Datacentres are a menace. Don’t approve them. We can cope without AI generated slop.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sydney councils fear new datacentres could cause blackouts, block housing and affect locals’ health
Datacentres ‘directly competing’ with possible residential builds near public transport, one council tells NSW inquiry, amid growing concerns
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Datacentres are a menace. Don’t approve them. We can cope without AI generated slop.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I knew it was bad but holy God I just found out that those useless AI slop datacentres don't just need water but need DRINKING WATER
July 15, 2026 at 10:17 AM
I knew it was bad but holy God I just found out that those useless AI slop datacentres don't just need water but need DRINKING WATER
Catharina Doria has it 💪🏾🤩
Read, write, think.
Go to art & culture to stay brilliant, continue to grow & say no to generative AI slop.
#spéirghorm #IrishPol #DataCentres
Read, write, think.
Go to art & culture to stay brilliant, continue to grow & say no to generative AI slop.
#spéirghorm #IrishPol #DataCentres
December 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Catharina Doria has it 💪🏾🤩
Read, write, think.
Go to art & culture to stay brilliant, continue to grow & say no to generative AI slop.
#spéirghorm #IrishPol #DataCentres
Read, write, think.
Go to art & culture to stay brilliant, continue to grow & say no to generative AI slop.
#spéirghorm #IrishPol #DataCentres
Save me from the fuckwits who create lists!!🤦♀️
Ive now been called an “LLM spreader”
Had to look it up 🤔
So. I spend half my time here arguing against the spread of datacentres
And against the intellectual property theft and job losses of AI and its slop
But some clueless nutjob accuses me of LLM🤷♀️
Ive now been called an “LLM spreader”
Had to look it up 🤔
So. I spend half my time here arguing against the spread of datacentres
And against the intellectual property theft and job losses of AI and its slop
But some clueless nutjob accuses me of LLM🤷♀️
August 1, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Save me from the fuckwits who create lists!!🤦♀️
Ive now been called an “LLM spreader”
Had to look it up 🤔
So. I spend half my time here arguing against the spread of datacentres
And against the intellectual property theft and job losses of AI and its slop
But some clueless nutjob accuses me of LLM🤷♀️
Ive now been called an “LLM spreader”
Had to look it up 🤔
So. I spend half my time here arguing against the spread of datacentres
And against the intellectual property theft and job losses of AI and its slop
But some clueless nutjob accuses me of LLM🤷♀️
No it is not "in the cloud", but very much down to Earth.
And #ClimateEmergency not the only threat - what about water and other resource use?
So we can have such #AI slop as "shrimp Jesus"?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And #ClimateEmergency not the only threat - what about water and other resource use?
So we can have such #AI slop as "shrimp Jesus"?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report
The IEA forecast indicates a sharp rise in the requirements of AI, but said threat to the climate was ‘overstated’
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
No it is not "in the cloud", but very much down to Earth.
And #ClimateEmergency not the only threat - what about water and other resource use?
So we can have such #AI slop as "shrimp Jesus"?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And #ClimateEmergency not the only threat - what about water and other resource use?
So we can have such #AI slop as "shrimp Jesus"?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The "YOU NEED TO STOP EATING MEAT IF YOU CARE ABOUT WATER WASTE" vegans on every post about AI slop/Datacentres etc. boil my piss.
You can be concerned about two things at once, but also, AI is emergent, it's better to nip something in the bud early on.
AI needs to go, stop whattabouting it.
You can be concerned about two things at once, but also, AI is emergent, it's better to nip something in the bud early on.
AI needs to go, stop whattabouting it.
August 30, 2026 at 11:27 PM
The "YOU NEED TO STOP EATING MEAT IF YOU CARE ABOUT WATER WASTE" vegans on every post about AI slop/Datacentres etc. boil my piss.
You can be concerned about two things at once, but also, AI is emergent, it's better to nip something in the bud early on.
AI needs to go, stop whattabouting it.
You can be concerned about two things at once, but also, AI is emergent, it's better to nip something in the bud early on.
AI needs to go, stop whattabouting it.
Is there a really good critique of #datacenters circulating yet?
Emissions
Environmental impact
Water use and toxic waste
Energy guzzling
Heat production
Noise pollution
Data used for surveillance
AI slop
AI intellectual property theft
AI job losses
#datacentres
Emissions
Environmental impact
Water use and toxic waste
Energy guzzling
Heat production
Noise pollution
Data used for surveillance
AI slop
AI intellectual property theft
AI job losses
#datacentres
July 30, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Is there a really good critique of #datacenters circulating yet?
