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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NO KINGS! Pittsburgh Says: VOTE EARLY Rally & March Saturday, October 17th, noon City-County Building, 414 Grant St, Downtown Pittsburgh Event info: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... Info on 5 early voting sites & 13 ballot return sites in Allegheny County: tinyurl.com/3epses28
NO KINGS! Pittsburgh Says: VOTE EARLY!
Join us to rally and march: Saturday, October 17, 2026, 12:00. City-County Building, 414 Grant St, Downtown Pittsburgh.
Sponsored by Indivisible Pittsburgh, TransYOUniting, Common Defense, Indivisible Grassroots Pittsburgh, Casa San José, Common Cause, CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Workers), Indivisible Regent Square, Progress PA, Steel City Stonewall Democrats, LWV (League of Women Voters).
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 9h
NYT: The Trump administration’s talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 02/10/2026
Film-makers Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller’s new short is an unvarnished portrait of ICE-occupied Minneapolis
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The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Trump repeals Obama Chesapeake cleanup policy
The policy, established via executive order by the Obama administration in 2009, tasked federal agencies with ramping up bay restoration efforts.
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The number of measles infections in the commonwealth reached 943 cases across 39 counties as of Wednesday, state data shows. About one in five people have been hospitalized. www.wesanews.org/health-scien...
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A 5th person in Pennsylvania has died after contracting measles as cases statewide reach a record high
In Pennsylvania, 943 measles cases have been reported so far this year, state data shows.
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Pittsburgh residents lament closure of North Side homeless resource center
The center was one of the last of its kind, after the shuttering of facilities that had been operating in Downtown and East Liberty over the last couple years.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Follow-up on a piece Bolts did last month! Newsom has signed this bill into law — it gives some parents who are formerly incarcerated a stronger chance to reunite with their kids. Parents separated from their kids helped advocate for the bill's passage, Victoria Valenzuela reports:
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California Gives Formerly Incarcerated Parents a Chance to Get Their Kids Back - Bolts
People who lost parental rights helped pass a bill to reform California's law blocking people with past convictions for violent felonies from reuniting with their children.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 02/10/2026
Notably, support for socialism in the U.S. is polling at its highest levels ever seen. According to a recent Gallup poll, 43 percent of Americans have a positive view of socialism, surpassing the 40 percent line for the first time since the polling organization started asking the question.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 02/10/2026
“I don’t wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody, are used to running away from people when things get tough, because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent,” Nixon wrote. “But this is my home.”
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fascinating new study of New Mexico's universal childcare program, first of its kind, finds the program dramatically increased work for lower-income moms www.the74million.org/zero2eight/n...
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Nearly a Year In, Universal Childcare Is Reshaping Work for Moms in New Mexico
A new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The US role in Brazil's election is criminally under-discussed in the US, though obviously front and center of the conversation in Brazil." - @ishaantharoor.bsky.social US has done Lawfare & Economic Warfare against Brazil & the continent and it is shocking how few americans know/care about it
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National Network of Abortion Funds @abortionfunds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For callers, nationwide abortion funds are magic. When the tide is high & funds are low, a call to one of their hotlines brings financial & emotional relief. Join us for a panel with local funds to discuss the history of this work and its creation in response to the Hyde Amendment: nnaf.org/1q
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone should be prepared. Also if you're in NYC, come learn with others tomorrow: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/a...
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Abortion: A Community Teach-In — Interrupting Criminalization
Are you curious about how the rightwing successfully overturned Roe v Wade? Are you wondering how organizers and advocates are thinking about what comes next? Join Interrupting Criminalization for a t...
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 01/10/2026
in July an ICE agent killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. just 6 months prior, agents abducted 100 people in 3 days during "Catch of the Day" I joined Mainers monitoring an ICE facility despite harassment, making memorials, protesting Congress, and caring for their neighbors @us.theguardian.com
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ICE got ‘quieter’ – then killed a father in Maine. Now watch groups are shifting their tactics too
ICE-watchers get creative after the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, as Trump’s immigration crackdown takes a more secretive approach
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 01/10/2026
“People are trying the best they can – learning and utilizing new skills, and responding to crises in community – and then there’s another one, and there’s another one, and there’s another one. “That is what the escalating violence is meant to do – it’s meant to exhaust us and confuse us.”
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ICE got ‘quieter’ – then killed a father in Maine. Now watch groups are shifting their tactics too
ICE-watchers get creative after the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, as Trump’s immigration crackdown takes a more secretive approach
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 01/10/2026
whether or not it stayed in the headlines, ICE's on-the-ground presence “shocked the whole system” (in one advocate's words), changing life for Maine communities. many immigrants have been effectively sheltering in place since Jan, relying on grocery drop-offs and volunteers to take kids to school.
