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How serious is the drought that is currently being experienced across Britain (for the most part)?
well, here is a Met Office map that pretty graphically shows the problem.
If this is the future we will be needing to be thinking a lot more carefully about water management & (likely) nationalise the industry as the private utilities have demonstrated a lack of serious intent to actually manage the water courses, being only interested in *draining* the system of cash
The crypto industry wants favorable policy, and it certain helps with the Trump family is making big bucks from it.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with @molly0xfff to discuss how the AI industry is trying to replicate how crypto bought political influence.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/336_the_ai_industry_is_spending_big_on_the_us_midterms_w_molly_white
#tech #politics #donaldtrump #artificialintelligence #ai #crypto
The tech industry might have framed itself as a libertarian paradise, but the US government has long seen the internet as a means to expand its power.
Now it’s weaponizing that influence against countries around the world. They must decide whether to give in or make the hard push for digital sovereignty.
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/years-of-lead-in-the-silicon-valley/
#tech #politics #digitalsovereignty #eutech #cdnpoli #cdntech #canada #europe
Another week, another story of the callousness of the British state; the already failing e-Visa system seems to be corrupting & dismissing people's right to stay in the UK, has this week halted a mother's return to be with her child, while stranding her in Germany with another.
As so often the Home Office is quick to make mistakes but slow to rectify them with (seemingly) no regard to the human costs.
The state's runs rough shod over normal people (again).
#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/woman-dusseldorf-uk-home-office-return-flight-blocked
