Why are there no photos of the bombed out AWS data centers?

[virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca]

@jwz
Where are we to look for inspiration?

[mick_collins@toot.community]

@jwz We can't ever have nice things, even photos

[snazzee@tooot.im]

@jwz as a side note for the luls, my Freshservice instance that was residing in that DC was basically nuked for weeks now

[rodgerd@mastodon.social]

@jwz I wanna see the Oracle crater

[davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social]

@jwz

Finally, the right Amazon is burning.

[ghouston@mamot.fr]

@jwz why are there no photos of a bombed out White House?

[jwz@mastodon.social]

@ghouston Canada's 1812 social media team dropped the ball.

[jwz@mastodon.social]

@ghouston Unless this counts? https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/us/east-wing-white-house-satellite-photos-invs

[ghouston@mamot.fr]

@jwz Not really what I had in mind. This was evocative, for the time:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burning_of_Washington_1814.jpg

[jwz@mastodon.social]

@ghouston I retract my comment about the Canadian social media team, that engraving slaps.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@tef @jwz VERY steep fines too

[gimulnautti@mastodon.green]

@jwz Because GCC countries are authoritarian hellholes with secret police, propaganda and the death penalty?

[jmcs@social.jsantos.eu]

@jwz Amazon always tried to make the AWS data centers as "invisible" as possible for security reasons - there are relatively few pictures of AWS DCs online for this reason. I imagine they would just redouble the efforts when the photos can be used to improve targeting of ongoing attacks.