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Aram Sinnreich
@aram@aoir.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The pragmatist oligarchs have now decided that fighting #ClimateChange is a lost cause.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/bill-gates-climate-change-memo-rcna240225

NBC News

Bill Gates calls for 'strategic pivot' in climate change fight away from curbing emissions

In a memo released Tuesday, Gates said the world's primary goal should instead be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions in the world's poorest countries.
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Manfred
@titanmanfred@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@aram #BillGates hat seinen Kopf beim #OrangeUtan in den Arsch geschoben

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WallOffTrump
@davidarnell@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@aram Even Bill Gates gives up on stopping climate change.
That just because billionaires have taken all the power and they cannot figure out any way to stop the end of the world that wouldn't interfere with their income streams.

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The Flight Attendant
@CosmicTraveler@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@aram Meanwhile...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/28/change-course-now-humanity-has-missed-15c-climate-target-says-un-head

the Guardian

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
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HTPC NZ
@htpcnz@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@aram guess AI can't solve climate change as they promised... What a shocker.

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Graceless Hippo
@GracelessHippo@mastodon.ie replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@aram

So they've gone from "what climate change?" to "it's too late already"?!

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🍉🌻Different🚀:owo:
@diff@todon.eu replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@aram i can smell his farts up here, and it smells with Methanedione. He should take the air pollution tests

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Toni Aittoniemi
@gimulnautti@mastodon.green replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@aram Oligarchs don’t give a shit, because they’ll survive.
We should rid ourselves of them.

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excited for the mastodon rise
@qkslvrwolf@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@aram The pragmatist real people know that the real fight against climate changes starts when we take all the wealth away from the oligarchs and use it to fight climate change.

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PedestrianError :vbus: :nblvt:
@PedestrianError@towns.gay replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@aram It's only a lost cause to them because we can't fight it without getting rid of their products.

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KTG
@theyycmonk@social.vivaldi.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@aram yup. Not that they ever gave a fuck about anyone or anything beyond their net worth anyways.

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Jocelynephiliac :reclaimer:
@twipped@twipped.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@aram @rysiek Gates is all in on AI. They're now running data centers on jet fuel. Of course he's "given up" on reducing emissions

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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
@rysiek@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@twipped oh, tell me more about that jet fuel thing? any links?

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j4n3z
@j4n3z@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@rysiek maybe something like this?
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/22/datacenter_jet_engines/
@twipped

Grounded jet engines take off again as datacenter generators

: AI power demands drive operators to repurpose aircraft parts amid gas turbine shortages
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Jocelynephiliac :reclaimer:
@twipped@twipped.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@rysiek https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/turbine-shortage-threatens-ai-datacenters-as-wait-times-stretch-into-2030

Tom's Hardware

Jet engine shortages threaten AI data center expansion as wait times stretch into 2030 — the rush to power AI buildout continues

Wait times for mobile gas turbines stretch into the 2030s as hyperscalers race to buy every jet engine they can find.
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Waiting On A Bus
@WaitingOnABus@urbanists.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@twipped @rysiek couldn’t read past the paywall so maybe I missed something, but just in case an fyi! The article title seems to be talking about a jet engine shortage. There’s a type of natural gas turbine called “aero-derivative,” ie the design is based on airplane turbines. So this article seems more to focus on the actual turbine factory/metalworking capacity, not jet fuel itself.

Still a horribly dumb state of things, but just for future reference!

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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
@rysiek@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@twipped 🤦‍♀️

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Christian Waidner
@ChrisMcZork@metalhead.club replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@aram Up until last year I really had the impression that Gates is one of the last of the tech people not completely out of mind ...... but this year ..... is there a competition running that I don't know of?

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marius
@mariusor@metalhead.club replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

> s a serious problem but it won't be the end of civilization

@aram and that massive scale eco-migration will not have a civilization level impact.

It might not be "the end" for most of the rich northern hemisphere, but it will for sure be the end for some. Sigh...

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mau 🏳️‍🌈#EndFossilFuels
@mzedp@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@aram "We've tried everything! From lying about it, ignoring it, praying, buying magic beans*... nothing worked! Guess we should just give up."

*: Carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear and other non-starters that this stupid mf has been pushing for decades as miracle solutions to the crisis he now says is unsolvable.

Fuck him.

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ℂ𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖@world: /# :blinking_cursor:
@celeste_42bit@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@aram Cool that he thinks that, but most scientists do not agree...

But what if we could do both? Like, you know... Stop warming AND fight suffering...

Because - surprise - we can...

Don't get me wrong, Bill Gates is doing a lot of good things with his foundation, but he needs to know his place 😅

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