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Guerre contre l’ #Iran : les télévisions israéliennes dans l’euphorie de la guerre

En #Israël, les écrans de télévision sont allumés en permanence dans tous les foyers depuis que l’État hébreu a lancé sa guerre contre l’Iran. Nous avons regardé les JT des principales chaînes du pays. Portrait d’un paysage audiovisuel sans contradicteurs.


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Elon Musk’s #SpaceX Starship explodes during ‘routine’ Texas test, no injuries reported #Texas malaymail.com/news/world/2025/…

KDE Plasma Mobile — The Dev Log: April 2024 - June 2025


This blog post is already quite long, so it will omit changes merged for Plasma 6.5 (releasing in October, to be announced in a future post).

With the Plasma 6.2 release, we moved Plasma Dialer and Spacebar to the Plasma release cycle, allowing us to have consistent releases of the two apps. This completes our year long move to having all Plasma Mobile related projects released as part of wider KDE releases, streamlining the work for distributions and taking a load off us on having to maintain a separate release cycle!

In other news, a Fedora spin for Plasma Mobile was released! It will only be targeting devices that can currently boot Fedora (i.e. not ARM phones), but is very exciting nonetheless!

in reply to Jure Repinc

Last time i tried plasma mobile it was unbearably slow (even slower then the normal unbearably slow) so i switched to phosh, but I would like to try it again so let's see if these updates made it any more usable.

UPDATE: Honestly i'm impressed, it might be because currently im not running waydroid beside it like i did on my previous Phosh install but it feels very responsive. With the angelfish browser providing a way better experience then firefox. The battery life is still very bad but outside that this could be used as a regular phone.

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Existential question: Which will end faster - Iranian missiles or Israeli anti-missiles? en.topwar.ru/266560-jekzistenc…

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Así amanece hoy Cádiz y así termina el comunicado d la confluencia sindical de la Bahía de Cádiz ante la huelga del metal junio 2025.
"… es un llamamiento al amparo, la solidaridad y la protección hacia nuestra vecindad, familiares, compañeros y compañeras del metal en el nuevo despertar de su justa lucha por la dignidad de la clase obrera, que ojalá se extienda por lo largo y ancho del Estado español"
Coordinadora de Trabajadores del Metal Bahía de Cádiz

'Needless to say, the people who repeatedly bombed 36 hospitals are outraged by this, um, outrage. Israel's moral guardians, such as defence minister Israel Katz, have explained that bombing a hospital is a "war crime" in a very much unexpected confession.'

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Converting Wood Residues into Clean-Burning Charcoal


Sawmills, furniture plants, and forestry operations generate vast volumes of wood residues—offcuts, shavings, bark, and dust—that are often underutilized or disposed through open burning. Converting this biomass into high-quality charcoal through thermochemical treatment addresses both waste management and energy transition objectives. Deploying a modern charcoal machine enables controlled carbonization, producing clean, energy-dense solid fuel suitable for industrial and household use.

Feedstock Characteristics and Suitability


Hardwood residues—such as oak, beech, or acacia—are ideal for charcoal production due to their dense lignin structure and low ash content. Softwoods, while abundant, tend to produce lower fixed carbon and more volatile byproducts. Mixed sawdust can also be used but often requires densification through briquetting to maintain consistent feed into a continuous reactor.

Moisture content is critical. Wood waste above 15% moisture reduces thermal efficiency and increases condensate volume. Pre-drying, either through solar racks or low-temperature belt dryers utilizing waste heat from the wood charcoal making machine, ensures optimal pyrolysis conditions.

Controlled Pyrolysis for Clean Combustion


Traditional kilns emit smoke, tar, and particulates, contributing to local pollution. In contrast, modern woody biomass pyrolysis plant systems use indirect heating to initiate pyrolysis under oxygen-limited conditions. This process converts wood biomass into fixed carbon while releasing volatiles that are either condensed or combusted in a secondary chamber.

