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Judge voids Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla compensation package (www.axios.com)

A Delaware judge on Tuesday invalidated Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $56 billion compensation package, ruling that he "failed" to prove that it was fair.

Universal Music Group to Pull Songs From TikTok Imminently, Sends Blistering Open Letter (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

The company says concerns over AI and compensation have prevented a deal: Ultimately "TikTok is trying to build a music-based business, without paying fair value for the music."

Better electric power generation (slrpnk.net)

There are two priorities I keep in mind, when thinking about collapse-time technologies....

Amybo: Open Source Protein (amybo.org)

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/6192905...

Google’s Billion Dollar Gamble: Project RED Revealed! - YouTube (youtube.com)

Pattern language for community resilience and preparedness (slrpnk.net)

Anyone into pattern language, to be applied to increase community resilience and preparedness?...

Home made full domestic wastewater treatment system using active vermifiltration (youtu.be)

www.vermifilter.com

Technology question: are there solarpunk alternatives for firetrucks and emergency services for pedestrianized streets?

I’ve really enjoyed reading about people’s ideas for solarpunk cities over the last few months, and even making some designs of my own while working on my photobashes....

The strange reasons medieval people slept in cupboards (www.bbc.com)

Ancient technology, but not so different from modern capsule hotels 😅

Google search is losing the fight with SEO spam, study says (arstechnica.com)

I guess we all kinda knew that, but it’s always nice to have a study backing your opinions.

MIT Passive Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water, scales down to the size of a suitcase. (news.mit.edu)

According to MIT, this technology works even at small scale, with one the size of a suitcase able to desalinate 6 litres per hour, and only needing to be serviced every few years....

Kitepower's Wind Energy System Fits in a Shipping Container (spectrum.ieee.org)

‘Green roads’ are plowing ahead, buffering drought and floods | Grist.org (grist.org)

There Are Better Ways to Build a Toilet (www.bloomberg.com)

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Big Tech has already made enough money in 2024 to pay all its 2023 fines (proton.me)

China’s Solar Dominance Faces New Rival: An Ultrathin Film (www.wsj.com)

Driving On Compressed Air: The Little-Known Compressed Air Revolution (yt.artemislena.eu)

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Membrane-Free Green Hydrogen To Chase Fossil Fuel Blues Away (cleantechnica.com)

Building Autonomous, Off-Grid, Encrypted, and Solar Powered Communications Infrastructure (anarchosolarpunk.substack.com)

Impulse is now taking pre-orders for battery-backed induction stoves; estimated delivery in 2024Q4 (www.impulselabs.com)

Our battery completely changes that equation. Whether it’s hooked up to a 120V or 240V connection, our battery charges gradually while you’re not using it. Then, when you’re ready to cook, it can quickly release the power it’s stored up to achieve astoundingly high performance. We’re talking 72,000 BTU/h. Compare that...

Using Satellites to Detect Plastic From Space (youtube.com)

WikiHouse: open source house design (www.wikihouse.cc)

Iceland will tunnel into a volcano to tap into virtually unlimited geothermal power (www.zmescience.com)

This should be fantastic for Iceland’s residents. Free energy!

Ancient elements of cool | How these homes in the hottest places keep cool without AC (wapo.st)

Fathy, a progressive architect with a deep respect for the past, broke with the dogmas of modernism, the generic boxes of concrete and steel, plugged into the electrical grid, that had become a universal symbol of Western progress around the globe. He was interested in something more radical, and better suited to Egypt:...