Mina Cool
@febrifuge.bsky.social
Desert rat. Rainwater harvester. Native plant geek and gardener. Keeper of tortoise, hens, dogs, and kingsnake.
Awesome! In Tucson our mayor named what’s happening as fascism and Adelita spoke to a crowd of about 5000 all
chanting SWEAR HER IN (one of several protests across town). Adelita was pretty ticked with my husband’s sign
chanting SWEAR HER IN (one of several protests across town). Adelita was pretty ticked with my husband’s sign
October 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Awesome! In Tucson our mayor named what’s happening as fascism and Adelita spoke to a crowd of about 5000 all
chanting SWEAR HER IN (one of several protests across town). Adelita was pretty ticked with my husband’s sign
chanting SWEAR HER IN (one of several protests across town). Adelita was pretty ticked with my husband’s sign
October 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I like how you’ve circled where your toes are. Just in case we forgot. 😎🤣
September 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I like how you’ve circled where your toes are. Just in case we forgot. 😎🤣
That’s the damned truth.
August 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
That’s the damned truth.
I really can’t get enough of their faces. They were so condescending to the community, so blatantly disrespectful, lying obviously, then threatening when it seemed like we might slip out of their grasp. I rarely revel in the suffering of others. But in this case…
August 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I really can’t get enough of their faces. They were so condescending to the community, so blatantly disrespectful, lying obviously, then threatening when it seemed like we might slip out of their grasp. I rarely revel in the suffering of others. But in this case…
& for those not above petty delight 🙋🏽 here are the faces of the Amazon data center developers as the unanimous no vote came in. They thought they could 🐂💩 and bully our desert city into giving up our 💧. They were wrong. 📸 Kathleen Dreier. Mad organizer props @nodesertdatacenter.com More in alt txt
August 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
& for those not above petty delight 🙋🏽 here are the faces of the Amazon data center developers as the unanimous no vote came in. They thought they could 🐂💩 and bully our desert city into giving up our 💧. They were wrong. 📸 Kathleen Dreier. Mad organizer props @nodesertdatacenter.com More in alt txt
We are tough ass desert rats. You fuck with us at your own peril.
August 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We are tough ass desert rats. You fuck with us at your own peril.
And I’m particularly delighted by this one that summarizes eloquently the webinar that my org put together and I presented/hosted the week before the vote. threesonorans.substack.com/p/water-posi...
💧 "Water Positive" My Ass: How Amazon's Math Doesn't Add Up in the Sonoran Desert, WMG VIDEO Exposes Truth about Project Blue
WMG forum reveals hidden power costs that triple Project Blue's true water consumption
threesonorans.substack.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And I’m particularly delighted by this one that summarizes eloquently the webinar that my org put together and I presented/hosted the week before the vote. threesonorans.substack.com/p/water-posi...
Three Sonorans (local blogger) did a phenomenal job of summarizing the last public meeting before the vote where over 1000 Tucsonans (including me—I’m Melanie Cooley referred to in the article) told the developers HELL NO
threesonorans.substack.com/p/ya-basta-t...
threesonorans.substack.com/p/ya-basta-t...
💧 "Ya Basta!" - Tucson Says No to Bezos: The Project Blue Forum That Exposed Amazon's Desert Data Scheme
Hundreds pack Tucson Convention Center as residents expose corporate colonialism disguised as economic development
threesonorans.substack.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Three Sonorans (local blogger) did a phenomenal job of summarizing the last public meeting before the vote where over 1000 Tucsonans (including me—I’m Melanie Cooley referred to in the article) told the developers HELL NO
threesonorans.substack.com/p/ya-basta-t...
threesonorans.substack.com/p/ya-basta-t...
I’m an Education Specialist at Watershed Mgmt Group (water consv nonprf). We threw ourselves into public education. No Desert Data Center, informal coalition, sprung up and did incredible resistance organizing. Tucson pulled together. & we won. Summary here: tucsonagenda.substack.com/p/when-tucso...
When Tucson organizes, things happen
The Tucson activist’s cookbook … Project Blue timeline … And a weirdly prescient laugh.
tucsonagenda.substack.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I’m an Education Specialist at Watershed Mgmt Group (water consv nonprf). We threw ourselves into public education. No Desert Data Center, informal coalition, sprung up and did incredible resistance organizing. Tucson pulled together. & we won. Summary here: tucsonagenda.substack.com/p/when-tucso...
Following up on Tucson free bus fares: city council just voted to keep them free for another year. At the same meeting, they voted unanimously to reject a hyperscale water-guzzling Amazon data center in our desert. The community organizing was phenomenal and is what did it. 1/2
August 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Following up on Tucson free bus fares: city council just voted to keep them free for another year. At the same meeting, they voted unanimously to reject a hyperscale water-guzzling Amazon data center in our desert. The community organizing was phenomenal and is what did it. 1/2
Oh, Tucson is very ready to tell them no. Over and over and over.
August 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Oh, Tucson is very ready to tell them no. Over and over and over.
That’s what we said. Loudly.
August 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
That’s what we said. Loudly.
It’s quite an accomplishment!
July 16, 2025 at 4:42 AM
It’s quite an accomplishment!
However, the water used for cleaning and cooling the data centers is still VAST, which makes no damned sense in a desert that is 30 years into a historic drought AND 11 degrees hotter than it was 100 ago. And still rising.
July 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
However, the water used for cleaning and cooling the data centers is still VAST, which makes no damned sense in a desert that is 30 years into a historic drought AND 11 degrees hotter than it was 100 ago. And still rising.
Hi! Author of the article & @captjohnparker.bsky.social ‘s daughter here👋🏼 it’s a yes and a no on solar changing water use. One of the invisible water costs of data centers is the water consumed in electricity generation. If solar uses less water than other power sources, it might have an impact 1/2
July 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Hi! Author of the article & @captjohnparker.bsky.social ‘s daughter here👋🏼 it’s a yes and a no on solar changing water use. One of the invisible water costs of data centers is the water consumed in electricity generation. If solar uses less water than other power sources, it might have an impact 1/2