Polly KraisusWhat better way could there be to resist?
My claim to fame after 9 years on Masto: screenshotting a YouTube comment.
But it makes perfect sense given that it touches (1) hating on destructive tech industry projects, (2) planting trees and (3) birbs.
Ozzie D, NP-hard 
@stragu I wonder how much of this idea is inspired by "Hoot", a great middle-grade novel by Carl Hiaasen, where students fight a chain restaurant corporation from building on a lot in their town where owls are burrowing.
gnarf
Flaming Cheeto@stragu so get out there and spread your seed!
buherator
zbrown@buherator @stragu it's cruel to spread wildflower seeds?
@buherator @zbrown there's a high chance the area considered for construction has already been disturbed, and therefore has potential for rewilding with species that were historically present.
The Great Llama 
Landa 
@buherator
In which way?
In which way?
a/k/a ginger 🍵...🎶🌻@stragu
They'd bulldoze over that so fast... Look at what's happened to the White House. Very sad. 😢
They'd bulldoze over that so fast... Look at what's happened to the White House. Very sad. 😢
Jordi (Spherical Queirdo)They can strip back protections like that, making it a moot point.
Darwin Woodkayet more reasons to plant native plants!
derptron
Hermannus Stegeman@stragu well...soon there won't be any environment protection laws left, because Donny has erased them all.
So..
So..
@hermannus in these trying times, we need hope and imaginative pockets of beautiful alternatives. Not encouragement to give up.
Heath Borders@stragu this seems like a good way to get federal protections for those plants and birds removed 🤷🏻♂️
@heathborders as if that would be the justification they'd wait for. I think you're leaning into a classic reversal of responsibility in environmental destruction: saying that the only reason a legal protection was scrapped was because of irresponsible activists.
@stragu I think Trump and the GOP don't give 2 fucks about protected species and would pull protections just to own the libs. The only reason protections remain is bc the species fly under the radar.
Jacob Ibáñez 🔒
@stragu @tunubesecamirio habéis visto esta iniciativa? suena interesante, no sé si aplicable en españita
🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@stragu My dread is that this will be used as an excuse to remove protections, not stop data centres.
NEVER underestimate the ability of the rich to be evil.
Abolisyonista@stragu idk. gaming laws only work as long as the laws exist.
DFX4509B (Joshua Mason)@stragu You think Big Tech's gonna care? They got the money to pay off the fines if they develop there anyways. Money is why Big Autos can skirt pollution laws and get off with a slap on the wrist while if small tuning shops try it, they're fined out of business (Christ, our legal system ain't fair in the slightest). What's stopping the same logic from being used by Big Tech?
Plus, Big Tech can just pay to get protections removed or weakened as others on this thread have said.
Shit, you know how speech opposing AI datacenters is protected by the First Amendment? Big Tech could pay to get those protections weakened or stripped too.
@dfx4509b thanks for your positive and motivating post offering constructive alternatives! 💚
ʙᴇɴ ᴄᴏᴛᴛᴇяɪʟʟ@stragu @abetterjulie Once stopped an industrial estate development by providing proof that orchids grew there.
@BenCotterill @abetterjulie 🎉🎉🎉 nice one !
poison punk@stragu except they'll build the data centres anyway. they don't give a flying fuck about breaking laws now, let alone kill endangered species.
hell, they don't care about any species, except the billionaire class.
hell, they don't care about any species, except the billionaire class.
a1
Jellyfriend 
@stragu plant patadice to scupper the parking lot 
Will Deakin@stragu as, in the UK special protected status is given to village greens, campaigners will look to block development by having an area of land declare a village green.
Also bats, don't go mithering bats. That has significant penalties associated with it.
FoolishOwl@stragu It's a good idea, but people will have to prepare for the likely counterattack in which data centers get waivers or they just outright ignore the law.
But there's also a very good chance that the "AI" bubble bursts first and then you've helped endangered plants.
Cy
Groundhog Day Everyday@stragu
There is a better way to resist. You just ignored Luigi Manigioni's solution.
Seriously, if you keep buying crap from corporations, you're supporting the people who are suppressing you. Stop buying things from corporations. And these aren't data centers, they're surveillance centers.
There is a better way to resist. You just ignored Luigi Manigioni's solution.
Seriously, if you keep buying crap from corporations, you're supporting the people who are suppressing you. Stop buying things from corporations. And these aren't data centers, they're surveillance centers.