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Dakota Rural Action @dakotarural.bsky.social · 14h

An 18% increase in #healthinsurance prices regardless of the provider, is going to hit South Dakotans hard. Not good news, especially for families already struggling to make ends meet

Public News Service @publicnewsservice.bsky.social · 1d

Health care costs are crushing #Illinois families. Policy experts estimate up to 15 million people nationally are at risk of losing Medicaid or health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, and the crisis is deepening.

#HealthCare #PublicHealth

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Policy experts: IL, U.S. face worsening health care affordability crisis

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 14h

Great to see our US House candidates unified on generative #AI. Gronli & Jackley have the most closely aligned opinions, very refreshing. Kudos to all the candidates for not using it in their campaigns. #SouthDakota is not really a fan of #AI no matter the party www.dakotanewsnow.com/2025/10/07/c...

Candidates discuss the use of generative AI in the upcoming election

Here in South Dakota, questions are starting to be asked about how AI can and should be used in the upcoming elections.

www.dakotanewsnow.com

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 18h

Love the boots!

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 1d

I loved that book too, what a great time

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 1d

Love a good forgery story! I wonder what the investigation will reveal - are they fakes or not? Gotta say, it seems suspicious www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

Police Seize Possible Forgeries From Dalí Show in Italy

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 1d

Something to consider before asking ChatGPT anything. OpenAI's new data centers will consume 17 Gigawatts of power. More than NYC & San Diego combined. This is waste on an incomprehensible scale. fortune.com/2025/09/24/s... #AI #datacenters #ratepayers

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 1d

Great oped on #coal from IEEFA. It's dirty, expensive, declining in use, and the administration is backing its play. Coal fired power generation is a relic of the past & #taxpayers need to say enough already www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Coal Is Unreliable, Expensive and Dirty. Trump Is Going All In.

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 1d

Good grief this is so dumb. Doubtful they'll even mine, just write it off.

Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 1d

Less than 1 penny per TON. There aren't enough words for me to describe what a terrible deal this is for the American people.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 1d

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AP: Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade

Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade

A Navajo tribe-owned company has bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana.

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't know that!

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Dakota Rural Action @dakotarural.bsky.social · 1d

One company's data centers will consume as power as NYC & San Diego COMBINED. This is bad for our communities in so many ways. That kind of demand will raise our rates & strain the grid. Will you have power when you need it? #datacenters #rural #ratepayers

Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 2d

Expansion of AI data centers is bad news for our planet and for everyone who lives on it.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d

OpenAI’s planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altman’s buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 3d

Or Prince’s riff in Let’s Go Crazy

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 3d

How about the opening of Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns & Roses? Is it technically a riff if it’s the opener??

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 4d

Jane Austen. Spike Lee. MrBeast. “Modern Family.” The Atlantic’s new AI Watchdog search tool lets you see which creative works tech companies may have used to train their generative-AI models: https://theatln.tc/vQSlfiyC

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 3d

Yes!

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 3d

Look if I have bay leaves older than you you’re not allowed to tell me about “90s swag”

Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 3d

It’s fine

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Dakota Rural Action @dakotarural.bsky.social · 5d

11,000 people is a lot of South Dakotans. This should worry all of us. #healthcare #rural

Dakota News Now @dakotanewsnow.com · 6d

Healthcare experts are hoping Congress can find a solution before enrollment begins in November.

11,000 South Dakotans at risk of losing health insurance by year’s end

Healthcare experts are hoping Congress can find a solution before enrollment begins in November.

www.dakotanewsnow.com

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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 5d

“The global consensus against the starvation weapon took decades to achieve,” writes Alex de Waal. “Now, international apathy risks letting it collapse at the moment it is most needed.”

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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Dakota Rural Action @dakotarural.bsky.social · 6d

Farming communities see a rise in #hunger over the last decade. While still line with the national average, rates are up 11.7%. With crop prices tanking & groceries getting more expensive, could get worse barnraisingmedia.com/these-rural-... @barnraiser.bsky.social @investigatemidwest.bsky.social

These Rural Counties Grow Crops for the World. They’re Also Going Hungry.

Food insecurity rates are rising faster in farm-dependent counties than almost anywhere else in the nation.

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 6d

I do have questions about the last couple of paragraphs where you explain the increases if the subsidies expire (which they are set to do). In one you use a percentage & the other you use dollars. Not sure if that’s the premium or the income.

Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 7d

No shit

Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 8d

The is the ultimate example of “this meeting could have been an email.” Also, what did this cost? apple.news/AluawXwMoR-W... #taxdollars #wastefulspending

Trump Tells Generals the Military Will Be Used to Fight ‘Enemy Within’ — The Wall Street Journal

President says some U.S. cities he considers dangerous should become training grounds for American troops

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 8d

Many Americans worry about the rising authoritarianism among MAGA Republicans, @adriennelaf.bsky.social argued in 2024. They should also pay attention to another ascendent force for illiberalism: the immensely powerful kings of tech.

The Rise of Techno-authoritarianism

Silicon Valley has its own ascendant political ideology. It’s past time we call it what it is.

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 8d

That looks so delicious

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 9d

Coal continues to benefit from #taxpayer subsidies even in the year 2025, 143 years after #coal was first used to produce electricity. Enough already! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/c... #energysky

‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal

www.nytimes.com

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