Renata Avila
@avilarenata.bsky.social
CEO Open Knowledge Foundation - Lawyer - Internationalist
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As industrial operations move to Texas, residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/s_zeKn
Texas’s Water Wars
As industrial operations move to the state, residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As industrial operations move to Texas, residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/s_zeKn
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Meanwhile OpenAI plans to open datacenters that will use more energy than the entire country of India and emit more pollution than ExxonMobil
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Meanwhile OpenAI plans to open datacenters that will use more energy than the entire country of India and emit more pollution than ExxonMobil
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Taiwan faced a drought that caused chipmaker TSMC to compete with local farmers for water. Nvidia’s carbon emissions rose 87% in 2024 alone. Workers face grueling schedules to keep up, and factory emissions are worse for global warming than CO2.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Taiwan faced a drought that caused chipmaker TSMC to compete with local farmers for water. Nvidia’s carbon emissions rose 87% in 2024 alone. Workers face grueling schedules to keep up, and factory emissions are worse for global warming than CO2.
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This is a fantastic deep dive with a ton of great info that debunks all the shallow arguments against how AI destroys the environment.
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is a fantastic deep dive with a ton of great info that debunks all the shallow arguments against how AI destroys the environment.
I discovered @penpot.app at Decidim Fest and I am LOVING IT!
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I discovered @penpot.app at Decidim Fest and I am LOVING IT!
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Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft
As with my Anthropic exclusive from a few weeks ago, though this feels like a natural premium piece, I decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked or f...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
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NEW: A group of Senators and Congresspeople are warning Governors that their states are providing ICE “with frictionless, self-service access to the personal data of all of your residents.”
The data sharing is managed by a nonprofit called Nlets, which is managed by state police agencies.
The data sharing is managed by a nonprofit called Nlets, which is managed by state police agencies.
Lawmakers warn Democratic governors that states are sharing drivers' data with ICE | TechCrunch
A group of Democratic lawmakers asked governors in California, Colorado, and other states to block ICE from accessing their residents’ driver’s license data without their knowledge.
techcrunch.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NEW: A group of Senators and Congresspeople are warning Governors that their states are providing ICE “with frictionless, self-service access to the personal data of all of your residents.”
The data sharing is managed by a nonprofit called Nlets, which is managed by state police agencies.
The data sharing is managed by a nonprofit called Nlets, which is managed by state police agencies.
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New: a judge has ruled that Flock surveillance images are public records that can be requested by anyone. Shows that at least in some cases, police cannot withhold the data collected by its surveillance systems.
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
New: a judge has ruled that Flock surveillance images are public records that can be requested by anyone. Shows that at least in some cases, police cannot withhold the data collected by its surveillance systems.
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
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📚🎊✨ yay - joint book launch for @nsrnicek.bsky.social's Silicon Empires, @mayameme.bsky.social's Auto-Correct and my Public Data Cultures, in discussion with @joannazylinska.bsky.social & @noortjem.bsky.social on 3rd Dec, 7-9pm 💜 www.tickettailor.com/events/kings... @politybooks.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
📚🎊✨ yay - joint book launch for @nsrnicek.bsky.social's Silicon Empires, @mayameme.bsky.social's Auto-Correct and my Public Data Cultures, in discussion with @joannazylinska.bsky.social & @noortjem.bsky.social on 3rd Dec, 7-9pm 💜 www.tickettailor.com/events/kings... @politybooks.bsky.social
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Unsere Privatsphäre ist natürlich wichtig.
Aber die Geschäftsmodelle der KI-Unternehmen sind leider wichtiger.
Aber die Geschäftsmodelle der KI-Unternehmen sind leider wichtiger.
"Draft changes would create new exceptions for AI companies that would allow them to legally process special categories of data (like a person’s religious or political beliefs, ethnicity or health data) to train and operate their tech"
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom
Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.
www.politico.eu
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Unsere Privatsphäre ist natürlich wichtig.
Aber die Geschäftsmodelle der KI-Unternehmen sind leider wichtiger.
Aber die Geschäftsmodelle der KI-Unternehmen sind leider wichtiger.
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Must read @begopramirez.bsky.social @publico.es and thank you, @wereontheditch.bsky.social !
