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Steve's Place<p>Los Angeles plans to solder pets to motherboards. Turtle power! Or something.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@headlines_bot/114065182317704595" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.ai6yr.org/@headlines_bot/114</span><span class="invisible">065182317704595</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microchip</span></a></p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pets</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/MicroChip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicroChip</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Closure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Closure</span></a> </p><p>From WTVR 6 Richmond: Pet owners scramble after microchip registry Save This Life's abrupt closure </p><p><a href="https://www.wtvr.com/news/national-news/pet-microchip-registry-save-this-lifes-abruptly-closes-feb-16-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wtvr.com/news/national-news/pe</span><span class="invisible">t-microchip-registry-save-this-lifes-abruptly-closes-feb-16-2025</span></a></p>
Pusher of Pixels<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> not a recall but along those lines. Major Pet Microchip company ceasing operations, </p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/microchip-company-closes-pet-owner-next-steps/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/mi</span><span class="invisible">crochip-company-closes-pet-owner-next-steps/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dmv.community/tags/Pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pets</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/Microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microchip</span></a></p>
Cefiar<p>Suggestion for anyone with microchipped pets, regardless of whom it is registered with:<br>- Check the microchip details of your pet(s) with <a href="https://www.petaddress.com.au" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">petaddress.com.au</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> to see who they are registered with.<br>- Make sure all information is up to date (ie: contact details/address), no matter which registry they are with.<br>- Make sure pets that are required to be registered with your local council/shire/city/state have been. This is separate to microchip registration.<br>- Keep a copy of all your pets information, including the microchip details. Confirm your vet has these details too.</p><p>If you want to transfer away from HomeSafeID to another provider, you usually need to deregister them first, which is hard to do if HomeSafeID are unresponsive. By having all the details yourself on hand, at the very least you can then reregister them if HomeSafeID goes away.</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cats</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dogs</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Horses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horses</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snakes</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Lizards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lizards</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frogs</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Turtles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turtles</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Rodents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rodents</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Ferrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ferrets</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Rats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rats</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Mice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mice</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microchip</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pets</span></a> <br>🧵 2/3</p>
Cefiar<p>Are you living in Australia? Do you own a pet?</p><p>There are claims and rumours that HomeSafeID, one of the many national microchip pet registries in Australia, may have gone into receivership (unconfirmed), and as such it seems their future may be uncertain. During Christmas to early January, emails bounced and their phones were unanswered. There is a notice on their website from January 5th saying that there are some issues, but no detailed explanation of what happened or is happening. Even now, it seems no one has yet received a human response to any enquiries.</p><p>HomeSafeID is primarily used by the RSPCA all over Australia. If you got your pet through the RSPCA, it's likely registered though HomeSafeID.</p><p>This event highlights some of the holes in microchipping registries in Australia. A useful overview I found that covers this: <a href="https://vetmatters.substack.com/p/vet-matters-32-microchip-registries" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vetmatters.substack.com/p/vet-</span><span class="invisible">matters-32-microchip-registries</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cats</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dogs</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Horses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horses</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snakes</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Lizards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lizards</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frogs</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Turtles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turtles</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Rodents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rodents</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Ferrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ferrets</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Rats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rats</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Mice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mice</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microchip</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pets</span></a> <br>🧵 1/3</p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>Intel had its worst year since going public in 1971, losing 61% of its value. Read more at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@cnbc_rss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cnbc_rss</span></a></span>. <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microchip</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flip.it/BitH14" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/BitH14</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Michael Paulino<p>Just made this piece Titled “STOP WAR “ - this piece is a direct result of conflict and an appeal to the rationale of Mankind 2 End war . the company’s written surrounding the words STOP WAR are complicit and directly involved with The Indutrail Military complex and the red surrounding the letters represents the blood of those who have been killed by weapons made by company’s like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Raytheon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raytheon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boeing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microchip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lockheedmartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lockheedmartin</span></a> and more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/michaelpaulinostudios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>michaelpaulinostudios</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/michaelpaulino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>michaelpaulino</span></a></p>
Michael Paulino<p>Microchip's E-Fuse demonstrator board, powered by SiC tech, offers faster, more reliable high-voltage circuit protection for EV/HEV battery systems (400-800V), with a resettable feature, LIN interface & lower part count for accelerated SiC-based auxiliary app dev. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EVtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EVtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microchip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/huggingface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>huggingface</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastadon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blockchain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/web3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artbasel2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artbasel2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/michaelpaulino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>michaelpaulino</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technewsdaily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technewsdaily</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aiart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llama3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llama3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>siliconvalley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
