{"id":3725,"date":"2025-06-22T10:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T18:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3725"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:14:47","slug":"href-weekly-june-16-june-22-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3725","title":{"rendered":"href weekly | June 16 \u2013 June 22 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“data centres owned by Google alone used nearly five billion gallons of fresh water for cooling in 2022. A recent study concluded that #ai<\/a> global growth will command 1.7 trillion gallons of water by 2027. That\u2019s half of the total annual withdrawal of the United Kingdom. .” #climate<\/a> #economics<\/a> #energy<\/a> https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Analysis\/2025\/06\/10\/AI-Demands-Be-Fed-All-Servers-Now\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In the 2025 update of GifCities, we used AI tools to create a semantic-based search index to supplement the original search index to improve discoverability. Each GIF in the search results also links back to the original GeoCities page on which it was embedded (and some of these pages are even more awesome than the GIFs themselves).” #gif<\/a> #web<\/a> #history<\/a> #archives<\/a> https:\/\/gifcities.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Things won\u2019t change, because people are adaptable and want the system to succeed. We consequently take on the responsibility for making things work, through ongoing effort and by transforming ourselves in the process. Through that work, we make the technology appear closer to what it promises than what it actually delivers, which in turn reinforces the pressure to adopt it.” #ai<\/a> #llm<\/a> #technology<\/a> https:\/\/ferd.ca\/the-gap-through-which-we-praise-the-machine.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Beginner\u2019s Guide to Northern Soul<\/a> #bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been many #slystone<\/a> and #brianwilson<\/a> tributes over the last few weeks, but this #wfmu<\/a> show from Dave The Spazz was my fav https:\/\/wfmu.org\/archiveplayer\/?show=153042&archive=271782<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay<\/a> #canada<\/a> #bandcamp<\/a> https:\/\/nativenorthamerica-variousartists.bandcamp.com\/album\/native-north-america-vol-1-aboriginal-folk-rock-and-country-1966-1985<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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