@efranti.bsky.social
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🧪 NEW STUDY: US data centers could annually consume as much water as 10 million Americans and emit as much CO2 as 10 million cars.
If so, their resource consumption would roughly match the entire state of New York.
Destroying climate and water for AI slop.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1011202...
If so, their resource consumption would roughly match the entire state of New York.
Destroying climate and water for AI slop.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1011202...
‘It’s Not Too Late:’ New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage - Inside Climate News
Researchers warn that U.S. data centers could devour vast amounts of energy and water unless stronger guardrails shape the industry’s growth.
insideclimatenews.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🧪 NEW STUDY: US data centers could annually consume as much water as 10 million Americans and emit as much CO2 as 10 million cars.
If so, their resource consumption would roughly match the entire state of New York.
Destroying climate and water for AI slop.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1011202...
If so, their resource consumption would roughly match the entire state of New York.
Destroying climate and water for AI slop.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1011202...
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The fact that all large UK broadcasters continue to use X, an openly white supremacist platform that has been redesigned specifically to amplify far-right elites, is doing massive, real-time harm to the country.
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The fact that all large UK broadcasters continue to use X, an openly white supremacist platform that has been redesigned specifically to amplify far-right elites, is doing massive, real-time harm to the country.
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@thecinechick.bsky.social directed and we co-wrote this piece, narrated by @alexwinter.com and created by a fantastic group of Seattle filmmakers. Was a pleasure to help support a cause I feel strongly about as a former Tesla owner, as well as a lot of fun to joyfully resist with great creatives!
This one broke the internet, then kept right on going into the mainstream news, too! This incredible fake ad was created by @laceyleavittgray.bsky.social with help from @troublemakers.bsky.social and a voiceover from the most excellent @alexwinter.com! #TeslaTakedownAwards #TeslaTakedown
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
@thecinechick.bsky.social directed and we co-wrote this piece, narrated by @alexwinter.com and created by a fantastic group of Seattle filmmakers. Was a pleasure to help support a cause I feel strongly about as a former Tesla owner, as well as a lot of fun to joyfully resist with great creatives!
"....nature was being treated as expendable. I believe this will come to bite them in the local elections. " 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤔
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homes
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"....nature was being treated as expendable. I believe this will come to bite them in the local elections. " 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤔
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Outstanding #Teslatakedown today, my 30th. Beautiful weather in #Seattle, great turnout and our inflatables are multiplying. Particularly love the new “spectacularly corrupt”banner
#defundmusk #muskmustfall #indivisible #boycotttesla #fucktrump #fuckmusk #fuckice #fuckfascism
#defundmusk #muskmustfall #indivisible #boycotttesla #fucktrump #fuckmusk #fuckice #fuckfascism
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Outstanding #Teslatakedown today, my 30th. Beautiful weather in #Seattle, great turnout and our inflatables are multiplying. Particularly love the new “spectacularly corrupt”banner
#defundmusk #muskmustfall #indivisible #boycotttesla #fucktrump #fuckmusk #fuckice #fuckfascism
#defundmusk #muskmustfall #indivisible #boycotttesla #fucktrump #fuckmusk #fuckice #fuckfascism
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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“Panels installed flat against the roof, in particular, fared well. Some rooftop solar owners have taken to removing their panels ahead of strong winds. Many were already back online.”
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“Panels installed flat against the roof, in particular, fared well. Some rooftop solar owners have taken to removing their panels ahead of strong winds. Many were already back online.”
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A quarter of Britain’s native plants are now at risk of extinction
The first update in two decades to a “red list” of plants found a substantial increase in the number of threatened species
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
The first update in two decades to a “red list” of plants found a substantial increase in the number of threatened species
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A quarter of Britain’s native plants are now at risk of extinction
The first update in two decades to a “red list” of plants found a substantial increase in the number of threatened species
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
The first update in two decades to a “red list” of plants found a substantial increase in the number of threatened species
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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“But I’ll just ignore them and use FB to stay in touch with family and friends.”
No, you won’t. Meta regularly moves the buttons for accessing your human connections to defeat your muscle memory and force you to spend time looking at ads. Then they use higher “engagement time” to sell more ads.
No, you won’t. Meta regularly moves the buttons for accessing your human connections to defeat your muscle memory and force you to spend time looking at ads. Then they use higher “engagement time” to sell more ads.
