What has worked to fight climate change? Policies where someone pays for polluting, study finds
To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways countries have tried to curb heat-trapping gases.
Cloudflare took down our website after trying to force us to pay 120k$ within 24h
TL;DR: We've been on the Cloudflare Business plan ($250/month) for years. They suddenly contacted us and asked us to either pay them $120k up front for one year of Enterprise within 24 hours or they would take down all of our domains. While this escalated up our business we had 3 sales calls with them, trying to figure out what was happening and how to reach a reasonable contract in a week. When we told them we were also in talks with Fastly, they suddenly "purged" all our domains, causing huge downtime in our core business, sleepless nights migrating away from CF, irreparable loss in customer trust and weeks of ongoing downtime in our internal systems.
Germany's Solar Energy Boom: Too Much of a Good Thing? - TechStory
Germany's rapid expansion of solar energy has created an unexpected problem: an oversupply of renewable energy, which has led to a significant drop in profitability for solar producers.
New Study Reveals Impact of $500 to Fight Poverty in King County — Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County
A $500 monthly boost led to significant employment growth, enhanced savings, improved debt management, and better quality of life for diverse King County residents facing poverty. The Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) Pilot, designed by the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County (WDC) and
21 years after her death in Gaza, Palestinians remember U.S. activist Rachel Corrie
The 23-year-old was crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer as she protested the demolition of homes in Gaza in 2003. Her memory remains cherished among Palestinians, including the family she lived with.
I have low vision. A kind you can’t really correct for with glasses or contacts. I also bought Apple Vision Pro at launch. Why would I do this? Well because I’m a nerd who wants to see the future, but also because I was fascinated to see how Apple would handle accessibility for this new product. Apple’s track record on accessibility in the past decade has been stellar1, in my opinion, with their teams adding powerful options every year and ensuring every new platform has accessibility support built in from the start.
If you’re curious about the history of Apple’s early accessibility efforts, I highly recommend listening to Shelly Brisbin’s 36 Seconds That Changed Everything documentary about that very topic. ↩
His Shock Win Flipped a Pennsylvania County. Now He Vows to Raise Hell over Its Lethal Jail. - Bolts
Pastor and activist Justin Douglas will soon be plunged into an insider role, helping run the state’s capital county. Can he leverage his new power to change Harrisburg's deadly facility?