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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 23m

Can generative AI data centers continue to spread exponentially across America, when grassroots from local activist groups - like the one forming in Lansing New York opposing the proposed Terawulf Cayuga Lake data center - are increasing cost of expansion?

Just one more needle to pop the bubble.

Darth Liberal @jonathanccook.bsky.social · 2d

Investors beware: Terawulf plans for a big data center on Cayuga Lake are unraveling because of local activist pressure! #ithaca www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/10/09/l...

Lansing residents call for answers as Terawulf data center plans unravel | Fingerlakes1.com

A storm is brewing on the shores of Cayuga Lake, and it has nothing to do with the weather. Local residents and environmental advocates are raising alarm bells over plans for a proposed Terawulf data ...

www.fingerlakes1.com

Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 1d

Caledonia Wisconsin held off Microsoft and defeated the corporation’s plan to build a giant data center there.

Ithaca and Lansing New York can prevent the plan from Terawulf plan to build a 400MW data center on the shores of Cayuga Lake.
gizmodo.com/microsoft-ba...

Microsoft Backs Off New Data Center After Small Wisconsin Town Backlash

The company dropped plans for a 244-acre project as resource-intensive data centers spread across the country.

gizmodo.com

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The Ohm @ohmtheohm.bsky.social · 3d

Members of the Congressional Christian Nationalist Caucus are trying to create a new national holiday that's dedicated to teaching children religious pseudohistory - the National Day of the Bible. #ChristianNationalism #MichaelCloud
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Congressional Christian Nationalist Caucus — Stop Christian Nationalism

Who in the US Congress belongs to the Christian Nationalist Caucus, and what are they doing to transform the USA into a Christian theocracy?

www.stopchristiannationalism.com

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Darth Liberal @jonathanccook.bsky.social · 2d

The Terawulf data center on Cayuga Lake will likely never be able to make a profit. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 7d

Congressman Josh Riley has yet to make any statement about the proposal from Bitcoin mining company Terawulf to put a huge data center right on the shores of Cayuga Lake in order to facilitate the spread of AI slop across the internet.
Why the silence from Josh Riley?

The Ohm @ohmtheohm.bsky.social · 12d

Why does Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca keep blaming foreigners for high utility bills but never ever talk about the role of corporate data centers
like the one Terawulf is building on
Cayuga Lake?

Is he trying to distract us with
xenophobia?
#Terawulf #Ithaca #NYSEG

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Darth Liberal @jonathanccook.bsky.social · 12d

Josh Riley, once again, is not hitting his fundraising goals. Why???

Could it be the fact that Josh Riley keeps on betraying the progressive Democrats who worked their asses off to elect him last year?

Just a theory. Why don’t you run a poll on that, Josh?

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The Ohm @ohmtheohm.bsky.social · 9d

Ethically weak Democrats like Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca who voted for deregulation of cryptocurrency that allows for bribery of Donald Trump need to understand that cryptocurrency corruption makes voters angry.
Join this Indivisible session on the topic.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Taking on the Crypto Billionaires - A Virtual Rally. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

There's no time to lose - the Senate may soon take up legislation that is poised to cement a massive deregulatory giveaway to the crypto billionaires. This move to enshrine crypto corruption into our ...

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 18d

To make it clear: The Terawulf data center would increase NYSEG utility bills for homeowners in Ithaca and Lansing.

Delaying or preventing the data center would stop the hikes in our electric bills.

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 18d

Tonight at 6:30, a meeting of the Town Board of Lansing will consider a 1 year temporary moratorium on land development reviews. This would delay the proposed Terawulf data center, which would create a big hike in our NYSEG bills. #CayugaLake #Terawulf #Ithaca
meetings.municode.com/adaHtmlDocum...

Terawulf proposed data center on Cayuga Lake Lansing New York

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 20d

U.S. Rep. Josh Riley just voted for a resolution providing official congressional endorsement of Charlie Kirk’s “Biblical Truth”.

Does he really think that’s what Ithaca elected him to do?
#JoshRiley #Ithaca #separationofchurchandstate

U.S. Rep. Josh Riley of Ithaca just voted for a resolution providing official congressional endorsement of Charlie Kirk’s “Biblical Truth”.

