English councils pay private landlords millions in incentives to house homeless families
Exclusive: Data gathered by Generation Rent shows 37 councils spent £31m in 2024-25 in one-off payments to individual landlords
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Southeast Asia's Political Risks, Tech Rout Puts Pressure on Markets | The Asia Trade, 9/1/25
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-09-01/the-asia-trade-9-1-2025-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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☄️ Connaissez-vous l'astéroïde #Apophis ? Il va survoler la Terre plus près que l'orbite géostationnaire le 13 avril 2029 et plusieurs sondes devraient aller à sa rencontre, dont #Ramses de l'ESA.
Panorama des missions : reves-d-espace.com/des-sondes-…
Des sondes internationales à la rencontre de l’astéroïde Apophis
Le 13 avril 2029, l’astéroïde Apophis passera plus près de la Terre que les orbites de certains satellites. Si l’astéroïde frappait la Terre, l’énergie de la collision équivaudrait à peu près…Rêves d'Espace
As Nesrine Malik sets out, the problem with trying to 'solve' the 'problem' of immigration is that for the anti-immigration crowd, no policy is enough; any success just prompts the moving of the goal posts & demanding a different set of responses.
By acquiescing to their demands the political class just embolden the extremists to demand more.
Now's the time to say enough is enough & for our political class to lead and change the narrative, not merely follow
#politics
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Vote Brexit, stop the boats – the goalposts on immigration keep moving, and those who oppose it will never be appeased
The facts and the numbers are irrelevant: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage just find new excuses and increase the toxicity, says Guardian columnist Nesrine MalikNesrine Malik (The Guardian)
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Nicolò Guarrera, l’italiano che ha finito il giro del mondo: “Vi racconto i miei 5 anni a piedi”
https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2025/09/01/news/nicolo_guarrera_giro_del_mondo_a_piedi-15290518/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Nicolò Guarrera, l’italiano che ha finito il giro del mondo: “Vi racconto i miei 5 anni a piedi”
Partito da Vicenza quando aveva 26 anni, è arrivato ieri a Trieste: “Ho camminato per 35 mila chilometri. Il momento più duro il deserto australiano, la sorpre…La Stampa
Blog Serge: Zoek (toch) de randjes
We lijken te leven in een tijd waarin voortdurend de randjes gezocht worden. De aanhoudende dreigementen van Trump, Israël-Gaza, Rusland-Oekraïne, NSC dat uit het demissionaire kabinet stapt, en of het dan nu echt gaat lukken om vrouwen met rust te laten op straat.
De afgelopen zomervakantie heeft het me bewust en onbewust veel bezig gehouden. Vooral hoe ik me ertoe verhoud. Kan ik – als ik heel hard mijn best doe – begrijpen en invoelen waarom een Trump zo te werk te gaat? Kan ik de ongelofelijke wederzijdse haat van de landen die in oorlog zijn met elkaar voorstellen. Zo zeer dat je op het punt komt dat dehumaniseert?
Meestal kwam ik niet verder dan het besef dat dat al deze actoren op een zeker moment hebben besloten het eigen narratief als de enige en absolute waarheid te beschouwen. Wetend ook wat de kracht van herhaling kan doen met een populatie. En zo wordt steeds een stapje verder gezet. ‘Kom ik hier ook mee weg?’ De rand weer iets verlegd.
En ik realiseerde me dat het steeds blijft neerkomen op het simpelweg zijn van de verandering die je wilt zien. Ofwel: vredelievendheid cultiveren, kwetsbaarheid aanmoedigen, behulpzaam en respectvol naar elkaar zijn. En ja, dat wordt je soms in het dagelijks leven in allerlei dagelijkse niet noemenswaardige situaties soms al lastig genoeg gemaakt. Zo blijkt mijn vredelievendheid toch heel ver te zoeken als iemand in het verkeer mij door zijn weggedrag in gevaar brengt.
