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erronis

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2. It's crazy. We'll run out of water and electricity but we'll have tons of dead and useless computers.
Tue May 26, 2026, 05:27 PM
Tuesday

The e-waste will be overwhelming.

The loss of jobs for humans will be devastating.

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Erin Brockovich Maps Data Centers [View all] littlemissmartypants Tuesday OP
K & R for visibility malaise Tuesday #1
It's crazy. We'll run out of water and electricity but we'll have tons of dead and useless computers. erronis Tuesday #2
And a supposed "silicon god" we have to continously back check. paleotn Tuesday #14
God Bless Erin Brockovich! calimary Tuesday #3
Wow check out her interactive map on her website FakeNoose Tuesday #4
Not a damn one of them in VT. paleotn Tuesday #15
If only they could have stopped BaronChocula 13 hrs ago #19
Exactly!!! paleotn 10 hrs ago #20
Note how many proposed sites are in already water stressed areas...nt Wounded Bear Tuesday #5
Putting one in the Wasatch Valley is insanity. maxsolomon Tuesday #6
These things MUST BE REGULATED like crazy. The harm they are going to do is just insane if left to run rampant n/t Cheezoholic Tuesday #7
If this shit isn't banned or (at the VERY least) heavily regulated--which sure as fuck isn't happening under fascism-- Karasu Tuesday #8
This is why they've been getting regulation, piece by piece, since Nixon and Reagan. slightlv Tuesday #11
Did you mean "gutting"? OMGWTF 14 hrs ago #16
Anyone clamoring to deport AI? IronLionZion Tuesday #9
I just did a quick scan of the map, but it seems obvious slightlv Tuesday #10
Oh, boy, they woke the sleeping tiger. Joinfortmill Tuesday #12
I passed her in a hallway once BaronChocula Tuesday #13
I'm still sketchy about exactly who is going to be leasing time in these data centers... Hugin 14 hrs ago #17
An awful lot in WI around Lake Michigan Figarosmom 14 hrs ago #18
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