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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 01/10/2026
I think the voters are speaking pretty clearly about the data centers.
wisconsin flag above a hodag flag that reads "not ai"
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 01/10/2026
Spoke at a local planning commission meeting here in Madison, Wisconsin, about the need for more regulation of data centers. If I can do it, you can too!
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 30/09/2026
Life feels less heavy when you realize society is dominated by the most incompetent men from the worst group project you worked on in college.
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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 30/09/2026
bro are you five
Greg Brockman’s signature. Imagine if a kindergartener wrote the letters “gdb.”
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 25/09/2026
live from door county, yet again
lighthouse on Sturgeon Bay
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 24/09/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/palant...
huffpost.com
Palantir Named A ‘Top Supporter’ At CBC Foundation's Annual Conference
The controversial data and AI firm, which has millions of dollars of contracts with ICE, has been trying to curry favor with Democratic-aligned groups.
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 24/09/2026
When I say I am no longer a democrat, this is what I mean. Plastering the logo of one of the worst companies in existence onto Shirley Chisholm is disgusting. There is no reforming this sick corruption that is killing our neighbors. Fuck Palantir. Burn it all down.
Plastering the logo of one of the worst companies in existence onto Shirley Chisholm is disgusting.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 21/09/2026
It would cost Starbucks less than a single day’s sales to agree to a fair contract that would ensure we’re treated fairly—why wouldn’t the company want that?
commondreams.org
Why You Should Boycott Starbucks
Union baristas have shown that our collective power can win meaningful change, and now we’re calling on organizations, political parties, and elected officials to stand with us and boycott Starbucks until our demands are met.
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 10/08/2026
NEW: journalists at USA Today are appalled by the newspaper's partnership with Palantir, demanding that it be axed immediately futurism.com/artificial-i...
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USA Today Journalists Horrified by Newspaper's Partnership With Palantir
Workers being represented by The News Guild union, including those at USA Today, were "shocked" by the newspaper's partnership with Palantir.
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 20/09/2026
"Aaron Swartz, the famed coder and hacktivist who died by suicide in 2013, used similar language to describe Altman." “You need to understand that Sam can never be trusted,” he told one confidante. “He is a sociopath. He would do anything.”
Aaron Swartz, the famed coder and hacktivist who died by suicide in 2013, used similar language to describe Altman. Swartz had been batchmates with Altman in the inaugural class of 2005 at the Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator, and warned his friends about Altman shortly before his passing.

“You need to understand that Sam can never be trusted,” he told one confidante. “He is a sociopath. He would do anything.” Woman wearing hat that says JSTOR killed sam altman
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 02/09/2026
unsure how to explain to my child that she cannot have sriracha
dog asking for sriracha
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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Seth Moulton visited a high school yesterday and a student wrote on Reddit about meeting him. Moulton advocated for Flock cameras and told the teenager to look up Ed Markey in the Epstein files.
Screenshot of reddit post: Experience Meeting Seth Moulton for the First Time as a Teenager. Text is too long for alt text but link is in reply.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Luis has been ​released back to his ⁠family," said a message posted to his son’s Facebook page. "We are grateful for all of the support for both Luis and Josh throughout this situation." #AbuseofPowerWatch www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Father of sailor aboard US aircraft carrier freed from immigration detention
The Nicaraguan immigrant was ​taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents while his son ‌was deployed at sea.
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 25/08/2026
me and the little lady on our evening walk. enjoy the weather before the el nino hits
a lady in a blue dress and her dog
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Political Integrity Project @politicalintegrity.us · 25/08/2026
Rep. Seth Moulton is challenging @edmarkey.bsky.social in Massachusetts' Senate primary on Tuesday, September 1.
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Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I don’t just want Seth Moulton to lose. I want him to be embarrassed by how badly he loses. He has done nothing but waste the people of Massachusetts’ time, money, and attention by running a slimy campaign. This kind of behavior should result in embarrassment.
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Families Belong Together @fams2gether.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Because families belong together. Always.
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Families Belong Together @fams2gether.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A family at the Dilley Detention facility —father, a pregnant mother, and their seven-year-old daughter, Fredimar—has pleaded for permission to return home to Venezuela. Their family should never have been put in this position in the first place. End family detention now.
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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Rorschach, crying, saying Markey Old. Dr. Manhattan, stoic, saying I don’t care. Dr. Manhattan obliterating Rorschach.
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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Wikipedia edit war is underway lmao
Wikipedia edit that says Undid biased revisions coming from Seth Moulton's staffers.
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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Moulton campaign staff reading the poll today feverishly editing Seth’s Wikipedia to try and cover up his anti-trans comments. Too little too late.
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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
There are two paths before you Massachusetts, you may take only one.
Image of Ed Markey wearing a trans rights flag at the No Kings Rally next to an image of Seth Moulton at the rally.
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 14/08/2026
In Wisconsin, our request is normal, 17 other states are working on it, moratorium now: datacenterbans.com




Moratoriums
Construction
AI Legislation
Data Center Moratoriums
Tracking state-level data center legislation across the United States

Last updated 4 days ago

Active Bans / Moratoriums (10)
Legislation Advancing (8)
Under Discussion (16)
No Action (8)
Favorable / Incentives (8)
18 of 50 states restricting or considering restrictions

