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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 23h

In case you, like me, saw your electric bill more than double.

Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 1d

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

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AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 1d

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 23h

Johnson literally ran from the chamber so she couldn't be sworn in... and it's HER fault that she wasn't sworn in in the last session?

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I guess that the same MAGA logic that blames Dems for the shutdown when Johnson - also literally - has the majority.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 23h

Again, this is active collaboration between government and media to go back to stoking and fear hate against members of the public protesting the annihilation of the Gaza Strip. It is scum behaviour and it should be viewed with total withering contempt by everyone.

Aubrey Allegretti @breeallegretti
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New: Keir Starmer promises a crackdown on offensive "chants" following a wave of pro-Palestine protests on the second anniversary of Hamas's invasion of Israel.
The prime minister vows to review current public order powers for police, and promises a
"conversation" with forces about "the way these [protests] are being policed"
Protests at campuses across the UK took place yesterday, in defiance of ministers' pleas for people to show restraint out of respect for the 1,200 killed and hostages still held by Hamas.
Starmer tells hacks on a trade trip to Mumbai:
"I've asked the home secretary to look more broadly at what other powers are available, how they're being used, and whether they should be changed in any way.
"I think we need to go further than that in relation to some of the chants that are going on at some of these protests."

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

I see that most of the "OMG Javier Milei has performed an economic miracle in Argentina OMG I Heart Maggie" crowd - predictably, since it did the same with Lis Truss - has switched to "tEh PrObLeM iS MiLEi wOz NoT fRee mArKet eNouGh".

How many times must these utter fools fail before they get it?

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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 1d

ICE shot pepper balls into the head, face, torso, and legs of Reverend David Black in Chicago.

If they're not dropping from the sky into black and brown neighborhoods, and dragging their children outside, naked, and zip-tying toddlers, then they're shooting women.

#SheShed

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 1d

Why are certain "journalists" (yes, I'm looking at you, Irish Times) uncritically reporting Maria Steen's repeated assertions that independent candidates have been "blocked" from the presidential ballot.

The current frontrunner is an independent candidate.

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 1d

For 2 years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, not one Palestinian voice has been featured on NBC, ABC or CNN’s Sunday shows.

@ahjohnson.bsky.social writes about how the U.S. media has debated Palestinians’ annihilation without letting a single Palestinian speak.

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In 2 Years of Gaza Genocide, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest

In a microcosm of the U.S. coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, since Oct. 7, 2023, influential Sunday news shows have not seen fit to book any Palestinians.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 2d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

www.teenvogue.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

Last year they claimed “illegals” were voting, without any evidence.

They used fear mongering to push for voter suppression laws.

Now they claim “illegals” are getting free healthcare, again without any evidence.

So they can make healthcare unaffordable for millions of Americans.

Enough.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Back in the land of reality, here's what one of the Black people whose home was smashed into during the apartment raid last week said about his Venezuelan neighbors: "They were cool people."

Mr. Jones, a U.S. citizen, was dragged out in handcuffs and held outside for hours.

Jones, who lives on the fourth floor, said most of his neighbors were Venezuelan and often took turns cleaning the hallway because the property owners did little to maintain it.

“They were cool people,” Jones said as he looked into his next door neighbor’s unit. “They didn’t speak a lick of English, but we used translator apps to talk to each other.”

Jones wondered what would happen to his neighbor’s young children.

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Cllr Eric Hanvey @erichanvey.bsky.social · 23h

There is nothing controversial about cycle lanes they are good for the environment, our health and wellbeing, and from all the research, business.

I've yet to see a city that's built cycle lanes that isn't more vibrant and beautiful than before.

Source: Ayr Advertiser
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MP urges council to reconsider controversial Ayr cycle lane plans

MP Elaine Stewart has urged South Ayrshire Council to reconsider controversial plans to install cycle lanes in Ayr town centre.

