Reposted by Oliver HayesGlobal Action Plan @globalactionplan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026This weekend we’re coordinating days of action with campaigners and local communities across the country, to oppose Big Tech's unchecked expansion of hyperscale data centres in the UK. Join an action near you: www.globalactionplan.org.uk/stop-dirty-data-centres 33536
Reposted by Oliver HayesMartha Dark @marthadark.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Together with our friends at @globalactionplan.bsky.social we've made submissions opposing a huge new data centre in Houghton Regis - we've focused on the HUGE amounts of energy and water it'll use. Read the full subs here: www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/06/06/f...foxglove.org.ukFoxglove and Global Action Plan put in submissions opposing a second UK data centre – at Houghton Regis in BedfordshireTo build new hyperscale data centres, the government must show they have a plan that won't trash our supplies of power and drinking water. 242
Reposted by Oliver HayesParis Marx @parismarx.com · 27/05/2025labour is buying into the hype in the hope of getting some of the investment going into the AI machine without really asking whether there are tangible results on the other side. this strategy is doomed. 713522
Reposted by Oliver HayesTanya O'Carroll @tanya.eurosky.social · 22/03/2025Case closed! 🤩💥🚀. In settling my case, Meta has agreed to stop processing my personal data for direct marketing purposes. In non-legalese, that means I will no longer be shown surveillance-ads on Facebook. www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...thetimes.comOne mother’s win over Meta will change social media for everyoneBritons will be able to opt out of targeted advertising after Tanya O’Carroll’s David-and-Goliath battle with Meta 19472159
Reposted by Oliver HayesStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Marks & Spencer says it's committed to taking action to "reflect the climate emergency we all face". Meanwhile they advertise on GB News, which spreads climate misinformation & denial. 👉👉👉 actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... (follow @stopfundingheat.bsky.social for more on this) 420580
Oliver Hayes @olliehayes.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Govt and industry being completely obtuse re AI plans. There is no transparency re data centre water use now and in future (see below), nor how accelerating power demands will be met without wrecking 2030 decarb plan as per @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social report out today. That situation can't hold. 041
Reposted by Oliver HayesBeyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 10/02/2025We went to the #AIActionSummit today with an early Valentine’s message for Big Tech & industry execs: It’s time to dump fossil fuels. 👋 Powering data centres with fossil energy? Talk about a toxic relationship. We’re demanding a swift divorce, and a speed date with #renewables. 06117
Reposted by Oliver HayesDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Bradford clean air zone saves health service £360,000 in first year - Doctor visits for respiratory illnesses and heart problems were down by 25% #airpollution Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comBradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first yearAfter one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter 118076
Reposted by Oliver HayesParis Marx @parismarx.com · 02/02/2025The United States has declared economic war on some of its closest allies and Silicon Valley is itching to use the power of the state to defend its interests at all costs. It’s time for an alliance not just to combat US belligerence, but to build a different vision for tech.disconnect.blogWe need an international alliance against the US and its tech industryThe United States must face consequences for economic warfare 421962473
Reposted by Oliver HayesJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 03/02/2025There has been relentless attempts to spread FUD on heat pumps in the UK. Despite all this the UK heat pump market has grown by 63% last year. www.desmog.com/2023/07/20/r...desmog.comRevealed: Media Blitz Against Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby GroupAn energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. Over the past two years, the Ener... 517165
Reposted by Oliver HayesJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 03/02/2025When we looked at the total cost of ownership of heat pumps in the UK I was surprised by this finding: Heat pumps with only slightly above average efficiency already today reach cost parity with gas boilers after the government grant. More here👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comTotal cost of ownership of heat pumps and policy choice: The case of Great BritainHeat pumps are essential for decarbonizing heating, as shown by numerous studies. Their adoption depends significantly on economic attractiveness. Usi… 36115
Reposted by Oliver HayesTobi @tobifrenzen.bsky.social · 21/11/20241/ 🚨 Conspiracy theories about the 2024 election miss the bigger picture. The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention. Here’s how they did it... 🧵 28628241635
Reposted by Oliver HayesLoren DeJonge Schulman @lorenraeds.bsky.social · 03/02/2025You say: they shutdown USAID. You mean: they illegally broke in to a secure facility over a weekend, hijacked sensitive data on vulnerable people and US businesses, destroyed property Americans paid for, cut off resources for sick and hungry families, and fired Americans across the country. 9485963131
Reposted by Oliver HayesParis Marx @parismarx.com · 09/12/2024The tech industry makes our lives hell, but at least you can help name the worst billionaire of the year. Cast your ballot! 🗳️ 1210026
Reposted by Oliver HayesKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/12/2024A bumper new @caadcoalition.bsky.social report out today examining how projections, rhetoric and fossil economy dynamics mean big tech's thirst for chatbots = guaranteed climate harm. (happy to have helped the team there w/ some of the data and research) caad.info/analysis/bri... 57934
Oliver Hayes @olliehayes.bsky.social · 27/11/2024@maxrushden.bsky.social If Retegui wants to be the next scott mcgleish (and he surely does) he’s got to keep playing until he’s 50. SM (b.1974) has three apps this season for leverstock green 000
Oliver Hayes @olliehayes.bsky.social · 14/11/2024V pleased we @globalactionplan.bsky.social have signed this letter, and delighted it has been picked up by Brazil’s climate minister @marinasilva.bsky.social 010