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NextEra's $67B deal to buy Dominion, the largest utility merger in US history, signals a new era of utility consolidation to accommodate AI-driven power demand (Emily Forgash/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Finally found a nifty app to disable those pesky macOS Spaces animations!
#macOS #opensource #utility

Disable macOS Spaces animation · Technical inconsistencies blog
I keep Fantastical and Things on my second macOS space, and everything else on the first. However, there’s a bug that showed a black screen for a split second every time I would switch space using the trackpad. After searching how to disable the animation, I stumbled upon this neat little utility that does exactly that and it is glorious. The preference pane of InstantSpaceSwitcher

As electric bills rise, some states are focusing on the growing profits of utilities (Marc Levy/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/electric-bills-utilities-artificial-intelligence-data-centers-4d09ba20e41fcc8ba68834ffae031c96
http://www.memeorandum.com/260517/p27#a260517p27

Analysis finds 60 "jacket apps" on the App Store disguised as simple games and utilities that become gambling apps when accessed from Brazilian IP addresses (9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/17/investigation-re…

Investigation reveals dozens of disguised gambling apps on the App Store in Brazil - 9to5Mac
An investigation by 9to5Mac reveals dozens of apps that disguise gambling platforms as simple games and utilities. Here are the details.

Texas is about to hit a major energy milestone. By 2026, the state's solar power generation will overtake coal for the first time, producing 78,000 GWh compared to coal's 60,000 GWh.
The Lone Star State is adding 14 GW of new utility-scale solar, plus massive battery storage to keep the grid stable. Combined with wind, renewables could exceed 20% of total U.S. generation by early 2027.

PV power generation to surpass coal in Texas
Utility-scale solar power is projected to surpass coal-fired generation in the ERCOT grid this year as massive capacity additions continue to reshape the state energy mix.

Proposed data centers would cover 14% of the town of Archbald in northeastern Pennsylvania .
By updating ordinances in advance, and diligently collecting information about any data center proposals that are made,
local officials and citizens can protect the best interests of their communities

How Pennsylvania towns are protecting themselves from the noise, heat and utility costs of massive data centers
Communities across the state are demanding to know how proposed data centers would affect their electric and water bills, landscapes and quality of life.

Yeah y'all -- I don't WANT this to be true --I think I'm coming around to the idea that conversation and online discourse is just *better* (in terms of general world utility) on places like Twitter as opposed to here.
Analagous to how roses grow in poop and dirt.
#socialmedia #mastodon

Alistair Davidson @… on 'How building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight': 'Build a web application that works on a playstation portable on a 3G connection - if you do, it will work for all your users, and it will still work 30 years from now'

How building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight
My client was a utility company, and they had a big problem...

Sorry, but if any mention of Joe Biden triggers something in you that requires you to voice your anguish over 80 years of Palestinian history, you and I don’t agree on the proper purposes and utility of social media. Or on civil discourse generally. You don’t want me in your feed, trust me.

Sources: multiple GOP governors and large utilities are expected to join Trump's pledge for data center developers to cover their energy use and infrastructure (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/14/gop-governors-utilit…