@dacig
Wise words
@joaopinheiro
\"Tesla could be headed for third year of degrowth\"
Told you degrowth was a good thing!
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116584172308187098","date_published":"2026-05-16T12:08:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"12:08","date_timestamp":1778933293,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90289855","content_html":"Renewable, clean, green battery fuel, lithium mining comes with significant environmental costs. Lithium mining is a water-intensive process, and the EPA has warned of potential uncontrolled groundwater contamination at Thacker Pass. At Rhyolite Ridge, conservationists warn the project could destroy as much as 90 percent of the global population of Tiehm’s buckwheat, a small wildflower that grows nowhere else on earth.\"
Green Sacrifice Zones
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116584155870924558","date_published":"2026-05-16T12:04:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"12:04","date_timestamp":1778933042,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90289554","content_html":"Canadian Firms Putting Indigenous Rights At Risk In Nevada: Report
“We still don’t have the political will to put in place accountability mechanisms or human rights due diligence.”
https://www.readthemaple.com/canadian-firms-putting-indigenous-rights-at-risk-in-nevada-report/
Oh, Canada, the damage you wreck outside your borders (and inside too). Cool brand, though. That's all that matters, I suppose.
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116584127611548872","date_published":"2026-05-16T11:56:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"11:56","date_timestamp":1778932611,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90289416","content_html":"AI and data centers: betting the world on a bubble
Utopian promises that artificial intelligence will keep Wall Street afloat (while solving the world’s problems) are luring investment of trillions of dollars into a big tech boom. When the bubble bursts, it will mean disaster for working people.
https://socialism.com/fs-article/ai-and-data-centers-betting-the-world-on-a-bubble/
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116584110814205954","date_published":"2026-05-16T11:52:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"11:52","date_timestamp":1778932354,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90289277","content_html":"AI data centers in the American West need 7 billion gallons of water a year. The region is running dry
New facilities across Arizona, Nevada, and Utah are demanding millions of gallons daily in a region where snowpack hit record lows and reservoirs are also low
https://qz.com/data-center-water-use-drought-american-west-051326
Big Tech is coming for the last of the water. Musk and Zuckerberg will high five as millions die of thirst.
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116584097801200619","date_published":"2026-05-16T11:49:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"11:49","date_timestamp":1778932156,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90289138","content_html":"@joao that's it. Seven generations back, as the Indigenous say. And we Europeans were Indigenous once.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116584084405502464","date_published":"2026-05-16T11:45:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"11:45","date_timestamp":1778931951,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90287080","content_html":"@joaopinheiro Exactly. We will degrow or we will be degrown.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116583911708097330","date_published":"2026-05-16T11:01:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"11:01","date_timestamp":1778929316,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90287042","content_html":"@joao This is so, so true. We must teach old skills. We must keep them alive because in the not so distant future, these will be absolutely vital skills. There is much to do to help the young generations.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116583907432130803","date_published":"2026-05-16T11:00:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"11:00","date_timestamp":1778929251,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90286915","content_html":"@datenwolf You're right. We face enormous problems, and all of them will require huge sacrifice and pain. I cannot see anything but collapse coming. My best wildest dreams would be that we could find the wisdom to manage a long retreat. But with the leaders and the systems we have, I think that's impossible. So, we must prepare for what comes after collapse. What are the most important lessons we, as good ancestors, should we leave for future generations?
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116583899364322766","date_published":"2026-05-16T10:58:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"10:58","date_timestamp":1778929128,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90286332","content_html":"Collapse is coming
And it is a good thing
For those who love life
For what is collapsing
Is this toxic civilization
This Growth Death Cult
The good ancestor is called
To bear witness and resist
To protect land, air, water
To stand with the Indigenous
https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2026/04/12/memory-as-a-form-of-resistance/
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116583824318708307","date_published":"2026-05-16T10:39:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"10:39","date_timestamp":1778927983,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90286180","content_html":"@joao Well, that's it, isn't it. The destruction of nature is a deliberate act by the greedy elite who see the opportunity to acquire more wealth and power. It seems that it is only the communities that are left to resist.
