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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 18h
New: AI data centers’ indirect water use - water consumed by power plants to generate electricity for power-hungry server farms - is magnitudes larger than the facilities’ onsite water consumption and is largely undisclosed. Free link. With @mchediak.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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AI's Water Strain Includes Surging Demand From Electricity Use
It takes a lot of water to generate the power consumed by server farms.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21h
the mass ad-engagement internet really supercharged the algorithmic amplification of complete and total talentless dullards whose only real expertise is in leveraging outrage backlash as free promotion and I'm fucking exhausting by it and think we should napalm the entire austin comedy scene
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 21h
This is the problem with trying to avoid impeachment as politically savvy, you’re dealing with someone who is going to repeatedly force the issue.
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29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · 21h
Judge Reyes clowned herself. Judge Reyes is the one who *chose* not to enjoin the government from cutting down trees because she “trusted” them. She made that choice, and she’s now yelling because she is mad at herself. Pathetic behavior from a federal Judge.
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Cris (without an H) @ambignostic.bsky.social · 23h
I've been noticing that "ongoing criminal investigation" is one of those magic phrases that cops and cop-adjacent-beings use to mean "I don't owe you an explanation"
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 22h
These two giant tortoises have been fighting for over 120 years. According to the zoo, there hasn't been a single day that they haven't been fighting for quite some time. Original post
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 22h
Today, @katharinapistor.bsky.social explains how three features of our private law—private legal empowerment, decentralized access to the centralized means of coercion, and legal arbitrage—allow capitalists to circumvent public regulation.
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Rewriting the Laws of Capitalism
When new constitutional orders came about in the 18th and 19th centuries, they left intact the private legal order that they inherited from feudalism, entrenching property rights and contracts as…
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A New Reconstruction @burleyzack.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Find me an editorial board that isn’t a crew of right wing dunces. They’re certainly not at a major newspaper in Colorado.
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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We are 24 years away from when the world needs to be at net zero carbon emissions. Fossil fuel infrastructure and even some appliances have about a 25-year design life. That means that every gas power plant, gas pipeline, or gas boiler you install today is a middle finger pointed at your grandkids.
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A New Reconstruction @burleyzack.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.whoisadvancecolorado.org
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Who is Advance Colorado?
Explore how Advance Colorado influences state politics through dark money networks, ballot initiatives, and media campaigns, shaping policy and public opinion.
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A New Reconstruction @burleyzack.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This year’s ballot is such an important test of Colorado voters resilience to oligarchy. Advance Colorado is the billionaire’s tendrils of political influence, stacking the longest ballot in CO history full of hateful, harmful measures only $$ can buy. Voters need to reject them all.
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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I called a bunch of people today to ask: what can Mamdani actually do to keep ICE out of NYC? The answer? Legally, not much. But advocates on the left say he can do more than offer harsh words for Trump and ICE. And he can start with his own NYPD theintercept.com/2026/10/09/i...
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ICE Shooting in NYC Inflames Mamdani’s Policing Problem
After ICE shot a young father in Manhattan, New Yorkers asked the mayor to protect them from his police department and federal agents alike.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026
I also whispered "fuck you" as I filled out some of the initiatives. Fuck you, trans hating assholes. Fuck you, "right to natural gas" jerks. Fuck you, people who hate progressive taxation.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026
Way too many people are responding to this saying that it would involve paying musk money, when the option of seizing all his assets after prosecuting him for fraud and election interference and his many many other alleged and sometimes almost seemingly admitted crimes is like… right there.
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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Abject bad faith will continue until until abject bad faith has personal and professional punishments… but y’know, real ones.
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 08/10/2026
Once again, Kevin squarely hits the nail on the head.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 10/10/2026
The long-term rate of CO2 growth is currently at a record 24.35 ppm per decade. Net-zero by 2050? 2070? Ain't gonna' happen. Well, it might. But for another reason.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
raise revenue and undercut right-populism with One Weird Trick (capitalists HATE this)
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/10/2026
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
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Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026
The exact personalization I want for my software is for it to not contain AI.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 09/10/2026
last night eyewitnesses saw Oscar Belgal — the man shot by ICE with his 5 year old in the car — discharged from the hospital into ICE custody, with feds speeding off as NYPD cleared the roads for them of protesters. his attorneys don't know where he is; he's seemingly been taken out of NY state.
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 09/10/2026
We do not have a serious economy in this country, we have an ongoing series of expensive brazen insults to all the hard-working people who *actually make things* despite the incompetent whims of mediocre upfailing assclowns like this guy. No greater lie than the meritocracy.
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 08/10/2026
‘If AI doesn’t deliver on its promise then we face a double blow to growth: because AI didn’t expand our productive capacity as hoped, and because other investments which might have didn’t take place.’ www.ft.com/content/bf40...
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🎃trash🎃 (haunted) @dollarpbr.gay · 09/10/2026
1) yes this is abhorrent 2) CNN televised the hanging of saddam hussein
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Colorado River basin's 2025-26 water year (October-September) was the warmest on record. It was also the least snowy on record. Only 16.8% of the (below average) precipitation fell as snow - shattering the previous record low.
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A New Reconstruction @burleyzack.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Panel 1: Steven Universe vs Hitler

