#publicutilities — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #publicutilities, aggregated by home.social.
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EIB Backs €50 Million Water Upgrade for Italy’s Modena Region
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €50 million financing agreement with Italian multiutility AIMAG S.p.A. to…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #AIMAG #ClimateResilience #DigitalInfrastructure #eib #EnvironmentalInvestment #EuropeanInvestmentBank #InvestEU #Modena #PublicUtilities #Sewerage #sustainabledevelopment #WastewaterTreatment #WaterInfrastructure #WaterSupply
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/57378/ Why are my water bills going up to pay for debt? | Wales This Week | ITV Cymru Wales #BILLS #debt #itv #ItvNews #ITVNewsInFull #PublicUtilities #Sewage #water #WaterCompanies #WelshWater
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Ah, the British Broadcasting Corporation has cracked the code on the future of public utilities: 🏊♂️🔥 Turn a "tiny" data center into a high-tech hot tub heater. Because nothing screams "cutting-edge innovation" like using your local pool as a backup server room. 🙄💻
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64939558 #publicutilities #innovation #datacenter #hightech #hotub #BBC #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the British Broadcasting Corporation has cracked the code on the future of public utilities: 🏊♂️🔥 Turn a "tiny" data center into a high-tech hot tub heater. Because nothing screams "cutting-edge innovation" like using your local pool as a backup server room. 🙄💻
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64939558 #publicutilities #innovation #datacenter #hightech #hotub #BBC #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the British Broadcasting Corporation has cracked the code on the future of public utilities: 🏊♂️🔥 Turn a "tiny" data center into a high-tech hot tub heater. Because nothing screams "cutting-edge innovation" like using your local pool as a backup server room. 🙄💻
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64939558 #publicutilities #innovation #datacenter #hightech #hotub #BBC #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the British Broadcasting Corporation has cracked the code on the future of public utilities: 🏊♂️🔥 Turn a "tiny" data center into a high-tech hot tub heater. Because nothing screams "cutting-edge innovation" like using your local pool as a backup server room. 🙄💻
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64939558 #publicutilities #innovation #datacenter #hightech #hotub #BBC #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the British Broadcasting Corporation has cracked the code on the future of public utilities: 🏊♂️🔥 Turn a "tiny" data center into a high-tech hot tub heater. Because nothing screams "cutting-edge innovation" like using your local pool as a backup server room. 🙄💻
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64939558 #publicutilities #innovation #datacenter #hightech #hotub #BBC #HackerNews #ngated -
Utilities Challenge Connecticut Mandate to Join Grid Operator https://www.byteseu.com/2157450/ #environment #NaturalGas #PublicUtilities
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Drought-Ravaged Georgia Asks Data Centers to Cut Water Use https://www.byteseu.com/2131053/ #ArtificialIntelligence #DrinkingWater #environment #PublicUtilities #WaterScarcity
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Aku cinta Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) 🇮🇩⚡
#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #pln #perusahaanlistriknegara #electricity #power #company #companies #publicutility #publicutilities
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Aku cinta Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) 🇮🇩⚡
#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #pln #perusahaanlistriknegara #electricity #power #company #companies #publicutility #publicutilities
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Maryland Green Marketing Restrictions Paused by Appeals Panel
A Maryland law governing how energy suppliers can market renewables likely violates the First Amendment, a federal appeals…
#Environment #climatechangemitigation #commercialspeech #corporateincometax #energycredits #federalenvironmentallegislation #preliminaryinjunctions #publicutilities #renewableenergy #statetax #unfairanddeceptivetradepractices
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Morrison Foerster Hires Energy, Data Center Transaction Partners https://www.byteseu.com/2020053/ #AttorneyMoves #Energy #InfrastructureFunding #NaturalGas #Pipelines #PublicUtilities
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Texas: Energy, the Grid, and the Price of Denial
By Cliff Potts, CSO
Editor-in-Chief, WPS NewsBaybay City, Leyte, Philippines — May 1, 2026, 9:15 p.m. PHT
Texas likes to think of itself as an energy state. Oil, gas, wind, solar — we have all of it. And yet, when the lights go out, when the heat becomes deadly, or when a winter storm knocks the grid flat on its back, we suddenly act surprised. As if this all came out of nowhere. It didn’t. These failures were forecast years in advance. We just chose not to listen.
