Colin Brennan

Gamer (board, card, TTRPG). Environment, sci, ecology, art, history and interesting people and ideas. Antifa, BLM. Love the craic and banter at a game! Over 18

[𐙚⋆ @voidwithverses]

“Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile.”

— Chinese Proverb

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Libraries: free.
AI: subscription.

Libraries: written by humans with expertise.
AI: trained on whatever was on the internet.

Libraries: staffed by professionals.
AI: confidently wrong.

Go to the library.

[Anthony Avon .Art @AnthonyAvonArt]

So stop it maybe? Who are you warning? I can't do anything, YOU are the UN.

[Bitcoin Teddy @Bitcoin_Teddy]

Corporation: "We made $4B but spent $3.9B so we only owe taxes on $100M."
Government: "Totally reasonable."

You: "I made $60K but spent $58K on survival."
Government: "You owe taxes on $60K."
You: "That's not—"
Government: "File by May 15."

[Boluwatife @TEEPHTREND]

After giving birth, a woman's internal wounds take six months to heal, 12 months for physical recovery, two years for hormonal balance, and up to five years to rediscover her identity. Relationships frequently fail during this time due to a lack of understanding. Be kind and patient with new mothers; they are facing more challenges than it appears.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

More than 100 new datacentres in the UK plan to burn gas to generate electricity, some potentially doing so permanently.

▪️No net zero for the data centres.

▪️Net zero enforced on us plebs (probably to enable the data centres to burn more energy).

The whole thing is a scam.

[Mr. Zibibbo @trickimicki2]

@JamesMelville

[ミリオン動画 @Animalizum]

ジャッキーチェンってパルクールの技、何十年も前に全部やってね？！

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Jungian psychologist Marie-Louise von Franz on the dangers of wasting your creativity

[daz @MetamateDaz]

Albanians just showed the world how it's done.

The government was selling off prime coastal land and protected islands to Jared Kushner and linked investors for a massive luxury resort turning public beaches and nature reserves into private playgrounds for the ultra-rich. The people said: HELL NO. Thousands poured into the streets under “Albania Is Not For Sale.” Protests turned fiery. They stormed government buildings and burnt down the Prime Minister’s house. This isn’t just about a deal. It’s about sovereignty. It’s about refusing to let your country be auctioned off to foreign billionaires while locals lose access to their own coastline. When elites sell the nation’s future for kickbacks and luxury resorts, the people have every right to push back hard. Respect to the Albanians for refusing to be colonized by cash. Other countries should be taking notes.

[Louise McKenna @_louise__]

China has a population of roughly 1.4 billion people.

Ireland has a population of just over 5 million.

Yet Ireland has one of the highest concentrations of data centres on Earth.

Now let that sink in..

China is over 250 times larger than Ireland by population. It is the world's manufacturing powerhouse, a technological giant, and one of the most industrialised nations on the planet.

Yet on a per capita basis, Ireland has around 90 to 95 times more data centres than China.

Why?

Why does a small island nation on the edge of Europe need such a vast concentration of digital infrastructure?

Who is it really serving?

These facilities consume enormous amounts of electricity, place increasing pressure on the national grid, require significant water resources for cooling, and occupy valuable land that could be used for housing, agriculture, or productive local industry.

Meanwhile Irish families are struggling with housing shortages, rising energy costs, overstretched infrastructure, and declining public services.

We are constantly told this is "progress."

But progress for whom?

The reality is that Ireland is increasingly being positioned as a digital warehouse for multinational corporations and global data traffic.

A country of five million people should not be carrying a digital burden that is wildly disproportionate to its size.

When a nation has more data centres per person than a country with 1.4 billion people, it is time to start asking serious questions about who benefits, who pays the cost, and what kind of future is being built in our name.

Ireland was once known as the land of saints and scholars.

Now it risks becoming the server room of the world.

[🧡Lulu🌾; @ItsLulu_7]

Capitalism makes more crime