@wa-air.bsky.social
WA-AIR brings together community members, environmental advocates, technologists, and organizers to advocate for responsible governance of both artificial intelligence and the infrastructure that powers it.
@sanho.bsky.socialReposted by @wa-air.bsky.socialThis horror is less than a mile from where I grew up. Don’t let this happen to your community.
@ketanjoshi.coReposted by @wa-air.bsky.socialIt has been really, really, eye-opening to learn from the folks opposing Google's data centres in vizag (Visakhapatnam). You can feel how it plugs into the wider political context in India. These activists are brave beyond belief
@wa-air.bsky.socialUhhhhh. Thank you @mayor.seattle.gov and @council.seattle.gov for doing what you can to protect us from this absolute dystopian BS!
@slop-machine.bsky.socialReposted by @wa-air.bsky.socialA confused cooler carrying a lukewarm burrito t-boning a two-ton autonomous sedan is the exact pinnacle of civilization Silicon Valley promised us.
@meidotwav.bsky.socialReposted by @wa-air.bsky.socialtreat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
@jlappen1.bsky.socialReposted by @wa-air.bsky.socialWhile testifying to state regulators I did the back-of-envelope math on what it takes for a 100 MW data center to keep its diesel backup generators online in an emergency and ~2 trucks an hour is standard there. Really underappreciated piece of the overall impact picture.
@ketanjoshi.coReposted by @wa-air.bsky.socialOracle is sending 30 TRUCKS OF GAS A DAY to one of its data centres due to delayed gas pipeline
🩻 still waiting for AI to solve climate change🩻
@damonyoung.com.auReposted by @wa-air.bsky.social“My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.” These titans of business. These masters of the universe.
@amzn4climate.bsky.socialReposted by @wa-air.bsky.socialWe figure it’s worth unpacking a bit, even if we never really picked our jaws up off the floor after Garman tried to argue we need data centers to do critical research into how to use less energy. (DC’s are predicted to use up to 17% of US electricity by 2030!)
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@evansutton.bsky.socialReposted by @wa-air.bsky.socialWe just dropped the latest @peoplevsthemachines.com and this one was so much fun. I talked to @raquelwillis.com about technofascism vs gender liberation, and @wewill2026.bsky.social about how the fight against big tech is uniting Michiganders. Check it out: youtu.be/hU-dDA06Azk
@wa-air.bsky.socialAbsolutely this thread. And also: computation is not intelligence, no matter how resourced or networked!
@wa-air.bsky.socialReposted by @wa-air.bsky.socialThis is terrifying. Are we really going to allow it? Asking for a whole lot of (human, animal, plant) friends.
@evaholland.bsky.socialReposted by @wa-air.bsky.socialWhich tech platforms are going to participate in making this happen?
@wa-air.bsky.socialOh HELL no.
@wa-air.bsky.socialThis is terrifying. Are we really going to allow it? Asking for a whole lot of (human, animal, plant) friends.
@ketanjoshi.coReposted by @wa-air.bsky.socialWe have published now two full reports both debunking this claim and shining a new light on the climate impacts of companies like NVIDIA and others who insist on this without evidence.
Public control won't fix this problem - not at all.
@frontandcentered.orgReposted by @wa-air.bsky.social“Some of you standing here today have been called extremists and communists for standing with us,” said Ben Mattice of the Walla Walla Anti-Data Center League. “You are not extremists for wanting transparency. You are not extremists for wanting clean drinking water.” @wa-air.bsky.social
@wa-air.bsky.socialand "learning". Maybe even "human teachers".
@wa-air.bsky.socialHow do we sue them for this?
@wa-air.bsky.socialWe agree—this is a great plan!