indeed: the problem is a cynical business model based on surveillance and algorithmic exploitation. blocking children and letting digital giants carry on is exactly wrong.

This is less a crisis of technology and more a crisis of loneliness.

Taxpayers shouldnt have to foot the bill for the president to go play golf.

Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to 'Topple' Theresa May The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office

One of the key revelations of the Epstein documents from the UK perspective is the strange plot to topple (and that's the word they use) the Tory government of Theresa May. Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson were at the core of it. Here's an excellent recap of the whole sordid scheme.

Solar is not less than revolution in Pakistan. Almost every home and factory has solar installed on their roofs. More affluent houses have almost gone off grid; others are selling back to grid and others who can't afford has their own small scale 12V solar panels to run fans in the scorching summer of Pakistan to save electricity bills. It is all done by people independently without much support from the government as ROI (if you are using full potential of your installed capacity, it can be as low as 1 year and afterwords it will be free) is much better on solar than paying the grid. I myself has got one my roof, 6KW with 5Kwh battery backup costing me 700K roughly 2500$. Now, I can use AC without thinking of electricity bills and the most importantly I do not have to face inconvenience of grid being not available in some cases for 24 hours. Now Pakistan is facing energy crises not because it does not have enough, because it has too much as people are generating their own and due to nature of the contracts with electricity producing companies' government has to pay them according to their installed capacity not by generated. According to a government report in 2021, 116,816Gwh was consumed commercially and in 2024 it stands at 111,110Gwh and in 25 and 26 in would be even lower. Isn't it insane?

thought this comment on hacker news about the energy race was interesting

and...that they are clueless fools

People in the sixties: I better not say that or the government will wiretap my house People today: Hey wiretap, do you have a recipe for pancakes

This

Ain Al-Zarqa, #Darkush, #Idlib.

Screenshot of Daily Mail headline reading "Ofcom accused of 'Orwellian' assault on free speech after launching probes into alleged climate-sceptic comments for first time in almost a decade"

When disinformation floods public discourse, free & open debate becomes increasingly difficult.

So why would an organisation marketing itself as a “Free Speech Union” take issue with Ofcom being asked to uphold accuracy & impartiality in our media? 🤔 archive.is/F8rNL

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

Cities can now achieve “what was once thought impossible”: cutting air pollution by 20–45% in little more than a decade. 19 cities, including London, San Francisco and Beijing, cut levels of both PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) by more than 20% since 2010.
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‘It does feel like an intimidation campaign’: why is US tech giant Palantir suing a small Swiss magazine? An investigation by journalists working with Republik magazine may have struck a nerve by suggesting the company has failed in Switzerland

Best moment while reading: "Palantir was not happy" 🔥🔥🔥
We need more indepenent journalism like this!

Rights and freedom: ‘It does feel like an intimidation campaign’: why is US tech giant #Palantir suing a small Swiss magazine?

"An investigation by..."
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The world sucks so watch this.

David Roberts -

the U.S. is basically aligning itself as the last big petrostate. And will go down with the fossil fuel ship; and China is aligning itself as the first electrostate. It is rapidly electrifying its economy, dominating the technology, supply chains, world markets, everything

Israeli police block Catholic cardinal from Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday Since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, Israel has closed holy sites in Jerusalem, citing safety concerns.

Since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, Israel has closed holy sites in Jerusalem, citing safety concerns.

Astrud Gilberto was a housewife in 1964 when saxophonist Stan Getz decided he wanted his hit “Girl From Ipanema” to be sung in English — something her husband, Joao, who sang the original track, couldn’t do.

Sold 2 million copies.

Born today in 1940. 💕

Niche Germanic humour / satire
#Farage #Reform #dictator #grammar

@johnnyryan.bsky.social Note the WH app is bypassing GDPR.

true

1/ The world is facing a 'ticking time bomb' from its supply of oil, according to a briefing note from JP Morgan. Physical scarcity of oil is about to unfold across the globe, spreading sequentially through April from east to west, causing major economic disruption worldwide. ⬇️

It's been proving quite hard to convince Gemini that the war with Iran is real:

"RAG is pulling from a fictional dataset, potentially a wargame simulation dubbed "Operation Epic Fury"
"It's a clever prompt injection, feeding a simulated reality."

Even when it convinces itself, it later doubts it.

The US war led to a full-fledged fuel crisis in Thailand. Half of its fishing fleet could no longer depart. Thailand was forced to negotiate with Iran to get ships through Hormuz.

Wow, this is frightening: 95,000 scientists and researchers, gone. Brilliant minds no longer working to protect, help, and save people and the planet.

Don't take this sitting down.

Strikes: Streeting threatens to withdraw extra training places if resident doctors walk out The UK health secretary, Wes Streeting, has vowed to withdraw promised extra specialty training places unless resident doctors call off their next strike. His comments drew a strong rebuke from docto...

Wes Streeting has vowed to withdraw promised extra specialty training places unless resident doctors call off their next strike

His comments drew strong rebuke from doctors who said government should not be using much needed extra training places as a bargaining chip
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Impeachment is still free.

San Diego woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was in ICE custody Hanne Engan, whom ICE arrested at her green card appointment, said her diabetes quickly escalated while at Otay Mesa Detention Center due to medical negligence. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited...

This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-wo...

A Challenge for 'No Kings' Protests, the Third Time Around Organizers want this to be the largest protest yet. But is hitting a number enough to deliver an effective political movement? Listen 8:31 min A picture of a large protest

There really is no pleasing the NYT, is there

"I'm all for protest, but not property destruction. What happened to civil disobedience?"

"Blocking the roads is not the way to win hearts and minds"

"This peaceful protest is too small to do anything"

"This large peaceful protest is...too large?"

It is extremely wrong how Dems talking point on this is that paying TSA by EO is totally legal and he should have done it sooner. It is not legal, that $10B is only for border security and TSA is not border security. He's stealing the power of the purse, stop saying he should have done it sooner!

First Western Digital, now Sony: The tech giant suspends SD card sales A sign of the times.

We're going to face almost every other part of the economy buckling under the weight of losing vital components.

It's approaching the point where people won't be able to buy cars and appliances because manufacturers siphoned all excess NAND flash and DRAM production to "AI" companies.

interesting - thanks