In Missouri, voters ousted 4 city council members. The reason? They'd approved a $6 billion data center one week earlier.

360,000 Americans have joined Facebook groups fighting data center expansion.

Energy bills are rising because data centers drain power grids. Wells are running dry near server farms. People fear losing their jobs. The revolt is here.

@lindarosesmit @FluentInFinance
No one had to be surveiled and coerced to use the web.
No one was threatened with loss of career and livelihood for not joining one-or-another social media platform.
But people are being fired for not using AI and others aren't even able to start a career because, surely, the moment when "it's gotten better" is just around the next quarterly report.

If you're trying to be funny, you have failed your inten.
If you're trying to be sincere, the irony doesn't read.

@lindarosesmit @paneerakbari @FluentInFinance re: "you can opt out."

fyi in tech, many people who "opt out" of using AI in their work are getting systematically laid off. Metrics on AI use are being baked into performance reviews in some organisations.