our past and the present to map a better world without violence in the future, so that all may be healthy. These are ideas that bring analysis of critical pedagogies into medicine, insisting upon an understanding of how history and power are shaping the health outcomes we see. This is not comfortable work. But it is necessary if we want to see all people thrive and live the lives they truly deserve. My understanding of health equity and justice comes from decades of being a part of and serving communities in the struggle for our collective liberation. I realize there are not too many physicians in the academy who spend as much time as I have in frontline struggles — listening to families who have lost their loved ones to racist police violence, which continues to grow in the U.S., and standing together with Indigenous people who are resisting a pipeline  through their water, or a real estate development going up on their sacred site. Today, experts with institutional roles in health equity are notably silent about the genocide in Gaza, which speaks volumes about their allegiance to power rather than their commitment to end inequities. I do not learn about health equity from reading books, attending conferences or holding journal clubs. I learn about health equity through building solidarity and living in lockstep with the communities I serve and to whom I belong, through the practice of Deep Medicine. My understanding of health is shaped by the survivors of genocide working to get their land back in Ohlone territory where I was born and where I work. It is sharpened by La Via Campesina’s peasant farming movement, the legacy of the Black Panther Party, the Waorani’s struggle to hold oil companies responsible for the pollution of the Amazon, the families of Oscar Grant, Mario Woods and Alex Nieto, all killed by Bay Area police, the family at Poor Magazine, disability justice movements and survivors of medical violence, and the Indigenous-led pipeline resistance, which has been the most effective tactic to lower greenhouse gas emissions in North America. My work is shaped by many people who work in service of ending apartheid in Palestine and bringing a future with equal rights for all."

By Rupa Marya, MD

[beyond-a-name]

I saw some cool art of someone in the U.S. wearing a mask because of the smoke from forest fires here in Canada, and like. It's cool to see art of a problem affecting my country, but it's downright depressing that it only happens when it's affecting the U.S., (or at least that I only see it then).

Living here is exhausting, but a part of me knows there is actually quite a lot of wonderfully uniquely Canadian things to celebrate and share, but we never see it because our politicians are too busy copying the U.S.'s inadequacy to support any of it.

A local university radio station in my province, CKUA, has to ask for funding damn near every month to keep open, despite being some wonderful and varied public broadcasting. The UCP hasn't done shit to curb hateful protests at drag events. We have so many variations of French here in Canada specific to most of the Eastern provinces, and I learned that this year because I went looking for it after never having had any conversational French language education in school. We never learn any indigenous languages, despite that arguably being some of the most defining cultural heritage we have. Any time I hear that an actor is Canadian, I'm genuinely surprised. We have a few staple shows that everyone seems to know (like Letterkenny or Reboot), but what about all the underground and upcoming art movements here in Canada? I know we have them, but why don't we ever hear about them? What are they?? Or or Canadian architecture, maybe?? Why don't we read about Canadian literature movements, or scientific advancements? I know who threw the first brick at Stonewall, but I have to really dig for the roots of Canadian queer history to the point that I barely know where to start looking.

And like, we've been dealing with these forest fires for around 5 years now. Our government doesn't care; Trudeau bails out oil execs and every conservative or centrist with half a brain cell to rub together parrots the same shit talking point about how "Canada's a huge country and so our trees and such actually mean our carbon footprint is negative," or "Actually what we need in Canada isn't clean energy but more pipelines to process our own oil because fuck indigenous lands and my failhusband works in oil and it's unthinkable that he could simply get a job in the new blossoming clean energy sector, then he'd lose his oil job!!!!!"

Like the entire town of Litton burned down last year in record breaking heat and I had to make a DIY AC unit because my landlord sure as fuck wasn't going to use the half of my salary that I gave him to work that out. This year my friend had to evacuate for two weeks, and the entire time I want to sit and worry about him, I'm too busy trying very hard to make it into affordable housing that's probably going to get kneecapped thanks to the UCP's second term here in Alberta. Entire reservations (that still don't have clean drinking water!!!!!!) are simply being ignored by the government even more than usual and crowdfunding evacuations to escape forest fires. Now all of the Eastern provinces are ablaze and the first time I see political art of someone giving a shit it's because half a country evaporating into smoke inconvenienced The Home of The Brave in the Good Ol' U S of A.

...

I'm tired. Like, I used to be in cadets and care about the flag, and I really think Canada has a lot of room to grow and a unique culture to embrace and share and improve further. But boy is it so exhausting that no one gives a shit about us until the U.S. gets a taste of what we've had to internalize and cope with for years now. At least now the public opinion in the U.S. might push some party head to pay lip service to climate change, before they ignore it, of course.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

What do you think it will take for the gendie/trans movement to die?

Lawsuits.

And losses.

Some organizations are not really on board with this ideology, but are playing along either because there's a loud minority of moralizing activist ideologues - mostly woke, straight white churchladies who style themselves as "queer" or "nonbinary", or at least, "allies" - within them who are sucking up all the oxygen, or because they feel they're obliged to by the market. And particularly, they don't want to be conspicuously non-compliant. They just want the beast to eat someone else. For reference, see the Twitter accounts which post Pride banners and icons in western countries, but not in Middle East/North Africa (MENA) countries. They just need sufficient reason - legal or financial - to start ignoring the ideologues and get back on-mission.

