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Submission + - US Montly Jobs Report firing: lies, damn lies, and statistics (bls.gov)

cosmicl writes: The Bureau of Labor and statistics reported that the US added 73,000 jobs in July. Apparently President Trump did not like this number because he thought it was much too low. Solution? Fire Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, "whom he accused, without evidence, of manipulating the monthly jobs reports for “political purposes.” " The report is detailed at the BLS website, Along with plenty of charts and other data.

Looks like commissioner McEntarfer (senate approval 86-8 Jan 2024) and team are following a methodology that the BLS repeats every month. As part of the process there is a revision for each month. Weather or not you like the method, it appears to be relatively transparent and repeated for each month. Hard to see how this firing is going to improve the situation beyond stroking the ego of the Dear Leader.

 

Comment Follow-Up Mission next year if... (Score 2) 44

The follow-up mission, with more antennas, better shielding, and better noise-rejection is in preparation for launch in Dec 2025 or Jan 2026. https://pueo.space/ That is if the NASA Scientific Balloon Program https://www.csbf.nasa.gov/ survives the "Move fast and break things" budget chainsaw taken to the NASA budget. To loose this program and the PUEO mission and other upcoming balloon missions would be incredibly short-sighted.

Comment Read it before it's gone (Score 1) 178

That would be an NREL report with a nice explanation and analysis of grid inertia in the US. https://docs.nrel.gov/docs/fy2... A key take-away from "Inertia and the Power Grid: A Guide Without the Spin" Using power electronics, inverter-based resources including wind, solar, and storage can quickly detect frequency deviations and respond to system imbalances. Tapping into electronic-based resources for this “fast frequency response” can enable response rates many times faster than traditional mechanical response from conventional generators, thereby reducing the need for inertia. The report also has some observations on the Texas ERCOT grid. Sure would be nice to see a follow-up as this report dates from 2020, But it's not the sort thing the trusk thought police are likely to allow.

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