Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
xAI will start removing its foul, "temporary" methane generators between now and July 2027, and is meanwhile working to "reduce environmental impacts" of currently-functioning ones. BS that is fuel to Justin Pearson and @keshaunpearson.bsky.social's inspiring fight 💪 www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Anger Over Data Centers Is Fueling a New Political Movement
Justin Pearson, a Tennessee lawmaker, has become one of the loudest voices amid a growing national backlash against the pollution and politics of America's AI buildout.
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Students from all 50 states just drafted an #AIBillofRights. They named cheating, bias, privacy mental health, environmental costs and more. The civic grammar of AI rights is traveling and we're fortunate that young people are leading the way and writing it. www.the74million.org/article/stud...
Alondra Nelson@alondra.bsky.social · 3mo agoAI companies are writing their own constitutions. Meanwhile, a shared vocabulary for contesting algorithmic power has been traveling across red and blue states, from legislatures to civil society. New from me in @science.org: "A Civic Grammar for AI Rights" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵
Immediately!! A huge red flag, thank you for having me @themaybe.org this was truly one of my favorite interviews ever!
The Maybe@themaybe.org · 2w agoWhen @keshaunpearson.bsky.social heard that Elon Musk was coming to town, he knew that it meant trouble.
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social has fought corporate extraction before. He knows how companies turn neighborhoods like his into their dumping grounds. And he knows how to fight - and win.
@alixdunn.com sat down with @keshaunpearson.bsky.social to talk about his longstanding fight for Memphis residents, his vision for people-led governance, and how he plans to make that vision a reality. Listen to this conversation here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/the-...
The Colossus Crossroads: Fighting for the Future of Memphis w/ KeShaun Pearson
In Memphis, companies don't come in to invest in the city. They come in to extract from its people and its land, no matter how high the human cost.
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Big Tech showed up in Florida expecting a rubber stamp. A Republican county voted 5–0 and sent them home. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/they-burie...
🚨 BREAKING News: New York to impose the country’s first statewide moratorium on data centers. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New York to impose the country’s first statewide moratorium on data centers
The order will pause state permitting for new large data centers and direct state regulators to create standards that address environmental impacts, energy demand, water usage and other factors, the g...
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Outdated fossil fuels are the world's most unreliable energy source, and millions suffer for it. This isn't a fossil fuel crisis anymore - this is just how we live now. More urgent than ever to switch to modern, safe energy instead. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
-Water used at power plants that supply electricity to data centers can be greater than the amount of water used in the data centers themselves. -" $170 billion of AI data-center capacity has been blocked, stalled or canceled since 2024" www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-d...
AI Data Centers Use Far More Water Than Most Tech Giants Report
Water used at the power plants that supply electricity to data centers can be much greater than the water used in the data centers themselves.
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That was great! As was the whole discussion, but talk about a good note to wrap up on!
And a "see y'all on Blacksky" to close out by @keshaunpearson.bsky.social let's goooooooooo
"We're winning this data center fight -- don't let up" - @kadeeja.blacksky.app
KD@kadeeja.blacksky.app · last mo.Catch me this week on the web and in person talking to US about my work against AI & data centers. Wednesday’s livestream with Shift Collective. Saturday with Young Gifted & Green for Essence Festival!
llms don't and can't love, hate, feel, care, think, imagine, dream, hope, fear, believe, reflect, aspire, wonder, empathize,... fix your your anthropomorphising language
Interested in how taxes from Musk's Memphis projects might be used to clean up the mess it's created for 'sacrifice zones'? A new board has been set up to steward funds and the inimitable @keshaunpearson.bsky.social is chairing it. I sat down with him to talk about it: youtu.be/xgpuo11qlRg?...
'We are burying our families' - the fight against AI Data Centers
YouTube video by The Maybe
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xAI is currently poisoning the air of hundreds of thousands of people via a slew of unlicensed methane turbines. These gains come literally at the expense of public health in Mississippi and Tennessee. Follow @keshaunpearson.bsky.social of MCAP for action items. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
NAACP sues Elon Musk's xAI, says data center's gas turbines put communities at risk
"There's no question in my mind that it's a bad faith effort."
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Join me and @keshaunpearson.bsky.social as we talk through how AI is affecting Black Southerners. We’ll talk about my fight against Zuckerberg & Meta in Louisiana and his fight against Elon Musk & Twitter in Tennessee.
Elizabeth Booker Houston @bookersquared.bsky.social Another update from the TN Capitol and the special session to get rid of the majority-Black congressional district, KeShaun Pearson was arrested. @keshaunpearson.bsky.social
KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘@kojamf.bsky.social · 3mo agoElizabeth Booker Houston @bookersquared.bsky.social "Happening now in Nashville: Tennessee Republicans are trying to gerrymander the only Black-majority district out of existence. Tennesseans are fighting back."
Note that @keshaunpearson.bsky.social has been a major force behind MCAP Memphis Community Against Pollution, fighting Musk's methane spewing, freshwater guzzling xAI. @ us if anyone sees a bail fund we can help promote.
Tennessee Lookout@tennesseelookout.com · 3mo agoKeshaun Pearson, brother of Memphis Rep. Justin Pearson, was arrested in the Tennessee House gallery for apparently protesting. Photos by John Partipilo.
Note that @keshaunpearson.bsky.social has been a major force behind MCAP Memphis Community Against Pollution, fighting Musk's methane spewing, freshwater guzzling xAI. @ us if anyone sees a bail fund we can help promote.
WATCH: “BRUTALITY!” Video of MEMPHIS PD violently escalating & pepper-spraying orange-vested #NoKings protest organizers downtown — with Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social @keshaunpearson.bsky.social @jbsmileyjr.bsky.social and others right there to witness it. 🎥 www.instagram.com/reel/DWdR__f...
WATCH: “A CLEAR FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP.” County Commission candidate @keshaunpearson.bsky.social rips Memphis Police for attacking #NoKings protest leaders, invoking a history of brutality that goes back beyond MLK’s days, and saying the pattern in MEMPHIS must end now.
OpenAI has plotted a turn towards defense contracting since at least early 2024, first erasing its prohibitions on military use of their models, and then turning towards the revolving door to buy influence with the Pentagon by hiring defense insiders, our @henryburke.bsky.social writes
The Lever@levernews.com · 4mo agoOpenAI didn’t just suddenly start working with the Pentagon. They spent the last couple years hiring people from the Defense Department, national security agencies, and Capitol Hill, and then not long after landed a $200 million military contract.
Insightful & timely evaluation of the current climate Black History & Black storytellers are in and what we stand to lose. Phenomenal, Rachael Payton. Link: dream.org/news-article...
The Erasure Of Black History, Media, And America’s Capacity For Empathy | Dream.Org
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Obviously cannot talk about this without mentioning - @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social @txsharon.bsky.social - @keshaunpearson.bsky.social @selc.bsky.social
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last yr.Utterly stunning @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social optical gas imaging video from the site of Musk's massive new fossil power station fuelling the Grok text generation engine on X @nickcunningham.bsky.social's full write-up here - must-read gasoutlook.com/analysis/xai... All this for a crappy chatbot.
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Midweek Mythbuster: Powering Progress with Integrity — Communities & Grid Stability Must Come First · Dream.Org
We’re excited to kick off 2026 with our first **Midweek MythBuster** of the year as part of our campaign, **Stop Toxic Tech: Green the Grid**. We’ll be digging into grid transmission, a crucial piece ...
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