Terry Mackin

Following retail, security & IT developments, walking, Vikings, Boundary Waters canoing.
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[Restitutor Orientis 🇱🇮 @restitutorII]

Dans le sud de l'Iran, où les températures peuvent atteindre 50°C à l'ombre, les habitants utilisent depuis plus de 2 000 ans un système d'architecture bioclimatique: les badgirs, ou tours à vent. Très répandues dans les régions désertiques du pays, notamment autour de la ville de Yazd, ces structures constituent un véritable système de climatisation naturelle.

Leur fonctionnement est ingénieux: la tour capte le vent en hauteur et l'achemine à l'intérieur du bâtiment. L'air traverse souvent un bassin ou un réservoir d'eau souterrain, ce qui le refroidit davantage par évaporation. En parallèle, l'air chaud est évacué par d'autres ouvertures grâce à l'effet de cheminée.

Grâce à ce procédé entièrement passif, l'intérieur des habitations peut rester étonnamment frais, même lorsque la température extérieure dépasse 45°C, et ce sans recourir à la moindre source d'électricité.

[Terry Mackin @tcmackin]

@agusantonetti @Linda__Stevens I’m sure once the reflecting pool problem is wrapped up, Donald Trump will direct USAID to provide emergency aid to the Venezuela people. Maybe recall one of the hospital ships from Greenland. I’m sure they would understand.

[Shashank Joshi @shashj]

"Earlier this year the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published figures showing that American philosophy graduates are more likely to have jobs than their peers who studied computer science." https://t.co/LQDIsWBxig

[Terry Mackin @tcmackin]

@bryanrbeal AI says that a significant burden to iRobot were massive tariffs against goods manufactured in Vietnam.

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

Listen to what he says about his Haitian employees: "I wish I had 30 more. They come to work every day, they don't have a drug problem, they will stay at their machine, they'll hit their numbers, they're here to work. That's a stark difference from what we're used to."

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

A federal judge has just ordered DOJ to turnover five categories of items from the Epstein Files that it previously failed to disclose by July 2 in a lawsuit brought by @KatiePhang. Read the details here:
https://t.co/ZWqsBoVTw8

[Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley]

After noting that the Supreme Court majority seemed oddly reluctant to include any examples of Trump's "repellent and racially inflected" statements about Haiti in its TPS ruling that downplayed them, Justice Kagan provided some receipts:

[Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @NotHoodlum]

South Dakota's No. 2 GOP Sen. Tom Pischke faces 2 felony charges tied to party positions. He forged 16 documents; 13 people filed affidavits saying signatures were forged. The state GOP chair said he will step away from party duties, calling it a bad look.
https://t.co/NlpOiL2zzG

[Jakub Janovsky @Rebel44CZ]

Assuming that actual Russian losses are around 550K KIA (2.5x the Mediazone count), and a similar number with disabilities that will prevent them from working in most jobs (and the relevant jobs mostly being in cities, not in rural areas where most Russian troops are from),

[Terry Mackin @tcmackin]

A WSJ assessment of battle damage to US bases in the Middle East. Hegseth has not released an estimate of repairing the damage, or protecting against further strikes. https://t.co/q8v7HLlkGa

[Sam Brodey @sambrodey]

Minnesota, the GOAT of state fairs. No fried anything.

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the following statement on the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Mullin v. Doe, regarding Temporary Protected Status (TPS):

"Today, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling allowing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to be canceled or expire.   

"Today’s decision is a legal decision.  As I have stated in the past, the policy to remove these individuals from this country is a mistake.

"As a result of today’s ruling, the over 10,000 Haitians who have been living in Ohio (mostly in the Springfield area) legally through TPS will now be here illegally and will be subject to immediate deportation. This also means that while these Haitians were working and contributing to our community and economy yesterday, today it is now illegal to employ them.

"The situation in Haiti could hardly be much worse.  The violent gangs run most of the country.  The government barely functions.  And, the economy is in shambles.
"Further, our federal government has an advisory against traveling to Haiti, and our Federal Aviation Administration prohibits U.S. carriers from flying there because of the danger to planes of being shot at by the gangs. 

"But, more importantly, changing the immigration status of these individuals is not in the best interest of the United States nor Ohio."

[Terry Mackin @tcmackin]

The myth, the man. Funny about how retribution plays a part in the Greek myth. The fat old man plays the part of Narcissus.

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

From Rubio's exchange with reporters on this -->

Q: Sir, can you clarify – can you clarify what the role of Michael Boulos was today?
...
RUBIO: Oh, he was there to see his brother who lives here. He was just there to see me and catch up.

[Nick Schifrin @nickschifrin]

My conversation with Rear Adm. (Ret.) James McPherson, Army under secretary during Trump's first administration, about the impact of Gen. CD Donahue's early retirement:
"There's no more warrior than there was General Donahue.
"I think this goes to two things. One is the morale of the senior officers. They don't know what's in store for them. Is the administration going to go back and look at something they said or did when they were much lower rank years ago? That seems to be what's happening.
"But there's also an aspect here that is very concerning, and that's civil-military relations. That's the relationship that the civilian community has with their military. And the foundation of that relationship is, the military is apolitical. They don't get involved in politics at all. Well, now we see this administration involving senior officers in politics. And that erodes the trust that the civilian community has in their military. It impacts that civilian-military relationship."
https://t.co/XQbpqe9vWY

[FactPost @factpostnews]

The Trump administration has removed federal protections for the habitat of the endangered whooping crane.

Only 500 whooping cranes remain.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

It will take decades to undo the damage

[Yoni Appelbaum @YAppelbaum]

Trump appointed Bill Pulte acting DNI. The problem? The law that created the office stipulates who gets the job if there's a vacancy—and it's not the FHFA director.

So anything he does in office is liable to be overturned by the courts.

https://t.co/D4ykE1MHOo

[Jackie Singh @HackingButLegal]

WATCH: Former pardon attorney Liz Oyer informs DOJ has quietly changed the rules. Todd Blanche now has full discretion to move federal prisoners to any facility of his choosing without oversight — think Maximum Security for “ANTIFA” and a Halfway House for Ghislaine Maxwell

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

NEW: Senator @MarkWarner tells me that Acting DNI Bill Pulte sought to take home the Presidential Daily Briefing, one of the most classified documents in the country, and, on one of his first days, asked whether he can have a private jet.