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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.

If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.

Read this in @bloomberg.com👇

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AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 11d

'Rather than addressing the fundamental problems with existing verification systems, the Britcard threatens to digitise and amplify the very hostile environment policies that created these problems in the first place'

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

The Britcard – progressive or concerning? | British Politics and Policy at LSE

The Government is considering Labour Together's proposal to introduce mandatory digital ID cards in an effort to tackle irregular migration. There are problems with that.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 15d

NEW

The government is considering plans to weaken a law protecting England’s national parks, in a move criticised as “outrageous” and “devastating”.

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Plan to water down laws protecting national parks branded ‘outrageous’

Campaigners said that the change being considered by ministers, which would increase the number of developments and building projects, would be ‘devastating’

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you for reading x

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24d

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’

Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements More than 100 of Donald Trump’s inaccurate statements are to be dissected by Channel 4 to coincide with his state visit, in what it described as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”. The US president is expected to arrive in the UK on Tuesday night. He will enjoy a huge amount of special treatment as ministers attempt to preserve the special relationship, including a ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle for Trump and his wife, Melania. Continue reading...

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25d

For there to be no comment from the government on Musk's call for violence, let alone action against X, is unconscionable. An utter dereliction of its responsibility for national security and an affront to every member of an ethnic minority, who is being put at risk by this rhetoric.

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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 27d

EXCLUSIVE: England’s farms are being fertilised with a cocktail of toxic landfill juice + sewage sludge.

750,000 tonnes of landfill leachate tankered to sewage works every year → mixed into sewage → spread on farmers' fields. 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms

Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent

www.theguardian.com

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Aug 26

I've just ordered your book -- very glad you weren't bullied into sounding "less bitter" wtf

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thank you for this beautiful piece @pollyrowena.bsky.social I remember hating this book and other nature cure narratives as my dad died prematurely from a terminal cancer. Nobody I knew had spent more time walking in the great outdoors than he had.

Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Aug 26

I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.

Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir

Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …

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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · Aug 25

“Europe is risking its political soul. It has put itself in a situation in which leaders cannot say publicly what they are actually trying to do. That is a recipe for distrust and a poison for democracy”

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Europe is selling its soul to Trump

What masquerades as pragmatism is self-harming opportunism

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Jul 27

My dad died two years ago today. He died of industrial disease caused by asbestos. But he was an accountant. I wrote about how this happened -- and why so many others are still at risk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Jul 27

My dad died two years ago today. He died of industrial disease caused by asbestos. But he was an accountant. I wrote about how this happened -- and why so many others are still at risk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Jul 19

They've managed to criminalise legitimate protest and undermine anti-terror laws in one move. They should be goddamned ashamed of themselves.

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thank you. I'm sorry your dad has suffered too. The dangers of asbestos are still not as widely known as they should be.

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Jul 13

She didn’t intend to work. It was a misunderstanding. The French term for babysitting loosely translates as “spending time with children”. She tries to clear it up, saying she wouldn’t be paid or at any time be left alone with children, but he insisted she was barred from the country

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · Jul 13

An astonishing story

Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Jul 12

My friend was expecting the 17-year-daughter of her friend to arrive from France last Thursday. The plan was for her to practise her English, go to a few West End shows and soak up British culture. But at British border control at Lille she was asked what she planned to do in the UK... 1/3

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Jul 12

@aloner.bsky.social @ellenhalliday.bsky.social

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Jul 12

@jonhenley.bsky.social @jeremycliffe.bsky.social

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Jul 12

She is very upset and quite traumatised. The fact is, she currently has no desire to visit Britain ever again. 3/3 #brexitbritain #brexit cc @iandunt.bsky.social @ledbydonkeys.org

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Jul 12

...The poor kid mentioned she might to a bit of babysitting as well as all of the above. She was then accused of trying to enter the country to work illegally, denied entry and told not to both to try again because there is now "a black mark against her name." 2/3

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Jul 12

My friend was expecting the 17-year-daughter of her friend to arrive from France last Thursday. The plan was for her to practise her English, go to a few West End shows and soak up British culture. But at British border control at Lille she was asked what she planned to do in the UK... 1/3

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · Jul 11

This is bizarre... everyone I know who went into teaching via this route is still teaching 15 years later

Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social · Jul 11

Government accused of trying to scrap Teach First, which has recruited over 20,000 high flying graduates into schools - my piece for @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Teach First brand that helps top graduates into poorest s...

Leading brand that trains teachers for most deprived areas of the country will not be allowed to operate under its current name

observer.co.uk

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · Jul 11

- PFAS forever chemicals above proposed safety limits in nearly all English rivers, lakes & ponds, study finds
- levels of internationally banned PFOS in fish were 322 times above proposed safety limits on average

Our new article out now:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Toxic Pfas above proposed safety limits in almost all English waters tested

Exclusive: 110 of 117 bodies of water tested by Environment Agency would fail standards, with levels in fish 322 times the planned limit

www.theguardian.com

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · Jul 9

But it is good he's U-turned on this @charlottehelen.bsky.social

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · Jul 5

The morning "hire expensive consultants for ethnic cleansing planning" read: #Gaza #Israel #Palestine

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jul 4

Breaking news: Boston Consulting Group modelled the costs of 'relocating' Palestinians from Gaza and entered into a multimillion-dollar contract to help launch a new aid scheme for the shattered enclave https://on.ft.com/3TrfEpn

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