Troublemakers
@troublemakers.bsky.social
We're a Seattle-area climate-focused NVDA group dedicated to training, supporting, and activating folks working for climate justice and aligned movements....
Because business as usual is trouble for us all.
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@troublemakers.bsky.social
· Apr 15
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This just keeps getting better. 😍
"Is there...a deep and abiding sense of dread that accompanies every moment? Are you worried that you're enabling the fall of democracy?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQOv...
#teslaregretsyndrome #trs #TeslaTakedown #Tesla #elonmusk #MuskMustFall
"Is there...a deep and abiding sense of dread that accompanies every moment? Are you worried that you're enabling the fall of democracy?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQOv...
#teslaregretsyndrome #trs #TeslaTakedown #Tesla #elonmusk #MuskMustFall
@murray.senate.gov & @cantwell.senate.gov: do not abandon our Kurdish allies! Insist on deescalation and dialogue, and that Syrian forces immediately end all attacks and withdraw to the west of the Euphrates.
📢Syrian Kurds are Under Attack❗
📃Read and share our joint-statement and call-to-action in collaboration with other US-based Kurdish organizations.
www.defendrojava.org/news/syrian-...
📃Read and share our joint-statement and call-to-action in collaboration with other US-based Kurdish organizations.
www.defendrojava.org/news/syrian-...
January 20, 2026 at 7:12 PM
@murray.senate.gov & @cantwell.senate.gov: do not abandon our Kurdish allies! Insist on deescalation and dialogue, and that Syrian forces immediately end all attacks and withdraw to the west of the Euphrates.
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5-10 minutes of phone calls to show that people care about this...could really make a difference, folks.
📢Syrian Kurds are Under Attack❗
📃Read and share our joint-statement and call-to-action in collaboration with other US-based Kurdish organizations.
www.defendrojava.org/news/syrian-...
📃Read and share our joint-statement and call-to-action in collaboration with other US-based Kurdish organizations.
www.defendrojava.org/news/syrian-...
January 20, 2026 at 7:05 PM
5-10 minutes of phone calls to show that people care about this...could really make a difference, folks.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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“When researchers at the Center for AI Safety tested AI agents’ ability to complete remote work tasks, not a single model was able to complete more than three percent of their assignments.”
“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:54 AM
“When researchers at the Center for AI Safety tested AI agents’ ability to complete remote work tasks, not a single model was able to complete more than three percent of their assignments.”
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It was raining on this protest in Nuuk. Temperatures in Greenland have been absurdly warm recently. THAT is what we should be talking about.
‘Yankee, Go Home’: Greenlanders Protest Trump’s Takeover Plans
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
It was raining on this protest in Nuuk. Temperatures in Greenland have been absurdly warm recently. THAT is what we should be talking about.
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
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"Will anyone be arrested for this? Or even fined for this? Will they even be forced to stop doing it? And if not, what are you going to do about it?"
Seriously. Are we going to let a single industry—primarily concerned with cutting jobs & making porn—devastate our air, water, and climate?
Why?
Seriously. Are we going to let a single industry—primarily concerned with cutting jobs & making porn—devastate our air, water, and climate?
Why?
January 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"Will anyone be arrested for this? Or even fined for this? Will they even be forced to stop doing it? And if not, what are you going to do about it?"
Seriously. Are we going to let a single industry—primarily concerned with cutting jobs & making porn—devastate our air, water, and climate?
Why?
Seriously. Are we going to let a single industry—primarily concerned with cutting jobs & making porn—devastate our air, water, and climate?
Why?
"Will anyone be arrested for this? Or even fined for this? Will they even be forced to stop doing it? And if not, what are you going to do about it?"
Seriously. Are we going to let a single industry—primarily concerned with cutting jobs & making porn—devastate our air, water, and climate?
Why?
Seriously. Are we going to let a single industry—primarily concerned with cutting jobs & making porn—devastate our air, water, and climate?
Why?
January 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"Will anyone be arrested for this? Or even fined for this? Will they even be forced to stop doing it? And if not, what are you going to do about it?"
Seriously. Are we going to let a single industry—primarily concerned with cutting jobs & making porn—devastate our air, water, and climate?
Why?
