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@art_histories @TomSwirly @Katika @Kuttenfunker @tante which is more dangerous?

The waste from nuclear reactors?

Or the waste from fossil fuel plants?

BECAUSE WE ALSO DON'T DEAL WITH THE WASTE FROM FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS. THERE IS NO SAFE WAY TO STORE IT AND IT IS KILLING THE PLANET.

Tom Ritchford 18h ago

The Index 21h ago

Nobody has more contempt for liberal democracy than people who've never lived without it.

Tom Ritchford 18h ago

tante 19h ago

Google's emissions are up over 50%, Amazon builds huge data centers powered by 75% natural gas.

Remember all those posts telling us that "AIs climate impact isn't that bad" supported by some really funky math/perspective and/or numbers Sam Altman invented?

Here's the actual impact.

"AI" is a fossil fuel technology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU8.2JRa.e3Ju6r_pL1Im

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/google-emissions-ai-electricity-demand-derail-efforts-green

At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.

On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever for work with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up.

The New York Times

Tom Ritchford 18h ago

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aroom 19h ago

@feditris drop

Tom Ritchford 18h ago

Mafalda 19h ago

Lisbon has a demonstration against the lack affordable housing.
The situation is serious but a demonstration outdoors with the temps there reaching 37ºC. 😮

Tom Ritchford 19h ago

paul 23h ago

they're gonna kill him, aren't they?

Tom Ritchford 2d ago

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David Roberts 3d ago

"We used to drill up oil, which destroyed landscapes & communities, & then we'd refine it, which destroyed more landscapes & communities, then we'd burn it, which would poison everyone & heat up the whole earth, & then we'd stick the public w/ the cleanup bill." "Why?" "To drive to Walmart."

Tom Ritchford 2d ago

Pepijn 2d ago

With the new NATO '5% of GDP' standard the Dutch government just committed to spending 13% of the entire government budget on military and military-adjacent stuff*.

It seems most journalists just report the 5% and not many make this calculation to a percentage of the actual government budget.

How's this reported in your country?

edit: I've added a table with numbers for all NATO countries in a child post.

*numbers at https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/114745732577705600

#journalism #news #nato #otan

Pepijn (@Pepijn@mastodon.online)

De door het demissionaire kabinet toegezegde 5% van het BBP* is dus bijna 13%** van het overheidsbudget*** De politiek plus de goegemeente van talkshows, opiniemakers en whatever praten al jaren in termen als "onmogelijk te bekostigen" over zaken die een fractie van dat bedrag zijn. Ik mis dat toch echt wel bij NOS, Volkskrant, De Teleracist, RTL e.d. *1100 miljard euro in 2024 **>8% voor de 3.5% "echte defensie", 4% voor de 1.5% "defensie gerelateerd" ***433 miljard euro in 2024

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Tom Ritchford 2d ago

Shaula Evans 3d ago

I have watched my life burn to the ground and started again from scratch many, many times.

I believe in second acts and second chances.

I want to say this clearly for anyone who needs to hear it: it is possible to survive radical, unexpected and unwanted life changes, to start again, and to build a new life that is worth living.

Tom Ritchford 4d ago

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Nini 4d ago

@TomSwirly @the_wub @jmcrookston @anne_twain The US as we know it would have to fall before that'd happen, it's a founding principle.

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