AI "bit barns"
Is that the cutie pie name media is going to call these electricity and water guzzling, toxin spewing, planet destroying monstrosities?
Is that the cutie pie name media is going to call these electricity and water guzzling, toxin spewing, planet destroying monstrosities?
AI bit barns grow climate emergency by turning up the gas
AI bit barns grow climate emergency by turning up the gas
Companies talk renewables while firing up gas turbines as fast as they can
Bit barns need a lot of power to operate and, as hyperscalers look for ways to generate it, they are adding more dirty energy in the form of new gas turbines. One estimate says that these new power sources could add another 44 million tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by 2030, equivalent to the annual emissions of 10 million private cars.…
dlvr.it
February 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
AI "bit barns"
Is that the cutie pie name media is going to call these electricity and water guzzling, toxin spewing, planet destroying monstrosities?
Is that the cutie pie name media is going to call these electricity and water guzzling, toxin spewing, planet destroying monstrosities?
Today in:
"Microsoft is the Malware"
"Microsoft is the Malware"
Microsoft alerts on DNS-based ClickFix variant delivering malware via nslookup securityaffairs.com/188039/hacki...
Microsoft alerts on DNS-based ClickFix variant delivering malware via nslookup
Microsoft warns of a new ClickFix variant that tricks users into running DNS commands to fetch malware via nslookup.
securityaffairs.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Today in:
"Microsoft is the Malware"
"Microsoft is the Malware"
Can we please put this guy in prison?
A report from House Oversight Committee Democrats delivers a damning recounting of the varied ways Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) violated cybersecurity protocols across nearly every executive branch agency. 1/5
www.metacurity.com/doge-linked-...
www.metacurity.com/doge-linked-...
DOGE linked to potential Russian, Chinese access to OPM systems, report
Palo Alto: attackers have moved from AI experimentation to AI operationalization, Dragos discovered three new ICS threat groups, European Parliament disabled AI features over cybersecurity concerns, K...
www.metacurity.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Can we please put this guy in prison?
👇👇👇👇
In case anyone makes you feel like you’re overreacting, I’m here to tell you that we’re underreacting. We’re severely underreacting.
February 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM
👇👇👇👇
Criminal, yes. But also civil.
"Even if you get a pardon, we will sue you into eternal bankruptcy."
"Even if you get a pardon, we will sue you into eternal bankruptcy."
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Overnight, this probable ICE flight landed in Benin and is now returning to Senegal, likely for a crew layover.
February 17, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Criminal, yes. But also civil.
"Even if you get a pardon, we will sue you into eternal bankruptcy."
"Even if you get a pardon, we will sue you into eternal bankruptcy."
The prison sentences better exceed the high end of life expectancy.
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:31 AM
The prison sentences better exceed the high end of life expectancy.
It would be so much easier to just take their money and charge them with the crimes they committed.
And if you're going to say "how do you know they committed crimes?" that will win you a block.
And if you're going to say "how do you know they committed crimes?" that will win you a block.
You can't call every step of creeping fascism a distraction from kitchen-table issues and then punt whenever you have a chance to address the kitchen-table issues.
WA Democrats consider retreat on estate tax, fearing wealth exodus
Democrats in the state Legislature are moving to roll back a big increase in the estate tax rate, acknowledging it may be causing some very wealthy people to move.
www.seattletimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:17 AM
It would be so much easier to just take their money and charge them with the crimes they committed.
And if you're going to say "how do you know they committed crimes?" that will win you a block.
And if you're going to say "how do you know they committed crimes?" that will win you a block.
The same Hyatt Hotels that have been housing ice?
Hyatt Hotels heir Tom Pritzker today expressed "regret" over his association with Epstein as he announced his retirement as executive chair of the firm, becoming the latest high-profile figure to step down over ties to the sex offender.
Epstein files end business, political careers across globe
The revelations aren't stopping, with new names — and new recriminations — coming to light every day.
www.axios.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The same Hyatt Hotels that have been housing ice?
This describes every Republican I've ever met.
Narcissists, sociopaths, and/or psychopaths are running and "influencing" (through technology) the world.
A hallmark of Cluster B Personality-disordered people?
They are pathologically transactional....even if it harms other people ("Reckless disregard for others").
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A hallmark of Cluster B Personality-disordered people?
They are pathologically transactional....even if it harms other people ("Reckless disregard for others").
1/
February 16, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This describes every Republican I've ever met.
One of the best "this guy is full of shit and I'm tired of being here" looks, by a political figure, ever.
Politico published symbolic awards following the Munich Security Conference, naming EU foreign policy chief Kallas for Worst Poker Face. She was seen pressing her lips and puffing her cheeks as US UN ambassador Mike Waltz praised Washington for ending several wars. The reaction spread quickly online
February 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
One of the best "this guy is full of shit and I'm tired of being here" looks, by a political figure, ever.
The most American thing Dutch police have ever done:
"Dutch police have arrested a man for 'computer hacking' after accidentally handing him their own sensitive files and then getting annoyed when he didn't hand them back."
www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/d...
www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/d...
Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files
: Bungled link handed over sensitive docs, and when recipient didn't cooperate, police opted for cuffs
www.theregister.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:47 PM
The most American thing Dutch police have ever done:
Holy shit, 'murica.
Wtf?
Wtf?
It is now officially cheaper to play an FPS in real life. 
February 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Holy shit, 'murica.
Wtf?
Wtf?
Absofuckinglutely 👏👏👏
We're overdue for a true, left-wing rehaul of national politics in this country. We tried the neoliberal way for the last 30+ years, it led to millions of disaffected voters, mass wealth inequality, and fascism. Let's try something else.
February 16, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Absofuckinglutely 👏👏👏
They're not going to stop with immigrants.
Keep fighting it, people. It’s clear the number of facilities this agency is trying to buy up across the nation far exceeds the number of undocumented persons in the country. ICE is also supposedly about deportation, not imprisonment.
So who do we all think these camps are for?
So who do we all think these camps are for?
February 15, 2026 at 11:58 PM
They're not going to stop with immigrants.
I want a bumper sticker.
And a T-shirt.
And a T-shirt.
Butlerian jihad now
February 15, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I want a bumper sticker.
And a T-shirt.
And a T-shirt.
Great 🧵
Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
February 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Great 🧵
Reposted by CJ_(radicalized)
We built Jikipedia, a new wiki that compiles Jmail data into exhaustive reports on key figures in the Epstein scandal.
It lists all recorded visits to Epstein's estates, each person's possible knowledge of Epstein's crimes and laws that they may have violated.
It lists all recorded visits to Epstein's estates, each person's possible knowledge of Epstein's crimes and laws that they may have violated.
February 15, 2026 at 7:14 AM
We built Jikipedia, a new wiki that compiles Jmail data into exhaustive reports on key figures in the Epstein scandal.
It lists all recorded visits to Epstein's estates, each person's possible knowledge of Epstein's crimes and laws that they may have violated.
It lists all recorded visits to Epstein's estates, each person's possible knowledge of Epstein's crimes and laws that they may have violated.
This, about Ronald Reagan, does not surprise me at all.
Apparently singing La Marseillaise was a thing at Hollywood parties after the Nazis invaded France in 1940, and the writers of the script simply slotted it in. Ronald Reagan said he was sick of hearing it and avoided certain parties as a result
February 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
This, about Ronald Reagan, does not surprise me at all.
The singing scene makes me cry EVERY TIME.
February 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Reposted by CJ_(radicalized)
I don't want to doxx this kid, who is probably drawing a lot of hate/creepy parasocial attention from online weirdos
But also I want to buy this image on a T-shirt where the proceeds go towards putting this lad through college and buying him every Pokemon card
But also I want to buy this image on a T-shirt where the proceeds go towards putting this lad through college and buying him every Pokemon card
February 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I don't want to doxx this kid, who is probably drawing a lot of hate/creepy parasocial attention from online weirdos
But also I want to buy this image on a T-shirt where the proceeds go towards putting this lad through college and buying him every Pokemon card
But also I want to buy this image on a T-shirt where the proceeds go towards putting this lad through college and buying him every Pokemon card
I'm going to guess,
people will go back to nailing the mansions' doors shut before burning them to the ground.
people will go back to nailing the mansions' doors shut before burning them to the ground.
The other thing is let's pretend he's right, and millions and millions lose their jobs. There aren't enough other jobs for everyone without massive pay cuts and/or school. Add in all the inflation and price gouging, and what do you suppose happens when millions go broke in a short timeframe? 🫡
February 15, 2026 at 1:19 PM
I'm going to guess,
people will go back to nailing the mansions' doors shut before burning them to the ground.
people will go back to nailing the mansions' doors shut before burning them to the ground.
Reposted by CJ_(radicalized)
Some people get pissy if you mention Boomers, but it's just a fact. There are youger people, but this horror is ultimately a death rattle for a generation that resents and looks down on its children and grandchildren, leaving us with a nightmarish, bigotry-driven future most of us oppose.
February 15, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Some people get pissy if you mention Boomers, but it's just a fact. There are youger people, but this horror is ultimately a death rattle for a generation that resents and looks down on its children and grandchildren, leaving us with a nightmarish, bigotry-driven future most of us oppose.
This *must* become the most widely adopted approach, and standard practice.
Society demands it.
Society demands it.
If I see anyone using Zuck's creep-specs in public, anywhere, I will simply break them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This *must* become the most widely adopted approach, and standard practice.
Society demands it.
Society demands it.
Also malware.
If Microsoft made a car... what would it be?
If Microsoft made a car... what would it be?
What is the automotive equivalent of Word, and where does Copilot fit?
In the Venn diagram of car owners whose vehicles have a certain amount of "character" and individuals who use Microsoft's applications, there is an intersection of people who accept a quirk or two but not an unexpected explosion.…
dlvr.it
February 15, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Also malware.
Well this is bleak
February 15, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Well this is bleak