Data Center Opponents Push Back Against “Superhuman” AI cleantechnica.com/2025/12/13/d...

AI is coming for the Great Lakes. The "world's most-powerful AI data center" in Wisconsin will gobble up 8.4 billion gallons. Even the average data center uses 300,000 gallons a day. Oh, and they're getting fat tax exemptions. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Sanders Pushes for Moratorium on New AI Data Center Construction Amid Growing Backlash

Lewiston votes down AI data center after public outcry

An anonymous AI company wants to buy Dr. Tim Grosser's family land in Kentucky to build a data center. They offered him up to $8 million dollars, and he refused. They asked him to name his price, and he still refused.

PEOPLE MAG ON MUSK VS. MEMPHIS: “Resident says she can’t open windows anymore because of rotten smell from living near Elon’s data center in BOXTOWN…” No community input. Just vague promises of jobs and investment. @MemphisChamber @mayorpaulyoung people.com/resident-liv...

Find hot data centers near you https://restofworld.org/2025/data-center-heat-map/

WELLS DESK, on this report: ".. Blue Owl is up to its gills in data center exposure. .. lenders are getting stricter .. data center build outs now have another form of headwind that is not related to actual infrastructure build out but rather financial complexities .." www.ft.com/content/84c1...

lolz "Residents packed a city council meeting to watch the data center go down in flames in a 7-0 vote. [Lobbyist Kyrsten] Sinema was nowhere to be found."

Our last episode of the year is a conversation about what resisting ICE has looked like in Chicago, what we've learned, what it's cost, and where we go from here. I'm so grateful to Gabe Gonzalez, Rey Wences, and Jocelyn Walsh for this convo. This one is special to me. Audio + transcript:

“Keep fighting. Do not give up. I wish all of you love and justice. Keep going.” ♥️♥️♥️

Trump has the maturity of a 12-year-old. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Finland's prime minister apologises to Asian nations over racism scandal reut.rs/3L6UY5m

MORE from Jack Smith: "The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts."

BREAKING MS NOW: FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave his job early in the new year and will not be returning to headquarters to work this month, according to eight people briefed on his account. www.ms.now/news/bongino...

🚨 PAN UK’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ reveals the 12 fruit and vegetables most likely to contain residues of 2 or more pesticides, with over 100 different pesticides found in our produce. 🍇 Grapefruit topped the list, followed by grapes, limes and bananas.

Let's connect the dots. College campuses were a primary target of the 1971 conservative plan to destroy liberalism. www.greenpeace.org/usa/democrac...

Magnificent new painting by Christian Faltis.

Indonesia is grappling with severe shortages of food, medicine, and clean water after catastrophic floods and landslides on Sumatra Island. Displacement has risen into the hundreds of thousands www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTnS...

AI data centers produce massive noise pollution, use huge amounts of water and keep us hooked on fossil fuels.

They’ve cost hundreds of billions of dollars so far, and require an incredible amount of energy to operate. @technologyreview.com reporter @caseycrownhart.bsky.social shares the latest news on the boom in data centers to power AI.

Woman aggressively arrested after speaking out against AI data centers

FOIA emails reveal how FBI reviewed and redacted Epstein records have sparked new scrutiny and a public reply from Dan Bongino.

NEW: Here's a rare look behind the scenes at the FBI's review of the Epstein files in March, based on emails I obtained via #FOIA. Dan Bongino was copied on an email related to "guidance on the types of redactions to apply."

To protect the pedophile president, newly released emails obtained through an FOIA request reveal FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino was approached in March to redact and censor the Epstein files. 😳👇

Bongino Scrambles to Explain Epstein Files Redaction Email #EpsteinCoverup www.thedailybeast.com/dan-bongino-... via @thedailybeast

It's over. Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut. www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...

What's the likelihood established local news never reports on this?

There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.

More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here's what Louisville found www.npr.org/sections/sho...

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

Tonight our community members stood with our community. @brianctabatabai.bsky.social asked the West Covina Council to take action and support Tom.

📢 In 2024 alone, the EU exported 120,000 tonnes of banned #pesticides. If they’re too dangerous for Europe, they’re too dangerous for everyone. 📦 Join us as we return them on 📅 2 Dec at 09:00 in front of the European Commission. #ReturnToSender #StopToxicExports

🇧🇪🧑‍⚖️ The Belgian Council of State ruled illegal three authorisations granted to abamectin-based #pesticides, an insecticide highly toxic to the environment and suspected of being genotoxic to humans. Read more here: www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

Or this one www.latimes.com/california/s...

‘A constant fear’: Myanmar nationals face imprisonment back home as US ends protected status

#OtD 28 Nov 1979 mostly Asian women workers at the Chix confectionery factory in Slough, were on strike. They had walked out in October for recognition of their union, and stayed out for eight months until they won stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1004...

I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.

"Who Pays The Price? The Growing Costs of PFAS Pollution" Read the fact sheet about the cost of PFAS pollution created by the West Plains Water Coalition and Department of Ecology of Washington: apps.ecology.wa.gov/publications...

The EPA Is Embracing PFAS Pesticides. These Are The Health Risks

New EPA moves could send more toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” into our food from potatoes to lettuce, while reporting rules are being weakened. A major setback for public health and environmental safety. tinyurl.com/tp9bjefb #PFAS #PublicHealth #ClimateJustice #ClimateAction #RightToHealth #Health

With the disappointing progress at Cop30, evergreen reminder it isn't "we" or "humanity" failing to address the climate crisis — oil-producing nations and fossil fuel interests are actively obstructing action, despite heroic efforts by developing nations, Indigenous peoples, and many, many others.

A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.

3 part episode: Peter Gelderloos on Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution & the UN COP30 in Belém, Brazil; Kaingang shaman & leader, Gah Te Iracema from Porto Alegre; + recap of February's anti-Maersk action in Copenhagen in solidarity with #Palestine thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/11...

Join @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & me online, Monday 11/24 at 3:30pm ET, to talk about where we are in the US struggle for democracy. ash.harvard.edu/events/the-b...

In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content

There's also racial dynamics that's often ignored. It's white figureheads that are often the loudest about remote learning being bad, meanwhile Indigenous and Black kids lost caregivers from Covid at higher rates. And the horrors they faced are almost never mentioned in opinion pieces.

Protest comes as Brazil's leader Lula says COP30 participants should be 'inspired' by Indigenous peoples.

Some powerful images on LinkedIn.