Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women. 1381208288
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm… 1299190546204
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential. 363730791
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone. 789178374787
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Since the federal takeover, he spends four nights a week pedaling his bike up and down the same streets, recording agents as they arrest his neighbors. On the scene, he lists rights for people getting arrested and asks if they’d like him to contact anyone..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...washingtonpost.comHe worked at NASA. Now he tails federal law enforcement on D.C. streets.A group that has tracked the activity of federal officers since the president’s crackdown has previously been private about the effort. 164101613382
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/09/2026NEW: Macklemore says he is donating the entire $1 million in net earnings from Ed Sheeran’s tour to six organizations supporting Palestinians and is challenging Patriots owner Robert Kraft to match it.meidasnews.comMacklemore Donating Entire $1 Million Tour Earnings to Palestinian Aid, Challenges Robert Kraft to MatchAfter being dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour, the rapper pledged to donate his earnings to six organizations supporting Palestinians and directly challenged the billionaire Patriots owner. 993328711
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialSpectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks. 9367881762
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialEpstein @genelisadaily.bsky.social · 31/08/2026An 86-year-old Pennsylvania farmer rejected roughly $15.7 million — $60,000 per acre — from data-centre developers for his 261 acres. Instead, he accepted $1.9 million for the development rights, permanently preserving the land for farming. - ScienceBlog.com share.google/loJbxpycr1pN...scienceblog.comHomepage 12452081168
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialBunny Bunny training arc @fitterflittermouse.bsky.social · 16/08/2026High speed rail between multiple major cities? No can do. But here’s another data center. 794062874
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialUltimate Pullahoko @pullahoko.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Actually disgusting that nurses were treated like utter shit, overworked and dying during the pandemic and now RFK is on TV telling everyone that didn't happen. I can't even imagine a more thankless, hostile job right now. 31193002112
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026New Yorkers had to subsidize the $117 million that the NYPD paid out for misconduct lawsuits in 2025 alone, even though most of them were never personally abused by a cop. Where's your worried op-ed on that one? 893072656
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 31/07/2026NEW poll in 18 toss-up districts (with a sample that voted Trump 48-45) shows independents & moderates are *not* looking for the archetypical Moderate candidate — and are not dissuaded if outsiders are labeled too far left. Strong support for Israel was the *least* appealing quality in a candidate.zeteo.comEXCLUSIVE: New Poll Shows Swing District Voters Prefer 'Outsiders' to Boring CentristsSurvey shared with Zeteo has a sample skewed towards Trump voters but shows strong support for Israel is the least appealing candidate trait. Plus, is Trump about to pull his controversial AG nominee? 15764169
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comAI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of DebtAI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt. 10355922419
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialBrad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 30/07/2026We're doing this for what exactly. What fucking benefit are we getting from this. 25119
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialKristy Greenberg @kristygreenberg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Hurling F-bombs at an 85-year-old scientist who won’t fight back doesn’t make you tough. Staying silent after your own daughter accused Rep. Max Miller of holding a gun to her head, pushing her against a wall, and fracturing your granddaughter’s collarbone makes you a coward. 24162101749
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. 20368812724830
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialMen in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Spain’s Nico Williams gave his mother, Maria, his World Cup winner’s medal after Sunday’s final ❤️💛 Nico's parents trekked some 2,000 miles across the Sahara from Ghana to Spain as refugees. Now, their son is a world champion 🥹 212147682740
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Lebanon. Gaza. The West Bank. We cannot allow American taxpayer dollars to continue to fund the killing of children and civilians abroad. The violence must stop. 511693458
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialJoe Segal - Create Positive Solidarity @joesegal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Data centers should be charged 2-3x the rate for electricity, and residents should be charged greatly reduced rates wherever they exist. Data centers must be zoned outside of all residential and public commerce areas and subject to all environmental impact report requirements & regulations. 31859301385