Energy is not ideology. It is engineering. It is planning. It is maintenance. And in Texas, we have spent far too long confusing political posture with physical reality.
The Grid Didn’t Fail by Accident
Texas’s electric grid failures were not acts of God. They were acts of policy. Decisions were made to isolate the grid, minimize regulation, and prioritize short-term profit over long-term resilience. Those decisions had consequences. People froze in their homes. People died. Businesses collapsed. Entire communities were thrown into chaos.
What made those events worse was not just the outage itself, but the refusal to take responsibility afterward. Blame was scattered everywhere except where it belonged: on governance that treated critical infrastructure as a political talking point instead of a public obligation.
A grid is not strong because it is cheap. It is strong because it works when conditions are bad.
Energy Abundance Is Not the Same as Energy Security
Texas produces enormous amounts of energy. That fact has lulled policymakers into complacency. Production does not equal reliability. Abundance does not equal resilience. A state can produce all the energy in the world and still fail its people if distribution, storage, and backup systems are weak.
Wind turbines freezing was not the problem. Natural gas infrastructure failing was not the problem. Solar underperforming during storms was not the problem. The problem was that Texas built an energy system without redundancy and then pretended that redundancy was unnecessary.
Every serious energy system plans for failure. Texas planned for profit.
Climate Reality Doesn’t Care What We Believe
Texas politics often treats climate change as a debate. Texas weather treats it as a fact. Hotter summers, more intense storms, longer droughts, and greater strain on water and power systems are already here. Insurance markets are reacting. Agriculture is reacting. Public health systems are reacting.
The only thing lagging behind is policy.
Refusing to acknowledge climate reality does not protect the economy. It destabilizes it. Energy demand spikes during extreme heat. Infrastructure ages faster. Maintenance costs rise. Emergency responses become routine. This is not hypothetical. It is already happening.
The Cost of Cheap Power
Texans are often told that deregulation keeps energy prices low. What rarely gets mentioned is the hidden cost of that cheap power. Grid failures destroy food, medicine, and equipment. Businesses lose revenue. Families incur repair costs. Emergency services are stretched thin. Lives are lost.
When those costs are added up, “cheap” power turns out to be very expensive.
A serious state calculates total cost, not just monthly bills.
Renewable Energy Is Not the Enemy
Texas has become a national leader in wind energy, and solar capacity continues to grow. This is not a threat to Texas identity. It is an extension of it. Texans have always used what the land gives them. Wind and sun are no different from oil and gas in that respect.
The mistake is framing energy transition as replacement instead of integration. A resilient Texas energy system uses multiple sources, backed by storage, upgraded transmission, and modern grid management. It does not pit one sector against another for political points.
Energy workers deserve stability, retraining opportunities, and respect. Transition does not mean abandonment. It means planning.
Infrastructure Is a Public Responsibility
Energy infrastructure is not a luxury. It is as fundamental as roads, bridges, and water systems. Treating it as a private gamble rather than a public responsibility invites failure. Other states, and other countries, understand this. Texas should too.
That means enforcing standards. It means requiring weatherization. It means investing in grid upgrades and transmission capacity. It means planning for peak demand instead of reacting to collapse.
None of this is radical. It is basic competence.
Energy, Water, and the Future
Energy policy does not exist in isolation. It intersects directly with water use, agriculture, and urban growth. Power plants require water. Water systems require power. Drought strains both. Planning them separately guarantees inefficiency and conflict.
A forward-looking Texas coordinates energy and water policy, anticipates growth, and prepares for stress instead of denying it.
What Leadership Looks Like Here
Leadership on energy does not mean promising impossible outcomes. It means telling people the truth. It means acknowledging tradeoffs. It means investing now to avoid catastrophe later.
Texans can handle hard truths. What they cannot handle is being treated like fools.
The Price of Denial
Every year Texas delays serious energy reform, the bill grows larger. The cost shows up in emergency spending, insurance premiums, lost productivity, and human suffering. Denial does not make problems cheaper. It makes them compound.
Texas has the resources, talent, and experience to build an energy system that works under pressure. What it lacks is the will to stop pretending that the current approach is good enough.