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ICE got ‘quieter’ – then killed a father in Maine. Now watch groups are shifting their tactics too
ICE-watchers get creative after the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, as Trump’s immigration crackdown takes a more secretive approach
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I come from a union family. I'm a union member and a union organizer. Washington politicians are working less and getting richer while everyday people work harder than ever to keep up. Government should work for us. That's why I'm running. #AngieForFlorida
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
how much money/resources is his office going to spend on this?? www.wesanews.org/politics-gov...
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Zappala: 'People will be charged' in probe of Pittsburgh spending under Gainey
In a lengthy give-and-take Friday, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. made it clear that officials in the administration of former Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey still face a bumpy ...
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1963, the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the contempt conviction of Mary Hamilton, a Black woman who refused to allow an Alabama district attorney to disrespect her in court.
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Sep. 26, 1963 | Alabama Supreme Court Approves White Prosecutor's Insult of Black Woman
Learn more about our history of racial injustice
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Pittsburgh's Public Source @publicsource.org · 26/09/2026
WE’RE BEHIND – CAN YOU HELP? There are just four days left in our 15th anniversary campaign, and we’re behind on our $15,000 goal. We still need to raise $8,880 by Sept. 30. Can you give $25 today to help us get there? buff.ly/nM9RMH0
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 26/09/2026
Microsoft's data center subcontractor in New Jersey illegally runs a bunch of gas "backup" generators on site, figuring they won't get caught or will just eat the wrist-slap fines if they do. Regulatory enforcement is so bad that a third party had to take drone images to get the state to act.
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New Jersey datacenter fined $1.1m after visual investigation showed dozens of unpermitted generators
State regulator’s record fine for DataOne facility in Vineland follows Floodlight investigation with the Guardian
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/09/2026
I wonder if I maybe don't say this enough: the gas-fired data centre boom is *planned* but not *inevitable*. In fact, the plans are fragile, and this petrotech dream only works if everything lands with perfect timing and poise. stand.earth/insights/wes...
Article header from Stand.earth showing a large headline that Microsoft is quietly backing away from a major West Virginia data‑center project, with the site logo and date above and a cropped photo of a Microsoft building and logo.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.
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ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?
Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My broader take on all three German state elections and why focusing only on the success of the far right is both incomplete and self-defeating.
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Look again – there’s more to Germany’s election trends than far-right success | Cas Mudde
Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"A Haven for Us will offer up to $500 in direct financial assistance to eligible LGBTQIA+ adults experiencing financial barriers. Funding can support needs related to housing, healthcare, gender-affirming care, education, transportation, and more." www.instagram.com/p/Ddrh6H7GEb...
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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Historian here UT Austin has eliminated courses on slavery, civil rights, the Holocaust and women from its core curriculum. We know the kind of people who have censored history in the past. www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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UT cuts all women and gender classes from core curriculum, drops race classes
The provost’s office also eliminated dozens of courses on race from counting toward the core curriculum.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
“The provost’s office also eliminated dozens of courses on race from counting toward the core.”
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
“On Tuesday, department chair Danielle Clealand told faculty in the Social and Cultural Analysis Department that the provost’s office rejected all women’s and gender studies courses from counting toward UT’s core, according to an email reviewed by the Statesman.”
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UT cuts all women and gender classes from core curriculum, drops race classes
The provost’s office also eliminated dozens of courses on race from counting toward the core curriculum.
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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 24/09/2026
Here's hoping ProPublica keeps up the pressure on Susan Collins by continuing to debunk her claims of being cleared of bribery/pay-to-play. Susan is a consummate deceiver when it comes to playing innocent and making claims of doing more good than harm. #VOTEherOUT #ByeSusie #MESen #MEpolitics
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
Theatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website
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Global release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZA
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Award-winning doco NAZA will be streamed online for free on The Guardian after its global release as part of the outlet's "commitment to the dissemination of independent journalism" The directors wanted the film be made accessible "so that every person can watch it and the soldiers' testimonies"
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was just pointing out a couple of days on here that this is the LOWEST HANGING FRUIT of low hanging fruit for Democrats to promise if they take control of Congress. RAISE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE from $7.25. It has not risen since 2009. It's criminal.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Free Library’s LEAP program runs Monday through Friday with no registration required, and students can also connect with online tutors until midnight. www.phillyvoice.com/free-homewor...
