Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026And guess who's funding data centre construction... Blackstone and other vulture funds... the perfect recipe for desaster - at our cost, not theirs 020
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerCommon Ecologies @commonecologies.bsky.social · 08/10/2026On Mon we talk about Agrarian International Solidarity in Lebanon! The Agrimovement and Critical Ecologies Lab in the Medditeranean East will tell us about their Agribrigades project, Jibal and other Lebanese allies will also share: join us! 5pm CET, register here commonecologies.net/courses/myce...commonecologies.netMycelia of Resistance: Nourishing International Solidarity – Common Ecologies 011
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerCapitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Oh, Paris la nuit. 77422
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I have had the pleasure of hanging with wonderful, smart and engaged people in Belgrade recently and this podcast is fruit of my trip there from Vienna downstream along the Danube, past the double barbed EU external border fences. Iskra is exhilaratingly resourceful and I recommend this deep listen 010
Reposted by Manuela Zechnerrecassee.bsky.social @recassee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026DEADLINE EXTENDED! 🚨 Apply for the @RECAS_network Fellowship 2026 by 4 Oct 2026 (23:59 CET)! Theme: "Contested Futures in the Western Balkans" (Tech, AI & Democracy, Ecology). 💶 €1,500/mo stipend (3–6 mos). 🔗 Apply: recas.info/news/fellows... #CallForAplications #AcademicSky 032
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Really looking forward to this on the 21st in Copenhagen, I'll have the pleasure to be there in person and present alongside our amazing crew 001
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today, Belgrade! See you here later ifdt.bg.ac.rs/5fz3 or indeed online for this book conversation with Ana Vilenica and Iskra Krstic! @plutopress.bsky.socialifdt.bg.ac.rs[Razgovor o knjizi] Zemlja je u plamenu (PerspectLab, SolidCareLab)Knjiga polazi od poljoprivrede i borbi oko zemlje, ali i od pitanja kako izgraditi netoksične oblike društveno-ekološke reprodukcije i infrastrukturu zajedničkih dobara. 000
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'd love to consult / collaborate with biologists, hit me up if you are working on this or know someone dealing with water biodiversity! 010
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Just signed an employment contract! Whoop! 2,5 years of working on the effect of datacentres on river biodiversity, along the Ebro river, and on related litigation. Excited to be returning to ICTA-UAB and to work with movements local, regional and international ❤️🔥and to building alliances 130
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comNaomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascismIn a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other 331535607
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This text opens a conversation i much want to be having, about how to mobilize & organize larger and affirmative visions and forces against datacentres&AI dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-d... part of what looks like a great issue of @dissentmag.bsky.social here dissentmagazine.org/issue/fall-2...dissentmagazine.org 010
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Looking interesting by dear @mariya-ivancheva.bsky.social 010
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Quite telling this figure from the Verdant report on Datacentre job creation mirages www.verdantthinking.org/publications... 010
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Copenhagen! I'll be in town on 20&21 October - to present my book alongside Sophia Wathne and Salvatore de Rosa on the 20th cape.ku.dk/eng/calendar... ❤️🔥 and then to present our Common Ecologies guide to Ecosocial Education on the 21st. Both at CApE. Join us!!cape.ku.dkThe Plot is on Fire: Care Struggles after Progress, Plantation and PatriarchyBook conversation with author Manuela Zechner and discussants Salvatore Paolo De Rosa and Sophia Wathne. 010
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Belgrade! I'm coming your way on 26 September, to present my book alongside amazing compas Ana Vilenica and Iskra Krstić! At IFDT and online. Just in time for electoral campaigns and more incendiary stuff to discuss ifdt.bg.ac.rs/events/book-...ifdt.bg.ac.rs[Book discussion] The Plot is on Fire (PerspectLab, SolidCareLab)The Plot is on Fire is a book rooted in deep conversation with agroecological, transecofeminist, decolonial, hacker and other movements, outlining open ended struggles and strategies. 010
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026In Ireland, the govnt commissioned a report that exaggerated the benefits of data centres. In the UK, figures produced by the tech industry are taken as given. It is the work of policy-makers, not think tanks, to interrogate industry claims. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comUK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis findsFacilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says 074
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerPhilippe Reka visionscarto.net @reka.visionscarto.net · 28/08/2026Jour 26 Un jour, un article... un mois pour voyager au cœur de lcollective visionscarto.net Gaza entre traumatisme colonial et génocide www.visionscarto.net/gaza-entre-t... par Ruba Salih comprendre ce qui se passe aujourd’hui à partir d’un espace défini par les effets de la violence coloniale. 031
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The genocide continues. In the past 2 days, the IDF have destroyed a warehouse storing food supplies intended for children and mothers in Gaza and seized the UNWRA centre in Jerusalem. And the Irish govnt is refusing visas to Palestinian students. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...aljazeera.comSeven killed in Gaza as Israeli strike ‘destroys’ aid supply warehouseHealth Ministry warns of 'complete collapse of the basic necessities of life' in Gaza as Israel's attacks continue. 01312
