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Minor criticism of #AIDoc … start with a Neil song #WeAreInControl, Trans, reprise ‘83; The middle #HarvestMoon album of the same name, ‘93.
You can pick your own ending song, I’d have finished with a Neil song. I would have picked, #ShutItDown”, Colorado, ‘19.
#NeilYoung / #ClimateChange / #WaterWars <https://youtube.com/watch?v=NeLdjvH57z4> / <https://neilyoungarchives.com/info-card?track=t2019_0425_01>
Genau. Mein. Humor. #Hannover bezieht einen Großteil seines Wassers seit den 1960ern aus Brunnen im Fuhrberger Feld, nördlich der Stadt. Neulich standen Bauern und Waldbesitzer vor‘m neuen Rathaus und beklagten sich über zuviel Wasserentnahme der Stadt. Übrigens bei 34 Grad und damit geltendem Bewässerungsverbot. Ein Spargelbauer hatte die größte Klappe. Ratet, wer zu der Zeit sein Feld bewässert hat? War natürlich ein zufälliges Versehen…
#Waterwars
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @economics_that_works
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👉s/:YES, lessons learned!/s👈
2) Such as this giant new #Datacenter in the #UK:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/115208502363013654
And we haven't even talked about the probably even more dangerous fresh #WaterGuzzling of #Datacenters 3), despite the #WaterWars having begun in at least some regions of the globe.
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Latino-owned #SmallBusiness are concentrated in #construction, #transportation, #warehousing, and #WasteManagement, with about half in just three sectors.
These are exactly the sectors where #water costs and regulations matter.
The Summer the American Water Crisis Turned Real
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/the-summer-the-american-water-crisis-turned-real/
The Summer the American Water Crisis Turned Real
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/the-summer-the-american-water-crisis-turned-real/
The Dnipro River has carried armies, trade, and borders for centuries, but the mainstream view reduces it to a front line. Treating the river as just a military obstacle ignores how its waters have always shaped who controls the land-and who gets erased from the map. Strategic resources run deeper than any trench. #Dnipro #Geopolitics #WaterWars
So let me get this straight… #WallStreet is having a ‘relief rally’ because hopeful (read ‘greedy’) investors are eager to profit from the #IranWar ending soon. They’re straining at the bit to get back to business as usual, raking in those revenues & fueling the fires of #capitalism. It is accurate to say this irrational exuberance lacks any rationality, as it will take months, perhaps years, to recover from the damage already done. And don’t forget…the status quo before the war was fragile and not sustainable by any measure. Global supply chains have been disrupted; farming cycles fractured; alliances disordered; and the entire #PetroDollar platform upended. When all is said & done, the Chinese #Yuan (RMB) may emerge as the new global currency. Then there’s #ClimateChange and the ensuing #WaterWars and mass migrations to factor in. #Trump has managed to screw up the entire world order. TBH, I’d be shorting the market because I think major shit has yet to hit the fan. #Investing #finance #economy
Even though 20 books in a series is too much IMHO, I finished #reading Penny's The Black Wolf. It is brimming with disturbing truths - #corporateCorruption, #misinformation manipulation, #darkWeb conspiracies, distrust in #democratic institutions, #climateBreakdown, #wildfires, #waterWars, #drought, etc.......
3/🧵2nd risk I see relates to a rapid acceleration of #GlobalWarming and the #ClimateCrisis - In this potential risk scenario, melting glaciers and polar ice sheets accelerate #SeaLevelRise while simultaneously creating flood then drought cycles in geographic regions that depend on glacier melt to annually replenish critical rivers and waterways. Ground water depletion (as is happening in Iran and the #MiddleEast in general right now) exacerbates the situation and prompts #WaterWars and mass migrations that strain regional borders and geopolitics. Parts of Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the American South become virtually uninhabitable due to heat-related issues. Agriculture fails and the global food supply is threatened. In another #Climate related risk scenario, the AMOC overturns - thrusting much of Europe into a mini ice-age, disrupting agriculture, industry and public health. #2026predictions #NewYear2026 #RiskAnalysis #GeoPolitics
7 states miss deadline for new Colorado River water usage plan and with reservoirs low and persistent drought this WILL be a looming problem going forward. Take a look at what’s happening in Iran right now for a preview of the Southwest USA’s future. #Water #ColoradoRiver #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Drought #WaterWars
[P] ...
"Heyyy neuro-lemmings! Why are you okay with more water being used by datacentres than human communities, only to be wasted as BOILING water dumped into the ocean, accelerating climate catastrophe?"
"Durrr... ahmm... 'cuz... Da big bosses sez it gunna be okay! Me wanna fit in! Yoo no wanna fit in? Yoo wee-ud."
