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Ring! Ring! Mind Your Bling! (updated August 1st 2026)

Curteis jewellery replatingThe Tap Blog started twenty years ago. I had retired and gone to live in Manila. Being eight hours ahead gave me time to analyse the various newsfeeds and write something pertinent before the western world awoke. It was conventionally political writing, until 2009 when a reader sent in a comment suggesting I studied some videos and writings of Dr Stan Monteith of Radio Liberty in Monterrey Bay. This was 2009. Read more...


They Took the Water, the Power, and the Land First — Then the Data Centers Became More Important Than the People Living Beside Them

Source: https://madgewaggy.blogspot.com/2026/05/they-took-water-power-and-land-first.html This investigative narrative examines the expanding physical footprint of AI infrastructure and the societal risks that emerge when computational systems begin to depend on the same essentials as human communities. THE HUM THAT NEVER STOPS Nobody remembers when the sound began. Residents describe it differently. Some say it is like distant traffic that never passes. …

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