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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 23h

I’ve always wondered why the “cell phone self own” homophone hasn’t been put to more use.

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 1d

This is worth a read. The scale of data-center spending and energy consumption is insane.

Michael Thomas @michael-thomas.bsky.social · 4d

For the last few months I've been going through public documents, permits, and satellite images to track the largest data centers in the US.

Today I published the first story about what I've learned.

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www.distilled.earth/p/these-data...

These Data Centers Are Getting Really, Really Big

Gigawatt-sized data centers are becoming the new normal

www.distilled.earth

Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah. And those of us charged with teaching them why this isn’t normal are all running around screaming “how the **** do I teach this?”

Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning! Hey, how about more crowd pics and fewer AI videos of planes dumping their cargo?

Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 2d

Fox with an uncanny ability to capture the news hook.

Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Tame Impala Release Day to all who celebrate.

Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 10d

Welcome aboard. I’ve hated that song since 1991.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram @star-telegram.com · 10d

If House Speaker Mike Johnson thinks Lee Greenwood should play the Super Bowl, it’s time to bury his overplayed “God Bless the USA.” | Opinion

Republicans don’t have to like Bad Bunny. But let’s ditch Lee Greenwood | Opinion

If House Speaker Mike Johnson thinks Lee Greenwood should play the Super Bowl, it’s time to bury his overplayed “God Bless the USA.” | Opinion

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 12d

I don’t need an orange iPhone. I have no affinity for Trump, Syracuse, or millennium-era Abercrombie shirts.

Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 13d

Looking for some good news from Washington DC?

The parks between the Capitol and Union Station are teeming with warblers right now. In a brief period this morning, I saw Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Black and White, Magnolia, and only my second Palm ever.

A Magnolia Warbler, probably a female, in a tree near the U.S. Capitol.

An Ovenbird skulking in the ground cover near the U.S. Capitol.

A Palm Warbler in non-breeding plumage, in a tree near the U.S. Capitol.

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 14d

Hello. The president pulled me away from my family so I could watch people go up and down escalators.

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 14d

I thought that’s what he’s always like?

He almost single-handedly runs the country. I’m sure he’s feeling fine.

Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 16d

That’s been a Republican trope since Gingrich.

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 16d

It’s not just him either - it’s been all over my feed. Partisan physiognomy is all the rage apparently.

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 17d

"Lighten up, we're just having a little fun."

--The least fun people in America

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 17d

I attended that game.

Not a big M fan, but my best friend - as intense a Wolverine as you'll ever find - had just been diagnosed w/ a terminal illness, so I bought a M shirt and attended in his honor.

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 18d

Paris-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Kathleen Brady Ross is releasing her first single in a while. 😍

Who did you think I was talking about?

Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 18d

My favorite singer is releasing new music tomorrow. She missed my birthday by one day - but it’s worth the wait.

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 18d

In fairness to him, she's just the product of a bunch of regressions, which are a known turn-on to econ profs.

Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 18d

Here's my most recent birding blog - the first of a two-part series documenting my August trip to the Southeast Arizona Birding Festival.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Dawn Chorus: Sweat Home Arizona (pt. 1)

Hello birders, twitchers, twitchy birders, bitchy twirlers, and anyone looking�to fry an egg on a sidewalk. Growing up in Tucson, Arizona, my family of modest means skimped, saved, and scavenged ...

www.dailykos.com

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 19d

Dua Lipa, on a school night. . .because I’m a good husband.

Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 19d

You managed to spell Talarico wrong in the post, the article preview, and the lede.

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 21d

My favorite radio station was 880-5000. Absolute hell for those stuck with rotary phones well into the touch-tone era.

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 24d

Growing up in Tucson, a common bumper sticker was “my two favorite teams are Arizona and whoever is playing ASU.”

That’s never been truer than tonight, as my Horned Frogs play the Sun Devils.

Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 24d

It may be totally made up, but credit to you for starting the Y axis at zero.

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Adam Schiffer @adamschiffer.bsky.social · 24d

That's genuinely what it was like visiting my dad's office in the early '80s. "The computer is on the second floor, near the main department office. . ."

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