Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 23m

Absolutely.. but also this may not even be feasible from a pure logistics perspective

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 56m

By the start of 2027 it will far exceed all of Utah and Virginia combined. Before the end of 2027 it will surpass the largest state in the country.

1 2 13

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1h

Global demand for AI data centers power consumption is expected to exceed the total capacity of California by 2027.

www.rand.org/content/dam/...

Figure 1.1. Estimates of Data Center Power Capacity Required to Host All Al Chips, 2024-2030

Exceeds California's total capacity (86 GW)
By 2027

1 5 20

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1h

He just has no idea what it takes to be an ordinary person, let alone a working parent

2

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 4h

Exactly. And this will absolutely take a disproportionate toll on kids with disabilities, who may struggle with injections for any number of reasons. Disability status has already been associated with lower vaccination rates.

Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 4h

This. My kiddo doesn't like shots (who does?) so getting it all in one go, one time, is a LOT easier than freaking her out with a drawn out process that isn't even necessary.

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 4h

Arbitrarily breaking these up means people who do get their kids vaccinated will still inevitably pick and choose, because that’s what always happens. This will drop uptake rates not just for “skeptics” but for people who believe in vaccination because 3 shots psychologically feels like too many.

1 2 21

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 4h

It bears repeating: children have already died from the measles this year while last US measles death occurred a decade ago. Over 1500 infections have been documented so far— the highest in 3 decades. For a disease we declared “eradicated” 25 years ago.

1 24

Reposted by Jessica Kant

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 4h

The efficacy after 2 doses is 99% for measles, 95% for mumps, and 90% for rubella after just 1 dose. There has never been a single documented death attributable to the MMR vaccine. The risk of life-threatening side effects is ~1 in 1 million doses. It can even be given as post-exposure prophylaxis!

36 200

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 4h

We combine them because it’s the best way to maximize coverage against multiple diseases. Think of how many people got a COVID vax but skipped the flu shot. Of them, a large portion who intended to get the other later never actually did. This will happen here with deadly consequences.

1 4 39

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 4h

Arbitrarily breaking these up means people who do get their kids vaccinated will still inevitably pick and choose, because that’s what always happens. This will drop uptake rates not just for “skeptics” but for people who believe in vaccination because 3 shots psychologically feels like too many.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 4h

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 4h

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

4 24 130

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 5h

They’ve waged entire wars just to drive down gas prices. Imagine what this administration will do when Oracle and Amazon say they need to double their energy expenditure tomorrow.

1 3 31

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 5h

Short of a revolutionary new power source, in order for big tech to fulfill all the shareholder promises already made they have to choke us all to death with emissions. But even if cold fusion was a reality tomorrow, fossil fuel giants would still oppose it because global geopolitics run on oil.

1 4 40

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 5h

Consider that most of the investment is not in current usage, but as of now theoretical products which will require exponentially more electricity once they have a user base. In order for the $1.2T of investment not to evaporate overnight, they have to build new data centers and for each of them.

1 5 51

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 5h

Energy requirements for AI mean that the only way for the bubble not to burst would require companies to multiply their carbon footprint to an unimaginable degree. Right now, while AI is barely functional and mostly a novelty for the lazy, it requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.

1 90 230

Reposted by Jessica Kant

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

Annals in sane-washing. When I checked NYT, WSJ, Politico, and WaPo for a story abt how Trump invited PizzaGate guy to the White House and declared an end to the First Amendment, this single story that mentioned it was on top of WaPo. Now it's buried.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...