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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 7h

Wait, I now have to consider my 'AI footprint'? Where are these footsteps leading us?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scottish data centres powering AI already using enough water to fill 27 million bottles a year

The volume of tap water used by Scotland's data centres has quadrupled since 2021, figures show.

www.bbc.co.uk

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 13h

To be fair, I make my own so there are no preservatives in it. In the summer it goes mouldy quickly so it keeps better in the fridge.

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 13h

Guilty.

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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 19h

3,500kg 🤯

generally used to move one healthy ≈90kg individual through public spaces

utter madness

this policy, along with 20mph speed limits, need to be introduced in the rest of the UK

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23h

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 21h

This story is insane. 76? Alone in the mountains?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Grandfather relives eight-day 'nightmare' in Highland wilderness

Ian Currie had been attempting to walk from Glenfinnan to Knoydart when he got into difficulty.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 21h

This for every city!

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23h

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

nation.cymru

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 21h

I like this. More please!

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23h

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

nation.cymru

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 21h

Canals were once the dominant transport system in England. Railways replaced them. It's time for something to replace the obsolete car.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds

Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests

www.theguardian.com

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Ton Aarts @tonaarts.bsky.social · 23h

Reminder: over 152 people burned alive in a Tesla now

Twitter sabotaged (!) my thread documenting each #TeslaFire victim with links, video & pictures. Made it unreadable

(Zero media dared reporting on that. So I made a spreadsheet)

Now Grok is 'involved', to gaslight it

bsky.app/profile/tona...

Ton Aarts @tonaarts.bsky.social · Nov 8

And last but certainly not least: always remember how absurd quickly these things will go in a Tesla.

And why there's 3 cars with four or five people each, 14 people burned alive in a Tesla just in the last few weeks.

Tell your friends and neighbors.

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

I never saw this coming.*
*sarcasm
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

PPE firm linked to Michelle Mone misses deadline to repay £122m

Firm was ordered by high court to return sum paid by DHSC for unusable surgical gowns by 4pm on Wednesday

www.theguardian.com

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

I guess banks are like any other Big Tech platform: they can cancel your subscription at any time without explanation. At least you get to keep your money unlike other platforms.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation

John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society

www.theguardian.com

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe there are more paedophiles in the voting population than anyone imagined?

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks mate. I might have to give @tonaarts.bsky.social a credit for giving me the title.

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

Ah right, the announcement that AI will become a porn resource is a desperate attempt to keep the bubble from getting pricked.

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Trevor Ship @trevypoos.bsky.social · 1d

AI is going to be like asbestos in buildings.

People will specialise for decades in taking that shit out of the code of massive systems.

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty obvious now that the AI bubble will burst within two years and it will make 2008 look like a garden party. Just don't get any ideas about shorting that shit because half of the world's billionaires will be there before you.

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 1d

They know the accelerating climate crisis is going to cut short the fun they can have on their yachts so they need to buy them sooner.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 2d

For as we all know, crimes committed in cars aren't real crimes

Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 2d

'Yes, I broke the speed limit but, given that I sit in the House of Lords, surely the law doesn't apply to me?'

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

D’Souza faces ban after raising 20mph speeding tickets with Met commissioner

Lady D’Souza used House of Lords headed paper to query her offences with the Metropolitan Police chief.

www.independent.co.uk

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 2d

WIP

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 2d

It's taken a while but the track is getting there...

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 2d

Capitalism is a party that the vast majority of people have been forced to watch on a screen.

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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry, what? There is no “race debate”. There is racism, there are racists.

This isn’t a legitimate political polemic, this is hate speech and hate crime.

Can we stop trying to wedge the bigotry of fragile white men in to public discourse? Doing so is hate-washing and we need to stop it.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

www.theguardian.com

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 2d

I'm guessing the relationship between the writers and the networks will be similar to farmers and supermarkets so any exotic product that fails to conform to basic supermarket requirements gets ignored.

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 3d

This is how a super intelligent AI would work: it would make itself seem more stupid than it is in any tests while it consolidated its dominance.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Carmakers chose to cheat to sell cars rather than comply with emissions law, ‘dieselgate’ trial told

Mercedes, Ford, Renault, Nissan and Peugeot/Citroën face group action in which damages could exceed £6bn

www.theguardian.com

Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 3d

"No one can say for sure which camp is right and which one is wrong."

I don't even need to think about which camp is right...

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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 3d

definitely worth a read

www.theregister.com/2025/10/13/a...

We're all going to be paying AI's Godzilla-sized power bills

Opinion: Even if you never use it, you'll be paying for it thanks to datacenters' never-ending hunger for electricity

www.theregister.com

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