The privatisation of #water firms has had a clear result:

1. to fund profits to #shareholders, investment was constrained;

2. low investment has led to the #watercrisis, #pollution & water losses through leaks;

3, (Finally) under-funding is to be rectified & funded via loans;

4. the ongoing costs of loans will be repaid by customers through higher bills.

The only thing the #investors have done is stolen our money, offering no actual benefits;

the #Tories' #kleptocapitalism in a nutshell!

Starting in 2026, all EV & industrial batteries made in the EU will require a passport.

This is intended to track them from "cradle to grave" and ensure the recycling and reuse of scarce materials.

https://innovationorigins.com/en/a-passport-to-serve-the-battery-circular-economy/

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#ev #batteries #sustainability #CircularEconomy #technology

A truly amazing and exhaustively cited act of investigative journalism by the phenomenal @zinnia

It turns out that virtually ALL of the sham "science" behind the anti-trans movement can be traced directly back to a very small number of purely ideologically driven "doctors" citing one another over and over again to try to give the impression that standard evidence based trans healthcare is controversial.

It's basically the scientific equivalent of writing a blog with nothing more than your own opinions, your friend writes an article citing your blog, another friend writes an article citing both of you, and then showing up in front of public health boards saying "see, here's 3 articles showing how I'm right!"

In any normal and reasonable political environment, these quacks would be laughed out of the room with such flimsy "evidence". Yet because the far right has captured statehouses across the country, they're laundering this junk science into "real" science.

https://genderanalysis.net/2023/05/the-far-right-law-firm-alliance-defending-freedom-offered-a-florida-anti-trans-hate-group-15000-to-refute-the-wpath-standards-of-care-for-use-in-litigation/

On 9th May 1386 the Treaty of Windsor was signed between Portugal and England, uniting the two countries in a perpetual alliance.

It remains the oldest active alliance in the world.

In WW2 it would TWICE play a quiet but critical part in the allies' victory over the Axis, to the watching disbelief of Roosevelt and the Americans.

Here's how the treaty came about, was lost, almost got cancelled, then helped Britain in its darkest hour. /1 🧵 #history #histodons #portugal #uk

4 Proud Boys found guilty of SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY. That's not just good news, that's brilliant news!

That now connects seditious conspiracy from the bottom rung to the next rung up - the Proud Boys. It means everyone who the Proud Boys touched also will get nailed for seditious conspiracy. Because conspiracy.

Our news media - per usual - got it 100% wrong while speculating about what the jury would understand. The news media insisted the jury would convict on the tickey-tack but hang up on the serious shit.

W R O N G !

The jury "hung up" on a small but important point having to do with ONE of the co-conspirators. Vince Pazzolla only recently joined up. Can the govt really get HIM for the planning & plotting?

That was it. That was the hold up on a total win for the govt.

Every jury - filled with We The People - has seen clearly what this story is. They've seen the criminal behavior and thrown the book at it.

The charge the "insiders" feared the govt couldn't get convictions for is the charge juries see clearest.

That's horrible news for those in the next tier up the food chain: the Roger Stone tier. The Steve Bannon tier. The money tier. Who paid the hotel bill at the Willard War Room?

That tier will connect directly to lots of members of Congress and to Trump himself.

And meanwhile, Jack Smith closes in from not just one side but multiple sides.

And, if Jack Smith - or Fani Willis - puts "seditious conspiracy" on the table? They can do it knowing that juries - filled with We The People - will see that seditious conspiracy and deliver the just verdict.

That means if you're on the next tier, you're doomed. The convicted Proud Boys all face 50 years behind bars. That's the max. Considering how We The People clearly feel about these people and their crimes? They'll get most of that 50.

And THAT means it's going to be flipping season starting right about now.

Shit just got very, very serious for anyone involved in any way in the Republican plot to overthrow our democracy. We The People spoke - partially - but with absolute clarity on what we think.

#MastodonNews May 4, 2023

So, this is a big deal.

The Verge: #Mozilla’s setting up shop on Mastodon and trying to reinvent content moderation >>> https://www.theverge.com/23710406/mozilla-social-mastodon-fediverse-moderation

"It’s a social network that doesn’t try to be neutral and isn’t attempting to preserve free speech. It’s trying to make the internet a nicer place to be."

"Mozilla’s content policies also make clear that the platform will err on the side of protecting people who need to be protected..."

#twittermigration #ContentModeration