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Data is a new frontier of colonisation. No anthropologist should engage with #LLM |s in their research and their teaching. Those who do, continue a dark chapter of our discipline - and they are not even writing it themselves, but have machines do it for them! #datacolonialism #AI

The Stranger In My Body Apr 29

#Technocolonialism, #DigitalColonialism, #DataColonialism, #BodyTerritory, #Transhumanism, #Posthumanism, #HumanAugmentation, #Singularity, #DataHarvesting, #PhysicalReality, #BioEthics, #DigitalSovereignty, #AntiAI, #BookSky, #Bookstodon, #SomaticMaterialism www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2ZJJQ6

ANTI-HARARI: The Anatomy of a ...

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Anti-Harari Apr 29

#Technocolonialism, #DigitalColonialism, #DataColonialism, #BodyTerritory, #Transhumanism, #Posthumanism, #HumanAugmentation, #Singularity, #DataHarvesting, #PhysicalReality, #BioEthics, #DigitalSovereignty, #AntiAI, #BookSky, #Bookstodon, #SomaticMaterialism
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Anti-Harari Apr 28

Yesterday colonialism used maps; today algorithms occupy the human body. Technocolonialism transforms flesh into data fields, relentlessly mining attention and desire, subtly steering behavior. The body loses political agency and autonomy, becoming a profitable marketplace.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2ZJJQ6
#AntiHarari, #Technocolonialism, #Philosophy, #Transhumanism, #Introduction, #BodyTerritory, #DigitalSovereignty, #DataColonialism

Anti-Harari Apr 28

In the thirteenth century, Aquinas wrote that story; he sanctified the ownership of land and the serf’s body by the lord as “divine order.” In the twenty‑first century, Yuval Noah Harari takes on the same task. Only this time, God gives way to Data, and divine order to the Algorithm.
#Technocolonialism, #DigitalColonialism, #DataColonialism, #BodyTerritory, #Transhumanism, #Posthumanism, #HumanAugmentation, #Singularity, #DataHarvesting, #PhysicalReality, #BioEthics, #DigitalSovereignty,

Killer Rabbit 90 Apr 22

"Colossus Failure": Elon Musk's Data Centers Face Lawsuit for Polluting Black Neighborhoods in Memphis http://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/22/memphis_xai_data_center_pollution_keshaun #ToxicElonMusk #AI #DataColonialism #Memphis #RegulateTech #pollution #racism #environment

“Colossus Failure”: Elon Musk’s Data Centers Face Lawsuit for Polluting Black Neighborhoods in Memphis

As tech companies scramble to build massive new data centers to power artificial intelligence, marginalized communities are bearing the brunt of the environmental harms. In Memphis, Tennessee, Elon Musk’s xAI operates over two dozen methane gas-burning turbines without legal permits to power its data centers, Colossus 1 and Colossus 2, polluting the nation’s largest majority-Black city with toxic emissions. The NAACP is suing xAI for violating the Clean Air Act. “We are, unfortunately, a cautionary tale about what will and possibly can happen if you don’t have the right rules and guardrails in place,” says KeShaun Pearson, the executive director of Memphis Community Against Pollution. Pearson says pollution from xAI’s energy generation is already “at a level even higher than our Memphis International Airport.” Meanwhile, the company has created far fewer jobs than it initially promised. “This has been terrible for our region, and it’s terrible for our future, because our community is going to continue to suffer. Our children have the highest rate of ER visits for respiratory illnesses and issues in the state of Tennessee, and it’s only going to continue to get worse.”

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Killer Rabbit 90 Apr 22

"Data Colonialism": Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land http://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/22/krystal_twobulls_indigenous_lands_data_centers #Indigenous #AI #DataColonialism #DataCenters #colonialism #environment

“Data Colonialism”: Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land

The artificial intelligence industry’s data center boom is the latest chapter in a long history of environmental racism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist Krystal Two Bulls, the executive director of Honor the Earth, an Indigenous-led environmental justice 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 “settler colonialism,” including noise pollution, cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, energy grid overload and even “ecological collapse.” 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.”

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MusiqueNow ✡️ 🇵🇸 🌍Apr 22

#FirstNations vs #DataColonialism

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#tech #techbillionairesSUCK

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac0-fBK0LVQ

“Data Colonialism”: Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land

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DoomsdaysCW Apr 22

'#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.' "

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https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/22/krystal_twobulls_indigenous_lands_data_centers

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

“Data Colonialism”: Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land

The artificial intelligence industry’s data center boom is the latest chapter in a long history of environmental racism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist Krystal Two Bulls, the executive director of Honor the Earth, an Indigenous-led environmental justice 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 “settler colonialism,” including noise pollution, cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, energy grid overload and even “ecological collapse.” 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.”

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Catarina

Feb 6

I had this conversation almost one year ago. Sadly things are just worse now.

#DataGrab a great book by @couldrynick and Ulises Mejias , that should should definitely read. #DataColonialism #BigTech

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Ep. 27: Data Grab - The New Colonialism of Big Tech by @Diversify University

In this episode, Catarina Carvalho talks to Professors Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry about their book Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455862/data-grab-by-couldry-ulises-a-mejias-and-nick/9780753560204]. EPISODE NOTES: * Aníbal Quijano (Foundational Essays on the Coloniality of Power [https://www.dukeupress.edu/anibal-quijano]) * Primitive Accumulation of capital * Tierra Común [https://www.tierracomun.net] Professor Ulises A. Mejias is a critical media theorist, recipient of the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship, and a Fulbright Specialist from 2021 to 2025. Professor Nick Couldry is a sociologist of media and culture at the London School of Economics and a Faculty Associate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. * Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ur7mk6rEMUevXdc1sJfq2-MtVOsMawJDpBA3aJ944dVUMTVCTDhHWjdMRDVPN0ZFVUxVNVVVRVNVMC4u]. Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://diversifyingherts.wordpress.com/] and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/ddtupodcast.bsky.social]! Email us with thoughts and feedback: [email protected] Produced by Chris Lloyd, Catarina Carvalho, and Sara de Sousa. Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/-8rjCKYJWu4gg1YH2PhmE?domain=open.spotify.com] or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/5m66CLYKXuQxx3gu5025q?domain=instagram.com]. Edited by Allysa Versoza [https://url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/lc9wCpRJOcoGVxPHPfyCGwA1N?domain=linkedin.com] and Chris Lloyd.