CBC Top Stories1d ago
Cats are killing a lot of birds
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we get the latest scientific estimate of how many birds cats kill each year; check out the forecast for this year's El Niño; and find out what's in the e-waste Canadians throw out (hint: a lot of good stuff).
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-cats-birds-9.7141192?cmp=rss
CBC Technology Science1d ago
Cats are killing a lot of birds
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we get the latest scientific estimate of how many birds cats kill each year; check out the forecast for this year's El Niño; and find out what's in the e-waste Canadians throw out (hint: a lot of good stuff).
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-cats-birds-9.7141192?cmp=rss
Show threadDoomsdaysCW2d ago

"In a detailed report released last week, titled The Urgent Case Against #DataCenters, #FWW pointed to some of the 'documented harms caused by #AI and data centers,' including:

- Enormous #energy footprints: A single hyperscale data center can consume as much energy as 2 million US households.
- A lifeline for #FossilFuels: The thirst for fuel is being met by keeping old #coal-fired power plants running and by building new natural gas ones. [And restarting old #NuclearPlants]
- Skyrocketing electricity costs: Increased #EnergyDemand can raise residential rates, which soared 31% from 2020 to 2025 (compared to 4% from 2015 to 2020).
- Drained water resources: By 2028, AI data centers could use as much water as 18.5 million households, just for cooling their servers.
- An investment bubble: A handful of companies are investing in one another and increasingly turning to risky debt structures to hide the threat of the bubble.
- A litany of other harms: This includes massive amounts of electronic waste (#EWaste), unrelenting noise pollution, loss of #farmland, political instability from #deepfake videos, lost revenue from data center tax incentives, and #ChildEndangerment from #AI #chatbots."

#NoDatacenters #NoAI
#NoNukesForAI #UnrestrictedGrowth #WaterIsLife #NoisePollution
#AISucks #USPol

openSUSE Linux3d ago
Public Money, Public Code. Millions of working #PCs are being scrapped due to software policy; not hardware failure. #Linux can extend their life, save #taxpayer money, and reduce toxic #ewaste. It's time for smarter policy. #Endof10 https://news.opensuse.org/2026/01/12/software-policies-can-fuel-waste/
Software Policies Can Fuel Waste

A photo posted to Reddit and followup media coverage about computers being discarded in large amounts due to software policies should ignite public concern o...

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Roel 🇺🇦🔻❤💚🏳️‍🌈🍆🍑🦄4d ago
Afval is niet slim! #eWaste #WatHoudtOnsTegen #npo2
Jay 🚩 Mar 21

Happy International Day of Forests. 🌲

While the tech industry burns megawatts and boils millions of gallons of water just to run the latest AI hype-machine, NetBSD🚩 is about extreme efficiency. Writing tight code that keeps the hardware you already own running for decades means less e-waste in the ground and less power pulled from the grid.

You don't need to drain a lake to run a server. Keep your old machines alive. Protect the forests. 💧🌳

#NetBSD #InternationalForestDay #FOSS #GreenTech #Sustainability #NoAI #RightToRepair #Ewaste

Photo By: Andrea Villarreal Rodríguez
“The legacy of the forest”
Country: United States of America

WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and BusinessMar 18

How to Organize Your Tech and Purge That Random Box of Cables

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-tidy-your-tech/

James Ed Randson    Mar 17
Buying for older Chromebook are really need to be specific and make sure the easiest way to change the firmware into another open stock UEFI firmware are by dismount the specific screw or dismount the battery. DO NOT buy the newer Chromebook because to unlock the firmware, it will be needed the s**tty way like using SuzyQable that it didn't exist anymore (We need to create our own if you can).

#ewaste #chromebook
R.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 17

New #blog #post: The Farmer's Station Wagon: A Parable

https://rldane.space/the-farmers-station-wagon-a-parable.html

1280 words

This was inspired by a recent interview between the #Fedi's own Jason Evangelho and Mike Kelly.

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #linux #nixbook #upcycle #eWaste #FOSS #Freedom

The Farmer's Station Wagon: A Parable

marie verdeilMar 16

LOOKING FOR OLD ANDROID SMARTPHONES 📱📱📱

For educational workshops about technology and Internet,
I'm looking for old/retired Android smartphones that I'm willing to purchase for cheap.
- Do you have a old smartphone...
- in #brussels, #bxl
- Android only
- from 2014-2022
- hidden in a drawer
- the battery / screen is damaged (but still boots up)
... that you'd be willing to gift / sell for cheap?

If yes »»» 📩📩 [email protected]

#smartphone #ewaste #bruxelles #belgium #permacomputing