Dustin Edwards
@dustinedwards.bsky.social
I study the unmet promises and lived harms of extractive technologies.
Book 📕 Enduring Digital Damage: Rhetorical Reckonings for Planetary Survival
Book 📕 Enduring Digital Damage: Rhetorical Reckonings for Planetary Survival
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
here's mine: about data centers, and legacies of extraction, and the unmet promises of the tech industry, and the brilliant rhetorical practices of refusal that demand something better
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081732247...
here's mine: about data centers, and legacies of extraction, and the unmet promises of the tech industry, and the brilliant rhetorical practices of refusal that demand something better
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081732247...
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
here's mine: about data centers, and legacies of extraction, and the unmet promises of the tech industry, and the brilliant rhetorical practices of refusal that demand something better
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081732247...
here's mine: about data centers, and legacies of extraction, and the unmet promises of the tech industry, and the brilliant rhetorical practices of refusal that demand something better
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081732247...
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
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gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
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November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
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NEW from me: the Trump administration is moving new chemicals that have some link to data centers to the front of the line for approvals — creating huge loopholes to push all kinds of chemicals through, experts tell me, under potential political pressure
The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NEW from me: the Trump administration is moving new chemicals that have some link to data centers to the front of the line for approvals — creating huge loopholes to push all kinds of chemicals through, experts tell me, under potential political pressure
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Don't call it a "bubble."
OpenAI, Microsoft, & Alphabet are just fine with that term because they get to tell you that all the dot-com bubble or the railroad bubble or the whatever bubble was, was a shaking out the greats after an intense period of mania. This isn't a bubble. This is a time bomb.
OpenAI, Microsoft, & Alphabet are just fine with that term because they get to tell you that all the dot-com bubble or the railroad bubble or the whatever bubble was, was a shaking out the greats after an intense period of mania. This isn't a bubble. This is a time bomb.
Opinion from Alphaville: OpenAI is a money pit with a website on top. That much we know already, but since OpenAI is a private company, there’s a lot of guesswork required when estimating the depth of the pit. on.ft.com/44xy39L
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Don't call it a "bubble."
OpenAI, Microsoft, & Alphabet are just fine with that term because they get to tell you that all the dot-com bubble or the railroad bubble or the whatever bubble was, was a shaking out the greats after an intense period of mania. This isn't a bubble. This is a time bomb.
OpenAI, Microsoft, & Alphabet are just fine with that term because they get to tell you that all the dot-com bubble or the railroad bubble or the whatever bubble was, was a shaking out the greats after an intense period of mania. This isn't a bubble. This is a time bomb.
nothing humbles you more than getting the shortest, most cutting comments back on an irb application
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
nothing humbles you more than getting the shortest, most cutting comments back on an irb application
read the room
California State University’s trustees will vote tomorrow on whether to increase how much the system’s 22 campus presidents and other senior executives earn. bit.ly/4oHbzv6
📝 @mzinshteyn.bsky.social
📸 Jules Hotz
📝 @mzinshteyn.bsky.social
📸 Jules Hotz
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
read the room
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We need more honest language:
Theft Tech (AI)
Grift Tech (crypto)
Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)
Theft Tech (AI)
Grift Tech (crypto)
Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)
"theft tech" is a term my pal @astra.bsky.social thought of just today when we were working on our book about these End Times Fascists.
We were thinking about what should happen when this this bubble busts, as we all know it will.
Remember: they have bunkers. We don't. 2/3
We were thinking about what should happen when this this bubble busts, as we all know it will.
Remember: they have bunkers. We don't. 2/3
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We need more honest language:
Theft Tech (AI)
Grift Tech (crypto)
Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)
Theft Tech (AI)
Grift Tech (crypto)
Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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What, exactly, does this string of words mean? Why does everyone who stands to profit from selling "AI" love to repeat it? And what's the value of slogans that masquerade as history?
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer
The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself. It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...
sonjadrimmer.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What, exactly, does this string of words mean? Why does everyone who stands to profit from selling "AI" love to repeat it? And what's the value of slogans that masquerade as history?
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
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I say it nearly everyday about the rapid expansion of AI data centers and the immense extraction that is happening in the name of a failing business model but I'll say it again: REAL SICK STUFF.
This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I say it nearly everyday about the rapid expansion of AI data centers and the immense extraction that is happening in the name of a failing business model but I'll say it again: REAL SICK STUFF.
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Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...
