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[John Twelvetrees #FBPE #RejoinEU #Bluesky @JohnTwelvetrees]

Please retweet if you agree with David.

[زماں @Delhiite_]

#NEPAL: This is incredible. 1,643 children survived because one headmaster acted fast when disaster was already on the way.

He received a warning that a village upstream had been swept away by the river. He immediately rang the school bell and moved the children and teachers to higher ground.

School buses were on the way to school, He called the bus drivers and told them: "Don't come here. Go back."

One school bus was already on its way. The headmaster saw it approaching the bridge and told the driver to turn back. The bus reached safety just before the bridge collapsed.

Then the flood hit the school. The entire three-storey school was washed away. It completely vanished. Not even a trace was left behind.

But all 1,643 children survived.

47 year old Rajendra Dadabi a teacher who became a hero when it mattered most. One man's quick thinking saved 1,643 lives.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

JUST A REMINDER: PEOPLE SURVIVED CENTURIES WITHOUT DATA CENTERS BUT HAVE NEVER SURVIVED WITHOUT CLEAN WATER.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Nobody wants a city on Mars. Nobody wants AI in every app. Nobody wants data centers in space. Nobody wants humanoid robots or flying cars.

We want clean water. We want a stable climate. We want a habitable planet. We want wildlife to survive. We want to live.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

There are 315 'Data Centres' queued up to be added to the UK grid.

They will use 73GW of electricity.

The current average use for the ENTIRE UK is 24GW.

They will use 3x more electricity than everyone in the UK combined.

And YOU will be paying their heavily subsidised bills.

[Rachel @RachelD1892]

Burnham organised a coup to become Prime Minister.
Now he is doing everything he can to evade taking big decisions.
Instead, he's distracting voters with crumbs.
That's not leadership, it's an abdication of responsibility.
Burnham is not fit for or office.

[Just Fi @fee_bee_63]

The world could do with a lot more Dolly Partons and a lot fewer "tech bros" and "influencers".

[𝓐 ⭑ @ayojoestar]

There's a scene in Don't Look Up where DiCaprio & Lawrence tells everyone an asteroid is headed for Earth and it barely trends in the news.

Anyways, the oceans are now hotter than they have been in 120,000 years.

[Resko★ @Bloke_Baz]

I still CANNOT believe humans were gifted a planet full of tress, fruit, water, wildlife and sunlight and then they invented debt, capitalism and war.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Thames Water creditors plan board shake-up if utility avoids nationalisation."

The American vulture capitalists, now running Thames Water are yet again making utterly empty, vacuous promises to govt, they must be resisted at all costs.

https://t.co/WU6O61Ya7j

[Alastair Morgan @AlastairMorgan]

I think the whole UK should follow Wales and legislate to prosecute politicians that lie to the public.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Why is it I wonder that water companies are furiously resisting having to measure exactly how much sh*t they dump into our rivers and why are govt, Ofwat and the EA letting them away with it?

[Climate Dad @ClimateDad77]

This lunacy is end-stage capitalism, politicians bending to the whims of socially-inept billionaire psychopaths despite the writing all over the fucking wall.

I’m convinced the vast majority of people would be more than happy to put AI back in a box & never open the thing again.

[𝟐𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐲 @nomodeath]

I work the front desk at a small doctor’s office, and I wish people could see what happens on the other side of the phone. Every day, older patients call us confused.

They are told to use the patient portal, upload documents, check lab results online, fill out forms before the visit, and confirm everything through a link. Some of them do not know what a portal is.

Some do not have a smartphone.
Some have one, but they are afraid to click the wrong thing.
Last week, a man in his late 80s called about his test results.

He said, “Ma’am, I don’t mean to bother you, but the computer says I have a message and I don’t know how to open it.”
He sounded ashamed.
That broke my heart.

He should not have to feel ashamed for needing a human being.
Technology can be helpful. I understand that.

But when people who built this country are made to feel helpless because everything became a login and a password, we have gone too far.
Not everything needs to be an app.
Not every answer should be hidden behind a screen.

Sometimes people need a voice.
A patient person.
A real human who says, “Don’t worry, I can help you.”
Progress should not leave seniors behind.

Because one day, the world will move faster than us too.
And I hope someone is kind enough to slow down.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

The average MP is claiming more than £40,000 a year in personal benefits, including for ridiculous things like new phones, electricity, heating and food.

Which everyone has to purchase.

Why don't we talk about this benefit fraud?

[Mike Gardner @mikegardner_wb]

We’re told Burnham spent ages plotting to become Prime Minister.

The big question is why?

He has shown a complete lack of interest in tackling any of the most pressing issues facing the country.

He’s like a Bus Depot Manager who has a hobby doing Tik Tok stuff.

[Martin Cymbal💚 @cymbal_martin]

When this chap, probably the most informed individual in the world with regard to Russian corruption and 'black ops', tells you Farage, Banks, Reform and co. are Russian assets......it's time to pay proper attention

[Sam @SamCKx]

Nigel Farage has only attended around 30% of Parliamentary votes since becoming MP & hasn’t run a single surgery for his constituents in Clacton.

For that he is paid £98,000 a year of taxpayers’ money, whilst making £millions on the side.

The average PIP recipient gets £6000 a year.

The first person who needs their taxpayer funded benefits taken away is Nigel Farage.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Britain’s only desalination plant remains idle during drought."

Yep, built at a cost of £250 million to Thames Water customers and it doesn't work.

https://t.co/S7vMXT5R8E

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

They aren't "scanning" books.
They are stealing the intellectual property of the authors, and destroying the evidence.