Maar aan de start van dit nieuwe collegejaar, wil ik alle studenten en collega’s toch vooral aanmoedigen om de randjes op te zoeken. Met dit verschil: blijf in verbinding, reflecteer op je acties en sta open voor feedback en andere perspectieven. Precies waar het op globaal niveau zo vaak aan schort. Want aan en net buiten die randjes vind je inspiratie, groei, innovatie en wezenlijke inzichten. Daar is het spannend, daar wordt geschiedenis geschreven. Of het nu die van jouw persoonlijke ontwikkeling is of binnen een vakgebied.
Laatst hoorde ik het komiek John Cleese heel mooi uitleggen toen hij het over playfulness (speelsheid/nieuwsgierigheid) en creativiteit had. Dat ontstaat pas als alles een optie mag zijn. Als de randen (even) worden losgelaten en we niet meer oordelen en denken in termen van goed, fout of falen. Ik herken die momenten zelf als flow en ze horen bij de mooiste en gelukkigste momenten in mijn leven.
Zoek de randjes, groei en geniet ervan!
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Terremoto in Afghanistan, almeno 250 morti e 500 feriti
https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2025/09/01/news/terremoto_in_afghanistan_almeno_250_morti_e_500_feriti-15290505/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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How picturesque! Two silhouetted headlands dotted with twinkling lights, a lighthouse seemingly floating directly in the sea between the two headlands, a deep orange sunset fading up into a darkening blue, a crescent moon traversing the twilit sky.
#photography #Spain #Mallorca #landscape
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The promotion includes the Kirchhoff-EQ 32-band parametric equalizer, Trinity Shaper 3-stage transient shaper, Heavier7Strings high-end, real-time playable 7-string virtual guitar, and more.Ronnie (Rekkerd.org)
[Patch Notes] 0.3.0 Hotfix 12
0.3.0 Hotfix 12
- Made adjustments to the Azmadi, the Faridun Prince fight:
- Slightly increased cooldown of most of his skills.
- Decreased the damage of most of his skills.
- Fixed not being able to Dodge Roll through his lacerate attacks.
- Fixed a bug where Skeletal Warriors could incorrectly be created without reserving Spirit.
Early Access Patch Notes - 0.3.0 Hotfix 12 - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
“If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal.”
Stockholmshögern vågar inte tala klarspråk om SD
Moderaterna har förlorat stora väljargrupper i storstäderna och har panik. Partiets analys efter valet 2022 var tydlig: de urbana rösterna måste vinnas tillbakaKalle Sundin (Aftonbladet)
#Photography #Nature #ArbreDeJudee #Spring2025 #Spring #Printemps #CercisSiliquastrum #JudasTree
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Canzone triste in forma di sonetto
#Photography #Nature #ArbreDeJudee #Spring2025 #Spring #Printemps #CercisSiliquastrum #JudasTree
My very own Game Boy Micro.
The smallest Game Boy ever made—and my favourite. It’s got a bright backlight, the sharpest pixel density of any Game Boy, and swappable faceplates for good measure. The design even echoes an NES controller.
People with big hands complain. I don’t. It fits me perfectly.
And here’s the kicker: this little thing can do what a Switch never will—slip into a pocket without a fight.
#KeinVergessen #niewiederistjetzt #niewiederkrieg
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Acquerello e inchiostro su carta
Avevo visitato una mostra di acquerelli antichi, fatti con uno stile che ricordava più la tempera o il guazzo. Ovviamente non potevo non provare a fare qualcosa del genere.
Non credo però che tornerò su questo stile.
#acquerello #watercolor #watercolorandink #art #MastoArt
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Lunedì 1 settembre - Il Post
https://www.ilpost.it/2025/09/01/lunedi-1-settembre-2/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Il traforo del Monte Bianco resterà chiuso fino a metà dicembre per lavori di manutenzione - Il Post
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China opposes US removal of semiconductor firms from validated end-user list - China.org.cn
China's Ministry of Commerce on Saturday voiced opposition to the U.S. decision to revoke the "validated end-user" (VEU) authorization for three semiconductor companies operating in China, urging the U.S. side to immediately correct its wrongdoings.www.china.org.cn
Wie journalisten doodt, kan de waarheid niet aan
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De tweetrapsaanval – een bom en daarna nog een bom op de toegesnelde hulpverleners – is een beproefde tactiek onder militanten. De Taliban bedienden zich er graag van, evenals Islamitische Staat in Irak. Het is een tactiek voor wie lak heeft aan de regels van oorlog, waaronder proportionaliteit, het vermijden van burgerdoelen en de respectvolle behandeling van doden en gewonden. En niet voor de strijdmacht van een democratisch gekozen regering die bij hoog en bij laag beweert zich aan het internationaal recht te houden. Niet voor Israël. (...)