This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...
this is my spot*fy wr*pped
A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
A Year of Refusal
Maggie Fernandes, University of ArkansasMegan McIntyre, University of ArkansasJennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University Photo by Francis Glenn Marciano on Pexels.com It’s been about a year …
refusinggenai.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
this is my spot*fy wr*pped
Such vital work. Nearly everyday a new data center proposal pops up across the US—using the same shady, secretive tactics & playbook of promises. We are at an urgent moment to build coalitions against the extractive fossil fuel surveillance factories being built in the name of economic development.
TODAY, we're launching The People Say No: Resisting Data Centers in the South, our report dedicated to exposing data center harms in the South and how our people are fighting back.
Read the full report, including case studies from 5 southern states:
bit.ly/nodatacenters
Read the full report, including case studies from 5 southern states:
bit.ly/nodatacenters
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Such vital work. Nearly everyday a new data center proposal pops up across the US—using the same shady, secretive tactics & playbook of promises. We are at an urgent moment to build coalitions against the extractive fossil fuel surveillance factories being built in the name of economic development.
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Get Enduring Digital Damage and use the discount code "DAMAGE" to get 30% off: www.uapress.ua.edu/97808.../end...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Get Enduring Digital Damage and use the discount code "DAMAGE" to get 30% off: www.uapress.ua.edu/97808.../end...
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The second CCCC Reading Circle on Land, Labor, Water & Writing: The Costs of Generative AI in the Writing Classroom is on Wed, Dec 10 @ 4–5 PM ET.
Looking forward to discussing @dustinedwards.bsky.social's Enduring Digital Damage w/@hannahhopkins.bsky.social & @donniejsackey.bsky.social!
Looking forward to discussing @dustinedwards.bsky.social's Enduring Digital Damage w/@hannahhopkins.bsky.social & @donniejsackey.bsky.social!
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The second CCCC Reading Circle on Land, Labor, Water & Writing: The Costs of Generative AI in the Writing Classroom is on Wed, Dec 10 @ 4–5 PM ET.
Looking forward to discussing @dustinedwards.bsky.social's Enduring Digital Damage w/@hannahhopkins.bsky.social & @donniejsackey.bsky.social!
Looking forward to discussing @dustinedwards.bsky.social's Enduring Digital Damage w/@hannahhopkins.bsky.social & @donniejsackey.bsky.social!
A dear student and writing tutor extraordinaire preordered my book and happened to get her copy before I got mine. Then, she asked me to sign it 🥹🥹🥹. My first and probably last (lol) book signing!
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
A dear student and writing tutor extraordinaire preordered my book and happened to get her copy before I got mine. Then, she asked me to sign it 🥹🥹🥹. My first and probably last (lol) book signing!
Sitting around thinkin (how executive orders have cut regulations and sped up AI data center growth, how private equity firms are buying up utility companies to profit off of energy demands, and & how AI companies are building fossil fuel microgrids to fuel slopbots).
October 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Sitting around thinkin (how executive orders have cut regulations and sped up AI data center growth, how private equity firms are buying up utility companies to profit off of energy demands, and & how AI companies are building fossil fuel microgrids to fuel slopbots).
Also, just gotta say: the schematics for Project Jupiter looks like someone told ChatGPT "make a walmart version steampunk data center in the desert" elpasomatters.org/2025/09/25/s...
October 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Also, just gotta say: the schematics for Project Jupiter looks like someone told ChatGPT "make a walmart version steampunk data center in the desert" elpasomatters.org/2025/09/25/s...
Proposal: those who are feverishly pushing GenAI in classes, at work, and in institutions should be required to listen to public testimony from communities where AI hyperscale data centers are being built.
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Proposal: those who are feverishly pushing GenAI in classes, at work, and in institutions should be required to listen to public testimony from communities where AI hyperscale data centers are being built.
To state the obvious: it’s so damn disheartening to overhear conversations about GenAI in the writing center. It’s cultivated such a culture of mistrust.
October 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
To state the obvious: it’s so damn disheartening to overhear conversations about GenAI in the writing center. It’s cultivated such a culture of mistrust.
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Seems like an opportune moment to re-up our paper about AWS seeking infrastructural dominance in education through a range of operations that include platforming the edtech industry on its cloud services codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/h...
How many classes today were canceled because a whole suite of EdTech services are built atop AWS?
You know what platform never crashes?
You know what platform never crashes?
October 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Seems like an opportune moment to re-up our paper about AWS seeking infrastructural dominance in education through a range of operations that include platforming the edtech industry on its cloud services codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/h...