On the shortcomings of levelized cost of energy (LCOE) as a single metric to compare power generation costs, e.g. solar vs nuclear vs coal vs wind. This is why LCOE tracker Lazard has added a "firming" costs qualifier. https://heatmap.news/energy/levelized-cost-solar #Grid #LCOE

@nyquildotorg Can you tousel it up a bit? Looks a bit too tidy

@nightdream This was the quick-get-the-camera-up shot with autofocus still set to find people. Every single other shot was a dud!

House finch this morning on an oak tree by our house. They suffer from being very common (at least in my eyes — "oh, just another house finch, move along"), but their songs really are very nice. #birds #birding #California #NaturePhotography

@the5thColumnist eeew icky

@the5thColumnist Don't know why it would. It's just a PC World story. No tracking code at the end of the URL.

JPEG XL image support in Windows 11... if you go manually fetch it from Microsoft. https://www.pcworld.com/article/2625216/microsoft-adds-jpeg-xl-support-to-windows-11-with-a-quick-download.html

@PenguinToot @KO6YQ @SaveStandard Boo! You should embrace some wholesome Protestant propaganda about the virtues of getting an early start

The status of #PermanentStandardTime legislation in western states' 2025 sessions...

Arizona & Hawaii: Permanent Standard Time is law since late 1960s
Oregon: SB-1038 passed Senate, died in House
Nevada: AB81 passed Assembly, died in Senate
California: SB-51 approved by a Senate committee, stalled in another, deadline June 6
Alaska: complicated
bills died in originating chamber in WA UT ID MT
no 2025 bills in NM CO WY

Current list of legislation by @SaveStandard is at https://savestandardtime.com/current/

Precita Ave. murals in San Francisco. Some of these are really good. I love organic art galleries like this. #Art #SanFrancisco

@slightlyoff Why is this one so jerky, do you think? https://www.pacificfusion.com/technology

@ianfogg Though to be fair, CEOs reading their scripts during earning calls is nearly as robotic. :)

@darkuncle apologist!

No really it was good they tried to right that wrong

Which Hollywood measurement unit unleashes your inner pedant more?

#StarWars #PedantsCorner

@djrrb love it.

A pine siskin perched on a wire near Alpine Meadows ski area a couple weeks ago.

#bird #birding #NaturePhotography #bokeh #SierraNevada #California #LakeTahoe

Rare pristine tty

EGG-LAYING LAGOMORPHS: what are the endoparasitoid implications?

WHAT'S IN THE EGGS?

IS THE EASTER BUNNY ACTUALLY A PARASITOID WASP WITH ANTENNAE DISGUISED AS FALSE BUNNY-EARS??

DON'T EAT THE EGGS!!!!

WAKE UP SHEEPL—🐝🐝🐝💀🪦

Mountain chickadee near Lake Tahoe in California last weekend. Chickadees were the first birds I learned to identify when I was a young kid, and I have a soft spot. (I'm better than your average person at birding, but probably worse than average among actual birders.) #Birding #NaturePhotography #California

I boosted several posts about this already, but since people keep asking if I've seen it....

MITRE has announced that its funding for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program and related programs, including the Common Weakness Enumeration Program, will expire on April 16. The CVE database is critical for anyone doing vulnerability management or security research, and for a whole lot of other uses. There isn't really anyone else left who does this, and it's typically been work that is paid for and supported by the US government, which is a major consumer of this information, btw.

I reached out to MITRE, and they confirmed it is for real. Here is the contract, which is through the Department of Homeland Security, and has been renewed annually on the 16th or 17th of April.

https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70RCSJ23FR0000015_7001_70RSAT20D00000001_7001

MITRE's CVE database is likely going offline tomorrow. They have told me that for now, historical CVE records will be available at GitHub, https://github.com/CVEProject

Yosry Barsoum, vice president and director at MITRE's Center for Securing the Homeland, said:

“On Wednesday, April 16, 2025, funding for MITRE to develop, operate, and modernize the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®) Program and related programs, such as the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE™) Program, will expire. The government continues to make considerable efforts to support MITRE’s role in the program and MITRE remains committed to CVE as a global resource.”