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Chloe
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Scranton, Pennsylvania. Paper is the technology of the future. https://chloehumbert.substack.com/ https://linktr.ee/chloehumbert
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 29d
My Letter to the Editor was published in the Scranton Times-Tribune.
www.thetimes-tribune.com/2025/09/08/l...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR PUBLISHED: September 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM EDT Editor: It's all over the news that wherever these big data centers turn up, electricity and water bills skyrocket for the communities. Yet Rep. Rob Bresnahan keeps parroting the claim that monster data center palaces will magically unleash affordability when all evidence is to the contrary. Rep. Bresnahan's reply letter to me about data center projects regurgitated PA Senator Rosemary Brown's talking point from the Archbald hearing falsely claiming monstrosity data centers are needed for photo backups and banking services. But the tech industry openly admits it's the AI that requires huge data center campuses. The world's banks have used computers for decades without huge "clusters". Backups to the cloud take minuscule processing compared to what's needed for Large Language Model type AI companions that flatter users or for chatbots that conjure up fake citation footnotes. Bresnahan is overpromising jobs at data centers because by now everyone knows data centers don't need lots of people. Besides, AI technology is being marketed to CEOs as a way to eliminate the need for humans! They're promising an "AI jobs apocalypse" to employers looking to downsize payrolls. Either AI makes jobs or eliminates jobs, you can't have it both ways. Bresnahan bragged about a government joint venture with Blackstone. But Blackstone is despised for their business practices in real estate and rentals. Why would we welcome that boondoggle? Bresnahan seems to think I would like government rushing through environmental rules because politicians seem to think "environment" is just a political buzzword when what this means to me is the surroundings where I live and not wanting my home enveloped by unbearable noise and toxic fumes of data centers. AI booster politicians invested in tech companies think we're not tech savvy here in NEPA and won't know what's up. But I'm not fooled. Chloe Humbert, Scranton
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 4m
That's not how lab leak truthing political ideological beliefs work. You have to know the whole narrative story around this to understand why lab leak truthers are pandemic deniers.

chloehumbert.substack.com/p/lab-leak-t...
People buying into this conspiracy fiction and political ideology are led to think that there was a sinister plot to make covid in a lab, but they don't actually think that the virus itself was the murder part. Chloe Humbert Lab Leak Truthers are Pandemic Deniers.
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 30m
Sadly this is not new.
chloehumbert.substack.com/p/a-lyme-dis...
A Lyme Disease vaccine was stopped by people tricked by anti-vax propaganda.
But we're not going to learn from that I guess and just do it again with Long Covid.
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 1h
they hate accommodations
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 1h
lol
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 4h
And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...
Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune
Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 5h
I was so confused by this, until I watched the video, I thought this was a "Rump Watch" news show following rump branded stuff. hahaha.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 11h
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 6h
There have been other things.
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 6h
The thread was locked down after people started pointing it out which seemed odd.
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 16h
What could possibly go wrong?
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d
Morgan Stanley will now allow crypto investments in any type of account, including retirement accounts.
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 16h
I think you mean weirdo ethos
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Unchained Malady 🎃👻⸆⸉ @unchained-malady.bsky.social · 1d
this was a nice dash of spice, great piece as usual
This is the age of hubris — a time in which we are going to watch stupid, powerful and rich men fuck up their legacies by finding a technology so vulgar in its costs and mythical outcomes that it drives the avaricious insane and makes fools of them.
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 16h
People who go to Harvard medical school aren't normal lol 😂
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 16h
People like seeing other people be bad at games for reasons which may occur to you.
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 17h
I got into an argument with a huge account in June who was promoting a false story. The person finally deleted the viral post. It's like they just hate deleting posts with really high likes & reposts. even though they had dozens of other viral posts.
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 17h
So many of these stories get mish-mashed this way with crap flooding the zone. And it's often promoted by people with big platforms who just can't bring themselves to delete viral posts I guess because of social media addiction, even after they know it's harmful that they've shared it.
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 17h
It's a really clear cut abuse of power story that's going to get a lot of traction. Brockman is a sympathetic figure, they reportedly bashed into her car not on video, but them driving away and bashing another car was caught on video. So there's going to be TONS of shit hitting the fan to distract.
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 17h
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 17h
There's a technique for censorship and it's called censorship by noise. You create enough similar decoys and the real story gets buried even if someone tries to search for something they heard about.
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 17h
There's a technique for censorship and it's called censorship by noise. You create enough similar decoys and the real story gets buried even if someone tries to search for something they heard about.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
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Chloe @wat3rm370n.bsky.social · 1d
Updated COVID and Influenza Vaccines Available Now in Wisconsin
open.substack.com/pub/wcha/p/u...
Updated COVID and Influenza Vaccines Available Now in Wisconsin
State order expands COVID vaccine access and insurance coverage to include all people 6 months and up; getting the latest vaccines and masking protect against infection
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 1d
The nation’s biggest private prison company — accused of human trafficking — is asking the Supreme Court to make it immune from lawsuits.

Their argument? Corporations should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 1d
The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
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Dan Schkade @danschkade.bsky.social · 1d
Scam calls always spike in the fall. Remember, legitimate callers won't:

-Threaten to report you to law enforcement
-Get defensive about the call's legitimacy
-Hang up when you ask for a supervisor
-Ask for your SSN

If you EVER don't like the vibe, just bail. If it's real, they'll call back.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d
There's a bill on Gavin Newsom's desk right now that would stop monopoly utility companies from adding the costs of their lobbying and PR campaigns into customers' bills.

It's unclear if Newsome will sign the bill, despite 93% of voters agreeing with its premise.
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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 2d
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates
The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.
chicago.suntimes.com
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