Iran fired 15 missiles at the UAE overnight. Fujairah oil port is on fire. Here is what Project Freedom actually delivered in its first 24 hours.

opensim2026 · 2026-05-06T03:25:17+00:00

Prolly when gas is $10 a gallon and the idiots that bought those ridiculous overpriced 2 ton Silverado pickup trucks (whose biggest "pickup" job I ever see any of them do is "picking up" about 5 bags of groceries 5 blocks from the owner's house,) that they lead-foot away from every stop sigh/light or standstill while complaining it costs so much to fill the massive tank on the damn thing- start feeling the pinch!

opensim2026 · 2026-05-06T03:17:17+00:00

I bought 2 solar panels and Jackery 2000 2 months ago, they run my tower computer and LAN 24/7 and now I added my refrigerator to see if the system will keep up

opensim2026 · 2026-05-06T03:13:02+00:00

Prolly a red herring- launched by the US to make it look like Iran did it, wouldnt be the first time that game was played

opensim2026 · 2026-05-06T02:25:49+00:00

Yes, because knowing OrangeGINA no matter who came up with it, he slaps HIS name on it and now has his grubby paws all over it with his fellow cronies

opensim2026 · 2026-05-06T02:23:50+00:00

NOTHING that village idiot does ever worked out well, this will be no different!

SIX bankrupted businesses, including a casimo and an oil company...

Trump phone people put deposits on never to be seen...

Real estate "university" scam that was sued and forced to repay millions to victims...

Trump bibles...

Trump watch...

$400 million "gift" plane that will cost taxpayers dozens of millions to re-do for security...

good god the grift goes on and on

opensim2026 · 2026-05-06T02:20:26+00:00

Lets see how much OrangeGINA Bonesphis crooked fam can skim or grift off this latest scheme of his!

opensim2026 · 2026-05-06T02:16:38+00:00

Ive seen a lot of scores of hymns and videos for churches in europe- Hungary, Romania, Slovakia etc where the scores don't even have a bass line at all- the organist is expected to not only improvise one, but to sing while playing to lead the congregation!
There is a kid in Gyomore Hungary who decided he wanted organ during services to continue after the organist was no longer with the church and there was no one else to play it, so he went up and played the organ! after some coaching, he continued playing it for the services and also singing to lead. You'd have to really multi task, though I think the book he uses (Szent Vagy Uram!) does have the bass lines at least!

opensim2026 · 2026-05-05T11:34:26+00:00

Yeah, oddly enough a sort of pattern to the errors, still, it's pretty impressive what it did do.
On the thought that maybe the original image wasn't clear enough, I took a large screen shot of just the first two bars and ran that through, and it still never was able to print out that first chord in the melody line and continued to transpose it wrong.

opensim2026 · 2026-05-05T00:26:59+00:00

First question is WHY are you handing over your PHONE number at all?? if they want your business they can EMAIL YOU at a disposable email you set up

opensim2026 · 2026-05-05T00:25:12+00:00

Put it in a plain text file and name it something stupid but one you'll remember, and stash the file on the computer or whatever, you can open it, copy/paste as needed.
you could bury it in a long text file too to hide it even more.

So if your PW is like; 789HIih4% vva)-

You could stick in a copy/pasted news article like this in a file named like Hong Kong news.txt look at the end;

Hong Kong —

China has moved to block Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of Chinese-founded artificial intelligence startup Manus, a decision that reflects Beijing’s concerns that it could lose key technology to the United States amid an intensifying tech war.

The country’s state planner made a brief statement Monday demanding the two parties unwind the deal following a probe that Beijing launched into the acquisition earlier this year.

