Robertrobbierob Bobbybob Cook

one day I'll fly away all comments are my own, 'cept where made clear, thanX

[Robertrobbierob Bobbybob Cook @Cookiedisco]

Make it make sense #PUSB

[Robertrobbierob Bobbybob Cook @Cookiedisco]

Me and my guys xxx

[Robertrobbierob Bobbybob Cook @Cookiedisco]

@empiresend Betty swallox

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

I can criticise
The King
UK govt
US govt
Any MP
Capitalism
Religions
UK army
Security Services

I can criticise
ANY foreign country EXCEPT if I criticise Israel ALONE, I risk serious personal consequences EVEN though Israel is carrying out terrible crimes including GENOCIDE

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

The UK now hosts more than 500 active data centres (the third largest in the world). They have been rammed through despite huge local community concerns about the impact on their local landscapes and energy and water consumption.

These enormous data centres are giant industrial facilities consuming vast quantities of electricity, water and land while placing increasing pressure on the UK’s energy infrastructure.

▪️Water consumption by data centres is expected to reach 9.3 trillion litres, while CO2 emissions will rise to 399 million tons.

▪️Annual power consumption from data centres is projected to double to 945 TWh by 2030, around ‌the ⁠same as the whole of Japan’s energy consumption, with AI accounting for 40% of the total.

▪️The rise of AI is accelerating this trend. The UK Government's Compute Roadmap notes that AI data centres can devote up to 40% of their energy consumption to cooling systems.

▪️It is estimated that data-centre power and water consumption could double by 2030 due to AI growth.

▪️Emerging research suggests large AI facilities can create localised warming effects around their sites, sometimes described as a “data heat island” effect.

Numerous campaigns against these data centres are being organised by local communities. No one voted for this. If you are involved in any of these local campaigns, please DM me and I’ll try and help you amplify your campaigns.

[Robertrobbierob Bobbybob Cook @Cookiedisco]

@chiky_handlr And are all mass murderers

[CorkCity1185 @1185City]

Shocking: When Robbie Keane was manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv the players were shown a video of staff members operating as IDF reservists firing rockets at Palestinians. The video was applauded. Give Keano To Celtic The KO🥊

[Robertrobbierob Bobbybob Cook @Cookiedisco]

@paullewismoney @MickSterl_1 Mate. When’re you going to learn how money works?

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

It always astonishes me how there is virtually ZERO public debate - or even public awareness - in Europe about the decisions that will most shape ordinary people's lives.

These days, the EU is drafting a new anti-China legal framework where - quite literally - the more affordable and competitive Chinese products are, the more illegal they'd become.

You'd think EU citizens would want to be informed about such things - as it couldn't be more consequential for their prosperity.

Yet I bet virtually no EU citizen is even aware of it, beyond a vague sense that there is some sort of trade dispute going on.

So what's going on exactly? It all centers around a new legal instrument the EU is drafting called the "overcapacity instrument" (https://t.co/mNpCMudYyS).

First of all, the very notion of "overcapacity" is pretty ridiculous to begin with, especially the way it's being defined by the EU, as it basically means being competitive enough to export.

By this definition of "overcapacity," pretty much every European industry that's ever run a trade surplus - German cars, French wine, Italian fashion - has been guilty of "overcapacity."

I'm not even exaggerating: if you read this study by the EU Parliament on "Industrial overcapacities, with a focus on China" (https://t.co/TcwEBoL8mD), they define "overcapacity" as building more capacity than your domestic market can absorb. So the moment you build capacity to export abroad, you're in "overcapacity."

Utterly ridiculous.

And what this "overcapacity instrument" is about is creating a permanent legal mechanism for the EU to block Chinese competition across whole sectors of the economy, if they happen to be in "overcapacity."

In effect, this means that if China is competitive globally in a given sector in such a way that it exports a lot, that's proof of overcapacity, and legally it'd mean that the entire sector can be restricted from the EU market.

Which means it really, factually, is a legal framework where the more affordable and competitive your products are, the more illegal they become.

