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Vivek

@vivekster.bsky.social
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Rhymes with cake. Social movement swiss army knife. He/him. Like the 🌵where I live, my roots are shallow and sprawling. And I can be prickly. @nodesertdatacenter.com

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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Election season makes me hate the word table so much omg is the table you’re referring to literal, digital, or metaphorical!!!!!??????
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The Humanist Report @humanistreport.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Democrats will never learn.
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No Desert Data Center Coalition @nodesertdatacenter.com · 08/10/2026
Like we’ve said before, we can either meet these data centers’ insatiable demand for energy OR we can have a livable planet, not both. And so we’re 100% clear: no, WE CANNOT MEET THAT BANANAS MULTIPLE GIGAWATTS PER STATE DEMAND WITH RENEWABLES!!!
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Here are a few local news sources I read regularly and I hope you will too, and support them as you can: @azluminaria.org @tucsonsentinel.com @tucsonagenda.bsky.social @tucsonspotlight.bsky.social @coppercourier.com @lookoutnews.bsky.social
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Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The lack of consent with AI integration is truly something. My choices are "yes" or "maybe later". Where is the option to launch the AI assistant into the sun? I'll come to AI when I need something done sloppily and feel like spending my time and expertise correcting it instead of doing it myself.
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Turning Point USA’s production team joined alongside dozens of Border Patrol agents as they entered onto private property in Lochiel. Activists have been detained and the last standing grandmother tree in the area was destroyed. Here they are gleefully filming as people scream and the tree falls.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
People should probably be paying attention to the sermons and mailers that the Evangelical rightwing churches delivering across the country.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I saw a clip of a Trump supporter in a red hat being interviewed. This person is clearly an immigrant. Her #1 reason for voting continuing to support the fascist is that Muslims like Mamdani and El-Sayed are trying to take over the country and end Christianity.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Guys if 1998 was ten years ago, how can someone born in 1997 be almost 30?
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I remember the day that I found out Jamal had been killed, it was the closest I had come to experiencing evil, that the human capacity for evil was real.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Drunkle wants to know how any asshole can blast off into space, orbit the Earth, and return as the same asshole.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Drunkle wants to know how any asshole can blast off into space, orbit the Earth, and return as the same asshole.
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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It'll be convenient to have all your clothes on already when society collapses.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One of those days when I have to check if the towel’s wet to know whether or not I showered.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
idk man, if I believed someone converted away from my religion because some dude offered them one (1) bag of rice, I’d be too embarrassed to talk about it. Caste Hindus who loudly complain in those terms are so tied to their oppressive status quo that they don’t care how much their ass is showing.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Stay in your lane.” Sir we are in the same vehicle.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Stay in your lane.” Sir we are in the same vehicle.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Welcome aboard. We’re sorry for the almost 90-minute delay. We had to switch to a new aircraft because the other one’s auxiliary power, which supplies air in the cabin while we’re on the ground, wasn’t working. But this aircraft is fine, which is why it’s a billion degrees in the cabin right now.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I respect a journalist who protects their sources!
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
😂
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How do you miss a urinal? Like not just a couple of drops, but an entire puddle. How?
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I wrote this piece in part because, while most of my friends had seemingly heard about "AI agents going rogue" (not an accurate description), most didn't know that the US almost started a war with China over false info generated by an AI product. organizingmythoughts.org/what-actuall...
“It was not a rogue system exercising some terrifying new form of agency that almost led us to war with China, but the outsourcing of human thought and labor to a machine that lacks human competence and discernment. Our greatest fear should not be that the machines will declare war on us, but that we will declare war on each other, or otherwise throw the world away, because we have surrendered the interrogation of reality to machines—which, as it happens, don’t work especially well.” - Kelly Hayes
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If Arizona is two hours behind you it’s EST and if we’re three hours behind it’s EDT hope that helps!
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Balbir Singh Sodhi.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/09/2026
I still think there is not a good awareness out there of just how much the AI industry plans to run off fossil fuels. This is a *conservative* estimate that excludes many planned projects. These are weak plans and they can be stopped. au.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-data...
Investing.com -- Data centers in the United States are projected to consume more natural gas than most countries within the next ten years, according to a new outlook from BloombergNEF.

Natural gas consumption for electricity generation at data centers is forecast to increase by 15 billion cubic feet per day in the decade ending in 2035, even when accounting for planned projects that may never be completed. This volume exceeds the current gas consumption of all nations except China, Russia, Iran and the United States, based on data from the US Energy Information Administration. The projection is more than double BloombergNEF's December forecast of 6.9 billion cubic feet per day.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I started woodworking then got distracted by fighting hyperscale data centers, but hoping to get back to it!
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I have questions and concerns about the chocolate.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
damn imagine coming back from death just to be racist
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Cameron as I knew him: showing up and advocating for the liberation of people he knew and loved, and for those he didn’t know in places he’d never been. Amplifying the voices of others doing the same. I am devastated he’s gone and enraged by how he was taken from us.
Cameron taking video with his phone at a protestForeground: a banner reading, "From the Borderlands to Palestine, End the occupation" Cameron in the background, holding up a Palestinian flag.Cameron holding up a peace sign to the camera, surrounded by people holding signs in solidarity with Palestinians.Cameron taking a photo with his camera in his right hand, and video of a protest with his phone in his left hand. A mural and marching protesters in the background.
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BAB @8a8s.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"But those programs [to help folks weatherize their homes] are often oversubscribed" Oversubscribed or underfunded? www.npr.org/2026/09/07/n...
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'Her body temperature was 106': How heat is killing Americans in their homes
Heat kills thousands of people across the U.S. every year. The risk is especially high for the millions of Americans who live in manufactured housing like mobile homes and trailers.
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Ken @kmontenegro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Colonialism Turned Inward: Importing U.S. Militarism into Local Police Departments www.amacad.org/daedalus/col...
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Colonialism Turned Inward: Importing U.S. Militarism into Local Police Departments
Policing in the United States has become increasingly militarized, partly due to the transfer of military equipment to local police departments. Many law enforcement agencies throughout the United…
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Using the terms of your metaphor, the source of the ammunition is more complicated: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026...
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How the US Christian right built an interfaith coalition against LGBTQ rights in Africa
An alliance between Christian, Muslim, and even traditional religious institutions has formed under the secular banner of “family values”.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Cameron as I knew him: showing up and advocating for the liberation of people he knew and loved, and for those he didn’t know in places he’d never been. Amplifying the voices of others doing the same. I am devastated he’s gone and enraged by how he was taken from us.
Cameron taking video with his phone at a protestForeground: a banner reading, "From the Borderlands to Palestine, End the occupation" Cameron in the background, holding up a Palestinian flag.Cameron holding up a peace sign to the camera, surrounded by people holding signs in solidarity with Palestinians.Cameron taking a photo with his camera in his right hand, and video of a protest with his phone in his left hand. A mural and marching protesters in the background.
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Arizona Daily Star @tucson.com · 03/09/2026
Hundreds gathered at Catalina Park Wednesday night to mourn Cameron Davis Capara and Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, the two men murdered outside a Tucson gay bar three days earlier.
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Vigil for Capara, Siqueiros draws hundreds to Tucson park
Hundreds gathered at Catalina Park Wednesday night to mourn Cameron Davis Capara and Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, the two men murdered outside a Tucson gay bar three days earlier.
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Arizona Daily Star @tucson.com · 02/09/2026
If Wednesday’s vigil wasn’t for him, Cameron Davis Capara would have been photographing it.
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Friends: Tucson shooting victim used camera to document injustices
If Wednesday’s vigil wasn’t for him, Cameron Davis Capara would have been photographing it.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fahrenheit 451 mechanical hound. Exhibit 47463638558 in tech bros reading our best/worst dystopia as an instruction manual rather than a warning.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
when though lol
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Dystopian author: hey if we keep going this way this horrible thing could happen. Tech bro: that sounds great let’s do it!
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fahrenheit 451 mechanical hound. Exhibit 47463638558 in tech bros reading our best/worst dystopia as an instruction manual rather than a warning.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Sigh, where have you gone, SpoorLam? We need your saffron balls now more than ever.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Anamorphics are in. Gimme native desqueeze in mobile OS. I don’t wanna wait for laptop workflow wahhhh
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
A rising tide lifts all ships - except the ones with holes or structural flaws. Those it sinks.
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Sigh, where have you gone, SpoorLam? We need your saffron balls now more than ever.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
correction we should absolutely do this every year on 9-25
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Posting Gandhi critiques while South Asia and South Africa are awake means finding a bunch of cool new people to follow. Winning!
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Vivek @vivekster.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I’ve heard people give Gandhi this pass as well, for his casteism and anti-Black racism. But what they conveniently ignore is that other people of his time (like Ambedkar) were around to tell him he was wrong and he didn’t listen.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Wearing @postguild.bsky.social red today. I was able to challenge my @washingtonpost.com firing — and win reinstatement plus back pay — all thanks to being a part of the @wbng.org Guild. Binding Arbitration is a part of our contract. This is why unions matter!!!
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No Desert Data Center Coalition @nodesertdatacenter.com · 08/08/2026
This is a really great overview of the OFFSITE water use in closed loop cooling systems. Spoiler: because it takes more power, it takes more water, because these two things are inextricably linked. youtu.be/8bbe-Ev-Yns
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Process Engineer Explains: The Math Behind "Water-Efficient AI Data Centres" Is Laughably Wrong
YouTube video by Mide
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