(Tekst loopt door onder het logo.)
De situatie is al lange tijd onverteerbaar. Gaza is de dodelijkste oorlog voor journalisten sinds 1992, het jaar waarin het Committee to Protect Journalists begon de aantallen wereldwijd bij te houden. Israël houdt bovendien negentig journalisten gevangen. (...)
Met het zwart op de voorpagina en de website van vandaag benadrukt NRC, samen met talloze andere media wereldwijd en de organisatie Reporters sans Frontières, dat journalisten in Gaza veilig moeten kunnen werken. Daarnaast moeten internationale journalisten vrije toegang krijgen tot het gebied.
Media-organisaties hebben geen middelen om bescherming en toegang af te dwingen, wat deze oproep een machteloze indruk geeft. Die zou dan ook niet nodig moeten zijn. Een regering die het internationaal recht volgt heeft niets te verbergen en kan geen bezwaar aanvoeren tegen een vrije pers, laat staan dat zij journalisten mag doden. Netanyahu moet journalisten niet alleen beschermen, hij zou het uit overtuiging moeten doen.
Tags: #nederlands #gaza #israel #genocide #oorlogsmisdaden #hongersnood #honger #media #journalist #journalistiek #nieuws #censuur #democratie
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“Robert Mueller Has Parkinson’s Disease, Family Says
The former special counsel, who led the Russia investigation duringTrump’s first term, has had difficulty speaking in recent months and will not be able to comply with a request that he testify before Congress.”
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I fully realize that not many more than zero people are interested in horrid old 8-bit operating systems, but MP/M II for the 8080 (!) is pretty badass.
1981!
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Gibt es hier #Uhrmacher*innen, #Uhr Expert*innen?
Frage: Mit welchen Bezeichnungen - oder am besten: wo - finde ich ein #Uhrenarmband mit dieser Form?
Wie man sieht, wird das Armband zum Gehäuse hin immer breiter, der #Bandanstoß selbst ist aber klein (hier 14 mm)
(Mit "Zugband Elastisch Metall Twist Flex" u.ä. finde ich bereits grds. die Art des Bandes)
Wer mehr zur Uhr wissen will, siehe Folgetröt.
#GerneBoosten #experten #zugband #armband
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Hier seht ihr die Uhr, eine #Armitron #Griffy mit rotem #LED Display. Gibt's für wenig Geld z.B. beim großen A.
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
Petra in Jordan is called the “Rose City” because the rock-cut temples and tombs shine in shades of pink and red.
It was the ancient capital of the Nabataeans, carved directly into the stone more than 2,000 years ago.
Today, it is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
#Petra #Jordan #RoseCity #WorldWonder #Travel #Photography #HistoryAndCulture
iPhone 17 senza slot per la SIM: eSIM in arrivo in più paesi
#Apple #AppleEvent #Connettività #eSIM #Europa #iPhone17 #iPhone17Air #Italia #Leak #Novità #Rumors #SIM #Smartphone #TechNews #UE
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iPhone 17 senza slot per la SIM: eSIM in arrivo in più paesi
Un report suggerisce che Apple potrebbe eliminare lo slot per la SIM da iPhone 17 in Europa. La formazione dei dipendenti sui rivenditori è già iniziata.CeoTech
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just bumping today's thing for the nighthawks at the diner —
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here's today's post: "Chicago cordially invites the Mad King to go fuck himself" — Chicago will not comply with Donny’s police state fascism.
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📷 IRAS 04302+2247, l'« Étoile Papillon » située à environ 525 années-lumière. C'est une protoétoile entourée d'un disque protoplanétaire dans lequel des bébés planètes pourraient se former. #Webb
Crédits ESA NASA ASC M. Villenave et al.
