Backup power is the LEAST interesting thing your home battery can do

  • April 12, 2026
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Image via Franklin WH. Almost everyone positions home solar panel systems with home batteries as backup grid power insurance – and while that can be vitally important in a whole host of “what if” scenarios, keeping the lights on is the LEAST interesting thing your home battery can do. Home backup battery. It’s written right there […]

Workhorse slashes prices by $60,000 and Purolater buys 100

  • April 12, 2026
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Commercial fleet operators scrambling to electrify in the face of rising diesel prices can buy a Workhorse W56 step van for nearly $60K less than before – and Ohio-based Purolator is taking advantage of the deal with a stout, 100-unit order. Electric fleet truck brand Workhorse first announced plans for a more affordable, 140 kWh version […]

Dr TikTok: patients diagnose chronic illnesses with anonymous commenters’ help

  • April 12, 2026
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Malina Lee, a 31-year-old Texas baker, says a comment by a TikTok user with the username ‘PickleFart’ helped lead to her thyroid cancer diagnosis. Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images/Malina Lee View image in fullscreen Malina Lee, a 31-year-old Texas baker, says a comment by a TikTok user with the username ‘PickleFart’ helped lead to her […]

Trump’s new budget ignores dying Americans and gives away record sums to the US military

  • April 12, 2026
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If the White House’s proposed 2027 budget is anything to go by, healthcare is not the government’s problem. Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images/George Grosz (Eclipse of the Sun) View image in fullscreen If the White House’s proposed 2027 budget is anything to go by, healthcare is not the government’s problem. Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images/George […]