2026-03-26

Once more (and with feeling) - the planet is in peril as long as psychopathy of wealth and power dominate all systems of governments.

In case you're wondering, they all aren't some giant monolith that moves in lockstep with itself.

Rather, it's more like high-school cliques, or gangs, over government agencies.

Or corporations.

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/the-u-s-and-israels-diverging-interests-will-prolong-the-war-but-iran-will-determine-its-outcome/

The only ways I see this insanity ending are -

  1. The psychopaths in the West are permanently removed from power, along with those systems replaced by one placing the needs of the majority over all else.
  2. The West collapses.
  3. Some combination of 1. and 2.

I'll believe it when I can actually see it.

https://scheerpost.com/2026/03/26/american-hegemony-is-cracking-iran-may-finish-it/

When it comes to the US Empire and its crapitalist ways - never underestimate its ability to divide and conquer.

In this case, different movements/efforts.

https://www.blackagendareport.com/big-green-big-tech-bigger-environmental-racism-how-certain-white-led-environmental-groups-are

Hint: Race is a factor. Money is another.


But let’s say that these Big Green groups are able to rationalize the implications for water resources associated with mineral extraction - they still have to contend with profligate water use of data centers in order for them to function.  According to California’s Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, data centers, nationally, are using approximately 627 million gallons of water per day for consumptive use - water that isn’t returned to its source.  To put this in perspective, the roughly 150.4 billion gallons of water expected to be consumed by data centers over a five year period in the Great Lakes region alone is equivalent to the annual water withdrawals of 4.6 million U.S. households, which is more than 2.5 times the number of households in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Grand Rapids combined. As such, for Big Green groups to be so cavalier about an issue like water, a resource that is absolutely necessary to sustain the functions of the planet that, in turn, sustain all life as we know it, is reckless, irresponsible,  and perniciously close to the same attitude held by many polluters who view natural resources as nothing more than instruments to increase profit. And the fact that the United Nations has declared that the world has entered an era of “global water bankruptcy” accentuates how derelict many of these environmental organizations are by willfully overlooking the salient issue of data centers and water usage. 


2026-03-20

1st day of Spring.

I can't say I did too much. But still ...

Got an expensive bill paid. Talked to a few old friends.

I'll be taking some much-needed time off, so we'll see how much I get done in both music and blogging.