France: A nuclear power reactor had to shut down because the river that cools it is too hot (28C!), the Louvre shuts early because its climate control can't handle the afternoon heat from its patrons, and people are drowning in rivers trying desperately to cool off.

I wish I was reading these things in a Michael Crichton novel, not the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/23/heatwave-france-spain-italy-europe

France records hottest day ever as 40 people drown across country

National weather service, Météo-France, says Tuesday was the hottest day since measurements began in 1947

The Guardian

@timixretroplays So to sum up -
we want Nuclear reactors as green energy.
we want to use nuclear reactors to power AI data centers.
we want to use water to cool both data centers and Nuclear reactors.
river water too hot for both data centers and Nuclear reactors.
still better than solar, wind, water energy source.

also also we much choose between EU aiming for fighting global warming or AI data centers

I might be not a scientist, but I think I know how house of cards easily falls if not for money pushing for dumb decisions.

@kotking @timixretroplays the sad truth is solar (plus batteries) is cheaper than the rest, but you can add wind in there too