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@UtahDemocrats Why are you ok with a system that allows cheating?

Republicans in Utah are following a reckless national trend of using ‘election security’ as a pretext to make it harder for citizens to vote. Proof-of-citizenship rules and stricter registration requirements won't solve nonexistent problems - they only risk disenfranchising eligible Utahns.

@JXakc @GovCox Is this recorded somewhere? I think we have some problems coming. It would be great to get ahead of them.

@helpmejeng @GovCox presented recently at a conference and said water isn't a zero sum game to justify data centers, even though hydrologists and water managers literally use mass balance calculations as a zero sum way of managing water.

This last session of the Utah Legislature, I was in a committee meeting discussing SB225. This bill included additional water for data centers around the inland port. I asked if the committee would just wait for the data on how much water the data centers were consuming before passing the bill. Several other people commenting also expressed concerns. Then one gentleman said, “it’s not that much,” and the bill moved favorably out of committee. Not that much. Is that an acceptable calculation? What would compel Senators to not even ask questions? Who is signing the deals? How much water is being sucked from humans for data and AI? How much can they really add to the local economy after building is done and they run on a skeleton crew? How do they really offset the property tax discounts they’re given, and what are those incentives? Who is responsible for this promotion of tech over humans? le.utah.gov/Session/2026/b…

@DataRepublican @nicksortor @GatesMcgavick @PamBondi How far does this go, because it feels like it’s everywhere.

Been researching DC juries this morning. Did you know that DC has a specific school curriculum which is mandatory from 6th to 12th grade which trains them in civic participation including juries? Students are taught how to look past the actual crime and evaluate all charges through "root causes" and equity. There's no chance of a favorable conviction in DC.

The people doing this think they’re the resistance; they’re really just mid-level bureaucrats who got mad that they could no longer leave the office at 4 PM or work from home daily when @PamBondi arrived. And they do not represent all DOJ career staff.

@carsenlcooper Then elect better Senators that won’t vote to consent activist judges. 🙋‍♀️

I will not be affirming for retention any of our State Supreme Court Justices on the ballot.

Interesting article. I don’t like how helping one or a few puts more people at risk. If we moved the peer definition back to 2 years instead of 5 (4 years+still in high school) more kids could get helped before they’re charged as adults. It wouldn’t help the few you’re talking about here, but it might help victims suffer less abuse.

@ReldonPalmer59 You’d be sorely disappointed, Reldon. And educate yourself please deseret.com/opinion/2025/0…

Don’t forget to thank Phil Lyman for that letter you received this week telling you that your private voter records will be made public next month. This is the very reform that he and his supporters have been advocating/suing for! #utpol lymanforutah.com

@hicksticks2001 Yes. Let the plebs discuss, where they don’t have to see it. Some will think it’s ok that we have “meaningful conversations about the priorities of the people we serve.” Who exactly is being served? How does one represent without listening?

@helpmejeng Quotes aren’t one way. An author and others can interact with quotes —- just like we are now. Turning off comments doesn’t really stop people from discussing and engaging in ideas. It just moves to to quotes instead directly under the post. Not a big deal.

We are so strong, no one is allowed to comment on their post.

@JXakc @GovCox I don’t understand how data centers contribute to the logistics of shipping. It seems to me that UIPA is being used for whatever they want. This is from their website.

@hicksticks2001 Those are quotes, not on the comment. It’s one way communication. Why do you think that is?

@helpmejeng Sure thing.

@atKenNelson @disagreebutter I think there’s more than just business income.

@helpmejeng @disagreebutter Don't most Senators benefit from construction? And just want to build more more more.

@hicksticks2001 Please screenshot them and add them here.

@helpmejeng Seems like those that are wanting to, are sharing their thoughts on the post just fine.

What is the next step?

@StratRedTM Wait. What happened to no kings.

So, a Utah Congressional Candidate was just endorsed by the Group, "Boyfriends We Deserve?" Well, that has to be the most interesting way to lose an election that I've seen lately.

@GG2025395451 @JStuartAdams Ukraine isn’t the beginning or the end of foreign interests.

@helpmejeng Ask @JStuartAdams why Ukraine? Why not focus on Utah? Is Stuart being paid to focus on Ukraine?

