Tesco signs deal to buy enough solar energy to power 144 large stores -

Tesco signs deal to buy enough solar energy to power 144 large stores

Supermarket will buy almost two-thirds of the energy generated by the new £450m Cleve Hill solar park in Kent

"Supermarket will buy almost two-thirds of the energy generated by the new £450m Cleve Hill solar park in Kent" more like this needed

Glyn Moody 1 year ago

“Surrender or Starve”: Israel Weighs Plan to Liquidate Northern #Gaza as Siege on Jabaliya Intensifies -

Democracy Now!

“Surrender or Starve”: Israel Weighs Plan to Liquidate Northern Gaza as Siege on Jabaliya Intensifies

We speak with the reporter who revealed the Israeli plan to displace or kill the entire Palestinian population of north Gaza. Israeli Major General...

if only there were a word to describe this kind of thing...

Glyn Moody 1 year ago

Robot Vacuums That Collect Photos, Videos And Audio Of Users To Train AI Models Start Yelling Obscenities And Chasing Dogs -

Techdirt

Robot Vacuums That Collect Photos, Videos And Audio Of Users To Train AI Models Start Yelling Obscenities And Chasing Dogs

As far back as 2017, Techdirt was warning that robot vacuum cleaners represented a threat to privacy. In that instance, it concerned the possibilit...

do vacuums really need cameras and Net connections? #privacy

Glyn Moody 1 year ago

My six-year-old daughter was shot at Sandy Hook – and I faced a torrent of abuse -

the Guardian

My six-year-old daughter was shot at Sandy Hook – and I faced a torrent of abuse

Robbie Parker and his family were devastated by the death of their beloved, inquisitive Emilie. Then rightwing provocateurs claimed he was a ‘cri...

"Robbie Parker and his family were devastated by the death of their beloved, inquisitive Emilie. Then rightwing provocateurs claimed he was a ‘crisis actor’ and the threats began" unfathomable cruelty

Glyn Moody 1 year ago

Fossil Fuel Companies Use Fake Consumer Groups And Fake Local News Orgs To Derail Solar Efforts In Ohio -

Techdirt

Fossil Fuel Companies Use Fake Consumer Groups And Fake Local News Orgs To Derail Solar Efforts In Ohio

A favorite tactic of U.S. corporations looking to dismantle consumer protection reforms (or anything they don’t like, really) is to create en...

"this kind of sleazy gamesmanship makes implementing even basic progress and reform much, much harder and time consuming than it has to be." #renewables

Glyn Moody 1 year ago

Met police marksman ‘filled with dread’ before shooting Chris Kaba -

the Guardian

Met police marksman ‘filled with dread’ before shooting Chris Kaba

Martyn Blake, who is accused of murder, tells court he feared suspect would use car to kill his colleagues

I don't think someone who can be "filled with dread" should be a police marksman in the first place...

Glyn Moody 1 year ago

UK ponders #USB-C as common charging standard -

UK to consider USB-C as charging standard

: Will it also plug into some common sense?

"and if this needs to be the same as the USB-C connector the EU adopted." more #brexit self-harm if it isn't....

Glyn Moody 1 year ago

In the #Netherlands, we’re closing our emptying #prisons. What can other countries learn from how we did it? -

the Guardian

In the Netherlands, we’re closing our emptying prisons. What can other countries learn from how we did it? | Renate van der Zee

The Dutch prison population has fallen by more than 40% – and awareness of the harms of harsh sentencing could explain why, says Dutch writer and...

"At the other end of the spectrum, Britain has the highest rate of incarceration in western Europe, and is struggling with an unprecedented prisons crisis."