I recently moved from the SF Bay area to Florida to be close to family.

The roads are no better, in fact, probably worse.

The government doesn't perform its most basic service: protecting its citizens. DeSantis just signed a law that effectively removes any oversight of law enforcement, while simultaneously making it much more difficult to record police activities. The state just passed its version of the Vagrancy Act. Florida's solution to homelessness: let's hide them, or lock them up.

Meanwhile, you focus on a few books that no one cared about. Yes, definitely winning. Oh, and that porn was never legal on the shelves. Apparently you are OK with kids getting access to porn as long as it isn't gay porn.

As for the weather, it's not "warm", it's oppressively hot.

Many people with security clearances at national laboratories that work on highly classified projects work from home for 2-3 days per week.

Those CEOs knew this years ago. Many of them frequently worked from home long before the rest of us. Many of the companies those same CEOs run have large investments in offices on their balance sheets that they would prefer not to write off as stranded assets with no value.

The only change here is a CEO saying out loud the thing that everyone already knew.

Some of us can't do this.
https://lianamscott.com/2021/0...

With the SALT deduction limitation, increase in standard deduction, plus making unreimbursed employee expenses non-deductible (all under Trump), few people have any of those expenses that they can deduct.

Just like the major tax software programs do today: import a PDF file.

This is California, not Florida. Much of California is cool in the evenings and night so little demand for A/C while the EVs are mostly charged at night.

When I was in California, our top rate on an EV plan (varies time-of-use, but not tiered by amount used) was just under 60 cents per kWh. We had solar panels, so, mostly, the power company was paying me that rate rather than me paying that rate to the power company.

I assume you don't vote, since your vote counts for only a tiny slice of the total votes.

Do you not understand latitude and its effect on the length of the day? The average length of a day in the UK is very likely the same as where you live. In summer, days are very long in comparison to anywhere in the lower 49.

I had it in my mind that the next general election was required to be held in 2024, but since that is wrong, let me adjust my percentages:
1. There is a zero percentage chance of a new government this year.
2. There is a 99% chance of a new government early next year.

The Tories are resigned to losing the next election, so their priority has changed to bunging as much cash to their wealthy friends as they can. They clearly have no shame and give zero fucks.

You have misunderstood the article.

What it is saying is that 60% (3 times 20%) of the electricity consumed in the UK could be produced by solar farms and onshore wind.

Just in case you are skeptical: Annual electricity demand in the UK was 310TWh in 2023 while this proposal is that onshore wind could produce 95TWh and solar 130TWh (from the article).

What's missing: Offshore wind and rooftop solar.

I believe that you are wrong about that.

The number is 99%!
https://www.theguardian.com/po...

I have the best link, especially regarding the Guardian story:
https://www.theguardian.com/co...

This.

The very scary incident (plug falling out) gets lots of attention and suddenly other incidents, which would not have been newsworthy before, are now newsworthy.