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This week we're talking about the people pushing back — against data centers, against AI hype, against brands that sold the mission the moment it got expensive.
Big week.
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Mr. Not-So-Wonderful
TLDR; watch this 90-second video.
Kevin O'Leary (aka Mr. Wonderful from Shark Tank) wants to build a $100 billion data center in rural Utah.
40,000 acres.
In a drought region.
2x the size of Manhattan.
Requires more power than the entire state uses.
Locals said “absolutely not“.
He said “you're Chinese spies”.
Yes, he really accused two local women standing up for Utah of being spies.
He's full blown crashing out on social media.
Meanwhile, commissioners approved the project in a private room while residents watched on a livestream. Over 2,300 water protest filings followed and a referendum push is now underway.
And it's not just Utah. A new Gallup survey found 7 in 10 Americans would oppose a data center near them — more than would oppose living next to a nuclear power plant.
Kevin's not fighting “spies”.
He's fighting everyone.
Reminder: We're not anti-datacenter. We just want them fueled by clean energy, not fossil fuels.
So whatever it is that you do, just don't burn the planet while doing it.
AI gets booed
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt brought up AI during a graduation speech.
The crowd booed. Repeatedly.
That reaction says a lot.
People aren’t just worried AI will write better emails.
They’re worried it will take their jobs, flood the internet with slop, and burn through absurd amounts of energy and water while doing it.
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Fast fashion
Everlane, the iconic sustainable clothing brand, is reportedly being sold to Shein.
Yes. That Shein. The ultra-fast fashion giant drowning the world in cheap, disposable clothing.
Everlane built it’s brand on:
Ethical factories
Sustainable materials
Clothes designed to last
We’re tired of calling out companies selling out morals for profits…
Allbirds to AI datacenters
ChatGPT non-profit to for-profit
Claude to illegal methane-powered datacenters
Lately, sustainability seems to be the story you tell customers and the first thing you sell when money gets tight.
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