Oregon raises electricity rates by 29.7% for data centers and cuts residential electricity rates by 1.3%. www.opb.org/article/2026... #energysky

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Nathan Donley, environmental health science director at the Center for Biological Diversity said in a statement: “We’re asking for something ridiculously easy. Just warn the public of the serious health risks the #EPA already knows about. In other words, do your job." 🔥🔥

So… Cheyenne, WY won't take data center wastewater anymore after Meta/FB's "Fill and Flush" process (how they test data center cooling systems) was responsible for polluting their whole community's wastewater reclamation system with Cupriavidus gilardii bacteria: cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/02/c...

A study concluded that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live. (Published July 2025)

FT Exclusive: The International Energy Agency has forecast US-based spending on power plants fuelled by coal and gas will reach $50bn this year, as companies rush to build out data centres. ft.trib.al/aakY0J7

Astonishing corruption

Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w...

Remember the good old days when it was a big scandal that someone paid $50k for a Hunter Biden painting www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w...

Donald Trump can’t claim the biggest failure of a peace agreement signed at Versailles, but he can claim the fastest.

Across our country wild fires are raging 🔥 threatening lives, homes, and the water supplies of drought-stricken states. High fire risk is one of many reasons to refrain from using fireworks even if your community hasn't imposed a ban. Spread the word on the serious risks and harms of fireworks. 🙏🏼

After federal agents shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a New Yorker sent ICE's director an email in January comparing him to a Nazi. This week, DHS agents stalked him across NY. His home. A hotel. They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution. These are in fact tactics used by the Nazis

Whoa

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I feel like every 10-15 years or so we re-learn the lesson of how people creating things for their generational cohort are massively more successful at it than older people attempting to pander to The Youths. bsky.app/profile/nyti...

Who funded every business venture Elon Musk has launched? US taxpayers, involuntarily. What have they gotten from the investment? Nothing whatsoever.

I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.

I wonder if this is the most popular livestream of scaffolding construction of all time

The US is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure

When people say 'AI isn't a bubble because the technology isn't going away', it just shows they don't know what a bubble is. The internet didn't go away. Railways didn't go away. Tulips didn't go away. An asset can be overvalued, even if its useful.

NEW – AI boom means US is now ‘investing more’ in fossil-fuel power than China | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/Sg9ye9N

Fabulous.

Another strike against data centers: unregulated air pollution. “Most come bundled with polluting technology from last century: diesel backup generators the size of semitrucks that have made sporadic smoke plumes a fact of life for many in Virginia.” wapo.st/4v9G4N6

Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com

In the footsteps of justice Kennedy’s son who was Trump’s corrupt banker at Deutschebank.

"Oh, what a surprise."

"The town's lawsuit says that the price ICE paid for the Social, Circle, Georgia warehouse was more than five times the property’s previously assessed value..." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers — and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels. https://to.pbs.org/4c0Eh6n

When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.

So tired of nepo baby trust funders tbh. This one sounds like an entitled narcissist who definitely shouldn’t be representing anyone since he seems to be barely holding it together himself.

Load o’crapola from one of our discount used car salesmen

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NEW: I've been shocked by some of the numbers I've been seeing on behind-the-meter power plants for data centers, so I did a little math. less than a dozen gas plants being built to power data centers for big tech companies could emit a maximum of nearly 130 million tons of CO2e each year (!)

These results demonstrate in stark terms how vital shots are and what’s at stake if policy changes interfere with Americans’ ability to vaccinate their kids. Read our full investigation:

Colorado River decline is increasingly dangerous for Grand Canyon's humpback chub. Record low pool elevations at Powell mean far more bass passing through the dam, and hydropower is urging BOR to end cool mix-flows that suppress bass recruitment downstream. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Almost every single line from Hegseth’s prayer is ripped from Samuel L. Jackson’s iconic recitation of Ezekiel 25:17 in Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, not the actual prophet Ezekiel. Does Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth actually know what’s in the Bible? trib.al/qVBWH1L

Yeah, Mackenzie Scott is a fascinating case. She is literally ignoring the SOPs of philanthropy in order to give away wealth as quickly and efficiently as possible and she’s still getting richer. At her level it is impossible not to make money. Tax billionaires, A LOT.

Rehabilitation of the Dandelion! No other plant in the Netherlands attracts as many bee species: 107. In early spring, when nothing else is blooming, it is simply there. Meadow bird chicks that have just hatched depend on the insects that are drawn to dandelions. No dandelion, no insect, no chick.

The U.S House of Representatives voted to permanently undo protections for the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota. Now it's up to the Senate who will likely vote within the next two weeks. Please speak up for this important wilderness area. ⬇️

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz made an unannounced visit to the Everglades concentration camp where she describes the inhumane conditions she witnessed.

After disappearing from the Milwaukee River in the early 20th century due to overfishing and habitat loss, the new discovery of an adult sturgeon 20 miles upstream from Lake Michigan is a milestone in a massive restoration project that’s been underway for 20 years www.wuwm.com/lake-sturgeo...

Emperor penguins were just declared endangered by IUCN. In the face of climate change, these beloved penguins have been losing the sea ice they need to survive. This is another urgent warning that the world needs to end our reliance on fossil fuels.

Fossil Fuels: A ‘Weapon of War’ with Antonia Juhasz Why is this Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Yes, Congress is in recess. Yes, they should probably come back now. Yes, you can still call them while they're out. Call a local office! We have those numbers for you @ 5calls.org 🔥📞🔥

This split screen is...too much. The mind reels. Artemis II astronauts: "We will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other." "To all of you down there on Earth—and around Earth—we love you, from the moon." The President of the United States: "A whole civilization will die tonight."

Remember how they freaked out over the suggestion that troops should ignore illegal orders?

We should make it clear that if this happens everyone involved will live under the threat of war crimes prosecutions for the rest of their lives