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citizenptnewsmd.bsky.social
Council members are pushing for statewide regulations to manage the environmental impact of massive data centers that threaten local resources.

Learn more here!

#GreenbeltPrinceCounty #MD #CitizenPortal #EnvironmentalImpact #InfrastructureRegulation #GreenbeltDataCenters #ResourceManagement
Council favors seeking statewide guidance on large data centers over blanket opposition
Council members debated whether to oppose data center siting or to ask the state for uniform regulation; members voiced concern about large data centers'water and electricity use and uneven local impacts and urged pursuing statewide legislation or guidance.
citizenportal.ai
October 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
nltimes.nl
Dutch political parties breaking privacy rules by sharing voter data without consent
Parties from across the political spectrum are violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on dozens of websites by using illegal tracking cookies, with PVV linked to the majority.
dlvr.it
October 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM
emmaruthless.bsky.social
Ed tech, which exploded early in the pandemic, is now a $213 billion industry. But regulation hasn't kept pace with growth, and experts say its branding papers over practices like data harvesting. Emily Cherkin calls it "big tech in a sweater vest" sustainablemedia.substack.com/p/big-tech-i...
Big Tech in a Sweater Vest: Emily Cherkin on EdTech, AI, and Reclaiming Childhood
As a new school year begins, SMC’s Director of GenZ Advocacy Emma Lembke sits down with Emily Cherkin, The Screentime Consultant, former teacher and author of The Screentime Solution, to talk about wh...
sustainablemedia.substack.com
October 6, 2026 at 5:59 PM
kenbazinet.bsky.social
More than three-quarters of South Carolina voters back set rules for data centers, and majorities in both parties say they're more likely to back candidates who support power, water, and environmental regulation, The Post and Courier reported, citing new polls.

#DataCenters
Polling shows most South Carolinians oppose data centers without guardrails for development
New polling by a national industry group shows South Carolinians’ support for data centers is minimal unless regulations are place. They hope the findings will lead to regulations at the state level.
www.postandcourier.com
October 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
christinaayiotis.bsky.social
Great discussion @the_cipl's "Data Brokers in the Digital Economy: Toward Responsible Data Stewardship & Effective Regulation" with @sheilacolclasur @WeAreCircana Victor DeLorenzo, Monique Priestly, @CalPrivacy GC Philip Laird, Ken Meiser, @HuntonAK Jenna Rode & Mark Smith
October 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
rycar.bsky.social
Another good treasure trove is the privacy policy.

At the risk of sounding like Jeff Foxworthy, when your privacy page has a special caveat for every locality under the sun, there's some privacy fuckery going on.

It's like a guy who suspiciously knows every state's age of consent...
Special Notice for Other State Residents Some U.S. states, including Connecticut, Colorado, Utah, Virginia, and others, provide residents with additional privacy rights regarding personal information. This section describes rights available to residents of such states. When you make a request, we may provide more detailed information regarding whether your request is subject to applicable law and whether any exception or limitation applies. Your California Privacy Rights If you are a California resident, you have the following rights, subject to certain exceptions. Your rights are not absolute and are subject to limitations under applicable law: Special Notice for EU and UK Users — GDPR and UK Data Protection Act Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and the UK Data Protection Act 2018, you have the following rights, each of which is subject to applicable exceptions, limitations, and conditions under applicable law:
October 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
precisement.bsky.social
Google held 22 meetings on the EU’s so-called digital Omnibus alone, which waters down AI rules, for instance by giving companies more leeway in training models on personal data. Google, Amazon and Apple have also discussed proposed cloud regulation and online safety rules for children.
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October 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
jameshoward.us
Britain is shifting AI medical-device regulation toward lifecycle monitoring. The reason is the failure mode: a model can pass pre-market tests, then drift as data, sites, users or software change. Approval is not proof forever. The safety case has to keep producing evidence after deployment.
Government Response to the National Commission's Recommendations on the Regulation of AI in Healthcare.
The government's response published on the 6 October 2026 to provide clarity to stakeholders on how the government intends to take forward the recommendations made by the independent National…
www.gov.uk
October 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
foiok.bsky.social
#foioklahoma By Emma Murphy, oklahomavoice.com: One issue that both candidates agree on is that the three corporation commissioners need the ability to provide greater oversight of the expenditure of public money.
Corporation Commission candidates differ on Oklahoma data center regulation, utility rates • Oklahoma Voice
Oklahomans will decide between two Oklahoma Corporation Commission candidates who differ in how they want to regulate data centers and utility rates.
oklahomavoice.com
October 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
earthenergyhealing.bsky.social
If the ai giants were trust worthy or responsible enough to be involved in ai regulation they would not have released unsafe chat bots or would have recalled the product after safety issues. They would not have ever build energy and water hogging environment destroying data centers to begin with...
October 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
niooknaw.bsky.social
NIOO is looking for a postdoc who will work on #sustainability transitions in European #soil #research. This work will contribute to a roadmap that will help with a new policy agenda for the future of soil research, innovation, and EU regulation. Apply by 26 Oct: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainability transitions and European soil research: Synthesizing research needs for transformative change
Within the Soils for Europe project (EU-SOLO https://soils4europe.eu/), you will be responsible for the synthesis of work produced by thematic users groups and from published data on research needs wi...
nioo.knaw.nl
October 6, 2026 at 11:55 AM
tracynovick.bsky.social
wildly relevant:
Recent changes in the regulation of a federal education privacy law have also helped the industry. That law, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, required schools to obtain parental permission before sharing information in their children’s educational records. The updated rules permit schools to share student data, without notifying parents, with companies to which they have outsourced core functions like scheduling or data management.
October 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM
kavp.net
Tools like Z-Lib and the people who actually contribute to keeping access to information free are literally going to jail for what they do, while companies like OpenAI are paid to scrape (and misinterpret) the same data, & have free reign to plagiarise without fear of litigation or even regulation.
October 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
bearwaker.bsky.social
SNG Software Development - Paperless Life Raft Inspection Sheet

