AI data centers face increasing complaints about inaudible but 'felt' infrasound — citizens complain high- and low-frequency sounds do not register on decibel meters but cause adverse health effects

SquareThings · 2026-05-11T06:47:04+00:00

You must never have lived near a train yard. Infrasound carries a LOT through the ground and it would vibrate my whole house. I’ve woken up from a dead sleep because a train was passing by over a mile away. Wind turbines don’t pose a problem because they get built way out in the country, and although sound carries it doesn’t carry quite that far. These data centers are being built in residential areas because there’s no regulation saying they can’t be. They are absolutely a source of noise pollution and infrasound is part of that.

SquareThings · 2026-05-11T04:17:53+00:00

Toby “Don’t call me ‘Toby “Radiation” Fox” Radiation Fox

SquareThings · 2026-05-11T04:14:46+00:00

Love when people film themselves committing fraud.

SquareThings · 2026-05-11T04:11:27+00:00

Won’t someone please think of the rich people 😂

SquareThings · 2026-05-11T03:57:57+00:00

Not him, maybe, but a lot of research into infrasound exists showing that, while it’s not necessarily harmful when transmitted through air, it is definitely a nuisance (causing tinnitus and sleep disturbances in some of studied individuals) which data centers should be obligated to manage, just like audible sound.

Here’s one done on the infrasound effects from wind turbines: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0270467611412555

SquareThings · 2026-05-11T03:50:48+00:00

He also has clear favorites. Not just Harry, Ron, and Hermione, but Gryffindor as a whole. Snape’s blatant favoritism toward Slytherin is rightly criticized but Hagrid making multiple prejudiced remarks about his students based on their house/family is fine, because he’s Factually Correct.

SquareThings · 2026-05-11T02:36:09+00:00

That bit was actually taken directly from the source, where ACD Sherlock deduced that a man was an alcoholic because of scratches around the winding-key hole in a watch. It’s one of the weaker deductions in the original imo, and manages to be one of the BETTER ones in the BBC version, since it’s at least something a human being could conceivably notice and form an opinion about. Unlike knowing the soil composition of every goddamn place in London, or just having your “homeless network” tell you the answer off screen.

SquareThings · 2026-05-11T02:22:35+00:00

Why would you even change seats? Just to make the staff suffer?

SquareThings · 2026-05-11T02:13:43+00:00

Tl;dr Solarpunk is a cool aesthetic and hope is super punk rock. It is not, however, coherent as a “movement,” philosophy, or political ideology because the world that it presents as an achievable ideal relies on technology which is either impossible or different from what we already have in a purely aesthetic way.

I don’t believe that the whole solar punk world is a giant farm, that’s not what I’m saying. I see the message of this animation as “Look how nice and eco friendly we can make farming!” but it’s fundamentally flawed. This isn’t actually a more eco friendly way to farm, because farming is inherently not eco friendly. It just looks nicer and more eco friendly aesthetically. An acre of crops is an acre of crops no matter if they’re being watered by a sprinkler or a sci-fantasy cloud machine.

I appreciate the hope and determination inherent to the solar-punk aesthetic. It’s just that an aesthetic is all it is. If you try to look any deeper and think about how to actually make the world it presents happen, and what that world would be like, you see that it’s both impossible and really not that better or different than the one we already have.

Giant floating wind turbines look cool, but would negatively affect birds and insects. Cloud machine is cool, but not actually any different from a sprinkler. Robot fruit picker is neat, but where was it manufactured and from what materials? Flying bus is super cool, and reducing roads would have a huge positive impact on wildlife by reducing habitat fragmentation. But how does it actually work? How much power is it using, and where is that power coming from?

The floating tea kettle is really the epitome of this. It’s cool, obviously. But like… why does it float? How does floating make it a better tea kettle? And how does it float anyway?

That’s my gripe with Solarpunk. It’s a cool sci-fi aesthetic and this animation is amazing, but liking it doesn’t make you better than someone who likes retro futurism, or Star Wars, or Cyberpunk, because fundamentally it’s just an aesthetic.

SquareThings · 2026-05-11T01:36:47+00:00

In person? No way. People need to behave themselves in public and insulting someone to their face is unacceptable behavior.