Going live tomorrow morning with a new website, and a shop for my pottery & prints. I'll send out an update with a coupon code to my 'Mia Culpa' subscribers. If your interested in things I make, sign up. 😀 #pottery
Another aspect of the class divide in education... worries about the costs of geography field trips & language course-related foreign trips kept around a quarter of those in receipt of free school meals from choosing those GCSE subjects; higher proportions report wider concerns about the costs to their families of various trips & extras involved in school activities.
The shaping of opportunities & the denial of potential patterns education in the UK
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Pupils in England from low-income families ‘bounced out’ of costlier GCSEs
Survey says children avoiding subjects such as geography and languages because of fears about extra costsSally Weale (The Guardian)
Mark Knoller, American journalist who reported on the White House, dead at age 73.
His career spanned across five decades, and was mostly spent at CBS News. He was known for gathering statistics on the presidents' daily activities, which he began doing in 1996. In May 2020, CBS laid Knoller off. #journalism
Knoller suffered from diabetes.
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I subscribe to the European Correspondent. A daily newsletter by journalists across Europe. This morning's is really good: impact of climate change on agriculture; the 3 battles shaping up the EU's autumn's agenda (budgets, climate, migration) and deepfakes.
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The gray sky reflects in the black glass facade of a building in Rotterdam. A few days in Rotterdam have given me a lot of abstract photos. #abstractphotography #minimalism #repetition #architecture #abstractphotoart #abstractphoto #photography #bandw #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #rotterdam #nederland #thenetherlands
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Stanco di accettare manualmente i termini ogni volta che ti connetti a un Wi-Fi pubblico? Freewifid è il tool Linux che automatizza il login ai captive portal. Compatibile con Plasma e Hyprland, è perfetto per chi viaggia spesso. #Linux #UnoLinux
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Freewifid connessione automatica ai Wi-Fi pubblici su Linux - Linux Easy
Freewifid è un tool open source per Linux che automatizza la connessione ai Wi-Fi pubblici con captive portal.Ferramosca Roberto (Linux Easy)
Auf geht es in die neue Rätselwoche!
Guten Morgen liebes #Fediverse!
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Errate mithilfe von 4 historischen Ereignissen das gesuchte Jahr. Ein von Wordle und Geschichten aus der Geschichte inspiriertes Spiel.www.pastpuzzle.de
Moin!
Naja, in Geschichte und Deutsch aufgepasst, dann sollte man es wissen. ;)
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In den #USA & #Kanada wird heute der #LaborDay begangen, der #Gedenktag der #Arbeiterbewegung. Wir verlosen aus diesem Anlass unter allen, die diesen Post heute boosten, 1 Exemplar von #WerkstattGeschichte 79/2019 »arbeit/freizeit« mit Beiträgen zum Verhältnis von #Arbeit & #Freizeit im 19./20. Jh. im Thementeil, hg. v. Reinhild Kreis & Josef Ehmer:
▶ werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_au…
#LaborHistory #LabourHistory #Work #Leisur #ArbeiterGeschichte #histodons #Sozialgeschichte
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AIDEFEND: Free AI defense framework - Help Net Security
AIDEFEND (Artificial Intelligence Defense Framework) is an open knowledge base dedicated to AI security, providing defensive countermeasures.Mirko Zorz (Help Net Security)
Pour cette rentrée, soyons un peu régressifs et accompagnons notre #KhrysPresso de @Khrys de bonbons.
