Toddler dad and middle aged undergrad. Studies political science and environmental studies. Interests include climate resilience, national defence, urbanism, social equality, healthcare, Airedales, and plenty more. Canadian.
Jim Mike
Future dystopian sci-fi has imagined things like nuclear wastelands, sure. Totalitarian oppression, climate catastrophe, sure. But rarely has it imagined today's real horror of AI making stupid and annoying people 100x worse.
ACTUAL GOOD NEWS ALERT 🍾
battery discharge on Australia's main grid just overtook gas peaking plants. Not long before it overtakes *all gas combined*.
Not long before renewables overtake coal, too.
None of this was meant to be possible!!!!!!!!!!!!
explore.openelectricity.org.au/energy/nem/?...
“The whole neighborhood felt like a war zone,” she said. “I want to support a business that cares so much about the community.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/d...
