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Peter Howson
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Technology, environment & development researcher.
Latest book: Let Them Eat Crypto
https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745348216/let-them-eat-crypto/
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How Tether's bitcoin mining plans in Uruguay unraveled.

With thoughts from me. @reuters.com

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How Tether's bitcoin mining plans in Uruguay unraveled
Uruguay seemed like the perfect place for cryptocurrency giant Tether to launch a bitcoin mining operation.
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August 21, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Orbital data centres will make AI industry's environmental headaches far worse.

Thoughts from me for @uk.theconversation.com

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Why AI’s environmental footprint won’t disappear into orbit
Proposals to put data centres in space have many hidden costs.
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July 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Proposals to put data centres in space have many hidden costs.
Why AI’s environmental footprint won’t disappear into orbit
Proposals to put data centres in space have many hidden costs.
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July 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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July 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Myself and a stellar crew of contributors – @notnotrocketscience.com , @peterjhowson.bsky.social and William J Astore – unpacked what’s going on in space for the latest issue of the New Internationalist magazine: The New Space Race, For All Billionaire-kind.
A cover of the New Internationalist magazine features a missile launching out of an atmosphere filled with red-hued clouds with the cover lines: the New Space Race: For All Billionaire-kind
July 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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July 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Orbital data centres will make AI industry's environmental headaches far worse.

Thoughts from me for @uk.theconversation.com

theconversation.com/why-ais-envi...
Why AI’s environmental footprint won’t disappear into orbit
Proposals to put data centres in space have many hidden costs.
theconversation.com
July 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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👩🏽‍🚀 At the event we'll hear from astronomer and activist @notnotrocketscience.com , researchers @peterjhowson.bsky.social and @rekapatriciagal.bsky.social and from the Rio Grande, Texas, Juan Mancias and Christopher Basaldu of the Carrizo/Comecrudo nation.
Get ready for launch!
As billionaire tech titans turn space into their playground, the rest of us are getting left in the dust. Meanwhile, Earth’s skies fill with debris and the stratosphere is scorched by rockets. The lat...
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July 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Urge the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to vote AGAINST renaming Boca Chica to “Cyber Beach”
URGENT! SpaceX fanatics want to rename our precious Boca Chica Beach to the disgusting “Cyber Beach.” We say NO! Call/email to urge the US Board on Geographic Names to vote no during their meeting o...
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July 9, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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At 2pm Texas time, Thursday 9 July, Musk fans plan to have Boca Chica, the spiritual heartland of the
Estok Gna people, renamed "Cyber Beach" 😐.

Feel free to let America's finest at USGS know what you think about that.

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July 8, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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At 2pm Texas time, Thursday 9 July, Musk fans plan to have Boca Chica, the spiritual heartland of the
Estok Gna people, renamed "Cyber Beach" 😐.

Feel free to let America's finest at USGS know what you think about that.

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@rgs.org @geographers.bsky.social
July 8, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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OpenAI's promised £20 billion and 5,000 new jobs was "hypothetical".

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OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment
Exclusive: £20bn of ‘potential’ £30bn AI investment touted by UK ministers appears to have been hypothetical
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July 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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"My home is not your launch pad": How the global scramble for new space launch sites is impacting communities – from Indonesia to the Sámi homelands of Scandinavia.

Part of the latest special issue from New Internationalist.

Read my bit here 👇
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July 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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"My home is not your launch pad": How the global scramble for new space launch sites is impacting communities – from Indonesia to the Sámi homelands of Scandinavia.

Part of the latest special issue from New Internationalist.

Read my bit here 👇
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July 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Awesome take from @adelepeters.bsky.social on the social & environmental impacts of the Orbital Data Centres proposed by #SpaceX, #Starcloud and others, for @fastcompany.com, with thoughts from me. www.fastcompany.com/91540754/the...
The environmental cost of putting data centers in space
SpaceX and startups like Starcloud want to put solar-powered data centers in orbit. There are challenges.
www.fastcompany.com
May 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done.

"STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
May 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Awesome take from @adelepeters.bsky.social on the social & environmental impacts of the Orbital Data Centres proposed by #SpaceX, #Starcloud and others, for @fastcompany.com, with thoughts from me. www.fastcompany.com/91540754/the...
The environmental cost of putting data centers in space
SpaceX and startups like Starcloud want to put solar-powered data centers in orbit. There are challenges.
www.fastcompany.com
May 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Timmy the humpback whale presumed dead after being "rescued" by billionaires and released into shipping lane. #MoveFastAndBreakThings 😒

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May 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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Data centres in space will ruin everything!

Smashing article here says so
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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Extra terra nullius: Off-worlding the externalities of AI, Bitcoin mining and cloud computing with Orbital Data Centres
Despite ambitious carbon neutrality targets from Big Tech companies like Google, the rapid global proliferation of generative Artificial Intelligence …
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May 5, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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Data centres in space will ruin everything!

Smashing article here says so
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Extra terra nullius: Off-worlding the externalities of AI, Bitcoin mining and cloud computing with Orbital Data Centres
Despite ambitious carbon neutrality targets from Big Tech companies like Google, the rapid global proliferation of generative Artificial Intelligence …
www.sciencedirect.com
May 5, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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Vessels fired at in Strait of Hormuz after crews fall victim to Bitcoin phishing scam. Welcome to Cryptoland.

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April 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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"Crypto is a symptom of desperation, not innovation".

Thoughts from me on #Iran #Bitcoin toll-booth in Strait of #Hormuz for
@uk.theconversation.com

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Crypto tolls in the Strait of Hormuz shows why bitcoin thrives in times of crisis
But implementing a bitcoin-based toll system will be difficult without US approval.
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April 17, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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Neither Elon Musk nor Sam Altman have a PhD. Surely evidence enough that you don't need one!?

Hard Times Have Come For The PhD Degree share.google/WjCZ6AFM0zpH...
Hard Times Have Come For The PhD Degree
Long considered the pinnacle of academic achievement, the PhD is now facing strong headwinds, including reduced federal support for jobs, research and graduate training.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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This time it's NY Trump donor billionaire Bill Ackman's turn to be a wonderful human after signing Bill Gates' #TheGivingPledge 🥹. He could have saved 10,000 kids from malaria! Or could fund Rene Good's ICE killer 🤗. We need to tax billionaires.
January 27, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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The auto predict in my brain thought for a second he'd donated money to help defeat cancer. Then I remembered he's a massive c**t.
January 15, 2026 at 7:59 AM