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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 2d

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · Feb 27

Something's happening, out there in America

Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · Feb 27

The neighborhood diner, unlike the Democratic Party, is meeting the moment

Morning Glory Diner Breakfast Specials

Featuring:
THIS AIN'T IHOP BREAKFAST PLATTER

EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES CANNOLI CAKES

EXTORT UKRAINE MINERALS THEN EAT EGGS BENEDICT

U S SUSPENDS TAX COLLECTION SCRAMBLE
Gay chicken eggs lovingly scrambled with spinach, shiitake mushrooms, turkey sausage, caramelized onions, and smoked mozzarella. Served with potatoes or grits and a biscuit. $19

NEW WORLD ORDER CINNA CRUNCH FRENCH TOAST

MUSK IS A DOUCHE STRAWBERRY VANILLA WAFFLE

CHICKEN LITTLE WAS RIGHT CHICKEN CHORIZO BURRITO

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 2d

Palestinians are still being systematically starved in Gaza even as ceasefire talks are underway this week. “It is a choice that Israel has, whether to feed the people or whether to starve them,” says Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University.

Famine Expert: Israel’s Starvation of Gaza Risks Normalizing the Weaponization of Food

Palestinians are still being systematically starved in Gaza even as ceasefire talks are underway this week. “It is a choice that Israel has, whether to feed the people or whether to starve them,” says...

www.democracynow.org

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 2d

www.foreignaffairs.com/sudan/return...

The Return of the Starvation Weapon

The collapse of global norms fueling the catastrophes in Gaza and Sudan.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Cllr Eric Hanvey @erichanvey.bsky.social · 1d

How are these people in power?

Source: The Guardian
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Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3d

Italian journalist abducted from the flotilla describes how Israeli prison guards unleashed dogs into cells, poured bleach on mattresses, and overcrowded cells
such that it was impossible to lie down.

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That night the guards were even more violent. The consul had just left, having gathered more deportation signatures, when special forces burst in. They stormed the cells, pointed rifles at us with laser sights, and called roll. In some cells, they unleashed dogs. In one, they found the word “Palestine” spelled out using scraps of pepper and water. To erase it, they poured bleach on the floor — prisoners slept on mattresses soaked with it.

That night, as punishment, they overcrowded the cells: from ten people to fifteen, leaving no space to lie down. We turned the mattresses sideways so we could all rest our heads. In my cell were Maso Notarianni and a Lombardy Democratic Party councilor, Paolo Romano.

I had the feeling I was in a truly barbaric place, and hoped this barbarity would soon end.

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 2d

Not a laughing matter. Ugh!

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times.

In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
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Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d

The focus on the National Guard as *the* issue has clouded over the abuses being committed by ICE and other federal agencies. Without the work being done by Unraveled and other independent journalists, people would have no idea how bad things are.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?

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Streetfilms/Clarence Eckerson Jr. @streetfilms.bsky.social · 3d

Look how wonderful Low Traffic Neighborhoods can be!

This is the Van Gogh Walk in Lambeth, London. This street is decades old but built for people first yet still has access for last block travel & emergency vehicles! @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org @thewaroncars.bsky.social @nycdot.bsky.social

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Cllr Eric Hanvey @erichanvey.bsky.social · 2d

The failure of the centre to build consensus and share power shows that it isn't really the centre anymore, but rather out on a neoliberal limb.

Source: BBC
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns after less than a month

He criticised the "partisan appetites" of political factions, who he said had refused to compromise.

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Cllr Eric Hanvey @erichanvey.bsky.social · 3d

It's clear that the dire transportation issues faced in Northern Ireland, and particularly Belfast, will not be solved while the DfI remains in its current form.

Source: Slugger O'Toole
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Northern Ireland’s Active Travel Ambitions Are Being Undermined by Departmental Accounting Tricks…

Duncan Dollimore is Head of Campaigns at Cycling UK The 2022 Climate Act promised to transform transport in Northern Ireland by mandating that 10% of the transport budget be spent on walking and cycli...

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Cllr Eric Hanvey @erichanvey.bsky.social · 5d

Is that the ECHR that Churchill helped to set up after the horrors of World War II.

Source: BBC
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UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says

The European Convention on Human Rights has become a focal point in debates around changing immigration policy.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6d

Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.

Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care

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