Ben West
@westbywest.bsky.social
Scattered minutiae about tech, plants, St. Louis, occasionally all together
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Cocaine floats (like a witch!) meaning the remaining fragment of boat and its crew justified murder by the state. Exact details don't matter since we became accustomed to being lied to about war crimes becoming standard practice since Afghanistan. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Video shows final, confused moments of survivors of US boat strike in Caribbean, say sources
When the U.S. military carried out its first strike against a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on September 2, the attack began with an airburst munition exploding above the 11-member crew like an...
www.reuters.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Cocaine floats (like a witch!) meaning the remaining fragment of boat and its crew justified murder by the state. Exact details don't matter since we became accustomed to being lied to about war crimes becoming standard practice since Afghanistan. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
"Recent and regular testing of St. Louis water does not detect lead levels at or above the EPA action level. Individual home water testing is available free to city residents." - Link to test in comments www.stlpr.org/health-scien...
Efforts to map lead pipes in St. Louis trickle on
The EPA just announced additional funding to support the removal of the pipes, but it may not be enough for the lengthy process.
www.stlpr.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"Recent and regular testing of St. Louis water does not detect lead levels at or above the EPA action level. Individual home water testing is available free to city residents." - Link to test in comments www.stlpr.org/health-scien...
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#STL City has 215 shelter beds and is operating 24/7. Opening another on Sidney street. Thank you @caraspencer.bsky.social and your team for prioritizing our unhoused
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#STL City has 215 shelter beds and is operating 24/7. Opening another on Sidney street. Thank you @caraspencer.bsky.social and your team for prioritizing our unhoused
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really went dark for the sequel
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
really went dark for the sequel
I keep finding bits of St. Louis past winking back at me in out of state vintage shops. Lucas Park used to have a large pond, but otherwise amazing that view is nearly identical today. Fully intact MacArthur Bridge also cool.
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I keep finding bits of St. Louis past winking back at me in out of state vintage shops. Lucas Park used to have a large pond, but otherwise amazing that view is nearly identical today. Fully intact MacArthur Bridge also cool.
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There is an extended version of it
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There is an extended version of it
Don't be distracted by the sneaky but cute traffic cone cam, these cameras are likely nationwide, including well beyond 100 miles from the border apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Don't be distracted by the sneaky but cute traffic cone cam, these cameras are likely nationwide, including well beyond 100 miles from the border apnews.com/article/immi...
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Okay, so, sure. NVIDIA sells $50bn of gpus. Where do they go? No, really, can anyone actually explain where all those GPUs went, and to whom they went to? Are they in data centers? Where? If we’re talking like, hundreds of thousands of b200s and gb200s, where on earth even has a data center built?
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Okay, so, sure. NVIDIA sells $50bn of gpus. Where do they go? No, really, can anyone actually explain where all those GPUs went, and to whom they went to? Are they in data centers? Where? If we’re talking like, hundreds of thousands of b200s and gb200s, where on earth even has a data center built?
And I just looked up Every State PAC again, since they've been spamming me. Still not a signal damned cent of $600k raised to any candidate, yet $474k spent. Fuck these awful leeches.
www.opensecrets.org/political-ac...
www.opensecrets.org/political-ac...
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
And I just looked up Every State PAC again, since they've been spamming me. Still not a signal damned cent of $600k raised to any candidate, yet $474k spent. Fuck these awful leeches.
www.opensecrets.org/political-ac...
www.opensecrets.org/political-ac...
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fb memory from 2020
the more things change
the more things change
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
fb memory from 2020
the more things change
the more things change
Nvidia's earnings report after markets close tomorrow conjures the crop report from Trading Places. No doubt a bunch of people are going to learn their insider sources were wrong/faked.
a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech at a podium in front of two microphones
Alt: Orange juice will be cheap!
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Nvidia's earnings report after markets close tomorrow conjures the crop report from Trading Places. No doubt a bunch of people are going to learn their insider sources were wrong/faked.
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Clay Higgins: “Call me Bubba.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Clay Higgins: “Call me Bubba.”
