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1. Michael Downey 🇺🇳 (downey@floss.social)'s status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 05:22:18 JST Michael Downey 🇺🇳

   :google: #Google paid a city government in #Oregon to unsuccessfully try to keep its data center #water usage secret.

   🚨 Today the numbers have been revealed, and the data looks devastating for the beautiful Columbia River Gorge as the company plans even more data centers.

   📣 #BigTech continues to hoard billions of our tax money while destroying both our environment and our society. It's time to speak out.

   #WaterIsLife

   https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2022/12/googles-water-use-is-soaring-in-the-dalles-records-show-with-two-more-data-centers-to-come.html

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   • Michael Downey 🇺🇳 (downey@floss.social)'s status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 06:17:03 JST Michael Downey 🇺🇳

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     And not to be outdone:

     :microsoft: Here's the story of #Microsoft and their despicable efforts to erase an historic Black cemetery that was in the way of building another #Azure data center.

     :opensource: But hey, we're supposed to shut up and be grateful for their posting of trashed projects on #GitHub.

     :fists_raised: How about instead let's stop shilling for tax freeloaders in #BigTech and start holding them accountable to be responsible participants in society?

     https://www.propublica.org/article/how-authorities-erased-historic-black-cemetery-virginia