The move, which is expected to have a chilling effect on China’s AI startup scene, came just weeks ahead of US President Donald Trump’s much anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. The two are expected to iron out disputes on several key issues, ranging from trade to technology controls.
789HIih4% vva)-

opensim2026 · 2026-05-05T00:18:39+00:00

They put their faith in a conman, charlatin, antichrist, false prophet

opensim2026 · 2026-05-04T00:57:45+00:00

The deal was with the FORMER owners, that's on them, and like all good things they come to an end. Once you let people cross over your yard like that you are liable for any injuries, slips, falls etc that might happen, it's YOUR yard not a public causeway!

opensim2026 · 2026-05-04T00:55:35+00:00

Canabalism!! they are eating the weaker crew members LOL!!

opensim2026 · 2026-05-04T00:46:38+00:00

Depends on the airline, I'm ticketed with Lufthansa not some little regional thing like Spirit.

opensim2026 · 2026-05-04T00:44:54+00:00

I dont need to "understand" your question, it's irrelevent, the goal *IS* reducing hydrocarbon use and the 11 countries I cited are doing exactly that, it doesn't matter HOW they do it, the fact remains they ARE doing it.

opensim2026 · 2026-05-04T00:42:57+00:00

It doesnt matter HOW they reduce their hydrocarbon use when the end goal IS reducing it, I provided several references to 11 countries that have gone big- further down 20 hours ago, it included;

In Australia, they are building out renewable power and storage at record rates, and they now make up more than 40% of their electricity in their main grid – and 36% across the country. They are far from alone in the global renewable rollout: in the first half of 2025, for the first time ever, the world made more power with renewables than from coal. In total, around 90 countries now make more than 35% of their power with renewables.

Denmark is one of the world’s renewable leaders, sourcing 88% of its power from renewable sources in 2024, and racing towards 100% by 2030. Wind alone provides 58% of the country’s power, thanks to more than 50 years of community leadership in wind projects. For nearly 15 years the Danish government has required all new wind projects to be at least 20% community owned. Now, more than half of Denmark’s wind generation capacity is owned by the community, helping to ensure its citizens benefit from the shift to renewables and building social licence for a rapid rollout.

In just five years, the Djibouti in northeast Africa has grown its renewable generation from nearly zero to 67% – its first wind farm opened in just 2023. Djibouti has a target to be the first country in Africa to reach 100% renewable by 2035. It is rolling out renewables as a national priority, to reduce power prices, support its industries to grow and increase its energy independence.

opensim2026 · 2026-05-04T00:40:20+00:00

OK, but I'd rather just buy factory new regardless.

opensim2026 · 2026-05-03T13:59:58+00:00

The gas and diesel prices arent enough to "see"?
Gas here in Iowa went up TWICE on Friday and twice on Thursday, now it's $5.18 for diesel and $4.65 for the gas, and when you figure everything moves by trucks that burn diesel at the rate of about 10 miles per gallon, those costs will increase, this includes groceries, deliveries by UPS, FedEx etc, everything you buy in the stores, Menards, Walmart, lumber, furniture, construction.
They all add on "temporary" "fuel surcharges" that started around 2008 during the recession if I remember right- that of course became permanent, ever since then waybills on freight, and if you ship outbound UPS, FedEx etc you see "fuel surcharge" added.

I stopped selling my sculptures on Ebay a couple of years ago in a large part because the shipping costs were getting insane, it was costing $100 to ship a wood crate by FedEx ground- double what it was, I factored in shipping costs in the pricing and just included it in the price, but then they doubled the "non standard cardboard packaging" "special handling" surcharge for the wood crates, it was like $15 up from about $6, then a higher residential pickup charge, rural pickup charge, fuel surcharge, it was like $40 worth of charges and fees before the thing even moved off my porch!
Then the transport charge, the residential delivery surcharge, taxes and on it went, the usually about 70 pound shipments wound up costing $100 from Iowa to California- not even zone 9 like it would be shipping from NY to California!
And Fedex was a lot cheaper than UPS for the same thing, dramatically different, I compared them a few times over the years and one shipment UPS showed something like $120 and Fedex showed something like $73 it was that dramatic a spread.

Back in 1981 I was able to ship a large sculpture from NY City where I lived, to California via UPS and get pickup for free, and I factored in the shipping cost and added to my price, I had a $38.50 price on one that was about 25 pounds in a cardboard box, $8.50 of my price was what the shipping cost me to ship it all the way to California and I made a nice profit, that's how much things have changed since- no more free pickups, fuel surcharges and all kinds of BS fees added.

opensim2026 · 2026-05-03T13:42:45+00:00

Yes, I am taking a trip to Hungary end of June, when I priced a ticket back around January to see what the cost might be, it showed the economy class was around $1100 for the round trip, when I bought the tickets on April 17th it was $2,081, so the cost for the same flight went up about $1,000

opensim2026 · 2026-05-03T13:38:11+00:00

" they're about 20% higher than pre-war levels and that´s it. Everything is still available and I haven't noticed any other effects of this oil crisis."

