This has been studied quite a bit, the solar panels create a sort of greenhouse effect for the plants underneath them while also generating energy which feels like it should be cheating but is real and literally only has upsides.

Dr Earhart Sampson PhD 🌎 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇺🇦@earhart.bsky.social · 3d ago

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...

HP, Asus and Acer reportedly begin using CXMT chips amid memory shortage. But PC makers careful to avoid angering top suppliers Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix. by Lauly Li & Cheng Ting-Fang  asia.nikkei.com/business/chi...

Prepare for an insane explosion of Islamophobia between now and November, from the same people on the right (and center!) who pretend to be exercised by the rise in anti-Jewish bigotry. The hate will be off the charts and make the anti-Zohran campaign look tame. Mark my words.

Top 10 funniest things I’ve ever read

Important to recognize what he was up against here. $70 million in corporate and foreign interest spending Outspent 10 to 1 Opposition from the governor + Democratic establishment Haley Stevens campaign lied about Obama endorsing her Non-stop racist attacks and smears And he still won.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 51m ago

No congressional candidate in Democratic history ever had as much outside money dumped on them in one primary as Abdul El-Sayed. But El-Sayed has now survived the onslaught in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. Barely.

In case you've forgotten, the US is currently implementing its Western Hemisphere "Donroe Doctrine" with the goal of normalizing US intervention across Latin America and undermining sovereignty. It's already started in Guatemala and Honduras. Venezuela was the original example.

OSINTdefender (MIRROR)@sentdefenderx.bsky.social · 2d ago

Commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) General Francis Donovan has announced that effective at midnight tonight Joint Task Force-Southern Spear will transition to Joint Task Force-Western Hemisphere. Original post

Fwiw it's not that bad (yet)

@20xdee6.bsky.social · 15h ago

that sounds a lot like "stripmine EA for parts like they did to Toys R Us"

EA's annual Ebitda is around $1.5 billion, which should be enough to service the interest payments. But the publisher has told debt investors that it will cut $700 million in annual costs including $170 million in "organizational efficiencies," per Bloomberg. In other words: mass layoffs

The Trump administration is drafting a new nukes strategy which emphasises the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons in a regional conflict with China or Russia.

Pentagon drafting a new U.S. nuclear strategy in case of regional war with China or Russia, sources say

The classified strategy informs nuclear options for the commander in chief during crises.

nbcnews.com

Why would China do this

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 21h ago

And it's happening all over.

Currently running a bootcamp for my Mom to understand how Generative AI works so she can spot generated videos, pictures, scams, and other negative outputs on the rise as a result of the technology. Going surprisingly well, but she likes the talking cats.

EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-law

EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-law

The U.S. publisher has been taken private in a deal worth $55 billion.

gamedeveloper.com

Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka says GTA 6 is one reason his new game was delayed to 2027 "I wouldn't have time to make the game while playing GTA 6"

You can never just move on from this, even after he's gone. Without punishment and ostracism for everyone who has participated in his crime spree over the last 18 months you can forget it- we're all just treading water until the next tyrant

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h ago

“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

NEW: Israel has imprisoned an American teen. Soldiers raided Adam's West Bank home right before his sister’s grad party. They ignored his US passport. As they took him, they blew kisses at his mom. Adam is now the second American in Israeli prison. Trump just hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.

Israel Has Imprisoned a 16-Year-Old Palestinian-American Boy for Two Weeks

Adam Karakrah is one of at least two Americans in Israeli prison – both held while Trump hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.

zeteo.com

Got a spare $10? Net yourself almost 150 games and help support laid off game devs with the game industry hardship fund bundle. https://bit.ly/4wGDzDk

Dave Bautista in talks to play Kratos in Amazon's 'God of War' series after Ryan Hurst got injured on set. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

AI data centers could raise electric rates in Northern Virginia by 25% by 2030. Nationwide, data centers are already helping push power bills up faster than the cost of living.

