Tech, space, environment & development researcher. Latest book: #LetThemEatCrypto https://xitter.cf/t.co/dhxLB9ESLG
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How Tether's bitcoin mining plans in Uruguay unraveled.
With thoughts from me. @reu
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Why We Need a Gender Lens in Venezuela’s Compounding Crises caracaschronicles.com/2026/0… by @Masayalb
Orbital data centres will make AI industry's environmental headaches far worse.
Thoughts from me for @ConversationUK
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At 2pm Thursday 9 July, Musk fans plan to rename Boca Chica Beach, spiritual heartland of the
Estok Gna people, to "Cyber Beach" 😐. Feel free to let America's finest geographers know what you think about that @USGS.
@theAAG @RGS_IBG @ssosnetwork
"My home is not your launch pad": How the global scramble for new space launch sites is impacting communities – from Indonesia to the Sámi homelands of Scandinavia.
Part of the latest special issue from New Internationalist.
Read my bit here 👇
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The environmental cost of putting data centers in space f-st.co/Ad5pkPG
Awesome take from @adele_peters on the social & environmental impacts of Orbital Data Centres proposed by @SpaceX , @Starcloud_ & others, for
@FastCompany, with thoughts from me.
fastcompany.com/91540754/the…
Access the full Energy Research and Social Science article here. All free today 👇
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Data centres in space will ruin everything!
Smashing article here says so 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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"Crypto is a symptom of desperation, not innovation".
Thoughts from me on #Iran's #Bitcoin toll-booth in Strait of #Hormuz for @ConversationUK @NorthumbriaUni @NUGlobalDev
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📢I am glad to see this piece out now in New Political Economy!
This article explains the remarkable success of the #crypto ecosystem in #Argentina 🇦🇷, paying close attention to its intertwining with crisis and through the lens of the #polycrisis.
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I am happy to share a recent piece published in @CurrentHistory1 on the New Era of Crypto Authoritarianism, with reflections from the United States, El Salvador, Argentina Russia and Venezuela.
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Just found kids putting price stickers on every single toy in their bedroom!
They were planning on selling them outside the house to raise money to keep their schools open. 😔
It rained, so sale cancelled
#SaveOurSchool @alancampbellmp @GreenPartyNT tinyurl.com/bp5xz4sr
Doubt anyone's still here, but if you fancy a meet-up in Barcelona this summer to chat about #NewSpace #SpaceX #PoliticalEcology, sign up below! 🚀🛰️👩🚀
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For the poor in Venezuela, crypto is a makeshift opportunity for survival. For the rich, it's a tool for making quick profits and side-stepping sanctions.
Thoughts from @RosalesAntulio & myself for @The_Dialogue 🇻🇪
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More award winning🏆 scholarship👇all free! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