On average Meta shows its platforms’ users an estimated 15 billion “higher risk” scam advertisements every day.
(Meta earns about $7 billion in annualized revenue from this category of scam ads each year.) www.reuters.com/investigatio...
(Meta earns about $7 billion in annualized revenue from this category of scam ads each year.) www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“But I’ll just ignore them and use FB to stay in touch with family and friends.”
No, you won’t. Meta regularly moves the buttons for accessing your human connections to defeat your muscle memory and force you to spend time looking at ads. Then they use higher “engagement time” to sell more ads.
No, you won’t. Meta regularly moves the buttons for accessing your human connections to defeat your muscle memory and force you to spend time looking at ads. Then they use higher “engagement time” to sell more ads.
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Did you know you pay more fuel tax on a single car journey than a billionaire does on a private jet flight?
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Did you know you pay more fuel tax on a single car journey than a billionaire does on a private jet flight?
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
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This time of year for veterans can push buttons in unexpected ways. Fireworks and big Remembrance parades the same week are sometimes just too much. Tonight I was so grateful to Bill for his headphones 🎧 💙
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This time of year for veterans can push buttons in unexpected ways. Fireworks and big Remembrance parades the same week are sometimes just too much. Tonight I was so grateful to Bill for his headphones 🎧 💙
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When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...
www.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
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On this day in 1920, a white mob in Ocoee, Florida, lynched as many as 30 Black Americans and razed the Black community because a Black man attempted to vote.
Nov. 2, 1920 | White Mobs Destroy Black Community of Ocoee, Florida
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
On this day in 1920, a white mob in Ocoee, Florida, lynched as many as 30 Black Americans and razed the Black community because a Black man attempted to vote.
November 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
November 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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80% of air traffic controllers absent at New York facilities.
The system is at breaking point.
The system is at breaking point.
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
80% of air traffic controllers absent at New York facilities.
The system is at breaking point.
The system is at breaking point.
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Every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
Remember this.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
Remember this.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
Remember this.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
Remember this.
October 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I'm attending Disappeared in America's event, “ICE Out of Home Depot Vigil” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/disappearedi...
ICE Out of Home Depot Vigil · Disappeared in America
On November 1, we will hold a [rally/vigil] outside of Home Depot in honor of all the workers who have been kidnapped by ICE on Home Depot properties. Join us in a day of action and make your voice he...
www.mobilize.us
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'm attending Disappeared in America's event, “ICE Out of Home Depot Vigil” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/disappearedi...
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Wind power has saved UK consumers over £100 billion since 2010 – see our new study
UK saved £14.2 billion from lower electricity prices & £133.3 billion from reduced natural gas prices. Offset £43.2 billion in wind energy subsidies consumers saved £104.3 billion
theconversation.com/wind-power-h...
UK saved £14.2 billion from lower electricity prices & £133.3 billion from reduced natural gas prices. Offset £43.2 billion in wind energy subsidies consumers saved £104.3 billion
theconversation.com/wind-power-h...
Wind power has saved UK consumers over £100 billion since 2010 – new study
Wind power offers a large financial benefit to UK consumers.
theconversation.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Wind power has saved UK consumers over £100 billion since 2010 – see our new study
UK saved £14.2 billion from lower electricity prices & £133.3 billion from reduced natural gas prices. Offset £43.2 billion in wind energy subsidies consumers saved £104.3 billion
theconversation.com/wind-power-h...
UK saved £14.2 billion from lower electricity prices & £133.3 billion from reduced natural gas prices. Offset £43.2 billion in wind energy subsidies consumers saved £104.3 billion
theconversation.com/wind-power-h...
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Are we overestimating the power of AI?
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales discusses with Nish in this week’s episode.
What’s the best AI hallucination you’ve come across? Let us know in the comments - and listen to the pod! Link in bio.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales discusses with Nish in this week’s episode.
What’s the best AI hallucination you’ve come across? Let us know in the comments - and listen to the pod! Link in bio.
October 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Are we overestimating the power of AI?
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales discusses with Nish in this week’s episode.
What’s the best AI hallucination you’ve come across? Let us know in the comments - and listen to the pod! Link in bio.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales discusses with Nish in this week’s episode.
What’s the best AI hallucination you’ve come across? Let us know in the comments - and listen to the pod! Link in bio.