Randomly irritated veteran

@ChiefEngineerCE @RonDeSantis Concur, if there are benefits to communities, then the AI crowd is doing a pretty crappy job of explaining it to us “knuckle draggers “…

@RonDeSantis They have offered zero value proposition for implementation. It's all - 'Hey Tech bros are going to get incredibly rich and powerful while everyone loses their job!- isn't that great?' Or 'We need to make everyone unemployed before China does.'

Not surprising.

@ChiefEngineerCE @Electroversenet Hard to argue with anyone who’s not familiar with then 2nd Law of Thermodynamic …it’s all fairy dust and unicorn farts

Every single time I discuss the technical details - emotional clowns shut it down and tell me I want to poison the earth. I am simply explaining that there is no such thing as clean energy. There is no net zero. Maybe someday but unless it's local and not centralized - it won't happen.

Reaching Net Zero by 2050 would require mining 4.5 million tons of copper, 940 million tons of nickel, 9 billion tons of graphite, and 4 million tons of germanium. At current global mining rates, that scale of extraction would take more than 1,000 years. Mining capacity cannot be multiplied by orders of magnitude in just 24 years. Permitting timelines alone are measured in decades, and energy inputs rise as deposits degrade. Most constraints are physical, not political. Net Zero targets violate material reality. They're never going to happen.

@ArkansasBlog The “revolving door” is another way pole are getting greased- where officials involved to scoping and approvals from the deal are suddenly leaving to go work for the projects

In Arkansas, controlling Republican politicians (and nominal Dems like LR mayor) know who butters their bread — the Entergy/chamber of commerce/special interest lobby. Is it really too much to make them pay full taxes like the biscuit cookers do ?

@DataRepublican Well put, and I see similar issues in my state. There is a total failure to communicate cost/benefits, & no commitment to illustrate how risks like utility rates are mitigated or fixed Either Communicating is a lost art, or at worst, we are treated like mushrooms

LONG RANT ALERT: I've worked in Big Tech my entire career. So let me say something that will confuse people: Big Tech is not left-wing. The default posture of Silicon Valley is center-right and technocratic. My first Big Tech job was with Amazon in 2005. I heard plenty of stories about Jeff Bezos rolling his eyes at Obama's antics. This is not a secret among people who've been inside. And yet Big Tech was among the loudest cheerleaders for BLM and DEI. How? I'll tell you how, though it requires me to be honest about something personal. I am diagnosed ASD. You know the experience: you make a factual point in a room. Ten people tell you you're evil. The "logical" structure of ASD leads you to start accepting you might be broken, not the room. You're more susceptible to believing you're the problem than believing consensus is wrong. I've watched this play out across Big Tech repeatedly. Not a prescription I give out lightly, and I acknowledge it might be projection. But I've seen too many brilliant engineers fold under social pressure that had no factual basis. So Big Tech leans right, but gets captured easily by DEI virtue signaling, and pays enormous amounts to prove it. Mark Zuckerberg... believe it or not, another closet conservative I've heard many rumors about — donated $400 million to influence 2020 election administration. In 2024, he explicitly committed to neutrality and spent nothing comparable. He learned. Slowly. But he learned. Here's where it gets complicated on China. Big Tech says: build data centers in America, not China. But I've worked inside China directly. I have never, not once, witnessed a Big Tech company put real protections on their IP in Chinese partnerships. ASD-adjacent minds tend to extend trust where cultures signal openness. China does this masterfully. So when anti-data-center people question whether "built in America" actually protects anything... they're not wrong. The rhetoric exceeds the practice. Now to Box Elder specifically. The Stratos Hyperscale project — 7.5 gigawatts, 40,000 acres, approved by Box Elder County Commission this month — is developed by O'Leary Digital. Kevin O'Leary, who along with Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen has "come out" as a staunch conservative. I respect that. It takes something to do that publicly. But I'm going to hold them accountable the same way I'd hold anyone else. O'Leary and others point to Arabella Advisors money funding data center opposition. That's true and I'll get into it. But they need to be honest that the vast majority of opposition in communities like Box Elder is organic conservative opposition... people worried about the Great Salt Lake, about water, about being near Utah's largest earthquake epicenter. Dismissing them by pointing to dark money is a way of avoiding the harder conversation. Here's what I actually want from people with the power to put 7.5 gigawatts in the Utah desert: If you have the capital and political leverage to pull this off, you have the capital and leverage to finance power plants. You have the leverage to fund serious water reclamation infrastructure. And you have the leverage to institutionally push back on the NGO network that is genuinely coordinating against you; groups like Mormon Women for Ethical Government, which I've written on at length, and which does not represent organic conservative sentiment despite the branding. Go all the way or don't make the argument. And one more thing: if a company wants to be a customer of these data centers, they need to commit to real, auditable IP protections regarding China. If O'Leary wants to make the "America first" argument for data centers, make it mean something.

@kevinolearytv Can’t speak to this projects specifics, or whatever China puts out as propanda, but the #1 failing of state, local, & federal leaders is communicating benefits to local communities, with real effort to make explain how risks (like utility rates) are mitigated.

