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Veggies: They're Better on the Grill!
Via: Nerm_L • Coffee Break • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 5 months ago
“Your guide to grilling veggies like a pro. Discover which vegetables work best, prep tips, and delicious recipes to get you started.”
Adding vegetables to the grill is an affordable way to stretch those BBQ dollars.
Health plans say AI is pushing healthcare costs higher
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 13 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 months ago
“Nearly 70% of surveyed health plans said providers' use of AI documentation and coding tools was a top three trend inflating commercial healthcare...”
Artificial intelligence is making things more expensive? Who didn't see this coming?
Big bug die-off turns off the lights on some Mississippi bridges
Via: Nerm_L • Coffee Break • 2 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 months ago
“Lights on three key Mississippi River bridges in southeast Minnesota are being temporarily darkened to combat dangerous driving conditions caused...”
The cool spring followed by a rapid warm up in southeast Minnesota indicates a heavy, short-lived hatch this year. Oh, joy!
Could Hormuz Reopening Trigger an OPEC Crisis?
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 5 months ago
“The Strait of Hormuz has long been the most important chokepoint in global energy markets, carrying nearly one fifth of the world's oil and gas...”
The article seems to downplay the fact that OPEC has already been permanently fractured. The UAE leaving OPEC wasn't a political stunt or a minor hiccup. Today OPEC is little more than a Saudi Arabia dominating small producers. It appears the ability of OPEC to manipulate global oil prices...
The Politics of Energy Transition: How Gulf States Are Preparing for a Post-Hydrocarbon Future
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 5 months ago
“They are doing two things at the time: keeping their oil revenues and investing in renewable energy, making their economies more diverse.”
For those who pay attention to such things, President Trump's narrow focus on oil blinds us to what is happening around the world. The Gulf states transition to alternative energy sources for electrification is part of a global trend. Renewable energy is not about national security rather than...
iFixit Trump phone teardown confirms it's an HTC dupe
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 4 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 months ago
“The Trump Mobile T1 Phone's internals are almost identical to the 'made in China' HTC U24 Pro's, iFixit has confirmed.”
Donald Trump is selling a knock-off of a Chinese phone? How in-character.
Opinion | For America's 250th, Let's Get Something Clear About Our National Identity
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 5 months ago
“It depends on both ideas and cultural inheritance.”
So what is the American creed? Ross Douthat does not provide an answer. Google's AI enhanced search has this to say: The American Creed refers to a core set of liberal democratic values that define the national identity of the United States. Because American identity is built on shared...