Name calling and labeling is completely within the first amendment. People in office hate it, but they also participate. I attended a Capitol tour after the Governor had declared the biggest tax cut in Utah history (2024). The data I was seeing showed that taxes had just been shuffled and a representative from the governor’s office confirmed that “moving taxes to more local entities” was better. This question put me in his radar and afterwards, he asked my name and where I lived. I told him and then asked a favor in return: Please let the Governor know that if he doesn’t like being called a Rino, should stop calling people extremists. The staffers response: “Oh, we’re not doing that!” A few months later, after losing at convention and yelling at delegates, Spencer Cox called them extremists, in writing, in an email, across the state, while campaigning on “Disagree Better.” This kind of leadership has been adopted by other people in office. Davis County has a commissioner running for the legislature, encouraging other signature gathering candidates to boycott debates being held by the Davis County Conservatives. Shoutout to those who attended anyway, of respect of the voter. We don’t get to a place of understanding without discussion and accountability.

@UriahandIngrid @flintdm @NatalieforUtah Let’s not forget about the “dangerous game.”

These Sealed Files Prove The Coverup By Cox Administration #electionfraud #electionintegrity #electioninterference #illegitimategovernor @natalieforutah

@mcsuggafree Big life event. Our kids will never be little again.

Somebody got his Learner Permit today!!! Why am I tearing up?

I am the Director of Professional Signal Intelligence at LinkedIn. Every time you log in, we search your computer. Not metaphorically. We run code that scans your installed software. Every browser extension. Every application. We catalog it. We transmit it to our servers. We share it with a third-party cybersecurity firm you've never heard of. The tracking pixel is zero pixels wide. We hid it off-screen. You never consented. We never asked. Our privacy policy doesn't mention it. That's networking. We call the program Project Handshake internally. The Slack channel is handshake-telem. In 2024 we scanned for 461 products. By February this year we scan for over 6,000. I don't know what all of them are. Nobody does. Someone on my team added categories for browser extensions that identify practicing Muslims. Someone added extensions for neurodivergent users. Someone added 509 job search tools. That last one is my favorite. We can tell which of our one billion users are secretly looking for new jobs. On the platform where their current boss checks their profile. That's networking. We scan for 200 products that compete with LinkedIn's sales tools. Apollo. Lusha. ZoomInfo. We know each user's real name, employer, and job title. We mapped exactly which companies use which competitor products. We extracted their customer lists from their users' browsers. Without anyone knowing. Then we sent legal threats to the users we caught. The EU told us to open our platform to third-party tools. We published two restricted APIs. They handle 0.07 calls per second. Our internal API, Voyager, handles 163,000 calls per second. In Microsoft's 249-page compliance report, the word "Voyager" appears zero times. That's networking. I presented our Software Disclosure Rate metrics at a leadership summit last quarter. The conference room is called The Fishbowl. Glass walls. Appropriate. There's a plaque on the wall. Q3 Competitive Landscape Award. I won it for the extension scanning initiative. Someone asked if users had a way to opt out. I said they can close their browser. The room laughed. I wasn't sure why. I browse LinkedIn on a Chromebook with no extensions. Most of the team does. The platform that helps you get hired searches your computer every time you visit. We know your name. We know your employer. We know your religion. Your disabilities. Your politics. Whether you're looking to leave. That's networking. The system works exactly as designed. I designed it.

@Utahfarmersorg1 Ai companions are teaching our kids that life after death is better. Disconnection leads to higher rates of depression. The decision has to be made between property tax and income tax, but neither can be done until we cut spending.

Real leadership is having no State Personal Income tax like 9 other states. If we cut higher ed employees 50%, used AI, and taxed professional services, we could end Utax's Personal Income tax. 71,000 higher ed employees for 216,000 higher ed students gets an F. One employee per two students at the U gets an F. Utax can get along with $20,000 in state taxes per home instead of $26,000. President Harding cut federal spending 50%. Things worked out fine. Gov't is spending more than its fair share.

We are the highest taxed red state. Our housing costs are third highest (per capita). These are platitudes when you’ve created the biggest problem Utah is facing.

@lahansen12 Or put people over tech. 40+ data centers using millions of gallons of water and excessive amounts of every need to pay an increased rate for increased usage.

I guess we either need to move all of the mountains that supply water, or move all of the people to another state. We have a geography and water problem. We can't build houses in the middle of the desert and expect eternal growth to be affordable. Most of California's population is on the west side of the mountains. East of the mountains, is continuous desert