Friday Squid Blogging: Pacific Flying Squid Populations Dropping in Korean Waters
Climate change is the issue.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
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ResearcherZero • November 14, 2026 2:04 AM
China is taking a crack at attempting to make battery swaps work.
‘https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/12/china-battery-swapping-e-trucks-catl-ev-range-anxiety
How a battery swap might work if the housing is not replaced.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/08/business/tesla-battery-swapping-stellantis
ResearcherZero • November 14, 2026 2:16 AM
@Travis
The article can be found at the link highlighted in red (the issue).
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Maintaining a battery swap station is a nightmare, with significant financial risk.
Would you like someone else’s beat up old battery pack that is not well maintained?
Ample, the company behind a modular battery swap system, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
https://electrek.co/2025/12/19/another-ev-battery-swapping-company-is-going-bankrupt/
Swapping out an entire Tesla battery pack that weighs more than 1000 pounds?
https://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-tesla-battery-swap-harris-ranch-20150310-story.html
The process of swapping a stationary, household battery remains expensive and complex. It is much cheaper than a household coal-power plant, or small, modular nuclear reactor, even with the added cost of rooftop solar and extra expense of installation and maintenance.
As long as you can find someone willing to do the job.
https://tech.yahoo.com/home/articles/homeowner-says-tesla-approved-battery-213400812.html
THE PLACE FOR YOUR FACE • November 14, 2026 5:03 AM
I DEFECATE IN KOREAN SPEECH MY BUTT HOLE SPEAKS WHILE THE GOOEY SLUDGE DROPS AND MAKES A MUSIC BOX SYMPHONY CURLING DOWN INTO THE TOILET.
AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE • November 14, 2026 5:34 AM
I’m proud to be an American!
At least I know I’m free!
I could blow my brains out,
and end up on TV!
PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.
Dancing On Thin Ice • November 14, 2026 9:13 AM
The flight stoppage on Friday November 13 was the day after the FAA announced they are phasing out using floppy disks to update their systems.
There have been discussions here on the security risks/benefits of using physical media to maintain systems.
Dancing On Thin Ice • November 14, 2026 9:13 AM
The flight stoppage on Friday November 13 was the day after the FAA announced they are phasing out using floppy disks to update their systems.
There have been discussions here on the security risks/benefits of using physical media to maintain systems.
Ferentarius • November 14, 2026 1:26 PM
I am afraid of systems where the actors pretend to govern while the audience pretends to choose. I am afraid of systems that hold elections and remain in power by mastering the art of disillusionment: offering the people the illusion of change, the ritual of choice, while ensuring the machinery of despair remains untouched. I am afraid of systems where the essence of governance lies not in winning votes, but in convincing the condemned that their chains have been self-selected.
lurker • November 14, 2026 2:06 PM
@ Dancing On Thin Ice, ALL
There’s an interesting “he said, she said” at the Guardian, including
“I want Congress to give us emergency funding,” Duffy added later. “I want $50bn. President Trump is a builder. He is going to build this network, and deliver for the American people.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/13/faa-ground-stop-flights-explained
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Travis • November 13, 2026 10:56 PM
Where’s the rest of the article