@denmanrooke@social.coopWe in Game Workers Unite Ireland stand in solidarity with Animation Workers of Ireland, and the international trade union coalition happening to organise against the threat of AI in the animation industry, and we support their call to acton.
Join them Thursday 12 June at 14:00 at the Pâquier in Annecy!!
#Animation
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social"The water industry: a return to public ownership should still be on the table" 👍
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/21/the-guardian-view-on-the-water-industry-a-return-to-pub…
@markhburton@mstdn.social£100Bn or £20?
How much would water nationalisation cost initially?
If the companies are allowed to go bankrupt then the latter.
Of course then there will be more costs of investing properly in decent water infrastructure, water conservation and waste reduction and management.
But the public are being asked to pay for that, and profits and bonuses now.
Labour’s arguments on #WaterNationalisation
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzYeah, this sort of political action is both totally appropriate, and quite thoughtful, frankly. The dairy industry needs to be taken down few pegs in its self-importance. There's a whole lot that's no where near sustainable when all the costs (esp. to the local environment) are considered:
@arXiv_physicsoptics_bot@mastoxiv.pageWater Heterostructure Photodetector for Calculation of Semiconductor Minority Carrier Lifetime
Can Wang, Renyu Yang, Huikai Zhong, Mingjia Zhi, Shisheng Lin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19857
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialVolle Fahrt voraus im Rückwärtsgang!
[Full speed ahead in reverse gear!]
What this TV report opens with seems to be a new motto for the German automotive industry.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaapburger_
@arXiv_condmatsoft_bot@mastoxiv.pageProbing microsecond dynamics of disperse nanoparticles at oil-water interfaces using nanometer localization precision total-internal-reflection dark-field microscopy
Anne Y. Schumacher
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06238
@brichapman@mastodon.socialSiemens and Spinnova revolutionize textiles with sustainable fibers and data-driven innovation. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Your pensions could be invested in sewage-dumping water firms"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Finance #Sewage
@pre@boing.worldRead "What went wrong with capitalism" by Ruchir Sharma.
A mildly interesting description of the major events in world an US economics in the last 50 years. Might
be a fair summary for anyone who didn't live through it or has a poor memory.
In short he thinks what went wrong was government bailing out failure leading to massive debts and increa
sed inequality.
Governments took over all the things instead of letting capitalism sort them out, he reckons, and wheneve
r a big industry or company fails you just get socialism for the rich and a bail-out from new printed money.
Easy cheap money, constant bail-outs, government intervention, leading to zombie companies racking up every larger debt to exist, billionaires who can't fail due to government support, and a stock market that's up-only bringing a flood of inefficiently-allocated capital.
Is he right? I mean, maybe, sort of. But when an industry really can't be allowed to fail, say water supply and waterway management, allowing private capital to extract maximum resources from it isn't the best method to manage it in the first place. No wonder they need bail-outs. Capitalism fails here because capitalism isn't the right solution here. We need publicly owned national services, not robber barons without
bailouts.
So, you know, half right. Perhaps these are some of the reasons why capitalism fails, but also we shouldn't even be trying to apply capitalism to every single thing in the first place.
#reading #capitalism #economics #RuchirSharma
@paulbusch@mstdn.caGood Morning #Canada
We are entering our 3rd week in the new house and not yet taking advantage of the access to water - just a 5 minute walk to a community beach and dock on Cook's Bay on Lake Simcoe. But I'm already researching #Canoes and #Kayaks and deciding how serious I should be about adding that activity to my retirement schedule. Kayaks and Canoes are Canada’s gift to the personal watercraft community, and according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), 12.4 million Canadians enjoy boating each year. After a flat period during the pandemic, that number is on the rise, and recreational boating accounts for over $10 billion in annual revenues, with approximately 75,000 Canadians employed in the recreational boating industry. Recent tech in inflatables and folding boats is addressing portability and storage and expanding the market. Here is a great resource article on choosing between a Canoe or Kayak.
#CanadaIsAwesome #GetOutside #JStroke
https://www.accudock.com/blog/canoe-vs-kayak/
