Steven Gonzalez Monserrate

Cloud Anthropologist 💻☁️; Fixing Futures Postdoc at Goethe University; SFFH Writer; Boricua 🇵🇷; He/Él

[Steven Gonzalez Monserrate @cloudAnthro]

People often ask me: "how can I reduce my tech environmental footprint 💻☁️?" My answer: demand regulation. Also my answer: STOP upgrading your phone📱. Go to repair shops. STOP funding $ planned obsolescence. Stop consuming conflict minerals 🇨🇩🩸💎👇
https://t.co/QP9Vh0LsoW

[roshan @rhymewithocean]

the recording of yesterday’s episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with @cloudAnthro about the environmental politics of data centers and the cloud, is now online. really enjoyed this one: https://t.co/aOSYtnX4gD

[Steven Gonzalez Monserrate @cloudAnthro]

@susannschroeter How someone who professes to be a scholar could share a meme rife with such ahistorical reductivisms is as irresponsible as it is diagnostic of a more pervasive disease in German academia.

[Valentin Goujon @ValGoujon]

On April 8, at Cnam, the anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate (aka @cloudAnthro, @FixFutGoetheUni) will tell us more about his current book project, "Cloud Ecologies": an environmental ethnography of data centers in New England, Arizona, Puerto Rico and Singapore☁️

[Steven Gonzalez Monserrate @cloudAnthro]

@TheGreeneBJ @apadillafilm6 👏🏼

[Data & Society @datasociety]

There's lots of hype about Malaysia's new data centers, but "we do not have enough water and power," says the mayor of Johor Bahru. "While promoting investments is important, it should not come at the expense of the local and domestic needs of the people." https://t.co/QFoygMg4Lx

[Nnedi Okorafor, PhD🕷️ @Nnedi]

Octavia Butler’s novel PARABLE OF THE SOWER was published in 1993. The President whose win led to so much…destruction was named “Christopher Donner” (yes, DONNER) and his slogan was “Make America Great Again”. This novel need to stay a cautionary tale.

Octavia knew.

[Steven Gonzalez Monserrate @cloudAnthro]

As governor, Jenniffer González promises to bring 🇵🇷 into the great Union of 🇺🇲...only Mitch McConnell just said Congress won't support statehood 🤔. It's almost like the Empire she serves thinks of her as nothing but 🗑️. Where was her beloved 'Union' during 🌀 María? 🧻#PNP

[Steven Gonzalez Monserrate @cloudAnthro]

@rj_c 👊🏼🇵🇷

[Steven Gonzalez Monserrate @cloudAnthro]

This HUD report spells out what transpired with searing detail. Please consider this before you proceed to further sell out our people to Washington.
https://t.co/qsv6Uut4Sc

[Steven Gonzalez Monserrate @cloudAnthro]

"Equal" part of the Union? Ask Hawai'i how equal they are. You so gleefully serve the Empire that oppresses us, that you fail to notice how disposable we are to them🗑️. For years you went to Congress on our behalf, what did you achieve? Where was your 'Union' 🇺🇲 during 🌀 María?

[Steven Gonzalez Monserrate @cloudAnthro]

"Equal" part of the Union? Ask Hawai'i how equal they are. You so gleefully serve the Empire that oppresses us, that you fail to notice how disposable we are to them🗑️. For years you went to Congress on our behalf, what did you achieve? Where was your 'Union' 🇺🇲 during 🌀 María?

[Steven Gonzalez Monserrate @cloudAnthro]

Instead of harnessing a wave of youth activist energy unseen since the Vietnam war, the Democrats decided to appeal to moderate Republicans and double down on their support for Netanyahu's massacre. This is the price of their gamble. A far right leader with no guard rails.

[PodCastle @PodCastle_org]

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We stand in solidarity with Palestinian people and their words.

[Alberto C. Medina @AlbertoMedinaPR]

One last pre-election essay from me—with a simple demand:

Stop saying "Puerto Ricans are Americans!" when you want to defend us from Trump and racist jokes.

We are Puerto Rican, and our dignity does not depend on the citizenship of our colonizers. https://t.co/4hWLnERctO

[Andrew J. Padilla 🇵🇷 @apadillafilm6]

While Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 stands at the precipice of electing a pro Independence Governor for the 1st time in its 500+ year colonial history

*thanks to a progressive 2 party coalition

US 🇺🇸voters are choosing btw 2 pro genocide major party candidates for President

[Juan Dalmau @juandalmauPR]

Hoy salgan a votar con calma, convicción, esperanza y amor. De eso se trata, del amor por Puerto Rico.

[Juan Dalmau @juandalmauPR]

Esto no comenzó ayer. Sal a votar y hagamos historia🇵🇷 #PorPuertoRico #PatriaNueva #LaAlianzaVa

[Steven Gonzalez Monserrate @cloudAnthro]

Since coming into power in 2017, the PNP has not achieved statehood for Puerto Rico. What they have achieved is selling off our people's infrastructure, land, and education system to foreign interests. The PNP is the past. Juan Dalmau is the future. Vote green🗳️🟩.

[Steven Gonzalez Monserrate @cloudAnthro]

Con orgullo, anuncio mi apoyo a la Alianza en 2024. @juandalmauPR es la mejor oportunidad para que los puertorriqueños vivamos con dignidad. Jennifer González representa la corrupción que ha sofocado a nuestro pueblo. 🇵🇷 merece un futuro con prosperidad. #Elecciones2024

[Steven Gonzalez Monserrate @cloudAnthro]

I proudly announce support for la Alianza this election cycle. Juan Dalmau is our best chance to achieve dignity for Puerto Ricans. Jennifer González represents the corruption that has suffocated our people for decades. Her party, the PNP, is an accessory to American imper1al1sm.