Clearly they are arbouring resentment

Finnish authorities have ordered a halt to building work at two planned Google data centres amid concerns over the clearance of more than 300 hectares of forest.

The sites form part of Google's record €13bn (£11bn; $15bn) investment in Finland, announced less than a month ago and described by the company as its largest single investment in Europe.

The Finnish Supervisory Agency (LVV) said work at one site was carried out without a mandatory environmental impact assessment and ordered measures that would "significantly alter the environment" to be suspended by 23 October.

Google said it had "fallen short of our own high standards in this instance" and would follow the agency's guidance.

The orders relate to preparatory work carried out at the planned data centre sites in Muhos and Kajaani.

According to LVV's head of environment Tommi Muilu, work at the sites included the removal of trees and topsoil, the construction of site roads and storage areas, and changes to ditches.

Tuike Finland, the company behind Google's data centre projects, has been asked to provide an explanation and set out how it intends to proceed by 14 October. The agency said it could begin "enforcement proceedings" if the company failed to comply with its demand.

Hanna Halmeenpaa, chair of the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, had previously told the AFP news agency that "nature sites which should be preserved" had been felled. The conservation group had previously called for work to be halted while the environmental requirements were examined.

In a statement to the BBC, Google said: "We understand the concerns and have fallen short of our own high standards in this instance."

It said it had "acted in good faith under the Forestry Act", carried out nature surveys and put measures in place to protect areas of high environmental value.

"As we continue our long-term work in the region, we are advancing our landscaping and biodiversity plans, which include tree planting across 130 hectares at Muhos," the company added.

Google announced last month that it would invest at least €13bn (£11bn; $15bn) in Finland over 2027 and 2028. Its plans included new data centres in Kajaani, Muhos and Vaala, alongside investment in its existing facility in Hamina.

The company said the infrastructure would help it meet growing demand for services including Search, Maps and its AI assistant Gemini.

Google said the construction phase in 2027 and 2028 would support more than 37,000 jobs and contribute an average of €3.6bn a year to Finland's economy.

As part of its expansion, Google also signed a 22-year power purchasing agreement with Finnish energy company Fortum covering up to half the capacity of the Loviisa nuclear power plant. Fortum said the agreement would help support the plant's continued operation until 2050.

Finland has attracted growing interest in data centres, with its cool climate and low-carbon electricity among the factors making it attractive to developers. Lower temperatures can also reduce the energy required to cool facilities filled with computer servers.

There would be dancing in the streets all over the world.

Next week Nethanyahu and Khamenei and Xi Jinping and there would be orgies.

This time for calling out Nazis that adopt Norse mythology and culture. No hate, no threats, just the reasoning that if they believe in genetic racial supremacy, they must bow down to my guaranteed superior Scandinavian genetic purity and heed my words that racism is for the weak to steal valor by the least common denominator.

This time not even a ban from a mod of some random sub but sitewide from an administrator.

I'm not even mad. I got under their skin. It's worth it every time.

Edit: I'm not claiming to be racially superior but I'm demanding those that do to be consequent or admit it's bullshit

I wanted a durable sustainable large light bottle and found these ones from Spain. Large dog and me consume a lot of water so I opted for a one liter single walled that would still fit in my bum bag bottle holder. Despite not a thermos it keeps refrigerated water cold for at least an hour or more in the current 28°C heat so I'm happy.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/30f4a626-12f7-48d3-86ab-115ed1d9f288.jpeg

Edit: response from Laken customer service:

Hello, Our aluminium bottles are manufactured in Spain. They are produced at our facilities in Spain, where they are manufactured under strict quality controls to ensure their safety, durability and performance. Thank you.

I picked out this... thing. The duvet cover had eaten everything in the machine and turned itself into a postmodern textile art piece.

QWERTY

I've had plenty of pellicle lately despite not changing anything in my routines. I even have it in some bottles with a small head of air. I'm not worried but I'm curious about the cause. I've done a few brews with brettanomyces that are more prone to pellicle but even several without have had a thin white surface. Could it be brett living in the air contaminating or the spring times have naturally more wild yeasts of which some are more sensitive?

And I read the news every morning hoping at least one of those billionaire ghouls and their enablers have died a painful death.

(Preemptive response to the smartasses that are going to point out the statistics of winning - I FUCKING KNOW.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP7P03QWiXo

An early Aarwark Animations short commissioned by British Channel 4 as part of Sweet Disaster (1986), a series of short "animated visions of the apocalypse” that are "examining the thin line between human definitions of war and peace".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Disaster

The driver rolled down the window and yelled something about respect.

Moments later the car was parked and the same driver was sitting there immersed in his phone, blasting music through his open window for everybody trying to have a quiet coffee.

People.

For fucks sake, mum. You have been working with computers since the seventies. How can you not know a single one of your passwords?

Well, not celebrities but TV shows and game shows where they appear.

Edit: I'm sorry to any Brits that feel offended. It's not a criticism of British dental care. I think you are maybe taking a shower thought a bit too serious. Also I'm not American but Scandinavian design though my teeth must be empire.

It was the perfect scheme to farm for updoots I tell you

I'm sitting enjoying a bit of sun in the Scandinavian winter. A pair of mature ladies are sit down next to me having a conversation. They are talking about funerals, remembering and comparing. Cascets, urns, churches and funeral lunches. One of them circles back to humble bragging about one funeral in particular. "It's the most modern funeral I've ever been to", she says every time.

Regarding Sicarii's broken decryption process, researchers said that "during execution, the malware regenerates a new RSA key pair locally, uses the newly generated key material for encryption, and then discards the private key."

What do they sell?