Operating temperatures between 450–600 °C produce high-grade lump or granular charcoal with carbon content above 75%, minimal ash, and low sulfur emissions. The enclosed system architecture ensures complete gas capture, allowing for the production of clean-burning charcoal without atmospheric contamination.

Gas and Energy Recovery


During pyrolysis, wood volatiles—including methane, carbon monoxide, and light tars—are released. These gases can be routed back into the heating system of the charcoal machine, reducing external fuel input by up to 80%. Excess thermal energy may also be harvested for pre-drying wood feedstock, powering steam turbines, or generating process heat for adjacent industrial units.

This closed-loop approach minimizes the plant’s carbon footprint and improves the overall energy balance of the facility.

Emission Control and Environmental Compliance


Advanced units include gas scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, and thermal oxidizers to treat off-gases before atmospheric release. This ensures compliance with tightening emissions regulations in regions such as the European Union or Southeast Asia.

Additionally, integrating baghouse filters to capture particulates during feed handling and post-processing minimizes workplace exposure and environmental discharge.

End Product Applications


Charcoal derived from wood waste has a wide range of applications:

  • Industrial fuel: Used in metallurgy, ceramics, and lime kilns due to its high calorific value (\~7,000 kcal/kg) and low ash.
  • BBQ and household heating: When shaped into briquettes or lump form, the clean burn profile and low smoke output make it suitable for residential use.
  • Activated carbon precursor: Hardwood charcoal with high porosity can be further processed into activated carbon for filtration and purification industries.
  • Soil amendment: Fine charcoal powder serves as biochar, improving soil water retention and nutrient cycling.

By tailoring process parameters—such as heating rate, residence time, and final temperature—the charcoal machine can be optimized to produce targeted carbon products for specific markets.

Economic and Operational Considerations


A mid-scale charcoal machine plant processing 2–3 tons of dry wood waste per hour typically requires 300–500 kWh of auxiliary power and operates with minimal manual intervention. Maintenance focuses on refractory integrity, rotary seal condition, and heat exchanger cleaning. Return on investment is driven by feedstock availability, proximity to end-use markets, and potential carbon offset revenues.

In many forestry regions, such conversion plants qualify for green financing or government incentives under circular economy and biomass valorization programs.


Transforming wood processing waste into clean charcoal not only diverts biomass from waste streams but also supplies a renewable energy source aligned with environmental and economic imperatives. Through efficient use of a charcoal machine and integrated process design, this approach establishes a sustainable model for decarbonized fuel production from industrial wood residues.

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Half the problem with autism and adhd both is difficulty with habit formation and maintenance.

You don’t need habits. You need routines with reliable contextual triggers. They’ll fail from time to time and you will just have to be okay with that, and try to figure out exactly what made them fail when they do so maybe you can fix it going forward. But it will still occasionally fail.

You can’t make a sieve not leak without making it not a sieve.

in reply to BJHanssen

Triggers are the real key. Like needing to use the bathroom in the morning. Then hang a habit of taking meds right after. You have to look at the habits you already have, and connect new things to that.
You can also build new habits, but if they are forced, they won't have a high success rate. I built a habit of looking back into a space I am walking out of when not in my home. I built it on the anxiety of forgetting something. So it stuck. I try to build a habit of letting others talk, but it has no trigger, so it hasn't stuck.
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That's why I have my meds, deodorant, shoes, hair brush, and hair ties on/near my coffee table. I make my coffee every morning, sit at the couch and (except brushing my teeth) get ready for the day. I let my brain put things where it'll actually use them.

I just moved a few weeks ago. At my last place all of that was in my kitchen. It's weird how moving changes where my brain wants to do stuff

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First, X.org will be even more abandoned. I'm not saying every distro will drop it entirely, but I'm expecting way more distributions and desktops to announce in 2024, that X.org won't be a supported platform anymore in 2025, or at the very least won't be the default session.

I would be surprised if, in 2024, Ubuntu didn't announce something similar for the following year.