Our environment is not being destroyed by accident but rather for profit.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116583808109485398","date_published":"2026-05-16T10:35:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"10:35","date_timestamp":1778927736,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90286106","content_html":"\"We’re in a moment when people are questioning everything we thought was solid. As assumptions crumble, the living earth story will continue to resonate, and it’s up to us to continue to hold and to share it.\"
Judith Schwartz
https://judithdschwartz.substack.com/p/climate-a-crisis-of-story
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116583798508354034","date_published":"2026-05-16T10:33:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"10:33","date_timestamp":1778927589,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90286051","content_html":"@kigelia She is absolutely brilliant. Yet again, it is down to wise women to show us what to actually do if we are truly genuine about addressing environmental collapse.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116583788774140852","date_published":"2026-05-16T10:30:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"10:30","date_timestamp":1778927441,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90285965","content_html":"It never fails to amaze and shock me the cold, mechanical view so many scientists and technologists have of nature and the world we live in. Every problem is to be solved by a new technology or formula, particularly when the problem was caused by the previous generation of technology.
Environmental collapse is thus an energy problem. Once we switch to fake renewables and fake clean and fake green solar and wind, everything will be hunky dory. You realize, science is one more macho male cult.
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116583780866916215","date_published":"2026-05-16T10:28:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"10:28","date_timestamp":1778927320,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90285621","content_html":"\"Conventional narrative is disconnected from whole person. In portraying climate change as a matter of molecules, it’s as if we could heal the earth without touching anything. Answers are all in our heads. We sign on to slay Keeling Curve via remedy de jour: rules and offsets; cheaper-than-cheap renewables; contraptions that lock carbon away. But our bodies and hearts know otherwise; the knowledge that we are of the Earth and part of the web of life stirs deep within us.\"
https://judithdschwartz.substack.com/p/climate-a-crisis-of-story
\"The living climate approach is empowering. There’s much that each and every person can do. Earth repair, after all, is a participatory sport, and enhanced ecosystem function on every scale matters. A focus on ecosystem restoration could create opportunities for meaningful employment—while improving local conditions at the same time. In regions beset by degraded landscapes, this could allow people to stay in their communities.\"
https://judithdschwartz.substack.com/p/climate-a-crisis-of-story
\"Carbon is invisible. Greenhouse gas emissions could go down and no one would see an immediate change. However, let’s say a city restores its urban forest, or a farmer collective revives the water cycle by holding water in the landscape. People will experience a difference. It will feel cooler, less oppressive; grassland birds like bobolinks will return. In other words, there is actual feedback. This sparks continued engagement.\"
https://judithdschwartz.substack.com/p/climate-a-crisis-of-story
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116583691719545742","date_published":"2026-05-16T10:06:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"10:06","date_timestamp":1778925960,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90285014","content_html":"RE: https://universeodon.com/@tafnn/116583247384094277
Modern man's war on Mother Nature was always, always a war on women.
Where are the 'good' men when you need them?
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116583684456748731","date_published":"2026-05-16T10:04:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"10:04","date_timestamp":1778925849,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90284908","content_html":"\"The conventional CO2 story has failed to mobilize the public in a meaningful way.\"
Judith Schwartz
As the wise scientist Millán Millán ruefully noted, CO2 is perfect for those who do not want to act. It's everybody's problem and thus nobody's problem. It's up in the air, invisible.
But if there's plans to cut down a forest, or pave over marshes for a hotel resort, well, that's real. So, changing the land must never be equated with climate change.
