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Paul J. Dauenhauer

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Distinguished Professor | U. of Minnesota | MacArthur Fellow | Director CPEC | Co-founder Sironix Renewables, Carba.com, & Lakril Technologies | Advisor ActivatedLLC | β€οΈβœŒπŸ½πŸƒβ™»οΈ #mspsky

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The save button?

06.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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BYD's New Stations Make EV Charging Basically As Quick As Getting Gas It’s also the world’s most powerful fast charger, arranged like your neighborhood gas station.

New Stations Make EV Charging Basically As Quick As Getting Gas
insideevs.com/news/789118/...

06.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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43 Million Tons: Germany Finds One of the World’s Largest Lithium Deposits Beneath a Former Gas Field For decades, this part of northern Germany was known for natural gas. Now the same deep underground system is drawing attention for a very different reason.

dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/germ...

06.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
USA army

USA army

"after the Roman empire had reached its geographic maximum literacy began to decline across Roman society. Education levels fell not only among soldiers, but among officers, aristocrats and even emperors. The Roman army still looked formidable for years afterward"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

06.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The false promise of energy independence The Iran war shows yet again that US oil is still vulnerable to foreign shocks.

Oil is still a global market with a global price
www.vox.com/climate/4817...

06.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Most of Reality Is Invisible. We May Finally Be About to Reveal It.
Most of Reality Is Invisible. We May Finally Be About to Reveal It. YouTube video by PBS Space Time

youtu.be/zaJRfVRe-Vg?...

06.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Me too

06.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#Invest

05.03.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Minnesota is sprucing up its oldest state park, and the DNR wants the public’s input Itasca State Park is addressing lake quality and a longtime neglected historic building in the plans.

Local news
www.startribune.com/itasca-state...

05.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
old tv

old tv

See those two metal dials? When you turn those the TV definitely changes channels. No delay, no error... just clunk and a new channel

05.03.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
file names

file names

In my day, filenames required:
🟒 8 characters ONLY
🟒 3 character extension
πŸ”΄ NO spaces

05.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Anyone can cook

Anyone can cook

Hey, what's with the burger stereotype? ANYONE can be a burger company CEO

05.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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University of Minnesota expert helped make animated beavers in β€˜Hoppers’ true to life Emily Fairfax has spent the past decade studying beavers and how they change landscapes by altering the flow of rivers and streams. She spent five years working with a Pixar animation team to make sur...

Local news
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

05.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wendy’s U.S. President Joins McDonald's, Burger King Viral Burger Wars by Making and Inhaling a Baconator on Camera Wendy’s shared a video showing its U.S. President Pete Suerken eating its Baconator burger with fries and a Frosty on Wednesday, March 4, a few days after McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski went viral f...

America is obsessed with war....

"Wendy’s U.S. President Joins McDonald's, Burger King Viral Burger Wars"
people.com/wendys-us-pr...

05.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 20
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Eli Lilly launches program to help boost employer coverage of obesity drugs in U.S. Employers can use Lilly's platform to connect with different third-party program administrators that help manage obesity treatment benefits and costs.

www.cnbc.com/2026/03/05/e...

05.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED YouTube video by Veritasium

youtu.be/AF8d72mA41M?...

05.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Minecraft is Bigger than the Universe, by the way
Minecraft is Bigger than the Universe, by the way YouTube video by Smifter

youtu.be/83q5dn6uYL4?...

05.03.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this one

05.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Update

Update

News

05.03.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”₯

04.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Formats Principle

Formats Principle

youtu.be/qNCCDX32XYE?...

04.03.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s an ingredient available to consumer products companies

03.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meta Workers Say They're Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users' Smart Glasses Meta contractors in Kenya told two Swedish newspapers that they're being told to review highly sensitive footage recorded by smart glasses.

futurism.com/artificial-i...

03.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Furasoft surfactants

Furasoft surfactants

Sironix Renewables today announced its expansion into the personal care sector with the launch of Furasoftβ„’-LFS and Furasoftβ„’-SF, two high-performance, bio-based and cost-competitive surfactants.
sironixrenewables.com/announcement...

03.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
USA Mexico war

USA Mexico war

"The US-Mexican War (1846–1848): After Mexico refused to sell California and New Mexico, President Polk ordered troops into disputed territory between the Nueces River and Rio Grande. A skirmish on April 25, 1846, where Mexican forces attacked U.S. soldiers, led to a declaration of war."

03.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Hoppers’ Just Broke A Nine-Year Rotten Tomatoes Review Score Streak Hoppers has just snapped a nine-year-long Rotten Tomatoes review score stream for Pixar, much to its delight.

www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...

03.03.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is why our electricity bills are so high right now New data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025.

"US residential electricity rates increased by 5 percent in 2025 compared to the prior year"
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

03.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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1.5 Million Users Leave ChatGPT. If You Cancel, Make Sure You Do This First Find out how you can take years of stored memory with you if you decide to leave ChatGPT and join a new AI service.

www.forbes.com/sites/barryc...

03.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donut Lab solid-state battery survives 100Β°C discharge in second independent test VTT's second independent test shows Donut Lab's solid-state cell delivered 110% capacity at 80Β°C and survived 100Β°C discharge, but key claims remain unproven.

Hhmmmmmm, donuts

electrek.co/2026/03/02/d...

03.03.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Universe Is Racing Apart. We May Finally Know Why.
The Universe Is Racing Apart. We May Finally Know Why. YouTube video by PBS Space Time

youtu.be/qNCCDX32XYE?...

03.03.2026 04:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0