Media Bits and Bytes — October 13, 2026
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A free press is really expensive
A free press is really expensive
A free press is really expensive
tv
South Park Has AI Datacentres, Sentient Penises and a Billionaire Problem – in More Ways Than One
The Guardian
Matt Parker and Trey Stone take aim at the obscenely wealthy in the latest episode – but it feels harder now to forget how wealthy they are
Media Bits and Bytes — September 29, 2026
Portside
Democracy and data centers
Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 22, 2026
Portside
Stealing away democracy as midterms approach
Tidbits-Sept. 17: Reader Comments: Supremes Rebuff Trump on Mail Voting; What Kind of Candidates Dems Run in Future; Reader Offers Advice to Rural Alaska Minimum Wage Fight; Resource for Fair, Free Elections; Special Event in Honor of the UN Charter
Portside
Reader Comments: Supreme Courts Rebuffs Trump on Mail Voting; What Kind of Candidates Democrats Run in Future; Reader Offers Advice to Rural Alaska Minimum Wage Fight; Resource for Fair and Free Elections; A Special Event in Honor of the UN Charter.
Is Data Center Resistance a New Vehicle for Multiracial Democracy?
Convergence
Anti-data center sentiment, from Kentucky to Michigan, is proving to be an effective way to overcome racial divisions and carve out new winning coalitions.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 8, 2026
Portside
Public enemy: data centers
Media Bits and Bytes — September 1, 2026
Portside
What Meta lost... and won
labor
The Labor Movement Is Divided Over How To Deal With AI
Truthout
It’s fine to say that [data centers will] be built with good-paying union jobs but what we’re also looking for on behalf of the working class is long-term sustainability of jobs. It doesn’t help if those jobs come at the cost of many long=term jobs.
Media Bits and Bytes — August 18, 2026
Portside
Surveillance goes haywire
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