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This is why the Luddites smashed machines. The factory owners decide what technology is to be used and how. They decide who is to benefit from technology and who suffers. That's how machines get smashed.

Imagine if we built renewable energy with the same urgency as data centers

Blame government neglect for hospital wait times — not immigrants. Both Edmonton and Calgary need at least 1,000 new acute care beds. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... via @edmontonjournal.com

I'm going to try to do this cleanly. Today's right wing governments are networked to each other. Those networks are well-documented. You can read about them in books. Following the elections in one node of that network is good practice for understanding the U.S. node.

We need a moratorium on these monstrosities engaged.edmonton.ca/eetpdatacent...

I hear people saying this all the time. They point to 4 years of a centrists NDP government as the root of our issues. Nevermind the generations of austerity and corporate subsidies that have hollowed our social institutions.

This new Exxon ad with Woody Harrelson goes so hard 😳😂❤️‍🔥

We need to organize ourselves and build new democratic institutions from the ground up if we want to have the people power that’s needed to reclaim the economy and our future — but that work starts with you taking action, no matter how small. [12/12] #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

Alberta is next! First I hit up Calgary on November 22 for a chat with @zactrolley.com about HYPERSCALE and what we’re seeing with data centres in that province. RSVP here: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...

Majority of Albertans vote to be Canadian, racist

{Company} that sells {product} says that {product} is the best thing ever. But people without a financial interest in {product} are skeptical.

For fuck’s sake

Seriously, not in our back yards. Please take action. https://www.projectcalgary.org/yyccc_pause_new_datacentres #yyc #DataCentres

Calgary, @parismarx.com is coming to #yyc! We will be talking about his new book, and diving into the impacts of Hyperscale on Alberta. Right now there are enough data centre projects on the books to double our current electrical grid capacity! Let's talk about it! www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...

Being independent means having to think about a million things that a) are boring but important b) I am not good at because business is not my thing. And then trying to find time to write between all the business stuff. It sucks. I do it because the alternative seems worse but it sucks

Anyone harbouring doubts that Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith is a protofascist need look no further 👇🏻 www.rebelnews.com/premier_smit...

Jail jail jail jail jail

Canadians can’t afford rent. Food bank use is at a record high. Wages are stagnant while the rich are getting richer than ever before. Of all the people who could use this kind of federal support right now, venture capitalists are at the bottom of that list. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

What is happening just south of the border in Seattle should be wake-up call for all parents in BC. Microsoft buying its way into the education system, students being told to use AI to generate ideas. thebulletinsea.org/issue-47-sps...

My new book HYPERSCALE is finally out this week! Yesterday I went on MS NOW’s The Beat with @arimelber.bsky.social to talk about data centers, AI, and the threats that come of how tech billionaires have shaped the technology to benefit themselves. Get your copy today: hyperscalebook.com

Time to up this. APP debate in August 2022 It was Danielle Smiths idea to use the Citizen Initiative Act to force a separatist referendum. Then she changed the law twice to make it happen, including when our clients beat her. #ableg #cdnpoli www.instagram.com/reel/Cs_4p7C...

Some anti Canadian protesters out by McMahon stadium. Good to see they are taking their loss well

This looks amazing. I hate venture Capital so much.

“Data center companies claim they will be respectful and considerate neighbors, but too often they hide the extent of the damage that follows from the scale of their demands on local resources.” Data center water use is a real problem. Check out this excerpt from HYPERSCALE in @restofworld.org!

Tom Mulcair: "I don't think that Danielle Smith should be allowed to pose herself as some sort of anti-separatist hero. She's the one who set this thing in motion, and I think that she should be answerable for it."

There is absolutely no reason to believe anything Palantir says. It is extremely frustrating that all of this shit was predictable, and so many people warned against depending on US tech, and we still got here.

They are making up conspiracy theories to answer why people wanted to stay in Canada.

I want you to understand that most of these big game studios are still profitable, even Bioware. The problem is leveraged buyouts, which means taking out massive loans in order to buy someone else's company. It's like buying a luxury car you can't afford, then paying it off by selling it for parts.

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

This is private equity, this is what it does. Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

This is very, very bad: “Information from more than 1.5 million other tips submitted to Canadian Crime Stoppers programs over the last 25 years — was exposed in a massive data breach, an exclusive CBC investigation has found”

We all end up paying the price for #orphanwells in #Alberta: 💰Rural municipalities lose out hundreds of millions on property taxes. 💰Landowners are left waiting years for cleanup of their own land. 💰Cleanup costs continue to get pushed onto all Albertan taxpayers.

Venture Capital is a destructive force.

See also: Toronto mayoral race, BC provincial election

A dark day for gamers.

To the people who are still talking about how Canada is "not taking Alberta seriously" -- what on earth are you talking about? The PM is an Albertan. The leader of the opposition is an Albertan. Our national politics revolve around Alberta's interests and concerns. What else do you want?

The next time someone tells you that business owners take on all the risk, send them this link: shrlnk.ca/s/X8NOwgdt

Opinion: Xbox already has a marketing team and (unless I'm mistaken) journalists are not on its payroll A conveyer belt of toothless Asha Sharma profiles have shown one thing: reporters who get access must do better

I can't imagine being this proud of taking a stance of not fixing your mistakes. Republican voters have been brainwashed so thoroughly they can't even IMAGINE voting progressive. Instead they pout and demand attention, believing someone else is at fault.

🚨 TODAY’S THE DAY 📚 After years of work, my new book HYPERSCALE is finally on bookshelves! It chronicles the data center boom just as the backlash is reaching a fever pitch. Get your copy today: hyperscalebook.com