Larry Summers had been busy at work architecting Project 2029, policies for a future neoliberal Democratic presidency. He should be shunned as much as Trump ultimately will be. prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding CAP’s ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Larry Summers had been busy at work architecting Project 2029, policies for a future neoliberal Democratic presidency. He should be shunned as much as Trump ultimately will be. prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
Thiel's palantir clearly told him the march to Mordor approaches fast
NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge
Yesterday, I published on "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Thiel's palantir clearly told him the march to Mordor approaches fast
Everyone impacted by this raid is thus innocent, yet all are dramatically worse off, including many citizens and residents alike who now have no homes. The only entity thus far standing to benefit directly is Wells Fargo.
16/ I hope you will read the full story. It was a team effort by @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social, @tchristianmiller.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social, Sebastian Rotella, me and many more, part of a collaboration between @propublica.org/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Everyone impacted by this raid is thus innocent, yet all are dramatically worse off, including many citizens and residents alike who now have no homes. The only entity thus far standing to benefit directly is Wells Fargo.
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She followed+taunted David Hogg
School shooting
Survivor
Had a film crew+
Trolled him while he walked
To the Capitol
Yelled that he should admit
That the school shooting was fake
And that he was an actor
Told him she had a gun
Called him little Hitler
He was 19
0 thoughts/prayers/fks about her
School shooting
Survivor
Had a film crew+
Trolled him while he walked
To the Capitol
Yelled that he should admit
That the school shooting was fake
And that he was an actor
Told him she had a gun
Called him little Hitler
He was 19
0 thoughts/prayers/fks about her
Video surfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor with baseless claims | CNN Politics
Video of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg before she was elected to Congress went viral Wednesday amid an uproar over newly surfaced comments sh...
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Sure, if you want to heat your home with fragile equipment's far less efficient than actual HVAC, costs magnitudes more, and will be obsolete for its primary role in 5 years. Data centers of any type require a certain scale to not just be silly waste. www.bbc.com/news/article...
'I heat my Essex home with a data centre in the shed' - BBC News
"It's fantastic because it's eco-friendly...We're not burning any gases," says Terrence Bridges.
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Sure, if you want to heat your home with fragile equipment's far less efficient than actual HVAC, costs magnitudes more, and will be obsolete for its primary role in 5 years. Data centers of any type require a certain scale to not just be silly waste. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bsky hiding all @boschbot.bsky.social posts as Adult Content is basically programmed illiteracy
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Bsky hiding all @boschbot.bsky.social posts as Adult Content is basically programmed illiteracy
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Massive Jack Lemmon vibes here: "Strong vibrations were also felt on the plant's main turbine after the plant shutdown" www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Missouri's only nuclear plant triggers temporary shutdown after water issue
The site produces around 26% of Ameren's total energy, according to the utility.
www.ksdk.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Massive Jack Lemmon vibes here: "Strong vibrations were also felt on the plant's main turbine after the plant shutdown" www.ksdk.com/article/news...
If you got this txt, it means you successfully signed the petition opposing anti-democratic MO redistricting. Good job.
OK Missouri cell phone users, who got this text message?
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
If you got this txt, it means you successfully signed the petition opposing anti-democratic MO redistricting. Good job.
Notable details: 1. developer Chris McKee is one-time R Lt Gov candidate AND son of Paul McKee, 2. these folks desperately want to sell you a Monorail, 3. Festus passed *actual regulations* re: data centers, meanwhile St. Louis city just distracts us with gestures www.stlpr.org/government-p...
Data center developer eyes Festus after St. Charles debacle
Data center developers eye Festus in Jefferson County as a site for future data center development as the city annexes properties for the projects.
www.stlpr.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Notable details: 1. developer Chris McKee is one-time R Lt Gov candidate AND son of Paul McKee, 2. these folks desperately want to sell you a Monorail, 3. Festus passed *actual regulations* re: data centers, meanwhile St. Louis city just distracts us with gestures www.stlpr.org/government-p...