Senate advances Trump's request to cancel billions in foreign aid, NPR and PBS funding
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Each week, I stand before a group of men and women suffering varying stages of dementia. I am aware as I stand there that unless the Holy Spirit breaks through their confusion and forgetfulness, I will be speaking into the air. Nothing I say during those 30 minutes or so will have any chance of making an impact on their lives.

And so, with that awareness, I always begin our time together praying aloud for the Lord to open all of our minds and hearts as I speak words of encouragement, exhortation, hope and promise.

But โ€“ isnโ€™t that what we should all always do whenever we speak โ€“ or plan to speak โ€“ with someone about the Lord? Shouldnโ€™t we always โ€“ even if itโ€™s a quickly breathed prayer โ€“ shouldnโ€™t we always ask the Holy Spirit to speak His truths through us? Donโ€™t we know that just because a person has an intact memory doesnโ€™t mean they also have ears to hear and hearts that are soft to God's voice.

And โ€“ isnโ€™t that what you and I should always do when we open our Bibles to read? Donโ€™t we want from the Holy Spirit more than mere โ€˜informationโ€™? Donโ€™t we also want from Him โ€˜revelationโ€™?

โ€œRejoice always; Pray without ceasing; In everything, give thanks, for this is Godโ€™s will for you in Christ Jesus.โ€ (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)

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La cruautรฉ de la soie
rebellyon.info/La-cruaute-de-lโ€ฆ

"La soie est produite ร  partir du cocon de ver ร  soie, principalement le Bombyx Mori (Bombyx du murier), qui fournit 90 ร  95 % de la production mondiale. Si cette matiรจre peut ร  priori รชtre considรฉrรฉe comme รฉthique et naturelle (le ver abandonne son cocon lorsqu'il se transforme en papillon pour s'envoler), l'intervention humaine rend le processus beaucoup plus sordide."

What Energy-Saving Mobile Crushing Solutions Are There for High-Cost Stones?


In todayโ€™s mining and aggregate operations, the cost of processing certain types of stone can be significantly high due to factors such as hardness, transport distance, and energy consumption. For operators dealing with these high-cost materials, adopting energy-efficient technologies is no longer optionalโ€”itโ€™s a key factor in staying profitable. In this context, mobile crushing solutions are becoming increasingly attractive due to their lower setup costs, flexibility, and energy-saving potential. From innovative drive systems to intelligent automation, modern mobile stone crusher units are evolving to meet the demands of sustainable and cost-effective crushing.

This article explores various energy-saving mobile crushing solutions(trituradora de piedra portatil) suitable for processing expensive stone materials, with a focus on practicality and return on investment.

Why Energy Efficiency Matters in High-Cost Stone Operations

Rising Fuel and Electricity Prices


Fuel and power costs account for a significant portion of total operating expenses in crushing operations. When working with harder stones like granite, basalt, or dense river rock, energy consumption increases substantially. Without efficient systems in place, the profitability of each ton of processed stone drops.

Environmental Regulations and Carbon Emissions


In regions such as Latin America and Southeast Asia, governments are tightening environmental standards. Crushing equipment that reduces emissions and uses less fuel helps operators comply with regulations while improving their environmental footprint.

Hybrid and Electric Drive Systems

Diesel-Electric Mobile Crushers


One of the most effective solutions is the use of diesel-electric drive systems. These systems allow the mobile stone crusher to run on diesel fuel while generating electricity for other components. The engine only powers a generator, and all crushing and conveying functions are electric.

This setup significantly reduces fuel consumption compared to traditional hydraulic systems and allows the crusher to run on external power if available, further improving efficiency.

Fully Electric Portable Crushers


When access to grid power or solar generation is possible, fully electric portable stone crusher units can operate with near-zero emissions and minimal energy costs. These setups are ideal for long-term projects where power infrastructure is available or can be set up quickly.