Change the land, change the climate
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116583675943520869","date_published":"2026-05-16T10:01:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"10:01","date_timestamp":1778925719,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90284470","content_html":"The wonderful and wise Judith Schwartz discusses an idea that changed my whole way of thinking and acting, that \"nature regulates climate, primarily through the water cycle. This is potent knowledge. We know we can rehabilitate even extensive damaged ecosystems, so we can restore at least some of that capacity. It’s also a perspective missing from most media and policy discussions of climate change.\"
https://judithdschwartz.substack.com/p/climate-a-crisis-of-story
Land is climate
Nature is climate
Change the land, change the climate
When Indigenous Japanese would start climbing a mountain, they would say ‘thank you for letting me climb upon your body’ because the mountain is alive and must be respected.
Only in a scientific, modern civilization is the mountain a dead resource to be mined and destroyed and poisoned.
And where has all this wonderful science left us?
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116583602711095220","date_published":"2026-05-16T09:43:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"09:43","date_timestamp":1778924601,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90279400","content_html":"@504DR out of pure greed and ego, they decided to go in opposite direction and see which tech bro can destroy everything fastest
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116583076740289532","date_published":"2026-05-16T07:29:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"07:29","date_timestamp":1778916576,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90237205","content_html":"@tschenkel ah, right. And if air was the final stage, did you say at some stage that a proportionately larger cooling area would be required?
In the end, it's that classic economic trade off, isn't it? Air cooling requires electricity. Water is nearly always much cheaper because water is economically massively under-valued. That's why Big Tech are so desperate to hide their water usage figures. Because they know it's criminal.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116579391809005240","date_published":"2026-05-15T15:52:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 15:52","date_timestamp":1778860348,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90236306","content_html":"@tschenkel but, as you've said, water is much better at cooling than air. I've heard that these super intense AI chips need to be packed tight for various efficiencies. And that the only practical way to remove all the heat that occurs is through intricate piping filled with a liquid, and water usually being the most suitable liquid. What do you think?
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116579329292303271","date_published":"2026-05-15T15:36:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 15:36","date_timestamp":1778859394,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90235818","content_html":"@SteveFoerster it's a good question. I think we'll live in much smaller communities, do most things locally, use much less tech and much more manual labor. The community of humans and nature will be much more important than the individual. Everything will move at a much slower pace, particularly decision making. Macho high-achieving men will be shunned. There will be no billionaires.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116579296714154315","date_published":"2026-05-15T15:28:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 15:28","date_timestamp":1778858897,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90234357","content_html":"@matttutt that's very true. To be more accurate, Degrowth should be Degrowth of the Global North
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116579206490647965","date_published":"2026-05-15T15:05:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 15:05","date_timestamp":1778857520,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90234205","content_html":"@tschenkel ah, interesting. And, of course, the orders of magnitude higher heat thrown thrown off by densely packed AI chips, means water is really the only viable option
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116579189182373873","date_published":"2026-05-15T15:00:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 15:00","date_timestamp":1778857256,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90233573","content_html":"@tschenkel so, in the classic system, in the heat taken out of the hot pipes by cooled air?
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116579144245685821","date_published":"2026-05-15T14:49:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 14:49","date_timestamp":1778856571,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90231826","content_html":"“99th Day exposes the carbon-heavy underbelly of the digital economy and the toxic nature of contemporary cyberspace. Confronts the dominant narrative that frames technology as “green” and “intelligent.” Reminds us that the physical infrastructure of cyberspace—data centers, submarine cables, satellites, and electronic devices—depends on the intensive extraction of strategic minerals such as lithium, copper, nickel, and rare earth elements.\"
Pablo Gámez Cersosimo
https://gerrymcgovern.com/books/99th-day/
@tschenkel Here's an interesting article on closed loop:
\"The key component of the closed loop system is the second loop, the heat exchanger loop. That loop is open.\"
The fallacy of closed loop cooling systems: Why AI data centers need so much water, Masheika Allgood, Eat Your Frog, 2025
https://eatyourfrog.substack.com/p/the-fallacy-of-closed-loop-cooling
The world has moved beyond a water crisis and into a state of global water bankruptcy, according to a 2026 UN report.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166800
Direct water use by US data centers alone more than tripled to ~17.5 billion gallons between 2014 and 2023, and may double again by 2028.
https://www.sierraclub.org/colorado/blog/2026/05/colorado-can-t-afford-water-needed-new-data-centers
All for growth
All for the greed of the tech bros
We need to resist this death dance of the high priests of the Growth Death Cult.