Why This Matters Going Forward
Energy underpins everything else this series will discuss: work, health, education, public safety, and economic stability. Without reliable power, none of those systems function. Energy policy is not a niche issue. It is foundational governance.
Texas can lead on energy, not just in production, but in reliability and responsibility. Or it can continue to gamble and hope the next crisis is survivable.
Hope is not a plan.
This essay will be archived as part of the ongoing WPS News Monthly Brief Series available through Amazon.
References (APA)
#climateResilience #electricGrid #infrastructure #powerReliability #publicUtilities #renewables #TexasEnergy #TexasPolicy #WPSNews
U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2025). Texas energy production, capacity, and reliability data.
Public Utility Commission of Texas. (2025). Electric grid performance and weatherization reports.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (2025). Grid resilience and renewable integration studies.
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. (2025). Economic impacts of energy disruptions.
NOAA. (2025). Climate trends and extreme weather impacts in Texas. -
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/42154/ Archdiocese-Chubb War and Hochul’s Climate Shift: New York Brief #CarbonTax #ChildAbuseAndNeglect #Chubb #CorporateOfficers #ProBonoRepresentation #PublicUtilities #SexOffenses #StateTax #StatutesOfLimitations #WindEnergy
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California Appeals Court Upholds State’s Rooftop Solar Policy https://www.byteseu.com/1862395/ #CustomsDuties #ElectricalGrid #environment #Exports #PublicUtilities #SolarEnergy #Sustainability
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California Appeals Court Upholds State’s Rooftop Solar Policy
The California Public Utilities Commission followed the law when it composed a new residential solar policy that lowered…
#Environment #Customsduties #electricalgrid #exports #publicutilities #solarenergy #sustainability
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Renewable Energy Tax Credit Policy Should Reflect Sector Reality
Renewable energy hit a record 26% of US electricity generation in 2025, despite the rollback of clean-energy incentives.…
#Energy #electricvehicles #electricalgrid #energycredits #environmentalimpactassessment #federaltax #federaltaxlegislation #partnerships #publicutilities #solarenergy
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Gov. Hochul Weighs Cost of New York Climate Law as Energy Spikes https://www.byteseu.com/1851599/ #AirPollution #Climate #ClimateChange #ElectionCampaigns #FederalTax #GlobalWarming #NaturalGas #PublicUtilities #StateBudget #StateTax #WindEnergy
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Oregon, other states target data centers' energy costs - oregonlive.com https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/02/other-states-follow-oregons-lead-in-targeting-data-centers-energy-costs.html
#Oregon #Electricity #PublicUtilities #States #Consumers #Energy #BPA #DataCenters #Environment #Sustainability #Power #Activism #Resist #Protest #Solar #Wind #Renewables #Climate #HydroElectric #TechBros #Technology #LLM #AI #Profit #Loss #Affordability #Bills
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Oregon, other states target data centers' energy costs - oregonlive.com https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/02/other-states-follow-oregons-lead-in-targeting-data-centers-energy-costs.html
#Oregon #Electricity #PublicUtilities #States #Consumers #Energy #BPA #DataCenters #Environment #Sustainability #Power #Activism #Resist #Protest #Solar #Wind #Renewables #Climate #HydroElectric #TechBros #Technology #LLM #AI #Profit #Loss #Affordability #Bills
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Oregon, other states target data centers' energy costs - oregonlive.com https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/02/other-states-follow-oregons-lead-in-targeting-data-centers-energy-costs.html
#Oregon #Electricity #PublicUtilities #States #Consumers #Energy #BPA #DataCenters #Environment #Sustainability #Power #Activism #Resist #Protest #Solar #Wind #Renewables #Climate #HydroElectric #TechBros #Technology #LLM #AI #Profit #Loss #Affordability #Bills
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Oregon, other states target data centers' energy costs - oregonlive.com https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/02/other-states-follow-oregons-lead-in-targeting-data-centers-energy-costs.html
#Oregon #Electricity #PublicUtilities #States #Consumers #Energy #BPA #DataCenters #Environment #Sustainability #Power #Activism #Resist #Protest #Solar #Wind #Renewables #Climate #HydroElectric #TechBros #Technology #LLM #AI #Profit #Loss #Affordability #Bills
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Oregon, other states target data centers' energy costs - oregonlive.com https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/02/other-states-follow-oregons-lead-in-targeting-data-centers-energy-costs.html
#Oregon #Electricity #PublicUtilities #States #Consumers #Energy #BPA #DataCenters #Environment #Sustainability #Power #Activism #Resist #Protest #Solar #Wind #Renewables #Climate #HydroElectric #TechBros #Technology #LLM #AI #Profit #Loss #Affordability #Bills
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As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities
“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system. -
As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities
“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system. -
As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities
“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system. -
As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities
“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system. -
As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities
“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system. -
Don't like your capitalist ripoff public utility? (I'm thinking PG&E especially--new gas explosion in Hayward CA where I grew up) Try socializing it!
