Nicki the Midwife

@nickipee.bsky.social

Queen nerd, anti-Tory.

One of the reasons we keep needing more data centres is the ever increasing use of 1) AI to produce crappy memes and other slop and 2) the need to provide cloud storage for the never ending photos we take on our phones and the never ending emails that we never read or delete….

Lisa Holdsworth@lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Microsoft is planning to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

I’ve stumbled on one of my favourite films from my childhood A Matter of Life and Death. Apart from the dated colours and music, and the staged acting of its time, it still stands up as a terrific story. It is a teeny bit jingoistic though 😂