They want you to believe your voice doesn't matter.
Yet in just the last few days:
-LAPD canceled its Flock contract.
-Meta cancelled Muse Image AI after privacy outrage.
-One of the largest planned U.S. data centers was killed (PW Digital Gateway) by local opposition.
The surveillance state isn't inevitable.
It advances when people are apathetic.
It retreats when people fight back.
Public pressure works. Keep pushing.
๐จ Data Centers in Ohio are preparing to discharge their water usage directly into lakes and streams and the EPA is working on permits to let them do it
โThe Ohio EPA is drafting permits to let that wastewater flow straight into our lakes and streams. Five year permits, no guarantee of a sewage treatment plant on site, just straight into the river if that's what's nearbyโ
This is very real, the EPA is actually doing this, and there are real concerns:
Concerns raised by residents include
- Thermal pollution: Hot water can harm aquatic life.
- Chemicals: Potential for biocides, metals, or other additives.
- Massive withdrawals and discharges of water strain local water bodies, especially during droughts
- Environmental groups like Great Lakes groups warn of risks to drinking water, recreation and ecosystems
There is no near future when AI will be "easy" and you won't have to learn how to use it.
The tools are only getting more powerful, which means the gap between people who have & haven't learned how to use them is widening, not shrinking.
Best to get in the tinkering habit now.
@maggielove_ For me, my autoimmune thyroid condition felt deeply connected to years of suppressing my voice.
From a young age, I learned it wasnโt always safe to speak my truth. So I swallowed my words, my emotions, my boundaries, and parts of myself that wanted to be seen and heard.