The second thing I think we'll see is a fully open source stack for nvidia being available for Linux users. With the Linux kernel 6.7 bringing support for the GSP firmware, letting Nvidia GPUs be reclocked by the open source Nouveau drivers, and NVK now part of Mesa, and providing decent performance already, I'd say 2024 will be the year where Nvidia users can finally enjoy a good experience on Linux without anything extra to install.

In terms of market share, we've seen some healthy growth in 2023, ending the year on a potentially anomalous 3.8%, the highest the Linux desktop has ever been. In 2024, I'd expect this trend to continue: people don't seem to enjoy WIndows 11 that much, and they already didn't enjoy Windows 10 all that much either, and with Microsoft cramming more and more ads in their OS, and potentially moving to a subscription based model for Windows 12, I'd expect more people to give Linux a go, and mathematically, some of them will stick with it.

All in all, I don't think we'll jump to something like 8 or 10%, but I'd be surprised if the Linux desktop didn't reach 5 or 6% on its own, and about 10% combined with Chrome OS.

I would also expect 2024 to see a standalone release of SteamOS for any computer, and I'd say our market share will probably rise to about 3, maybe 3 and a half percent, but it won't be a major change, and the situation in terms of how many games we can play will be relatively stable, with major names still missing.

Now let's talk about the things I feel will stay exactly the same in 2024: starting with packaging formats. What we might see is more distros deciding to provide specific apps using the official snap or flatpak, like RHEL is doing with LibreOffice, because for some apps, it simply makes no sense to repackage them all the time, but that won't change the status quo.

Same thing for what we generally call Immutable distributions. I don't think they'll gain that much popularity in 2024, because they're often linked to using either flatpak or snap, or Nix packages, can't forget about Nix or I'll get comments again, and since we're not making these formats the only choice any time soon, I don't think this group of Linux distros will conquer the general Linux desktop audience either.

As per app support, that's another area where I feel we're not going to see much progress. And I'm talking big name apps, like Office, the Adobe Suite, Autocad, and the like. Even if my predictions for Linux market share come true, the potential revenue from supporting Linux is still low and will still be low, compared to the effort of porting the app, finding a packaging format that allows you to do everything you want, and then supporting that version.

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Was können wir für die Inklusion tun?

Inklusion betrifft uns alle.
Wir alle können etwas gegen Diskriminierung tun.
Wir können uns informieren.
Wir können unser Verhalten ändern.
Wir können uns für den Abbau von Barrieren einsetzen.

Drei Beispiele:
― Wir können uns beschweren,
wenn ein Restaurant nur über Stufen zu
erreichen ist.
― Wir können einen
Gebärden-Sprach-Dolmetscher anfordern,
wenn dieser benötigt wird.

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― Wir können die Broschüre
an andere Menschen weitergeben.
Damit auch andere Menschen
über Inklusion nachdenken.

Diese Beispiele bauen Barrieren ab
und fördern die Inklusion.

Die Broschüre:
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#LeichteSprache

Leipzig ist die heißeste Stadt in Sachsen: Grüne wollen einen Wettbewerb zum Abpflastern

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> Am 12. Juni veröffentlichte die Deutsche Umwelthilfe ihren neuen Hitzecheck für deutsche Städte. Leipzig schrammt darin nur knapp an einer Roten Karte

#Leipzig #Klimakrise

Tree rings reveal increasing rainfall seasonality in the Amazon phys.org/news/2025-06-tree-rev… #science

💧„Toyota fährt jetzt mit Wasser!“ – Das klingt spektakulär, ist aber kompletter Unsinn.

Was in sozialen Medien kursiert, ist kein Wunderauto, sondern ein Missverständnis: Toyota hat kein wasserbetriebenes Fahrzeug vorgestellt, sondern ein Patent eingereicht – für eine Kühltechnik mit Wasser, nicht für einen Motor.

🔎 Was wirklich dahintersteckt:

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Gemeinsam gegen den digitalen Wahnsinn. Jeden Tag mit dir. 💪

Pentagon removes Joint Staff officer over anti-'Israel' posts english.almayadeen.net/news/po…

Gestern eine Diskussion zum Horrorszenario #Blackout

Ich bin überzeugt, dass die Schreckensszenarien reine Fiktion sind.
Warum?

