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Washingtonians! We've got inside intel that hyperscalers have been having "urgent" meetings with Governor Ferguson. THIS IS NOT GOOD. He stood up to Trump as AG; make sure he knows we expect him to stand up for our communities now, and not roll over for Big Tech. Statewide moratorium now!

In or near Seattle? Come "celebrate" AI week with us! Tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, 9:30am, Bell Harbor Conference Center, 2211 Alaskan Way. Great speakers, great energy, and more!

The powerful executives who cozied up to Trump didn't oops accidentally forget about pendulum swings. They either: 1) Like the fascism 2) Calculated it was here to stay, so going along was savvy 3) Saw no real downside, no consequences when the pendulum swung Crucial to show them 3 was a mistake

"In their rush to power data centers are building the least efficient fossil gas generation, often with high equipment gas leakage." Tell us again how much Big Tech cares about the climate.

The 5-year cancer survival rate is up to 70% SIDS deaths have decreased by over 50% 89% decline in tornado deaths All thanks to federal investment in science and OUR tax dollars at work!

By my napkin math, total Bell Labs research expenditures from 1930-1980 were on the order of $50 billion in 2026 dollars. AI companies have spent ~$1 trillion so far: The equivalent of ~20 Bell Labs histories. In its history, Bell Labs researchers discovered the transistor, the solar cell, the laser

Want to learn more about BAAJA? Webinar on the 28th at 8am PST! But first, sign the email on the post below! bit.ly/4iCLcWA

"In The Hague, the [Dutch intelligence] hacking team tried to reverse engineer the Russian penetration of Kushner’s iPhone." Jared Kushner, in a sentence with the Hague? That's a fine first step toward Jared Kushner with a sentence in the Hague, if you ask me.

We're #1 in truly stupid destruction of ecosystems!

“In terms of magnitude, the [US emissions} increase...far exceeded that of all other countries and was driven by increased electricity demand." billmckibben.substack.com/p/elections-...

"The amount of operating behind-the-meter capacity has nearly doubled since we published our last [quarterly] report." Sure, AI is going to "solve climate change".

ICE arrested a 56-year old green card holder, i.e. a lawful permanent resident, and detained him in the Rio Grande Processing Center, where he died. www.texastribune.org/2026/10/19/t...

Nice @cnet.com article on @parismarx.com new book 'Hyperscale' “The world will suffer through the worsening natural disasters fueled by the quest for computation by some of the most powerful people on the planet" www.cnet.com/tech/service...

Our second webinar in our "Shifting Power on #DataCenters" series is coming up in just a few weeks... and it's all about the intersections of data centers and #WaterJustice issues! Make sure to RSVP and reserve your spot: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"The confidential draft, obtained by POLITICO and not previously reported, marks a notable effort by the frontier AI lab to shape the rules governing its own technology." Right. And then we'll let Exxon write climate policy.

New study: Pollution from industries in Louisiana's Cancer Alley, include oil refining and petrochemical processing, increases risks of congenital heart defects for infants born in nearby communities. BAAJA, the federal permitting bill, would make it easier to build such polluting facilities.

Washington! The most important 30 seconds you will spend this month.

Want more pipelines and data centers? Because that's what Congress is planning. They want to take away the few tools we have to stop projects that threaten our communities. Tell our senators and reps: no way!

"A billion dollars’-worth of solar farms will provide roughly 10 times as much electricity over their lifetimes as the same amount of money spent on liquefied natural gas." Great piece from @davidfickling.bsky.social on how OPEC bankrolls fossil fuel dependence. Good for OPEC. Everyone else?

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

"You wouldn't know it if you live in the USA or consume US media and politics, but the fight between EVs and ICEs is basically over. Internal combustion is on it's way out. First it'll look slow, then fast. Fleet turnover will lag sales. But ALL the growth globally is in EVs." - @jessedjenkins.com

When the AI bubble pops, we can’t repeat past corporate bail outs. We need to be ready with policies that protect ordinary people and hold tech execs accountable. We also need to talk about nationalizing AI companies — or maybe even abolishing them altogether… @astra.bsky.social @theguardian.com

You want to know about things that cause loss of trees? Here is how you lose a whole lot of trees.

All in for the Elwha Watershed! Forest defense is climate defense. Please sign!

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Last week's shooting in NYC, of a man in a car with his five year-old son, proves yet again that ICE is out of control. We hate knowing that our company is supporting this brutality. Join us in demanding that Amazon cut ties with ICE! www.amazonclimatejustice.org/ice-petition

Here's the underlying study. We simply cannot afford these monstrosities.

96%. Their direct data center water use is ONLY FOUR PERCENT of the actual use. @governorferguson.bsky.social

You love to see it. No "looking forward not back" or any of that shit. Investigations and consequences.

A moratorium on this BS till we figure out how to make it work for ALL our communities....is labor justice. is economic justice. is environmental justice. is climate justice. is...justice.

This horror is less than a mile from where I grew up. Don’t let this happen to your community.

It has been really, really, eye-opening to learn from the folks opposing Google's data centres in vizag (Visakhapatnam). You can feel how it plugs into the wider political context in India. These activists are brave beyond belief stopdirtydatacenters.org

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

Uhhhhh. Thank you @mayor.seattle.gov and @council.seattle.gov for doing what you can to protect us from this absolute dystopian BS!

Ukraine is helping defend Europe as much as Europe is helping defend Ukraine.

A confused cooler carrying a lukewarm burrito t-boning a two-ton autonomous sedan is the exact pinnacle of civilization Silicon Valley promised us.

Tell me again why private industries should be allowed to externalize the costs of climate pollution on the rest of us?

My question is, if activists blockaded the road in, would a jury convict? I...don't think so.

I think it's foolish to assume people who support fossil fuels and oppose renewables are stupid. Many competent people invest in, work for, run, or own FF companies. Those people stand to lose money or status if the permitting bill passes and helps renewables outpace fossil fuels.

Can anyone point me to a member of the highlighted Group 2 (wants more fossil fuel production + does not want more renewable energy production) who has come out *against* the federal permitting bill? Members of Group 2 aren't exactly rare; Trump, who hates wind turbines, is one example.

We figure it’s worth unpacking a bit, even if we never really picked our jaws up off the floor after Garman tried to argue we need data centers to do critical research into how to use less energy. (DC’s are predicted to use up to 17% of US electricity by 2030!) www.publicpower.org/periodical/a...

We just dropped the latest @peoplevsthemachines.com and this one was so much fun. I talked to @raquelwillis.com about technofascism vs gender liberation, and @wewill2026.bsky.social about how the fight against big tech is uniting Michiganders. Check it out: youtu.be/hU-dDA06Azk

Absolutely this thread. And also: computation is not intelligence, no matter how resourced or networked!

Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending