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1. Iran's Bad Options(tags:iran nuclearweapons )2. The work to move the UK's electricity from where it's generated to where it's needed won't be finished until 2030.(tags:electricity infrastructure uk thefuture planning )3. England's Green Party comes out in favour of drug legalisation(tags:legalisation drugs UK GreenParty ) comments

Zack Polanski is once again proposing solutions to capitalist problems while the Labour Party bury their heads in the sand

In this blog, Callum MacIver and Keith Bell set out to dig a little deeper into the current state of wind curtailment.

At most, Iran can hope to wound America or Israel when attacked. But its own weapons can never win a war.

1. How Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels(tags:solarpower germany )2. UK families to save hundreds of pounds in major homebuying overhaul(tags:housing uk regulation GoodNews )3. Edinburgh's "Auld Hoose" pub is up for rent, if anyone fancies running one of my old favourite pubs(tags:pubs edinburgh )4. Australian experts review The Cass Review and find it full of 'stigma and misinformation'(tags:LGBT transgender healthcare bigotry UK Australia )5. Global solar power grows 31% as coal use drops(tags:renewables coal electricity GoodNews ) comments

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

I think it might be autumn.

A newly published study has argued the Cass Review into trans youth care, published in April 2024, is full of 'stigma' and 'misinformation'.

First-time buyers set to save money when buying a home and timelines reduced with a new consultation launched by the Government.

Meet balkonkraftwerk, the simple technology putting solar power in the hands of renters and nudging Germany toward its clean energy goals.

1. Scientists Reveal Biological Basis of Long Covid Brain Fog(tags:Pandemic brain disease )2. Fire destroys Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available(tags:Korea data epicfail backup )3. Disastrous South Korean data centre fire is connected to North Korean hacking(tags:NorthKorea korea hacking sabotage ) comments

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A fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) Daejeon headquarters destroyed the government’s G-Drive cloud storage system, erasing work files saved individually by some 750,000 civil servants.

Just had to ask what was going on. Sophia told me "There's a spider in the bathroom"

A national poll from Jacobin, DSA Fund, and Data for Progress finds broad support for democratic socialist leaders and left-wing policies.

The hackers "did not gain access to Discord directly," but some users' data is still at risk.

There's this popular idea that socially anxious folks are just dying to be liked.

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

The Non-problem of Trans Women and NHS Same-Sex Accommodation