Unser Stromnetz in Europa besteht aus sehr vielen Quellen und vielen Teilnetzen.

Sollte tatsächlich ALLES zusammenbrechen, dann ist der Strom garantiert nicht europaweit wochenlang weg... sondern.
Die einzelnen Kraftwerke und Teilnetze können für eine Grundversorgung stundenweise hochgefahren werden - nicht synchronisiert, nicht verbunden mit anderen - damit Grundversorgungen stattfinden.
Wasserpumpen, Tiefkühler, Zapfsäulen, Kassensysteme.
Und dann wieder abschalten, bis das Teilnetz synchronisiert ins Gesamtnetz aufgenommen werden kann.

Und wenn ich in die Ukraine blicke... ein kleines Land das intensiv an der Energieinfea angegriffen wird, selbst dort gibts keine flächendeckenden Ausfälle über mehrere Wochen... und die Ukraine ist nicht so groß wie Europa.

Und dass die Menschen alle aufeinander losgehen, wie die hungrigen Werwölfe... ist in Kriegsgebieten mit Versorgungslöchern auch nicht passiert.
Solche Phantasien entspringen manchen kranken Hirnen, die das selbst machen wollen würden...
Doch zeigen härteste Krisen seit je her, dass Menschen in Not zur Kooperation tendieren.
Immer und überall.
Und Ausnahmen bestätigen auch hier die Regel.
Für ein paar Tage Reserven daheim zu haben ist klug.
Das mit Waffen notfalls verteidigen zu wollen ist krank und gefährlich.

Das kann man doch schon als glatte Lüge bezeichnen. Die Verkehrszahlen sinken seit Jahren. Eine steigende Tendenz ist nicht zu beobachten.

Die CDU phantasiert sich diese Tendenz selbst zusammen, weil sie davon ausgeht, dass sämtliche Mitarbeitenden der Chipindustrie im Norden künftig über die #Carolabrücke rammeln würden.

Selbst wenn dem so wäre, könnte man dem natürlich proaktiv begegnen, indem man alternative Angebote, wie die Verlängerung der Linie 8 im Norden schaffen würde. Aber die Finanzierung dieses Projekts über Kredite hat die CDU ja erfolgreich verhindert.

Argentiniens verurteilte Ex-Präsidentin: Zehntausende demonstrieren für Kirchner
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in reply to Tyoda

I have a "Unsorted-NEW" and "Unsorted-OLD". When everything is too cluttered I rename "Unsorted-NEW" to "Unsorted-Number" and move it to "Unsorted-OLD" along with the previous iterations. Then I make a new "Unsorted-NEW" and put the clutter in it. Which I'm totally going to sort and not just leave there and forget about it until everything's too cluttered again...

...

... ... ... that actually made more sense before I tried to explain 😓

FoxNews is possibly the greatest single vector of self-destruction for the USA. Rupert Murdoch’s rogue state within a state,caught in a self-sustaining spiral of propaganda and idiocy with #MAGA and Trump, all so the oil industry can make more money and the rich pay no taxes. mediamatters.org/fox-news/trum…

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Refurbishing an Old Lava Lamp


Just got through replacing the power cord and switch on an old lava lamp while keeping the appearance, other than the cord color, identical. The original cord was brown, the new one is white, but otherwise identical.

I got this so long ago probably 40-45 years ago and I just recently pulled it out of storage and added it to my office decor, add a little red light which the LED bulbs do not produce, and some motion.

The switch had become intermittent and since it was integral to the cord, fixing it really required replacing the whole thing, but this was challenging. First there was a cardboard with felt disk on the bottom I had to remove, it was glued on but careful work with a pocket knife released it intact. Then the socket was held to the bottom with a nut but you could not remove the bottom plate as it was spot welded to the base, so the only way for the socket to come out was through the opening for the bulb and given this was only about 1/32nd of an inch larger than the socket itself this was no fun.

Reinserting the socket back into the hole in the base was tricky since it's basically a blind operation but after much futzing finally got lucky and got it through and put the nut back on.