Seriously. Are we going to let a single industry—primarily concerned with cutting jobs & making porn—devastate our air, water, and climate?
Why?
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I did not know this, and it is utterly appalling.
"Washington state [ranks] 50th in the % of growth in production of power from wind, solar, hydroelectric & other clean-energy sources."
HB 2515 needs to demand 100% new renewables for data centers, or it saddles WA residents with pollution/waste.
"Washington state [ranks] 50th in the % of growth in production of power from wind, solar, hydroelectric & other clean-energy sources."
HB 2515 needs to demand 100% new renewables for data centers, or it saddles WA residents with pollution/waste.
Editorial: Meeting needs for data centers, fair power rates | HeraldNet.com
Shared energy demand for AI and ratepayers requires an increased pace for clean energy projects.
www.heraldnet.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I did not know this, and it is utterly appalling.
"Washington state [ranks] 50th in the % of growth in production of power from wind, solar, hydroelectric & other clean-energy sources."
HB 2515 needs to demand 100% new renewables for data centers, or it saddles WA residents with pollution/waste.
"Washington state [ranks] 50th in the % of growth in production of power from wind, solar, hydroelectric & other clean-energy sources."
HB 2515 needs to demand 100% new renewables for data centers, or it saddles WA residents with pollution/waste.
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We are fighting for our future. JOIN THE MOVEMENT.
North Seattle Progressives have dozens of Participating Organizations for the Activists Assemble Seattle Area Connecting Event. Sun Jan. 25th at Shorewood High School in Shoreline WA. #seattleprotest #indivisible #shorelinewa #resist
North Seattle Progressives have dozens of Participating Organizations for the Activists Assemble Seattle Area Connecting Event. Sun Jan. 25th at Shorewood High School in Shoreline WA. #seattleprotest #indivisible #shorelinewa #resist
Activists Assemble! Jan 25th - Connect Locally! - North Seattle Progressives
Fighting for our Future - Join the Movement
Seattle Area Action Connector Festival.
You've gone to a Protest, you've made a sign. But You're asking "What's Next". What will really make a difference?...
northseattleprogressives.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
We are fighting for our future. JOIN THE MOVEMENT.
North Seattle Progressives have dozens of Participating Organizations for the Activists Assemble Seattle Area Connecting Event. Sun Jan. 25th at Shorewood High School in Shoreline WA. #seattleprotest #indivisible #shorelinewa #resist
North Seattle Progressives have dozens of Participating Organizations for the Activists Assemble Seattle Area Connecting Event. Sun Jan. 25th at Shorewood High School in Shoreline WA. #seattleprotest #indivisible #shorelinewa #resist
How We Resist Authoritarianism
YouTube video by Bellingham Troublemakers
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Mark your calendars, and sign up in the second post!
Seattle! Are you concerned about data centers in WA and agitated by AI? Would you like to reimagine AI and data centers, regulate those in WA state, and understand how to sidestep tech monopoly's products?
📅 Join us for The People's Forum on AI - Feb 2nd at 5:30 @
📍Prospect UCC, Capitol Hill.
📅 Join us for The People's Forum on AI - Feb 2nd at 5:30 @
📍Prospect UCC, Capitol Hill.
January 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Mark your calendars, and sign up in the second post!
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“It’s a little hurtful to hear it implied that there is any attempt by myself or others on the team to obfuscate or hide what would be meaningful environmental footprint data to the community,” Townsend said, adding later, “It hurt my feelings a little bit.”
OK: we won't imply it. We'll state it.
OK: we won't imply it. We'll state it.
As Google’s water demands grow, The Dalles aims to pull more from Mount Hood forest
The Dalles, a rural city in north-central Oregon, wants to expand its reservoir in the Mount Hood National Forest so it can store more water. While city officials say the water is needed for a growing...
www.opb.org
January 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
“It’s a little hurtful to hear it implied that there is any attempt by myself or others on the team to obfuscate or hide what would be meaningful environmental footprint data to the community,” Townsend said, adding later, “It hurt my feelings a little bit.”
OK: we won't imply it. We'll state it.
OK: we won't imply it. We'll state it.