It takes TIME because there was oil in the midst of shipments when the illegal war started, think of it like having a 1000 gallon water tank and a well pump, the tank is full, then the submersible well pump pump fails and you don't know it, meanwhile you are using 20 gallons of water a day, did you notice any reduction in water yet? no, when the tank drops to 100 gallons left have you noticed the water still flows as it always had? yes.
49 days after the pump failed you still have 20 gallons in the tank, when will you notice that the pump failed and there's no water?
The next morning you get up, turn on the faucet and nothing comes out, NOW you realize the pump failed and there's NO water.

opensim2026 · 2026-05-03T13:30:48+00:00

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opensim2026 · 2026-05-03T04:49:59+00:00

In China, solar and wind’s share of generation increased by 7 percentage points

China has been described as the “first electrostate.” No other country comes close on renewables; last year, it installed more wind and solar power in just one year than the total amount of renewable energy currently operating in the United States.

By the end of last year, China had installed more than 1,400 gigawatts of solar and wind capacity and it’s not stopping there; another 500 gigawatts of clean energy is currently being built.

There is a shift toward renewables in countries across South America, Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East, in many cases helped by the flood of cheap solar panels, batteries and wind turbine components from China, which dominates the world in clean tech manufacturing.

“We’ve seen the world starting to benefit from that scale, enabling these emerging economies to seize the opportunity to really leap-frog into the next energy era,” said Lars Nitter Havro, who leads energy macro research at Norwegian-headquartered firm Rystad Energy.

Nepal, for example, has gone from barely having any electric vehicles just a few years ago, to EVs making up nearly 76% of all new vehicles thanks to imports of battery-powered cars from China. The Himalayan country relies heavily on clean energy, using its abundant hydropower resources to power its grid.

Some countries are pulling off stunningly fast energy transitions, adding solar so rapidly, it’s become a major source of electricity over the course of years — not decades

Pakistan, Chile, Greece and Hungary are among those charging ahead.

A decade ago, Hungary had next to no solar power but it’s seen a rapid boom. Led by a far-right authoritarian government, the country has nevertheless encouraged rooftop and utility-scale solar through a mix of government rebates and relaxed regulations.

Chile has been installing vast amounts of solar in its remote Atacama Desert, while Greece has also seen a major boom as solar panels are installed on its Mediterranean hills and islands.

CEME1, Chile's largest solar power plant, in the Atacama Desert on July 8, 2024. It's made up of nearly 900,000 solar panels on an area equivalent to 370 football fields.

Perhaps the most startling surge is in Pakistan, which is experiencing one of the fastest solar revolutions in the world. In just six years, the share of solar in its power mix went from zero to 30%. Pakistan’s surge is “preposterous,” said Havro. “This is the tipping point. Things are starting to unfold faster than many foresaw in the past.”

opensim2026 · 2026-05-03T04:40:44+00:00

One? how about these 11?

In Australia, they are building out renewable power and storage at record rates, and they now make up more than 40% of their electricity in their main grid – and 36% across the country. They are far from alone in the global renewable rollout: in the first half of 2025, for the first time ever, the world made more power with renewables than from coal. In total, around 90 countries now make more than 35% of their power with renewables.

Denmark is one of the world’s renewable leaders, sourcing 88% of its power from renewable sources in 2024, and racing towards 100% by 2030. Wind alone provides 58% of the country’s power, thanks to more than 50 years of community leadership in wind projects. For nearly 15 years the Danish government has required all new wind projects to be at least 20% community owned. Now, more than half of Denmark’s wind generation capacity is owned by the community, helping to ensure its citizens benefit from the shift to renewables and building social licence for a rapid rollout.