The cord was mounted in the base with a heyco, but I managed to compress with vice grips and remove intact and use with the new cord.

All in all it was a challenging operation. Now I just have to wait for the glue on the felt pad on the base to dry and it will be as good as new.

I was worried about being able to get bulbs since most incandescents are outlawed, but there is an exception for oven bulbs and that happens to be what this uses. So $6 got me a two pack from Amazon.

Im beständigen Krieg der Menschheit gegen sich selbst ist es leider so:

Die Opfer von gestern sind die Täter von morgen. Wir geben unsere Traumatisierungen (Trauma (altgr.) = Verletzung) beständig in die Zukunft weiter.

Traumatisierte Gruppen von Menschen suchen sich dann ebensolche Anführer und erzeugen neue Traumatisierungen und immer so weiter.

Es gibt kein "neutrales Außerhalb-stehen" in diesem Geschehen. Wir sind alle ein Teil davon.

in reply to Nutt Los

..."Die Zeit heilt alle Wunden" gilt leider nicht in diesem Fall.

Teilweise wirken Verletzungen vor Jahrhunderten noch ins Heute hinein.

Und Verletzungen von heute werden noch Jahrhunderte später neue Verletzungen motivieren und auslösen.

Will die Menschheit dieses "beständige Selbstverletzungsgeschehen" stoppen, muss sie zu anderen Mitteln greifen als sie das bislang getan hat.

D.h. "der ewige Krieg" muss eben das: "ewig" nicht sein. Aber von alleine kommt diese Dynamik nicht zum Erliegen.

Menschenrechte: Orbáns Opfer
Die deutsche Staatsbürgerin Maja T. sitzt in Ungarn im Gefängnis. Warum hilft ihr die Bundesregierung nicht? Ihr droht eine Strafe von bis zu 24 Jahren. Das ist absurd. Und illegal. Deutschland ist das Schicksal Maja T.s offenbar ziemlich gleichgültig. Dieses Deutschland, das sich sonst so menschenrechtsbewegt gibt, stellt sich im Fall Maja T. taub und blind
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Συνέντευξη Τύπου: Δύο χρόνια μετά το έγκλημα στην Πύλο: Εξελίξεις στην ποινική διαδικασία – Άσκηση ποινικής δίωξης κατά 17 μελών του Λιμενικού Σώματος

Σήμερα, 11:00 π.μ., στον Δικηγορικό Σύλλογο Αθηνών (Ακαδημίας 60, Αθήνα).

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“Analysis of Israel’s figures shows it murdered 377,000 Palestinians during genocide so far – half of them kids”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @palestine
@israel @BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@guardian @Independent @thetimes

“Israel’s attempts to dismiss death toll as ‘falsely reported by Hamas’ exposed as a lie to hide horrific reality”

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#Press #Gaza #Palestine #Resistance #Israel #Genocide #Terrorism #WarCrimes #Hamas #SettlerColonialism #Zionism #Barbarity #BloodLust

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"Signal requires that the user provide a telephone number for verification [...] eliminating the need for user names or passwords and facilitating contact discovery".
"This mandatory connection to a telephone number (a feature Signal shares with WhatsApp, KakaoTalk, and others) has been criticized as a "major issue" for privacy-conscious users who are not comfortable with giving out their private number."
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As a volunteer doctor in the hospitals of Gaza for over two years, and currently volunteering at Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, I want to tell the world: we are extremely exhausted. There are countless injuries, a severe shortage of medical equipment and supplies, and My family and I hungry we can't even find food
If you truly love Palestine, support me—even with the price of a loaf of bread—I would be deeply grateful.

