Posthumanist

Tomorrow, Sunday, November 8, 2026, marks the eve of the 88th anniversary of the 1938 Kristallnacht pogroms. An anonymous group calling itself Philly Bike On Your Left is organizing a boycott ride through Rittenhouse Square to mark the weekend. Their targets are local Jewish-owned restaurants. They plan to disrupt operations at Mac Mart, K'Far Cafe, Huda, Goldie, Dizengoff, and Schlesinger's Deli. Co-organized with Philly Writers Against the War on Gaza, Boycott CookNSolo, and the Philly Solidarity Calendar, the campaign leaves zero ambiguity about its intentions.

Drawing on recent reporting by Andrew Liu at Inside Climate News, along with data from Bloomberg, Wood Mackenzie, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Sierra Club, and The Washington Post, we have to confront the physical reality of the internet. Artificial intelligence is routinely sold to the public as something weightless, living in an abstract place called the cloud. But this cloud is heavy. It is built out of concrete, steel, copper, and silicon, and it requires a massive, constant flow of electricity to function.

I'll probably lose some readers over this, including people who agree with me on most things.

Gas is averaging about $4.20 a gallon. That is a record high for autumn, and we are four days away from the midterms. This is the worst possible moment to argue that fuel is underpriced. I am going to do it anyway.

First, let's look at the objections, because they are fair:

This is a compressed social media blurb. Does it sound like a real person talking straight? What's ? The draft contains AI rhetorical habits and lists are disguised as colon setups.

The draft uses plain words and avoids academic jargon. Are there any cases where the same thought is repeated? Are the statistics accurate to their target, and do you cite real numbers and names?

Avoid cheap anti-tech slang. Apply empathy and human dignity unanimously, without tribal selectivity or conspiratorial deflection.

Here's the revised body: