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cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/us_politics@piefed.blahaj.zone/p/1020786/boosting-us-oil-supplies-with-russian-diesel-unlikely-to-have-much-impact-on-price

Energy policy experts on Friday expressed doubts that a boost in diesel supply from Russia will have a significant impact on oil prices, whether in the U.S. or globally.

“It’s kind of shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic,” said Michael Lynch, distinguished fellow at Energy Policy Research Foundation, a nonpartisan research institution focused on energy and economics.

“If we get diesel from Russia, basically it means that their existing customers are not going to get it and they’ll have to go somewhere else, and that will keep the price basically where it is now,” Lynch said.

And while the White House may be counting on this move to give some relief at the pump for U.S. truckers, ranchers and farmers who have been hit hard by rising diesel prices, that’s not a given.

“The best you could hope for is a tiny dip in prices locally in places like the New York-New Jersey area, Philadelphia maybe,” Lynch said. “It just means that the oil is just going to be shuffled around and it’s not really going to change the price globally or across the U.S.”

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cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/11804785

The report is published in the linked article.

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According to a report from the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard that has been accessed by DEMÓCRATA, the magistrate Beatriz Biedma could have been the target of an extortion attempt by individuals linked to the investigated plot surrounding Leire Díez [a consultant close to the ruling socialist party], with the aim of removing her from the instruction of the David Sánchez case, brother of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez. The police documentation reconstructs the contacts maintained with individuals from the judge's environment and indicates that there was an effort to have her stop handling a particularly sensitive investigation for the president's circle.

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One of the names that appears in this context is that of Cintia Rocho, a woman linked to one of the most well-known drug trafficking clans in Badajoz. Her testimony before investigators is key to reconstructing the actions attributed to Luis José Sanz de Tejada. According to Rocho, he had contacted her to suggest how to act against the magistrate, in a context where judicial favors were allegedly offered or proposed in exchange for her collaboration.

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The documentation takes on special relevance due to the objective attributed to these actions. In a footnote, the UCO includes testimony according to which it was intended for Biedma to "stop handling that investigation" and "get her out of the way". This episode thus places the magistrate who was instructing the case against David Sánchez at the center of the investigation and forces a reconstruction of what contacts occurred, who initiated them, and how far the actions against the judge and her environment reached.

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I have a well configured arr stack , i am sure of this because i used YAMS (Yet Another Media Server) to get it to work , but when i try to download using qbittorent the downloads don't go through like 90 % of the time . Most of them just end up getting stuck like in the picture .

Not all of them get stuck like that , i was able to download some albums from Lidarr , but really it's a hit and miss and most of the time it's a miss. :(

If you have an arr stack , have you faced this kind of problem before ? if so how did you handle it ?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/us_politics@piefed.blahaj.zone/p/1020778/trump-names-commentator-katie-zacharia-of-his-media-company-as-next-white-house-pr

President Donald Trump announced Friday that Katie Zacharia, a communications adviser for his media company, will succeed Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary.

Trump revealed his selection of Zacharia on his Truth Social platform, where he often makes political and official announcements. Zacharia is a conservative commentator for Trump Media & Technology Group, which operates the social media site.

In naming Zacharia, Trump described her as “a loyal and brilliant supporter, right from the beginning.”

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I am in high school (Italy), and i have always had serious issues with studying. I literally cannot focus into anything for more than 5 minutes or so, before my vision gets blurry and i just stop understanding what i read. And because Italian schools decided to be unique, i need to study subjects i have no interest in, like physics or latin, which are basically impossible to get into my head. I tried many methods, namely: taking regular breaks, going somewhere without any technology, studying with friends, watching videos, listening to music; but it never worked out, i’d always just drop the topics I’m studying, and i’m kinda jealous of those who study 30 minutes and get the best grades, because i can never get to what they know even in infinite time. What can i try?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1455702/ai-data-center-companies-reveal-they-are-not-paying-their-full-costs-will-continue-using

Full Report: Power and Profits: How the AI Data Center Boom Costs Households and Communities(27 page PDF)

Amid increasing concerns over utility costs and other data center problems, the report finds that the “data center industry is bulldozing local communities… leaving ordinary citizens stuck with the bills.”

cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/us_politics@piefed.blahaj.zone/p/1020780/justice-department-won-t-enforce-registration-rules-on-silencers-and-certain-guns

The Justice Department moved Friday to allow more people to purchase firearm suppressors — known as silencers — short-barreled rifles and certain other guns without registering them with the federal government following a court ruling that struck down provisions of a key law.

The Trump administration announced the enforcement policy changes after a Texas judge in August ruled the permitting process was unconstitutional. The judge’s ruling was limited to the parties involved in that case, but the Justice Department said Friday it would no longer enforce the registration requirements more broadly.

“The direction from the President, Congress, and the courts is clear,” Rob Cekada, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said in an emailed statement. “ATF is now following suit with our enforcement posture while continuing to ensure we remain focused where we are needed the most: combating violent crime in American communities.”

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ikea bring back klappar haj ('pettable shark') NOW. RIGHT NOW. Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/penguincakes/4611223262

Should we look to adapt key content from /r/personalfinance into the Community sidebar or wiki (or whatever the Lemmy equivalent is)?

For instance, referencing or linking to the Personal Income Spending Flowchart would be a pretty valuable. I'm open to helping adapt or move material over if needed.

Thought this might be some fun, so…

What are some lines from song lyrics that really hit you the right way? It could be that it’s deep and meaningful, or just something that amuses you. I’ll start:

Isn’t it funny how laughter looks like crying with no sound, and raindrops taste like tears without the pain ~ Queensryche - Another Rainy Night (Without You)

Droplets of “yes” and “no” in an ocean of “maybe” ~ Faith No More - Falling to Pieces

A smile as sweet as flowers
Wilted so and soured
Black tears stain the cheeks
That once were so admired
~ Dave Matthews Band - The Dreaming Tree

Her lovers queued up in the hallway
I heard them scratching at the door
I tried to tell her about Marx and Engels,
God and Angels…
I don't really know what for…
But she looked good in ribbons
The Sisters Of Mercy ~ Ribbons

There was somebody posting these lyrics in other community as something that spoke to them:

You know, suicide isn’t painless,
When you leave everyone in pain.
NOFX - Doornails

Anybody has the right to have any lyrics - or any thing really - to mean whatever it needs to mean to them. But...

I lost a dear colleague and friend to suicide just a week ago and I am myself passively suicidal. Bullying people that contemplate ending their suffering into staying alive or tainting the names and acts of those that already did is just not the way to go.

Edit: this is not critique towards the person who commented those lyrics, but against that artist and society in general.

I just had to rant. Feel free to believe or react in any way that feels right to you.

It seems that whenever lying is being discussed people are quick to come up with justifications for why it's okay in certain situations, the classic one being that you were served food that you didn't like but when asked said that you did.

This seems to assume that the other people in fact would have preferred the lie over the truth. So I ask: when do you yourself prefer the lie?

An attorney representing protestors said this infringes on First Amendment rights.