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Khrys’presso du lundi 1er septembre 2025
Comme chaque lundi, un coup d’œil dans le rétroviseur pour découvrir les informations que vous avez peut-être ratées la semaine dernière. Tous les liens listés ci-dessous sont a priori...Framablog
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What brain surgery taught me about the fragile gift of consciousness
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What brain surgery taught me about the fragile gift of consciousness
After the trauma of a high-risk medical procedure, Eric Markowitz discovered a kind of consciousness that lives not in thought — but in presence.Eric Markowitz (Big Think)
Esce DarkMirror H1 2025. Il report sulla minaccia Ransomware di Dark Lab
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/esce-dark…
#redhotcyber #hacking #cti #ai #online #it #cybercrime #cybersecurity #technology #news #cyberthreatintelligence #innovation #privacy
Esce DarkMirror H1 2025. Il report sulla minaccia Ransomware di Dark Lab
Il report DarkMirror svela l'evoluzione del ransomware nel primo half del 2025, mostrando un incremento della minaccia e un trend in forte crescita.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
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#optikoldschool #yashicamat124g analogphotography #pellicule #ville #streetmoment #urbanphotography #photoargentique #photoderue #120filmphotography #blackandwhite #filmisnotdead
concept art for the upcoming comic. i don't have the names for the characters yet. and i'm really normal about their story. very very very normal for sure 
(can't wait to draw them kissing and hugging arrrghgg)
#wip #Mastoart #DigitalArt #conceptart #oc
Simon Johnson
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Patrick Hadfield
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •throughout this whole "debate", I've felt like shouting "immigration is not the problem"!
IMMIGRATION IS NOT THE PROBLEM!
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in reply to Patrick Hadfield • • •@patrickhadfield Aye, just as the EU wasn't 'the problem'.
The problem is The Establishment and the trickle-up economics of capitalism. Essentially, white men in suits.
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in reply to Linda 🏴🇮🇪🇮🇹 • • •Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to StuartB • • •@stuartb @Lassielmr @patrickhadfield
Oh, don't get me started on that....
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in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •the problem is an incompetent political elite who are too busy looting the state and making good money in side-gigs for various companies.
They don't think what's best for the country, absolutely cannot think long term and frankly are an embarrassment to this country.
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to Nikkileah 🎮🚄🏳️⚧️🇬🇧 • • •@Nikkileah
Sadly, for the most part, very true
Simon Brooke
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •There is no one who is not an 'immigrant' here. Humans are not indigenous to Britain, we're all descended from Africans. The Anglo Saxons, in particular, are relative newcomers, but even the Celts have not been here much longer.
#RefugeesAreWelcomeHere
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to Simon Brooke • • •@simon_brooke
Agreed; taking a long term perspective makes a nonsense of the claims
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And we must continue to point out: Immigration is not harmful.
Social exclusion is harmful, and the parties that lie about immigration being a problem are deliberately increasing social exclusion, to make their own lies seem more true.
Mark Burton
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Evil shits, the lot of them.
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in reply to Mark Burton • • •Yvette Cooper accused of pushing children towards people smugglers by halting refugee scheme
Rajeev Syal (The Guardian)Mark Burton
in reply to GeorgeK • • •Yes 'Enver Solomon, the chief executive of the Refugee Council, said: “Until now, family reunion has been one of the only safe and legal routes available that allows refugees fleeing war and persecution to be reunited with their partner and children.
“Far from stopping people taking dangerous journeys to cross the Channel, these changes will only push more desperate people into the arms of smugglers.”'
TobiWanKenobi
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Regulating immigration isn't actually that hard: Make legal immigration a simple and quick process + help the countries of origin to prosper so that people won't feel inclined to flee. Given the colonial responsibility of most European countries, especially the latter should be self-evident. And the former is in the interest of the Western countries with their declining birthrates.
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in reply to TobiWanKenobi • • •@TobiWanKenobi
Yup, agree with all that... and boosted
Kerplunk
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •What really makes me angry as a Brit is that a small group of loudmouthed violent lying scum are being allowed and assisted to destroy life in England.
Starmer makes me want to scream, an island of strangers, talk like that triggered riots in the town I grew up next to. Leamington Spa.
The shitty white supremacist scum made it impossible to visit Indian and Pakistani areas, areas where people were Hard working, integrated and previously welcoming. Deport shit like Farage....
JWcph, Radicalized By Decency
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •- and what's extra frustrating is that it's so easy to stop; just ask Them™️ what problem they're actually proposing to solve, then produce the reams of evidence that ALWAYS, ALWAYS exist that their "problem" doesn't exist & even if it did, the thing they want wouldn't solve it & even if it did, the solution wouldn't be desirable.
The reason they keep getting their way is that nobody challenges them in the slightest on basic factuality & practicality.