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Apple News+ subscription growth blows away major media sites
  • Pretty sure AP is funded by newspapers

  • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is reportedly worried about an OpenAI deal with Apple
  • If your organisation is big enough to have a press office of more than 4 or 5 people, you will usually have an on-call rota.

  • Trump guilty on all 34 counts in hush money trial, in historic first for a former U.S. president
  • Sentencing July 11 - delayed because the original date would clash with a court appearance in Florida

  • Rapid rollout of clean technologies makes energy cheaper, not more costly
  • Certainly, if you on an ‘agile’ tariff in the UK it can be a lot cheaper. There were times a few month ago when it was particularly windy - they were paying me to use electricity/charge my solar batteries from the grid.

  • Kent hosts hundreds of wild beavers, survey finds
  • For me the headline was drowned out by the sound of Beavis and Butthead laughter

  • Plans dropped to replace community school with CofE school

    humanists.uk Victory! Plans dropped to replace community school with CofE school

    Plans to close the only school of no religious character in its area and replace it with a Church of England school have been scrapped. The move has been welcomed by Humanists UK, who has been working with teachers, parents, and the National Education Union (NEU) to stop the proposal, as a victory f...

    Victory! Plans dropped to replace community school with CofE school

    Plans to close the only school of no religious character in its area and replace it with a Church of England school have been scrapped. The move has been welcomed by Humanists UK, who has been working with teachers, parents, and the National Education Union (NEU) to stop the proposal

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    www.theguardian.com Revealed: how touts drew up secret plans to sabotage Labour’s ticket reforms

    Exclusive: Footage shows private event, attended by representatives of firms including StubHub and Viagogo, where £73,000 was raised for political lobbying

    Revealed: how touts drew up secret plans to sabotage Labour’s ticket reforms
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    UnitedKingdom @kbin.social HeartyBeast @kbin.social
    www.theguardian.com Revealed: how touts drew up secret plans to sabotage Labour’s ticket reforms

    Exclusive: Footage shows private event, attended by representatives of firms including StubHub and Viagogo, where £73,000 was raised for political lobbying

    Revealed: how touts drew up secret plans to sabotage Labour’s ticket reforms
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    [Kind of weekly thread] Men over 30, how is your week going?
  • Not bad. Did the Ride London 60 on Sunday, pondering whether I should try the 100 next year. It went ok

  • Virginia went all in on solar. Then its powerful utility changed the rules. After Dominion Energy required expensive upgrades, many solar projects were put on hold.
  • It can work where there is real competition. For natural monopolies, not so much.

    Usually it happens because the state wants to sell off family silver to make some short term cash :(

  • Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service
  • So, if I gave you some volunteering contacts as links, would you commit to starting next month for me? Or would it take a threat of fines/court action?

  • Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service
  • Would you be up for being compelled to give up a day a month to do good works? Not volunteering, mind, compelled.

  • Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service
  • I contribute plenty. I volunteer for several charities including AgeUK and a local food bank and I give blood.

    Want to make it mandatory? piss off.

  • www.bbc.co.uk Extinct ‘mountain jewel’ plant returned to wild - in secret location

    A plant picked for its beautiful flowers then wiped out in the UK mainland makes a dramatic return.

    Extinct ‘mountain jewel’ plant returned to wild - in secret location
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    www.bbc.co.uk Extinct ‘mountain jewel’ plant returned to wild - in secret location

    A plant picked for its beautiful flowers then wiped out in the UK mainland makes a dramatic return.

    Extinct ‘mountain jewel’ plant returned to wild - in secret location
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    Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory
  • You need a certain kind of landscape for that. I think the UK only has a couple of pumped storage power stations due to lack of suitable sites

  • Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory
  • No. That’s like saying the UK has too much wind power because our prices occasionally go negative. What Germany might not have enough of is battery and other storage

  • Almost a third of household smart meters not working properly, says Citizens Advice
  • If you’re on an agile tariff where the price changes ever 30 minutes, it’s a bit of a bummer

  • Government tells Britons to stockpile as part of emergency planning
  • Hopefully the plughole is clogged with hair

  • www.independent.co.uk For first time in a billion years, two lifeforms have merged into one

    ‘The first time it happened, it gave rise to all complex life,’ scientists say

    For first time in a billion years, two lifeforms have merged into one
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    www.bbc.co.uk Cern: Scientists search for mysterious ghost particles

    Physicists believe a new experiment could prove their existence and answer fundamental questions about our Universe.