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116578874092202351","date_published":"2026-05-15T13:40:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 13:40","date_timestamp":1778852448,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90228516","content_html":"White Europeans sacrifice brown Indigenous people for the Green Transition
“The mine is going to destroy our homelands, our way of living. I honestly don’t feel our Tribe’s ready for what’s to come. The fact we and generations of our descendants are being sacrificed for green energy – why does it have to be to the detriment of Indigenous People? We are people, we matter, just as much as anybody else.”
Shelley Harjo, Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/usa-amnesty-international-report/
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116578849287205062","date_published":"2026-05-15T13:34:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 13:34","date_timestamp":1778852070,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90228039","content_html":"In Ottawa, Indigenous leaders from Nevada demand action from the Canadian federal government to ensure that Canadian-owned mining projects respect Indigenous land rights abroad.
https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/nevadan-indigenous-leaders-on-canadian-mining-projects-land-rights?id=54fd02c9-22d0-40f3-8b53-497f204904f6
Canadian mining has a notorious reputation for devastating the environment and trampling the rights of Indigenous people all over the world.
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116578826053572881","date_published":"2026-05-15T13:28:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 13:28","date_timestamp":1778851715,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90227849","content_html":"Mining is one of the most notoriously criminal and corrupt of industries. So, a mining frenzy for \"green\" metals is as sick and twisted as it gets.
\"While some government agencies, such as the National Ombudsman’s Office have spoken up about the situation in Viacha, Indigenous leaders still worry about threats to them and their families for their role in speaking out about the impacts of mining in their territory.\"
https://earthworks.org/blog/risks-remain-for-indigenous-land-defenders-in-bolivia/
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116578815932506488","date_published":"2026-05-15T13:26:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 13:26","date_timestamp":1778851561,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90227555","content_html":"@tschenkel Isn't it true that if X amount of water is being used in a closed loop system then X water is no longer available to the community?
Also, as the water is used in a closed loop, its quality degrades, building up pollutants, and must be regularly replaced.
I have always found that these too-good-to-be -true tech innovation stories are always way too good to be true.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116578802751299606","date_published":"2026-05-15T13:22:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 13:22","date_timestamp":1778851360,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90227336","content_html":"“This is a testament to the people, organizations, and tribal governments who showed unified action, determination, and courage in the face of what seemed to be overwhelming odds. It is unusual for a mining company to be slapped down decisively. Pe’ Sla is safe!” the group wrote.
https://prismreports.org/2026/05/14/indigenous-organizers-defeated-mining-company/
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116578778963588089","date_published":"2026-05-15T13:16:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 13:16","date_timestamp":1778850997,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90227205","content_html":"AI is eating the world
“We currently have 17 active data centers in Pennsylvania. When I say active, what I mean by that is we have permits that have been submitted. We've heard about so many more. I think the number approaches 34 now where there is a prospective data center, they've been proposed, they've been talked about.\"
https://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2026/05/dep-considering-permits-for-17-ai-data.html
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116578766462218272","date_published":"2026-05-15T13:13:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 13:13","date_timestamp":1778850806,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90227111","content_html":"People Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data Centers
What does that say about society and culture and the Growth Death Cult economy we live and will die in?
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116578755375335434","date_published":"2026-05-15T13:10:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 13:10","date_timestamp":1778850637,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90227057","content_html":"Hyperscalers’ AI buildout will require massive amounts of energy. Two under-the-radar stocks will benefit
The magnitude of the A.I. capital spending boom is historic and the dollar values are staggering.