Which is a CRAZY economic concept! 🤦‍♂️

Please note that it's different from the anti-subsidy legal instrument, which the EU has already put in place in 2023 (the "Foreign Subsidies Regulation": https://t.co/SvPKFyN0zo).

This "overcapacity instrument" would be above and beyond this: it wouldn't even matter if a particular sector was subsidized by the Chinese government or not, the mere fact of its competitiveness in exports would be grounds for restrictions in the EU.

It doesn't take a genius to understand how badly this could impact everyday people: this is European consumers being forced to pay more for worse products by law, so that uncompetitive European firms don't have to improve.

Politicians frame it as avoiding a "China shock 2.0" but really this is choosing an even steeper self-inflicted decline than is already the case, where EU citizens would subsidize mediocre EU companies that would have even less pressure to catch up. It's a hidden tax: subsidies for uncompetitive firms paid by consumers instead of governments, which in turn makes them less incentivized to become competitive.

The first "China shock" did de-industrialize Europe somewhat, but at least it made things cheaper for European consumers. If this becomes Europe's response to a second "China shock" not only it'd make everything more expensive but it'd do nothing for EU industry: you don't become competitive by banning the competition...

Look at China itself: the way it industrialized was NOT by banning Western firms but on the contrary by welcoming them strategically and learning from them. You learn to compete by... competing, duh!

What I find most shocking in all of this isn't even the policy itself - you can make arguments for and against protectionism, and reasonable people can disagree.

What's shocking is that virtually no European media outlet is explaining any of this to the public. This is unarguably one of the single most consequential economic decisions the EU will make this decade, affecting the price of everything, and it's being drafted in near-total silence.

No newspaper is running the headline "EU plans to make Chinese goods illegal if they're too affordable" - even though that's essentially what's happening.

But that's what you call a "democracy" with "freedom of expression" these days apparently...

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Hasan Picker and Cenk Uygur were banned from the UK for criticising Genocide, Isaac Herzog was invited to No.10 for committing it.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote in Parliament for the last 11 weeks.

During that time he will have collected about £50,000 in wages and expenses.

But he will tell you Disabled People and immigrants are the problem.

No, it's rich lazy parasites like him.

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

I’ve been banned from the UK. I tried to get on a flight to London to attend SXSW London and give a speech at Oxford. I’ve been banned for criticizing Israel. Are we free anymore? This is oppression of Western citizens by our own governments on behalf of a different country!

[Robertrobbierob Bobbybob Cook @Cookiedisco]

@DoubleDownNews @MickSterl_1 👀 @MattWestern_

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

Cenk Uygur on UK BAN:

"I can criticize the king. I can criticize the UK government. I can criticize the prime minister.

But I cannot criticize Israel. Just like in the old days when you couldn't criticize the king"

[ADAM @adamemedia1]

JUST IN: 🚨 🇮🇱 🇬🇧 Hasan Piker AND Cenk Uygur confirm they were BANNED from entering the UK for criticising Israel.

You need to understand how insane this is.

The UK is owned and controlled. It’s being sold a fake “Muslim takeover” to hide that the “takeover” happened long ago.

[Robertrobbierob Bobbybob Cook @Cookiedisco]

@TheExtremeMusi1 And a blinding album

[Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 @hippyygoat]

Ireland is different, it's full of people with hearts.

"Action of some kind is surely required"
-Richie Sadlier on RTE Sports after fans protested against Ireland's upcoming matches against Israel in September and October.

[Irlandarra @martinez_j7902]

Good morning from Belfast Ireland 🇮🇪

[Richard Sanders @PulaRJS]

Imagine the BBC broadcasting this. A panicky controller would have cut the feed within seconds.

[Robertrobbierob Bobbybob Cook @Cookiedisco]

@Keir_Starmer Ooooh that’ll learn em.

You’ll be on a freebie mind, as per

[Tehran Tadhg @TadhgHickey]

Take a fucking bow, Richie kid. Moral clarity 🔥