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let's goooooo
January 16, 2026 at 9:25 AM
let's goooooo
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imagine letting these people run anything more consequential than a lemonade stand
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show
Video posted by top gamer shows what he says is X conversation in which billionaire admits ‘account boosting’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:59 AM
imagine letting these people run anything more consequential than a lemonade stand
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Oh, but don't worry—here in WA some companies plan to use nukes instead. SMR's, which produce MORE radioactive waste per watt than the old-fashioned nukes we stopped decades ago.
More waste, more danger of dirty bombs! These guys are geniuses.
Sure am glad we learned the lesson of Hanford.
More waste, more danger of dirty bombs! These guys are geniuses.
Sure am glad we learned the lesson of Hanford.
When you think of data centers, you probably don't think of public health impacts of fine particulates. Maybe you should! Especially those that come with gas plants, as does the one in Tucker County WV. A new MIT/Harvard study finds that the project could inflict ~$35M in health-related damages.
New report projects up to $35M in health damages from expected Tucker Co. data center
Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers estimate an expected data center operation in Tucker County could inflict up to $35 million in health-related damages, adding t...
www.wvgazettemail.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Oh, but don't worry—here in WA some companies plan to use nukes instead. SMR's, which produce MORE radioactive waste per watt than the old-fashioned nukes we stopped decades ago.
More waste, more danger of dirty bombs! These guys are geniuses.
Sure am glad we learned the lesson of Hanford.
More waste, more danger of dirty bombs! These guys are geniuses.
Sure am glad we learned the lesson of Hanford.
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When you're the first group this lady has ever hated in her entire life you're not going to win.
bsky.app/profile/publ...
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Evelyn Normielib (D-MN) has arrived at the scene of the ICE shooting in northern Minneapolis
January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
When you're the first group this lady has ever hated in her entire life you're not going to win.
bsky.app/profile/publ...
bsky.app/profile/publ...
And then there's also the job LOSS. And social impacts like suicide advice, AI psychosis, and deepfake porn using pictures of you.
All of this, for the low, low price of planetary stability!
All of this, for the low, low price of planetary stability!
@microsoft.com’s new plan to convince communities to welcome data centers includes groundbreaking new ideas like *checks notes* paying its taxes and electric bills. 🥴 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 10:46 PM
And then there's also the job LOSS. And social impacts like suicide advice, AI psychosis, and deepfake porn using pictures of you.
All of this, for the low, low price of planetary stability!
All of this, for the low, low price of planetary stability!
Rally Tomorrow! Jan. 16th, 11:30AM-1:30PM
📍 Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 915 2nd Ave, Seattle
We fight to end wars abroad and fight to protect our communities and environment at home.
We demand:
Hands off Venezuela
Defund ICE—stop enabling Trump's deportation machine
Get ICE out of our cities
📍 Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 915 2nd Ave, Seattle
We fight to end wars abroad and fight to protect our communities and environment at home.
We demand:
Hands off Venezuela
Defund ICE—stop enabling Trump's deportation machine
Get ICE out of our cities
January 15, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Rally Tomorrow! Jan. 16th, 11:30AM-1:30PM
📍 Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 915 2nd Ave, Seattle
We fight to end wars abroad and fight to protect our communities and environment at home.
We demand:
Hands off Venezuela
Defund ICE—stop enabling Trump's deportation machine
Get ICE out of our cities
📍 Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 915 2nd Ave, Seattle
We fight to end wars abroad and fight to protect our communities and environment at home.
We demand:
Hands off Venezuela
Defund ICE—stop enabling Trump's deportation machine
Get ICE out of our cities
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Even just a name can put in motion efforts that get someone released. If they're a citizen, we can get them jail support. If they're an immigrant, there are groups working overtime to file habeas petitions before they're whisked out of state. But it starts with a name.
If you see one, the most important thing to say is “WHAT’S YOUR NAME” because otherwise the person is gone for good, maybe. I witnessed one in an alley as the sole pursuit car, I was the only witness, I froze for a second and didn’t shout it in time, and the guy is just… gone now. I’ll never know.
January 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Even just a name can put in motion efforts that get someone released. If they're a citizen, we can get them jail support. If they're an immigrant, there are groups working overtime to file habeas petitions before they're whisked out of state. But it starts with a name.
So good. Watch!
