Max

Max

@mxf.bsky.social

Privacy | Design | Sustainability | Web-development

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Datacentra verbruiken enorm veel stroom & drinkwater. De twee dingen die we hard nodig hebben voor belangrijkere dingen. Stop al het onzinnige AI gebruik en de eindeloze, destructieve groei van big-tech Teken de petitie 👇 www.fossielvrij.nl/stop-datacentersD

fossielvrij.nlStop nieuwe datacenters!De gasprijzen gaan door het dak en we hebben een watertekort. Toch stampen techmiljardairs als Elon Musk en Jeff Bezos stroomslurpende datacenters uit de grond. ⛔ We moeten nu de pauzeknop indrukken ...

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Turned this rant into a blog post. davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/the-data-c...

davekarpf.beehiiv.comThe data center backlash Is working. That's why the New York Times is so concerned.I have a
Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social

I'm reading the "environmentalists are wrong about data centers" piece from the NYT and ohmygoditssofuckingbad. Apparently, so long as you're punching left, they'll just let you say any goddamn thing you please... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/o...

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BREAKING: The White House is out with a new National Policy framework for AI. The proposal says: "States should not be permitted to regulate AI development." It also says that states shouldn't be able to penalize AI companies when people break the law with their models.

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Meta's power consumption grew to 18.4 terawatt hours in 2024 They are building a 2.25 gigawatt (!!!!!!!!!!!!) gas plant in Louisiana And lobbying to weaken climate disclosure ...........for.....this? ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d... techcrunch.com/2025/08/21/g... influencemap.org/pressrelease...

Rhodri Marsden@rhodri.biz

I don't want to ask the assistant a fucking question – why would I want to ask the fucking assistant a fucking question, I'm very obviously WhatsApping my fucking wife for fucks sake, when will this shit fucking END, get out of my fucking sight, sorry for swearing

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Winter sport needs snow-not fossil fuels Eni, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas corporations, is using the Winter Olympics to greenwash its fossil-fuelled destruction If you agree that polluters shouldn’t get a podium at the Games, share the video (Proudly human-made. No AI) #WinterOlympics

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Dit zou wat zijn…. Laat iemand dit officieel onderzoeken aub…

Kirsten Verdel@locuta.bsky.social

Trump dag 343: Trump zegt dat ‘Rusland wil dat Oekraïne slaagt’; critici verbijsterd, onderzoek kinderziekenhuis wegens transgenderzorg, gevangenen Alligator Alcatraz mogelijk gedrogeerd, 3 op de 4 Amerikanen bezuinigt om boodschappen te kunnen betalen: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-34...

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📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal@signal.org

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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AI is the wrong tool to tackle complex societal & systemic problems. AI4SG is more about PR victories, boosting AI adoption (regardless of merit/usefulness) & laundering accountability for harmful tech, extractive practices, abetting atrocities. yours truly www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...

project-syndicate.orgThe False Promise of “AI for Social Good”Abeba Birhane refutes industry claims about the technology's potential to solve complex social problems.

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