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Solar’s biggest weakness was never cost. It was timing. That problem is now solved. Falling battery prices mean solar is cheap, clean, and dispa...
 "long-duration utility-scale battery storage now costs around $125/kWh all-in, translating to a levelised cost of storage of roughly $65/MWh. Pair that with today’s already cheap solar, and you get dispatchable electricity for around $76/MWh" hugely important View quoted note →
Videos of sexually suggestive, AI-generated children are racking up millions of likes on #TikTok, study finds - https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/11/tech/tiktok-ai-videos-children-report "TikTok responded that 14 of the accounts did not violate their rules and one account had been “restricted,”
The Polyglot Neuroscientist Resolving How the Brain Parses #Language -
Quanta Magazine
The Polyglot Neuroscientist Resolving How the Brain Parses Language | Quanta Magazine
Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in th...
 " Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to LLMs." plausible stuff
Secrecy Tracker: The EU’s plan to classify (almost) everything -
EUobserver
Secrecy Tracker: The EU’s plan to classify (almost) everything
The latest Secrecy Tracker warns that a proposed EU law could restrict public access to documents, while also covering controversies over EU transp...
 "we are ending the year with some dire news. The right to access documents in the EU is potentially coming to an end." #foi
X deactivates @European Commission ad account after the company was fined €120M -
TechCrunch
X deactivates European Commission’s ad account after the company was fined €120M | TechCrunch
X has seemingly penalized the European Commission's account after the commission fined the company over blue checkmarks and ad transparency.
 so much for freedom of speech, musk. EU should close down all its #twitter accounts now
Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government -
BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government
Ex-Tory MP facilitated meetings with 10+ Labour MPs and met ministers in “cash-for-access operation”
 "Ex-Tory MP facilitated meetings with 10+ Labour MPs and met ministers in “cash-for-access operation”" every time...
RE: https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/115655644559547560 don in his dotage... View quoted note →
Wikimedia Foundation secures crucial legal win in France -
Diff
Wikimedia Foundation secures crucial legal win in France
On 19 September 2025, the Wikimedia Foundation won an important case at the Paris Civil Court, marking a victory for freedom of expression and for ...
 "marking a victory for freedom of expression and for everyone who contributes to Wikimedia projects" #wikipedia
UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B -
UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B
: OBR says the scheme will cost £600M a year with no identified savings
 "OBR says the scheme will cost £600M a year with no identified savings" UK gov is scrabbling around for pennies, and yet wasting billions on this intrusive and unnecessary scheme
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel #Farage reject ‘banter’ claims -
the Guardian
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
 he was a #racist, is a racist and always will be a racist