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerThe New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Read more: www.newarab.com/news/israel-...newarab.comIsrael freaks out over children’s kites in GazaFor days, Israel’s concern over kites and balloons launched from Gaza has intensified, transforming Palestinian children’s toys into a "security issue". 043
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Hoping for more feminist planners and activists taking this up. Not least because, as Crimethink puts it in their Contradictionary: 'Aircon. The more you use it, the hotter it gets (see Global Warming).' 000
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026And so hypercooling public spaces is extra paradoxical because women use public transport and shops much more than men (facts too link.springer.com/article/10.1... ). I'm one of many who now get headaches and colds from taking trains or buses, dash through the supermarket in discomfort. It sucks!link.springer.comGender differences in active travel in major cities across the world - TransportationThere is lack of literature on international comparison of gender differences in the use of active travel modes. We used population-representative travel surveys for 19 major cities across 13 countrie... 110
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026No essentialism, but science : people born into female bodies tend to have less muscle, different skin, metabolism etc - making them significantly more sensitive to cold www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comDo women feel colder by nature? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of sex differences in physiological and subjective thermal responsesHow individuals perceive and evaluate their thermal environment is a key driver of thermoregulatory behaviour, which not only helps maintain personal … 110
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Feminist planners -> Anyone out there contesting the gender bias in generalised aircon use? Aircon is increasingly introduced into public spaces and used outside heat days too. Yet supercooled spaces are biased towards male bodies and wellbeing, just as cars are designed for male bodies and safety. 100
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026I don't think people understand the extent to which this has been a decade plus long billionaire funded campaign (obviously Thiel is involved). We've tried to ring the alarm about these eugenicists but it is too easy for them to get parroted by the mainstream media. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...bylinetimes.comThe Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason ArdayThe media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network 3127241193
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerClimática @climatica.coop · 13/08/2026El Danubio se seca. La gran arteria fluvial que vertebra el centro y el este de Europa a través de diez países es un reflejo más de los impactos de la crisis climática. climatica.coopEl Danubio se seca: crisis energética, navíos varados y vestigios del pasado al descubierto - ClimáticaEl calor extremo y la sequía desencadenan una tormenta perfecta a lo largo de diez países europeos, obligando a restringir el consumo eléctrico, frustrando la navegación y transformando el lecho del río en un museo al aire libre. 055
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026In the name of competitiveness and defence, the EU is going backwards on climate action. €800 billion has been committed to prepare for war by 2030, far outstripping anything that is being invested in climate resilience and a green transition. This is madness. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...irishtimes.comOpinion: Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national securityIdea that climate action is about individual responsibility is as ridiculous as suggesting everyone can equip themselves to fight in war 04020
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026AI is being imposed, regardless the social and environmental cost. This must be resisted. 'Widespread adoption of AI is no longer being treated as something that might happen...It is becoming an objective of supranational government policy.' euobserver.com/231973/rever...euobserver.comReverse centaurs: EU approach to AI risks dystopia for human workersThe EU Commission is manifesting AI as a 'vulgar Thatcherism', while leaving the predictably negative side-effects to fall on citizens. 052
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Die KPOE sehr klar und gut warum das kommende Kopftuchverbot an Schulen in Ö reine rassistische PR ist kpoe.at/aktuelles/ko...kpoe.atKopftuchverbot: Positionspapier des Bundesausschuss der KPÖ | KPÖMit September 2026 tritt das Kopftuchverbot an Schulen in Kraft. Warum das die betroffenen Mädchen nicht stärkt, Lehrer:innen belastet und was stattdessen ein Beitrag für geschlechtergerechte Bildungs... 010
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerCommon Ecologies @commonecologies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026As rivers dry up in soaring heat, most governments are massively expanding data centres which *dry up rivers*. The levels of absurdity & death cult are incredible. Now is the time to make investment unattractive, stop the worst. The rivers are ours, water is life. ethicalgeo.org/the-cloud-is...ethicalgeo.orgThe Cloud is Drying our Rivers: Water Usage of AI Data Centers | EthicalGEOCloud computing is drying out our rivers, lakes, and oceans. The average 100-megawatt data center consumes about 2 million liters of water a day, equivalent to the water consumption of 6,500 American ... 164
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerCommon Ecologies @commonecologies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026World! The video playlist from our 'Knowledge is our Sweet Power' programme is online! Catch up on co-research for socioecological justice, agrarian knowledge strategies and struggles, legal and investigative tactics to fight extractivism, racism and imperialism, and much more.youtube.comKnowledge is our Sweet Power - YouTubeSkilling-up for alliance, leverage and literacy!Knowledge is a weapon, a tool, even better: our sweet power. This year more than ever, we need skills and str... 032
