ICYMI: I got so annoyed by bad data centre takes last weekend that I decided to remove the paywall from my recent post on Britain’s looming AI national security crisis. Go and read it if you missed it!
I’ve also written about the slightly less important issue of how I picked a fight with Jeremy Clarkson (which he then went on to win).
POD! On YIMBY Pod this week, Martin and I talk about a Cambridge new-build estate where it is literally illegal to recycle rainwater – and we speak to Sunny Hundal about his new campaign to make energy both clean and cheap. Listen here, or wherever you get your pods.
Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your semi-irregular round-up of the most interesting links I’ve seen recently, plus some shorter takes.
This time I’m featuring:
How the UK consensus on Net Zero has broken down
Why globalisation can’t be stopped
The case for municipal bond markets
Andy Burnham not being serious about Freeview switch-off
A tiny sign the Democrats are taking winning seriously
A great TV drama about feminism in the 1970s
Can AI reason itself to constitutional government?
An amazing four hour podcast about the history of electric grids
And a sign the future could entail a whole new season of Star Trek: The Next Generation (!).
Now let’s get started!