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Canal takes a 34% stake in French cinema operator UGC, with the option to build a controlling stake in 2028, and says UGC's content library will expand its own (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/10/canal-ugc-stake-secondary-listin…

Canal+ Buys Into French Cinema Chain UGC & Plans Secondary Listing In Johannesburg
Canal has bought a 34% stake in French cinema operator UGC, as the London-listed Euro giant announced plans for a secondary listing in South Africa.

LED Lighting: Mini Reviews - Real-world testing! - https://m.earth.org.uk/LED-lighting.html

LED Lighting: Mini Reviews
Real-world testing!

Petition: "Kein Sonderregister für trans* Personen – Nie wieder Listen gegen Minderheiten!"
https://weact.campact.de/petitions/kein-sonderregister-fur-trans-personen-nie-wieder-l…

Kein Sonderregister für trans* Personen – Nie wieder Listen gegen Minderheiten!
Hallo, ich bin Penelope Alva Frank, Transfrau, queerfeministische Aktivistin und Gründerin der queerfeministischen Bewegung Queermany. Ich weiß, wie es ist, jeden Tag Blicke, Sprüche und Angriffe auszuhalten, nur weil ich trans bin. Ich erlebe Queerfeindlichkeit auf der Straße, online und sogar in meinem Aktivismus wie bei, Polizei Gewahrsam 2023 und ich will mir gar nicht vorstellen, was passiert, wenn falsche Polizisten oder Behördenmitarbeiter Zugriff auf mein früheres Geschlecht...

“By 2040, the Locational scenario could reduce the total system cost by 23 – 59 Bn. EUR annually. These savings are in the order of magnitude of those associated with the integration of European electricity markets.”
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/J…

Locational Price Signals in Europe
As Europe strives to become the first climate neutral continent, grid congestion is becoming an increasingly urgent issue, with the potential to lead to large-scale curtailment of renewables and undermine the system’s security. Accordingly, the Mission Letter to Commissioner for Energy and Affordable Housing Dan Jørgensen lists the task to improve locational price signals. These aim to ensure that investments occur where they are most beneficial to the system, while incentivizing an efficien…

Shares of Super Bank Indonesia, a Grab-backed digital lender, rose by 24% during their stock market debut in Jakarta, after the company raised ~$168M in its IPO (Ismi Damayanti/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/marke

Superbank trading halted after 24% jump in Indonesia market debut
Grab-backed lender's IPO rides interest in booming digital banking business

Lunchtime Listening: https://eyebeemania.net/2025/10/17/lunchtime-listening.html

Lunchtime Listening
Some Infected Mushroom music.youtube.com/watch


The day after Democrats swept this month’s voting, a group of jubilant Democratic congressional candidates gathered on Capitol Hill to listen to Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colorado) explain how they could triumph in next year’s midterm elections, too.

Crow, dressed in jeans, boots and an open-necked shirt, urged them to campaign next year as if they were running for mayor:
Be local, be authentic, don’t listen too much to campaign consultants, he argued,
and be ready to separate f…

This rising House Democrat is a voice for the angry middle
Why I’m keeping an eye on the political trajectory of Jason Crow, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wer denkt, Austritt aus TikTok/X wäre Kapitulation, verkennt das Spiel: Die Plattformbetreiber brauchen unsere Aufmerksamkeit – nicht unseren Widerspruch. Kuketz rät: Relevanz entziehen, Alternativen stärken. Nur außerhalb der Empörungsmaschine wird wirkliche Opposition sichtbar. #socialmedia

Warum das Argument, man müsse in sozialen Netzwerken bleiben, um Opposition zu leisten, völliger Unsinn ist
Der Mythos der »notwendigen Opposition« auf Plattformen wie X und TikTok ist eine Illusion: Auseinandersetzungen verstärken Desinformation und fördern das Geschäftsmodell.

London Home Solar Power PV Pilot Project (2007) - Learn how I switched my office lighting to 100% "off-grid" solar PV, batteries definitely included! #solar #microgen -

London Home Solar Power PV Pilot Project (2007)
Learn how I switched my office lighting to 100% off-grid solar PV, batteries definitely included! #solar #microgen