San Alland (they/San)

@san-alland.bsky.social

Writer, artist, curator. Latest publication: Sore Loser...on queer disabled grief. www.blissfultimes.ca No DMs; locked out. (Photo: me masked; white person, short hair, smiling. Banner: Free Falasteen sign on a bookshelf)

"A study done in Phoenix done by Arizona State University found data centres can increase air temperatures by up to 4 degrees Fahrenheit in downwind neighbourhoods. The waste heat given off by one data centre as it cooled itself exceeded the amount produced by 40,000 households."

CNN@cnn.com · 3w ago

New research suggests data centers have an alarming and overlooked environmental impact: heat pollution. CNN's Laura Paddison reports.

“Oxevision is described by patients as “creepy” and a form of “spying”, and has been blamed by a bereaved mother for contributing to her daughter’s sense of paranoia before she took her own life” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

ICO watchdog opens inquiry into cameras in mental health patients’ bedrooms

Exclusive: Oxevision system used by 40% of NHS mental health trusts being scrutinised by information commissioner over privacy concerns

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Canadian COVID Forecast Jun 20 - Jul 3, 2026 CANADA MODERATE [decreasing] About 1 of every 320 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 4.0 x higher -Long COVID: 4.6 x higher -Hospitalizations: 2.6 x higher -Deaths: 2.0 x higher

This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Jun 20 - Jul 3, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is MODERATE [decreasing] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 2.9

About 1 of every 320 people is infected.

Estimated infections this week: 86,400-198,500
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: MODERATE; 4.0X higher
Long COVID: MODERATE; 4.6X higher
Hospitalizations: MODERATE; 2.6X higher
Deaths: MODERATE; 2.0X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type mask

Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months

Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

Fox Corporation is buying Roku for $22 billion. Roku sits in more than 100 million global streaming households. Fox owns Fox News, Tubi, and NFL and MLB broadcast rights. Fox now controls the hardware in your living room, the platform you use to access it, and your viewing data. Follow the money.

Judge Johnson has decided that Filton Four barrister Rajiv Menon KC has a case to answer for alleged contempt of court and has referred it to a senior judge to find a High Court judge to preside. Rajiv faces a criminal trial for telling a jury about a plaque outside the Old Bailey.

"The night from Monday to Tuesday was the hottest ever recorded in France since measurements began in 1947" Prime minister holding a crisis meeting of ministers due to heatwave Garonne River temp reaches 28C, shutting down a nuclear power plant Hospitals: "Some patients can't take it anymore"

Libération@liberation.fr · 2mo ago

🥵 EN DIRECT. Canicule : la nuit dernière a été la plus chaude jamais enregistrée en France, une centrale nucléaire à l’arrêt ➡️ l.liberation.fr/XfV

Important mass lobby update: With a red weather warning in place for the day, it will not go ahead. We are reaching out to participants with further detail and actions, but please do not travel. We are arranging a future date and will update ❤️ www.transsolidarityalliance.com/post/weather...

Weather update: Mass lobby postponed

With a red weather warning now in place for the day of the planned Mass Lobby for Trans Equality on Thursday 25th June 2026, we are cancelling the lobby on the day and advise people do not travel to W...

transsolidarityalliance.com

he lied his arse off to steal control of the labour party, supported war crimes in Gaza, oversaw multiple racist pogroms and turned Britain into the most trans hostile country in western Europe. get absolutely fucked you irredeemable little worm of a man.

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 2mo ago

🚨 NEW: A Labour source says Keir Starmer feels "betrayed" "He gave everything to Labour, including sacrificing much of his children's teenage years to help make the party electable. He feels deeply betrayed, especially by those he believed were loyal to him"

What is it about white people that makes them so violent? Should we tolerate white culture in the UK? Is the fact he was arrested without violence evidence of two-tier policing? Should white people still be given housing when non-whites remain homeless? Will white leaders condemn this? etc.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Four people in hospital after knife attacks in Edinburgh. An arrest made. BBC report say man shouted about "protecting the country". Sone signs the attacks near a mosque at petrol station & pizzeria may have had anti-Muslim or anti-migrant/minority motives (tbc) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yes, I think it's important to know that this petition will not actually do anything to stop the Code of Practice. And I think a petition made this late will get such a low number of signatories that it actually symbolically undermines how many people oppose the guidance.

Astrid@astridsramblings.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I don’t want to dunk on individuals here, but it’s worth being clear from a procedural perspective: Petition debates are symbolic and don’t go to a vote, so this would not disapprove the code - unlike a motion tabled by an MP or lead to that motion being given parliamentary time.

Sign the petition to disapprove the EHRC guidance

This is clearly seen in a query for "SCP-565," a SCP entity known as "Ed's Head" — a dead guy's head that scuttles around the ocean like a crab. The AI Overview presents this obviously fake thing as real, discussing "forensics" and asking if we want to check out the "official SPC-565 document"

A Google AI Overview for the query "SCP-565," an SCP Foundation code for the fake SCP entity "Ed's Head."

NEW: Google's AI Overviews are treating entities from the SCP Foundation — the famously fake fan-fiction universe — as if they're real. The AI feature often contextualizes SCP entities as actual discoveries while describing made-up SCP records as "official" documents. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Google's AI Overviews Feature Is Telling Users That SCP Horror Fiction Entities Are Real

Google's AI Overviews are presenting sci-fi and horror phenomena from the famously fake SCP Foundation fan-fiction universe as real.

futurism.com