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026The Norwegian Football Association donated all proceeds and ticket revenues (totaling over $350,000) from their World Cup qualifying match against Israel to Doctors Without Borders for humanitarian aid in Gaza. Guess which team I’m rooting for . . . 18398052141
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 11/07/2026This is bad faith. They want you to think there's a crisis to encourage you to accept heinous policies that advance their goals. If falling birthrates were *really* the problem, guess why? Streamline immigration, make childcare free, improve health care for women. But that would benefit too many ppl 75215
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialPsyll Magazine - Science, Tech, Politics & Business @psyll.bsky.social · 09/07/2026psyll.comDaily death toll for women in gaza stays critical | PsyllA UN Women report confirms 38,000 women and girls killed in Gaza through 2025. Fatalities continue at a critical rate despite the ceasefire. 022
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialAmee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again. 8972533110436
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialAndrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 07/07/2026Some legacies aren’t measured by how long we live, but by the courage we leave behind. In Oslo, Norway, a statue honors Cecilie Flatval, a mother of three diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at 42. It is the world’s first statue dedicated to a woman living with incurable breast cancer. #SheShed 20789240
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialRainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 04/07/2026“…we can still play, move forward, and nothing can stop us.”aljazeera.comGaza’s first women’s amputee football team reclaims the pitch after warGaza’s first women’s amputee football team is reclaiming a space that war tried to take from them. 04116
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialNerdBrick @nerdbrick.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Instead of asking for people to not use their AC in the heatwave, how about turning off the data centers instead? 418159353674
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Researchers at UCLA and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health projected that the continuing absence of USAID funding will cause 4.5 million child deaths under the age of five by the year 2030 Via The Lancet 82673294208
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 24/06/2026i don’t think Jeffries understands the new reality. Mamdani doesn’t need the party. the party needs him. 271977294
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026It's weird the way the Democratic alleged leadership (Jeffries too) think that the party is a club with rules rather than something the voters choose. It's....undemocratic. But also didn't the voters choose these people because of their policies, not just because of Mandani? 1012502419
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialDelaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Nobody is making profits. It is going to burst and it is going to take all those data centers with it. Keep your skills. Practice your crafts. Hold on to your books. Stay sharp. 20872131396
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Serious question. What has Israel ever done for America that merits sending them billions every year, fighting their wars and ignoring their genocide? 1431624294
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 19/06/2026zeteo.com/p/gaza-cease...zeteo.comWhat Ceasefire? Israel Has Now Killed Over 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza Since OctoberTo Israel, the word ‘ceasefire’ simply means to continue its genocide – to keep killing, starving, and torturing Palestinians – just at a slower pace. 710740
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.social💙🏳️🌈 Kh’ymm (aka Goldie) 🏳️🌈💙 @thegoldfishmind.bsky.social · 16/06/2026My electric bill was over $1K last July. I will never be able to retire with that burden. But what if the existing 5K US data centers & new ones were required to produce 50% more electricity than they use? Offsetting my electric costs? Ofc built away from communities & farmland.sustainablelivingguide.com.auHow Australian Data Centers Are Slashing Energy Bills While Saving the Planet - Sustainable living guideAustralia’s data centers consumed enough electricity in 2023 to power 850,000 homes, with that figure projected to double by 2030. Yet right now, forward-thinking Australian businesses are slashing th... 34325
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/06/2026What if we just believed young people when they say it’s because of climate change and being broke? 272840620
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 13/06/2026If Bernie's 5% annual wealth tax on billionaires had been enacted in 2012, Elon Musk would be worth less than $365 billion instead of the $1.2 trillion that he's worth today. Elon would still be the wealthiest man alive & every family in America would have universal childcare. 24532175
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialKirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Physical fitness of transgender and cisgender women is comparable, current evidence suggests.bmjgroup.comPhysical fitness of transgender and cisgender women is comparable, current evidence suggests - BMJ GroupDespite greater muscle mass of transgender women 1-3 years after hormone therapy Evidence is of variable quality, but doesn’t back inherent athletic advantage theories Transgender women might have mor... 1329140