#publicutilities #publicpower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/nyregion/central-hudson-utility-takeover.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U8.WvVR.h1l1Nm7o0QXa&smid=url-share -
Don't like your capitalist ripoff public utility? (I'm thinking PG&E especially--new gas explosion in Hayward CA where I grew up) Try socializing it!
#publicutilities #publicpower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/nyregion/central-hudson-utility-takeover.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U8.WvVR.h1l1Nm7o0QXa&smid=url-share -
Don't like your capitalist ripoff public utility? (I'm thinking PG&E especially--new gas explosion in Hayward CA where I grew up) Try socializing it!
#publicutilities #publicpower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/nyregion/central-hudson-utility-takeover.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U8.WvVR.h1l1Nm7o0QXa&smid=url-share -
Don't like your capitalist ripoff public utility? (I'm thinking PG&E especially--new gas explosion in Hayward CA where I grew up) Try socializing it!
#publicutilities #publicpower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/nyregion/central-hudson-utility-takeover.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U8.WvVR.h1l1Nm7o0QXa&smid=url-share -
Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In.
The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers -- and the planet. -
Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In.
The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers -- and the planet. -
Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In.
The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers -- and the planet. -
Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In.
The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers -- and the planet. -
🔌 Find out how Claroty helps #PublicUtilities organizations reduce their cyber risk with the quickest time-to-value (TTV) and a lower total cost of ownership (TCO)–regardless of the scale or maturity of your program. 📄 https://claroty.com/resources/datasheets/ot-cybersecurity-and-nerc-cip-compliance-for-public-power-utilities
#SLG #NERCCIP #NERC #cybersecurity #NetworkProtection #ZeroTrust #NERCCIP0151 #ExposureManagement #AssetDiscovery #ThreatDetection #CPS
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🔌 Find out how Claroty helps #PublicUtilities organizations reduce their cyber risk with the quickest time-to-value (TTV) and a lower total cost of ownership (TCO)–regardless of the scale or maturity of your program. 📄 https://claroty.com/resources/datasheets/ot-cybersecurity-and-nerc-cip-compliance-for-public-power-utilities
#SLG #NERCCIP #NERC #cybersecurity #NetworkProtection #ZeroTrust #NERCCIP0151 #ExposureManagement #AssetDiscovery #ThreatDetection #CPS
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Cyber Investigation Underway at Detroit Water Facility After Network Intrusion Attempt #CriticalInfrastructure #WaterTreatment #PublicUtilities #Cyberattack #Michigan https://zba.bz/IMnOD
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Cyber Investigation Underway at Detroit Water Facility After Network Intrusion Attempt #CriticalInfrastructure #WaterTreatment #PublicUtilities #Cyberattack #Michigan https://zba.bz/IMnOD
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F*ck me my water bill has gone up by 37.4% in the last 14 months. How did that happen? And I don’t get to switch providers, I just have to suck it up. WTaF?
#water #utilities #publicutilities -
F*ck me my water bill has gone up by 37.4% in the last 14 months. How did that happen? And I don’t get to switch providers, I just have to suck it up. WTaF?
#water #utilities #publicutilities -
F*ck me my water bill has gone up by 37.4% in the last 14 months. How did that happen? And I don’t get to switch providers, I just have to suck it up. WTaF?
