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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2h
Meta is using its A.I. data centers to exploit a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation, according to an exclusive report by The New York Times. The company’s own accountants recognize that the strategy is on shaky legal ground. nyti.ms/3VlavDw
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 2h
WTH? Why is #WhiskeyPete interfering with the DOD school system? www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/p...
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Pete Hegseth overhauls DOD’s schools with top-down lesson plans and banned books | CNN Politics
At a time when US children are struggling with core subjects like reading and math, students from one school system have consistently scored higher than the national average on federally mandated test...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/09/2026
Last month, ICE put 12 Somali men on a plane and told them they were being deported to Somalia, according to interviews with community leaders, friends, and family members. Instead, they arrived at the notorious US military base in Cuba, where seven or eight of them remain.
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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants at Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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Andy Downing @andydowning33.bsky.social · 3h
How a factory for AI-powered weapons, a data center, and a needy public school collided in rural Ohio. New at Matter from Taylor Barnes at Inkstick Media. matternews.org/community/de...
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An Ohio school needs funds. It voted to cut Anduril’s tax bill, anyway – Matter News
How a factory for AI-powered weapons, a data center, and a needy public school collided in rural Ohio.
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 3h
With all of the regulations being removed by Trump it might be a good time for people to read 'There Are No Accidents' by @jessiesinger.bsky.social. These regulations were enacted for a reason, because an problem had occurred that needed to be regulated. AI Tech Bros are unable to self-police.
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 4h
Why does almost everything the Trump administration and GOP does now adays seem like a cold opening for SNL? They might put the Onion out of business. #GrifterAdministration #Incompetence #Corruption
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 6h
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 4h
Right now Donnie 2 Dolls and the GOP are focused on making themselves and their #EpsteinClass billionaire friends rich. They are doing nothing to make life affordable for the American public/workers. We need real AI/data center policy and regulation now. Vote Dems this November
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 4h
Donnie 2 Dolls made a deal with #EpsteinClass #TechBros #Billionaires to protect themselves from liability, and does nothing to create safeguards to protect the American people. The GOP is all about the money and protecting billionaires. Vote them out this November. Vote for Dems #BlueWave
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NPR @npr.org · 22h
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June. n.pr/4hTdlIv
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A young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deployment
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June.
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 22h
75 year old pickup truck driver crashes into and kills 85 year old man operating a horse-drawn carriage. local12.com/news/local/8...
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85-year-old Tri-State man struck and killed in horse-drawn carriage
An 85-year-old man operating a horse-drawn carriage was struck and killed Monday.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
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The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Commentary: Data centers will not make Appalachian Ohio a “benefit zone,” but a sacrificial zone. Appalachian Ohio doesn’t exist to be recklessly exploited by politicians and industry, and after so many decades of abuse, they need to stop. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/a...
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Commentary: Appalachian Ohio and its people don't exist to be exploited by politicians and industry. Stop. • Ohio Capital Journal
Data centers will not make Appalachian Ohio a “benefit zone,” but a sacrificial zone. Appalachian Ohio doesn’t exist to be recklessly exploited by politicians and industry, and after so many decades…
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Brent Warren @brentincolumbus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Until the recent gas tax conversation, transportation issues have not been at the forefront of the race for governor – we wanted to know about trains, so we asked.
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Election 2026: Acton Supports Amtrak Expansion, Ramaswamy Won't Say - Columbus Underground
In Columbus, where we haven’t had passenger rail service of any kind since the late 1970s, there’s been a big appetite in recent years for any news about Amtrak potentially expanding service to includ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is there anyone competent in leadership at the FBI now?
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dems are focused on affordability and AI/data center regulation. GOP House and Senate focused on...anything that is not important to voters.
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donnie 2 Dolls is getting rid of EPA mileage standards. Meanwhile China is rolling out inexpensive EVs that have mileage ranges. EV adoption in China 50 percent, in EU 50 percent, in the US 10 percent. Trump making things less affordable for Americans everyday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDTQ...
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"Go Woke, Go Broke"? Texas Runs on Renewables Now
YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration in a nutshell, everything is going to happen in two weeks, or after the mid terms.
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump is saying that Dems would not make $5k giveaway to buy the election? He is right, why would Dems want to drive up the debt and cause more economic chaos? The #GrifterAdministration' has already done enough to make things less affordable for Americans.
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So Trump is rolling back EPA mileage requirements? Meanwhile gas and diesel are at an all time high, and there are 40k premature deaths due to auto/truck pollution each year. 'Trump administration to slash clean car rules aimed at cutting climate emissions', www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration to slash clean car rules aimed at cutting climate emissions
Environmentalists decry move that relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from gas-powered cars
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 29/09/2026
9/29 Mainer-slash-historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social on the best way Mainers can influence the Senate election, speaking at a campaign event for Troy Jackson at USM in Portland Monday evening #maine #MEpolitics
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The definition of 'dumb', banning goods and placing tariffs on a country that is your neighbor and long term ally. Somebody must have got their feelings hurt.
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So now information on current and former employees at the FBI have been hacked? Can we have a better example that the leadership of the FBI is incompetent, and that the #GrifterAdministration has caused chaos in the organization? www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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FBI grapples with fallout from massive data breach | CNN Politics
A week after a cybercriminal group claimed to steal sensitive personal data on thousands of current and former FBI employees, the bureau is still assessing the extent of the damage while facing intern...
