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"The historical precedent here is Flint, Michigan."
Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers
A sprawling data center in eastern Oregon has been linked to a huge rise in rare cancers, muscle conditions, and miscarriages.
trib.al
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"The historical precedent here is Flint, Michigan."
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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Oh come on
The owner of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant has been awarded a $1 billion federal loan guarantee, enabling it to shift onto taxpayers some of the risk of its plan to restart the facility and sell the electricity to Microsoft for its data centers.
Trump officials give $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island
The plan to reopen Three Mile Island to supply Microsoft with power wins a federal loan guarantee, shifting onto taxpayers some of the risk.
wapo.st
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Oh come on
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November 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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It's almost as if a years long push for diverse representation in media actually made people less racist
“Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.”
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great
Stop panicking: They are the most progressive generation ever, especially on race. If that surprises you, you’ve been listening to the wrong story.
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It's almost as if a years long push for diverse representation in media actually made people less racist
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argh, yes
this post is gonna be 10 years old next december 🙈
this post is gonna be 10 years old next december 🙈
December 31, 2024 at 11:16 PM
argh, yes
this post is gonna be 10 years old next december 🙈
this post is gonna be 10 years old next december 🙈
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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to understand the motive behind the big ai push, read this and then think about it in the same context of uber/lyft. they were only able to undercut the cost of cabs by burning gargantuan speculative investment.
you are frequently cheaper than ai - they're operating at huge losses to undercut you!
you are frequently cheaper than ai - they're operating at huge losses to undercut you!
October 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
to understand the motive behind the big ai push, read this and then think about it in the same context of uber/lyft. they were only able to undercut the cost of cabs by burning gargantuan speculative investment.
you are frequently cheaper than ai - they're operating at huge losses to undercut you!
you are frequently cheaper than ai - they're operating at huge losses to undercut you!
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"No wonder my new contacts in the industry shoulder a heavy burden — heavier than I could ever imagine. They know the truth."
AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought
An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.
trib.al
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"No wonder my new contacts in the industry shoulder a heavy burden — heavier than I could ever imagine. They know the truth."
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“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
October 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
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The fucking head of fucking XBox Graphics used a fucking "AI" slop image to hire new engineers but couldn't tell that the fucking screen on the fucking monitor is facing backwards.
July 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The fucking head of fucking XBox Graphics used a fucking "AI" slop image to hire new engineers but couldn't tell that the fucking screen on the fucking monitor is facing backwards.
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*It you're interested in dysfunctional technologies and why they don't work, it's good to remember that "markets can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent"
*The world abounds in the counterproductive
*The world abounds in the counterproductive
July 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
*It you're interested in dysfunctional technologies and why they don't work, it's good to remember that "markets can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent"
*The world abounds in the counterproductive
*The world abounds in the counterproductive
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Goodness. (Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...
June 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Goodness. (Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...
It looks like the masses are going to hand over their sentience without a struggle to machine learning. Fascinating times. Will the new soulless collectivism model be better or worse than the perverted puritanism that got us here?
January 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It looks like the masses are going to hand over their sentience without a struggle to machine learning. Fascinating times. Will the new soulless collectivism model be better or worse than the perverted puritanism that got us here?
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Power to "AI" is actively damaging power transmission on the US grid. Not "might." Not "will." Right Now Is.
I've been seeing increasing amounts of pushback against people talking about the environmental harms of "generative AI," comparing things like the resource use of factory farming in the US.…
I've been seeing increasing amounts of pushback against people talking about the environmental harms of "generative AI," comparing things like the resource use of factory farming in the US.…
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
December 28, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Power to "AI" is actively damaging power transmission on the US grid. Not "might." Not "will." Right Now Is.
I've been seeing increasing amounts of pushback against people talking about the environmental harms of "generative AI," comparing things like the resource use of factory farming in the US.…
I've been seeing increasing amounts of pushback against people talking about the environmental harms of "generative AI," comparing things like the resource use of factory farming in the US.…
Gas Exports and AI Boom Poised to Spike Energy Prices for Consumers Under Trump truthout.org/articles/gas...
Gas Exports and AI Boom Poised to Spike Energy Prices for Consumers Under Trump
The expansion of AI data centers and a rush to export fracked gas is rapidly reshaping the energy landscape.
truthout.org
December 29, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Gas Exports and AI Boom Poised to Spike Energy Prices for Consumers Under Trump truthout.org/articles/gas...