So far in March, the first full month of war, barely six vessels per day on average have traversed the narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the world, in either direction. That compares with about 135 a day in normal times, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. Over that time, 80% of the small number of oil tankers exiting the strait have been Iranian — or belong to countries with which it is on cordial terms, the figures show.
“If you woke up this morning not knowing who to blame for this shutdown, you will go to bed tonight with no doubt on who to blame,” Mr. McGovern said. “It’s House Republicans and Speaker Johnson.”
It’s surprising that the House didn’t take up the Senate bill and approve it. ICE is funded through 2029 via a $75 billion supplement included in the OBBBA. Political theater. Yuck.
Trump administration to pay $1 billion to cancel wind farm projects. In exchange, the company behind the project (TotalEnergies) will invest in oil and natural gas projects in Texas and elsewhere.
The larger of the two wind farms planned by TotalEnergies, known as Attentive Energy, would have been built 54 miles south of Jones Beach, N.Y. It would have produced enough electricity to power more than one million homes and businesses in New York and New Jersey.
The smaller wind project, Carolina Long Bay, would have operated 22 miles south of Bald Head Island, N.C., and could have powered around 300,000 homes and businesses starting in the early 2030s.
So dumb. These things are not mutually exclusive. As we see now with the Iran war, it pays to diversify.
Mark Zuckerberg is building his own agent to be a better CEO. Everyone is building!
Smart conversation between John Stewart, Casey Newton and Renée DiResta re: election integrity.
Super fun listen on the infrastructure behind New York City’s water. I especially enjoyed listening to this on a flight home from NYC after a spring break trip with my girls.
Paid $3,000 to sequence the tumor DNA, ran mutations through AlphaFold, and produced a personalized vaccine in under two months. The tumor shrank 75%.
Technology is amazing.