Intelligent Crushing Control Systems

Adaptive Load Control and Automation


Modern mobile crushing units are equipped with smart control systems that monitor feed levels, power usage, and load distribution. These systems automatically adjust crusher settings and conveyor speeds in real time, ensuring optimal performance with the least amount of energy consumed.

Such automation is particularly beneficial when using a gravel crusheror rock crusher(trituradora de rocas) on variable material sizes, where manual control could result in over-crushing and wasted energy.

Remote Monitoring and Efficiency Reporting


Some advanced models allow remote monitoring of fuel consumption, throughput, and equipment condition. This data helps operators identify energy-wasting patterns and make informed decisions about scheduling, load balancing, and maintenance routines.

Material-Specific Crushing Strategies

Pre-Screening to Reduce Load


One of the simplest ways to save energy is by removing fines and unwanted material before they reach the crusher. Installing a pre-screen on the mobile stone crusher allows smaller particles to bypass the crushing chamber, which reduces load and energy use.

This approach is particularly useful when processing mixed materials, such as riverbed stone or demolition debris, where a large volume of the feed is already small enough.

Selective Crushing for Valuable Aggregates


Rather than crushing all material to the same size, energy-efficient systems allow for selective crushing. For example, a gravel crusher(trituradora de piedra para grava) may be adjusted to produce a specific grade of material with minimal overprocessing, reducing energy use while maximizing output quality.

Lightweight and Modular Equipment Design

Reduced Transport and Setup Energy


Many newer portable stone crusher models are built with lightweight frames and modular designs. This not only simplifies transportation between sites but also reduces the energy needed for loading, unloading, and setup.

Space-Saving for Urban or Remote Locations


Energy efficiency isnโ€™t only about operationโ€”it also includes reducing idle time and inefficient site layouts. Mobile crushers that are compact and easy to deploy minimize idle running hours, fuel usage, and material handling effort.

Conclusion: Invest in Smarter, Greener Crushing


As the cost of raw materials and energy continues to rise, mining and aggregate producers need crushing solutions that combine mobility with efficiency. Whether using a diesel-electric mobile stone crusher, a fully electric portable stone crusher, or an intelligent rock crusher system, the goal is the sameโ€”maximize output while minimizing energy input.

With the right setup, even high-cost stone becomes economically viable to crush and process. Energy-saving mobile solutions are not only better for the bottom line but also position your operation for future success in a more sustainable, competitive market.

China launches Tianzhou-9 cargo craft to send space station supplies eng.chinamil.com.cn/CHINA_2091โ€ฆ

Survival tip ...

Just a bit of advice from an old corrections officer and Deputy Warden.

If you know a person who is on Haloperidol, understand he is very unpredictable and dangerous. Especially when off his meds.

I have dealt with these people for thirty plus years in the maximum security cellblocks. Real Bam Bams. They are very dangerous.

Now one lives very close by. Taking Cisapride and Haloperidol.
A combination contraindicated by the manufacturer. Damned interns and state psycho doctors.

He has been in one of my prisons for a short while, if 5 years of hell is considered short. He is a real problem child. Becomes enraged for no cause. A barely trainable feral animal.

He knows me and I know him. He has exhibited homicidal behaviors in the past. The court let him off easy after trying to kill more than a half dozen people because a girl spurned him. His M.O. is to wait until the early dark hours and set fire to your home. Burn you and yours up.

We don't always get a heads up. These people could be shopping at Krogers next to you and in an instant draw a knife and kill you because you were there.

Remember that the knife is, in these times, the most popular weapon of choice. The knife is silent and requires no ammunition. In close quarters the knife is more dangerous than a handgun or a sword. Knives can be made in the most stringently controlled environment.

Keep vigilant at all times. Watch the behavior of those around you. Body language is a good clue. Are they out of place? What is in their hands?

I have 30 plus years hiking this skill. You need to start now. Try to keep 21 feet or more between you and those you don't know. Keep your weapon at the ready for immediate use.
Be prepared to act without warning to save your loved ones and yourself.

