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Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout(spectrum.ieee.org)
362 points by ohjeez | 210 comments
IEEE Spectrum news article on how solar microgrids in Puerto Rico kept power running during a blackout while federal funds were redirected from solar to grid fixes.
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Cities can cost effectively start their own utilities(kevin.burke.dev)
374 points by kevinburke | 336 comments
Kevin Burke blog post arguing Northern California cities can cost-effectively create their own electric utilities to undercut PG&E's high rates.
Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only(restofworld.org)
338 points by siev | 259 comments
Rest of World article reporting that Iran is testing a two-tier internet where access is a vetted privilege for elites, potentially making its blackout permanent.
Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely(old.reddit.com)
520 points by rajeevk | 549 comments
An r/technology discussion thread on old Reddit linking an Independent article reporting that the Reddit blackout protest will continue indefinitely.
Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability(electrek.co)
80 points by ciconia | 93 comments
Electrek article reporting that Tesla is taking on $30 billion in credit as the company nears unprofitability.
NIST was 5 μs off UTC after last week's power cut(jeffgeerling.com)
326 points by jtokoph | 142 comments
Jeff Geerling blog post explaining how a multi-day power cut at NIST Boulder caused its ensemble clock to drift 5 microseconds from UTC.
FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies(thelibre.news)
803 points by todsacerdoti | 487 comments
LibreNews article by Niccolò Venerandi on how LLM scrapers from AI companies are overloading and taking down FOSS projects' infrastructure.












