the Guardian
Electricity generation costs would be up to 50% higher if Australia stuck with coal and gas only
Griffith University experts reveal the 30% increase in consumer power bills since 2021 would have been worse under fossil fuel-only scenario
 Australia's investment in renewable generation avoided a likely 50% increase in the total cost of electricity.
the Guardian
Stained panties, male guards and no privacy: what it’s like to have your period in prison
In my 15 years of incarceration, I’ve seen women’s bodily needs constantly disregarded. One solution could grant us back some dignity
 An Oklahoma women's prison is harsh and inflexible to prisoners who are menstruating.
the Guardian
For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades
Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to India
Glossary
Trump’s War on Late-Night Comedy
It could be his undoing
 *For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades.* *The one thing [the bully] can't take is a joke, especially one at his expense.*
the Guardian
Brother of Briton jailed in India asks why UK border police are stopping him
Gurpreet Singh Johal wants to know if stops are linked to his efforts to find out whether UK intelligence played a role in sibling’s arrest
 *Brother of Briton jailed in India asks why UK border police are stopping him.* It looks like the UK is helping to protect Modi. If that is true, the UK should apologize and stop. If not, it he better come clean about the real reason, and stop.
Sunday thought: Confronting tyranny
Seven things we’ve learned
 *Robert Reich: lessons from recent events about confronting tyranny.*
Gizmodo
UK Official Calls for Age Verification on VPNs to Prevent Porn Loophole
The call comes as governments go to war with the anonymous web.
 Will the UK impose identification requirements on all users of VPNs, as China does, in the name of controlling minors?
the Guardian
I was a Republican – the party I believed in no longer exists | Paolina Milana
I didn’t leave the Republican party lightly. I left because it left me
 A former Republican stalwart says that the party she supported has ceased to exist, replaced by one like the Fascist party her Italian parents fled from.
the Guardian
‘I can’t survive in a house’: Petra’s Bedouin resist moves to evict them from ancient cave homes
Plans to improve the world heritage site for tourists put its living culture at risk, say locals and campaigners
 *Petra's Bedouin resist [Jordan's] moves to evict them from ancient cave homes. Plans to improve the world heritage site for tourists put its living culture at risk, say locals and campaigners.*
the Guardian
The car made pedestrians second-class citizens. Don’t let driverless vehicles push us off the road altogether | Adam Tranter
If we want autonomous tech to succeed it must be designed to share space with us, rather than forcing us to adapt to it, says former cycling and wa...
 Companies that aim to make driverless cars also aim to stop sharing the streets with pedestrians. I have to remark that human drivers in London, including bus drivers, seem to be unwilling to let pedestrians share the streets.
the Guardian
Zarah Sultana consults defamation lawyers after spat with Jeremy Corbyn over party funds
MP says she faced ‘baseless attacks’ over paid membership portal, which Corbyn told supporters not to use
 The new party that Jeremy Corbyn and some other leftist members of Parliament want to start is running into a personality conflict. I find this very disappointing.