Ian Patrick Hines retweetledi
on AI and water use.
You could ask a frontier model 4 questions per day every day for a year.
Or you could eat a single solitary almond.
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Ian Patrick Hines
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Ian Patrick Hines
@ianpatrickhines
Catholic, husband, and father. Proud American and Marylander.
Maryland, USA Katılım Ocak 2019
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Ian Patrick Hines retweetledi
You are being lied to. It’s up to all of us to think about who is doing the lying — and why.
nic carter@nic_carter
I sorted 50 states into data center intensity quintiles. States with the highest datacenter energy share (Q5) VA, TX, NV, IA, OR, AZ... collectively have the lowest and slowest rising mean residential energy prices
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Ian Patrick Hines retweetledi
Over at Substack, @JoshEakle asks: "It's 2026, and I have yet to see an anti-almond farm protest."
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Ian Patrick Hines retweetledi
A little-known hack:
2 slices of Aldi wheat bread: $0.17
3 oz of Aldi deli turkey: $0.86
1 slices Aldi cheddar: $0.15
1 condiment of your choice: $0.02
1 apple: $0.53
1 hard boiled egg: $0.14
5 carrot sticks: $0.17
Cold water from the tap: $0.01
Total: $2.05
You can do this.
Sean Padraig McCarthy@SeanMcCarthyCom
Lunch just costs $28 now. Are they not supposed to eat?
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@lucasmeijer ironically, much more useful to create gh issues, prs, and proper documentation
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I'm slowly migrating from "its a good idea to have lots of .md files for plans/bugs/tasks in the repo" to "yeah lets not do that at all".
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Building more nuclear plants would help, actually.
Polymarket@Polymarket
JUST IN: Survey reveals most Americans would rather live near a nuclear power plant than a data center.
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Oh, that’ll surely stymie support for secession.
Polymarket@Polymarket
JUST IN: Canada court blocks Alberta separatists’ bid to force an independence vote over failure to consult Indigenous people.
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Ian Patrick Hines retweetledi
We’ve now reached the point where Democracy Defender Marc Elias wants the Virginia government abolished because the Democrats weren’t allowed to do an illegal gerrymander.
Marc E. Elias@marceelias
VA Const. "whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal."
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Ian Patrick Hines retweetledi
In 2022, Gavin Newsom commissioned billboards in red states to encourage women to come to California for abortions. They had Bible verses on them. I’m not interested in what you think prolife “actually” looks like.
Democrats@TheDemocrats
This is what being pro-life *actually* looks like:
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Ian Patrick Hines retweetledi
We used to build the future without input from people who don't understand how anything they use in their daily life even works.
Emerald Robinson ✝️@EmeraldRobinson
Nobody in America voted for data centers. Nobody in America voted for AI. Nobody in America voted for surveillance capitalism. The entire fabric of our society is being changed without the will of the people. Without a vote.
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Ian Patrick Hines retweetledi
This is a small amount of water and it’s crazy for Robert Reich to act like this is a big deal.
Robert Reich@RBReich
Residents in Fayette County, Georgia noticed their water pressure was unusually low. Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed. Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers? politico.com/news/2026/05/0…
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A simple protocol for monitoring your candidate's reputation with LLMs:
Campaign Trend@campaigntrend
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Ian Patrick Hines retweetledi
Conservatives in Arlington-D.C. ➡️ TONIGHT:
Celebrate the BIG REDISTRICTING WIN at Mister Days in Clarendon.
DETAILS:
Mister Days Sports Rock Café
1101 North Highland Street
🕠 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Connect with friends, meet fellow advocates, and raise a glass to fair maps and the rule of law in the Commonwealth.
You are welcome to invite anyone and everyone you’d like.
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Democrats would only vote for “fair maps” if it meant they'd lose no seats.
Zachary Donnini@ZacharyDonnini
@trekker_34 I think it’s important to realize if Democrats have 225 seats or something in the house including 49-3 CA, then 9 CA Democrats would lose their jobs if lines become fair. If Dems have 17-0 Illinois, 6 would lose their job. That could get in the way of Dems passing fair lines
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@LoganDobson Wait until they realize there's no such thing as a “permanent” job.
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I do enjoy that this anti-data center movement has revealed that to a certain set of people, no construction job is worthwhile because it is not "permanent". Data Centers employ thousands in good-paying blue-collar construction jobs, but More Perfect Union does not care.
More Perfect Union@MorePerfectUS
It takes an average of $54,000,000 to create one permanent job in a U.S. data center.
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Data centers aren't uniquely energy-hungry. One aluminum smelter draws as much power as all of Nashville.
Utilities used to build power plants to meet that demand but today, regulations & litigation make that almost impossible.
We need more power plants, not fewer data centers.
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Did they spell Virginia correctly this time?
Brandon Jarvis@Jaaavis
Virginia Democrats have officially asked the United States Supreme Court to place an emergency stay on the Virginia Supreme Court’s ruling against the redistricting amendment
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@ericwilson The DNC rebranded this as 'mobilization' and they're absolutely on the right track with it.
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So the question every campaign should be asking:
What are you doing to engage these private groups?
How are you equipping your supporters to influence the group chats they're already in?
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"Group Chats Are the New Field Offices."
@lisaschneegans articulated something every campaign needs to internalize:
Field is digital. Digital is field.
But we still silo these two functions – and it's costing us.
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Ian Patrick Hines retweetledi
Christopher Hale gushes over the Catholic faith of Pelosi, AOC, and Durbin.
He falsely claims Marco Rubio is still a Mormon and demands reporters ask how often he attends Mass.
@peterjhasson on the Democratic operative cosplaying as Pope Leo's voice in America.
readjunto.com/p/christopher-…
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