Miguel Dobrich
@migueldobrich.bsky.social
Journalist and educator based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founder of Dobcast and Amenaza Roboto (@amenazaroboto.bsky.social). 2024 & 2023 Pulitzer Center grantee. Oxford Climate Journalism Network alum. 2018 Tow-Knight Fellow.
It was a pleasure hosting 8 @schmidtsciences.bsky.social Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications winners last week! We explored a range of climate and environmental topics during Metcalf's workshop for journalists at @universityofri.bsky.social and @urigso.bsky.social
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Miguel Dobrich@migueldobrich.bsky.social · 2mo ago"Google’s Neighbors – How Uruguay approved the largest data center in its history" Read @amenazaroboto.bsky.social's investigation in: ▪️🇪🇸 amenazaroboto.com/los-vecinos-... ▪️🇬🇧 amenazaroboto.com/googles-neig... ▪️🇵🇹 amenazaroboto.com/os-vizinhos-... #DataCenters #EIA cc @pulitzercenter.org
Honored to be part of this wonderful group. I'm really looking forward to the workshop, to learning from everyone, and to strengthening the work we do at @amenazaroboto.bsky.social. Thank you, @metcalfuri.bsky.social and @schmidtsciences.bsky.social!
Thank you, Celia Tsigka and #Wired Greece, for the interview and for sharing @amenazaroboto.bsky.social's investigation with your readers. Hope our methodology is useful for your communities. Σας ευχαριστούμε πολύ! 🇺🇾🤝🇬🇷 cc @pulitzercenter.org wired.com.gr/article/dyo-...
Δυο δημοσιογράφοι μετρούν πόση ζέστη βγάζουν τα δεδομένα μας - WIRED Greece
Μια έρευνα μετράει την θερμότητα των servers από το διάστημα, αποδεικνύοντας ότι οι «θερμικές νησίδες» είναι πιο επικίνδυνες από όσο νομίζουμε.
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🎉 Thrilled to share that my friend and colleague at @amenazaroboto.bsky.social, @gabrielfarias.bsky.social, and I won the Catalyst Grant (back to back)! Can't wait to share what we're building. Thanks to @schmidtsciences.bsky.social and @ucscscicomm.bsky.social for believing in our work!
Congrats to the NY Knicks and, of course, to my dear New York friends. Hope you celebrate and truly enjoy this moment with your loved ones. You deserve it. And my respect goes out to the #Spurs team, they have a bright future ahead of them. #NBAFinals #Knicks #NBAChampions
Using 25 years of free satellite imagery, we built a model that isolates the heat signature of servers — filtering out climate warming and land use changes. #DataCenters #HeatIsland 👇🤖
Amenaza Roboto @amenazaroboto.bsky.social · 4mo ago"The Heat Behind the Cloud" Twenty-five years of satellite imagery reveal that the Antel data center in Pando generates a heat island visible from space. Eleven kilometers away, Google is building another center several times bigger: amenazaroboto.com/the-heat-beh... cc @pulitzercenter.org
"Google’s Neighbors – How Uruguay approved the largest data center in its history" Read @amenazaroboto.bsky.social's investigation in: ▪️🇪🇸 amenazaroboto.com/los-vecinos-... ▪️🇬🇧 amenazaroboto.com/googles-neig... ▪️🇵🇹 amenazaroboto.com/os-vizinhos-... #DataCenters #EIA cc @pulitzercenter.org
I can’t overstate how intellectually stimulating it is to read @shannonmattern.bsky.social, @nannathylstrup.bsky.social, Carolina Aguerre, and @bprainsack.bsky.social. Thank you all for such remarkable work. Required reading.
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Flo Grattarola@flograttarola.bsky.social · 3mo ago📢 Uruguay #Biodiversidata invita al taller teórico-práctico de dos días “Gestión y publicación de datos de biodiversidad”. 📅 lunes 8 y martes 9 de junio, 2026 🕤 9:30 a 15:30 hs 📍 CURE (Universidad de la República), Maldonado Inscripciones forms.gle/LXT3NYfTq4SC... (hasta el 1 de junio) @gbif.org
And soon in Portuguese too! 🤖🖖
Miguel Dobrich@migueldobrich.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Google's Neighbors - How Uruguay approved the largest data center in its history" @amenazaroboto.bsky.social Read our investigation in English: amenazaroboto.com/googles-neig... And in Spanish: amenazaroboto.com/los-vecinos-... cc @pulitzercenter.org #DataCenters #EIA #EIS #Uruguay
You can read our full investigation in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. 👇🤖👇
Amenaza Roboto @amenazaroboto.bsky.social · 4mo ago"The Heat Behind the Cloud" Twenty-five years of satellite imagery reveal that the Antel data center in Pando generates a heat island visible from space. Eleven kilometers away, Google is building another center several times bigger: amenazaroboto.com/the-heat-beh... cc @pulitzercenter.org
"Google's Neighbors - How Uruguay approved the largest data center in its history" @amenazaroboto.bsky.social Read our investigation in English: amenazaroboto.com/googles-neig... And in Spanish: amenazaroboto.com/los-vecinos-... cc @pulitzercenter.org #DataCenters #EIA #EIS #Uruguay
Amigas e amigos do 🇧🇷, 🇵🇹, 🇦🇴, 🇲🇿, 🇨🇻, 🇬🇼, 🇸🇹, 🇬🇶, 🇹🇱 e 🇲🇴: vocês já podem ler a mais recente investigação da @amenazaroboto.bsky.social em português, “O calor por trás da nuvem”, graças à tradução do grande @diogoarod.bsky.social. amenazaroboto.com/o-calor-por-... cc @pulitzercenter.org #DataCenters
O calor por trás da nuvem
Vinte e cinco anos de imagens de satélite revelam que o data center da Antel, em Pando, gera uma ilha de calor visível do espaço. A 11 quilômetros dali, o Google constrói outro, muito maior.
