I think #GorhamME needs to fire their town government officials! WTF! Also, if Amazon builds their warehouse, you can bet they'll be pushing for the #GorhamConnector as well, which will bring more #UrbanSprawl!!!

Gorham residents push back against #AmazonWarehouse proposal

by Bonnie Bishop, Feb 26, 2026

GORHAM, #Maine — "Gorham residents are trying to prevent Amazon from becoming their new neighbor as a proposal to build a warehouse in the town continues to loom.

"The backlash comes despite the town already giving the company the green light to build a nearly 160,000 square foot warehouse. An Amazon spokesperson said the new facility would create economic growth in Gorham. [BULLSHIT!!!]

"Dozens of Gorham residents gathered Thursday to air their concerns about the project.

" 'I think that this deal is a bad deal for Gorham. It is going to create a lot of negative impacts for the town,' Gorham resident Josh Trombley said. 'We're not going to see a lot of benefit in terms of tax revenue.'

"Anne Bilodeau lives on Shamrock Drive, right up against where the project is set to be developed. She said she worries about more traffic and noise surrounding the neighborhood she's lived in for over 20 years.

" 'I can't imagine opening a window in the summertime anymore with that back there,' Bilodeau said.

"The Gorham Town Council said yes to Amazon's proposal to buy roughly 94 acres for about $4 million over the summer. The citizens' group, #GorhamUnited, said Amazon hasn't finalized the sale and they see why an opportunity to stop it."

Read more:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/gorham-residents-push-back-against-amazon-warehouse-proposal/70525740

#MainePol #TrafficPollution #NoisePollution #ResistBigTech #ResistAmazon

@pluralistic Just want to say your talk today at the #WebSummit was brilliant.

The most honest and relevant in a nauseating overload of big tech brown-nosing, FOMO-inducing speakers and "AI at all cost" ambassadors.

Just want to say thanks. Your voice, important leadership and message is valued, being heard and heeded by many!

#OpenStandards #OpenSource #ResistBigTech #PrivacyMatters #HumanRightsMatter

So now that both #Apple and #Meta have formally appealed the #DMA fines that are just pocket money for them, can we please start calling those lawsuits for what they are: intimidation similar to #SLAPPs.

They are designed to bind public resources for years, which regulators will lack for enforcing the #DigitalMarketsAct, to intimidate civil servants in the @EUCommission, and to show us that #BigTech is above the law and that we are helpless.

Let's not be intimidated. #ResistBigTech

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What critical online infrastructure is begging for disruption, either via decentralization or just giving non-megacorp alternatives? We've got Fedi, we've got Signal, we've got Tor (all of which also need/deserve support, of course). What do we need next?

Akamai/Cloudflare replacement? Facebook/LinkedIn? (Are they worth replacing? Does Fedi already do enough?) Something else? #ResistBigTech