She named "climate, protecting nature, and ensuring that everyone is taken care of" as bottom lines for negotiations if the party were in a position to help form a government.
@dotstdy
@NewtonMark I can't point to the article, but yes, they are -- because they switched to self-serve checkouts, so that they could fire all the checkout humans. Came back to bite them because humans are much better at detecting theft than self-checkouts are. Hence the draconian, expensive, unfriendly measures, because heaven forbid that they actually admit that they made a mistake in firing people.
“It may not be their intention as of right now to privatize #water, but the way that this act is written creates this slippery slope towards #privatization, making water a for-profit service due to the fact that the public corporation in this legislation states that it must be incorporated under this Business Corporations Act,” https://pressprogress.ca/ontario-claims-province-isnt-privatizing-water/
Countries are struggling to meet the rising energy demands of data centers
#Mexico’s lagging energy grid is forcing companies, including #Microsoft, to use generators.
By Daniela Dib and Pablo Jiménez Arandia, 15 September 2025
Excerpt: "That Mexico’s electric grid is struggling does not bode well for a country trying to position itself as a data center hub, and which is already home to 150 #DataCenters, including from Microsoft, #AmazonWebServices, and #Google. Together, they have invested over $7 billion in the country since 2020.
"Like Mexico, countries around the world are scrambling to meet the rising energy demands of data centers, spurred by a boom in #ArtificialIntelligence and #CloudComputing. Like Microsoft, some companies have tapped alternative — and sometimes more #polluting — energy sources. Mexico’s power grid faces a deficit of 48,000 megawatt-hours by 2030, which is more than half the country’s output in 2023, according to the Mexican Institute For Competitiveness, a research center. As the country lures more data center-related investments, more companies may follow in Microsoft’s footsteps.
" 'This case is part of a broader global pattern, particularly in areas where the rapid deployment of #DigitalInfrastructure is outpacing the #EnergyGrid’s capacity,' Marina Otero Verzier, a visiting professor at Columbia University who researches data centers, told Rest of World. 'In some cases, corporations frame fossil-fueled generators as temporary solutions, which, over time, become normalized.'
"Microsoft set up its data center last year in #ColónMexico, an industrial hub with a population of over 67,000 people, but was unable to plug into the country’s energy grid, which is itself largely powered by #FossilFuels. In documents filed to Mexico’s environmental secretariat in 2023, Microsoft said the grid would not be fully operative to the company until mid-2027 due to 'long construction times required in [Microsoft’s] contract with CFE,' referring to the Federal Electricity Commission. The following year, the secretariat approved Microsoft’s request to use seven generators to temporarily power its data center.
"A spokesperson for Microsoft declined to comment on how the company is powering its data centers in Mexico now, and whether it will continue using generators.
"Worldwide, nearly 60% of the electricity used by data centers comes from fossil fuels including #NaturalGas. #Renewables including #solar and #wind meet more than a quarter of the demand, according to the International Energy Agency. But while the share of renewable energy is increasing, the rapid growth in the demand for data centers is outpacing the expansion of renewable energy infrastructure, posing a challenge to the climate goals of countries and tech companies alike."
A cartoon illustration of a business man placing an angry duck in the middle of a meeting room table. Caption reads "Gentlemen, since this board refuses to come to a consensus, I have no recourse but to place the duck of shame at the center of the meeting."
The 2009 French animated short "Logorama" is a great example of a cultural warning shot that was completely ignored. 16 years later, and the dystopia it lampoons is now demonstrably worse. I think of the film often, but most recently because I closed my last radio show with the Ink Spots song that rolls in the credits.
The Trump administration and wealthy oligarchs are profiting off the suffering of everyday Americans, cutting essential programs while lining their own pockets with billions in tax cuts. How can we allow this blatant corruption to continue unchecked? Join the fight for climate action and democracy now! #CorporateGreed ...
Important update for donors: NOT a mutual aid request.
For those of you who were so kind in making contributions last fall, I'd like to thank you all, very much.
For transparency's sake: Though, I received most of the donations, one kind person should have received a refund.
After a number of issues with PayPal, and their eventual release of some funds, they ultimately decided I was selling something, and not receiving donations. I requested that PayPal refund the remaining balance on hold, back to those who donated it.
