By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026Data centers are very bad and very visible, so they make for good targets. But data centers are only the physical extrusion of a vast, brutal, extractive system. 19712
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026The most important way to fight data centers is to take everyone you meet protesting one and organize with them to scare the shit out of "your" politicians so they don't *dare* compromise on *anything*. 213622
ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is Hamilton Nolan's framing of elections as the choice between enemies and cowards - you elect cowards and then work them to get them to deliver what you want - rather than the eternal disappointment of savior politics. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-thi...hamiltonnolan.comHow to Think About Politics Without Wanting to Kill YourselfThere are Enemies, and then there are Cowards. 24712
Papers, Please @earlgreyparty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Are you talking about just data centers here or about terrifying politicians generally? If it's the latter then you're channeling NRA lunacy. If it's the former how do you stop it from degenerating into the latter? When do you Take the Deal That's On the Table? 310