#water #utilities #publicutilities -
F*ck me my water bill has gone up by 37.4% in the last 14 months. How did that happen? And I don’t get to switch providers, I just have to suck it up. WTaF?
#water #utilities #publicutilities -
I'm curious about a lot... #Socialization and #decentralizing and autonomy and #publicutilities and #passiveincome and how to dive into unexplored paying roles that may help me survive and better yet escape #homeless
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Obituary for the late Mark Zuckerberg who turned a Harvard campus creeper app, scraping and rating female students' photos, into a global Public Information Utility, who left this life firmly committed to the right of every member of the Public to enjoy their own truth; and to evade their rights established under the Common Carrier clause of the US Code which was enacted to protect citizens from parasitic utilities like those operated by Meta Corp.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title47/chapter5/subchapter2&edition=prelim
#law #justice #AI #satire #1A #freespeech #commonCarrier #publicUtilities #antitrust #regulation #oversight #publicInterest #publicSector #journo #journalism #RIP #obituary #meta #social #factChecking #disinfo #disinformation #propaganda #truth #truthMatters #facts #factsMatter
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Obituary for the late Mark Zuckerberg who turned a Harvard campus creeper app, scraping and rating female students' photos, into a global Public Information Utility, who left this life firmly committed to the right of every member of the Public to enjoy their own truth; and to evade their rights established under the Common Carrier clause of the US Code which was enacted to protect citizens from parasitic utilities like those operated by Meta Corp.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title47/chapter5/subchapter2&edition=prelim
#law #justice #AI #satire #1A #freespeech #commonCarrier #publicUtilities #antitrust #regulation #oversight #publicInterest #publicSector #journo #journalism #RIP #obituary #meta #social #factChecking #disinfo #disinformation #propaganda #truth #truthMatters #facts #factsMatter
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Obituary for the late Mark Zuckerberg who turned a Harvard campus creeper app, scraping and rating female students' photos, into a global Public Information Utility, who left this life firmly committed to the right of every member of the Public to enjoy their own truth; and to evade their rights established under the Common Carrier clause of the US Code which was enacted to protect citizens from parasitic utilities like those operated by Meta Corp.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title47/chapter5/subchapter2&edition=prelim
#law #justice #AI #satire #1A #freespeech #commonCarrier #publicUtilities #antitrust #regulation #oversight #publicInterest #publicSector #journo #journalism #RIP #obituary #meta #social #factChecking #disinfo #disinformation #propaganda #truth #truthMatters #facts #factsMatter
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Obituary for the late Mark Zuckerberg who turned a Harvard campus creeper app, scraping and rating female students' photos, into a global Public Information Utility, who left this life firmly committed to the right of every member of the Public to enjoy their own truth; and to evade their rights established under the Common Carrier clause of the US Code which was enacted to protect citizens from parasitic utilities like those operated by Meta Corp.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title47/chapter5/subchapter2&edition=prelim
#law #justice #AI #satire #1A #freespeech #commonCarrier #publicUtilities #antitrust #regulation #oversight #publicInterest #publicSector #journo #journalism #RIP #obituary #meta #social #factChecking #disinfo #disinformation #propaganda #truth #truthMatters #facts #factsMatter
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Obituary for the late Mark Zuckerberg who turned a Harvard campus creeper app, scraping and rating female students' photos, into a global Public Information Utility, who left this life firmly committed to the right of every member of the Public to enjoy their own truth; and to evade their rights established under the Common Carrier clause of the US Code which was enacted to protect citizens from parasitic utilities like those operated by Meta Corp.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title47/chapter5/subchapter2&edition=prelim
#law #justice #AI #satire #1A #freespeech #commonCarrier #publicUtilities #antitrust #regulation #oversight #publicInterest #publicSector #journo #journalism #RIP #obituary #meta #social #factChecking #disinfo #disinformation #propaganda #truth #truthMatters #facts #factsMatter
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Public utilities are the target of many #cyber #attacks. I’m researching for a new article. Drop a link if you have some good intel. TIA
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The Story of Water (2019) (the problems of privatised water)
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The Story of Water (2019) (the problems of privatised water)
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The Story of Water (2019) (the problems of privatised water)
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The Story of Water (2019) (the problems of privatised water)
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The Story of Water (2019) (the problems of privatised water)
