Any news outlet will have a bias. If nothing else, the broader culture a news organisation operates in will inherently influence their decisions.
I would say BBC is nowhere near the worst, though. Arguing they are Government controlled is just silly. You drawing a comparison to Russian media organisations is a load of tosh.
I know you are not.
Executive and board compensation as a result of any deal of this nature should be public information.
My favourite is Betty’s Tea Room Blend https://www.bettys.co.uk/bettys-tea-room-blend-tea-80-tea-bags-1
If tech for you means software, then yes, you can decouple from global supply chains with relative ease.
If, however, you look into some other areas of tech a different picture emerges. Global dependencies especially in semiconductors are much deeper. Products built from such components are the same. Decoupling in those domains would be significantly more difficult.
And just to be clear, I boot from the SSD and don’t use an SD card at all.
RaspberryPi + USB connected SSD would be my recommendation for HomeAssistant. Using an SSD reduces the risk of SD card flaking
True, and you are probably not putting anywhere near enough salt to the water.