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Yes, becoming a zombie for a while then getting bored and just indulging my brain's urge to hyperfocusing on the most pointless things. It's very happy after wasting my evening figuring out how telnet works. There's always a new pointless thing to hyperfocus on, no time for depression. Not much time for anything productive either, but hey, can't have everything 😅
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"Στα όνειρά μας έχουμε δει έναν άλλο κόσμο, έναν τίμιο κόσμο, έναν κόσμο σαφώς πιο δίκαιο από αυτόν στον οποίο ζούμε τώρα. Είδαμε ότι σε αυτόν τον κόσμο δεν υπήρχε ανάγκη για στρατούς. Η ειρήνη, η δικαιοσύνη και η ελευθερία ήταν τόσο συνηθισμένες που κανείς δεν μιλούσε για αυτές ως μακρινές έννοιες, αλλά σαν πράγματα όπως το ψωμί, τα πουλιά, ο αέρας, το νερό, όπως το βιβλίο και η φωνή."

"Η επιλογή μας δεν είναι ανάμεσα στον πόλεμο και την ειρήνη, αλλά ανάμεσα στη ζωή με αξιοπρέπεια ή χωρίς..."
Σαν σήμερα, 19 Ιούνη 1957, γεννιέται ο εξεγερμένος υποδιοικητής Μάρκος (#SubcomandanteMarcos) του #EZLN (Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional)

The Hague Group’s Bogota Meeting: What Is at Stake? orinocotribune.com/the-hague-g…

Israel uses the same lies 30 years now.

Το Ισραήλ επιτίθεται στο Ιράν με βάση τα ίδια ψέματα που λέει για τα πυρηνικά 30 χρόνια!

#zionism#israel#iran#palestine
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New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles


“To facilitate this vetting, all applicants for F, M and J non-immigrant visas will be asked to adjust the privacy settings on all their social media profiles to ‘public’”, the official said. “The enhanced social media vetting will ensure we are properly screening every single person attempting to visit our country.”

The core of an alkaline battery function


Alkaline AAA batteries are compact power sources that play a crucial role in everyday electronics. From TV remotes to wireless keyboards, these small cells power countless devices. But behind their simplicity lies an intricate chemical process. Understanding how alkaline batteries such as voniko aa battery work offers insight into their efficiency, reliability, and why they remain a popular choice.

What Is Inside an Alkaline AAA Battery
Inside every alkaline AAA battery is a set of chemicals arranged in layers. The main components include a zinc anode, a manganese dioxide cathode, and an electrolyte that facilitates ion movement. These elements are sealed within a steel casing that protects the internal reactions and prevents leaks.

The Electrochemical Reaction
The core of an alkaline battery's function is an electrochemical reaction. When the battery is inserted into a device and a circuit is completed, a controlled chemical reaction begins. The zinc at the anode reacts with the alkaline electrolyte, typically potassium hydroxide. This releases electrons, which then travel through the device, providing electrical energy.

Meanwhile, the manganese dioxide at the cathode accepts these electrons. The flow of electrons from the anode to the cathode generates the current needed to power electronic devices. This reaction continues until the reactants are depleted, which marks the end of the battery's usable life.

Why Alkaline?
Alkaline batteries use an alkaline electrolyte instead of an acidic one, which gives them several advantages. They have a higher energy density, meaning they can store more energy relative to their size. They also have a longer shelf life and perform better under varying temperatures compared to older zinc-carbon batteries.

Voltage and Capacity
A typical alkaline AAA battery produces a voltage of about 1.5 volts. Capacity, measured in milliampere-hours, depends on the brand and quality but generally ranges between 850 and 1200 mAh. This makes them ideal for low-to-moderate drain devices that require consistent power over time.

Environmental Considerations
Modern alkaline batteries are much safer than earlier versions. Most no longer contain mercury, making them less hazardous to dispose of. However, they still should not be thrown into regular trash, as they can leak chemicals if damaged. Many communities offer battery recycling programs to safely collect and process used cells.

Conclusion
The science behind alkaline AAA batteries is a balance of chemistry and engineering. Their ability to convert chemical energy into electrical energy efficiently and safely makes them essential for portable power. As technology evolves, improvements in materials and construction continue to enhance battery life, safety, and performance.

Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 06/19/25: Trump Privately Approves Plans To Attack Iran, Israel Slaughters 140 Palestinians in Gaza, and More youtube.com/watch?v=rj1P_yxhAL…

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