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19 hours agoGas update (using 
AAA US national average)
Regular Current - 3.87
Regular Highest Recorded (6/15/22) - 5.02
Diesel Current - 6.06
Diesel Highest Recorded (9/22/26) - 6.52
Commie_Chameleon [she/her]
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The US National Weather service is having communication issues https://www.weather.gov/lox/WebIssues
Oh my god that link broke within minutes of me posting it lmao, here’s one that’s working for now https://www.weather.gov/pub/InternetIssues120418
And here’s a screenshot just in case!
It’s been one single day since they implemented an AI tool nationwide that suggests more efficient routes:
https://gizmodo.com/the-faa-is-rolling-out-its-ai-air-traffic-tool-nationwide-2000839347
Could be unrelated but yeah.
Agreed, just got ours loaded up.
Gas update (using
AAA US national average)
Regular Current - 3.90
Regular Highest Recorded (6/15/22) - 5.02
Diesel Current - 6.09
Diesel Highest Recorded (9/22/26) - 6.52
7·2 days agoGood luck and god speed on that house
I had the same exact thought thank you for saving me from a Google search
Ed Zitron has got to be loving all of this
The Roaring would have never (almost) happened if Queen was president
Gas update (using
AAA US national average)
Regular Current - 3.94
Regular Highest Recorded (6/15/22) - 5.02
Diesel Current - 6.13
Diesel Highest Recorded (9/22/26) - 6.52
3·3 days agoBeans Radio. It’s all bean coverage all the time. Growing them, cooking them, storing them. All the ads are for beans and bean related products. There are loud fart noises at random intervals.
China has started buying oil again - https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/China-Is-Buying-Oil-Again-After-Months-of-Living-Off-Its-Stockpiles.html
“China’s crude oil imports last month hit the highest since March, reaching 41.94 million tons, equal to around 9.88 million barrels daily. The October average was a 9.4% increase on the previous month as well, Reuters reported.”
Article:
Seaborne crude oil imports specifically went up by 12% in October from September, according to data from Kpler.
Citing official customs data, the publication also reported that despite the monthly increase and the seven-month high, October’s total in oil imports was still 13.3% below the volume for October 2025. Chinese oil imports for the first ten months of 2026 were 15.1% lower than the ten-month total for 2025.
Imports from Saudi Arabia rose markedly last month, the data showed, at 1.62 million barrels daily, which was in line with last year’s Saudi monthly total. It is, however, a marked increase on earlier months this year when the war in the Middle East prompted Chinese buyers to sharply cut their purchases from the region—and overall.
Since the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran began at the end of February, China has relied on its huge crude oil inventories after oil prices jumped to above $100 per barrel. The world’s biggest crude importer has drawn from its 1.3-billion-barrel stash for most of the months after March as it slashed imports amid soaring prices.
China slashed its total crude oil imports to a decade low in June, leaning heavily into its inventory cushion. However, since summer, imports have started to pick up in what some analysts called a potentially worrying development on the basis that if China’s low oil-buying was keeping a lid on prices, its higher buying would take that lid off.
For now, this does not seem to have happened, with oil prices moved mostly by reports on geopolitical topics and developments in the Middle East.
By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com
I wonder if I’m gonna have to switch to pog emotes instead of screaming ones for the gas updates soon? Kept seeing articles this summer about how China was the reason gas didn’t skyrocket more than it did.
20·4 days agoAs little as a CEO does he could be right. I mean heck just throw the leather jacket up on stage with a post it note that says “AI” on it and you’re good
12·5 days agoSuperman for Calvinists
Gas update (using
AAA US national average)
Regular Current - 4.00
Regular Highest Recorded (6/15/22) - 5.02
Diesel Current - 6.17
Diesel Highest Recorded (9/22/26) - 6.52
It’s like clockwork at this point. Curious what, if anything, will break the oil market.
So there is less crude to go around, and less refineries to make it into gas. We can’t really be super sure of how much it’s down by, but clearly things aren’t at what they were before all this started.
On the flip side, my guess is that demand is also down quite a bit. Everything is fucking expensive and people have to cut something. Even if people aren’t focusing on cutting down on gas consumption, in the US specifically, cutting down on just about anything will necessarily cut down on gas. Eating out, getting groceries, going to events, getting deliveries all directly use gas.
All that being said. With the supply squeeze as bad as it probably is, gas going down is ultimately kinda scary, because that means there’s a lot less demand. At least that’s my take. If demand ends up going up again, prices could skyrocket real quick.
4·7 days agoOn that “sniff check this shirt I wore a few days ago” laundry grind. Laundry is my least favorite chore, I will do dishes and trash any day over laundry.
Feeding cats is probably the hardest part of owning cats, I respect the 4 feedings a day lol. We have 3, one of them has no teeth and has to be separated from the rest so she can have a little wet food to soften everything. One has kidney issues but hates kidney food. The last has no issues but loves kidney food. We cannot win, but dang it they’re cute!
When my kid was born, the nurses seemed like they were bracing for me to say I didn’t want them to administer the vitamin k shot (prevents internal bleeding in newborns). It’s not even a vaccine. They were visibly relieved I was happy for them to do it. I knew vaccines were an issue but I remember being really pissed off that anyone would put their baby at risk of having a brain bleed or worse. Awful that companies like Facebook get to enable the spread of misinformation that is actively causing shit like this to happen. Feel like it’s going to get worse before it gets better.