Previously, we developed a paperless life raft inspection sheet system for Swan Net Gundry. This software project leveraged agentic coding for most of the heavy lifting of writing code.

www.shannonware.com/articles/sng...
Paperless Liferaft Inspection Sheet Previously, we developed a paperless life raft inspection sheet system for Swan Net Gundry. This software project was developed in a largely traditional manner, however leveraged agentic coding for most of the heavy lifting of writing code, and also as a technical advisor to the project manager. SNG Paperless Life raft Inspection: https://github.com/spycebot/sng-paperless-liferaft-inspection Swan Net Gundry: https://sng.ie Project Background National and international law requires that sea-going vessels, such as fishing boats, cargo ships, and survey ships, be equipped with life rafts. In most cases, these rafts are made of natural rubber, and are inflated by means of CO2 cylinders when deployed in an emergency. Life rafts also contain an emergency pack, which in turn contains items such as a first aid kit, emergency food and water, signal flares, heliograph for signalling other ships, ores, a puncture repair kit, and even fishing tackle. Most life rafts are inspected and certified on a yearly basis. When inspecting life rafts for certification, SNG technicians complete the life raft inspection sheet, which serves as both a checklist of the inspection, and a permanent record of test values, record that each element of the emergency pack is in date as stipulated by law, record of the emergency equipment changed, and similar technical details. SNG keeps these in storage for a minimum of seven (7) years. Regulation 20 - General requirements for life rafts: https://www.imorules.com/GUID-C2874BB2-AD2F-40D3-B16E-086881092340.html Software Development Project The goal of the Paperless Life Raft Inspection Sheet was to provide a digital system that would retain the functionality of the paper-based inspection sheet, while bringing additional functionally such as the ability to search past records. Further objectives included the ability to report on specified aspects of the life rafts not captured in the ERP system, and have the data backed-up to secure physical locations. The project began when I made an oral pitch to top management. After the idea received the green light, I followed up by drafting and submitting a formal written proposal. Once top management approved this written proposal, the proposal was fed to Claude Code as the high level design document. Working with Claude.ai and Claude Code, the high level design was worked out into a formal technical specification: For the initial (as yet 'proof of concept') stages, we settled on Python Flask for the application logic, SQLite for the database, Flask-SQLAlchemy for the database interface, and PyTest for unit and regression testing. Importantly, Claude was careful to advocate for technical design decisions that would lay the groundwork for future extensibility such as ERP integration. Python Flask: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/ In addition to using the web interface to complete one life raft inspection at a time, the application included functionality to bulk upload data via a CSV / Excel spreadsheet. Likewise, data export in the first instance was by means of CSV (comma separated values). The editing of data already committed to the database is performed via a custom built TUI (terminal user interface), which was built on top of Python's Textual library. Textual: https://textual.textualize.io/ The project proceeded in Agile-style sprints, each iteration adding a new layer of functionality and complexity. Upon completion of all core functionality as designed, the application was able to record the progress of individual life raft inspections, manage the stored data, and provide reports. What this Project Revealed I would like to note that in the process of developing this application, many inconsistencies in the original paper format were uncovered. The way the tables on the paper sheet were laid out assumed a flow of execution that was easy for a human to follow, but difficult for a machine to follow without question. When human operators work with paper forms, they make a large number of determinations 'on the fly', assumptions about what the form is asking for, and don't spend much time questioning the details of the form itself. However, when working with an AI agent to generate designs or code, each of these determinations should be well thought through: A quick decision now may (and most likely will) lead to design constraints in the future, even unwanted ones. This having been said, in the next phase of development, I would like to move away from reproducing the paper inspection sheet exactly, and move toward a more well rationalised inspection work flow. As changes to the schema of the underlying database will generate a great deal of project friction, they will necessarily be kept to a minimum. OR, having demonstrated the viability of the project and having obtained the backing of management, perhaps now is the time to migrate to a data schema that will better support ongoing development??? With this in mind, I have worked out the major stages of a life raft inspection to be as follows: Unpack raft Inflate raft Test raft Inspect emergency pack Deflate and vacuum raft Wash shells Pack raft in shells and seal Stretch Goals In this initial, 'proof-of-concept' phase of software development, the nice-to-have functionality was of two types: (1) Integration with SNG's ERP and accounts management system, and (2) Bulk scanning and optical character recognition (OCR) of legacy paper inspection sheets. Integration with SNG's ERP (enterprise resource planning) system was regarded as technically feasible by means of the REST API provided by the ERP package, but not accomplished due to internal administrative hurtles which could not be surmounted within the initial time frame. Additionally, ERP integration of the paperless life raft inspection sheet application took a back seat to day-to-day revenue focused business operations. Although accomplished on a small scale, OCR of legacy paper inspection sheets could not not be accomplished on a bulk scale in an efficient manner without additional investment in either GPU hardware, or the ringfencing of funds for cloud computing. Utilisation of cloud computing resources was also deemed to impose the need for additional consideration of the geographic location of business data.
October 6, 2026 at 8:45 AM
drbex.bsky.social
Tame asking about data centres.

