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“Our age of bronze is collapsing” 🫠🫠🫠

The new Neuromancer adaptation feels off. The look is too clean, the people too pretty, and somehow it’s the wrong color.

Is it carbon monoxide

Cosmic Marvel@dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The villain of ‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’ is described as “a powerful villain no one can even see.” (via spidermanbrandnewday.movie/synopsis/)

It’s capitalism.

Cosmic Marvel@dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The villain of ‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’ is described as “a powerful villain no one can even see.” (via spidermanbrandnewday.movie/synopsis/)

This is the entire world economy.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Elon Musk has become the first trillionaire in history.

The Knicks winning is somehow a fuck you to AI data centers.

Agreed. This is a winning issue. And it’s not even entirely about the structures themselves or their energy use. “Data center” has become an affective trigger signaling the ever-growing pile of inequalities and injustices foisted upon the working class by billionaire robber barons.

Jess Piper@piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I talk to a lot of folks in real life about data centers. I have never run into even one who supports them, aside from the folks sent to our towns to sell them to us. Dems should lean into this. The Rs are generally in favor of letting corporations steal our water and power and quality of life.

Stop taking their insane claims at face value. For one, space isn’t “cold.” It’s a vacuum. Cooling in space isn’t “free” as Musk et al. claim because there’s no medium (like an atmosphere) to move the heat. The ISS uses a dual-loop system of water and ammonia to convert heat to infrared radiation.

Semafor@semafor.com · 2mo ago

Building data centers in space could be cost-effective by the early 2030s. www.semafor.com/article/06/1...

Honestly, this makes sense. We need more luddite-inflected country music opposing data centers. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Brad Paisley criticizes data center planned next to Nashville Zoo

The petition, created by the zoo’s communications team, has 331,824 signatures and 126,599 shares.

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It didn’t have to be this way. The current data center heat issue is not just a material problem but an epistemic one that stems in part from debates at The Macy Conferences that led to the omission of heat and materiality from early foundations of information theory. meson.press/wp-content/u...

Mél Hogan / The Data Fix@melhogan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

www.theenergymix.com/breaking-ole...

“Americans speaking out against artificial intelligence data centers on social media are falling under police surveillance, a confidential law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Intercept reveals.”

Philly Cops Admit That They’re Tracking “First Amendment Activity” Critical of AI

A law enforcement document obtained by The Intercept shows police scan social media looking for posts opposing AI data centers.

theintercept.com

I know that almost no one in the US really loves thinking about The Bus, but our new report from @cplusc.bsky.social and @jstehlin.bsky.social is outstanding. It would be pretty cheap and easy for many cities across the US to make buses fast and free, reducing emissions and costs for working people

Fast and Free Buses Can Work in NYC and Beyond

New report shows how bus transit can quickly lower costs and emissions across the US

climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com

This is really the only correct take here about ai-generated media.

Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa@benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I continue to think about Kracauer's claim that you can see the encroaching fascism in Weimar Germany in the extensive use of sets rather than location shooting. In his account, this was indicative of a society that could not face even momentary contact with unplanned or uncertain events.

Everyone wants to know where the party is, and it’s here: The NCCS data center proposal meeting at Massena Town Hall

Very excited for this workshop tomorrow! Our LandSeaSky team is on Haida Gwaii doing a series of workshops and talks on local internet infrastructure and the specter of AI hovering over futures of creativity and connection.

What I wish for everybody to remember when Canvas comes back online: The reason OUR data can be held for ransom is because Instructure, their owners (KKR private equity & Dragoneer venture capital), & our own employers (see ASU Atomic) monetize it. It's Canvas that hacked education & stole our IP.

Tita Chico@titachico.bsky.social · 3mo ago

who could have imagined that it wasn't a good idea to have a nearly ubiquitous educational platform run by for-profit tech? @mattseybold.bsky.social is who! (yep, Canvas is down, hacked, stick a fork in it)

Ever since my first Discman, I’ve always wanted my headphones to have shitty pervert cameras in them, so this is great news 🫠 www.engadget.com/2167325/im-a...

I'm already dreading Apple's camera-equipped AirPods - Engadget

Must everything be part of the panopticon?

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lol academia is so completely captured. This is a joke.

Lisa Messeri@lmesseri.bsky.social · 3mo ago

USC said "it would use a *venture capitalist’s* $200 million donation to apply AI across academic disciplines." "The donation... came from Mark and Mary Stevens. Stevens... is among the largest individual shareholders of the chip giant Nvidia, where he has spent decades on the board." Screaming.

The concept of data centers (distinct from libraries, archives, etc) emerged during the Cold War, referring to statistical agencies utilizing mainframe computing. Outcry over the proposed centralization of these agencies (and their surveillance capabilities) led directly to the 1974 Privacy Act.

a rainbow and a star with the words " make you know " on it

ALT: a rainbow and a star with the words " make you know " on it

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Chris Alexander@chrisa327.bsky.social · 3mo ago

They call them "data centers" because “mass-surveillance centers” would be harder to sell.

👀👀👀

Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This new pod from some long-time data center organizers looks great. The Hum: a podcast about who controls the future, featuring interviews with people fighting the march of AI and data centers into every aspect of our lives. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The data center rebellion is just the start, or it should be. Rather than impeding AI governance, this is where good, truly democratic AI governance begins. A look at who's fighting data centers, why, and how a working class resistance can lay the groundwork for a better AI politics:

The data center rebellion is only the beginning

And it's precisely what democratic governance of AI looks like.

bloodinthemachine.com

Other than obscene amounts of capital, there is little meaningful distinction between this vision and any other religious doomsday cult.

Mél Hogan / The Data Fix@melhogan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

www.truthdig.com/articles/sam... via @xriskology.bsky.social

Leave it to a democrat to veto a wildly popular referendum banning something that no one in their state wants. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Maine Governor Mills Vetoes Statewide Data Center Moratorium

Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoed what would have been the first statewide freeze on large data center development, saying it would hurt a part of Maine in need of an economic boost.

bloomberg.com

Another word for this is “murder”

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 4mo ago

RFK Jr. just said HHS is "cleaning up the risk pool" (i.e., people who are unhealthy) to bring down healthcare costs.

The ubiquity of smart glasses depends largely on the off-chance that they won’t be widely used to sexually harass women, but that currently seems to be their primary purpose.

KTLA 5@ktla.com · 4mo ago

Snapchat bets on smart glasses as the future

Have you ever felt like your favorite pasta sauce had too little electronic surveillance? If so, you’re in luck!

WIRED@wired.com · 4mo ago

The pasta-sauce company has partnered with the nonprofit StoryCorps on a device designed to record family conversations around the table and save them for all time. www.wired.com/story/prego-...

Everything is slop deadline.com/2026/04/fern...

'Ferngully' Returns As Live-Action Pic; Marielle Heller To Direct For Amazon MGM

Amazon MGM Studios has set 'FernGully' as a live-action film based on the 1992 animated 'FernGully: The Last Rainforest.' Marielle Heller is set to direct.

deadline.com

The fact that Geese is getting cancelled because their label hired a digital marketing team is hilarious. What were they supposed to do?

Do you live near a data center? Do you know anyone who lives near a data center? I want to talk to you! jael@heatmp.news