Others are fully on board, from the top down. And unfortunately, this category tends to include medical institutions. These organizations need a good legal or financial bat taken to them. Which will hopefully then trigger a spill of their management layer. And with more and more whistleblowers, and more and more lawsuits, such as those by Chloe Cole, Layla Jane and others coming down the pipeline, and increased scrutiny due to the widening gap between European and North American approaches, something will eventually give. Insurers, risk assessors, shareholders, regulators and others with a vested interest in the longevity and viability of the organization will be forced to intercede. Especially as it becomes undeniable that the Europeans are deferring to evidence, while the North Americans have succumbed to ideology. At some point, the US in particular, will need to undergo the same process as the UK, Finland and other countries in conducting an inquiry and review into what's going on and the scientific evidence that supports it... or not.

The really big problem is that these ideologues are notorious liars. Consider what happened when the Tavistock was announced to close, with the interim Cass report describing the GIDS service as "not safe or viable as a long-term option for the care of young people with gender related distress." The ideologues spun this into "they're closing it down so they can open many more! Nothing wrong with it except capacity!" Countries like Finland and Sweden have stopped prescription of puberty blockers and hormones, which was spun into "they didn't ban affirmation" (i.e. blockers and hormones). They conveniently leave out the part where they can only be used in strictly controlled clinical trials, because the current evidence is astonishingly weak. It's like saying "ebola is safe" because certain high-security labs have access to it for research and testing. It's the same kind of pathological dishonesty you get from Xians trying to make their demon god into the "good" guy because free will, salvation, you send yourself to hell, etc, etc.

There are also people so over-invested that actually acknowledging the boiling pot they found themselves in would be too psychologically damaging. Imagine being a Jack Turban, who has made his name lying for virtue, being confronted with the people whose lives were directly impacted by the misrepresentations he'd spun. Or being Michelle Forcier and figuring out you'd spent your life sterilizing children for no reason. How do you ever come back from something like that? The psychological architecture of religiosity tends to have mechanisms to protect the believer from the psychological damage of this kind of atrocity: denial, rationalization, etc. We see that in the traditionally religious. It's not even possible to get a Xian to acknowledge the logical and moral problems with religious concepts such as hell, sin or salvation. They're psychologically incapable. Even if Ray Comfort realized he'd made a mistake about evolution, he'd never be able to publicly admit it, and would still go on with his schtick. Because backing out of such a major commitment would be inconceivable.

I wish I could say that people will have a "come to Jesus" moment (so to speak), an epiphany and come to their senses. But that won't happen. It won't be a moral or scientific revelation, it will ultimately be the pragmatism of the bottom line.

People can believe that they have a mismatched gender thetan living in their body, or that they are "cakegender" or whatever. But they don't get to force the entirety of society to play along, any more than a Xian gets to force everyone else to pray, or a Muslim gets to force everyone to observe Ramadan. We need to start reassembling the secular walls the genderists have been breaching.

[azuretrainingin]

Azure Data Factory Training In Hyderabad

Key Features:

Hybrid Data Integration: Azure Data Factory supports hybrid data integration, allowing users to connect and integrate data from on-premises sources, cloud-based services, and various data stores. This flexibility is crucial for organizations with diverse data ecosystems.

Intuitive Visual Interface: The platform offers a user-friendly, visual interface for designing and managing data pipelines. Users can leverage a drag-and-drop interface to effortlessly create, monitor, and manage complex data workflows without the need for extensive coding expertise.

Data Movement and Transformation: Data movement is streamlined with Azure Data Factory, enabling the efficient transfer of data between various sources and destinations. Additionally, the platform provides a range of data transformation activities, such as cleansing, aggregation, and enrichment, ensuring that data is prepared and optimized for analysis.

Data Orchestration: Organizations can orchestrate complex workflows by chaining together multiple data pipelines, activities, and dependencies. This orchestration capability ensures that data processes are executed in a logical and efficient sequence, meeting business requirements and compliance standards.

Integration with Azure Services: Azure Data Factory seamlessly integrates with other Azure services, including Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Azure Machine Learning, and more. This integration enhances the platform's capabilities, allowing users to leverage additional tools and services to derive deeper insights from their data.

Monitoring and Management: Robust monitoring and management capabilities provide real-time insights into the performance and health of data pipelines. Users can track execution details, diagnose issues, and optimize workflows to enhance overall efficiency.

Security and Compliance: Azure Data Factory prioritizes security and compliance, implementing features such as Azure Active Directory integration, encryption at rest and in transit, and role-based access control. This ensures that sensitive data is handled securely and in accordance with regulatory requirements.

Scalability and Reliability: The platform is designed to scale horizontally, accommodating the growing needs of organizations as their data volumes increase. With built-in reliability features, Azure Data Factory ensures that data processes are executed consistently and without disruptions.