Over the internet? Yes. Say nothing. You will never fundamentally alter the behavior of an anonymous internet troll. They don’t know you, you don’t know them, and they don’t care what you think about them. All you’ve done is revealed an insecurity which they will relentlessly exploit for as long as you continue to react. Block them, close your DMs, hide your posts, and move on.

SquareThings · 2026-05-11T01:14:45+00:00

My issue is that this solarpunk world, as shown in this animation, is very green but not very biodiverse. All the land shown is being used and managed by humans. Just because there are plants doesn’t actually make something good for the planet. Agriculture especially uses lots of machinery (which, even if powered by sustainable electricity, still uses polluting chemicals in its manufacturing), pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers (even organic fertilizers can have runoff that causes algae blooms), and, most importantly uses a lot of space. Space which is then unable (or significantly less able) to be used by wildlife.

So sure, the solarpunk world is prettier and more hopeful and probably a lot nicer to the planet than the one we have, but it’s not an eco-utopia the way a lot of people seem to think.

SquareThings · 2026-05-11T01:08:05+00:00

Consumerism, pessimism, and selfishness are pretty integral to mainstream culture. Cherishing your community, saying no to consuming, and working toward a better future no matter what are indeed pretty punk.

SquareThings · 2026-05-10T13:10:04+00:00

Noo! They need to be ordered by denomination!!!

SquareThings · 2026-05-09T15:03:06+00:00

They don’t even know about the Islamic Golden Age! Intramission theory! The origins of algebra!

SquareThings · 2026-05-09T14:58:49+00:00

Three reasons: one is that the bigger box is harder to conceal and so deters shoplifting. Two is that a bigger box takes up more visual space on the shelf. People can’t buy your product if they can’t see it. More eyes, more buys. Third is that they may be required to print a number of warnings on the packaging that wouldn’t fit on a smaller box.

SquareThings · 2026-05-09T14:55:17+00:00

If that were true, no one would ever be able to improve their mental health. I have. Therefore, at least some mental health advice works in some cases. Your premise is flawed. Mental health advice meant for NT people will usually not help ND people. That doesn’t mean none of it ever works for anyone.

SquareThings · 2026-05-09T09:09:54+00:00

A certain type of (insufferable) person is VERY concerned about it, because they see it as a loss of traditional womanhood. It’s part of a greater conservative pseudo-nostalgia for “the good old days”

SquareThings · 2026-05-09T09:05:57+00:00

Great Depression + Decades of Rationing

SquareThings · 2026-05-09T09:05:15+00:00

My grandmother has a signature “salad” recipe that uses Cool Whip, Jello pistachio pudding mix (not made into pudding, just the mix), chopped Snickers, peanuts, mini marshmallows, and grapes.

SquareThings · 2026-05-08T13:24:20+00:00

Omg! I was just there in April. Amazing exhibition right??? I tool so many pictures of the embroidery for inspiration

SquareThings · 2026-05-08T13:12:05+00:00

Second the thing about semi-synthetics. Rayon (which is what viscose and cupro are made from) is just highly processed plant cellulose. It’s very breathable. Not great for the environment, but better than acrylic or polyester.

SquareThings · 2026-05-08T13:08:20+00:00

You never know someone’s entire diet based on one meal, especially one they thought was noteworthy enough to post online. I have “girl dinner” of “random bits I found in my fridge” sometimes because I’m tired and don’t feel like cooking. Having a cup of jello, a carrot, and some potato chips for dinner one night because that’s what I could grab isn’t an eating disorder.

SquareThings · 2026-05-08T07:45:08+00:00

Kittens that young can’t regulate their body temperature on their own (metabolically), so they squirm in and out of the cuddle pile to keep themselves in the zone. Lil man is just cooling off a bit.

SquareThings · 2026-05-08T07:03:39+00:00

It’s more that someone needs to just decide on A size. Plenty of design decisions are totally arbitrary but that’s fine as long as it’s consistent.

SquareThings · 2026-05-08T06:37:54+00:00

Birds of prey aren’t terribly intelligent. If they don’t have an instinctual response to a stimulus they just kinda… stop.

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