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Big news for the energy transition!
And a nice little 'told you so' moment for yours truly :)
In the first half of this year, renewables produced more electricity globally than coal, for the first time.
And 2025 is the date I predicted for this to happen, back in 2016, in a blog post for Ecofys! The score was 23%-40% at the time, with most of the renewables share still coming from hydro, and the prediction was less than obvious.

Researchers find spyware on phones belonging to Kenyan filmmakers https://therecord.media/researchers-spyware-kenya-filmmaker-phone

“According to our president, there’s only two genders..."
Also according to him experiments with injecting bleach, shining UV lights up your ass, hydroxychloroquine, etc. should be pursued. I hope said student is following that advice too.
https://www.theguardian.c…

Sigh, well I was feeling good about getting an ebike but I stopped by a local shop and the model I was looking at is pretty much sold out everywhere. They do have newer models ($more expensive$) and some other modes so I may need to do up that whole spreadsheet of features to compare things.
#bikeTooter #biking

A judge in Michigan dismissed the felony charges against a slate of electors who falsely signed on to documents claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election
in the latest blow to efforts to hold the president and his allies accountable for attempting to overturn the results of the White House race he lost to Joe Biden.
Sixteen people were initially charged with eight felonies each related to forgery and conspiracy by the Democratic attorney general, Dana Nessel, in 2023,
tho…

Space-filling discrete helices
Jayanth R. Banavar, Achille Giacometti, Trinh X. Hoang, Amos Maritan, Tatjana \v{S}krbi\'c
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07011 https://

Space-filling discrete helices
Proteins are linear chain molecules that play a central role in life and health. Protein native state folds are modular assemblies of space-filling building blocks of α-helices, \{beta}-sheets and tight turns. Here we deduce the structures of a countable set of space-filling helical forms of a uniform discrete thick string from first principles with no additional input or adjustable parameters. These forms occur in correspondence with the natural numbers, loosely analogous to the energy levels…

Rick Edmonds, The Poynter Institute's longtime media business analyst, has died at 78 following a car accident (Kristen Hare/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2025/rick-edmonds-obituary/

Rick Edmonds chronicled the media business with savvy, care and wit - Poynter
The veteran journalist died at 78 on Sunday

We are starting the #OpenStreetMap 12-hour global mapathon (UTC 08:00 – 20:00) to celebrate OSM’s 21st birthday! 🎂
If you want to join, check out the following wiki page for details: https://

Eating Plant-Based Can Reduce Cancer And Cardiometabolic Disease Risk, Says Study https://plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/health/eating-plant-based-reduce-disease-risk/

Eating Plant-Based Can Reduce Cancer And Cardiometabolic Disease Risk, Says Study
A study has found that following a healthy plant-based diet could reduce the risk of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases

It was midnight. Billions of dollars in tariffs are now flowing from the wallets of US citizens into the pockets of the Trump regime.