Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last mo.

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

Just announced: OpenAI plans to lease a 9.2 gigawatt 100% fossil-fuelled data centre on Ohio. Its emissions will be between 20 - 37 MTCO2-e - somewhere between the total grid emissions of France -> Netherlands As much GHGs as 9.5 average coal plants. Will raise US total emissions by 0.5%

OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models. OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so. A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.

Soros calomnié dans une série de 5 articles dans Le Figaro. Un symbole supplémentaire de la bascule de la droite conservatrice traditionnelle dans le camp des ennemis de la société ouverte

Nicolas Hénin@nicolashenin.net · 10mo ago

Droit de réponse de George Soros, dans Le Figaro du jour.

I am biased but I don’t think there is a better website on the internet today than TheOnion.com.

Ce post sur Trump a donc valu à son auteur de se faire suspendre de BlueSky 🤷‍♂️

Frank_Black@blackelpis.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Franchement son post n’était pourtant que le descriptif de la réalité …

C'était donc vrai : le Wauquisme menace la liberté académique !

What do marketers do? What is the sociology of marketing about? Could this cultural and behavioural engineering, historically constructed to promote affluent consumption, be geared towards sufficiency? Some clues in this blog post, and longer answers in the book! www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/...

Marketing: A Sociological Approach - Polity

by Kevin Mellet Marketing, which brings together a vast range of professions, know-how and devices, extends its hold over us. But what is marketing? How has it been constructed, disseminated and impos...

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Come to America, students of the world, and learn about our great democratic traditions and commitment to free speech! But be careful — with a technology that would make Orwell blush, Little Marco will be watching your every word.

Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media

The order comes as President Trump expands deportation efforts, including of students who have spoken out in support of Palestinians during Israel’s war in Gaza.

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✊ ✊ ✊ Ce jeudi 3 avril, je participe à la marche #StandUpForScience dans le cadre du Printemps des campus et de la recherche. A cette occasion, des rassemblements sont organisés en France et dans le monde. Pour Paris, le rendez-vous est à 10h, devant Jussieu ! standupforscience.fr/la-journee-d...

“American techno-fascism is no longer a philosophical abstraction for Silicon Valley to tinker with,” chaykak.bsky.social writes. “It is a policy program whose constitutional limits are being tested right now as DOGE . . . rampages through the federal government.”

Techno-Fascism Comes to America

The historic parallels that help explain Elon Musk’s rampage on the federal government.

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I fear that this is a low estimate. For example, these numbers don’t count the long-term damage of cutting programs that foster stability in war torn regions or promote climate resilience in areas hit by climate change.

Bill McKay@mckay4senate.bsky.social · last yr.

The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB

Synthèse (par @politico.com) de ce discours lunaire : « Trump appelle à emprisonner ses opposants ». Et pour parfaire la panoplie du parfait tyran, a déshumanisé ses adversaires en les qualifiant de « vermine ». (Vertige)

Trump calls for imprisoning his opponents in bellicose speech at Justice Department

For more than an hour, he delivered an insult-laden speech that shattered the traditional notion of DOJ independence.

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Nicolas Hervieu@nicolas.eurosky.social · last yr.

La « liberté d'expression », à la sauce Trump (énième épisode, ad nauseam). Dans un discours lunaire au département de la Justice, il déclare... « illégales » deux chaînes nationales de télévision. Uniquement car il considère qu'elles « disent du mal » de lui & aident ses opposants politiques.

À lire : Avis en ligne : la guerre des étoiles avec Kevin Mellet à propos des notes et avis de consommateurs sur les restaurants. Un article paru dans Le Fooding. 👉 lefooding.com/hors-menu/av...

Avis en ligne : la guerre des étoiles

Dans un métier où les réputations se défont plus vite qu’un cran de ceinture après un bon repas, les restaurateur·rices ont une bête noire : les évaluations profanes que sont les avis en ligne.

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