@teddybear_inc@GrahamSMSP ...unfortunately, though with some reason, the UK Government designated data centres as Critical National Infrastructure, so that's unlikely.
@teddybear_inc@GrahamSMSP This is where you need to extract concessions. Better connectivity for the local community, closed loop cooling to minimise water use. Better still, if it were possible the waste heat should be getting used for something productive like heating a swimming pool...
@LeoKearse He was terminally unfunny at the outset of Mock the Week. By the end of its BBC run, Andy Parsons was the funniest guy on the show. There was no change in his comedy routine.
@mehercle@Erudite4Unity I have a "telephone" voice in where I soften my Lanarkshire accent and slow it down, especially working in an international context in English with non-native speakers. Still wouldn't be mistaken for anything else, though. Take umbrage at it being called Glaswegian, though.
Footage of a Ukrainian attack drone hitting a storage tank at the Moscow Oil Refinery this morning, sending the tank lid perfectly soaring hundreds of feet.