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A reminder of the high electrical usage used by data centers.
These Silicon Valley data centers remain empty and unpowered because the utility can’t provide enough electricity. When data centers become active, residents are likely to get electrical bills.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
These Silicon Valley data centers remain empty and unpowered because the utility can’t provide enough electricity. When data centers become active, residents are likely to get electrical bills.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Data centers in Silicon Valley stand empty, awaiting power
Two of the world’s biggest data center developers have projects in Nvidia Corp.’s hometown that may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.
www.latimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A reminder of the high electrical usage used by data centers.
These Silicon Valley data centers remain empty and unpowered because the utility can’t provide enough electricity. When data centers become active, residents are likely to get electrical bills.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
These Silicon Valley data centers remain empty and unpowered because the utility can’t provide enough electricity. When data centers become active, residents are likely to get electrical bills.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Ultrasound pulses to the brain could boost survival after a stroke by mopping up brain debris.
Ultrasound may boost survival after a stroke by clearing brain debris
www.newscientist.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Ultrasound pulses to the brain could boost survival after a stroke by mopping up brain debris.
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‘If the BBC was able today to report what it thinks, it would say this: there has been a coup’
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
‘If the BBC was able today to report what it thinks, it would say this: there has been a coup’
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
How to lower the height of mountains. Mount Rainier lost 20 feet.
Mount Rainier’s summit has dropped over 20 feet—one of several once-frozen U.S. peaks losing ice at alarming rates. New research shows rapid melt even at the highest elevations, reshaping our landscape in real time.
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tinyurl.com/377ffxfr #ClimateCrisis #GlacierLoss #ClimateResearch #activist360
Melting Mountains: New Research Reveals Rapid Shrinking of Mount Rainier, Other Ice-Capped Peaks
But newly published research documents that ice-capped summits like Mount Rainier are changing — melting — faster than many thought possible.
tinyurl.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
How to lower the height of mountains. Mount Rainier lost 20 feet.
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Joking aside, the Arc de Trumpf is really going to go across from Memorial Bridge on the Virginia side of the river where it's going to loom over the entrance to Arlington Cemetery...
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Joking aside, the Arc de Trumpf is really going to go across from Memorial Bridge on the Virginia side of the river where it's going to loom over the entrance to Arlington Cemetery...
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Predictable from these goons
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Predictable from these goons
Trump has been very good at burying the country in deep debt.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
U.S. hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic
This rapid debt accumulation is the fastest outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the debt having reached $37 trillion in August.
www.pbs.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Trump has been very good at burying the country in deep debt.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Sticker Shock
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November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Sticker Shock
Follow my work on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
Follow my work on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
What did the government shutdown accomplish?
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
What did the government shutdown accomplish?
The govt. still refuses to provide evidence. So far…
76 killed
19 strikes
20 boats
76 killed
19 strikes
20 boats
The US military carried out another attack against suspected drug boats on Sunday, killing six people in the Eastern Pacific, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. https://cnn.it/3WOy1pS
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The govt. still refuses to provide evidence. So far…
76 killed
19 strikes
20 boats
76 killed
19 strikes
20 boats
Planting 50,000 trees in a single weekend.
Bear River Massacre site. www.ksl.com/article/5140...
Bear River Massacre site. www.ksl.com/article/5140...
Volunteers help plant up to 50,000 trees this weekend at the Bear River Massacre Site
Hundreds of volunteers joined the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation in a $14 million effort to restore the sacred Bear River Massacre site this weekend.
www.ksl.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Planting 50,000 trees in a single weekend.
Bear River Massacre site. www.ksl.com/article/5140...
Bear River Massacre site. www.ksl.com/article/5140...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Passive Resistance -
This article comes a day after a similar article in the Chicago Tribune
www.latimes.com/california/s...
This article comes a day after a similar article in the Chicago Tribune
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Commentary: In Chicago, residents mount a community-wide defense against Trump's deportation machine
Over the past two months, ICE has swept throughout Chicago but has swung its hammer with gusto on Little Village, considered the Mexican heart of the city.
www.latimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Passive Resistance -
This article comes a day after a similar article in the Chicago Tribune
www.latimes.com/california/s...
This article comes a day after a similar article in the Chicago Tribune
www.latimes.com/california/s...
The primary goal of universities: "preservation, production and transmission of knowledge.
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Opinion | Yes, colleges face a crisis. It’s also an opportunity.
Over two centuries, American higher education has periodically remade itself. Time to do it again.
wapo.st
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The primary goal of universities: "preservation, production and transmission of knowledge.
wapo.st/4oSQxcw
wapo.st/4oSQxcw
Epstein and the guy who Trump said would pay for US troops.
There is a "hidden Epstein connection you don't know about" and it's related to the shutdown, according to Donald Trump's previous white house communications chief.
'Can of worms opened' as ex-Trump official flags 'Epstein connection you don't know about'
There is a "hidden Epstein connection you don't know about" and it's related to the shutdown, according to Donald Trump's previous white house communications chief.Anthony Scaramucci, who previously said Trump was a grifter who "really wants to hurt people," flagged the purported connection in a vid...
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Epstein and the guy who Trump said would pay for US troops.
Tariff costs are being paid by consumers, businesses & factories.
Tariffs are supposed to protect US business.
Tariffs are supposed to protect US business.
Trump's tariffs are raising tens of billions of dollars for the federal government. They're also costing consumers, frustrating businesses and hurting the factories they're supposed to help.
Yes, Trump's tariffs are raising billions -- but at a steep economic cost
Trump's tariffs are raising tens of billions of dollars for the federal government. They're also costing consumers, frustrating businesses and hurting the factories they're supposed to help.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Tariff costs are being paid by consumers, businesses & factories.
Tariffs are supposed to protect US business.
Tariffs are supposed to protect US business.
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Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
Grocery prices have jumped up, and there's no relief in sight
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
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Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits
Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits
New guidance from USDA on Saturday informs states to move ahead with partial food stamp payments only given the Supreme Court stay.
dlvr.it
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits