Are data centers monuments to technofascism or simply a way to pull the pin in the penultimate climate change grenade? Could be both. Anyway, here's the NYT talking about AI-powered air pollution.
Ted Fickes
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I run Bright+3 which provides content, community and fundraising strategy to nonprofit leaders. I also run the Future Community newsletter and jobs list. All that and more at https://brightplus3.com
It is infuriating to hear people cheer the wrong metrics... success isn't measured by how many people are on food stamps, the metric should be HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING HUNGRY.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRollins: "For those who love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be on food stamps, it's a pretty big win when we've moved 5 million people off food stamps, y'all."
Public comment matters, folks!
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2d agoExclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...
"It’s these rich realms of pulp that often blend science with mythology, romance, and heroism, where the genre can find new life." www.typebarmagazine.com/revisiting-t...
Revisiting the Past: Can Pulp Save Science Fiction?
Sci-fi started out as pulp. Should it return to its roots?
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A major wildland interface fire event currently happening in Spokane. Level 3 evacuations for areas in front of a fast-moving wildfire. Level 3 means GO!! This is a life-threatening event. Do not wait!!! #OldTrailsFire
Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is, unfortunately, turning into a dull-fledged wildfire disaster based on the verified reports I've seen.
Well, it's official...Denver just hit 90° for the 28th time this month, setting a new record for most 90-degree days for any month on record. Old record: 27 days (July 1964 + 2012). #COwx
👀 Useful thread for anyone running a small(ish) biz online. Which is almost everyone these days. Amirite? A lot of bits and pieces here are good info for nonprofit and news comms/digital strategy folks, too.
Lex Roman@lexroman.com · 5d agoIt's the end of the week and I'm stuck at home recovering from illness so let's recap this week in small business, shall we? Every week, I pull the most important stories small business owners need to know. Here's what I flagged this week...
So many awesome artists have signed our pledge to boycott venues that use AI surveillance in the last week! Don't see your fave band? Send this to them! Recent signers: AJJ Apes of the State Dame Fai Laci Judy Chicago Jolie Holland Juan Alderete Pedro the Lion SOJI Veronica Swift Xiu Xiu +++
Ban Facial Recognition at Live Events
Artists and venues take the pledge: no facial recognition at shows.
banfacialrecognition.com
AI has ruined image search. Soooo much AI generated slop - and so many people using it on real articles, news releases, corporate propaganda. It's pretty much impossible to find anything real.
The destruction of FIFA, the World Cup and international soccer in general is just another example of how Trump destroys everything he (and his family) touches. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...
Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 national associations
UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.
uefa.com
keep thinking about the evil of this. It's not just destroying the physical books, bad as that is. They are trying to remove the underpinnings of knowledge, destroy all the accumulated wisdom - and silliness, and creativity, and whatever else humans have thought worthy of writing down.
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
Backstory on the Melat Kiros campaign that beat Diana DeGette via @coloradotimesrecorder.com A lot resonates. Big for me is how the voting landscape has changed (in CO CD 1 but also everywhere) and how this candidate and campaign saw that clearly. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/07/behi...
Behind the Upset: The Team That Helped Melat Kiros to Her Historic Victory
Impossible. Unwinnable. Career-killing. That’s what most of Colorado’s Democratic political establishment thought of the task the MAC Group had set for itself. After all, their candidate would not be ...
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Did you know that people were placing bets on the outcomes of the LA fires last year? @highcountrynews.org's Kylie Mohr talks with Climate-Colored Goggles' @sammyroth.bsky.social about the ethical & real world concerns about prediction market betting.
Data centers are about political power and one must appreciate @davekarpf.bsky.social cutting to the chase and just saying that loud and clear. You can debate the ifs, and hows, and whys...just don't forget its about who has power and what they want with it. davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/the-data-c...
The data center backlash Is working. That's why the New York Times is so concerned.
I have a
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People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.
Adam Sawyer@adamjst.bsky.social · last wk.“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
I was just listening to Olivia Messer talk about what went wrong at The Barbed Wire and one of the things she keep coming back to was: **We should have had a registration wall** Tomorrow, we're going to show you what this is and how to set one up luma.com/9gzma10k
I run a job list called Future Community Jobs. It's a curated list of progressive news and nonprofit jobs. All real. All with salaries. Find it here brightplus3.com/future-commu... And this @heartlandsignal.bsky.social Editor in Chief role looks fab: heartlandsignal.com/jobs/editor-...