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The rivers are literally drying up and the're building river-fed data centres like crazy all over. This is going to explode, as people notice who steals their water. Some maps of ongoing and emerging struggles: lenuageetaitsousnospieds.org (FR) + aufstaendederallmende.org/index.php/at... (CH)lenuageetaitsousnospieds.orgLe nuage était sous nos pieds 010
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026In Austria too, more&bigger datacenters so that national energy consumption can double and triple. So we too can burn in hell with dried up rivers and failing crops, drowning in digital trash. We'll be eating and drinking AI. awareness and resistance are growing orf.at/stories/3364186/noe.orf.atLeopoldsdorf bekommt 2027 RechenzentrumEin Google-Rechenzentrum, das in Kronstorf (Oberösterreich) gebaut wird, hat zuletzt für Aufsehen gesorgt. Es ist aber nicht das einzige Großprojekt, das in den nächsten Jahren ans Stromnetz gehen sol... 000
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Just out. Might have another longer episode with Morgan Ody coming too - it was a huge pleasure to talk and learn with her. Feminist leadership at its best, of an organization representing 200 mio peasants... So much resonance and alignment, food for thought indeed! 011
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 22/07/2026In Germany, the theater of a high-security trial is being used to paint Palestine solidarity activists as terrorists and criminals. The Ulm Five case shows how the German state and media are demonizing opponents of Israel’s crimes.jacobin.comNo Regrets for Being on the Right Side of HistoryDaniel Tatlow-Devally is one of five activists on trial in Germany over a direct action targeting Israeli arms firm Elbit Systems. In an interview from jail, he explains why he doesn’t regret it, and how the case has highlighted complicity with Israel. 03916
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. 20368812224829
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerMarco Fechner 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @pankowerpflanze.de · 17/07/2026- "Smarte Brillen" sammeln permanent Daten und scannen die Umgebung. - Palantir sammelt diese Daten aus dem Netz. - Sicherheitsbehörden kaufen die verknüpften Daten von Palantir. Erich Mielkes (Chef der DDR-Staatssicherheit) feuchte Träume werden wahr und die Leute findens "smart".watson.chNach Druck von Tech-Firmen auf EU: Letzte Hürde für Smart Glasses in Europa fälltEine Batterieverordnung der EU erschwerte die Markteinführung neuer Wearables in der europäischen Union stark. Nun erliess das Parlament eine Sonderregelung. 68884367
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Slovenian friends! This turned out quite nicely I think (except for the title picture maybe lol), just out today in case you fancy some summer reading :) www.rtvslo.si/okolje/ranlj...rtvslo.si"Ranljivosti in medsebojne odvisnosti nikoli ne bo mogoče odpraviti""Če pogledamo s feministične ali ekološke perspektive, ugotovimo, da je naš obstoj utemeljen na medsebojni odvisnosti. Pravzaprav sta ranljivost in medsebojna odvisnost vir naše moči," je prepričana r... 000
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10736504420331
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerKerem Schamberger @keremschamberger.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Der Protest gegen Rheinmetall in Berlin in den letzten Tagen ist genau das, was es an allen Standorten dieser Firma des Todes braucht. Ihre Produktion muss jeden Tag blockiert werden, ihr aus genozid und Krieg gespeister Profit muss gestoppt werden. 0173
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 06/07/2026It was lovely to also have @plutopress.bsky.social there in person! And I should add: follow our Earthcare Fieldcast account, we're on bsky @earthcareradio.bsky.social 010
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 06/07/2026For those aurally inclined and noting that the plot is increasingly on fire: a conversation recorded during the first heat wave of my summer, London/May 2026/33ºC. Food for thought, in the wonderful company of @maxhaiven.bsky.social and other friends and complices - soundcloud.com/earthcarefie...soundcloud.com19. The Plot is on Fire: Care Struggles after Progress, Plantation and PatriarchyAs myths of progress and modernisation collapse in the relentless polycrisis of our time, how do we strengthen other plots—in community, practice and struggle? How do we come together as movements for 140
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerThe Earthcare Fieldcast @earthcareradio.bsky.social · 06/07/2026World! We're back with some burning new episodes! 🔥 First up: @maxhaiven.bsky.social in conversation with @manuelaz.bsky.social about the latter's new book: The Plot is on Fire. A book in fierce metabolism with this podcast! ❤️🔥 Tune in, enjoy, get reading and plotting soundcloud.com/earthcarefie...soundcloud.com19. The Plot is on Fire: Care Struggles after Progress, Plantation and PatriarchyAs myths of progress and modernisation collapse in the relentless polycrisis of our time, how do we strengthen other plots—in community, practice and struggle? How do we come together as movements for 042
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Pink thing that travels and makes me travel, season #1 with gratitude to all the lovely friends and comrades along the way 010
Manuela Zechner @manuelaz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Yesterday I workshopped future visions and transformations with fifty 14-year old kids and I'm glad to say they all know AI is their enemy 020
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026daaaamn london 116176634692
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 11/06/2026🐴 European hobby horse championship comes to Prague Ready, set, hobby horse! Athletes holding stick horses compete in various events at the European hobby horse championship in Prague, Czech Republic. The one-day event brought together 243 competitors from 11 countries. 24217
Reposted by Manuela ZechnerKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/06/2026Just announced: OpenAI plans to lease a 9.2 gigawatt 100% fossil-fuelled data centre on Ohio. Its emissions will be between 20 - 37 MTCO2-e - somewhere between the total grid emissions of France -> Netherlands As much GHGs as 9.5 average coal plants. Will raise US total emissions by 0.5% 32561457