Poor Communities Are Paying the Price for "Free" AI Tools

AI data centers produce massive noise pollution, use huge amounts of water and keep us hooked on fossil fuels.

inthesetimes.com

Even as wildfires are raging, fossil fuel companies are raking in record profits, aided by craven politicians all too eager to give them free rein to burn down the planet, writes @ucs.org's Rachel Cleetus.

We Can’t Let Greedy Fossil Fuel Companies and Spineless Politicians Burn Down Our Future

​If the infernos raging around the world don’t bring policymakers to their senses and force necessary changes to grapple with the fossil-fueled climate crisis, what will?

commondreams.org

Iran demands what it demanded four months ago, more news at ten

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 23h ago

IRAN HAS SIGNALED IT IS WILLING TO REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BUT IS DEMANDING THE RIGHT TO COLLECT TRANSIT FEES, SECURITY GUARANTEES AGAINST FUTURE ATTACKS, AN END TO THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE AND RELIEF FROM U.S. OIL SANCTIONS. - WSJ

I looked into this when it started being used as an attack line against him and the evidence is that he once criticized Michelle Obama's initiative to tackle childhood obesity because it didn't go far enough to address societal issues including things like food deserts. That's what makes him sexist

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · yesterday

When I first saw this headline, I assumed that this was just a bad opinion piece. But it turns out that this is straight news? Lol, come on, WaPo. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Republicans just voted to slash Medicare benefits that seniors rely on every single day. They call it “reform.” Patients will call it higher costs, fewer doctors, and longer waits. This isn’t abstract. It’s your parents’ meds. Your grandparents’ care. #RepublicanMedicareCuts

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Ads Take Over Car Dashboards Despite BMW Promising It Would Never Do That:

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Ads Take Over BMW Dashboards

The new Spidey ads follow a previous comment from BMW's SVP, who stated that ads would never appear in its cars as they're 'a private space'

kotaku.com

Leaked memo shows Republicans privately see Francesca Hong as "uniquely dangerous" in the general election & that “more moderate and establishment Democratic alternatives would likely produce lower base motivation and depressed turnout": www.kenklippenstein.com/p/will-franc...

Will Francesca Hong and Abdul El-Sayed Get Elected?

Washington's plan to block them

kenklippenstein.com

U.S. troops killed or wounded since July 7 are now counted separately from casualties during the first months of the Iran war. interc.pt/4pVYDTG

Moderates keep punching left because it’s easier for them than punching up. Working people are getting crushed by rent, groceries, insurance, and corporate greed, and somehow, the biggest concern these political hacks and moderate candidates have is whether somebody gets called a socialist.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

New in PN: Moderate Democrats have a choice to make "They can spend the next three months reinforcing Republican messaging about their party & making it less likely Dems take power. Or they can put the 'battle for the soul of the party' off for a while and do what they can to help their party win."

The industry makes great games, but nobody can find them. Algorithms built to surface content are increasingly rewarding volume, familiarity, and short-term engagement over quality or originality. https://bit.ly/44VFYO9

This is why Iran is still able to fire at US bases, while the Americans haven’t done anything for almost a week.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · yesterday

The U.S. has used “virtually all” of its precision strike missiles during the war in Iran. Stockpiles on ATACMs and Precision Strike Missiles are almost depleted. And we have used about half of our Tomahawks, per new data circulating inside the administration.

I really think my post on this was prescient at this point lol.

AUTOMATON WEST@automatonwest.bsky.social · 2d ago

Atelier Ryza “AI chat RPG” announced. Developers promise “no AI-generated artwork” and fair revenue sharing with voice actors https://automaton-media.com/en/news/atelier-ryza-ai-chat-rpg-announced-developers-promise-no-ai-generated-artwork-and-fair-revenue-sharing-with-voice-actors/

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series prices in South Korea have risen up to 30%, with the RTX 5090 now around 7.3M won as rising GDDR7 and wafer costs push kit prices higher. 💸🇰🇷

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs get up to 30% more expensive in South Korea

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series prices in South Korea have risen up to 30%, with the RTX 5090 now around 7.3M won as rising GDDR7 and wafer costs push kit prices higher. 💸🇰🇷

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