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Christopher Wright
@chriswrightau.bsky.social
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Professor University of Sydney. Author of Climate Change, Capitalism and Corporations (2015) & Organising Responses to Climate Change (2022)

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Christopher Wright @chriswrightau.bsky.social · 4h
AI and its massive energy needs is the latest iteration of creative self-destruction in a worsening climate crisis!
“Ravenous big tech is here to feast on our resources — and its lobbying playbook is only just getting started” @crikey_news www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/09/b...
Ravenous big tech is here to feast on our resources — and its lobbying playbook is only just getting started
Australian investment in data centres is already the second highest in the world — but the ravenous big tech industry wants more.
www.crikey.com.au

Reposted by Christopher Wright, Els Torreele

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15h
“I’ve been amazed by the groundswell of grassroots, bipartisan opposition to this....everyone is affected by this, the opposition has been across the political spectrum. A lot of people don’t see the benefits coming from AI and feel they will be paying for it"
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Christopher Wright, David Darmofal

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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 1d
The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.

Any questions?

Reposted by Christopher Wright

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d
Funny how that worked out:

“Russia has welcomed US President Donald Trump's new National Security Strategy, calling it ‘largely consistent’ with Moscow's vision.”

bbc.com/news/article...
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
bbc.com

Reposted by Christopher Wright

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Jussi Pasanen @jopas.bsky.social · 2d
mastodon.nl/@tegeltje/11...
Text on a decorative background reads: "If there's no money to fix the climate crisis, where is all the money for AI coming from?" The text is bold and prominent.

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Rebecca Solnit, Will Jennings , and 22 more

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 2d
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.

“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.

This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:

www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com

Reposted by Christopher Wright, Karen O’Leary

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Robyn D @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 3d
Well, travellers can ban the USA as a destination! Let's trash their tourism, airline, hotel and related industries.

Homeland security head reveals plans to widen US travel ban to more than 30 countries
Homeland security head reveals plans to widen US travel ban to more than 30 countries
Kristi Noem said the list of countries from which travel to the US is prohibited will increase to an unspecified number
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Christopher Wright

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 3d
Thought this was an onion style joke for a full 5 seconds.
Article detailing Trump’s winning of the FIFA Peace prize.

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Euan G. Ritchie, Neil Pederson , and 1 more

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 4d
When global temperatures shot up by ~6°C about 56 million years ago, plants were unable to thrive

The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years

Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly
It could be a sign of what’s to come.
theconversation.com

Reposted by Christopher Wright

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 5d
"Data from Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency indicates nearly 96,000 acres of farmland has been affected in the province, and over 300,000 people impacted"

#Thailand 🇹🇭

#ClimateEmergency

www.bbc.com/news/live/c8...