Emissions
Environmental impact
Water use and toxic waste
Energy guzzling
Heat production
Noise pollution
Data used for surveillance
AI slop
AI intellectual property theft
AI job losses
#datacentres
Emissions
Environmental impact
Water use and toxic waste
Energy guzzling
Heat production
Noise pollution
Data used for surveillance
AI slop
AI intellectual property theft
AI job losses
#datacentres
The UK government is now prioritising the resource needs of Gen AI slop machines over… *checks notes*
Water. Actual water.
What will they not sacrifice at the altar of these plagiarism machine snake oilers??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water. Actual water.
What will they not sacrifice at the altar of these plagiarism machine snake oilers??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
AI boom means regulator cannot predict future water shortages in England
Datacentres, which do not have to report amount of water used to cool servers, leave Environment Agency with no idea of shortfalls
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The UK government is now prioritising the resource needs of Gen AI slop machines over… *checks notes*
Water. Actual water.
What will they not sacrifice at the altar of these plagiarism machine snake oilers??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water. Actual water.
What will they not sacrifice at the altar of these plagiarism machine snake oilers??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One thing unsourced Ancestry trees have over AI slop is that they're not the result of massive AI datacentres built by the most cartoonish billionaire villains to destroy small communities & the environment just so they can be in on a failing trend! I'll take them any day over AI. #Genealogy
July 23, 2026 at 10:51 AM
One thing unsourced Ancestry trees have over AI slop is that they're not the result of massive AI datacentres built by the most cartoonish billionaire villains to destroy small communities & the environment just so they can be in on a failing trend! I'll take them any day over AI. #Genealogy
You can have for & against groups on any project; both groups will understand the project's purpose. The data centres haven't been explained to Australians. They see Trump posting AI slop & don't get it. Why do we need them & what's with all the water? #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’
Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
You can have for & against groups on any project; both groups will understand the project's purpose. The data centres haven't been explained to Australians. They see Trump posting AI slop & don't get it. Why do we need them & what's with all the water? #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"Most claims that AI can help avert climate breakdown refer to machine learning, and not the energy-hungry chatbots and image generation tools driving the sector’s explosive growth of gas-guzzling datacentres"
Humans, please don't use slop AI apps. #climate
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Humans, please don't use slop AI apps. #climate
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"Most claims that AI can help avert climate breakdown refer to machine learning, and not the energy-hungry chatbots and image generation tools driving the sector’s explosive growth of gas-guzzling datacentres"
Humans, please don't use slop AI apps. #climate
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Humans, please don't use slop AI apps. #climate
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Agree, the world is beautiful. Whey then use AI slop to make that point?
The datacentres used by these AIs are destroying exactly the beauty you show!
The datacentres used by these AIs are destroying exactly the beauty you show!
June 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Agree, the world is beautiful. Whey then use AI slop to make that point?
The datacentres used by these AIs are destroying exactly the beauty you show!
The datacentres used by these AIs are destroying exactly the beauty you show!
If you’re wondering what this is about: everything. RPG books. Choice TV partnerships. AI datacentres. Age verification—
Constant choices made without thinking. The dismissal of stated values, thoughtful effort, all for slop and hurt that threatens us all at worst, or our brands at minimum.
Constant choices made without thinking. The dismissal of stated values, thoughtful effort, all for slop and hurt that threatens us all at worst, or our brands at minimum.
February 24, 2026 at 4:53 PM
If you’re wondering what this is about: everything. RPG books. Choice TV partnerships. AI datacentres. Age verification—
Constant choices made without thinking. The dismissal of stated values, thoughtful effort, all for slop and hurt that threatens us all at worst, or our brands at minimum.
Constant choices made without thinking. The dismissal of stated values, thoughtful effort, all for slop and hurt that threatens us all at worst, or our brands at minimum.
I really dislike that this push for hyperscale ai is giving datacentres a bad name.
Not all DCs are water hungry monsters generating ai slop 24/7.
Not all DCs are water hungry monsters generating ai slop 24/7.
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I really dislike that this push for hyperscale ai is giving datacentres a bad name.
Not all DCs are water hungry monsters generating ai slop 24/7.
Not all DCs are water hungry monsters generating ai slop 24/7.
