Paul Schecklman
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Paul Schecklman
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techno-industrial optimist| founder @north_policynet |@BushSchool @tamu | All things Grand Strategy, Deterrence, Energy @msudss
Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, LA, has confirmed to ABC News that during the week of 9-15 March, several waves of multiple drones were spotted over the base that hosts the nuclear-capable B-52H "Stratofortress." The statement goes on to say, "Security Forces observed multiple waves of 12-15 drones operating over sensitive areas of the installation, including the flight line, with aircraft displaying non-commercial signal characteristics, long-range control links, and resistance to jamming."
Jeff Bezos, worth $234 billion, plans to replace 600,000 Amazon workers with robots. Now, he wants to spend $100 billion to fully automate not just his warehouses, but factories in the U.S & other countries. Oligarchs are waging all out war against workers. FIGHT BACK.
"Data centers are draining our water" is the new "plastic straws are destroying the ocean." It's a hoax, and many people pushing it know it's not true. At AFPI (@A1policy) we wrote a piece breaking down the numbers: 1) Data centers use very little water > Somewhere between 0.2% and 0.5% of U.S. freshwater consumption > 15x less water than we lose each year to leaky pipes > The biggest data center of 2024 uses less water than 3 square miles of farmland (America has 1.3 million) 2) Local water impacts are small, too > In one of the country’s most “water stressed” counties, data centers are 0.12% of its water use (golf courses are 3.8%) 3) This hasn’t stopped lawmakers from fearmongering about data centers > 5 senators, including Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey, wrote a letter to the admin complaining about data center water use > Lawmakers have introduced legislation and called for data center moratoriums because of fake water use claims. Denver might enact one soon 4) Data centers are one of America’s greatest strengths > Huge local tax revenues > The AI data center boom has created tremendous economic growth > Wages in construction and the trades have skyrocketed (construction up >30% because of data centers) We end by suggesting some ways to accelerate the data center buildout, while protecting local communities' interests. Full piece here: americafirstpolicy.com/issues/the-dat…
Mobilize is out but it’s March Madness & I’m now overwhelmed. Congrats @ssankar !
Will data center use only 4 Olympic swimming pools of water per year? jsonline.com/story/news/fac…
🚨BREAKING — NATO SecGen Mark Rutte says allies are QUICKLY finding a way to secure the Strait of Hormuz "I have been in contact with many allies...Strait has to open! Allies are discussing how to do that... they are working to find a way forward."