I've got a new nickname for the world's greediest neo-Nazi. After the latest Grok scandal, I'm calling him AI Epstein. And after years of playing stupid games, it seems like this deepfake kiddie porn peddler is finally starting to win stupid prizes. www.instagram.com/reel/DTgxvRs...
Evan Yells at Clouds on Instagram: "#elonmusk is trying to cover his a$$ after the #Grok kiddie p0rn fiasco, but regulators and lawmakers finally seem keen to hold this creep accountable. #ai generate...
32 likes, 4 comments - evanyellsatclouds on January 14, 2026: "#elonmusk is trying to cover his a$$ after the #Grok kiddie p0rn fiasco, but regulators and lawmakers finally seem keen to hold this cree...
www.instagram.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:38 AM
So good. Watch!
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This is........pretty wild
A collection of "insiders" say they don't think data centres are (the present tense is important) slowing down decarbonisation (mostly the "innovators")
This comes out 1 day after a @rhg.com US emissions update that *explicitly* names DCs as a core cause of rising GHGs
A collection of "insiders" say they don't think data centres are (the present tense is important) slowing down decarbonisation (mostly the "innovators")
This comes out 1 day after a @rhg.com US emissions update that *explicitly* names DCs as a core cause of rising GHGs
January 14, 2026 at 6:47 PM
This is........pretty wild
A collection of "insiders" say they don't think data centres are (the present tense is important) slowing down decarbonisation (mostly the "innovators")
This comes out 1 day after a @rhg.com US emissions update that *explicitly* names DCs as a core cause of rising GHGs
A collection of "insiders" say they don't think data centres are (the present tense is important) slowing down decarbonisation (mostly the "innovators")
This comes out 1 day after a @rhg.com US emissions update that *explicitly* names DCs as a core cause of rising GHGs
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Seattle! Are you concerned about data centers in WA and agitated by AI? Would you like to reimagine AI and data centers, regulate those in WA state, and understand how to sidestep tech monopoly's products?
📅 Join us for The People's Forum on AI - Feb 2nd at 5:30 @
📍Prospect UCC, Capitol Hill.
📅 Join us for The People's Forum on AI - Feb 2nd at 5:30 @
📍Prospect UCC, Capitol Hill.
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Seattle! Are you concerned about data centers in WA and agitated by AI? Would you like to reimagine AI and data centers, regulate those in WA state, and understand how to sidestep tech monopoly's products?
📅 Join us for The People's Forum on AI - Feb 2nd at 5:30 @
📍Prospect UCC, Capitol Hill.
📅 Join us for The People's Forum on AI - Feb 2nd at 5:30 @
📍Prospect UCC, Capitol Hill.
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Data centres that briefly wind down during grid stress are shaving a small slice off a net harm, they are not 'supporting the transition'
In the same way CCS *might* slightly reduce emissions, but overall end up facilitating new fossil fuel use....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In the same way CCS *might* slightly reduce emissions, but overall end up facilitating new fossil fuel use....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Data centres that briefly wind down during grid stress are shaving a small slice off a net harm, they are not 'supporting the transition'
In the same way CCS *might* slightly reduce emissions, but overall end up facilitating new fossil fuel use....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In the same way CCS *might* slightly reduce emissions, but overall end up facilitating new fossil fuel use....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A canny political and media strategy from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Immediately he defuses climate delayers’ favourite cynical attack lines, and avoids headlines like “Polanski says you should never go on holiday, drive a car, or eat meat”.
But, crucially, he's leading by example...
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But, crucially, he's leading by example...
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People can still be an environmentalists if they drive, fly and eat meat, said @zackpolanski.bsky.social, the leader of the Green Party.
He also talked about social media, whether talks about the environment enough, nuclear power, IHT and farmers, Rosebank & more
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
He also talked about social media, whether talks about the environment enough, nuclear power, IHT and farmers, Rosebank & more
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Zack Polanski: You can fly, drive, eat meat and still be green
The leader of the Greens wants to widen his party’s appeal and has triggered a surge in membership since his election
www.thetimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
A canny political and media strategy from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Immediately he defuses climate delayers’ favourite cynical attack lines, and avoids headlines like “Polanski says you should never go on holiday, drive a car, or eat meat”.
But, crucially, he's leading by example...
1/🧵
But, crucially, he's leading by example...
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