Can "second life" EV batteries work as grid-scale energy storage? Colin Campbell explains how Redwood drains every drop of capacity from used batteries before they are recycled.

Lots of questions about Redwood's use of second-life batteries. Luckily I did a pod on it! Super-interesting stuff:

I checked this too.

*20 seconds* of Reform logo display.

*No other* party logo displayed.

In local election purdah.

This is not normal. At all.

How 2000s R&B Changed Pop Music Forever: The Evolution of Sound | Beyoncé, Usher, and Aaliyah YouTube video by Monumental Movement

In this episode you’ll learn

• How 2000s R&B reshaped the structure of pop music
• Why Aaliyah’s sound was ahead of its time
• How Beyoncé and Usher expanded R&B into global pop
• The role of producers and digital technology

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#2000srnb
#beyonce
#usher
#aaliyah
#popmusic

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The Adjudicated Rapist-in-Chief claims he could bring down the Papacy, the Vatican & the entire Catholic Church overnight.

Pope Leo: "The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants...
dragging that which is sacred into darkness & filth."

tRUMP: "I'm not a fan of Pope Leo."

#HappySundayToAll ✝️

Back to books - Sweden's schools cutting back on digital learning Swedish classrooms swap laptops for books, pens and paper, raising concerns from the tech sector.

Good introduction to the range of pros and cons of digital-dominant education in schools based on Sweden's shift toward more analogue modes in light of dropping Pisa scores. And a half-hour version by Maddy Savage on BBC radio: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

A soldier swings a hammer at a statue of Jesus

An Israeli soldier smashes a Jesus statue’s head in southern Lebanon.

Maybe he thought it was Trump.

Photo by Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi.

If Man City win their game in hand by a single goal, then Arsenal & City would have an identical number of points and an identical goal difference (with City ahead of goals scored). So the title is still in both their hands

Not great. PB is led Rumen Radev who is seen as pro-Russia.

It's another left-wing nationalist group like Robert Fico's in Slovakia.

BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history.

The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.

Opinion | Labour’s ‘crabwise’ approach to closer EU ties must address damage of Brexit — The Guardian The damage to the economy dwarfs the upsides from the various non-EU trade deals the UK has struck since 2016

Elsewhere, in a real economic world:

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Having learnt nothing from the last decade, Redwood continues to repeat the same nonsense.

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The AI Industry Is Run By People Who Despise Each Other — New York Magazine AI leaders agree on two things: Change is coming, and the other guys can’t be trusted.

The AI Industry Is Run By People Who Despise Each Other - New York Magazine

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#oh

Fun fact that lying UK journalistic hacks won’t tell you because they hate Labour: Boris Johnson did not pass vetting when Theresa May appointed him Foreign Secretary. #UKPolitics

Instability deepens in southern Lebanon after French peacekeeper killed in Hezbollah-blamed attack Staff Sergeant Florian Montorio, a UNIFIL soldier, was killed on Saturday in an ambush while clearing mines from a road. French President Emmanuel Macron called on the Lebanese authorities 'to identify and prosecute those responsible without delay.'

Instability deepens in southern Lebanon after French peacekeeper killed in Hezbollah-blamed attack

Why having “humans in the loop” in an AI war is an illusion — MIT Technology Review The availability of artificial intelligence for use in warfare is at the center of a legal battle between Anthropic and the Pentagon. This debate has become urgent, with AI playing a bigger role than ...

“intention gap” between AiSystems and human operators is precisely why we hesitate to deploy frontier black-box AI in civilian health care or air traffic control, and why its integration into the workplace remains fraught—yet we are rushing to deploy it on the battlefield.
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Man says sausage roll in red kite photo was made by mother-in-law A man believes he has the answer to where a red kite got hold of the savoury snack in Banbury.

Tombi!