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Público on X: "🔴INVESTIGACIÓN | Airbus mandó a Israel cuatro pallets con torretas en un vuelo regular de Air Europa en agosto de 2024, mientras que Blanch Internacional llevó a reparar seis kilos de equipos electrónicos en mayo de 2025 ✍️ Por @begopramirez https://t.co/z1XaLQh0FV" / X
🔴INVESTIGACIÓN | Airbus mandó a Israel cuatro pallets con torretas en un vuelo regular de Air Europa en agosto de 2024, mientras que Blanch Internacional llevó a reparar seis kilos de equipos electrónicos en mayo de 2025 ✍️ Por @begopramirez https://t.co/z1XaLQh0FV
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November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Must read @begopramirez.bsky.social @publico.es and thank you, @wereontheditch.bsky.social !
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If Municipalities were adopting a commons-based stack for their functions, it would not only be twice as cheap. This could result in a 50–70% lower carbon footprint for a shared, open digital commons stack. And more accountability!
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If Municipalities were adopting a commons-based stack for their functions, it would not only be twice as cheap. This could result in a 50–70% lower carbon footprint for a shared, open digital commons stack. And more accountability!
If Municipalities were adopting a commons-based stack for their functions, it would not only be twice as cheap. This could result in a 50–70% lower carbon footprint for a shared, open digital commons stack. And more accountability!
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If Municipalities were adopting a commons-based stack for their functions, it would not only be twice as cheap. This could result in a 50–70% lower carbon footprint for a shared, open digital commons stack. And more accountability!
De los mismos que creían que las cámaras de vigilancia resolverían el problema de la seguridad ciudadana, ahora en #Guatemala viene cómo la IA va a resolver la calidad de los maestros de primaria.
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
De los mismos que creían que las cámaras de vigilancia resolverían el problema de la seguridad ciudadana, ahora en #Guatemala viene cómo la IA va a resolver la calidad de los maestros de primaria.
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Mazón dimite sin dignidad.
Lo hace a pesar de la infame lógica partidista y solo gracias a la lucha y dignidad de las víctimas y del pueblo valenciano.
Gracias a toda la gente que ha luchado para obligarlo a dimitir y que no le quedara otro remedio.
#MazonDimision
Lo hace a pesar de la infame lógica partidista y solo gracias a la lucha y dignidad de las víctimas y del pueblo valenciano.
Gracias a toda la gente que ha luchado para obligarlo a dimitir y que no le quedara otro remedio.
#MazonDimision
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Mazón dimite sin dignidad.
Lo hace a pesar de la infame lógica partidista y solo gracias a la lucha y dignidad de las víctimas y del pueblo valenciano.
Gracias a toda la gente que ha luchado para obligarlo a dimitir y que no le quedara otro remedio.
#MazonDimision
Lo hace a pesar de la infame lógica partidista y solo gracias a la lucha y dignidad de las víctimas y del pueblo valenciano.
Gracias a toda la gente que ha luchado para obligarlo a dimitir y que no le quedara otro remedio.
#MazonDimision
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"There are many challenges to transforming the AI ecosystem and strong interests resisting change. But we know change is possible, and we believe we have more allies in this effort than it may seem. There is a rebel in every Death Star."
🗣️ @b-cavello.bsky.social in our #4DCongress
🗣️ @b-cavello.bsky.social in our #4DCongress
October 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"There are many challenges to transforming the AI ecosystem and strong interests resisting change. But we know change is possible, and we believe we have more allies in this effort than it may seem. There is a rebel in every Death Star."
🗣️ @b-cavello.bsky.social in our #4DCongress
🗣️ @b-cavello.bsky.social in our #4DCongress
Our @okfn.bsky.social statement reacting to the DC-EDIC announcement blog.okfn.org/2025/10/30/w... #digitalcommons
We celebrate the Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium, a model built for sharing - Open Knowledge Blog
On behalf of the Open Knowledge Foundation, I welcome today’s announcement by the European Commission on the creation of the Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (DC-EDIC). It is...
blog.okfn.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Our @okfn.bsky.social statement reacting to the DC-EDIC announcement blog.okfn.org/2025/10/30/w... #digitalcommons
The future of tech is commons-based, open by design & built with people at its heart. With #DCEDIC, Europe leads a new way, creating digital infrastructure that others can adapt, reuse & grow globally. This is our @okfn.bsky.social vision in action. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Commission to launch Digital Commons EDIC to support sovereign European digital infrastructure and technology
The European Commission today adopted a decision establishing the Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (DC-EDIC), a new instrument enabling Member States to jointly develop, depl...
