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If anyone sees this and knows, I use an older laptop now running Windows 10 and cannot make the leap to Windows 11 on it for obvious reasons. I just checked on new printers that I now wish to add on (I've been without one since Covid) .
The sales people tell me any new printer requires a computer at Windows 11, unless its a Mac.
So Google is building a massive AI data centre on Christmas Island, a tiny remote Australian territory with 1,692 people, and it’s exactly the kind of dystopian tech imperialism you’d expect.
They’re militarising a small island community in the name of cloud computing, partnering with the Australian Defence Department to monitor Chinese submarines and enable AI powered warfare systems. The island becomes a pawn in great power conflicts while Google extracts strategic value.
Meanwhile, locals are promised vague economic benefits while their homeland gets turned into a surveillance node with subsea cables linking to US Marine bases. Classic extractive colonialism dressed up as innovation.
The energy demands alone, powered by a local mining company, naturally, are staggering. Big Tech continues doubling our electricity costs for AI toys while communities bear the burden.
Christmas Island is known for red crab migrations, not military infrastructure. But when you’re a trillion dollar corporation, even the most remote ecosystems are just real estate for your empire.
#googleisevil #bigtech #militarisation #digitalcolonialism #aiethics #christmasisland #defendtheislands #environment #aibubble
@firstdogonthemoon We found a babby tawny frogmouth on our outdoor table one morning. It didn't seem to have fledged yet, so we took it to the vet and they got it to a native animal foster carer. It was later released back into the area. We like to think it's the one that perches on our rear fence at dusk sometimes.
The vet gave it a stick to perch on which yielded this photo which makes me happy to look at.
This is from Israel's oldest paper. This is Israeli media reporting these war crimes and genocide in broad daylight.
You won't see this in American corporate media. They've continued to ignore this, enable this, even justify this and cheer it on.
Do not look away. This is genocide. This cannot stand.