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Amenaza Roboto @amenazaroboto.bsky.social · 4mo ago"The Heat Behind the Cloud" Twenty-five years of satellite imagery reveal that the Antel data center in Pando generates a heat island visible from space. Eleven kilometers away, Google is building another center several times bigger: amenazaroboto.com/the-heat-beh... cc @pulitzercenter.org
Sadly, in light of today's announcement that #RightsCon has been cancelled, I'm sharing here the investigation we did at @amenazaroboto.bsky.social, which I was planning to present there: amenazaroboto.com/the-heat-beh...
RightsCon@rightscon.org · 4mo agoIt is with heavy hearts that we share: RightsCon will not proceed in Zambia or online.
Great journalism and this method of measuring heat islands caused by data centers can be replicated. Thanks for sharing @migueldobrich.bsky.social !
Amenaza Roboto @amenazaroboto.bsky.social · 4mo ago"The Heat Behind the Cloud" Twenty-five years of satellite imagery reveal that the Antel data center in Pando generates a heat island visible from space. Eleven kilometers away, Google is building another center several times bigger: amenazaroboto.com/the-heat-beh... cc @pulitzercenter.org
As the AI boom pushes data centers into every corner of the planet, the land pays a cost no one was measuring. 3/3 The full story 👇 www.amenazaroboto.com/the-heat-beh...
The Heat Behind The Cloud
Twenty-five years of satellite imagery reveal that the Antel data center in Pando generates a heat island visible from space. Eleven kilometers away, Google is building another center several times bi...
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"The Heat Behind the Cloud" Twenty-five years of satellite imagery reveal that the Antel data center in Pando generates a heat island visible from space. Eleven kilometers away, Google is building another center several times bigger: amenazaroboto.com/the-heat-beh... cc @pulitzercenter.org
Hype is a powerful force shaping not only technology, but also politics, the economy, culture, and our perception of progress. Proud of this free tool, open to anyone interested in overpromising in tech and how to navigate it in a clickbait driven attention economy.
@hypestudies.bsky.social · 4mo agoWe created a Hype Literacy course for journalists with @akademie.dw.com 🔥Also relevant for educators, policymakers, and researchers interested in how tech narratives shape public understanding. Great work by Jascha Bareis, @imaginaries.bsky.social @klingebeil.bsky.social ▶️ shorturl.at/bDJU4
The application period for our 2026 SciComm Excellence Awards is now open. These awards honor science communicators, journalists, and researchers who communicated issues or advances in science, engineering, and medicine in 2025. Learn more and apply by April 3: https://ow.ly/HpTP50YoiIy
Hic Sunt Dracones #SodaStereo x Draco Rosa 🐲🐉 #ElNorteEsElSur open.spotify.com/track/4MTSns...
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Ireland's @thejournal.ie asked me to write about the Washington Post. I wrote its obituary--and mass media's. Don't save it. Replace it. From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media jrnl.ie/6950317
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media
Layoffs, billionaires and political capture are hollowing out legacy news, and it’s difficult to see what will come next, writes Jeff Jarvis.
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As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, we’re excited to launch a new way to explore Center-supported stories: our interactive Story Map. With this tool, you can virtually travel around the world and discover reporting through the years. 👉 bit.ly/PCStoryMap
I’ve been lucky enough to get to know these brilliant scientists—deeply thoughtful, generous, and committed. Seeing people I admire and care about represented this way is genuinely moving 👏👏👏
SciComm Excellence@scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org · 7mo agoScience isn’t just about equations and experiments, it’s an inherently creative way of understanding the world. @cbo.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, @onlinekyne.bsky.social, @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social, and @joelbervell.bsky.social share how creativity drives discovery: youtu.be/ID480ACTu50
Happy New Year ✨ Grateful for the people and conversations that made this year meaningful — even when it was challenging. Here’s to curiosity, gratitude, and building things that matter in 2026. 🥂🖖
"Build Your Own Climate-Finance GPT" A zero-trust protocol for journalists, in English and Spanish: amenazaroboto.com/climate-fina... This project was carried out through the Catalyst Grant, an initiative by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social and UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program.
I think we could all benefit from some D’Angelo today. open.spotify.com/track/5LIwaG...
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