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@Nithya_Shrii Did you make this up yourself?

Rich kids get capital. Middle class kids get “figure it out.” Poor kids get trauma and told it builds character. The starting line is not equal.

@janrosenow Why is electricity in Spain 35% more expensive than in the US?

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks.

@JayDi08396708 @DrBenTapper1 A well thought out response

Folks, AI data centers using five million gallons of water a day? Sounds like they’re about to dry up aquifers and starve farmers. Let’s think clear, from first principles, no hype. The worry is real, but zoom out. U.S. farms use 70–80% of our freshwater. All data centers together? Still under 1%, even with AI boom. The sneaky giant is the power plants making their electricity. Power plants boil water to steam, spin turbines, then must cool that steam back down. That’s where water comes in: Once-through cooling (old-school, near rivers): Pull cold water through once to grab heat, dump it back warmer. Huge withdrawal, but most returns to the source. Cooling towers (most common now): Hot water trickles down a giant tower while air blows through. Some evaporates, like sweat cooling your skin on a hot day, carrying away the heat. You only replace what’s lost. This is truly “consumptive,” but way more efficient. Data centers cool their dense AI chips the same evaporative way today. But engineers aren’t asleep at the wheel. They’re switching fast to direct liquid cooling (pipes right on the chips) and immersion cooling, servers literally swimming in special non-conductive fluid that carries heat away with almost zero evaporation. These cuts hit 90% less water. Many new centers use treated wastewater instead of aquifers and run on renewables (which need zero cooling water). Local strain in dry spots is legit, we need smart rules, transparency, and farm priority. But nationally? This isn’t “AI vs. your dinner.” AI is already giving farmers precision tools that save 20–35% water while growing more food. Tradeoffs exist. The universe doesn’t hand us progress for free. But with better tech and policy, it’s worth it. The real question: how do we do it intelligently? What do you think?

AI data centers can use up to five million gallons of water each day. Am I the only one concerned about how this could pose a serious threat to our farmers and our food supply? What happens when these centers seriously strain our aquifers and dry up irrigation systems? Is it really worth it?

@DrBenTapper1 The water doesn't disappear

@sh4rtbl4st @vivian39_ Do you remember what grass looks like?

@vivian39_ moving from a house in a small town w no walkable infrastructure to an apartment on a busy city street w stores, restaurants, and bus stops right next door has been one of the absolute best things i’ve ever done for my physical and mental health. the world feels much more alive

the walk score of my apartment is 95. the walk score of the house my grandma thinks i should buy in the suburbs is 12. twelve. the nearest grocery store is a seven-minute drive. no thanks i'll take my $1,800 one-bedroom where i can stumble to coffee in my pajamas

@JeromeAdamsMD The point is that there are cycles of Weather. Is it generally hotter now than at other times in the past? Yes it is. Is this completely unprecedented? No

@JeromeAdamsMD Palm Springs Weather in 1966 share.google/0tMrKA4yQpjzcF… Weather is publicly available

At a meeting in Palm Springs, and ironically one of the sessions was on climate change. One can debate causes, solutions, and trade offs… but rational people simply cannot not continue to deny that our climate is changing in dangerous way. It’s March y’all. 🥵🤦🏽‍♂️

@Liamjsm Until they are all laid off

Unions work

@zhao_dashuai Oil crisis?

The 1973 oil crisis incentivized consumers in the West to buy fuel-efficient Japanese cars. The oil crisis of 2026 will have similar effects, but with Chinese EVs.

@JordanEVGuy How much is the government spending on these?

For those questioning the power… I worked for ubitricity for 3 years. They operate the largest lamppost charging network in the UK. ALL lamp columns have a limit of 25A. Most street lighting will be "fused down" to 6 or 10A. Chargers run at 3.75 or 4.2kw so maximum current is 21.6A Most residential street lights are now LED so generally only consume less than 1A.

This doesn’t look like much, but it changes everything. What you’re looking at is an evpzee lamppost charger. It is the smartest solution to one of the biggest barriers to EV adoption. A standard street lamp, quietly turned into an EV charger. No digging up roads, it is installed in just 30 minutes. No huge infrastructure projects, a full street can be electrified in a matter of hours. Manufactured and assembled in the UK and fully OCPP. Using what’s already there. For millions of people across the UK, especially those without driveways, this is the difference between “I can’t have an EV” and “actually…I can.” It’s easy to overlook innovations like this because they’re not flashy. No 350kW ultra-rapid chargers. No massive charging hubs. Just practical, scalable, everyday infrastructure doing exactly what it needs to do. And that’s the point. The EV transition will be be driven by everyone having the ability to charge when they need to. Simple. Effective.