What type of ‘Ai’ are these datacentres supporting ? The overhyped ‘Ai’ LLM and media generative slop that fosters fraud, abuse against the public, creative theft, enables students of all ages to essentially cheat blocking critical/creative thinking or special purpose ‘Ai’ used in sciences ? #auspol
Albanese’s AI blueprint sparks calls for datacentre moratorium until new regulations in place
Prime minister’s plan will create energy regulations for datacentres in Australia
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2026 at 11:18 PM
What type of ‘Ai’ are these datacentres supporting ? The overhyped ‘Ai’ LLM and media generative slop that fosters fraud, abuse against the public, creative theft, enables students of all ages to essentially cheat blocking critical/creative thinking or special purpose ‘Ai’ used in sciences ? #auspol
They are causing pollution, excess electricity and water use everywhere they go
They are an international menace
Then there’s the intellectual property theft and AI slop
Misinformation and surveillance too
#datacentres need to be banned
They are an international menace
Then there’s the intellectual property theft and AI slop
Misinformation and surveillance too
#datacentres need to be banned
July 23, 2026 at 1:28 AM
They are causing pollution, excess electricity and water use everywhere they go
They are an international menace
Then there’s the intellectual property theft and AI slop
Misinformation and surveillance too
#datacentres need to be banned
They are an international menace
Then there’s the intellectual property theft and AI slop
Misinformation and surveillance too
#datacentres need to be banned
The AI boom is just AI slop
Our government has been fooled and it’s us who will pay the price when this disaster becomes reality
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Our government has been fooled and it’s us who will pay the price when this disaster becomes reality
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’
Exclusive: Rented datacentres and unrealised supercomputer site raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
The AI boom is just AI slop
Our government has been fooled and it’s us who will pay the price when this disaster becomes reality
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Our government has been fooled and it’s us who will pay the price when this disaster becomes reality
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Any efficiency gains from using green energy will soon be dwarfed by the massive power drain of endless AI slop datacentres that produce nothing of any value.
October 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Any efficiency gains from using green energy will soon be dwarfed by the massive power drain of endless AI slop datacentres that produce nothing of any value.
@peterlipman.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social @shartymcscrote.bsky.social if Market Forces + @foeint.bsky.social care about the environment, then why are they using AI slop for their graphics, which means more AI datacentres like these ones?
NEW: Dozens of AI data centre projects will escape Australia's proposed energy & water restrictions which aren't expected apply to green-lit projects.
While the Prime Minister said they're "smaller", these projects are generally bigger and power hungrier www.abc.net.au/news/...
While the Prime Minister said they're "smaller", these projects are generally bigger and power hungrier www.abc.net.au/news/...
September 11, 2026 at 8:34 AM
@peterlipman.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social @shartymcscrote.bsky.social if Market Forces + @foeint.bsky.social care about the environment, then why are they using AI slop for their graphics, which means more AI datacentres like these ones?
WTF? Time for #Europe to OVERTURN that #EU-Law that ALLOWS, the #BillionaireTech-#AI-Slop-Peddlers to BLOCK #Public-access to information on #DataCentres and the UNTOLD DAMAGE they cause to peoples lives!
April 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
WTF? Time for #Europe to OVERTURN that #EU-Law that ALLOWS, the #BillionaireTech-#AI-Slop-Peddlers to BLOCK #Public-access to information on #DataCentres and the UNTOLD DAMAGE they cause to peoples lives!
My problem is that if "AI is a tremendously costly waste of resources" were true it would go away on its own and we'd be okay
It's not, it's practically fucking free to generate AI slop even if the datacentres go away
It's not, it's practically fucking free to generate AI slop even if the datacentres go away
August 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My problem is that if "AI is a tremendously costly waste of resources" were true it would go away on its own and we'd be okay
It's not, it's practically fucking free to generate AI slop even if the datacentres go away
It's not, it's practically fucking free to generate AI slop even if the datacentres go away
Lots of the bad-for-society parts of AI - slop image generation, revenge porn, AI "girlfriends", deepfake scams - don't need any datacentres to run
August 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Lots of the bad-for-society parts of AI - slop image generation, revenge porn, AI "girlfriends", deepfake scams - don't need any datacentres to run
Massive datacentres and billions of R&D has created AI that can produce "takeaways" for Bloomberg stores that consist of the first two paragraphs. Why are companies pushing this useless slop? I am sure AI has useful applications, how about just using for those. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
European Nations Back $250 Million African Private Credit Fund
BluePeak Private Capital Ltd. is on track to raise $250 million for its African private credit fund that will invest in mid-sized companies that remain critically underfunded.
www.bloomberg.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Massive datacentres and billions of R&D has created AI that can produce "takeaways" for Bloomberg stores that consist of the first two paragraphs. Why are companies pushing this useless slop? I am sure AI has useful applications, how about just using for those. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...