8 states with incentives

Hover over a segment to see which states fall into each category
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 12/08/2026
Is it a “big upset” when your candidate wins a few thousand votes? Sounds to me more like “squeaked by”
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 12/08/2026
A tragic night for progressives and leftists in Wisconsin. But not as sad or as jarring as when Russ Feingold lost in 2016. We couldn't protect him, the sole voter against the Patriot Act. Which arguably created the world we live in now, full of surveillance centers.
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 06/08/2026
This headline sucks, Baylor! Sort of disappointed to see this published like that.
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Francesca Hong 홍윤정 @francescahongwi.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Opposition to AI data centers is uniting Wisconsinites across the political spectrum. I’ve been on the side of the people since day one. As governor, I’ll call a special session of the Legislature for a moratorium on new construction. We won’t get Foxconned again.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 31/07/2026
dipshit nice sneak peak of the sort of media policies you can expect under his presidency
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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We stopped by Francesca Hong’s new field office in Madison to help launch one of the first mutual aid hubs built through the KAPOW model. If you’re in Wisconsin, stop by the Madison office, bring a donation for the mutual aid hub, or sign up to volunteer before the August 11 election!
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.
Man yelling into bored woman's ear in nightclub meme captioned 

I can summarize that for you
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Another killing by ICE, this time in Maine. That’s twice in one week. How can America keep asking immigrant workers to work as usual if they are being shot dead on their way to work? Stop killing us.
Another killing by ICE, this time in Maine. That’s twice in one week. How can America keep asking immigrant workers to work as usual if they are being shot dead on their way to work? 

Stop killing us.
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Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 02/07/2026
The Wisconsin Dells remains a popular midwest vacation destination, but Nellie Kluz's 2024 documentary explores its murky foundation of labor exploitation. bit.ly/44cxthh
chicagoreader.com
Water park paradise, powered by immigrants - Chicago Reader
The Wisconsin Dells remains a popular midwest vacation destination, but Nellie Kluz's 2024 documentary explores its murky foundation of labor exploitation.
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 01/07/2026
www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...
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Wisconsin regulators respond to drilling fluid spill on Enbridge's Line 5 reroute
Crews spilled up to 1,900 gallons of drilling fluid on Saturday as they were working on Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute in northern Wisconsin.
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 01/07/2026
gov candidates mention Line 5 challenge
oil in iron county spilled by enbridge / line 5 pipeline
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CGray @cgray52.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Oracle sues Wisconsin for trying to protect citizens.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In LA, street light repair involves asking property owners if they would like to pay more taxes and then giving rich people who own more expensive property a vote that counts for more because of a 1996 CA initiative that mandates that horrendously dumb process. We don't have to live like this!
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 26/06/2026
The main ask in #Venezuela monetary support to prevent supply chain clogging and further strain on limited logistical channels that physical goods (food, clothing, etc.) require PLS SHARE w/ your networks Special thanks to @caracaschronicles.tierra-de-gracia.com for their resource compilation
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Ways to Help The People of Venezuela 🇻🇪 From Your Computer
Please consider sharing this post with your networks who are looking for resources and ways to send help where it is most needed.
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Jacob Weindling @jakeweindling.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
They are so mad right now lol
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 25/06/2026
Before anyone says anything — I was born in Venezuela Most of my family is still in Venezuela
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 24/06/2026
7.1 Earthquake in Venezuela Going to be REALLY weird when Donald Tr*mp refuses to send humanitarian help
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Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · 25/06/2026
Medically complex and disabled children need to be seen and heard. 💙 This father and son share what it's like — funny, stubborn, brave, and for years, not seeing themselves represented in healthcare debates on the news. Little Lobbyists changed that ❤️ Give what you can: www.tinyurl.com/ll9years
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Ryan W. Mead @rwmead.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Agents of Young Performers Association has issued an open letter to Hasbro condemning them for forcing child actors on “Peppa Pig” to sign over the rights to their voice for reconstruction and use in generative AI to continue working on the show: deadline.com/2026/06/pepp...
deadline.com
'Peppa Pig' Backlash As Hasbro Asks Child Actors To Sign AI Clause
'Peppa Pig' owner Hasbro has stoked anger by requiring child actors on the animated series to sign over their voices to artificial intelligence.
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 25/06/2026
bruh he literally endorsed Espaillat in the 13th District. www.ms.now/news/nyc-pri...
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 25/06/2026
idk but we will defeat hakeem, just a matter of when
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Kanye West: I Guess We'll Never Know
ALT: Kanye West: I Guess We'll Never Know
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
45 million accounts and not a single one of them any good
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Laurel Noack @laurelnoack.com · 25/06/2026
I feel like tues night showcased this is not true lol
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Erin Vanderhoof @vanderhoofy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I was taking a labor history class in 2011 and our professor took us on a field trip to Zuccotti Park with the idea that movements like OWS were one part of what eventually led to really huge changes in labor law/public policy down the line
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Hasan Piker explains why leftists should fight to protect Section 230
youtu.be
Hasan Piker Reveals The Next Big Internet Battle
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
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Pantéa Javidan, JD, PhD @pjavidan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
And after the pods, bodies are just biofuel. @taylorlorenz.bsky.social explained this in a way that clarifies the pro-extinction / post-human agenda of the most powerful tech psychos. It’s always so much worse than we reckon. youtu.be/W1dIC287Zz0
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Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 22/06/2026
Let's get it
Kirk ferentz, hand on heart
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