@sjwrenlewis on blistering form this morning:

'The whole current system, where dangerously crumbling concrete is kept in place because fixing it would require some borrowing, is predicated on a kind of deficit fetishism that treats reducing government borrowing as more important than almost anything else, including teaching children'!

Its sensible & prudent to invest in social #infrastructure.

#RAAC #austerity

If you read one thing today, make it this!

https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-next-time-someone-says-government.html

No more unplanned bridge closures due to obsolescence in the future⁉️ As part of a joint project, #FraunhoferIZFP is working in the "ImaB-Edge" project to use distributed sensor electronics to make the #monitoring of #infrastructure structures efficient, predictive, autonomous and permanent. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is supporting the project with 5.6 million euros.
https://www.izfp.fraunhofer.de/en/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/ImaB-Edge.html
#Weknowhow #Fraunhofer #infrastructure #sensors #maintenance #ndt #ndtinspection

New Yorker: The U.A.W. Strike Threat Poses a Tricky Political Challenge for Biden https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-uaw-strike-threat-poses-a-tricky-political-challenge-for-biden #NewYorker #News/OurColumnists #RenewableEnergy #FactoryWorkers #Infrastructure #LaborStrikes #ElectricCars #LaborUnions #JoeBiden #U.A.W.

The #LomaPrieta earthquake was stronger and shallower than the Morocco earthquake and the #Morocco quake is seeing hundreds of times more death.

A fair bit of our local sales tax in the #SFBayArea goes to #infrastructure #retrofitting for #quake #safety and I don't want to hear a single peep of complaint about that. It really matters.

I don't blame Morocco one bit, they aren't especially wealthy and earthquakes like this are rare there. But I think the illustration is relevant.

Adding to the difficulties, no single agency keeps a complete record of all such incidents. But the #attacks they know about have #regulators & other #power experts alarmed:

#Utilities reported 60 incidents they characterized as physical #threats or attacks on major #grid #infrastructure, in addition to 2 #cyberattacks, during the first 3 months of 2023 alone, acc/to mandatory disclosures they filed with the #DOE. That’s more than double the number from the same period last year.…

#DomesticExtremists keep trying to trigger mass #blackouts — and that’s not even the scariest part

#Extremist groups are among those targeting the #electricity network, exposing the reporting gaps between the #state & #federal agencies that oversee its #security.

by Catherine Morehouse
#NationalSecurity #PoliticalViolence #DomesticTerrorism #DomesticViolentExtremists #Terrorism #Grid #Infrastructure
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/10/power-grid-attacks-00114563

#FediHired I don't work directly for this company but I'll be on a project with them soon and I'd love to work with cool, empathetic people: https://www.archesys.io/roles

#DevOps #TechJobs #DevSecOps #Infra #Infrastructure #JuniorRoles

Alternative #fuels #infrastructure: €352 million in #EU funding for low-and zero-emission #transport projects - #European Commission
https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/alternative-fuels-infrastructure-eu352-million-eu-funding-low-and-zero-emission-transport-projects-2023-09-11_en

MEMORY LANE | Dozens of #Journalists’ #iPhones #Hacked with #NSO ‘#ZERO_CLICK’ #spyware, says #Citizen_Lab

The spyware was #silently_delivered, likely over #iMessage.

NSO #sells governments and nation states #access to its #Pegasus_spyware as a #prepackaged service by providing the #infrastructure and the #exploits needed to launch the spyware against the customer’s #targets.

But the spyware maker has repeatedly #distanced itself from what its customers do and has said it does not know who its customers target. Some of NSO’s known customers include #authoritarian_regimes.

#Saudi_Arabia allegedly used the #surveillance technology to spy on the #communications of columnist #Jamal_Khashoggi shortly before his murder, which U.S. intelligence concluded was likely ordered by the kingdom’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince #Mohammed_bin_Salman.

Citizen Lab said it also found #evidence that #Dridi, a journalist at Arabic television station #Al_Araby in #London, had fallen #victim to a zero-click #attack. The researchers said Dridi was likely targeted by the #UAE_government.

In a phone call, Dridi told TechCrunch that her phone may have been targeted because of her close association to a person of interest to the UAE.

Dridi’s phone, an iPhone XS Max, was targeted for a longer period, likely between October 2019 and July 2020. The researchers found evidence that she was targeted on two separate occasions with a zero-day attack.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/20/citizen-lab-iphone-nso-group/

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👎 #Infrastructure report shows several areas #Tennessee are #lacking.. #GRADE D+ ?? TENNESSEE #FAILS IN MORE WAY THAN ONE..

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Wired: A Summer of Record Heat Deals Costly Damage to Texas Water Systems https://www.wired.com/story/a-summer-of-record-heat-deals-costly-damage-to-texas-water-systems/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Science/Environment #Infrastructure #climatechange #ClimateDesk #extremeheat #environment #HotButton #Science #climate #drought #water

Dezeen : Štvanice Footbridge in Prague designed as a "sculpture in the city" https://www.dezeen.com/2023/09/09/stvanice-footbridge-prague-marble-sculpture/ #Landscapearchitecture #Landscapeandurbanism #Infrastructure #CzechRepublic #Architecture #Concrete #Bridges #Prague #all

The #Starlink #satellite internet service… has been a digital lifeline in #Ukraine …for #civilians & #soldiers in areas where digital #infrastructure has been wiped out.
…an excerpt from Isaacson’s upcoming biography “Elon Musk,” …said the billionaire ordered the #deactivation of #Starlink #satellite near #Crimea’s coast last Sept to thwart the Ukrainian attack. …that #Musk had conversations w/a *Russian* ofcl that led him to worry that an attack on #Crimea could spiral into a #nuclear conflict.

From yesterday: “The intense heat and drop in annual rainfall have dried up the soil, causing a shift in #water lines. When the pipes shift, the pipe joints can break, causing water leaks.”

1000s and 1000s of leaks...
https://www.texasobserver.org/water-repairs-leaks-heatwave-infrastructure/

#HeatWave #summer #ClimateChange #infrastructure #news #politics #USpol #Texas #environment

Wired: Trump Squeezed America's Geek Squad. Biden Built It Back Stronger https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-trump-squeezed-americas-geek-squad-biden-built-it-back-stronger/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/TechCulture #NationalAffairs #Infrastructure #SiliconValley #healthcare #government #Plaintext #Business #COVID-19 #congress

Anyone know the magic words to get a city to...not do this: block the bike lane with signs and trip hazards for bike people. (Irony noted: the signs are for a nearby road safety project.)

#BikeTooter #Cycling #Infrastructure #HierarchyOfHazardControls #BellinghamWA

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Wired: Big Batteries Are Booming. So Are Fears They'll Catch Fire https://www.wired.com/story/big-grid-batteries-are-booming-so-are-fears-fire/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/NationalAffairs #Infrastructure #climatechange #environment #JuiceBoxes #Batteries #pollution #Business #Energy #fire

Hundreds of new zero emission #buses to connect communities in #England

#UK Government funding to help decarbonise public #transport and develop innovative ideas to ensure future #infrastructure is low-carbon and resilient.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hundreds-of-new-zero-emission-buses-to-connect-communities-in-england
#zeroemission #technology