Notices by Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷 (kimsj@mastodon.social)

“China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech“
…and they could do the same to UK if we align too enthusiastically with US. Scary times!
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/05/china-just-turned-off-u-s-supplies-of-minerals-critical-for-defense-cleantech/

@christineburns
I continue to wonder *who* exactly is buying TSLA. Is this artificial price support by people who can afford to?

@christineburns
The non-conspiracy theory would be that the markets still believe Musk’s bullshit about the imminent release of robo-taxis. I suppose that’s just about possible, if people refuse to learn from Musk’s history.

@selzero isn’t the strict definition of terrorism “violence or the threat of violence with political objectives”? So it all depends _why_ things are done. With that definition, targeting Teslas probably is terrorism.
(Sorry to be the reply guy. 🫣)

@inthehands
I hate how university education is nowadays seen entirely in terms of its future financial payoff.
What happened to personal development, to love of knowledge for knowledge sake, to becoming a person who can benefit society?

@bruces Insecure IoT devices has been a issue from the outset. Short of requiring a security certification before they can be sold, I’m not sure the problem can be fixed. So maybe that needs to be part of CE compliance?

Classic enshittification trajectory, driven by companies whose dev teams don’t even know there’s a problem.

@VeroniqueB99 @sand
The advert isn’t aimed at Trump, of course, it’s aimed at all those who might be persuaded to join the growing anti-Trump movement. Let’s hope it has some impact.

@dalias @christineburns @scaramanga @dominic
Perhaps Musk’s biggest problem is if he succeeds. At that point his backers have no further use for him and he’ll be left dangling in the wind.

Now with alt text…

@georgetakei
Time still pretending this is not a coup. 🤦♂️

@zleap Yup, hence my edit. :]

I wish the Nazis had not invented such a uniquely recognisable salute!

Edit: I should have said ‘embraced’, not invented.

@openrightsgroup
Why is promoting the BlueSky protocol suite better than investing in the Fediverse? This seems to me to be a land-grab by BlueSky.
#ChangeMyMind

@neckspike @rainynight65 @mekkaokereke
Classic case of the costs not being born by the right people. Just imagine how much forest management you could do with the $50 billion that the damage costs each year!

@sjvn Alt text: a minimalist line cartoon of Jimmy Carter being welcomed into heaven by God. Jimmy’s speech bubble reads “How can I help?”
#altText4you

@CelloMomOnCars
Seems to me that if you do something knowing there will be bad consequences, you should be liable for those consequences whatever the timescale in which they materialise.
Oil companies, for example, have known for well over half a century that they were causing climate change. That should make them liable for the effects of their products. The sam3 argument could be made about Governments that continue to subsidise fossil fuel production.

@inthehands (2) (the genocide) is enabling (1) (the antisemitism). But Netanyahu likes that, because the more vulnerable Jews feel, the more they will look for a ‘tough’ leader. It’s hard to imagine a more irresponsible strategy to maintain personal power.

@jwz I wonder whether this will prove more profitable than installing heat pumps? Only time will tell, I suppose.

@ChrisMayLA6 @Oxymetheus
A great read! The only sentence I disagree with is “In the financial economy, it is a zero-sum game, where the winner takes the losers’ money.” That’s not totally true. The financial economy has to make a profit, and it does so by extracting some of the profit from the real economy. It is in fact largely parasitical. Yes, some services such as insurance and currency hedging are worth paying for, but many are not, and in fact do great damage.

@RaymondPierreL3 @waldoj
Data centre planning permission should be contingent on them providing sufficient renewable energy generation to make them net-positive. With quarterly reporting, and shut down if they do not deliver on that commitment.