Mike Greaves
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Mike Greaves
@wheelcritter
Unrepentant Creature of the Wheel. No-Nonsense Non-State Non-Scientist.


Just as a pragmatic matter, if a guy tries to steal an election it's... straightforwardly fair to say that he is a threat to democracy! Like, definitionally. I'm against overheated rhetoric and hysteria and exaggeration but telling people they can't describe reality is silly.





The US is mostly run on fossil fuels, also in 2023 82% of all energy (not just electricity) consumed comes from coal, oil and gas Nuclear is 9%, renewables (mostly biomass) is 9% Solar and wind contributes 2.5% eia.gov/totalenergy/da…

Starlink Mini, hard to imagine that these speeds are available in such a small package! @Starlink @elonmusk

The US Navy just released a large amount of new footage showing the USS Carney downing Houthi drones and cruise missiles in the Red Sea. Seen here, multiple SM-2 launches from both fore and aft VLS cells, and a successful nighttime intercept.





