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialThe Verge @theverge.com · 12/06/2026While his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully. Read more: www.theverge.com/tech/949259/... 28589633758
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 12/06/2026a little on the nose for capitalism that the world’s first trillionaire is a nazi conman 4898792571
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The President just said we're on the cusp of a deal with Iran. Today's post explores two fun facts: 1. It's the fiftieth time he's said this. (I counted!) 2. Even so, stocks rose on the news. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-pri...newsletter.platypuseconomics.comHow to Price A LiarFor the 50th time this year, we're on the cusp of peace. Apparently. 17131391083
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The wealthiest people’s investments are more harmful to the climate than their lifestyles. World’s richest 0.01% causing US$992bn climate damage each year. Same elites buy govts, media. Cost of damage borne by others. Inequality kills. Polluter must pay. Tax wealth.greenpeace.orgWorld’s richest 0.01% estimated to have nearly US$1 trillion in annual climate debt – Greenpeace report - Greenpeace International“We are learning that the climate impact of extreme wealth is far greater than previously understood. Yet governments often urge ordinary people to carry the burden of climate action while paying far ... 3278130
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialGuardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 10/06/2026WTAF❗️ $600mil❗️that’s what OH GOP gave Google Meta & Amazon in Tax breaks for the next 40 YEARS‼️ 15144119
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.sociale.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 10/06/2026the cars don't drive themselves and we're still nowhere near Mars, but you can't question Elon Musk's ability to deliver screwworms and racial violence 314406987
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 04/06/2026I was told that AI was inevitable and to just go along with it and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it. Pretty sure that attitude was fucking wrong. People are fighting back. Turns out they don’t want to be replaced by a glorified magic 8-ball. 601170186
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialPM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 04/06/2026"Global data centers used 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity, more than all but 10 countries of the world...That electricity use produced about 208 million tons of carbon dioxide, about the same amount as Argentina, and producing that much energy consumed about 1.2 trillion gallons of water."apnews.comEnergy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countriesAccording to a United Nations University report, the environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries. 312470
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/06/2026BREAKING UPDATE: The Kevin O’Leary-backed Stratos data center project in Utah has hit big obstacles: the state agency that controls the project has demanded its footprint be reduced by 75% and has imposed other major conditions. The power of the people to fight back: youtu.be/nWTrmnkHVCc?...youtu.beYikes! SHADY Project Hits ROADBLOCK After MASSIVE PROTESTSYouTube video by Katie Phang 17242421123
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialJeremy Fisher @jeremyfisher.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Great WaPo article on the **10,000** huge diesel generators at Virginia's data centers permitted to emit 13,000 tons of NOx. The article is based on data crunched here at Sierra Club (1/9) @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comAs data centers boom, Virginians breathe the exhaust of 10,000 diesel generatorsPollution from Virginia's many data centers could cause respiratory symptoms and deaths in the region, analysis of state permits and corporate disclosures shows. 111475
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28/05/2026JFC new IEA report shows: orders for fossil methane plants for data centres are bigger in the US than they for *any other country for any other reason* (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) "if data centres were a country, they would be the second-largest destination for gas turbines ordered from Q1 2025 to Q1 2026" 410670
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialMike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 15/05/20265,000 Penn State faculty members vote to unionize 75-25! Big union victory in Pa!radio.wpsu.orgPenn State faculty vote 'yes' on unionizingPenn State faculty voted overwhelmingly in favor of unionizing, in a closely watched decision that could have sweeping implications across the university. 015222
Reposted by @justinhovis.bsky.socialThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 13/05/2026How about less data centers and more high speed trains and housing? China achieved better LLM results without NVIDIA chips and utilized a fraction of the energy requirements and made it open source with DeepSeek. The myth of the AI arms race is just to fuel hardware sales 1044175
