Jack Yan (甄爵恩)

‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal

As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants

#ai #aibubble

Strange chicken at the beach and an octopus

I don't have to send cards often, but I have embarked on a new strategy, instead of buying commercial cards or making them myself: I am buying notecards from local artists when they show up at our local community gallery and using them as greeting cards/birthday […]

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RE: https://bonn.social/@Sascha/115674869561533274

Tried to do the same when I ran for mayor, and even discussed it with Mayors Wallace and Guppy, who were agreeable (Mayor Leggett had no interest). Nice to see this being carried out elsewhere and saving the public millions, even if it took […]

http://www.famnet.org.nz is a #genealogy website based in New Zealand but with worldwide reach.

"FamNet was started in 2005 by Robert Barnes and Tony Cairns who were dissatisfied with what was available and wanted to give Kiwis something better. It has pioneered many features, some of which are […]

Finally caught up with this week's edition of The Bradbury Group and it's a really good one, with NZ Herald columnist Simon Wilson, former Winston First and Nat MP Tau Henare, and Green MP Steve Abel […]

Helped a lady with a flat tyre yesterday. Got the car jacked up, took the nuts off the wheel, and it was locked solid. Wouldnʼt come off, rotate, nothing. Was I missing something? It was an Indian car, Ford EcoSport Mk II. She had already rung the roadside assist through her bank (!), but they […]

In my #blog
Reminders that our current direction should give us pause

https://jackyan.com/blog/2025/12/reminders-that-our-current-direction-should-give-us-pause/ #politics #disinformation #misinformation #finance

I know most people think Sex and the City when Kim Cattrall is mentioned. Must be my age but I think of Porky’s, Police Academy, Mannequin and Masquerade!

Today someone I know slightly was sentenced to 30 months in prison, and sent to a high security facility. Their crime was disrupting traffic - they and others climbed a gantry on the M25, the major orbital round London, to drop banners protesting at government inaction in climate change.

If a […]

Released in 1969, Spectraflame Brown Custom Charger of 1969 Hot Wheels with Redline wheels. Notes: Hood lifts up to reveal a chrome colored metal engine. Packaging: 1969 Blister. Metal Body, Metal Base. Made in USA. Scarcity: 10/10

This Custom Charger is one of the 1969 Hot Wheels cars. Notes: Hood lifts up to reveal a chrome colored metal engine. #HotWheels #Redlines #Spectraflame #year1969

Russell Thomas and Kim Cattrall on the Fashion Awards 2025 red carpet, photographed by Simão Nogueira.

Kim Cattrall ties the knot for the fourth time in private ceremony

https://lucire.com/insider/20251205/kim-cattrall-ties-the-knot-for-the-fourth-time-in-private-ceremony/ #KimCattrall #RussellThomas #SexAndTheCity #actress #actrice #celebrity #UK #London #England #wedding #célébrité

In my #blog
A farewell to #JimmyD: James Dobson’s own words

https://jackyan.com/blog/2025/12/a-farewell-to-jimmy-d-james-dobsons-own-words/

Nice to see that Bill Persky (of Persky and Denoff) is still with us. Wrote some of the funniest #TV out there.

Havenʼt seen much activity on the #Epstein front from the US?

@mralancooper This is beautiful!

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/115670489162242298

I can relate. And I chose to be me every single time. If I could break a glass ceiling here and there, then even better. Weak-willed establishment upset that I ran for mayor? Too bad, maybe you wimps should grow a pair. The internal […]

Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force. The post Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job appeared first on MS NOW.

This is what every police chief in America should be saying and enforcing.

Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
https://www.ms.now/news/minneapolis-police-chief-unlawful-force-ice-jobs

Two weeks till winter break and this is the WORST time of the year. Every day it's another thing. MY GOD.

If you know any teachers? Be nice to them at this time of year. It really is THE WORST. And we only had 3 weeks between thanksgiving and winter break so Everything Must Happen Now.

It […]

RE: https://fediscience.org/@petergleick/115669982854719889

And they are only in year one of this term.

When 'Johnny and Mary' comes on in the car, I think Iʼm in a #Renault commercial.

"Severe drought across Western and Midwestern Canada has wiped out pasturelands, leaving ranchers unable to maintain their herds."

severe drought. weird. I'm
sure that's fine. let's build another global warming pipeline so Premier Smith doesn't threaten to leave Canada.

#canpoli #cdnpoli […]

A Singaporean Microsoft address hitting one of our sites and reaching a challenge page. This is a list of its access attempts over eight seconds.

Still at it. Very interesting, as they claim to have had different referrers: Yahoo, Bing, DDG, Google.de, etc.

Top countries accessing lucire.net: US, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Ireland.

Till I added a rule, a lot of those dodgy #Microsoft bots were coming from Japan and Korea. This is for lucire.net, which is a tiny website of only a few pages.

A list of ten attempts to access our site from a single IP address over a 5 s period.

Keep knocking away, #Microsoft client, you’re not coming in.

The good news about this understanding of the AI apocalypse is that we are not fighting against an emergent superior machine intelligence. We are only fighting the dumbest, greediest instincts our human society produces. And that is something we know how to do.

Happy weekend!

It bothers me that before they show the footage of the murder of these people, the news man never says "We are about to show footage where people were killed some viewers might find this disturbing." As they would for other disasters, so when the bile rises in my throat, because I really did […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@wellingtonrock/115669572948774666

Supreme Court Republicans have been eroding democracy and the rule of law since Nixon gave them the majority immediately in backlash to Civil Rights.

Four women in gowns against a 'The Fashion Awards 2025' banner. Photographed by Simão Nogueira.

Jonathan Anderson named Designer of the Year at the Fashion Awards 2025

https://lucire.com/insider/20251202/jonathan-anderson-named-designer-of-the-year-at-the-fashion-awards-2025/ #BFC #TheFashionAwards #TheFashionAwards2025 #London #fashion #UK #mode #moda #England #celebrity

And now itʼs back to normal. This is Mastodon, not some lousy commercial social media website. It should be more stable.

Mastodon error page.

The notifications worked only a minute ago. So buggy! Maybe it is incompatible with Chromium-based Android browsers now. Oh well, I prefer using a computer anyway.