    Cern: Scientists search for mysterious ghost particles
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    /kbin meta @kbin.social HeartyBeast @kbin.social

    If kbin is going down for planned maintenance can the generic ‘ Over the next few days, there will be a change in server infrastructure…’ text at least be dated

    It’s impossible to tell if there is an actual server upgrade, or they have just gone down, displaying the message from last time.

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    www.bbc.co.uk Vice Media stops publishing on website and cuts hundreds of jobs

    Vice Media Group filed for bankruptcy in May and was bought by Fortress Investment Group.

    Vice Media stops publishing on website and cuts hundreds of jobs
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    www.quantamagazine.org Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing’ Imaginable

    The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object of unspeakable complexity, one that changes its appearance depending on how it is probed. We’ve attempted to connect the proton’s many faces to form the most complete picture yet.

    Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing’ Imaginable
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    /kbin meta @kbin.social HeartyBeast @kbin.social

    So blimey - what hppened there?

    Kbin seemed tio take a nice long sleep there. I almost assumed it had fallen over for good. I Really hate the generic, undated 'over the next few days we are working on servers' mesesage.

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    apnews.com Jury awards climate scientist Michael Mann $1 million in defamation lawsuit

    A jury said Mann was defamed 12 years ago when a pair of conservative writers compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester.

    Jury awards climate scientist Michael Mann $1 million in defamation lawsuit
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    www.bbc.com Plans announced for new, distinctive digital music stations as extensions for BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 3

    The new extensions look to delve deeper into specific genres and periods of music with context, curation and storytelling done in a way only the BBC can do

    Plans announced for new, distinctive digital music stations as extensions for BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 3
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    www.bbc.co.uk Nuclear fusion: new record brings dream of clean energy closer

    Nuclear fusion still remains a long way off but brings the world one step closer to endless clean energy.

    Nuclear fusion: new record brings dream of clean energy closer
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    www.theverge.com Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not

    The Apple Vision Pro is supposed to be the start of a new spatial computing revolution. After several days of testing, it’s clear that it’s the best headset ever made — which is the problem.

    Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not

    The Apple Vision Pro is supposed to be the start of a new spatial computing revolution. After several days of testing, it’s clear that it’s the best headset ever made — which is the problem.

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    www.nature.com Dana-Farber retractions: meet the blogger who spotted problems in dozens of cancer papers

    Nature talks to Sholto David about his process for flagging image manipulation and his tips for scientists under scrutiny.

    Dana-Farber retractions: meet the blogger who spotted problems in dozens of cancer papers
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    greenallianceblog.org.uk My heat pump: a personal story about a broken heating industry

    It was a freezing Friday evening early in February 2023, when my boiler broke. An engineer was called, several cold days passed, and his declaration came in sombre tones: ‘uneconomic to repair’. Li…

    My heat pump: a personal story about a broken heating industry
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    Massive leak exposes 26 billion records in mother of all breaches - It includes data from Twitter, Dropbox, and LinkedIn

    www.techspot.com Massive leak exposes 26 billion records in mother of all breaches

    Cybersecurity researcher Bob Diachenko, who has uncovered many big data leaks over the years, and the CyberNews team discovered the exposed records.

    Massive leak exposes 26 billion records in mother of all breaches
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    Southern Water confirms system attack - customer and staff details leaked

    www.theregister.com UK water company that serves millions confirms system attack

    Comes mere months after Western intelligence agencies warned of attacks on water providers

    UK water company that serves millions confirms system attack
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    iOS 17.3 Released. These Are the New Features on Your iPhone

    www.cnet.com iOS 17.3 Is Here. These Are the New Features on Your iPhone

    Apple released the latest iOS update to the general public on Monday.

    iOS 17.3 Is Here. These Are the New Features on Your iPhone
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