Mike Armiger

And little or no sign of it in the MSM it’s almost as if we want to be miserable…

Brené Brown, researcher and author, on the contradiction she keeps hearing in rooms full of tech billionaires: Her work puts her in rooms where the founders and CEOs of major tech platforms talk openly about how they think. What @BreneBrown hears there unsettles her: "So I hear someone say, 'Hey, you know, tech billionaire, what should my kids study? I'm worried for my kids… they should study coding, physics,' and then five minutes later, as if that answer didn't happen, someone will say, 'What do you attribute your success to?' I mean deeply when you think about it, and the same person will say, 'My deep reading of philosophy and the stoics.'" The contradiction is what stops her: the same people crediting philosophy and the liberal arts for their own success are telling other parents their kids should focus on coding and physics. That gap leads her to a bigger, more uncomfortable question: "I start to extrapolate from there and wonder if there is a thinking class that's emerging where they're like, 'We're going to read philosophy and we're going to read the liberal arts and we're going to study history, and the rest of you just keep scrolling. Don't worry about the big words. We'll handle all the big words for you.'" She points to Steve Jobs as an early signal of the same pattern: "It's like when they asked Steve Jobs, 'Boy, your kids must love the iPad.' Steve Jobs said, 'My kids don't have an iPad.' And then his biographer who spent time with his family said he wasn't kidding. There's no technology. At dinner, they're talking about art and history." The takeaway is simple but uncomfortable. The people building these platforms are protecting their own kids from them, and giving them books, ideas, and real conversation instead. So why are the rest of us being sold something different?

Erin Brockovich is back, and this time she's coming for the AI industry, calling out Big Tech's data center boom as the next great environmental shakedown of American communities. She launched a self-reporting map at brockovichdatacenter.com, and within a week over 1,600 residents had filed complaints spanning noise pollution, skyrocketing utility bills, and serious water depletion concerns. The pattern she's seeing looks awfully familiar: corporations dangle promises of jobs and tax revenue, municipalities wave projects through with minimal environmental review, and the people who actually live there get left holding the bag. The water issue alone should be setting off alarm bells. Data centers gulp enormous amounts of water to keep their cooling systems running, and some are being planted directly above critical aquifers. As Brockovich put it plainly, "Wasting heat is wasting water. We can't afford either." The technology to capture and reuse that waste heat already exists, it's just not being required. That's a policy failure, not a tech failure. A recent Gallup poll found that 7 in 10 Americans oppose data centers being built in their communities, with many saying they'd rather live near a nuclear plant. Brockovich's demand is straightforward: if Big Tech is going to drain public water supplies and jack up utility bills, the public deserves full transparency. "If you're using public resources, the public has a right to know how much. Sunlight is the best disinfectant."

The UK didn't need AC that's why it doesn't have it. Only in the last 10 years has the UK needed AC. The problem isn't the lack of AC in the UK, it's that suddenly the UK needs AC.

We love you King Mo 💙 #YNWA

Legends ❤️🏆

'There is nothing that brings more joy or happiness than things like this' 🥹 Mo Salah reacts to the words of @LFC fans as he bids farewell to the club after 9 seasons ❤️

Always our Egyptian King. Thank you for everything, Mo 👑

This has been a really great series, and Jo and Kush have been a breath of fresh air to watch in the ‘manosphere’ era we’re in, it’s just nice to see and I’m so thrilled for them. And God love Margo. The scenery has also been STUNNING! #RaceAcrossTheWorld

Margaret Aspinall endorsement is huge. She's an incredible person I remember that Kop reaction to Burnham and how he earned the respect of the city and the families

I absolutely loved this show. I watch it all the time when I need it. Better things is more than a tv show. Its a reflection of all the highs, lows and funniest part of life. 💙

Pupils with SEND are being concentrated into those mainstream schools with a good reputation for inclusion – and this isn’t sustainable, warns the lead researcher of a new @TheNFER study tes.com/magazine/analy…

Extraordinary launch video - never seen a by-election campaign which is such an explicit pitch to both the place and to the country

Politics isn’t working for places like ours. I will change that. #AndyBurnham #ForUs

Wonderful tribute from the brilliant @brianmoore666 to his friend and former teammate, the great Scott Hastings. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🦁

There is no data center on Earth that's worth the bees, water, and trees.

Beautiful essay on adult friendship

Farage doesn’t want Ukraine flags flown in the UK. We know he’s an admirer of Putin but are Reform still taking Russian money?

Harrison Ford, "Humanity is a part of nature, not above it" "We have an essential mandate to protect 30% of the world's land and sea by 2030, to prevent the mass extinction, to slow the warming of our planet" "We are still losing nature to profiteering, corruption, conflict, including land that is already protected on paper. These efforts matter but they're not enough" "We need cultural change" "We need to extend social justice" "We need to respect and elevate the indigenous people that are being marginalized, and in many cases, killed in cold blood" "These communities have long understood that the trees, the mountains, water, soil, are not commodities, they are relatives to be cherished for following generations to embrace and protect" "We can all play our role in embracing that wisdom in our day to day lives by loving the planet" "By honouring nature's authority, her generosity, the bounty she affords us. The justice of her example" "Because the world you’re stepping into, the world my generation left you, is a real mess”

Elon Musk has today updated the formula that decides if you see this tweet. Each tweet is scored. S=Σ (probability of reaction × value of reaction) A like = 0.5 points. A reply = 13.5. A full argument? 75+ That’s why outrage travels faster than facts. thetimes.com/comment/column…