mmalc

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Content developer/instructor with Software University. Interested in energy, electrification, efficiency. And subjects like health and photography whose names don’t begin with “e”. And EVs.

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Small, cheap, and weird: A history of the microcar

Tiny EVs come of age again in the third microcar renaissance.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/small-cheap-and-weird-a-history-of-the-microcar/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mmalc ,

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There have been numerous others in the past decade or more — Sparrow, Tango, Pursu, Arcimoto etc. — but most have foundered. I really hope that this does represent an actual renaissance, perhaps with something like the Microlino to jolly things along if it comes to the US.

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New research shows gas stove emissions contribute to 19,000 deaths annually

California is considering a law that would require warning labels on gas stoves.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/05/new-research-shows-gas-stove-emissions-contribute-to-19000-deaths-annually/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mmalc ,

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To bring a point up to top-level, for those who assert that "all people need is a hood over the stove”: It doesn’t necessarily vent very well:

"Pollutant capture efficiency (CE) ranged from <15% to >98%, varying across hoods and with airflow and burner position for each hood.”

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es3001079

And of course that's only if people switch them on.

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Each of Trump's 34 criminal counts of false business filings in the New York case carries a penalty of up to four years in prison.

If Trump is convicted, what should the sentence be?

mmalc ,

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I think to begin with at least I'll be struggling to get out anything beyond a clause — “Wahoo!” "Yippee!” and "Superb result” are utterances that come to mind. Maybe after calming down a bit the measured, reflective sentence should be something like, "This is a good day for justice, finally showing that no-one is above the law.”

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FTC fines Razer for every cent made selling bogus “N95 grade” RGB masks

“Deceptive advertising and misinformation posed a risk to public health."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/ftc-fines-razer-for-every-cent-made-selling-bogus-n95-grade-rgb-masks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mmalc ,

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I'm glad there's been some action on this, but a $1M fine is pathetic.

This was knowingly and willfully endangering public health (as well as probably contributing to the fallacy that “masks don't work); there should be jail time for those responsible.



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Four years ago today, Donald Trump suggested Americans could be injected with disinfectant to fight covid.

If anyone asks you: "Are you better off than you were four years ago," the answer is a resounding yes.

mmalc ,

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Ironically it seems it might be the case that basically smearing your nostrils with Neosporin would be effective.

"Intranasal neomycin evokes broad-spectrum antiviral immunity in the upper respiratory tract”

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2319566121

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