Unpopular opinion? AI is way out of control. One of many reasons:

"AI Data Centers in Texas Used 463 Million Gallons of Water, Residents Told to Take Shorter Showers"

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#AI #power #water

AI Data Centers in Texas Used 463 Million Gallons of Water, Residents Told to Take Shorter Showers

Texas has long been defined by oil, heat, and huge infrastructure projects. Now, it’s also at the center of a growing environmental debate.

^{Keith Anthony (Techie + Gamers)}

For more than 60 years, hundreds of unclassified reports from the US defense and intelligence community have assessed the threats to the US from environmental, #water, and #climate risks.

Those reports are disappearing from government websites and the military is being ordered to cancel, and censor, these security analyses.

I've documented, annotated, and linked to them on my website in three blog posts. The first one is here (the next two are there as well):

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Climate Change, Water, the Environment and National Security: An Annotated History of U.S. Defense, Intelligence, and Security Assessments (Part 1: to 2010)

Summary: For more than half a century, U.S. intelligence and defense communities have worked to understand the threats to national and international security from a range of enviro

^{Climate Change, Water, the Environment and National Security: An Annotated History of U.S. Defense, Intelligence, and Security Assessments (Part 1: to 2010)}

A magical moment - glow worms gently lighting up the scene near the waterfall.

#waterfall #water #australia #magic #night #twilight #LongExposure #landscape #landscapephotography #photo #photography #noai #foto #nature #naturephotography

Hard water has health benefits, like extra magnesium and calcium (even if it’s bad for your pipes)

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#health #water

Is hard water bad for you? 2 water quality engineers explain the potential benefits and pitfalls that come with having hard water

Hard water might dry out your hair and skin − but having hard water isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

^{The Conversation}

So langsam tauchen wir in eine spannende Phase ein.💦

Das ist der erste Wasserdichtigkeitstest! Das sieht schon mal gut aus.🙂

#shift #shifthappens #shiftphone #shiftphone8 #wasser #water #test

This is the classic scam. Privatise an essential service. Load it with masses of debt, while investing the minimum it can get away with. Pay shareholders as much as it can get away with. When it collapses, walk away so the state has to pick up the pieces until it becomes viable again. Rinse and repeat.

#ThamesWater #Water #Privatisation

Thames Water shareholders refuse to inject more cash into ‘uninvestable’ company | The Independent
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Thames Water under threat of nationalisation as shareholders refuse to inject £500m lifeline

A rescue funding plan was drawn up in July but has fallen through ahead of the first payment

^{Holly Evans (The Independent)}

Na takový pařák, jako je dnes, to chce osvěžující drink. 🍹

#voda #led #citron #meduňka #máta #nonalcoholic #nonalcoholicdrinks #water #ice #lemon #LemonBalm #mint