I do hope, you've received said refund. Please, let me know, if you did not. I'm very sorry for any confusion this may have caused, and am very grateful for everyone's generosity. Ko-fi had nothing to do with any of the issues.
Because of the PayPal fiasco, I will be opening a Patreon account to link on all my pages. After my first, and only attempt at mutual aid, I will probably never do it again; no matter how great the need.
For those who'd like to support what I do in that way, please, do not make contributions on Ko-fi. I hope to have the Patreon link posted on site and profiles, soon. Thank you all again.
A work of art by John Haim. The silhouette of a person's profile on a pink background, concealed by a flood of words in different fonts, and shades of blue. Among the words, too many to mention, the theme of the artwork is printed in the biggest lettering – ""THANKS". A few of the other words include:
informs, challenges, supports, inspires, nourishes, connects, invigorates and humbles.
I've used the artists' work on a few things, and I'm thankful to John Haim, as well. Check out his art and support his work at: https://pixabay.com/users/johnhain-352999/
I went to the PayPal account today for the first time since last fall's fiasco. I discover, the contribution that was supposed to be returned to sender, was still in my account. Arrrg. I also had a thoughtful message from PayPal, plastered across the page.
Despite an eight hour customer service session last fall, explaining my account "activity", what I do, and that these were contributions, the message read:
"Your account access is temporarily limited".
Why? – "We noticed that you have been using your PayPal account in a questionable manner".
Apparently, billion-dollar corporations find human kindness and generosity "questionable". Were talking about , approximately $130 in contributions. Pardonnez-moi mon français but, WTF!
I noticed I could give my bank card a nickname on the PayPal website, so I did. I named my card "PayPal is fascist", then logged out of my account. That'll show them.
A couple hours later, I thought I would see if I could transfer the money to my bank, anyway. Amazingly enough, it worked. The billion-dollar corporation finally released the remaining payment of $18.31 (after PP fees of course ) to the lowly disabled advocate. Giving my card a nickname, worked? 😉
I guess the moral of the story is, PayPal is fascist. That's it.
More than 50 members of an uncontacted #IndigenousTribe have been photographed on a riverbank in the remote #Peruvian#Amazon near an area where #logging companies have been granted concessions by the country's government.
The large group from the #MashcoPiro appeared in recent days near the southeastern village of #MonteSalvado, which belongs to the #Yine people. A smaller group of 17 appeared near a neighboring village.
“This is irrefutable evidence that many Mashco Piro live in this area, which the government has not only failed to protect, but actually sold off to logging companies,” Alfredo Vargas Pio, president of the local Indigenous rights group #FENAMAD, said in a statement from Survival International.
They keep killing the ancients.
Men who kill elder trees, are men who kill their children's futures.
Souls must be disconnected from nature & their spirits desperate for money, for them to be OK destroying #OldGrowth forests, for a temporary paycheque.
There are more ethical ways to earn a living.
Stop believing industrial & government #greenwashing lies. #ClearcutLogging kills #ecosystems & throws #ecological balance out of whack.
Government tells us to not fret, that they're managing #forestry better - they're #greedy, #sellout#LIARS. You can go see for yourself, how many clearcuts are still happening on big scales, at several places across Vancouver Island & some parts of BC interior where greedy corporations are decimating the last inland #TemperateRainforest in the world. Our #neoliberal BC NDP government is OK with ongoing mass ecocide - they get money from industry lobbyists 🤑🤮😡
Old growth tree stumps in foreground. 2 logging clearcuts in front of the stumps with a strip of young trees in the middle. The upper clearcut runs up the mountain to another section of young trees. Foggy mist covers tree tops & obscures the mountain.
Graham Hines @Graham Hines9: I love how we didn’t raise minimum wage because it would make food more expensive, but then just made the food more expensive anyways.
Report Names 'Corporate Oligarchs' Who Are Cashing In as Trump-GOP Austerity Assails Workers ( www.commondreams.org )
The Trump administration and wealthy oligarchs are profiting off the suffering of everyday Americans, cutting essential programs while lining their own pockets with billions in tax cuts. How can we allow this blatant corruption to continue unchecked? Join the fight for climate action and democracy now! #CorporateGreed ...