Future Community Jobs: Bright+3
Future Community Jobs shares good roles in nonprofit communications and tech, content, journalism, fundraising and more.
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Color me SKEPTICAL, but when I hear that Patreon laid off 20% of the team, I read it as Patreon isn't doing that well. CEO Jack Conte's note says it's not *really* about AI but it also is about AI?
Patreon Lays Off 20 Percent of Its Workforce
In an internal email shared with creators, CEO Jack Conte wrote that AI doesn’t replace human creativity — but it does affect how the company operates.
404media.co
Bumping this for the late crowd. It's remote so you can work from anywhere. We're looking for someone with acumen, someone who gets digital, someone who can build a digital team. If that's you, reach out.
Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio)@kleinman.bsky.social · 2w agoAre you a journalist? Have you worked as one for 5 years and have leadership experience? Do you want to earn 6 figures and have health insurance? Do you have good political acumen? Do you want to be my boss? If so, I have the job for you heartlandsignal.com/jobs/editor-...
“Almost always, protesters are ridiculed by the general public until more and more people see the wisdom of their protest and choose to join in. That is the real American Way.”
Luke Epplin@lukeepplin.bsky.social · 2w agoThis quote is from an interview with the UCLA alumni site (late posting the link because of a very sick child in the house): alumni.ucla.edu/qa-with-kare...
Love this "Climate Headlines from the Future" from @sammyroth.bsky.social. Hard to pick a fave. Maybe "It’s official: More people bike in L.A. than Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Paris combined" or "Last U.S. coal plant shut down ahead of schedule due to spiraling maintenance costs" << def possible
Sammy Roth@sammyroth.bsky.social · 2w agoI asked readers of CLIMATE-COLORED GOGGLES to send me the headlines they want to see in 2036. Got tons of amazing entries, picked 12 of my favorites and created a poll. Time to vote, come join the fun! www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/vote-headl...
A few Republicans in Congress could stop this at any time, even though New York Times doesn't want to admit it. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
G.O.P. Boxed In on Iran War as Trump Sidelines Congress
Republicans now face a worst-case political scenario of being asked to fund an unpopular war over which they have exercised little oversight.
nytimes.com
few things radicalize me more than this we are the richest, most powerful, most abundant nation on earth failing to feed our own hungry people is an abomination it is immoral and ought to be punished by any cosmic principle of justice
Andrew Russeth@russeth.bsky.social · 2w ago"Four months into an appeal, Ms. McDonald, a cancer survivor who weighs 69 pounds, bustles to food banks, stretches ground turkey with oatmeal, and skips meals to feed three teenage boys." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
Iowa's long-simmering water problem has finally begun to boil over. And in a state long dominated by Republicans, the motivating power of tainted water and rising cancer rates could give Dems an opening in the midterms. Read our report with @thefern.org👇 politi.co/4fccp0F
When you read your next "old white guys at a small town diner bitching about things" piece in a national news piece remember that it's the world's largest corporations that hold all the power and could care less about the people in those small towns. www.denverpost.com/2026/07/19/c...
A labor lockout in rural Colorado has a town asking: How do we survive?
“This is the type of thing that could be a generational event,” Fort Morgan City Manager Brent Nation said of the Cargill lockout.
denverpost.com
FULLTIME! Denver Summit have won 2-1! Lindsey Heaps debut. Centennial Stadium opener. A win after Colorado native Sophia Wilson puts you down a goal. Other than the heat, A PERFECT DAY FOR DENVER SUMMIT! #TogetherWeClimb
Two U.S. service members were killed in an Iranian strike on Jordan on Friday, US Central Command just announced. One other is missing and four others wounded. Story coming soon.
New from 404 Media: ICE plans to pay Thomson Reuters $125 million for data to investigate what it calls 'voters fraud'. News comes day after Trump laying the groundwork to undermine the midterms. ICE says Thomson Reuters can continuously track millions of people. www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-t...
ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’
A new procurement record says ICE wants access to personal data, including names, Social Security numbers, and ethnicity, to investigate in part what the agency calls “voters fraud.” It also plans to ...
404media.co
Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development
