The leadership of Animal Services is not merely a bureaucratic position; it is a role that directly impacts the safety, health, and lives of the most vulnerable animals in our community. This petition is vital because the current climate of unprofessionalism and administrative neglect has compromised the fundamental mission of the department.

You may hear arguments to the contrary, but data centers do increase demand for electricity, either at the center itself or passed on to local electric companies.  Duke Energy along with FPL have already petitioned Tallahassee for rate increases. Some will argue that there is no demand on water yet the Southwest Florida Water Management District has declared a Phase III Extreme Water Shortage in effect from April 3 through July 1.  Do we really need to put any additional strain on our water supply?  A huge data center will completely disrupt the quiet, natural environment of our county. One of the biggest complaints about data centers is the noise they produce. Hundreds of servers operating together create a constant hum that can reach up to 96dBA. Think chain saw or rock concert. Cooling systems can produce low frequency drones that can travel several miles. Emergency backup generators create additional noise when in use. The noise is constant and can lead to hearing loss, headaches, dizziness, sleeplessness, and anxiety. What will this do to the remaining wildlife in the area? Over 30,000 residents of Citrus Couty live within 5 miles of the potential build. Hernando and Forest Ridge Elementary Schools are within 5 miles. There is a bill currently waiting to be signed by the governor limiting public access to information on how and where a data center could be built. Please contact your County Commissioners and tell them, "No Data Center in Citrus County." Go to Citrus County Board, FL for a list of Commissioners. We are running out of time to stop this Data Center.  Please send a direct link to this petition at No Data Center for Citrus County | MoveOn to all your friends. 

Many of you, like us, mourned the thousands killed, voiced our opposition to another endless conflict, and mobilized to stop the Trump administration’s illegal war on Iran. Meanwhile, others were cashing in on bets they placed on the violence. One prediction market on the platform Polymarket asking "Will the U.S. strike Iran?" grew to a staggering $529 million as users wagered to profit off acts of war. Six accounts, most of them created just 24 hours before the attack, made over $1.2 MILLION by betting that the bombs would fall on February 28. In any other scenario transactions like these would be under the microscope for insider trading. Allowing bets on war isn’t just morally bankrupt; it’s also ripe for corruption. Fortunately, Sen. Chris Murphy and Rep. Greg Casar agree. Their BETS OFF Act would ban gambling on war, assassinations, terrorism, and other war crimes. As Trump’s war drags on, bets on its horrors and outcomes flood prediction markets — and it’s time to end the war profiteering.

Microsoft holds billions of dollars in federal contracts, including a share of the $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract. These business deals are the technological backbone of military operations with devastating consequences. AI-assisted warfare makes attacks more deadly and destructive, vastly increasing the scale of violence that can be committed in war. AI also makes mistakes regularly, and in war, those mistakes result in more deaths and injuries to civilians. Microsoft has deep relationships across Washington and wields enormous influence over how the U.S. government and its allies wage war. That influence comes with responsibility. We demand Microsoft: • Immediately cease providing AI support for military applications • Adopt a clear policy against providing technology that facilitates warfare Microsoft must stop profiting from war. Sign the petition and demand they act now!

This latest tactic from The Washington Post is nothing short of AI-powered surveillance pricing, and it’s not the first time a company has used the tactic to exploit consumers. Delta Airlines is rolling out artificial intelligence to price flights, Uber and Lyft have been known to charge more if a user’s battery is low, and Instacart has been caught charging customers different prices for the same products. It’s unclear exactly how The Washington Post’s pricing algorithm works, but we know they can instantly process vast amounts of subscriber data—from reading habits to renewal patterns—to make decisions about pricing at an individual level. For example, one expert explains how “if you use an Apple product, usually people increase prices because they assume that if you have an iPhone, you may have a higher income.” Washington Post readers deserve to know their privacy is protected, not exploited for profit. Demand Jeff Bezos end this predatory practice!

This latest tactic from The Washington Post is nothing short of AI-powered surveillance pricing, and it’s not the first time a company has used the tactic to exploit consumers. Delta Airlines is rolling out artificial intelligence to price flights, Uber and Lyft have been known to charge more if a user’s battery is low, and Instacart has been caught charging customers different prices for the same products. In New York, companies are required to notify consumers if AI is being used to set prices, but that’s not enough. We need sweeping federal legislation to crack down on this predatory practice and protect consumers.  The Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act would ban companies from using AI to set prices or wages based on Americans’ personal data—safeguarding our privacy and protecting all of us from surveillance pricing.  Add your name to show Congress that Americans want real consumer protections NOW! >> 

The richest companies and people in America are pushing AI because a lot of their money is on the line. They’re telling the public that algorithms, chatbots, and automation will replace workers at historic levels in the next few years. THIS IS A THREAT TO WORKING PEOPLE. The unemployment rate for college grads is 5.6%, the highest level in more than a decade outside of the COVID-19 pandemic. Workers are being told in the thousands that they’re being replaced by AI.  Companies implementing AI are inundating people with “workslop.” A recent report in the Harvard Business Review catalogues how subpar work output from AI (“workslop”) is actually destroying productivity. Companies need to stop lying to their workers about AI. Corporate executives need to stop making jobs harder for people because of AI, and making baseless claims about AI.  Sign the petition: Stop using AI as a pretext for cutting jobs and laying people off! Human workers cannot be replaced by AI.