Panel 2: what if you could change your mind Hitler?

Panel 3: Hitler glaring

Panel 4: I think we’re gonna have to kill this guy, Steven. Damn
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The entire Republican Party and broader conservative movement need to be smashed to bits. Donor networks gotta be exposed and disrupted. All the outside machinery needs to be dismantled. And electorally it must lose over and over and over and over. We need a truth and reconciliation commission.
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
”Net annual CO₂ emissions increase by 0.47–1.8 gigatonnes (1.2–4.8% of 2024 global energy-related CO₂ emissions).” AI seems to be like SUVs and compounding aviation growth, continuing the high supply and demand of fossil fuels. #AI #Growth #ClimateHeating www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/10/2026
V v good new @earthjustice.org report on the genuinely nutty numbers behind the data centre fossil fuel boom in the US This new update shows emissions from off-grid gas plants for data centres are WAY worse than previously estimated earthjustice.org/feature/data...
Climate & Public Health
▪ Massive scale and impact: The scale of both total
and individual BYOP proposals is massive. As of
August 2026, there are nine proposed gas BYOP
projects that are 4.5 GW or larger. If all are built,
nine of the top 10 largest power plants in the U.S.
would be data center gas BYOP.
Altogether, the current 177 GW of gas proposals
would emit over 400 million metric tons of carbon
dioxide equivalent ( MTCO 2e) annually, increasing
the U.S. power sector’s total emissions by 23% .
Ozone and particulate matter pollution from
these projects could cause an estimated $5 –10B
in monetized health damages each year. 1
▪ Majority gas: Building on prior reports, we
estimate that for current BYOP proposals,
approximately 80% of energy generation will
come from gas.
▪ Inefficient gas technologies with more air
pollution: More than half of disclosed gas BYOP
capacity uses technologies that are less efficient
and more polluting than typical gas power plants.  Majority gas:  Building on prior reports, we estimate that for current BYOP proposals, approximately 80% of energy generation will come from gas.

 Massive scale and impact: The scale of both total and individual BYOP proposals is massive. As of August 2026, there are nine proposed gas BYOP projects that are 4.5 GW or larger. If all are built, nine of the top 10 largest power plants in the U.S. would be data center gas BYOP.