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
John Oliver lists off just some of Ken Paxton’s scandals: “Paxton spent nearly 9 years under indictment for securities fraud... He was also accused of bribery and abuse of office by eight of his own top deputies... But wait, because I'm still not done.”
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amazon is eager to open the single biggest climate wrecking facility in the country. billmckibben.substack.com/p/amazon-cri...
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Amazon Crime
And Other Tales of Billionaire Lying from the Data Center Wars
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After hackers stole personal data about FBI employees, "past and present personnel remain in the dark about whether their data has been purloined," and some have "anxiously asked Times reporters whether their names are contained in the hacked data" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Electrification #Solar #Wind #Battery #HeatPump, Cost of solar installation has dropped by 90 percent. If 'Texas Runs on Renewables Now' why isn't the GOP backing renewables? #Affordability www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDTQ...
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"Go Woke, Go Broke"? Texas Runs on Renewables Now
YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JUST FILED: The dire warning from the nation’s food banks The situation is worse than you might think youtu.be/-I0LLITQius?...
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I Just Got an URGENT WARNING from Food Banks on Trump's War...
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, PhD @drcaromaldo.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
A truck driver killed another person last week as well, a teenager.
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jon Husted supported just about everything that Trump has done to make things more expensive for Ohioans. #TrumpWar #TrumpTariffs #TrumpICEchaos #TrumpVanityProjects. Don't let this trick fool you. We need real AI/Data Center policy and regulations Vote for @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social in November
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After claiming its publicly funded campaign-style ads promoting Trump were mere “public service announcements,” the admin uses public money to re-run an actual Trump campaign video from 2024 election; instead of 2024 campaign logo and phone number, it now says “paid for by the US govt”:
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White House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’ | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is set to launch another overtly political campaign ad funded by taxpayer dollars, attacking the “fake news media” and “the sick political class that hates our country.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nailed it ⛽️ 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before.
A chart that shows a timeline of ICE immigration enforcement against different significant events (Los Angeles raids, Minneapolis and Chicago raids), with a line in late March 2026 that says "New enforcement strategy begins" before a peak of over 1,500 daily arrests in July 2026.
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 28/09/2026
$24.49 a gallon for gas in Noatak. I don’t know how anyone can afford that. Alaska families are being crushed by the unaffordable cost of living, and Dan Sullivan keeps on voting for the war that’s making everything more expensive. Alaska needs change.
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#Fraud #Waste and #Abuse carried out by the #GrifterAdministration
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Now apparently leading up to the mid terms Donnie 2 Dolls is going to promise red states a bunch of stuff he will never follow through on. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, fool me multiple times and ?
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
it’s so funny that people were like “OMG a 2PM Oval Office announcement, is Trump going to end the war in Iran or invade Cuba?!?!” and it turns out, no, he’s just going to rant about how good the economy is + how elections are rigged and then fall asleep
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey Congress, pass an AI regulation/policy act now to protect Americans from nefarious actors. @sanders.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @maddow.bsky.social @stephruhle.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @arimelber.bsky.social artificialintelligenceact.eu
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EU Artificial Intelligence Act | Up-to-date developments and analyses of the EU AI Act
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'MAGA tech spiral! New AI bill could make YOU RICH - and stop the next BAILOUT', www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mDE...
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MAGA tech spiral! New AI bill could make YOU RICH - and stop the next BAILOUT
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Now this is what I am talking about. James Talarico's platform calls for an 'AI dividend' for all Americans, "establishing an “AI dividend” that would give every U.S. citizen a stake in American AI companies." www.texastribune.org/2026/08/05/t...
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James Talarico rolls out “New American Dream” economic plan
Like his U.S. Senate rival, Ken Paxton, the Austin state lawmaker introduced a plan to address what he called an “affordability crisis.” But they differed on who is to blame for rising costs.
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Car Into Building @carintobuilding.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Car into Waffle House Myrtle Beach, South Carolina #CarIntoBuilding
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Brian Poindexter For Congress @poindexterforcongress.com · 28/09/2026
What I'm hearing shaking hands at gas stations: We can't afford Max Miller's votes for the war anymore.
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another reason why Ohio should have subsidies/rebates for e-Bikes. @amyactonoh.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nothing like a bike ride to school with your granddaughter to remind you how hostile the suburbs are to kids being able to practice #IndependentMobility. Having to cross a 4 lane 55 mph state route with no signal, to get from one neighborhood to the next, and getting close passed in an 25 mph zone.
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Decided to fill up the #PHEV today for the first time in 3 months. Took 5 gallons. Really enjoying charging the PHEV battery with sun power, "Energy From Heaven, and Not From Hell". $1.40/gal equivalent if needed from the grid. HT @billmckibben.bsky.social
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Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WTH? 'Trump asked China’s president if he wants to buy U.S. arms, ambassador says', www.nbcnews.com/world/china/...
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Trump asked China’s president if he wants to buy U.S. arms, ambassador says
David Perdue said Trump raised the prospect of the arms sales from the U.S. to China, an offer that if consummated would upend generations of U.S. policy toward China and Taiwan.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A mass surrender of Russian forces in Ukraine near Lyman as Russian defensive positions collapse.
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