If we allow Joplin City Council to strong arm us into this potentially damaging data/Bitcoin Mining Center, then our voice will have been silenced. A twelve month moratorium will give those of us opposed to this "snake oil sale" time to conduct an environmental study, identify potential at risk flora and endangered species, research past environmental impacts of these highly controversial, and largely opposed - Data/Bitcoin Mining Operations - here, and abroad. Data suggests that these centers are just another cog in the corporate greed growth wheel, that trickles down few benefits for those of us living here. One must ask - why are we allowing a potential Chinese Data Center - or any Dra Center for that matter, to locate in our backyard? Time to stand up, show up, and speak out. Don't let City Hall silence our voice!

People often buy Ring cameras to help them feel safer at home—and safety is exactly what they deserve. That includes knowing that their data is protected and not used to further a surveillance machine that is increasingly more dangerous under the Trump administration.  Ring and Amazon must immediately:  • End its partnership with Flock, ensuring that footage captured by everyday Americans isn’t used in Trump’s deportation campaign  • Clearly outline how users’ privacy and data will be protected   Until there are clear answers, Ring users should opt out of allowing their data to be accessed by giant tech companies with no guardrails by disabling their Ring cameras and opting out of the new Search Party feature.  Sign the petition to demand answers from Ring and oppose Amazon’s use of our data for mass surveillance and Trump’s deportation agenda!

CHATGPT "EDU" is an "investment" that means our school will commit to a product that causes learning decay, funds ICE, and damages the environment at an extremely alarming rate. Let CU know that we want AI OUT NOW.

On July 25, 2023, a federal lawsuit was filed in New York alleging that Leon Black violently raped a 16-year-old girl with autism and Down syndrome in 2002 at Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan townhouse. The plaintiff, now in her 30s, was born with mosaic Down syndrome and had a mental age of 12 at the time of the alleged assault. According to the complaint, she was groomed through cheerleading classes before being trafficked to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, who then introduced her to Black as Epstein's "special friend." The lawsuit describes a brutal assault that left the victim with internal injuries and lasting psychological trauma, including panic attacks she still experiences today. Black retired from Apollo in July, 2021,  after a review revealed he paid Epstein $158 million for purported financial advice between 2012 and 2017, years after Epstein's 2008 criminal conviction for sex offenses. This financial relationship, combined with the new allegations of child sexual assault, raises urgent questions about whether Black or his associates had access to student information through educational institutions, youth programs, or philanthropic channels. Given Black's extensive financial ties to Epstein and the new allegations of child rape, any institution that received funding from Black or maintained relationships with entities he controlled must immediately audit what student data, photographs, or access may have been provided.

We're organizing Americans and people around the world to quit ChatGPT. Is this boycott going to work? ChatGPT is the biggest chatbot in the world, but that advantage is fragile. ChatGPT has been losing market share. Their creator OpenAI is losing 3x more than they earn. ChatGPT users skew young and progressive, and many don't know about alternatives. We can push OpenAI over the edge. If we make an example of ChatGPT, we can send a clear signal to ICE enablers that their actions will not go unpunished. Let's make CEOs think twice before they get in bed with Trump. Aren't all the AI companies bad? Why ChatGPT? OpenAI president Greg Brockman and his wife donated $25 million to MAGA Inc in 2025 (and CEO Sam Altman donated $1M to Trump's 2025 Inaugural Fund). They gave Trump 26x more than any other major AI company. ICE's resume screening tool is powered by OpenAI's GPT-4. They're spending 50 million dollars to prevent states from regulating AI so only Trump can. They're cozying up to Trump while ICE is killing Americans and the Department of Justice is trying to take over elections. ChatGPT enables mental-health crises through sycophancy and dependence by replacing human relationships with AI girlfriends/boyfriends. Many employees have quit OpenAI because of its leadership's lies, deception and recklessness. Who's organizing this? We are a group of democracy activists that are gravely concerned about AI companies contributing to the rise of authoritarianism in the U.S. If your organization is interested in joining the organizing committee, reach out to [email protected]! Open to all. OpenAI—the company behind ChatGPT—openly attacks and intimidates its critics. Several nonprofits have been subpoenaed in recent months for trying to get AI regulated, including Encode, The Midas Project, and the San Francisco Foundation. These attacks have absorbed organizer capacity, dulling their ability to hold OpenAI accountable. The same cannot happen to us. That's why we're staying anonymous. What about alternatives? Some higher privacy and open-source alternatives include: Confer, Alpine, Lumo. Alternate corporate options include Gemini from Google and Claude from Anthropic. Larger companies are doing much more to enable authoritarianism than smaller companies and open-source models. We strongly advise against using Grok for the obvious reasons. People think ChatGPT is the only chatbot in the game, and they don't know that OpenAI execs are Trump's biggest donors. It's time to change that. Isn't Elon's AI company way worse? Yes. Thankfully, hardly anyone uses Grok (Elon's chatbot) anyway, but yes, please don't use Grok. What do we mean by "Trump's biggest donor"? In Trump's Super PAC, MAGA Inc.'s latest filings, OpenAI president Greg Brockman and his wife gave $25M, more than any other group in the report (by $5M!). If we zoom out to all of 2025, only one company (Crypto.com) gave more than this ($30M), spread throughout the year. To put this in perspective, companies like Palantir and JUUL "only" gave $1M.