"In running an opinion piece that suggests it may now be acceptable to use the term genocide about Gaza, the Guardian has admitted it has been – even according to its own resident genocide expert – complicit in obscuring that genocide for a half a year.Remember that when editor Kath Viner comes cap in hand once again, as she did this week, begging for money from readers for her brand of supposedly “fearless, independent journalism”.#TheGuardian #Israel #Genocide #Gazahttps://jonathancook.substack.com/p/a-year-late-the-guardian-finally?publication_id=476450&post_id=151357499&isFreemail=true&r=96cfk&triedRedirect=true

"Never in modern history have so many people faced starvation and famine as in Sudan today,” said the group of about a dozen independent experts. “The world must pay attention to the largest modern famine taking shape in Sudan today.”#Sudan #Starvation #Hunger #Chad #AfricaDespair in Chad camps as violence and hunger in Sudan drive 25,000 across border in a week | Global development | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/oct/21/despair-chad-camps-refugees-flee-sudan

I read this article with increasing disquiet. Health Secretary Wes Streeting (who, let us not forget, has accepted massive donations from private healthcare interests) is planning to make all our confidential patient information accessible to all 1.5m NHS workers, not just those treating us at the time. This will no doubt include privatised NHS branded companies.That sound is Palantir rubbing its grubby hands..#NHS #Privatisation #DataSecurity #Data #Healthcare https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/21/wes-streeting-unveils-plans-for-patient-passports-to-hold-all-medical-records?CMP=firstedition_email

The wealth gap between the richest and poorest in the UK soared by nearly 50 per cent in less than a decade, as stalling wages and rising asset values fuelled inequality at the height of austerity, reports the Fairness Foundation. They warn that it “seriously exacerbates a wide range of arguably existential risks” to the UK, such as social unrest, failure to act on the climate crisis, economic stagnation and the decline of democracy.#Inequality #Austerity #UKPoliticshttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/inequality-wealth-gap-uk-income-b2629764.html?lid=zk9q38b4o7an

Here's a more detailed examination of the implications of Google buying nuclear reactors to power its AI data centres. Each reactor can power a medium-sized city. Google plans one reactor per data centre, which shows how much power AI grabs.#SMRs #NuclearPower #AI #Google  #InformationTechnology #InfoTechhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/16/first-edition-google-data-centres-environment