Why is there suddenly such an aggressive push against American data centers and AI infrastructure? After seeing a major spike in coordinated opposition campaigns around our Utah projects, we conducted a digital audit and traced a large amount of the activity back to an organization called Alliance for a Better Utah, which has been pushing misinformation throughout Box Elder County about our data center developments. What’s even more concerning is where the funding appears to originate. After reviewing IRS Form 990 filings and tracing the network behind it, the money appears tied to Chinese linked funding channels connected through an organization called Arabella. Think about the incentive, if China is racing to dominate AI and compute capacity, why wouldn’t they want to slow American infrastructure down?

@elonmusk LinkedIn became a sewer , been with them since the beginning and finally deleted app/acct

By far the most embarrassing thing about this is that the hedge fund guy was using the MOST CRINGE website on the entire Internet for milf sex 😬 x.com/i/grok/share/4…

@JohnBoozman @SenTomCotton If we are to believe you guys serve constituent interests , it is long past time to replace Thune as Leader Pass the Save Act, Fund ICE, Confirm appointees Kinda getting the idea you don’t like us average knuckledraggers back here in Arkansas

🚨 JUST IN: The unelected SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN has STRUCK DOWN major provisions of the GOP's ICE-CBP reconciliation funding bill This is RIDICULOUS! The parliamentarian has been a HUGE roadblock, even playing games with the Big Beautiful Bill last year Thune should've removed her a LONG time ago. Now, Republicans have to go back and fix: - CBP sections - Border security, tech and screening funds - Some $2.5B relating to Homeland Security Appropriations And then wait for her "green light" so it can pass with 50+1 votes.

This was how I started my career in the military. The Die In Place (DIP) mission. In all likelihood you're not going to make it out alive. Now go fight like you mean to make every second count.

@The_Shumater Yep, these guys ( and their social media interns) suck

They were handing out free samples of lack of self-awareness ... #Arkansas #arpx #arnews

@EricLDaugh Long overdue!

🚨 BREAKING: The US Supreme Court has ruled 9-0 that freight brokers can be held LIABLE if they negligently hire unsafe trucking companies — including those with ILLEGAL ALIEN and FOREIGN drivers who violate CDL rules and cause accidents LFG! Start cracking down on the companies 🔥 The opinion, delivered by Barrett, confirms that federal law does not shield these brokers from state negligence lawsuits. This will likely help force brokers into being MUCH more careful about which carriers they use, because they want to avoid lawsuits PURGE THE CDL SYSTEM and hold all trucking companies liable! Non-English foreigners all over the roads needs to end.

This is how we roll.

@TrumpDailyPosts People who put their beliefs, race , culture , etc before being an American

What is the greatest threat to freedom in America?

@elonmusk Beyond debates on construction/energy efficiency , biggest issue are secret deals cramming these land based centers down residents throats, without attempting to address concerns on noise or utilities Pretty sure local politicians have engineered some back door $$

Hmm

@KATVNews Not against progress , but this administration has abjectly failed in communicating/illustrating the benefits to the residents, and haven’t tried to alleviate concerns (utility rates, noise) Also concerned ref politicians profitting in these secret deals

Are widespread AI data centers coming to Arkansas? There are multiple plans across numerous cities that are proposing them. What are your thoughts, Arkansans?

@The_Shumater @ArkansasBlog I’m not against progress , but this administration has abjectly failed in communicating/illustrating the benefits to the residents, and haven’t tried to alleviate concerns (utility rates, noise) Also concerned ref politicians profitting in these secret deals

No, no and hell no ...

@WallStreetApes Lots of rumors of public officials in the approval process that are moving to “nice jobs” with the data firms To most of us, this smells like Sarah Huckabee’s prison fiasco (on steroids)

@WallStreetApes Most in Arkansas are pissed about these, mainly the secrecy & lack of addressing residents fears about noise and higher utility rates (as well as describing whatever apparent benefits like jobs) There is another being built down the road in Clarksville

One of the latest projects in Conway, Arkansas history is being planned. It’s a massive 336 acre, 300,000 square foot data center costing over a billion dollars It’s shrouded in secrecy, residents aren’t allowed to know who’s building it The developer is Forgelight Ventures acting on behalf of an unnamed Fortune 100 company I looked into this and found residents are not happy about this. Over 100 residents showed up demanding for transparency So many residents showed up they couldn’t even all fit in the room, the room only held 80 The company’s identity, full environmental impact studies, noise and light pollution details, backup generators sounds and specs, and long-term effects remain a secret Americans are just expected to be quite and take it. You don’t get to know what’s going on in your own town, right next to your own homes How did we get here…..

@The_Shumater Take a look at state/local politicians who’s getting nice jobs after ramming these projects through The one getting rammed through in Clarksville seems to have local officials and agency heads heading to new Gucci jobs

Turns out Google is trying to smother its ginormous data center projects in W. Memphis & Little Rock in secrecy by forcing all involved to sign NDAs. What is Google hiding? Why are our leaders tolerating any of this? #Arkansas #arpx #arleg #arnews arkansasonline.com/news/2026/may/…

@KATVNews Please look at the “revolving door” jobs for public officials that are enabling these beasts, then securing positions with these AI firms after their terms are done Checkout what’s happening in Clarksville, & the beast that’s being built near hospital and rehab center

Central Arkansas Water CEO Tad Bohannon addresses the question: What's the water demand that's going to be required for a new data center?