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Video of Muslim women calling for Brighton beach to be dog-free is AI – Full Fact A fake video that appears to show two women wearing niqabs saying “the UK has too many dogs” has been viewed over 1.7 million times, with many people seemingly thinking it is genuine.

A video viewed over 1.7 million times appears to show an interview with two Muslim women saying people shouldn’t bring dogs to the beach.

It’s generated a huge amount of negative engagement and comments, but it’s fake. It’s been created with AI.

More Britons opt to holiday in UK this summer amid uncertainty over flights Holiday park firms say such bookings are on the rise because of impact of Iran war on aviation Holiday companies have predicted a surge in bookings for UK summer breaks after a jump in interest from Britons fearful of flight cancellations linked to the Iran war. Summer bookings are expected to rise in the coming weeks amid warnings of possible jet fuel shortages and resulting cancellations by airlines across Europe. Continue reading...

More Britons opt to holiday in UK this summer amid uncertainty over flights

8 reasons to buy the music you love I don't have to tell you that collecting music is on the rise. I've told you this before and provided ample evidence. But what you might not know is why

8 is underrated

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Green Party 'increase election ambitions after Polanski surge' The Green Party says it wants to 'give Birmingham hope again' after a tough couple of years for the city

We're making hope normal again right across England and Wales.

20 days today - help end Rip Off Britain.

Vote Green.

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Richard Desmond loses damages battle with Gambling Commission, ending national lottery dispute Firms owned by media tycoon launched action against regulator in 2022 after lottery licence awarded elsewhere The media tycoon Richard Desmond has lost his claim for up to £1.3bn in damages from the Gambling Commission, ending a bitter dispute over the regulator’s decision not to award him the 10-year licence to run the national lottery. Companies owned by the former proprietor of the Daily Express and Channel 5 launched action against the regulator in 2022, starting a tortuous legal process that saw Desmond’s costs estimated to have reached £55m already by May last year. Continue reading...

Richard Desmond loses damages battle with Gambling Commission, ending national lottery dispute

More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote But Labour’s ‘halfway house’ approach risks losing support from progressives and ‘red wall’ voters, experts say * UK politics live – latest updates Support for rejoining the EU rather than simply rejoining the single market is growing among British voters, with more than 80% of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green party supporters favouring this option, research mapping voter attitudes 10 years after the Brexit referendum shows. But Labour’s “muted” approach means it now risks losing support among progressive voters and in “red wall” constituencies, experts have said as part of a research by Best for Britain. Continue reading...

More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote

A male zebra finch on a perch, leaning towards and looking at the camera.

Beep is checking in to make sure you aren’t doom scrolling 🐥🫵

The tech jobs bust is real. Don’t blame AI (yet) Why technology firms are shedding workers

Worries about a tech-jobs AI-mageddon spread far beyond Silicon Valley. But nerds needn’t fret

An invisible smoke is spreading across US cities – and making people more violent — BBC Science Focus Magazine Wildfires wreck homes and livelihoods. Now, new research suggests their smoke may affect mental health too – and cause an increase in violent crime

An invisible smoke is spreading across US cities – and making people more violent - BBC Science Focus Magazine

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Moment Nigel Farage henchmen manhandle disabled OAP in parking row Henchmen working for the divisive Reform leader were seen on camera manhandling a retired engineer who was trying to park in a disabled spot to drop off his wife in Shetland

Farage thugs manhandle man with pacemaker after he objects to the Reform leader's chauffeur parking in disabled bay that he needs to use.

Lovely People.

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Opinion | A question for those desperate to cut benefits to fund defence: who exactly are you willing to impoverish? — The Guardian George Robertson has joined Reform and the Tories in making the case. Look welfare recipients in the face and say that, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The dance to avoid taxing the people with higher earning and assets, to avoid upsetting the status quo, is becoming impossible to ignore.

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Donald Trump ? Never heard of him said Nigel, but no one believed him as usual.

Burial YouTube video by Anne Hathaway - Topic

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