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Doctor Dan @mumbles-j.bsky.social · 14h

Nothing makes sense unless you realize they are trying to tank the WHOLE economy to buy EVERYTHING for the cheap.

Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 12h

Last week, after local officials voted to support the effort, tech giants OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank revealed that they’ll be the clients for the campus bigbendsentinel.com/2025/10/01/i...

In arid New Mexico, a massive data center campus promises jobs, but residents fear it will drain their most precious resource: Water

Sunland Park, New Mexico, is not a notably online community. Retirees have settled in mobile homes around the small border town, just over the state line from El Paso. Some don’t own computers—they ma...

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Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 12h

Neighbors in south Taylor filed a lawsuit against Blueprint Data Centers over a proposed 135,000-sq-ft facility (with an on-site substation) on land they say was deeded in 1999 “to be held in trust for future use as parkland.” www.kut.org/energy-envir...

It was supposed to be a park. Instead, this property in Taylor is being turned into a data center.

Neighbors that live near a proposed data center project in Taylor have filed a lawsuit aiming to stop all commercial development and construction on the site.

www.kut.org

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12h

Our farmers want trade, not aid.

This is a band-aid solution to a problem Trump caused single handedly.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops

www.nytimes.com

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Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 12h

"There is no more water available." insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...

As Colorado River Nears Collapse, It Faces Leadership, Transparency ‘Crisis,’ Environmentalists Warn - Inside Climate News

A new report from a coalition of environmental organizations offers recommendations on how to address the declining water supply in the river as negotiations over its future stall.

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Elisha Brown @elishabrown.bsky.social · 13h

Another effort to restrict access to abortion pills: Louisiana is suing federal health officials over an FDA policy that allows mifepristone to be mailed to patients, @greglarose.bsky.social reports. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/loui...

Louisiana sues Food & Drug Administration to stop mailing of abortion medication

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a lawsuit this week that calls on the federal government to strike down rules that allow the distribution of abortion drugs without an in-person doctor’s v...

www.newsfromthestates.com

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Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 12h

Outshallah! heatmap.news/politics/doe...

Trump to Cancel Direct Air Capture Hubs in Texas, Louisiana

A new list of grant cancellations obtained by Heatmap includes Climeworks and Heirloom projects funded by 2021 infrastructure law.

heatmap.news

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Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 13h

The New Orleans City Council is the only city council in the country that regulates electric & gas utility companies.

☑️ What Entergy and Delta Utilities charge
☑️ How much the utility companies CAN PROFIT
☑️ The QUALITY of services utility companies provide
☑️ The kind of energy that powers our city

Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 13h

My agenda is spreading 🔥

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Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 13h

Prayers down

TAT360 💕💚 @tat360.bsky.social · 13h

finance.yahoo.com/news/google-...

Google launches Gemini Enterprise, taking aim at Microsoft, OpenAI

Google announced its new Gemini Enterprise for businesses on Thursday.

finance.yahoo.com

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Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 14h

Hands and feet for what he’s doing to Memphis

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

Ninety-three farm bankruptcies in Q2 — nearly double the number from the end of 2024.

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/04/f...

Farm bankruptcies are soaring amid low crop prices, while Trump considers bailout of up to $14 billion | Fortune

In the second quarter, there were 93 bankruptcy filings, up from 88 in the first quarter and nearly double the 47 at the end of 2024.

fortune.com

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 2d

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 14h

And I missed you yeah!

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Sbooks @bemorelikeharper.bsky.social · 1d

All the AI lovers TO THE BACK!

a woman in a fur coat is dancing in a hallway

Alt: a woman in a fur coat is dancing in a hallway

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Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 14h

More on my personal beef with AI

Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 13d

Here is just a sample of the secrecy involved in the infrastructure demands in these data center proposals. It’s literally my job to read this stuff and I CAN’T!

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 1d

We are back for WEEK TWO of Cook For Yo’ People 👏🏾.

I have to say a shout-out to our first RECURRING donor, KAIT. They loved what we were doing and committed to donating monthly to our initiative 🫶🏾.

Week 2 Meal:
- Smothered Chicken Thighs
- Smothered Cabbage
- Bbq Baked Beans

#FoodInsecurity

Cook For Yo’ People is an initiative by 4DaHuemans and Quinn offering free Creole-based meals for community members facing food insecurity throughout Louisiana.

Please donate through
Cashapp: $Quinnfos94
Venmo: Quinnfos
Website: Quinn94.com/donate

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Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 1d

I was already offended that MJohnson got called “bayou bred” but New Orleans and St. Louis?!

Yall got me hot enough to cook rice!!

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Diana T. ★ Laiska @laiska.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to find things to be positive about lately, but this is why I'm proud of my local folks coming together to speak up and put a wrench in the works for developers hoping to exploit our community- And more importantly our local officials for actually listening:

wtop.com/maryland/202...

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Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 2d

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all these data centers are going into communities that have been historically targeted for exploitation and have the least amount of civic power wielded by the people living there.

wordinblack.com/2025/09/alab...

Why Are Plans for This Alabama Data Center So Hush-Hush?

Officials in Bessemer, Alabama, are mum on Project Marvel, a proposed data center the size of 18 Walmart Supercenters.

wordinblack.com

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Rabb L. Rouser @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 2d

THIS PART

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Beyond advocating, maybe get off your asses and show us how it's done. Stop lecturing people in motion about how to avoid outcomes that they unleash on us NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Beyond advocating, maybe get off your asses and show us how it's done. Stop lecturing people in motion about how to avoid outcomes that they unleash on us NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Advocate for the tactics you believe are powerful and effective—we probably agree about those. But stop preemptively scapegoating the same people that Trump scapegoats for his fascist violence. Only this administration is to blame for its violence. It was already planned.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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