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Philadelphia libraries offer free after-school homework help for K-12 students
The Free Library’s LEAP program runs Monday through Friday with no registration required, and students can also connect with online tutors until midnight.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
LAWYERS! Here are links to flight data you can put in your filings: Mesa-Ghana-Liberia plane: globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=a63864&... Alexandria-Gitmo-PR-airborne to Africa plane: globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=a3ec5c&... bsky.app/profile/dani...
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ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight history
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Georgia’s second-largest school district has abruptly banned Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” from school library shelves
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Georgia school system abruptly bans Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’
Georgia’s second-largest school district is once again at the center of a political controversy over the appropriateness of school materials.
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Maine Public @mainepublic.org · 24/09/2026
During its annual hearing Wednesday, Maine's Office of Affordable Health Care said that payments for outpatient hospital services in Maine increased by more than 40% between 2018 and 2024. bit.ly/4rxybk3
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Data show some Maine hospitals have among the highest prices in the nation
During its annual hearing Wednesday, Maine's Office of Affordable Health Care said that payments for outpatient hospital services in Maine increased by more than 40% between 2018 and 2024.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: The plane appearing to have been scheduled to fly third-country nationals to 3 African countries today—before an appeals court prohibited it last night—has taken off, landed at Gitmo (Somalis in ICE camp there) and is now in San Juan, a common refueling stop for ICE flights to Africa.
An FR24 map showing N352BH landing at Gitmo. An FR24 map showing N352BH going from Gitmo to San Juan.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 24/09/2026
Deeply alarmed by the ICE raids in New Bedford and the South Coast. Disappearing parents on their way to work or to pick up their kids from school is appalling and does NOTHING to keep communities safe. We must abolish ICE and stop this campaign of cruelty and terror.
An article by GBH titled: At least 2 dozen immigrants detained in ICE arrest wave across New Bedford, Dartmouth and Fall River
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Them @them.us · 23/09/2026
Parents and advocates rallied outside the hospital after it agreed to pay $8.5 million and keep gender-affirming care closed to minors under a deal with the federal government.
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"Honor Your Oath": Hundreds Confront NYU Langone Hospital Over Caving to Trump on Trans Healthcare
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“.. Put your hand behind your computer and you feel the heat coming off that fan,” said Sailor. “Now, imagine if you had 1,000 computer [fan] blades in your office — 10,000, 100,000, several hundred thousand .. that’s the amount of heat that we’re talking about.” www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
When people show you who they are, believe them. Fuck you Gavin Newsom.
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 23/09/2026
YAY sales picked up today. Let's keep this momentum going! We need 70 more subscriptions to reach our goal of 200. $39 for a year of The Flytrap--tt won't be this cheap for a while!! www.theflytrapmedia.com/double-the-fun
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Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm
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Truthout @truthout.org · 23/09/2026
Palestinian women and young people are leading today’s liberation movement, building on a century of resistance by women and children against colonial rule, displacement and occupation.
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Women and Youth Are at the Forefront of the Struggle for Palestinian Liberation
They follow in the footsteps of Palestinian women and children who have resisted colonialism in the past century.
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 23/09/2026
“When I look at this bill, it almost feels like they’re saying, ‘Hey, vampires want to come to Baltimore. We want to lay the groundwork to only allow the right vampires to come into the city”… What if we just did ‘No vampires’”?
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Baltimore residents fight City Council over controversial data center bill
“When I look at this bill, it almost feels like they're saying, ‘Hey, vampires want to come to Baltimore. We want to lay the groundwork to only allow the right vampires to come into the city”... What ...
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
This month's @motherjones.com cover is astounding. Reposted with alt text:
Cover of the September-October issue of Mother Jones Magazine: a white background with the words "50 years of fearless journalism" in black print, centered above the name/logo of the magazine in large Bright Red. Below that in black, the words "the southern strategy — jim crow was dead and buried. Then came the Roberts court."

And then, framing those words, there are two sets of robes: to the left, the simple black robes of the Judicial Branch of the United States Government, as a Supreme Court Justice might wear; to the right, the white robes and hood of the KKK.

A white person's hand with cuff of business suit and shirt visible, reaches into the scene from the right, poised to grab the Klan robes.
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Urban heat island effects are bad enough. Clustering data centers in cities, each of which can produce the heat of 54,000 houses, will make it exponentially worse, especially in already hot places like Phoenix Gift link to this great @bloomberg.com infographic: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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AI Data Centers Release Heat, Posing New Problem for Cities
As facilities to power AI grow larger and are built in clusters, they are spreading hot air beyond their property lines
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026
Climate Week is here in New York City, and our work has deep roots. 18,261 trees planted this year. The most in a decade.
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arr @arr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership.
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