Stay strapped or get clapped.

Where's Firefox going next?

Link: connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussโ€ฆ
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4โ€ฆ

โœŠMUTU MEDIAS LIBRESโœŠ
Communiquรฉ suite aux arrestations du 17 juin
labogue.info/spip.php?article2โ€ฆ

"Suite ร  la manifestation du 5 octobre 2024 contre l'installation d'une usine ร  pellets Biosyl ร  Guรฉret, plusieurs personnes ont รฉtรฉ apprรฉhendรฉes. Appel ร  rassemblement devant le tribunal correctionnel de Guรฉret pour le procรจs de l'une d'elle, le 28 juillet 2025, ร  partir de 14 heures."



Dozens Arrested After UK Brands Palestine Action a โ€˜Terror Groupโ€™ (Videos) orinocotribune.com/dozens-arreโ€ฆ

More siding contractor drama

They detached our meterbox last week Wednesday. Told me to call the power co. They said itโ€™s not an emergency and make sure itโ€™s done. Ok. I was busy. Saturday night storms come through. BOOM! that was close. Our power goes on off on off on off โ€ฆ off. Hhm I remember our power box. Text siding guy. Since our neighbors power went out too itโ€™s not the meter box. Then says I should have called. WTF. I google. Itโ€™s a BFD. Not an emergency but a BFD.

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3/? Iโ€™ll be so happy when this is done. They overall did good work. Our bay window looks amazing. It had so much rot and the basically rebuilt it. They mean well, but communication sucks, planning meh. They donโ€™t want to stop and take care of issues but finish quickly to get to the next project. But then things happen and you wind up having to come back anyway.

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[Rassemblement] Libertรฉ pour Anas Hman
stuut.info/Liberte-pour-Anas-Hโ€ฆ

"โš ๏ธAppel a mobilisation, jeudi 17 ร  16h devant l'office des รฉtrangers : libรฉrez notre camarade Anas Hmam !

Boulevard Pacheco, 44, 1000 Bruxelles
Notre co-habitant au Donderberg Anas est actuellement enfermรฉ au centre fermรฉ de Bruges dans des conditions atroces. Il risque d'รชtre expulsรฉ vers le Maroc de maniรจre imminente. Ce centre est rรฉputรฉ pour รชtre le pire de Belgique. Une rรฉvolte

Families of Israeli Captives Reach Out to Hamas Over Ceasefire Talks: Report #Palestine qudsnen.co/families-of-israeliโ€ฆ

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Canicule extrรชme : multiplier les clims et la survie individualisรฉe, ou lutter collectivement pour des changements structurels ?
ricochets.cc/Canicule-extreme-โ€ฆ

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Congressional Republicans will unveil a bill Wednesday aimed at revoking the federal charter of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest labor union in the United States, the Daily Caller has learned.

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Caen : la rรฉnovation urbaine du quartier de St Jean Eudes
trognon.info/La-renovation-urbโ€ฆ

"Le quartier populaire Saint-Jean-Eudes ne cesse de se transformer depuis plus de 20 ans, ร  coups de bulldozers, de prรฉemptions et d'expulsions. Les petites maisons ouvriรจres sont rasรฉes pour laisser la place ร  des rรฉsidences fermรฉes. Derniรจrement, des menaces d'expulsion sont encore en cours, sous le faux prรฉtexte de pรฉril liรฉ ร  des

Was just speaking with an attorney friend in British Columbia.

Told me one of his colleagues tried to cross the border and was asked by the #BorderStasi what their views on #trump were.

They replied "I'm #Canadian, I'm not really informed enough about American politics to have an opinion."

They turned her around and wouldn't let her in.

Now, why was I talking to said lawyer friend in #Canada?

Because I'm working on taking a job with a law firm up there to #immigrate. It's gonna be a process ... but I'm out of here.
#uspol

I keep seeing this sentiment that desktop Linux has become woke and gay.