@alanthefisher It's a boondoggle which has basically been activists vacuuming up government funds without producing much

there are so many astroturfed conservatives against CAHSR because the second that there is a working train between 2 cities in the US that can hit 200mph it is fundamentally over for the argument of "that doesn't work here" The oil lobby will do everything possible to stop that

@byHeatherLong Thank Biden inflation

The cost of buying and owning a car has soared since the pandemic. Navy Federal's Cost of Car Ownership Index is +41% since January 2020 CPI is +26% since January 2020 Wages are +31% Almost every aspect of buying, owning, insuring and repairing a car has jumped. And now we are in the midst of another gas price shock. ‘It’s Just Crazy’: High Car Payments Make Ownership Feel Impossible by @onlykailyn nytimes.com/2026/03/16/bus…

@vivian39_ @VanIAm1776 What about January in a snow storm?

@VanIAm1776 tell me you've never glided down the 15th street bike lane on a perfect october morning without telling me. the metro stabbing thing is new though that's a fun little myth you've built your whole personality around

If a city’s transportation policy requires every adult to own a $40,000 depreciating asset to get to work and participate in civic life, that is not freedom, that is a subsidy with extra steps. The next mayor needs to understand this in their bones. Not theoretically. Viscerally

@tommysantos14 Only citizens have the right to vote in Federal elections. It isn't nefarious to check if someone is a citizen before they vote

OK, let's read page 12, line 22 and go through it together, piece by piece: “(A) PROCESS FOR THOSE WITHOUT DOCUMENTARY PROOF. (i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to any relevant guidance adopted by the Election Assistance Commission, each State shall establish a process under which an applicant who cannot provide documentary proof of United States citizenship under paragraph" Each state. First red flag. This is the old Republican "let the states decide" con job. How do you think corrupt MAGA leaders are going to handle requirements for proving citizenship in key states with Democrat counties? There is zero guidance in the bill about what's acceptable if a voter does not have the required documentation. It leaves it to the discretion of corrupt state politicians. "(1) may, if the applicant signs an attestation under penalty of perjury that the applicant is a citizen of the United States and eligible to vote in elections for Federal office, submit such other evidence to the appropriate State or local official demonstrating that the applicant is a citizen of the United States and such official shall make a determination as to whether the applicant has sufficiently established United States citizenship for purposes of registering to vote in elections for Federal office in the State." All this says is "if you don't have the documents we require, just give the teller whatever you got, and they'll make a call." In other words, this bill doesn't protect your right to vote if you don't have the required documentation to prove your citizenship. “(ii) AFFIDAVIT REQUIREMENT.—If a State or local official makes a determination under clause (i) that an applicant has sufficiently established United States citizenship for purposes of registering to vote in elections for Federal office in the State, such determination shall be accompanied by an affidavit developed under clause (iii) signed by the official swearing or affirming the applicant sufficiently established United States citizenship for purposes of registering to vote. This is doublespeak, and It's bullshit. It gives voters hope, then gives state officials the right to deny applicants for whatever reason they choose. This section quite literally gives corrupt state officials LEGAL COVER to CHOOSE which voters they allow to vote! Nice try, Mike.

@DarrigoMelanie Another way to write this headline is : "If you can't survive on $145k in America, you should re-examine your life choices because you are not poor"

Another way to write this headline is, “Majority of American Families Not Paid Enough To Thrive”

@_cingraham Source: Democrats

Donald Trump is easily the worst president for free speech in modern U.S. history, and now there's data to prove it.

@actingliketommy @LT4d3us Nice ad hominem.

you're a fucking moron. there's a social contract that people sharing and participating in a society will carry their weight to keep that society functioning for all. if you don't want to fulfill the contract, don't be wealthy. i guarantee i am more successful than you in every goddamn metric. this ain't about me, dipshit.

The richest 1% should be paying 99% of the taxes.

@actingliketommy Why?

@darryn_briggs When were the liberal arts ever de-emphasized? Seems to me that we have more associates degrees than ever. Four years degrees may have dropped share.google/images/tyt4a9y…

I think we did a great disservice to ourselves by DE-emphasizing the liberal arts. We don't need more tech guys (like me) right now. We need philosophers, ethicists, artists and for heaven's sake- TEACHERS and COUNSELORS.