Eric Bonds
@ericbonds.bsky.social
Sociologist, gardener, and nature lover...
Grateful for this kind of local environmental reporting from the Chesapeake Bay Journal: www.bayjournal.com/news/polluti...
www.bayjournal.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Grateful for this kind of local environmental reporting from the Chesapeake Bay Journal: www.bayjournal.com/news/polluti...
Research and perspective on secrecy and the widespread use of NDAs to pursue data center development in Virginia: virginiamercury.com/2025/04/30/d...
Data centers, non-disclosure agreements and democracy • Virginia Mercury
We fear that the widespread use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and a larger ethic of secrecy regarding data-center development curtails meaningful debate and impairs local democracy, write guest ...
virginiamercury.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Research and perspective on secrecy and the widespread use of NDAs to pursue data center development in Virginia: virginiamercury.com/2025/04/30/d...
This is how to respond to Trump's deportation policies. Public school teachers in action! www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Trump border czar’s town stood up for 3 kids detained by ICE — and won
In the New York village of Sackets Harbor, teachers launched a days-long effort to secure the release of three students. Less than two weeks later, the students were back in their classrooms.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is how to respond to Trump's deportation policies. Public school teachers in action! www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
We're told that we need AI, and can't lose to China in the race to develop it. But maybe we need a livable planet first? Maybe instead of an arms race with China for AI, we could instead focus on a cooperative approach to tackle climate change?
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Biden drafting plan for construction of AI data centers on federal lands
Worries the U.S. will lose the AI arms race fuels an eleventh-hour Biden administration effort to allow massive data centers and power plants on public land.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:57 PM
We're told that we need AI, and can't lose to China in the race to develop it. But maybe we need a livable planet first? Maybe instead of an arms race with China for AI, we could instead focus on a cooperative approach to tackle climate change?
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Reposted by Eric Bonds
This is really mind boggling bluevirginia.us/2024/12/mond...
December 9, 2024 at 3:32 PM
This is really mind boggling bluevirginia.us/2024/12/mond...
Reposted by Eric Bonds
"Building enough infrastructure to meet growing data center demand will be difficult" (that's an understatement!) bluevirginia.us/2024/12/mond...
December 9, 2024 at 3:35 PM
"Building enough infrastructure to meet growing data center demand will be difficult" (that's an understatement!) bluevirginia.us/2024/12/mond...
Data centers promise big tax payouts to local communities before approval. It's important to track whether or not those promises are realized. I'd love to see more information on this.
www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/county-...
www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/county-...
County will spend nearly $500,000 more to fight data center lawsuits
Some of the biggest tech companies in the world — including Microsoft and Amazon — are suing Prince William County over their property tax bills.
www.princewilliamtimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Data centers promise big tax payouts to local communities before approval. It's important to track whether or not those promises are realized. I'd love to see more information on this.
www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/county-...
www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/county-...
I keep thinking about this commentary. Excellent writing from Ivy Main. virginiamercury.com/2024/12/03/d...
Data centers approved, solar farms rejected: What is going on in rural Virginia? • Virginia Mercury
Localities have continued to approve new data center proposals with little thought given to where and how they will get the power to serve them.
virginiamercury.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:37 PM
I keep thinking about this commentary. Excellent writing from Ivy Main. virginiamercury.com/2024/12/03/d...
Climate change denialism, Virginia style....
virginiamercury.com/2024/12/02/d...
virginiamercury.com/2024/12/02/d...
Data centers and Virginia’s special kind of denialism • Virginia Mercury
The reelection of Donald Trump shows the continued prevalence of climate denialism, which involves a rejection of the scientific consensus that human activity is changing the climate. As in his first ...
virginiamercury.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Climate change denialism, Virginia style....
virginiamercury.com/2024/12/02/d...
virginiamercury.com/2024/12/02/d...