Desktop Linux has been woke and gay the whole time. Yโ€™all just for some reason decided you suddenly have a problem with it. We didnโ€™t change, you did. Okay some of us came out of the closet. But weโ€™ve been talking about diversity and inclusion for decades and equity has been the entire focal point of the free software movement since like the 70s! Itโ€™s woke gay anarcho-communism and you fucking loved it until 2016

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โœŠMUTU MEDIAS LIBRESโœŠ
No mine's land (25-27 juillet) : le lieu et la prog enfin dispos !
labogue.info/spip.php?article2โ€ฆ

"Les rencontres anti-extractivistes No mine's land auront lieu ร  La Celle, prรจs de Commentry (03), sur un site privรฉ. Vous pouvez dรฉsormais retrouver en ligne toutes les infos pour arriver sur place mais รฉgalement la programmation de ces trois jours de rencontres et de lutte."

Incorporating several bullshit myths here.

โ€œDR. OZ SAYS MEDICAID WILL BE THERE FOR AMERICANS โ€ฆ AS LONG AS THEY LAY OFF THE CAKEโ€:
rollingstone.com/politics/poliโ€ฆ

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Gouvernรฉ.e.s, donc condamnรฉ.e.s
ricochets.cc/Gouverne-e-s-doncโ€ฆ

""

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Prรจs de Besanรงon, un projet ยซ survivaliste ยป et ยซ patriote ยป qui interroge
rabasse.info/Pres-de-Besancon-โ€ฆ

"Organe associatif bucolique, ou formation paramilitaire d'extrรชme droite ? C'est le dรฉbat opรฉrรฉ ร  propos d'une implantation dans la pรฉriphรฉrie de Besanรงon, dont les contours dressรฉs laissent planer quelques doutes sur ses orientations rรฉelles. Car derriรจre l'initiation ร  la nature et ร  la (...)"

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand: Elderly pay price for Covid โ€˜complacencyโ€™

"The warning comes as a St Clair rest-home is in lockdown and New Zealandโ€™s leading epidemiologist says the country is riding a 8th wave of the disease."

"A few weeks ago, two residents of a different home had tested positive for Covid-19 โ€” one was the result of an infected family member coming to visit"

"Weโ€™ve got some evidence that 10%-15% of our cases in New Zealand were acquired in hospitals"

Source: archive.md/gkSlX

@auscovid19

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IDF prevents rescue of trapped Gaza family for 8 hours, 13 killed including 7 children

Israeli forces murdered 13 family members, including 7 children, in an airstrike on their home in #Gazaโ€™s Al-Tuffah neighborhood. The #IDF prevented rescue workers from reaching the trapped family for approximately 8 hours, attacking any attempts to approach with drone strikes. Video footage shows 35-year-old Hala Arafat wounded and pleading for rescue from under the rubble. By the time Palestinian Civil Defense was permitted to enter, all 13 family members had died. The family had returned to their partially destroyed home because they had nowhere else to live.

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2025-07-15/ty-article/.premium/family-of-13-killed-in-idf-strike-in-gaza-filmed-trying-to-survive-under-rubble/00000198-0f76-d292-a9fe-1f7f38750000โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹ or archive.is/koN4c

@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide

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The entire point is mass death of disabled and elderly people. This administration has all but called us "useless eaters", once we're not dying fast enough, the rhetoric about how much we're costing "taxpayers" and how we don't contribute to society will ramp up to build public hatred for us. That will make the next step of putting us in their ICE detention centers to kill us even easier.

Edit: I know I keep sounding alarmist, my grandparents' families were still in Germany, and some cousins with developmental disabilities were killed under Aktion T4. I don't need to wait to see how the story ends this time.

