As US politicians campaign for this year’s elections—and look ahead to the 2028 presidential contest—they need to take data center opposition seriously as a salient issue, writes Ben Green. The opportunity is substantial, particularly for Democrats, he says.

Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:

Find something in your life that you are as passionate about as Pete Hegseth is passionate about committing war crimes.

Suahuatica, I salute you

having used claude extensively for the past couple of months, i think there is still a lot of value to understanding your code and steering it intentionally. the amount of incidental complexity claude accumulates otherwise (which mostly results in bugs that it can't ever fix reliably) is staggering.

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

if the media had any integrity — and it doesn’t anymore — they’d be pointing out on a loop that Obama made a deal with Iran, Trump cancelled it because Obama is Black, and then Trump started a war on the pretense there is no deal

This should be a front-page scandal.

ICE "should be abolished, but also it should be prosecuted" - Democratic Rep. @sethmoulton.bsky.social, from the centrist wing of the party, tells me he wants his party leadership to go further than just reforming ICE. Doing that is "no longer believable." Full interview: zeteo.com/p/moulton-ic...

👀 #csharp #dotnet

The async and await keywords in C# are implemented using a state machine that the compiler generates. So the JIT (Just-In-Time compiler) has to no idea about…

Absolutely enraging. ICE kidnapped a 16 year old child in Mpls, refused to let him go home, sent him to a youth shelter in Michigan and LOST TRACK OF HIM. The family’s lawyer used an investigator to trace a phone call and locate him. (🎁 link) www.startribune.com/how-ice-labe...

In Quakertown, PA, up to 50 students walked out in protest of ICE, despite attempts by school authorities to stop demonstrations. Students were violently attacked when the police chief put one student in a choke hold as police made several arrests. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

I've got $100 on it. Can you match me?

It’s a very sad thing how Donald talks like a dull fifth/grader.

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

This the skeleton key that explains the entire left-of-center political and informational environment. There is no social reward for ever saying anything nice about a mainline Democrat, so no one does. As a result, baseless antipathy towards the party completely pervades the environment.

The Craven Broadcasting System thought it better to cower from Brendan Carr rather than air this thoughtful Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social. It was fifteen minutes well spent this morning to watch it. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A

Hope that Democrats aren't relying on the enthusiasm of their base to win in November www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Wow.

@rider.jetbrains.com Rider 2026.1 EAP 4 is now supporting file-based C# programs 🤩 That is really nice, and I see already some usages like C# scripts in place of PowerShell ones. www.jetbrains.com/rider/nextve...

ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.

Immigration has made the US economy great and it will do so again. But we need our leaders to stand up for it. No cowardice, no poll-watching on immigration. Defend it. Praise immigrants. Americans are ready to hear it.

Nice article!

After a string of ICE murders, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries proposed reforms — and $11 billion more for ICE. Including reconciliation bill funding, the Schumer-Jeffries plan would give ICE a $30 billion budget, higher than all but 15 militaries worldwide: www.stephensemler.com/p/democratic...

They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.

2/ “I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long.” From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days

We're traumatizing thousands of kids for life. The people behind this are monsters.

Challenge accepted! I am raising rent funds for a Minneapolis family with four kids. They owe a month of back rent for $3975 total. Can we make this happen for them today? I believe in us & will post receipts! V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater Please help and share! Thank you 💛

Groundhog Day Meaning xkcd.com/3202/

I just got off the phone with Elizabeth's dad...she and her mom were freed tonight! Updated story: sahanjournal.com/education/co...

Beware: Government Using Image Manipulation For Propaganda U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week posted a photo of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of three activists who had entered a St. Paul, Minn. church to confront a pastor who also serves as acting field director of…

BREAKING: ICE and Border Patrol are beating a 16 year old like a grown enemy soldier. Guns out. Heads slammed into concrete. This country is rotting in real time.

Welcome home, Liam!

The media is still missing the biggest story in the Epstein emails. The emails show Epstein helped Russia blackmail Donald Trump. He was advising Putin's circle on how to control the US President. Trump is compromised. We need to make sure everyone sees this:

And people are getting angry about Anne Frank comparisons www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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DHS was created to distract from Bush's utter incompetence in allowing 9/11 to happen. That's the long & short of it. It's a GOP clusterfuck intended to compensate for another GOP clusterfuck. It's time to start over from a place of competence & compassion.

Really nice IMO balanced article on AI from Cory Doctorow. I'm not sure I agree with his conclusions on how much the big AI companies will ultimately fail, but I really appreciate his focus on workers and the fact that he _isn't_ being just anti-Ai in all forms. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

ICE has detained at least 3,800 kids under the second Trump administration — more than 500 of whom were under 5 years old. Children shouldn't be locked up by our government.

Finished up school patrol this morning and a Somali mother got out of her car to give us the biggest, longest hugs. She said she doesn't know Somalia, her kids don't speak Somali and showed us that she's carrying her passport with her everywhere. I lost count the number of times she thanked us. 🥹

Do y'all remember this from 2016? I think about this a lot. ❤️

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” An elected Republican legislator in Minnesota ⬇️

YOUR PHONE CALLS TO THE SENATE ARE WORKING. KEEP CALLING. 202–224-3121 Three Democrats who previously broke with the party and voted with the GOP are now saying they will not vote for the bill. That’s enough for the bill to be unpassable right now.