The funny thing is I think the over the top AI hype has actually had a sort of Streisand Effect for AI in particular, because now people hate it even more than all the other environment wrecking industries.
Tag: fossil fuel industry
Crypto connected real estate man revolving-doored in & out of the Shapiro admin and into data center consultancy.
Dodgy looking conflict of interest crypto & AI stuff in Pennsylvania.
Democratic Party “leadership” poised to screw up massively in Michigan and elsewhere.
Nobody with sense who wants to win a senate seat for the party would tee up an uninspiring candidate who votes aligned with the fossil fuel industry and takes money from fossil fuels. They’re trying to thwart 2 candidates that are popular because they stand up strong for the values that the Democratic Party is […]
There’s no reason to assume we’ll need these monstrosity data center power plants in the future.
Myth is all the tycoons have, because reality doesn’t care about tech monarchist fantasies.
Monstrosity data center power plant polluting Memphis to power a nerd reich chatbot.
No, I don’t want this in Pennsylvania, I don’t want it in Memphis and I’ve never even been to Memphis, but the situation sounds terrible.
Pennsylvania AI boondoggle summit as full of BS and unwanted garbage as expected.
I listened to Trump at the Republican data center power plant “summit” in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and read about Josh Shapiro’s involvement so you don’t have to. (You can thank me later.)
PA Gov. Shapiro to summit with Trump and Dave McCormick, to push power plants motivated by AI hype fabricated demand and to shut out locals from what happens in our neighborhoods.
These boondoggles to build the data centers for the AI investment bubble seems at its root a reason to keep burning more fossil fuels.
The opposition leverages various things to neutralize effective activism.
These operations sometimes target people who are experts, or people who might be important in some way, because they carry clout. And then they treat them as if they’re very important.
Hyping chemtrail conspiracy theories are a backhanded way to attack climate activism.
Many references to “climate engineering” are actually a part of climate denial & disinfo narratives. When media attempts to both-sides coverage of climate engineering disinfo, they walk right into the hands of controlled opposition, led up the garden path by tech hype decoys. Chloe Humbert Apr 19, 2024 It may appear superficially that “two sides” […]
PA news outlet is reporting on data centers so boondoggles must be imminent in the state house.
Spotlight PA’s newsletter headline: AI data centers are fueling electricity demand.
Nothing efficient about blockchain, so when someone invokes the blockchain to defend crypto, it’s also a trick.
Cryptocurrency is bad, and it’s not bad despite “the blockchain” but also because of the blockchain, which is actually not some great newfangled thing after all.
Republicans attempt to mandate deregulation of AI for tech tycoons and fossil fuel.
They want to stop all the protections and oversight of automation completely in the country, and handcuff state and local efforts to protect communities and save lives.
AI generated fossil fuel pollution must be opposed.
The air pollution from power plants dedicated to noise pollution generating data centers are currently running roughshod over communities already.
Democratic Governor Tim Walz does Trumpian Return To Office.
This is NOT a progressive move and Walz should be shamed harshly by Democrat voters in Minnesota for acting like a right-winger on telework.
Fossil fuel, commercial real estate, and mid level megalomaniacal managers are behind anti-telework RTO.
The REAL Reasons CEOs Hate Remote Work – SOME MORE NEWS Feb 12, 2025 “Hi. We’ve been told that 2025 is the year that remote working will die, despite it often being good for workers and their employers. CEOs hate it though, and they’re working to get rid of it.“
AI is not the answer to human problems.
Going all in on vaporware is a bad idea – especially gambling on this with taxpayer money.
Butts in seats downtown for “The Economy” (aka commercial real estate & fossil fuel)
RTO GTFO. The future of our civilization depends on maximizing remote options wherever possible.
Fossil fuel PR operative claims Harris lost Pennsylvania because people want more burning coal.
Write your reps and tell them how their constituent voters are not these big coal burning fans.
Trickle down economics – the trick tycoons just can’t pull off.
The “bringing the jobs” stuff is insulting people into early graves, but the power consumption inequality may be what finishes off a lot of humans.
Tech tycoons want to hog the power of dedicated power plants from the communities impacted by them.
I don’t think power plants should ever exist solely to provide power to some tech company.
If only someone spoke to the fossil fuel fans in Pennsylvania.
“Tim Ryan is a paid fossil fuel mouthpiece”