Olimex<p>WOW - Microchip soon will release PIC64 - Quad core RISCV with 4GB DDR4, 2 Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe, CAN, USB, HDMI <a href="https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/aemDocuments/documents/MPU64/ProductDocuments/Brochures/PIC64GX-Product-Family-00005500.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ww1.microchip.com/downloads/ae</span><span class="invisible">mDocuments/documents/MPU64/ProductDocuments/Brochures/PIC64GX-Product-Family-00005500.pdf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/riscv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microchip</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>AI has returned chipmaking to the heart of computer technology: a series of stories from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@TheEconomist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheEconomist</span></a></span> (Subscription required). <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microchip</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2024-09-21" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">economist.com/technology-quart</span><span class="invisible">erly/2024-09-21</span></a></p>
John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺<p>Right now I'm pretty frustrated with <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microchip</span></a> . </p><p>Off and on for the last few years, I've been using its <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MPLAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MPLAB</span></a> X IDE (integrated development environment) to develop and debug embedded software using its <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/microcontrollers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microcontrollers</span></a> , until recently with good results.</p><p>They pushed an update that breaks a few things.</p><p>The new version requires *a lot* of screen real estate, so I can't run it on the laptop computer I've been using. It basically needs a desktop computer with at least one giant display.</p><p>As far as I can tell, Microchip also publishes every older version of its development software for Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X, and Linux platforms, but it doesn't publish what the minimum (or recommended) system requirements are for any of them.</p><p>When I contacted them asking for this, their response was almost as friendly and helpful as "screw you".</p>
stux⚡<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a>’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Chips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chips</span></a> Could Be Preventing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> With <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a></p><p>As China’s threats to Taiwan escalate, the global economy is increasingly at risk of a catastrophic disruption to the supply of microchips -- which are responsible for shaping our modern world. </p><p>In response, the U.S. is racing to up its manufacturing capacity, pouring billions of dollars into the domestic <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microchip</span></a> industry.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Bw94T-OqA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=n8Bw94T-Oq</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>I usually don't post about my dreams, but last night's was a doozy (and I kept going back into the same dream). Highlights: The usual dystopian dreamscape (abandoned industrial buildings where people are living), and helping people escape the government. Unfortunately, I got "caught," and had a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microchip</span></a> (like the ones for dogs and cats) injected into my buttocks (?!!). I knew I could be tracked, so I came up with tin "underwear" (tinfoil?), which seemed to dampen the device (like RFID wallets), and I was able to get people safely to where they needed to be. Oh, and I was doing laundry (washing bedding for other people). I guess all the laundry talk seeped into my subconscious. I actually woke quite refreshed, since I was able to thwart the gubmint! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeverDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeverDream</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dystopian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dreams</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Adventures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adventures</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tonawanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tonawanda</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Seneca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seneca</span></a> Nation’s Fight to Protect the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigWoods</span></a> and stop STAMP</p><p>By Margaret Wooster (WNY Environmental Alliance) with Sarah Howard (Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation + Allies of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation) June 16, 2023</p><p>"One of Western <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a>’s greatest treasures is a 20,000-acre <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wetland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wetland</span></a>-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grassland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grassland</span></a> complex located mainly in the Town of Alabama, and locally known as 'Alabama Swamp.' It is also known as the Sixth Great Lake, a glacial lake now largely underground but surfacing in the plentiful streams and pools that make this watery landscape essential to the many reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds who live or pass through, especially during spring migration.</p><p>"This area is also home to the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, a federally recognized Nation and part of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaudenosauneeConfederacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaudenosauneeConfederacy</span></a>. The extraordinary <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> of this area is in large part a testament to their ongoing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stewardship</span></a> and reciprocal relationship with the more-than-human beings who also call this place home.</p><p>"But now, this place, and the Tonawanda Seneca Nation itself, faces an existential threat to their well-being. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeneseeCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneseeCounty</span></a> Economic Development Center (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GCEDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCEDC</span></a>) has purchased 1,260 acres of habitat and farmland to build a Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/STAMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STAMP</span></a>) adjacent to the Nation’s territory. The site is also located within a few miles of multiple state and federally protected areas, including the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iroquois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iroquois</span></a> National <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> Refuge and the John White Wildlife Management Area.</p><p>"The STAMP plan capitalizes on federal and state subsidies for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microchip</span></a> fabrication. To date, however, its only tenant is Plug Power, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HydrogenFuelCell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HydrogenFuelCell</span></a> manufacturer whose product will have to be trucked many miles to market, undermining its justification as 'green power.'</p><p>"Two other possible developers – semiconductor producer <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EdwardsVacuum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdwardsVacuum</span></a> and the warehouse developer <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScannellProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScannellProject</span></a> – would pave or build over the site’s northern 600-plus acres and bring an extra 140 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/diesel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diesel</span></a> trucks per hour up the narrow country road that leads to the refuge and through the Nation.