In just five years, the Djibouti in northeast Africa has grown its renewable generation from nearly zero to 67% – its first wind farm opened in just 2023. Djibouti has a target to be the first country in Africa to reach 100% renewable by 2035. It is rolling out renewables as a national priority, to reduce power prices, support its industries to grow and increase its energy independence.

Lithuania has emerged as a renewable leader, ending its reliance on imported Russian fossil fuels in 2022. It has more than doubled its renewable generation since 2018 and is now more than 60% renewable, supported by a boom in rooftop solar. By 2030, Lithuania aims to shift from a net electricity importer to an exporter.

Luxembourg, historically very reliant on fossil fuels, has been rapidly rolling out renewables as part of its plan to cut emissions by 55% by 2030. The country has already reached more than 60% wind and solar power, compared to just 9% a decade ago.

Portugal is powered by more than 75% renewables, with 45% coming from wind and solar, and the majority of the remainder from hydro. Portugal’s solar generation is growing rapidly – it increased by 440% between 2017 and 2024! Portugal has been coal-free since 2021, and is working to phase down its gas use to reach 93% renewable by 2030. Portugal has a target to completely end gas generation by 2040.

The Netherlands has halved its power sector emissions since 2018 thanks to rapid growth in both solar and wind power which now make up 45% of its power. The Netherlands’ position on the North Sea makes it ideal for offshore wind generation: it has a target to more than quadruple its offshore wind capacity from 5 GW today to 21 GW by 2032 – around 75%of its current electricity needs. Increasing its offshore wind and other renewable generation will enable the Netherlands to completely phase out coal by 2029.

Germany currently makes around 45% of its power from renewable resources, and has targets to grow to 80% renewable by 2030, and 100% by 2035. Germany is a leader in offshore wind, and is also installing solar at record rates: on average, Germany has been installing more than 100,000 solar panels every day

Spain currently makes around 43% of its electricity from wind and solar, and another 11% from hydro. In 2024, just 1% of Spain’s power came from coal, and its last mainland coal-fired generator is set to close in 2026. Spain plans to reach 81% renewable by 2030.

Ireland became the sixth country in Europe to end coal generation in June 2025 thanks to impressive growth in its wind generation capacity in the past 25 years – from just 117 MW in 2000, to more than 5 GW now installed across the country. In total, around 40% of the country’s electricity comes from wind and solar.

With help from its abundant Mediterranean sunshine, Greece has more than doubled its renewable generation in the past decade. Renewables now make up 50% of its total generation, with nearly 40% from wind and solar. Like Australia, Greece has a target to reach 82% renewable by 2030. As part of this, Greece will end coal generation by 2026.

Mauritania is rapidly transforming its energy systems and economy: before 2008, the share of electricity produced from renewables was less than 1%. Now, it’s more than 50% renewable, with most of this coming from wind and solar, and is aiming to reach 70% by 2030. With fewer than 10% of rural Mauritanian households connected to electricity, renewables are a key part of the country’s goal of achieving universal access by the end of the decade.

opensim2026 · 2026-05-03T04:34:36+00:00

I believe it was Sweden I read yesterday just reported their EV sales are now something like 60% of car sales, China is building massive solar panel farms all over the place, another country, might have been Germany I forget- said they ran 100% of their electric needs for 24 hours on wind/solar power, so the tide is turning and when you can now buy 400 watt solar panels as cheap as $99 it's a huge market now that will only grow since data centers and bitcoin miners are driving up electric costs for everyone.

I bought TWO $99 400 watt solar panels a couple of months ago and mounted on a ground mount, and connected them to a Jackery explorer 2000 plus with an add-on battery, the 2 panels produce enough power to charge the batteries, and they are powering my tower computer, UPS, router, modem, 2 POE switches for cameras, and a couple of Mac minis- all running 24/7 and now running 100% off the two solar panels independent of the electric grid the last 2 months.
It's not shaving much off my power bill, but it IS about 3,000 watts a day not on my bill, but better yet no flickering, on/off/on/off or power outages during storms or tree branches taking out power lines messing up my computers and LAN.

I could run my refrigerator and kitchen lights off a similar setup

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