My claim to fame after 9 years on Masto: screenshotting a YouTube comment. But it makes perfect sense given that it touches (1) hating on destructive tech industry projects, (2) planting trees and (3) birbs.
I wonder how much of this idea is inspired by "Hoot", a great middle-grade novel by Carl Hiaasen, where students fight a chain restaurant corporation from building on a lot in their town where owls are burrowing.
@buherator @zbrown there's a high chance the area considered for construction has already been disturbed, and therefore has potential for rewilding with species that were historically present.
@heathborders as if that would be the justification they'd wait for. I think you're leaning into a classic reversal of responsibility in environmental destruction: saying that the only reason a legal protection was scrapped was because of irresponsible activists.
You think Big Tech's gonna care? They got the money to pay off the fines if they develop there anyways. Money is why Big Autos can skirt pollution laws and get off with a slap on the wrist while if small tuning shops try it, they're fined out of business (Christ, our legal system ain't fair in the slightest). What's stopping the same logic from being used by Big Tech?
Plus, Big Tech can just pay to get protections removed or weakened as others on this thread have said.
Shit, you know how speech opposing AI datacenters is protected by the First Amendment? Big Tech could pay to get those protections weakened or stripped too.
@Polly Kraisus We need infrastructure and that includes data centers, the not in my back yard hurts everyone. Doing stupid shit like planting protected plants or encouraging nesting of protected birds ought to be jailable.
as, in the UK special protected status is given to village greens, campaigners will look to block development by having an area of land declare a village green.
Also bats, don't go mithering bats. That has significant penalties associated with it.
There is a better way to resist. You just ignored Luigi Manigioni's solution. Seriously, if you keep buying crap from corporations, you're supporting the people who are suppressing you. Stop buying things from corporations. And these aren't data centers, they're surveillance centers.
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in reply to Polly Kraisus • • •But it makes perfect sense given that it touches (1) hating on destructive tech industry projects, (2) planting trees and (3) birbs.
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in reply to Polly Kraisus • • •My dread is that this will be used as an excuse to remove protections, not stop data centres.
NEVER underestimate the ability of the rich to be evil.
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in reply to Polly Kraisus • •You think Big Tech's gonna care? They got the money to pay off the fines if they develop there anyways. Money is why Big Autos can skirt pollution laws and get off with a slap on the wrist while if small tuning shops try it, they're fined out of business (Christ, our legal system ain't fair in the slightest). What's stopping the same logic from being used by Big Tech?
Plus, Big Tech can just pay to get protections removed or weakened as others on this thread have said.
Shit, you know how speech opposing AI datacenters is protected by the First Amendment? Big Tech could pay to get those protections weakened or stripped too.
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in reply to Polly Kraisus • • •as, in the UK special protected status is given to village greens, campaigners will look to block development by having an area of land declare a village green.
Also bats, don't go mithering bats. That has significant penalties associated with it.
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in reply to Polly Kraisus • • •It's a good idea, but people will have to prepare for the likely counterattack in which data centers get waivers or they just outright ignore the law.
But there's also a very good chance that the "AI" bubble bursts first and then you've helped endangered plants.
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in reply to Polly Kraisus • • •Seriously, if you keep buying crap from corporations, you're supporting the people who are suppressing you. Stop buying things from corporations. And these aren't data centers, they're surveillance centers.