'Scotland needs to invest in itself. We can do this now, although with less room for manoeuvre than we will have once independence has been achieved and we have our own currency.'
Jim Osborne, via The National
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'As well as sucking up vast reserves of water and energy, AI data centres also require huge swathes of green space upon which to build.
Scotland can offer much in each of these regards. And you can start to join the dots.'
Jonathon Shafi, via The National
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'With so many Scottish people proudly walking around Boston this week in kilts and likely speaking Scots, hopefully this reminder of what makes Scots a language in its own right can help to put some of our national pride behind it too.'
Emma Grae, via The National
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'No AI company is anywhere near having a revenue base that can even begin to justify this scale of speculation. In fact, none of them has a business model for explaining how that kind of revenue is ever going to be secured.'
Robin McAlpine, via Common Weal
'The question to ask is what happens when the economy crashes, when the political far right might be willing to use that to exploit fear, and hate might be unleashed in ways not seen for a very long time? The answer is that I just do not know.'
Richard Murphy
'Scotland has gone past the point where we can ignore the social unrest being fomented by the far right. It is reaching far too far, and casual racism is becoming far too routine to be ignored.'
Common Weal, via The National
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'The problem with AI data centres, and the community response, mirrors Scotland's onshore renewables revolution. The model is communities vastly affected by technologies from which they derive little benefit, and industries they don’t own.'
Mike Small via Bella Caledonia
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'The SNP’s iron grip on the independence movement is beyond question. Yet such a relationship is in my view both an impediment to progress and a gift to our opponents.'
Colin Fox, via The National
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'For too long the racists have used the principles of free speech to spread lies and disinformation. It’s time we heard the truth from those who embrace the values of justice and equality.'
Richard Walker, via The National
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'If the media had spent more time talking about how migrants are the backbone of the NHS and the social care sector, and less time scaremongering about small boats, perhaps British politics would be less fraught than they are.'
weegingerdug, via The National
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The US and Iran are at war again, but we knew that was going to happen. I had predicted this outcome, and I cannot see any change happening for a long time to come.
US weapons manufacturers, however, are uncertain whether they can meet demand...
The backlash against data centres is only just reaching the UK but it would be a big mistake to mistake this for ‘just more Nimbyism’. Unless you understand what is different about this backlash you will miss one of the most significant things happening in politics right now.
