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2026-03-18 19:28 UTC
@Fionnáin Oh, i can imgine those data centers. They seem to look for "unihabited" places all over the planet, just to exploit regional water ressources and pollute the air with gas turbines. Or so. This is not like that where i am visitn gsometimes over here, yet there is a Tesla factory on the outskirts of Berlin, that brought severe troubles to ground water supplies in a much wider region. Historically there was a lack of aristrocacy around Berlin, which mainly results into a local population, who's neither able to fight those international Big Tech players, nor to imagine how this could be different. They are basically unable to defend themselves. It's been a long tradition of farmers and peasants, mainly.
It will be interesting to see, what you find there. I sort of guess, that there'd be many similarities eventually.
Towners are watched with suspicion, for good reasons I guess - they buy up properties and ignore local circumstances.
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@ephemeral@mograph.social 2026-03-18 19:40
@jrp oh yeah for sure re exploitation of rural spaces (although urban places with low average incomes also suffer this). And I should say that I am from a very rural area and also live in one; I've been awarded this residency in the county I live in, which is the lowest population in Ireland, so I am only extending ongoing work. If anything, this next phase will be more urban! The rural town where I will be artist in residence (c. 10,000 people) is significantly larger than the town I live in.