Whoof.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #climatecatastrophe #ai #waterwars
A federal judge ordered Chemours to stop polluting the Ohio River with harmful chemicals from its West Virginia plant, citing environmental and health risks. Locals deserve clean water, not corporate reckless disregard. Guess Charleston’s officials are still asleep at the wheel. #WV #WaterWars
🚨 California's $200M fund for Delta tunnel communities faces fury from 100+ legislators!
45-mile underground project sparks massive opposition 💧⚡
https://www.karmactive.com/californias-200-million-delta-tunnel-plan-faces-fierce-opposition-from-100-legislators/
Follow @karmactive for more updates 📱
The #WaterWars Are Coming
#Hydroterrorism and other #water-related crises, from the #Sahel to Central #Asia
#GreenlandIce usage
#GreenlandCanadaPipeline
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...regions in the #US are drying up while the population has not peaked yet. Also, #DataCenters and #Agriculture suck up huge amounts of water.
In my view, it is only a question of time until the #WaterWars, as I had called them some years back, will arrive in #NorthAmerica.
Prises will rise and might even approach that of long-term falling crude oil prices.
#Pipelines take...
#WaterWars in California: "Newsom asks lawmakers to fast-track delta tunnel project":
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/newsom-asks-lawmakers-to-fast-track-delta-tunnel-project-00347599 #politics
This is how #waterwars start. It's going to be really bad.
For anyone who doesn't know, the #Gunnison, #SanMiguel, #SanJuan, #Yampa, and #White #rivers are all tributaries of the #Colorado. So the entire #Southwest is in *deep* trouble. The #RioGrande and #Arkansas are equally important: much of #NewMexico and southern #Texas depend on the former; and #Kansas, #Oklahoma, and of course Arkansas itself on the latter.
As rough as it will be in Colorado, downstream it will be worse. We have the #headwaters for all the major rivers across about a quarter of the country ... and our water-sharing agreements were written during an unusually wet period. The fighting will begin in the courts, but I'm not at all sure it will stay there.
@bloui J'avais aperçu cette affiche dans une photo de manif:
Pourquoi se préoccuper de Gaza?
BECAUSE YOU'RE NEXT
D'autant plus vrai depuis les velléités d'invasion militaire du Canada (pour son eau).
"#Water covers most of the planet's surface — about 70%. However, these #oceans are shallow compared to the planet itself. And only 0.5% of the Earth's water is available #freshwater.
This image shows what it would look like if all of the water on the surface of the Earth was bunched into a ball. The radius of this ball would only about 700km, less than half the radius of our Moon.
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/how-much-water-there-earth Illustration: Jack Cook, Adam Nieman, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution" #WaterWars
There's a lot of misinformation out there about #CAwater. Want to understand what's *actually* going on?
We highly recommend watching RIVER'S END: CALIFORNIA'S LATEST WATER WAR, which is now available for streaming 💧
The film features some of California's top water experts, including @petergleick and our own science director @jarosenfield
Learn more: riversendfilm.com
#riversend #californiawater #sfbay #cadelta #californiadelta #fish #waterwars
I know #California LOOTED AND SCAMMED every drop used to create scumholes like LaLaLand @LATimes Now your little #SoCal shithole is even thieving #NorCal's water... Building zillion dollar TUNNELS to transport it to your nasty useless sprawl that literally has no socially useful reason to exist
See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Desert for the sordid details. #WaterWars
As #DJT rants about rerouting #H20 flow to farmers & suburban fire hydrants in #California #WaterWars, a recent annual survey of several sites found none of the threatened #DeltaSmelt #fish conservationists use as indicator of health of species.
All is not lost though, as US Fish and Wildlife Service targeting Delta smelt however say they caught one in August of 2024.
@adelinej @kicou @manuelviens Ils ne veulent pas simplement pomper l'eau des Grands Lacs mais également détourner des rivières partout au Canada et creuser des canaux en sol canadien pour amener l'eau aux USA
source: https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NAWAPA-Brochure.pdf
@bloui L'impotence de la presse mainstream s'illustre ici quand un simple citoyen complète les lacunes d'un reportage dont la recherche a été bâclée: pomper l'eau du Canada est un projet qui remonte aux année 50 (et a resurgi sous Harper).
https://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2008/01/kennedy-to-cana.html
*The upcoming #WaterWars*
PS:
#Nestlé, the globally present #Swiss corporation is a huge global problem regarding #DrinkingWater. It's business practices regarding water procurement are, to say the least, unethical.
I wrote a thread on this some time ago in German, but it is relatively easy to do your own research:
#waterwars part 17
Five protesters and one police officer hurt in French reservoir demonstration | France | The Guardian
> Violence erupts after about 4,000 gather in La Rochelle amid heightened tensions over water resources