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so we just in a straight-ahead battle of compelling causalities,

like a sumo wrestling match

but
1. you immediately shift to morally blaming anyone who contradicts you, a rather typical leftist trick

2. and you are simply butting up your dubious moral value, trauma, against my moral value, free speech

it is our job in life to believe in our existence no matter what others say or think

The Snickers Hi Protein Bar is legit.

It gives you that unmistakeable Snickers flavor profile. The "caramel" is gooey.

The nougat is the most different from the original candy bar. That's where the protein resides and it's much chewy-er than the nougat on the original candy bar. It's also more of a peanut butter flavor, than nougat.

But when combined with the chocolate coating, the caramel, and the peanuts, it mimics the flavor profile of the original Snickers bar well...and it feels decadent. Definitely satisfies that Snickers candy bar itch, and your sweet tooth.

Not bad for only 4 grams of sugar. It has 20 grams of protein from whey, caesin and milk. 10g of fat. 6g of fiber. 20 total carbs, 14 net carbs.

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I buy whey protein from here, they are family run farm. I put a scoop in my milk every morning.
I buy the unflavored, and it really is unflavored, you could add it to anything you wanted and not taste it.
purechoicefarms.com/collectionโ€ฆ

The Israeli occupation entityโ€™s end is on horizon tehrantimes.com/news/515652/Thโ€ฆ

thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/pโ€ฆ

The NRCC is fundraising by selling t-shirts that joke about #immigrants being๐Ÿ’”mauled by alligators at #AlligatorAuschwitz.

>700 IMMs:๐Ÿšจheld under tents & in chain link cells, or on track to be sent there, most: noncriminals.

I'm disgusted, many R ldrs are sadists. Most Americans don't support the #TrumpRegime's IMM policies. It's imperative to share the evidence of their inhumanity & policies that harm & kill ppl, #protest, & support Dem ldrs who're fighting back.
#USPol
huffpost.com/entry/nrcc-alligaโ€ฆ

La honte.

2 jours fรฉriรฉs menacรฉs (dont la commรฉmoration de la victoire sur le nazisme).

1 fonctionnaire sur 3 non remplacรฉ.

Gel des retraites et des prestations sociales.

En plein gavage : 557 milliards en plus pour 500 fortunes sous Macron. #budget2026
๐Ÿ‘‰ fakirpresse.info/bayrou-2-jourโ€ฆ

#TRIBUNE ๐Ÿ“ฃ Canicule au travail: des obligations des employeurs aux droits des salariรฉs

Au-delร  des obligations des employeurs, quels droits devons-nous garantir aux travailleurs et aux travailleuses pour contrer les impacts des canicules? La gestion des vagues de chaleur ne peut รชtre dรฉcorrรฉlรฉe dโ€™une rรฉflexion plus large prenant en compte les dimensions mรฉdicale, mais aussi sociale et mรชme environnementale.

โ€บ blogs.mediapart.fr/tatiana-pigโ€ฆ | En accรจs libre

Watching the MLB All-Star game.

Here's a simple hack if you have one of those insane old remotes like mine with a million buttons and a tiny mute button that makes cutting the BS at breaks a challenge:

Take a small file (even a nail file would do) and carefully notch the edge of the remote beside where the mute is.

Now you can find it by touch in a moment every time.

(De nada!)

@pluralistic

#mlb #tv #media #sports

You'd think, after FORTY YEARS of doing my own laundry, cleaning my own home, paying my own bills, cooking my food, having owned two successful businesses, and entertained thousands when I was doing theatre and karaoke I'd treat myself better... think MORE of myself... take some satisfaction knowing I've DONE THE ADULT THING and been successful at it.

But there's nothing. There's no BIG payoff at the end. You just keep walking the path, hoping for the pot of gold and the pot is empty and needs to be washed, just like all the others you've washed in your life.

Sure, you take some solace in having loved a few times and continue to gather the unconditional love of your dogs, but I'm bemused at the lack of contentment.

How do you guys find contentment?
What do you do to calm the desperation?

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