Solar #railways could soon become commonplace in #Europe, after successful trial in #Switzerland
Europe’s infrastructure is embracing #renewables boom. One company determined to transform continent’s railway lines into solar farms
Last year, Swiss start-up #Sun-Ways unveiled world’s first-ever solar railway after rolling out 100 metres of #photovoltaic (PV) panels in between active tracks in #Buttes, a village in the Val-de-Travers district
Nigel Farage ‘secretly funded by convicted criminal’
#Farage received #financial benefits from a #convicted #criminal in the year before entering #Parliament, potentially breaking #MPs’ rules by failing to declare them, it has been reported.
Long-time aide George #Cottrell provided funding for the #Reform #UK leader’s operation, including for staffing, security and housing, according to The Sunday Times.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26253862.nigel-farage-secretly-funded-convicted-criminal/
Link Post: Burnham told to speed up switch to EVs and heat pumps to cut bills by £500 https://inews.co.uk/news/burnham-told-speed-switch-heat-pumps-cut-bills-4622690
🔥 The UK-US Pharma deal.
Starmer threw our NHS under the bus for Trump.
Rather than use trade tariffs & investment like the EU and Switzerland did to protect patients… Starmer acquiesced to Trump - letting him push up prices in our NHS, risking 230,000 vulnerable lives.
What the damn hell EU? Sometimes I feel like the global community of politicians know that an asteroid is heading our way, and therefore have decided that there’s no point in changing our filthy ways. That’s got to be it, right? We can’t be this stupid and corrupt? Right? Right? …Right? #ClimateCatastrophe #climate #democracyIsBroken
Ehhh....No.
BBC News - Prince Harry and Meghan: Will they or won't they, and will we care?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c621jwpld8zo
Jack Stanford, eccentric "rag" dance 1935
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZvUlVudNwc&list=RDgZvUlVudNwc&start_radio=1
@ChrisMayLA6 Interestingly, Mr. Musk was invited to speak at an ASML conference on June 11th, one day before the IPO. #ASML is crucial for the ambitions of SpaceX. He tweeted racist content just before and right after his meeting. Of course ASML employees took notice.
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/06/asml-staff-threaten-boycott-over-elon-musk-invitation/
#Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A small human (6?) sniffs her hotdog suspiciously and asks: "Why is there mustard?"
Dad shrugs and says: "One of life's mysteries. Don't question it."
Small Human sniffs her hotdog again. "But WHY?"
A tiny human (2?) with a pugnacious expression is HAULING a doll's house out of a cafe's toy basket.
Roaring triumphantly when she FINALLY succeeds.
Hefting it above her head like a pigtailed wrestler brandishing a champion belt.
A little black dog (Scottish terrier) is solemnly watching his human (70s?) take her seat in a cafe.
Tail wagging optimistically, patiently waiting and then politely jumping onto her lap when he's given the go ahead.
Giving her a look of pure button-eyed adoration as she sips her coffee.
A sturdy little dog (Patterdale terrier) has been given the most important of jobs. She's to guard a tiny new human (weeks?) while the adults have a coffee.
Doing perimeter checks of the cafe table, before coming back to sniff Tiny New Human with a little tail wag.
All seems well!
Firm friends in the making.
A small human (4?) is VERY excited to see Grandad approaching in the markets.
Arms waving, expression pure happiness, he RACES up to Grandad, SKIDS to a halt and then with maximum solemnity holds out his hand for a very proper handshake.
Grandad thoroughly charmed.
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@ChrisMayLA6
Brexit Britain is the perfect beach-head to exploit his narrative across the smoking remains of the EU...
"Musk has become a kind of digital necromancer, like the white wizard Saruman, using his privileged position in the West to channel the dark autocracy of Sauron in his Kremlin towers to the east. (Perhaps, as in Tolkien’s epic, Musk deploys an all-seeing ‘Palantir’ courtesy of his tech ally and fellow South African Peter Thiel"
Interesting on BBC News around 10pm last night, focusing on Iran. Three times the phrase “the war started by the US and Israel” came up. If that’s factual reality starting to dawn, well done BBC, however late in the day.
Meta is reportedly looking to rent out its unused LLM infrastructure.
So, there is...
1. limited demand for LLM services at the cost it takes to provide them
2. already more infrastructure available to meet this demand
This throws a massive cloud over the business case for every GPU-based Data Centre currently being constructed every where in the world.
UN warns of need for global governance to avoid an AI-pocalypse
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/02/un-warns-of-need-for-global-governance-to-avoid-an-ai-pocalypse/5265188
Capabilities are racing ahead of rules to ensure tech is used safely and responsibly, Scientific Panel argues
(Taken from real life, distressingly frequently)
You know that book. You know, the one with the woman. Played in the film version by, oh, that actress who was in that thing. She also starred in that TV series. The one with that bloke in it. The book was written by the bloke who also wrote, oh, what was it called. You know. Big in the 80s. Walter someone. Or was it Peter. One of the two.Give me a moment...
If you want a real nightmare, this article details how AI + data centres + big nuclear are working together in right wing America.
From an energy specialist publication.
https://www.powermag.com/blue-energy-ge-vernova-advance-gas-bridge-model-to-unlock-nuclear-finance/?utm_source=omeda&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pwrnews+eletter
A government customer of NSO Group used the company's Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the time was serving on an EU committee tasked with investigating the spyware industry. https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/politician-who-investigated-spyware-abuses-had-his-phone-hacked-with-pegasus-spyware/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
I would very much like to think that the net was closing. It will be "wait and see", to see whether the authorities bring out into the open what appear to be some pretty shady financial dealings. Couldn't happen to a nicer fellow, though (/s) https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/02/nigel-farage-reported-standards-watchdog-alleged-crypto-lobbying
Earlier today. Picture the scene:
The Middle of Lidl.
Stevan: Well, it would be useful, but I can't really justify it.
Herself: Oh, just get it.
Stevan's puts it in the trolley.
Later, as we walked past the aisle, two folk near the Power Planer
Him: Well, it would be useful, but....
Her: Oh just get it!
He puts it in the trolley.
How many times a day does this scene play out?