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
October 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The future of tech is commons-based, open by design & built with people at its heart. With #DCEDIC, Europe leads a new way, creating digital infrastructure that others can adapt, reuse & grow globally. This is our @okfn.bsky.social vision in action. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
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👁️🗨️Las grandes empresas tecnológicas –como Google, Amazon, Microsoft, etc.– han proporcionado infraestructura y servicios al ejército israelí
🗣️Simona Levi habla con Rasha Abdul Rahim sobre el uso de la tecnología en el exterminio de Palestina y en el entorno digital europeo🇪🇺
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🗣️Simona Levi habla con Rasha Abdul Rahim sobre el uso de la tecnología en el exterminio de Palestina y en el entorno digital europeo🇪🇺
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“Europa integra en su aparato de seguridad las tecnologías de vigilancia masiva que Israel prueba en Palestina”
Periodismo libre y de servicio público. Contexto y acción. Suscríbete y defiende la prensa independiente
ctxt.es
October 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
👁️🗨️Las grandes empresas tecnológicas –como Google, Amazon, Microsoft, etc.– han proporcionado infraestructura y servicios al ejército israelí
🗣️Simona Levi habla con Rasha Abdul Rahim sobre el uso de la tecnología en el exterminio de Palestina y en el entorno digital europeo🇪🇺
ctxt.es/es/20251001/...
🗣️Simona Levi habla con Rasha Abdul Rahim sobre el uso de la tecnología en el exterminio de Palestina y en el entorno digital europeo🇪🇺
ctxt.es/es/20251001/...
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“Lo importante sobre la degradación de la red es que, por debajo de todo, sigue corriendo el viejo y querido internet"
Simona levi habla con Francesc Bracero en La Vanguardia sobre la #Conferencia4D que empieza a las 9h
¡Te esperamos!
www.lavanguardia.com...
Simona levi habla con Francesc Bracero en La Vanguardia sobre la #Conferencia4D que empieza a las 9h
¡Te esperamos!
www.lavanguardia.com...
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
“Lo importante sobre la degradación de la red es que, por debajo de todo, sigue corriendo el viejo y querido internet"
Simona levi habla con Francesc Bracero en La Vanguardia sobre la #Conferencia4D que empieza a las 9h
¡Te esperamos!
www.lavanguardia.com...
Simona levi habla con Francesc Bracero en La Vanguardia sobre la #Conferencia4D que empieza a las 9h
¡Te esperamos!
www.lavanguardia.com...
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🎉 Arrenca la #Conferència4D organitzada per @accentobert.cat i Xnet , el punt de trobada europeu per parlar de #digitalitzaciódemocràtica i #dretsdigitals.
📍 COAC, Barcelona
⏰ De 9.15 h a 21.30 h
📍 COAC, Barcelona
⏰ De 9.15 h a 21.30 h
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🎉 Arrenca la #Conferència4D organitzada per @accentobert.cat i Xnet , el punt de trobada europeu per parlar de #digitalitzaciódemocràtica i #dretsdigitals.
📍 COAC, Barcelona
⏰ De 9.15 h a 21.30 h
📍 COAC, Barcelona
⏰ De 9.15 h a 21.30 h
Very worried about the movements in Latin America, a generally peaceful region for a while, towards a senseless war on a noun, with the not-so-hidden motives of "restoring a version of democracy" by drones, extrajudicial executions, grabbing of whatever resources are left, and splitting a region.
October 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Very worried about the movements in Latin America, a generally peaceful region for a while, towards a senseless war on a noun, with the not-so-hidden motives of "restoring a version of democracy" by drones, extrajudicial executions, grabbing of whatever resources are left, and splitting a region.
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The private detention centers ICE contracts with to hold thousands of people — including journalists it arrests — shouldn’t be off-limits to FOIA requests.
Use our action center to tell your member of Congress: FOIA should apply to private facilities.
Use our action center to tell your member of Congress: FOIA should apply to private facilities.
Safeguard Incarcerated Journalists
Defending press freedom for the next generation
freedom.press
October 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The private detention centers ICE contracts with to hold thousands of people — including journalists it arrests — shouldn’t be off-limits to FOIA requests.
Use our action center to tell your member of Congress: FOIA should apply to private facilities.
Use our action center to tell your member of Congress: FOIA should apply to private facilities.
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Just as it's important to set boundaries in your daily life, the same can be true for your digital identity. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy m...
www.eff.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Just as it's important to set boundaries in your daily life, the same can be true for your digital identity. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. Strikes
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM