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  1. Yesterday colonialism used maps; today algorithms occupy the human body. Technocolonialism transforms flesh into data fields, relentlessly mining attention and desire, subtly steering behavior. The body loses political agency and autonomy, becoming a profitable marketplace.
    amazon.com/dp/B0GX2ZJJQ6
    #AntiHarari, #Technocolonialism, #Philosophy, #Transhumanism, #Introduction, #BodyTerritory, #DigitalSovereignty, #DataColonialism

  2. In the thirteenth century, Aquinas wrote that story; he sanctified the ownership of land and the serf’s body by the lord as “divine order.” In the twenty‑first century, Yuval Noah Harari takes on the same task. Only this time, God gives way to Data, and divine order to the Algorithm.
    #Technocolonialism, #DigitalColonialism, #DataColonialism, #BodyTerritory, #Transhumanism, #Posthumanism, #HumanAugmentation, #Singularity, #DataHarvesting, #PhysicalReality, #BioEthics, #DigitalSovereignty,

  3. '#DataColonialism': Native Communities Fight #AI #DataCenters on #IndigenousLand

    #DemocracyNow, April 22, 2026

    "The artificial intelligence industry’s #DataCenter boom is the latest chapter in a long history of #EnvironmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist #KrystalTwoBulls, the executive director of #HonorTheEarth, an Indigenous-led #EnvironmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. We speak to Two Bulls about the myriad impacts of what she calls a 'modern-day iteration' of '#SettlerColonialism,' including #NoisePollution, #cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, #EnergyGrid overload and even '#EcologicalCollapse.' As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, Two Bulls says, 'We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.' "

    Read / listen / watch:
    democracynow.org/2026/4/22/kry

    #AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #CorporateColonialism #ResistAI

  4. '#DataColonialism': Native Communities Fight #AI #DataCenters on #IndigenousLand

    #DemocracyNow, April 22, 2026

    "The artificial intelligence industry’s #DataCenter boom is the latest chapter in a long history of #EnvironmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist #KrystalTwoBulls, the executive director of #HonorTheEarth, an Indigenous-led #EnvironmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. We speak to Two Bulls about the myriad impacts of what she calls a 'modern-day iteration' of '#SettlerColonialism,' including #NoisePollution, #cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, #EnergyGrid overload and even '#EcologicalCollapse.' As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, Two Bulls says, 'We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.' "

    Read / listen / watch:
    democracynow.org/2026/4/22/kry

    #AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #CorporateColonialism #ResistAI

  5. '#DataColonialism': Native Communities Fight #AI #DataCenters on #IndigenousLand

    #DemocracyNow, April 22, 2026

    "The artificial intelligence industry’s #DataCenter boom is the latest chapter in a long history of #EnvironmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist #KrystalTwoBulls, the executive director of #HonorTheEarth, an Indigenous-led #EnvironmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. We speak to Two Bulls about the myriad impacts of what she calls a 'modern-day iteration' of '#SettlerColonialism,' including #NoisePollution, #cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, #EnergyGrid overload and even '#EcologicalCollapse.' As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, Two Bulls says, 'We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.' "

    Read / listen / watch:
    democracynow.org/2026/4/22/kry

    #AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #CorporateColonialism #ResistAI

  6. '#DataColonialism': Native Communities Fight #AI #DataCenters on #IndigenousLand

    #DemocracyNow, April 22, 2026

    "The artificial intelligence industry’s #DataCenter boom is the latest chapter in a long history of #EnvironmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist #KrystalTwoBulls, the executive director of #HonorTheEarth, an Indigenous-led #EnvironmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. We speak to Two Bulls about the myriad impacts of what she calls a 'modern-day iteration' of '#SettlerColonialism,' including #NoisePollution, #cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, #EnergyGrid overload and even '#EcologicalCollapse.' As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, Two Bulls says, 'We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.' "

    Read / listen / watch:
    democracynow.org/2026/4/22/kry

    #AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #CorporateColonialism #ResistAI

  7. '#DataColonialism': Native Communities Fight #AI #DataCenters on #IndigenousLand

    #DemocracyNow, April 22, 2026

    "The artificial intelligence industry’s #DataCenter boom is the latest chapter in a long history of #EnvironmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist #KrystalTwoBulls, the executive director of #HonorTheEarth, an Indigenous-led #EnvironmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. We speak to Two Bulls about the myriad impacts of what she calls a 'modern-day iteration' of '#SettlerColonialism,' including #NoisePollution, #cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, #EnergyGrid overload and even '#EcologicalCollapse.' As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, Two Bulls says, 'We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.' "

    Read / listen / watch:
    democracynow.org/2026/4/22/kry

    #AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #CorporateColonialism #ResistAI

  8. SaaS - Spying as a Service

    #Meta acquires #Limitless, which makes a wearable “pendant” that clips to clothing or a lanyard. The device records conversations, and can generate transcripts and produce searchable summaries through a companion app.

    reuters.com/business/meta-acqu

    #AI #datacolonialism #datagrab

  9. 📄 What if we viewed digital economies not just as systems, but as labor-atories - sites of active class struggle and experimentation? In his new #wjds paper, Rafael Grohmann (@uoft) explores how digital labor in Latin America reflects this dynamic.

    ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.1.6

    #research #socialscience #work #DigitalLabor #DigitalEconomies #PlatformWork #LatinAmerica #GlobalSouth #DigitalSovereignty #AI #DataColonialism #TechGovernance #WorkerOrganizing
    @DAIR @towardsfairwork

  10. 'behind the sleek facade of our digital world lies a hidden workforce that bears immense emotional burdens, so we don’t have to. Their experiences raise urgent questions about the ethical implications of data work and the human cost of maintaining our digital infrastructure.'

    noemamag.com/the-human-cost-of

    Longread, do take your time!

    #AI #Datawork #Datacolonialism
    #Longread

  11. According to Quijano,10 colonialism involved four domains through which European empires exercised power over their colonies, which are linked through the idea of the colonial matrix of power:
    1.Authority: The colonial powers maintain and foster unequal political relationships that secure resource appropriation; several forms of authority, such as the colonial governments, monarchies and armies, were institutionalized, validated and legalized within the colonies.
    2.Economy: A significant unequal global distribution of the benefits from resource extraction (e.g. global poverty, multimillionaires, monarchies) through land appropriation, exploitation of labor (e.g. slavery, forced labor) and control of natural resources.

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    Resisting data colonialism. A practical intervention

    social.coop/@django/1116086756

    #DataColonialism #DataCoop