Altogether, the current 177 GW of gas proposals would emit over 400 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (mtCO2e) annually, increasing the U.S. power sector’s total emissions by 23%. Ozone and particulate matter pollution from these projects could cause an estimated $5–10B in monetized health damages each year.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 08/10/2026
Latest data on US light rail transit ridership: —Seattle & San Diego are far above pre-pandemic levels —Seattle's ridership is by far the highest in the nation now —LA's ridership is close to pre-pandemic level —Denver is *really* struggling www.thetransportpolitic.com/databook/us-...
Transit ridership over time, showing change from the pre-Covid period, with levels benchmarked to January 2020 levels, for top 10 US light rail systems.Transit ridership over time, showing monthly ridership levels, for top 10 US light rail systems.
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Chris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is both Colorado’s and Denver’s hottest start to a year on record (Jan-Sept), and it’s not even close. Statewide temps so far in 2026 are 1.6° warmer than 2012, a blowout for warmest year-to-date on record. The influence of a warming climate is clear on the chart below.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Excited to see that we’re replacing new housing with chatbots that tell you to kill yourself
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Corey Hutchins @coreyhutchins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wow. Steph Vigil, a Democratic candidate for the the legislature in Colorado, called out the publication interviewing her for a lack of disclosure in a candidate Q-and-A: www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/10/05/f... The outlet obviously should be disclosing, but that's one way to get it in the outlet 🤣
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My gosh. Mike Huckabee's top aide: —Covered up an embassy report on Israeli killings of 9 Americans —Fabricated Orwellian reports on Israeli settler violence & the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" to make it sound good for Israel —Questioned staff on whether they were “pro-Israel” or “pro-Hamas”
In late March, at the height of the Iran war, Israel quietly approved more settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank than it ever had at one time.
Staff members at the United States Embassy in Jerusalem saw the move as potentially flouting one of President Trump's explicit red lines for Israel - no annexation of the West Bank - and drafted an urgent report intended for policy makers in Washington.
That memo never reached Washington. It was quashed by David Milstein, a top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee, according to three U.S. officials briefed on the process.
This was no isolated incident.
Since taking up his post in April 2025, Mr. Milstein, 36, has repeatedly suppressed or significantly revised embassy reporting on Israeli activities to present the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to a dozen people who work with or interact with Mr. Milstein in both Jerusalem and Washington:
• As settler violence in the West Bank surged in the spring, for instance, he stymied embassy reporting suggesting that the Israeli government was failing to take action, according to the three officials. Instead the embassy sent a cable to Washington, viewed by The New York Times, praising Israel for "cracking down" on the attacks.
• When members of Congress pushed for accountability over the killings of nine Palestinian Americans by Israeli settlers and security forces, he suppressed a detailed report that the embassy staff had written, effectively stonewalling lawmakers' efforts to gain information, according to multiple officials briefed on the matter.Mr. Milstein rewrote the cable to declare GHF's operation a success while overlooking the mass casualties, according to people who saw the cable and were briefed on the editing process.
Troubled by glaring discrepancies between news coverage and the embassy's official reports, White House and State Department officials seeking a clearer picture of events bypassed standard channels at least twice to communicate directly with embassy staff, according to two officials briefed on the outreach and an internal communication from late this summer seen by The Times.
Veteran American diplomats said that withholding or twisting the information sent to Washington should raise serious concerns.
"The embassy ought to tell Washington everything — the good, the bad and the ugly," said Dan Kurtzer, who was the U.S. ambassador to Israel under President George W. Bush. "If they're not doing so, they are damaging the policy-making process and possibly undermining the president's policies."
Mr. Milstein also questioned several colleagues on whether they were "pro-Israel" or "pro-Hamas," according to four officials, who found the question inappropriate and said it made some people fearful of speaking freely.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
These are all true statements. And the only reason we don't immediately sink this detrimental shit is that somewhere along the way, someone (cough cough tech press) said these Silicon Valley guys were all geniuses and not the scam artists. That's the whole thing.
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grimm 🎃 @mugrimm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The fact Kara Swisher is now monetizing her critiques of Elon Musk after literally being foundational to his work and actively ignoring all the insane gross shit he was doing and saying for years to give the tech press the inspiration slop they wanted is part of why we're here.
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briellastella @briellastella.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Customer service has gotten materially worse. Web search is barely usable. Webpages have become less functional and those that still work are buckling under 100x the traffic. Basic computer functionality we've taken for granted has been trashed. Malpractice has proliferated across every industry.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 07/10/2026
now that’s a fucking MAYOR. king shit
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A must-read analysis.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 06/10/2026
Drinking water prices spiked by 62% between 2015 and 2025 — faster than inflation, grocery prices and median household income.
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Water Bills Surged More Than Other Costs in US Homes Over a Decade
A new analysis finds the price of water increased faster than inflation, grocery prices, and median household income.
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Count Melancholia @lillyh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Is the company that makes "Claude" going to pay for all these rescue missions? How does one establish culpability in these cases?
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Chase Woodruff @chasewoodruff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I said this at the time but "The country is in crisis, the Democratic Party is broken and we live in a second Gilded Age, but no sorry Colorado's labor organizing laws can't be identical to New Mexico's or Oregon's and I'm not sure about a progressive income tax either" is a pretty strange message.
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geoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
very tired of being told it is the responsibility of urban democratic voters never to risk possibly maybe by chance seeming less than respectful of rural red state life and then watching thousands in nebraska cheer on the president joking about a nuclear strike on me and millions of my neighbors
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Amendment 87 would tax Coloradans making $500k+ a year. Opponents including Gov Jared Polis (D) are misleadingly claiming it will raise taxes on low-income seniors and vets.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
fist-pumped at this, this is one of the things I was hoping to hear like, the oil companies are the ones asking for something unprecedented and ridiculous, not the state and local governments who have been harmed by their conduct and want them to pay for it
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/10/2026
it is interesting that I can't find any mainstream media coverage of Altman's sister Annie going viral on social media over the weekend for uploading footage of the first hour of her deposition in her lawsuit against him (one of two) in which she is alleging years of CSA
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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
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