Hey, 14th October is International E-Waste Day.
WEEE! And there’s a lot of it.
9 million tonnes of “invisible” e-waste (meaning people don’t realise there were electronics inside) […]
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Nick Hollinghurst
Working for social democracy and a greener world through the Liberal Democrats
Nationalism and Populism will Never Work in the Long Term
Sorry, Reform and Tories. There is no simple answer.
Are there too many people in the UK?
Well, looking at the rate […]
Biden was aware of the dangers of biased AI systems – so he introduced safeguards. But Trump could see the potential of “politically correct” AI in moulding thought and culture to please the MAGA base, the evangelical right wing and the US ‘Technoplutocrats’ – so he cancelled Biden’s safeguards as quickly as he could!
As you all know there are many different versions of “AI” from Expert Systems to “LLM Chatboxes”, e.g. ChatGPT. It’s […]
Read more →People putting up “personality tests” or topical polls on Social Media may not have your interests at heart!
There seem to be more “polls” on social media offering to analyse your personality, views, philosophy/beliefs, opinion on current issues […]
Read more →“Irish Lines are Smiling” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Passenger Travel and Freight Movements.
“Irish Lines are Smiling” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Passenger Travel and Freight Movements.
A €37 billion joint […]
Happy Womens’ Day!
Happy Women’s Day!(sadly not much celebrated in W Europe)
The pic shows a Flower Market somewhere in E Europe in happier […]
USA does NOT “Subsidise” Canada!
USA DOES NOT “SUBSIDISE” CANADA. This statement arises from a misunderstanding as to what a foreign trade imbalance represents.
Argus is […]
“Getting the Loads off Irish Roads!” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Freight Movement and Passenger Travel.
“Getting the Loads off Irish Roads!” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Freight Movement and Passenger Travel.
A €37 […]
In the US, Correctly Applied DEI Policies are Associated with Corporate Success.
A paper in the Harvard Business Review last year showed an organisation’s main driver for DEI is to ensure that […]
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