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DATE: May 14, 2026 at 04:05AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORGTITLE: Backlash As Utah Approves Data Center Twice the Size of Manhattan
Source: The Guardian - Climate Crisis
A plan to create one of the world's largest data centers—a gargantuan project spanning an area more than twice the size of Manhattan—has provoked a furious public backlash in Utah amid concerns over its vast energy use and impact upon the state's stressed water supplies. The Stratos artificial intelligence data center footprint will cover more than 62 square miles and was approved last week despite thousands of objections lodged by Utah...
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DATE: May 14, 2026 at 04:05AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORGTITLE: Backlash As Utah Approves Data Center Twice the Size of Manhattan
Source: The Guardian - Climate Crisis
A plan to create one of the world's largest data centers—a gargantuan project spanning an area more than twice the size of Manhattan—has provoked a furious public backlash in Utah amid concerns over its vast energy use and impact upon the state's stressed water supplies. The Stratos artificial intelligence data center footprint will cover more than 62 square miles and was approved last week despite thousands of objections lodged by Utah...
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DATE: May 14, 2026 at 04:05AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORGTITLE: Backlash As Utah Approves Data Center Twice the Size of Manhattan
Source: The Guardian - Climate Crisis
A plan to create one of the world's largest data centers—a gargantuan project spanning an area more than twice the size of Manhattan—has provoked a furious public backlash in Utah amid concerns over its vast energy use and impact upon the state's stressed water supplies. The Stratos artificial intelligence data center footprint will cover more than 62 square miles and was approved last week despite thousands of objections lodged by Utah...
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DATE: May 14, 2026 at 04:05AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORGTITLE: Backlash As Utah Approves Data Center Twice the Size of Manhattan
Source: The Guardian - Climate Crisis
A plan to create one of the world's largest data centers—a gargantuan project spanning an area more than twice the size of Manhattan—has provoked a furious public backlash in Utah amid concerns over its vast energy use and impact upon the state's stressed water supplies. The Stratos artificial intelligence data center footprint will cover more than 62 square miles and was approved last week despite thousands of objections lodged by Utah...
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Colonia Aurora’s Women’s Day gift bag sparked a very awkward national conversation
A celebratory photo takes an unexpected turn as symbolism sparks debate over gender roles.Dear Cherubs, in Colonia Aurora, Misiones, a Women’s Day celebration turned into a public-relations skid mark after the municipality handed out cleaning supplies as prizes and posed the winners for photos. The event was meant to honor local women, but the visual language did the exact opposite and the internet noticed immediately.
THE PHOTO OP
Misiones Online reported that the municipality’s annual event included talks, music and recreational activities, and that more than 200 people attended. But the image that escaped into the wild was not the speech or the concert; it was women smiling with brooms, buckets and squeegees on a day that is supposed to recognize equality, not repackage housework as a prize.Página/12 and Infobae both described the same basic scene: prizes linked to domestic chores, posted from the municipality’s own social media, followed by a wave of criticism. That is the kind of clue that tells you the problem was not just what happened, but how proudly it was photographed.
THE DEFENSE
Mayor Carlos Goring told local media the cleaning items were part of a mime game and were not the only gifts handed out. He argued the day also included reflection, health talks and other prizes, but once the optics have gone viral, explanations tend to arrive carrying a very small umbrella.The municipality itself is a small one, with a little over 10,000 residents, tucked in Misiones near the Uruguay River and known for tobacco, yerba mate, soy and an increasingly important pineapple harvest, according to Infobae and DataClave. That is the kind of place where a community event can feel intimate and well-intended, right up until a photo turns it into a national punchline.
The blunt truth is that International Women’s Day carries a century-long history of labor, rights and political struggle, so a broom can never really be “just a joke” once it becomes the centerpiece. A playful game may have been the intent, but the message received by many viewers was a shrugging remix of old stereotypes, which is why the backlash spread so fast.
As noted by thisclaimer.com, the story is less about one municipal blunder than about the gap between intent and image. In the age of instant sharing, that gap can turn a local tribute into a national embarrassment before the mop water has even dried.
Colonia Aurora probably meant to stage a warm, community-minded event. Instead, it managed to hand critics a perfectly packaged symbol of exactly what not to do on 8M, and that is a hard lesson to sweep under the rug.
Misiones Online — https://misionesonline.net/2026/03/09/entrega-de-escobas-y-baldes-dia-de-la-mujer-criticas/
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Infobae — https://www.infobae.com/politica/2026/03/09/polemico-festejo-por-el-dia-de-la-mujer-en-misiones-un-municipio-entrego-baldes-escurridores-y-escobas-como-premios/
Página/12 — https://www.pagina12.com.ar/2026/03/09/un-municipio-de-misiones-regalo-baldes-escobas-y-escurridores-por-el-dia-de-la-mujer/
DataClave — https://www.dataclave.com.ar/poder/controversia-en-pueblo-de-misiones-tras-un-festejo-del-8m-donde-regalaron-escobas-y-baldes_a69af09dc1d279cdde00a0818
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