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New from me: I've spent the last 6 months compiling a map of data centres, whose locations are generally secret, operated by Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

Cross-referencing that map with areas of water scarcity shows many are in the world's driest areas.

www.source-material.org/amazon-micro...
Big Tech's data centres will take water from world's driest areas
Amazon, Microsoft and Google's data centres use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and they are building more.
www.source-material.org
April 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Mahir Polat için Müze Gazhane'de dayanışma eylemi:

📢'Mahir'e özgürlük'

kisadalga.net/haber/gundem...
April 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Özgür Özel erken seçim çağrısı yaptı, Erdoğan'a seslendi: Cesaretin varsa çık karşımıza
www.birgun.net/haber/ozgur-...
Özgür Özel erken seçim çağrısı yaptı, Erdoğan'a seslendi: Cesaretin varsa çık karşımıza
CHP’nin, “İrade Milletindir” isimli olağanüstü kurultayında tek aday olan CHP lideri Özel, adaletli bir PM listesi olacağını belirterek, “CHP bölünmez, bütündür” dedi. Özel, “Kalkın, kucaklaşın” diyer...
www.birgun.net
April 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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#Turkey: IPI condemns social media restrictions after Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu's detention and broadcast regulator's threats to news channels. Free media coverage of all or any political developments remains fundamental to democracy.

👉 Read our statement: buff.ly/NrMqF3Y
March 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Medyada İnovasyon serisinin 13. bölümünde @uraz.bsky.social iklim gazetecisi @selinugurtas.bsky.social ile editörü olduğu İklim Masası'nın akademiyle medya arasında nasıl bir köprü kurduğunu ve dezenformasyona karşı medya okuryazarlığının önemini konuşuyor.

🎙️https://buff.ly/3Qf3eiK
February 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#Turkey: In January 2025 alone, at least 9 journalists were arrested, 6 sentenced to prison, 5 detained, and 23 investigated. IPI and 40 partner orgs call for action as #pressfreedom violations surge in the country.

Read our joint statement: https://buff.ly/4hlfAlt
February 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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The NYT panned an investigation into Maccabi Tel Aviv's hateful actions in Amsterdam. The newspaper of record, indeed. electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wi...
NY Times killed investigation of Israeli hooligans, internal email reveals
Reporter reveals frustration that editors blocked story on Amsterdam events falsely portrayed as anti-Semitic.
electronicintifada.net
November 20, 2024 at 10:44 AM
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"Together, the planet’s oceans, forests, soils absorb about half all human emissions

"But as Earth heats up... those crucial processes are breaking down

"In 2023, the hottest year ever recorded... the amount of carbon absorbed by land has temporarily collapsed"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?
The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heating
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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Excellent Drilled episode w/ @geoffreysupran.bsky.social, hosted by @mollytaft.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social on how fossil-fuel funded research in universities toxifies the space

+ I won't spoil it but there's an anecdote about a large, expensive piece of fossil merch that's v v wild 🐎🤠
[Podcast] New Research Is Clear: Fossil Fuel-Funded University Research Is Warping Policy
Geoffrey Supran and Craig Callender discuss the link between fossil fuel-funded research in schools and policy.
drilled.media
September 23, 2024 at 9:09 PM