Parents condemn $176 fines for hostel staff after daughters died from tainted alcohol
Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both 19, died after they were served tainted alcohol laced with methanol at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Laos in 2024.
#death #alcohol #fines #Laos #Trending #World
https://globalnews.ca/news/11661501/laos-hostel-staff-fined-alcohol-tourist-deaths-methanol/
Parents condemn $176 fines for hostel staff after daughters died from tainted alcohol
Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both 19, died after they were served tainted alcohol laced with methanol at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Laos in 2024.
#death #alcohol #fines #Laos #Trending #World
https://globalnews.ca/news/11661501/laos-hostel-staff-fined-alcohol-tourist-deaths-methanol/
Polluting Earth isn't enough. The shit show expands into space… 😖
SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites For Orbital Data Center Push
Not just thousands. In an FCC filing, the company mentions deploying up to a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-eyes-1-million-satellites-for-orbital-data-center-push
#space #ElonMusk #SpaceX #satellites #environment #pollution #future #Earth #world #humanity #science #data #info #information
Polluting Earth isn't enough. The shit show expands into space… 😖
SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites For Orbital Data Center Push
Not just thousands. In an FCC filing, the company mentions deploying up to a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-eyes-1-million-satellites-for-orbital-data-center-push
#space #ElonMusk #SpaceX #satellites #environment #pollution #future #Earth #world #humanity #science #data #info #information
"“There is no alternative” is a cheap rhetorical sleight. It’s a demand dressed up as an observation. “There is no alternative” means: “Stop trying to think of an alternative.”
I’m a science-fiction writer – my job is to think of a dozen alternatives before breakfast."
- @pluralistic
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur
#Tech #Technology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #StockMarket #Business #News #World #SciFi
"The collapse of the #AI bubble is going to be ugly. Seven AI companies currently account for more than a third of the #StockMarket, and they endlessly pass around the same $100bn IOU.
AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a #finance sector and #tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
- @pluralistic
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur
#Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Business #Economy #News #World
"AI is a bubble and it will burst... So what will be left behind?
We will have a bunch of coders who are really good at applied statistics... a lot of cheap GPUs... And we will have the #OpenSource models that run on commodity hardware, #AI tools that can do a lot of useful stuff, like transcribing audio and video; describing images;... These will run on our laptops and phones, and open-source hackers will find ways to push them to do things their makers never dreamed of."
"The collapse of the #AI bubble is going to be ugly. Seven AI companies currently account for more than a third of the #StockMarket, and they endlessly pass around the same $100bn IOU.
AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a #finance sector and #tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
- @pluralistic
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur
#Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Business #Economy #News #World
"“There is no alternative” is a cheap rhetorical sleight. It’s a demand dressed up as an observation. “There is no alternative” means: “Stop trying to think of an alternative.”
I’m a science-fiction writer – my job is to think of a dozen alternatives before breakfast."
- @pluralistic
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur
#Tech #Technology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #StockMarket #Business #News #World #SciFi
"This is the paradox of the growth stock. While you are growing to domination, the market loves you, but once you achieve dominance, the market lops 75% or more off your value...
Which is why growth-stock companies are always desperately pumping up one bubble or another, spending billions to hype the pivot to video or #cryptocurrency or NFTs or the metaverse or #AI...
The primary goal is to keep the market convinced that your company will continue to grow"
"“There is no alternative” is a cheap rhetorical sleight. It’s a demand dressed up as an observation. “There is no alternative” means: “Stop trying to think of an alternative.”
I’m a science-fiction writer – my job is to think of a dozen alternatives before breakfast."
- @pluralistic
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur
#Tech #Technology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #StockMarket #Business #News #World #SciFi
Carney says old world order 'is not coming back'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly3d28p4p8o
#HackerNews #Carney #Old #World #Order #Future #Change #Global #Economy
Freedom News: **State integration forced on Rojava**
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/20/state-integration-forced-on-rojava/
Islamist attacks and great-power manoeuvres place the revolution in existential threat ~ Blade Runner ~ Recent weeks’ clashes between Syrian …
The post State integration forced on Rojava appeared first on Freedom News.
#News #World #HTS #Kurdistan #Rojava #SDF #Syria #Turkey #YPJ
Palermo, località marinara di Mondello anno 1925
#palermo #panormus #sicilia #sicily #italy #europe #world #picoftheday #picture #image #immagine #photo #photography #fotografia #storia #story #cultura #culture #arte #art #aspassoneltempo #aspassonellastoria #memorie #tradizioni #popolari #fediphoto #fediverso
Palermo, località marinara di Mondello anno 1925
#palermo #panormus #sicilia #sicily #italy #europe #world #picoftheday #picture #image #immagine #photo #photography #fotografia #storia #story #cultura #culture #arte #art #aspassoneltempo #aspassonellastoria #memorie #tradizioni #popolari #fediphoto #fediverso
https://www.europesays.com/uk/699699/ Why access to Venezuela’s ‘heavy’ oil is ‘tremendous’ news for US refiners | Oil and Gas News #BusinessAndEconomy #DonaldTrump #Economy #Energy #Explainer #News #NicolasMaduro #OilAndGas #World
Continúa en #EstadosUnidos la política represiva de #DonaldTrump
Apoyar a los medios independientes es compartir otras miradas y voces del Mundo: @radiotemblor 🇵🇦
#Noticias #Nacionales #Internacionales #RadioTemblor #Mundo #Actualidad #News #Worldnews #Global #World #Breakingnews #Minneapolis #ICEout #FuckICE #Minnesota #EEUU #FueraDonaldTrump
SOPKWOSO Profanado: Denuncia del Pueblo Naso en Panamá
Ver: radiotemblor.org/sopkwoso-prof…
Apoyar a los medios independientes es compartir otras miradas y voces del Mundo: @Radio Temblor 🇵🇦
#Noticias #Nacionales #Internacionales #RadioTemblor #PueblosOriginarios #IndigenasNasos #Mundo #Actualidad #News #Worldnews #Global #World #Breakingnews
"the #US trade rep had ... made it eye-wateringly clear that if they regulated #tech in a way that favoured their own people, industries & national interests, the US would bury them in #tariffs.
But ... If someone demands that you follow their orders or they’ll burn your house down, so you do, and they burn your house down anyway … well, you’re a bit of a fool if you keep on doing what they tell you, aren’t you?"
- @pluralistic