'#DataColonialism': Native Communities Fight #AI #DataCenters on #IndigenousLand

#DemocracyNow, April 22, 2026

"The artificial intelligence industry’s #DataCenter boom is the latest chapter in a long history of #EnvironmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist #KrystalTwoBulls, the executive director of #HonorTheEarth, an Indigenous-led #EnvironmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. We speak to Two Bulls about the myriad impacts of what she calls a 'modern-day iteration' of '#SettlerColonialism,' including #NoisePollution, #cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, #EnergyGrid overload and even '#EcologicalCollapse.' As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, Two Bulls says, 'We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.' "

Read / listen / watch:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/22/krystal_twobulls_indigenous_lands_data_centers

#AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #CorporateColonialism #ResistAI

Who walks through a revolving door with their hand in their pockets?

Also, given their attempt to convince people they are laser focused on serious business, why would they drop cash on a Jony cyber dildo?

The YT poster’s concept is brilliantly executed and absolutely horrific.

#aisucks
#OpenAI

https://youtu.be/cEQG-1_m980?si=mQ80VA-TsDipFzsA

Um, let's give them "some guidance," eh?

Dem Leaders Aren’t Even Bothering to Rally Caucus Against #Trump #DomesticSpying Powers

Grassroots opposition to renewing #Section702 of #FISA is building, thanks in part to fears about #AI used to sort Americans’ data.

Matt Sledge, April 14 2026

"The House of Representatives is set to vote Wednesday on renewing a spy power that grants the Trump administration warrantless access to thousands of Americans’ communications.
While uniting against President Donald Trump on many fronts, Democrats are split on what to do over the domestic spying power — and the party’s leadership isn’t giving much guidance, according to a congressional notice obtained by The Intercept.

[...]

"With leadership silent, progressive activists are trying to step into the void to pressure members. They say Trump’s disregard for the rule of law in his second term means that representatives should only vote for the law with reforms. Government officials have engaged a pattern of abuses at the Justice Department."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/14/democrats-trump-spying-surveillance-fisa-section-702/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/z8V06

#USPol #USSenate #EmailYourSenator #Democrats #DomesticSpying #AISucks #SurveillanceState #PatternOfAbuse

#AI and #Trump -- so much WINNING!

"I saw a lot of Republicans commenting in it last night. Some saying he's just trolling, and others saying it's anti-Christian. When you divide your own party it is self destructive. To me it was a gaudy and juvenile post."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-posts-ai-image-jesus-christ/

#AISucks #TrumpSucks #TrumpIsTheAntiChrist

“Sources tell The Information that Microsoft is confident that it can implement “safer” versions of the tool. The always-on version of 365 Copilot could reportedly do things like monitor a user’s Outlook inbox and calendar and serve up a list of suggested tasks each day”

What could possibly go right?
A shit sandwich, with more shit substituted for bread.

#aisucks

https://www.theverge.com/tech/911080/microsoft-ai-openclaw-365-businesses

Oberlin #Luddites Reject "Year of #AI Exploration" Adopted by School

September 19, 2025

To President Carmen Twillie Ambar and Oberlin Community:

We are drafting this letter to you on a typewriter that is over 70 years old; this is a machine that we know well. With it, we ditch the crutches of spell-check and generative AI, and we think intently about every phrase we pound out. As we force ourselves, for once, to slow down, we engage in an inner dialogue.

Most of us did not enroll at Oberlin in search of superficial perfection, nor of lazy convenience. Rather, we chose it for its quirky individualism and a tangible education — the challenging of our young minds’ potential, not the chasing of institutional “gold-star” approval.

This college, which was built on a legacy of learning and labor, now risks straying from these principles. With ChatGPT at the helm, our emails, essays, and discussion posts will be generated for us. Not by us. And let’s not fool ourselves. This is precisely what these platforms will be used for.

You claim that this year will be one of “experimentation,” not adoption. But even one semester of accepted (even encouraged) chat-bot use will jettison our student body down a lazy, irredeemable tunnel of intellectual destruction.

We see this fetish for efficiency in other ways at this college: in the takeover of our beloved library cafe by a “bookstore” with no books in stock and an app replacing customer service — through automated instead of hand-pulled coffee.

Who gains from this if not the students? Sam Altman of ChatGPT and Sundar Pichai of Gemini may be plying their wares to colleges at low or no cost, but it’s no secret that every engagement with these platforms is an effort in surveillance in which our data is extracted and monetized. President Ambar, as you embark on your year of AI, we’ll embark on our own year of self-actualization — of realizing the fruits of our labor, and of embracing human imperfection and raw inquiry. We reject information technologies operating out of data centers that guzzle water and precious energy sources (and that contradict our campus’ carbon-neutral policy). We will not stand by and witness the further atrophying of our liberal arts education. Rather than strengthening Silicon Valley, we build our own skills and generative sweat. We urge all members of the Oberlin community who feel similarly to join us and sign our “AI-Opt-Out Letter.”

As for you, President Ambar, we ask that you terminate the College’s contract with Google Gemini and OpenAI. Our position may risk disapproval, perceived backwardness, and the outward appearance of naiveté. But let us not ask what the Silicon Valley oligarchs can do for Oberlin students, but what Oberlin students can do for ourselves while we still have the brain capacity to do so.

–The Oberlin Luddite Club

Charlie Mclaughlin, Logan Lane, Mary Claire McGreivey, Simon Puchner-Noel, Marlowe Blantz, and Sawyer Van Dyck

#LudditeClub #OberlinCollege #AISucks #NoAI

And yeah, my workplace just sent out a warning email -- apparently, a lot of my co-workers are using unapproved AI tools to take notes at meetings. Is it intentional? Hmmmm.... (And even the approved tools suck at summarizing things. They leave out important stuff and emphasize trivial details).

#GenZ workers are so fearful #AI will take their job they’re intentionally sabotaging their company’s AI rollout

Story by Jake Angelo , 4/9/2026

Excerpt: "The sabotage entails entering proprietary information into public #AITools, or using unapproved AI tools. Some employees report outright refusing to use AI tools. Others have even admitted to tampering with performance reviews or intentionally generating low-output work to make AI appear less effective.

"As AI becomes ubiquitous across society, many people are growing to hate it. A recent NBC News poll found just 26% of registered U.S. voters have a positive view of AI, while 46% hold a negative view.

"Meanwhile, business leaders and AI experts have issued successive warnings about the threat AI poses to human workers. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said AI could snatch half of entry-level, white-collar jobs, roles many Gen Z workers hold today. Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman issued a similar warning earlier this year, saying all white-collar work could be automated in 18 months."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/smallbusiness/gen-z-workers-are-so-fearful-ai-will-take-their-job-they-re-intentionally-sabotaging-their-company-s-ai-rollout/ar-AA20rAmP

#AISucks #NoAI

So, I remember when Mac computers came onto the scene and everyone could design newsletters, flyers, etc. I knew then that my job as a typesetter would soon become obsolete. I then mastered the Macintosh and learned Quark Express and other graphic design programs. But I was still the one choosing typefaces and arranging things. The #AI takeover is very different than just having better tools -- no human creativity required! I'm not against technology -- but I am against losing human creativity, agency, and critical thinking skills!

#AISucks

‘I want to turn my lights on and off’ shouldn’t be the product of a brainstorm.

Will turning your lights on be for ‘entertainment purposes’ only, in the T&Cs?

#aisucks
#enshittification