In a Growth Death Cult, cancer growth is a huge opportunity. The investors are licking their lips at AI's growth potential.
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116578750785000192","date_published":"2026-05-15T13:09:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 13:09","date_timestamp":1778850567,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90226889","content_html":"@EUCommission
Delusional greenwashing but to be expected seeing that we live in a Growth Death Cult.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell The things you propose may be good for society but not good for the greedy billionaires.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116578727575078988","date_published":"2026-05-15T13:03:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 13:03","date_timestamp":1778850213,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90226654","content_html":"Lies tech bros tell:
Building data centers can lead to lower energy prices due to necessary infrastructure upgrades
Closed loop cooling systems can drastically reduce water consumption compared to traditional methods.
US pride and excitement are crucial for the US to lead in AI and technology infrastructure.
Maintaining Bitcoin’s compute power within the US is critical for national security.
Data centers contribute positively to energy infrastructure, benefiting overall energy consumption.
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116578718309139671","date_published":"2026-05-15T13:01:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 13:01","date_timestamp":1778850071,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90211122","content_html":"@casdeiro
For sure! Digital is toxic; the anti-green.
@EUCommission
Battery recycling is a cynical, toxic joke. E-waste is a plague.
\"A new report finds Michigan residents throw out about 10,700 tons of batteries that end up in landfills each year. Many people put used batteries in the trash or curbside recycling containers because they don’t know a better way to dispose of them, the report said.\"
The same is happening all over the world. E-waste is the fastest growing and most toxic waste.
https://resource-recycling.com/e-scrap/2026/05/13/study-finds-lack-of-proper-battery-disposal/
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116572514289472720","date_published":"2026-05-14T10:43:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 10:43","date_timestamp":1778755406,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90146575","content_html":"“We’re here to Protect Mother Earth”: Indigenous Rights and Nevada’s Lithium Boom
As lithium projects accelerate across Nevada, extraction is being approved on Indigenous ancestral lands. Companies are advancing projects as the US fast-tracks “critical minerals” development, sidelining rights protections and heightening risks for people. In an arid, high-desert environment, lithium extraction threatens scarce water, cultural survival, health and fragile ecosystems.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/AMR51/0741/2026/en/
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116572483297146660","date_published":"2026-05-14T10:35:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 10:35","date_timestamp":1778754933,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90146222","content_html":"The true cost of the fake Green Transition begins to emerge
\"Amnesty said more than 23,000 lithium mining claims have been registered across Nevada, transforming large areas of desert and mountain ecosystems into targets for extraction. The organization warned that mining operations could permanently damage fragile ecosystems that are already facing drought and water scarcity.\"
https://icmagazine.org/indigenous-land-is-at-the-center-of-nevadas-lithium-boom/
Clean and green and renewable batteries from Green Sacrifice Zones.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116572455798949995","date_published":"2026-05-14T10:28:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 10:28","date_timestamp":1778754513,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90138599","content_html":"@bjb ... who are mainly white men. It's a man's world. This is the world and society that men have made, mainly white men. Trump is much more a true reflection of white male culture than most men would like to admit. But we can never even begin to fix the problem if we do not even admit what it is. Males have gone way out of balance and it is destroying everything, including themselves.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116571764465362575","date_published":"2026-05-14T07:32:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 07:32","date_timestamp":1778743964,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90096727","content_html":"@woo it can't come soon enough. AI feels like a death dance in the final days of a Growth Death Cult.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116568261777165094","date_published":"2026-05-13T16:41:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-13 16:41","date_timestamp":1778690517,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90085523","content_html":"@NatureMC it's a type of criminal death cult. The USA is a full-on mafia state. And the rest of the world leadership? Accomplices, participants.
","url":"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116567620190250651","date_published":"2026-05-13T13:58:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Gerry McGovern","url":"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.green%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F263%2F465%2F860%2F096%2F336%2Foriginal%2Fbda252a7f6c82742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-13 13:58","date_timestamp":1778680728,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}