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An increasing majority of Americans oppose AI data center construction, per new Gallup poll.

Too Hot at Any Height: New report shows rise of heat-related deaths at construction sites in New York. (via @AmirKhafagy91) documentedny.com/2026/05/13/hea…

Meanwhile, 1 in 24 is a millionaire, more than any other city. Extreme wealth disparity.

After an obscure defense vendor won a $12 million no-bid contract w/ ICE, I noticed something odd on its website: The firm was using a (still watermarked!) stock photo for the chief of its “development team.” Things only got more bizarre from there…

The NY Senate is set to pass bills banning “surveillance pricing” in stores — including one that would prohibit grocery stores and pharmacies from using digital price tags that can instantly change prices in real time. Background here: gothamist.com/news/ag-james-…

can absolutely see something like this happening in newsrooms

lmao

this story is wild businessinsider.com/hot-new-breaku…

whoa

A story likely to be repeated in other places where data centers are located. An Atlanta data center was siphoning 30M gallons of water unnoticed until residents complained about low water pressure. Officials discovered unauthorized pipes feeding center politico.com/news/2026/05/0…

Check out this @Documentedny exclusive🚨 He Went After Trump. Now He’s Going After Bad Bosses. @ManhattanDA Bragg’s Worker Protection Unit is treating wage theft as a crime. New documentedny.com/2026/05/08/alv…

Read @xqrong's report for @Documentedny here: documentedny.com/2026/05/08/mos…

At least two people have died at an ICE detention center in Pennsylvania in the last year. Conditions continue to worsen. In April, around 100 detainees reportedly mounted a hunger strike to protest conditions at the facility after multiple people were made ill from the food.

@HughLangley another really good fiona apple music video cameo youtube.com/watch?v=u09s0u…

Too many people debating whether this clears the Beatles' version and not enough people talking about the John C. Reilly cameo

@HughLangley 1999 was a wild year for celebrity cameos in music videos youtube.com/watch?v=L_jWHf…

NEW: Lucky Strike is accused of building an illegal bowling monopoly by acquiring hundreds of bowling alleys across the U.S. If you've experienced higher bowling prices recently, you could be part of the class in this proposed class action lawsuit. frontofficesports.com/lucky-strike-a…