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Karasu

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8. If this shit isn't banned or (at the VERY least) heavily regulated--which sure as fuck isn't happening under fascism--

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 06:34 PM

23 hrs ago

there is NO positive outcome here for anyone but billionaires.

Not for the environment, average people’s finances, human health, democracy, education…the list goes on and on.

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Erin Brockovich Maps Data Centers [View all] littlemissmartypants Yesterday OP

K & R for visibility malaise Yesterday #1

It's crazy. We'll run out of water and electricity but we'll have tons of dead and useless computers. erronis Yesterday #2

And a supposed "silicon god" we have to continously back check. paleotn 22 hrs ago #14

God Bless Erin Brockovich! calimary 23 hrs ago #3

Wow check out her interactive map on her website FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #4

Not a damn one of them in VT. paleotn 22 hrs ago #15

If only they could have stopped BaronChocula 1 hr ago #19

Note how many proposed sites are in already water stressed areas...nt Wounded Bear 23 hrs ago #5

Putting one in the Wasatch Valley is insanity. maxsolomon 23 hrs ago #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 23 hrs ago #7

If this shit isn't banned or (at the VERY least) heavily regulated--which sure as fuck isn't happening under fascism-- Karasu 23 hrs ago #8

This is why they've been getting regulation, piece by piece, since Nixon and Reagan. slightlv 22 hrs ago #11

Did you mean "gutting"? OMGWTF 2 hrs ago #16

Anyone clamoring to deport AI? IronLionZion 23 hrs ago #9

I just did a quick scan of the map, but it seems obvious slightlv 22 hrs ago #10

Oh, boy, they woke the sleeping tiger. Joinfortmill 22 hrs ago #12

I passed her in a hallway once BaronChocula 22 hrs ago #13

I'm still sketchy about exactly who is going to be leasing time in these data centers... Hugin 2 hrs ago #17

An awful lot in WI around Lake Michigan Figarosmom 2 hrs ago #18