“As we consider these three risks, we don’t have to speculate about how AI data centers might affect Massachusetts. Consider Ireland, a country with a similar population size, where AI has driven a data center boom. Warehouses full of servers are on pace to use one-third of Ireland’s electricity, drawing from fossil-fuel power plants and wind farms alike. That keeps old, dirty plants on the grid, sucks up renewable energy that otherwise would help replace fossil fuels, and drives up costs for everyone. The Irish pay among Europe’s highest electric bills.”

CommonWealth Beacon

The dark side of AI: Climate chaos, pollution, and injustice  - CommonWealth Beacon

Unless we have a seat at the table to set regulations, the AI data center boom will hurt Black and brown frontline communities like mine in Roxbury...

#Ireland #AI #EU #winning

Hey everyone, @npub1n33c...fu06 and I had the honour of speaking to two families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified. They are: • Nour🇵🇸❤️ Future Doctor (@npub1ydtn...qtqz) – note that Nour is Joy’s sister but we have the same process for everyone so we still held the verification call :) • Niveen💝 (@npub1fklh...pdc7) Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same). Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis): gaza-verified.org/donate/ Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support. 💕 #Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

Honest government ad: AI

The Juice Media

Honest Government Ad | AI - The Juice Media

The Government™ has made an ad about the existential threat that AI poses to humanity, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative

#AI #HonestGovernmentAds

Folks, Joy carries out the verification calls for Gaza Verified everyday as a volunteer. Please help support her work and help her take care of her family in Gaza by donating to her fundraiser.

Chuffed

Joy's Voice: Empowering a Gaza Author

To My Dearest Donors,

#GazaVerified #Joy #Gaza #Palestine

Mastodon

Joy (@joynewacc@mastodon.social)

Y’all know me❤️ These days, I’m extremely busy with my household responsibilities: "preparing food, lighting the fire, & tutoring my little...

What life is like for Palestinians from Gaza on centralised, US-based, Big Tech networks like Bluesky (yes, it’s all those things… did something about them make you think otherwise?) #Bluesky #complicity #genocide #israel #BigTech

Mastodon

dalia rezk (@daliarezk@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image @aral@mastodon.ar.al

Hey everyone, @npub1n33c...fu06 and I had the honour of speaking to three families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified. They are: • Dania (@npub1mlnv...qll7) • Heba & her husband Tareq and their family (@npub1j98c...5tdd) • Wafaa and her two adorable daughters, Sham and Aylul (@npub13fwh...nr8k) Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same). Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

Gaza Verified

We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we veri...

Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support. 💕 #Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

• Fossil fuels were not mentioned in the key final decision – petrostates including Saudi Arabia and allies fought fiercely to keep that out. • A commitment to a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels was not part of the formal deal

Fury, confusion and gratitude as climate deal reached in Belém – as it happened | Cop30 | The Guardian

After a series of all-night meetings and fears the summit could collapse, an agreement has been gavelled through at Cop30

Lemmings. #climateChange #aLittleExtinctionNeverHurtAnybody #CopOut #institutionalCorruption #hairlessApesNotSoCleverAfterAll

Oh look, and Signal has just told me that Jack Dorsey has joined Signal. (a) Signal telling people on your contacts that they’ve joined Signal is a privacy violation. (b) When the fuck did I add Jack Dorsey’s number to my contacts? Must’ve been ages ago; don’t even remember meeting him back in the day but it’s possible I guess. 🤷‍♂️ CC @npub1ynlz...873s regarding point a.

If you’re still on Substack, you’re in a Nazi bar. You know who visits Nazi bars? Nazis. #substack #israel #genocide #BigTech #Gaza

Mastodon

Joy (@joynewacc@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Something happened to me recently, and I don't mean to be dramatic, but it's truly a shameful thing. Two days ago, I joined the ...

With friends like Mozilla…

Rewiring Mozilla: Doing for AI what we did for the web | The Mozilla Blog

AI isn’t just another tech trend — it’s at the heart of most apps, tools and technology we use today. It enables remarkable things: new w...

#AI #Mozilla #bullshit