Hipkins wanting clear standards and regulation.

Luxon not being as clear but kinda agreeing with Hipkins?
October 6, 2026 at 7:20 AM
yourweb3guy.bsky.social
🚨 REGULATION: FinCEN officially withdraws the proposed $10,000 SAR reporting rule for self-custody wallets and mixers. Banks and crypto firms no longer face mandatory reporting for these transfers, significantly reducing compliance costs for US exchanges. Full breakdown & on-chain data: https://www.
🚨 REGULATION: FinCEN officially withdraws the proposed $10,000 SAR reporting rule for self-custody w
October 6, 2026 at 5:50 AM
kapualabs.bsky.social
Alphabet’s AI infrastructure push ties models, TPUs, Google Cloud, data centers & regulation together. https://post.kapualabs.com/mr27r3h4 #GOOGL
Alphabet: AI Infrastructure Strength Meets Regulatory Risk
Stack control offers endurance, while privacy and law constrain growth
nova.kapualabs.com
October 6, 2026 at 3:37 AM
tsegerblom.bsky.social
www.reviewjournal.com/business/nev...
Nevada data centers promise big power demand. Who will pay the bill?
Energy and utility-regulation experts say determining whether data centers cover their full costs requires project-specific calculations that aren’t fully public in Nevada.
www.reviewjournal.com
October 6, 2026 at 3:10 AM
fusionpartyvic.bsky.social
Big data centres shouldn't get a free ride on our power, water and roads. Fusion Victoria says: set the rules, make the developer pay. Join the push for fair regulation. #vicpol #auspol
Set the Rules for Data Centres | Fusion Party Victoria
Fusion Victoria supports data centres with enforceable rules on power, water, infrastructure, environment, security and community consultation.
go.fusionparty.org.au
October 6, 2026 at 1:46 AM
bozbuckeye.bsky.social
AI , Renewable Energy , Climate Change , the New Deal, Data Centers , Human Rights , minority and women’s rights , Public Schools and Colleges , LGBTQ, the Constitution , Regulation , the Free Press . Republicans literally are on the wrong side of all these issues. Dems must embrace the moment .
October 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM
wingchick49.bsky.social
Regulation is the remedy for AI, medication, data centers and much more. Dukes up its going to be a fight.
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static.klipy.com
October 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
thediplomat.com
Underlying Asia’s data center buildout is a grievance: the benefits of digital infrastructure (tax revenue, jobs, grid investment) are diffuse and national, while the costs are concentrated and local. buff.ly/eVN6Z4v
Data Centers in the Asia-Pacific
Navigating a new era of resource regulation
buff.ly
October 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
dasdoak.bsky.social
One other regulation I'd really like to see is forcing AI companies to get rights to use material as training data, and a blanket ban on offering models that were trained on data that they did not get the rights to, or which were trained on models that used data they didn't get the rights to.
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22h
Literally everything I've written for public consumption is in the training data, often in more than one language. Via the Anthropic settlement I'm getting (not nearly enough) compensation for about 20 of them, but it's doubtful I'll ever get compensation for 28 years of writing on my blog, etc.
queermadefinds.bsky.social Indie Reign @queermadefinds.bsky.social · 23h
Been working on an opinion piece related to this & oh did I go down the rabbit hole. 🙃

I found out that your book, Old Man’s War, appears in a reconstruction of the LibGen material associated w/Books1 and Books2…so pirated. Not sure if you already knew that, but it makes your point rather literal
October 5, 2026 at 9:33 PM
anthropocenempg.bsky.social
Government regulation beginning in the 1970s cleaned up the nation’s rivers__the Hudson River.

Now they want to put data centers in rivers to cool them off.

What could go wrong ⁉️
October 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
oklahomavoice.com
Oklahomans will decide next month between two Oklahoma Corporation Commission candidates who differ in how they want to regulate data centers and utility rates. buff.ly/gWVYlfn
Corporation Commission candidates differ on Oklahoma data center regulation, utility rates • Oklahoma Voice
Oklahomans will decide between two Oklahoma Corporation Commission candidates who differ in how they want to regulate data centers and utility rates.
buff.ly
October 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM