@marjolica They're not going to cool AI data centres with fresh water distilled from sea water, it's way too expensive and, as you say, they want cheap.

AI data centres also create very few local jobs. Even the construction workforce is unlikely to be local. So there is very little benefit to the locality from this. This is pure #ColonialExtraction

He does, does he? I think he may find Scotland has other plans.

#ScotPol
#ColonialExtraction

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/08/government-rules-out-zonal-pricing-and-starts-search-for-alternative-plan

#Colombia Faces "One of the Largest Humanitarian Crises on Earth" as Armed Groups Grow Stronger
#DemocracyNow
#BIPOC #AfroLatino #ColonialViolence #ColonialExtraction #whiteSociopathy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Hlotbq624

I found the REAL LIFE WAKANDA... and it needs your help!
Signified B Sides
#BlackMastodon #ColonialViolence #ColonialExtraction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHgZoJoF8c4

It is wild when you see utterly unapologetic #academic #colonial extraction in action by authors who call their work #decolonial. #colonialextraction #citationaljustice

My mom's collections....sigh

#molas
#FiberArts
#Applique
#Panama
#ColonialExtraction