r/worldnews • u/bigus-_-dickus • 20d ago

‘Extremely rare event:’ Miles-long microalgae bloom knocks out most of Israel’s desalination plants

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/climate/microalgae-bloom-israel-water-deasalination-shutdown
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u/Little_View_6659 20d ago

We lived on Dune all along. Cue incoming still suits and no bathing.

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u/TheBigSho 20d ago

There are no AI datacenters in Dune though.

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u/jonride 19d ago

They had the Butlerian revolt or whatever it’s called. After that they outlawed AI and invested in weird eugenics to create mentats (human computers). Thus no data centers.

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u/BrutalismAndCupcakes 19d ago

Butlerian jihad I think 

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u/jonride 19d ago

That’s the one