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E-Bikes Should Not Require Pedaling, Proposes U.K. Government, Diverging From E.U. (www.forbes.com)
E-bikes could get faster, more powerful and not require pedaling, in a move announced today by UKGOV. Cycling organizations are opposed to the plans.
German lawmakers support plans to protect Ukrainian airspace from NATO territory by means of Western air defense (www.faz.net)
Archived unpaywalled link (in German)...
29% of US households have jobs but struggle to cover basic needs: They are 'one emergency from poverty,' one expert says (www.cnbc.com)
Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9429920...
Why does a state like California that has supermajorities in both houses of the legislature not have a livable wage, housing guarantees, universal healthcare, and other very progressive policies?
I keep being told it’s because of the Republicans that we can’t have nice things. So what gives in California? We should be overflowing with progressive policies.
UN votes to back Palestinian membership, prompting Israeli envoy to shred charter (www.theguardian.com)
The UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, in a move that signalled Israel’s growing isolation on the world stage amid global alarm over the war in Gaza and the extent of the humanitarian crisis in the strip. The move drew an immediate rebuke from Israel. Its envoy to...
‘The cheap option’?: why the Gold Coast may be on track to build the most expensive light rail in the world (www.theguardian.com)
Alon Levy, co-lead of the transportation and land use program at New York University’s Marron Institute, has spent years studying why some countries are able to build transport infrastructure cheaply and others aren’t....
Anon makes money (sh.itjust.works)
Melbourne man 'dumbfounded' after finding out he lost Australian citizenship 33 years ago (www.abc.net.au)
Wtf ?
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday her intention to sue the fossil fuel industry for its role in changing Michigan's climate and threatening the state (www.detroitnews.com)
Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods? (theconversation.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9363398...
G.M. Will Retire the Chevrolet Malibu to Make More Electric Cars | The gasoline-powered Malibu was the last sedan sold by Chevrolet, the General Motors brand, in the United States. (www.nytimes.com)
G.M. produces the Malibu at a plant in Fairfax, Kan., and will continue to manufacture the car until later this year, when it plans to retool the factory to make a new version of the Chevrolet Bolt, an electric car, and the Cadillac XT4, a luxury S.U.V.
What do you do to cheer yourself up ?
Telegram founder and CEO alledges signal has backdoors, they don't provide reproduceible builds, etc.
Here’s what he said in a post on his telegram channel:...
'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed (newatlas.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/159545...
Outgoing special rapporteur David Boyd says ‘there’s something wrong with our brains that we can’t understand how grave this is’ (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9336139...
Only gay people can see it (lemmynsfw.com)
Red handfish deaths recorded as specimens released back into wild (slrpnk.net)
Another one on the way … to extinction! Not one mention of climate change in the article :)...
Investors with questions: how a ‘clean food’ farm scheme born of Covid vaccine fears descended into rancour (www.theguardian.com)
How many of you 9-5s have been given work from home forever ?
My mate works for an Indian company and got WFH forever. I was in shock because I never thought any company can give a work from home option forever ? Does any Australian company gives you such an option ? If so, please name those companies and job titles so that I can start applying for jobs there.
Elon Musk vs Australia: global content take-down orders can harm the internet if adopted widely (theconversation.com)
Do Australian courts have the right to decide what foreign citizens, located overseas, view online on a foreign-owned platform?...
'Nothing short of horrifying': Rental affordability in Australia the worst it's ever been, report says (www.abc.net.au)
In short: The 2024 Anglicare Australia Rental Affordability Snapshot has recorded its lowest ever amount of affordable rentals across the country....