"Scotland’s Highland region becomes the backdrop for Britain’s most ambitious energy storage project in half a century. The government has approved construction of a massive pumped hydro facility at Loch Earba, marking a revolutionary step toward energy independence. This groundbreaking infrastructure will deliver 1.8 GW capacity with 40 GWh storage, enough to power 1.4 million households for nearly 22 hours straight."

https://evidencenetwork.ca/a-first-in-50-years-for-the-uk-which-is-preparing-a-new-monster-capable-of-powering-1-4-million-homes-for-22-hours/

Lessons, living with parents with dementia: when an app on their phone spontaneously changes it's icon, it's a fucking disaster.

Some Google engineer launched a feature that got them a promotion and now my mom can't use her phone anymore. Silicon Valley is incapable of imagining a user who isn't a 27 year old white man.