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 28

Anthropic announced today that its Claude generative AI chatbot will now be using all chats and programming as material for training its new models. So, I’m helping to “train” Claude with prompts like this:

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 28

Congressman, rate hikes are not "merely a tool to pad the pockets of corporate executives overseas”. The NPR article you cite explains that massive new data centers are set to consume as much electricity as homeowners by next year.
These data centers are for:
- AI
- Cryptocurrency mining

Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 26

Why won’t Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca talk about the link between cryptocurrency data centers and increased utility bills at NYSEG? Why does he keep scapegoating foreigners instead?
#cryptocurrency #nyseg #Ithaca
www.joshrileywatch.com/podcast/josh...

Josh Riley Won’t Talk About The Role Of Cryptocurrency In High Utility Bills — Josh Riley Watch

Why won’t Josh Riley talk about the link between cryptocurrency miners, generative AI schemes, and higher utility bills?

www.joshrileywatch.com

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Darth Liberal @jonathanccook.bsky.social · Aug 26

These data centers are not just supporting generative AI. They are also running large numbers of high-powered computers for the purpose of Bitcoin mining. It's a combination of AI and cryptocurrency that's increased your NYSEG bill.
Why doesn't Josh Riley mention that?
#nyseg #crypto #ai #JoshRiley

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 18

It’s on the eastern side of Cayuga Lake, in Lansing, roughly across the lake from Trumansburg, perhaps a bit to the north of there.

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 18

The facility on Cayuga Lake will produce electricity of 400MW total, and of that, 138MW will be "predominantly zero-carbon", which could mean that only 51% of the 138MW will be actually zero carbon, with the rest of the 400MW emitting a massive amount of carbon dioxide, along with other pollutants.

Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ithaca environmentalists take note:
The old coal-fired power plant on Cayuga Lake has been taken over by TeraWulf, with deceptive “predominantly zero carbon” language in its lease.
In fact, the lease allows for up to 82.74% of the energy to come from burning fossil fuels.
This is for generative AI.

The TeraWulf lease allows the company to burn fossil fuels to create 82.74 percent of its energy for its generative AI center on Cayuga Lake. It is not predominantly zero carbon. It is predominantly dirty fossil fuels spewing carbon dioxide pollution. TeraWulf counts on the people of Ithaca not being able to do simple math.

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 17

Josh Riley took a trip to Israel, paid for by AIPAC, completely the pro-Israel lobbyist group. He told aides not to tell constituents where he was.
He’s supposed to use the August recess listening to constituents, but his August calendar has no public events.
I hate to see what he’s become.

Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 16

We are going to keep asking Josh Riley to tell the truth and come clean about this. He can’t ignore it, and hope the issue just goes away.

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 16

Ithaca wants to know:
Why did Congressman Josh Riley take a secret trip to Israel paid for by right wing lobbyists?

Why did Congressman Josh Riley take a secret trip to Israel paid for by lobbyists?

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Darth Liberal @jonathanccook.bsky.social · Aug 16

Annelle Sheline of the Quincy Institute calls Josh Riley’s attempt to take a secret trip with lobbyists to Israel to meet with the architects of that country’s genocide in Gaza as a “debacle”.
When will Josh Riley come clean about about what he did in Israel?

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 15

Congressman Riley, we need you to be honest and explain your lobbyist-paid trip to Israel.

Do you think it was a good idea to meet with the Israeli President while the Israeli government assassinated journalists?

We need you to be open and honest about this. Engage on it, please.

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 15

Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca took the gift of a free vacation from lobbyists with AIPAC.
Josh Riley told his aides not to tell his constituents where he had gone.
Josh Riley went to Israel to meet the Israeli President.
While Josh Riley was there, Israel was assassinating journalists.

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Laura Gillen (D-NY)
Johnny Olszewski (D-MD)
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Luz Rivas (D-CA)
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 14

Josh Riley is refusing to talk about his lobbyist-paid luxury trip to Israel.
Every day he goes without explaining why he took AIPAC money, and why he went to rub elbows with the leaders of a country that starves children and kills reporters, the story gets worse and worse for him.

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