Constance Doyle
@constancedoyle.bsky.social
We're all asking the question 'what happens if AI takes over?' But, what if it already has?
Pollution from Big Tech’s data centre boom costs US public health $5.4bn - on.ft.com/3QQR5Rz via @FT
Pollution from Big Tech’s data centre boom costs US public health $5.4bn
Research suggests the price of treating illnesses related to building of computing infrastructure in the US is on the rise
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February 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We're all asking the question 'what happens if AI takes over?' But, what if it already has?
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“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
— George Orwell
— George Orwell
February 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
— George Orwell
— George Orwell
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I fear there is deep truth here.
January 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I fear there is deep truth here.
Reading Lord of the rings again - and never has this dialogue resonated so much ❤️
December 24, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Reading Lord of the rings again - and never has this dialogue resonated so much ❤️
Last week hiking in the beautiful #MourneMountains. I imagine its alot more wintery looking this mornimg
November 24, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Last week hiking in the beautiful #MourneMountains. I imagine its alot more wintery looking this mornimg
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ICC judges have issued arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-defence minister Yoav Gallant. Judges also issued an arrest warrant for Hamas commander Mohammed Deif, although the Israeli military said he was killed in an air strike in Gaza in July.
November 21, 2024 at 12:32 PM
ICC judges have issued arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-defence minister Yoav Gallant. Judges also issued an arrest warrant for Hamas commander Mohammed Deif, although the Israeli military said he was killed in an air strike in Gaza in July.
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Clarkson on The One Show, says public sector workers protesting about austerity, should be shot in front of their families.
November 19, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Clarkson on The One Show, says public sector workers protesting about austerity, should be shot in front of their families.
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What gets to me most is that the UK government enabled foreign states to loot our essential infrastructure, milking it for profit and leaving it in ruins. Those states must think we're insane.
The Chinese government would never let us walk in and seize its assets. But we've let it do just that.
The Chinese government would never let us walk in and seize its assets. But we've let it do just that.
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
What gets to me most is that the UK government enabled foreign states to loot our essential infrastructure, milking it for profit and leaving it in ruins. Those states must think we're insane.
The Chinese government would never let us walk in and seize its assets. But we've let it do just that.
The Chinese government would never let us walk in and seize its assets. But we've let it do just that.
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Let's be real the only reason anyone watched that Jake Paul fight was for the 1% chance that Mike Tyson would bite something off him
November 17, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Let's be real the only reason anyone watched that Jake Paul fight was for the 1% chance that Mike Tyson would bite something off him
Went to see Gladiator 2 last night, historically accurate? No. Hugely enjoyable and entertaining? Absolutley! I loved it ... highly recommend 🎥🍿🎇
November 17, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Went to see Gladiator 2 last night, historically accurate? No. Hugely enjoyable and entertaining? Absolutley! I loved it ... highly recommend 🎥🍿🎇
Lovely late Autumn walk across the Ramparts, and through the Moss, So lucky to have this on my doorstep - its well past time cutting turf was banned and these landscapes protected, its awful to see it destroyed
November 16, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Lovely late Autumn walk across the Ramparts, and through the Moss, So lucky to have this on my doorstep - its well past time cutting turf was banned and these landscapes protected, its awful to see it destroyed
OK, So this is new - seems nice, kind of peaceful almost, like running from a far right mob and winding up in a bookshop
November 15, 2024 at 12:04 AM
OK, So this is new - seems nice, kind of peaceful almost, like running from a far right mob and winding up in a bookshop