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Gerry McGovernBig Tech data center water use is is made deliberately hard to track, raising concerns in the drought-prone West, study finds
The study finds that consistent, detailed reporting on water use is rare. In many cases, utilities and tech companies do not publicly disclose that information, making it difficult to fully understand the impact on local water supplies."
Big Tech is completely untrustworthy. That's why it loves Trump. They both share the same culture of lies.
b9AcENow also a piece in English on Sarah and Joseph being deported in spite of being adopted by citizen of Sweden aunt, just because they arrived 7 years ago after mother's death but before getting adoption decision, while waiting for decision would have meant foster placement in USA instead without family, or homelessness
https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/sarah-and-joseph-adopted-in-sweden-now-being-deported
https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/sarah-and-joseph-adopted-in-sweden-now-being-deported
Wren ReillyIf politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature:
- HVAC systems that cleaned viruses out of the air
- at least two child psychologists on staff
- age-appropriate lessons to help children identify abuse
- funding for well-paid staff in numbers sufficient for a buddy system to reduce the chances of abuse
- arts education and after-school clubs to provide third spaces for kids
- massive, safe playgrounds
- protected biking and walking infrastructure from the school to residential neighborhoods
Instead we get âparentsâ rightsâ, funding cuts, book bans, and car-centric infrastructure that kills pedestrians and bikers.
If social media is bad for kids, THEY NEED ALTERNATIVES.
Petra van Cronenburg2/2 Some official figures: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/11/number-of-wild-bee-species-at-risk-of-extinction-in-europe-doubles-in-10-years
The EU knows about the problem and tries to change it: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/protecting-and-restoring-europes-wild-pollinators-and-their-habitats
A paper by scientists what can be done to help pollinators: https://uni-freiburg.de/en/boosting-bees-and-other-pollinators-in-europe-new-recommendations-for-eu-nature-restoration-plans/
When Climate Lies Kill: Red-Tagging Indigenous Defenders in the Philippines
Climate disinformation is strategically deployed to reinforce red-tagging narratives, portraying Indigenous resistance to mining, energy, and infrastructure projects as a threat to national security.
Corporate Europe Observatoryđ¨BREAKING
New research together with @algorithmwatch shows how the European Commission has copy-pasted a Microsoft amendment.
The amendment will keep key information on energy-guzzling data centres hidden.
đ Investigate Europe for covering
https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/copy-paste-govern
Copy, paste, govern | Corporate Europe Observatory
The EU Commissionâs policy on data centres keeps information on individual centres' energy and water use under wraps. Research now reveals the Commission copied and pasted an amendment suggested by Microsoft and Digital Europe. The aim? In the face of growing resistance, to prevent NGOs from obtaining information on data centres.
Taylor Lorenz"Age verification is is inherently a right-wing effort. While these laws are being supported globally by those on the political right and left, they are very much a right wing effort to suppress disliked speech."
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/16/the-right-wing-origins-age-verification-laws-dont-disappear-just-because-theyre-going-bipartisan/
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/16/the-right-wing-origins-age-verification-laws-dont-disappear-just-because-theyre-going-bipartisan/
The Right Wing Origins Age Verification Laws Donât Disappear Just Because Theyâre Going Bipartisan.
I think itâs important to understand that, despite claims to the contrary, age verification is, inherently, a right-wing effort. While itâs currently true that age verification laws areâŚ