</p><p>"However, the Tonawanda Seneca Nation and their allies, including other local residents and numerous environmental organizations, are fighting back against this industrial development. In February [2023], the GCEDC applied for a 'Full Campus Incidental Take Permit' that would allow them to remove habitat for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> and threatened <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> species known to occupy the site, including the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShortEaredOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortEaredOwl</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthernHarrierHawk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernHarrierHawk</span></a>. In response to the hundreds of letters it received from the public about this permit, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) required the GCEDC to hold a public hearing, which took place on May 11 in the town of Basom.</p><p>"More than 185 people attended the hearing. All 49 who spoke were opposed to the permit and the majority expressed opposition to the entire STAMP project. Speaking in opposition were numerous members of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, including titleholders, as well as allies from groups including the Buffalo Niagara <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Waterkeeper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterkeeper</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SierraClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SierraClub</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveOntarioShores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOntarioShores</span></a>, SUNY ESF, University of Rochester, Western New York Environmental Alliance and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanAirCoalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanAirCoalition</span></a> of Western New York. In the words of Tonawanda Seneca Nation Sub-Chief Scott Logan (Bear Clan), 'If this permit were to be granted, it would be an immense injustice to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a>. And as a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Haudenosaunee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haudenosaunee</span></a> person, and all the Haudenosaunee People in here, that is our birthright. It is our, what we are here for, is to protect the earth. And the STAMP Project goes a hundred percent against what we are — what we’re all about.'</p><p>"The STAMP site is located immediately adjacent to the Nation’s present-day reservation boundaries. Indeed, the most intensive manufacturing will be located along the project’s border with the Nation. However, as their Council of Chiefs has repeatedly stated in public comment letters and letters to agencies responsible for granting permits sought by the developers, the project’s approval process has continuously and egregiously undermined the Nation’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a>. In violation of their status as a federally recognized <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TribalNation</span></a>, the Tonawanda Band of Seneca’s Council of Chiefs – their traditional governance structure – has not been afforded a robust consultation process in decision-making about the project. Instead, opportunities for consultation have been perfunctory at best, and have focused almost exclusively on mitigation.</p><p>"In their official letter to the NYDEC regarding the proposed Part 182 Take Permit (mentioned above), the Nation’s Council of Chiefs wrote that, 'The Tonawanda Seneca Nation opposes this habitat destruction and would directly be impacted by it. The permit would allow for unmitigated incidental take on Nation lands when, inevitably, increased human presence, noise, excavation, light and traffic would disturb these species and turn them away… We do not want our Territory, people or future generations to be burdened by the negative impacts of these projects. This is a human rights issue for the Tonawanda Seneca Nation and the Haudenosaunee, who would bear a disproportionate burden from the industrialization of the land at STAMP.'</p><p>"The Council of Chiefs has demanded that a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) be carried out to assess the possible impacts on the Nation, its culture and its environment; to date there has been no such study and the 2012 STAMP EIS (which did not analyze impacts on the nation) is badly outdated."</p><p><a href="https://globaljusticeecology.org/tonawanda-seneca-nation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globaljusticeecology.org/tonaw</span><span class="invisible">anda-seneca-nation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForestDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SenecaNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenecaNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HydrogenPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HydrogenPower</span></a></p>
Scientific Frontline<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a> show that a jellybean-shaped <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantum</span></a> dot creates more breathing space in a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microchip</span></a> packed with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/qubits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qubits</span></a>. The silicon microchips of future quantum <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> will be packed with millions, if not billions of qubits<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuantumScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sflorg</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2023/05/eng05102301.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sflorg.com/2023/05/eng05102301</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a></p>
Michael<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a>’s plans to turn Britain into <a href="https://mas.to/tags/microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microchip</span></a> world leader dealt a devastating blow </p><p>Brexit contributed to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arm</span></a> decision </p><p><a href="https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-economics/sunaks-plans-to-turn-britain-into-microchip-world-leader-dealt-a-devastating-blow-347793/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelondoneconomic.com/business</span><span class="invisible">-economics/sunaks-plans-to-turn-britain-into-microchip-world-leader-dealt-a-devastating-blow-347793/</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>The <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microchip</span></a> market is revealing itself to be segmented...</p><p>While there continues to be a shortage of processor chips in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/supplychains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supplychains</span></a>, Samsung has announced a cut in its production of DRAM (memory) chips due to a global glut. </p><p>Not unusually in high capital <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> business there seems to have been an over-shoot in capacity, that has also impact other firms in the same market(s) as Samsung.... meanwhile the micro-processor manufacturers are making hay while the sun shines!</p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Cat owners face £500 fine if they don't get pet microchipped under new laws - Mirror Online<br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cats</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microchip</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/cat-owners-face-500-fine-29445375" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mirror.co.uk/news/politics/cat</span><span class="invisible">-owners-face-500-fine-29445375</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>More detail on <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/supplychain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supplychain</span></a> 'reshoring'... Japanese <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/microchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microchip</span></a> maker Kyocera is moving production back to <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>. </p><p>The President of Kyocera told the FT, that while producing in China for th Chinese market was fine, 'the business model of producing in China & exporting abroad is no longer viable...Not only have wages gone up, but obviously with all that’s happening between the US & China, it’s difficult to export from China to some regions.'</p><p>US sanctions on Chinese <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> are biting!</p>
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