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Painted a 60 mile high Y over the state today. Let's get the dubs @BYUMBB,
@BYUfootball, and @byusoccer_w!
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@OrchrdSports @SocialistMormon @anthony_harley1 The people of Utah or anywhere else are free to come together at any time and risk whatever capital they want to build whatever they want. That's a free market.
A centralized entity (govt) risking the people's money involuntarily for a hoped for return is socialism.
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Let's ask grok:
The author clarifies repeatedly: residents must contribute capital for ownership (with loans/bonds to broaden access), and the entity operates for profit in a competitive market (AI data centers). That's not government seizure or "from each according to ability, to each according to need."Why capitalism (with a creative twist)?
Private ownership: Residents (as individuals or via a cooperative structure) own the asset 100%, instead of external investors like Kevin O'Leary's group. Profits (~$68B/year in the proposal) flow back as dividends based on ownership, like shareholders in a company.
Market incentives: The data center competes globally for AI compute revenue. Nuclear power, water infrastructure, and location choices are practical business decisions to make it viable and reduce externalities.
Voluntary/risk-sharing elements: Initial capital from residents (with mechanisms for inclusion) mirrors venture capital or crowdfunding, but scaled to an entire state's adult population. Losses would presumably hit owners too.
This resembles:
Worker/consumer cooperatives — These exist comfortably within capitalism (e.g., REI, many credit unions, or Mondragon in Spain). They feature democratic or member ownership but operate in markets.
Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend — Oil wealth is managed in a fund, with annual dividends to residents. It's often praised as a market-friendly way to share resource benefits without nationalizing industry.
Sovereign wealth funds or community land trusts, which pool ownership for locals while staying profit-oriented.
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Here's how Utah SHOULD do the Data Center:
1. The data center should be 100% owned by the residents of Utah, not outside investment groups.
2. The data center should be further away from residential areas.
3. Build a 9 GW nuclear power plant to completely power the data center.
4. The data center will produce ~$180 Billion a year in revenue, ~$68B in profits.
5. Build new reservoir systems to better capture runoff and stormwater. Expand underground storage to reduce evaporation. Clean groundwater. Pump in water from out of state using energy from the powerplant.
6. Distribute the $68B in profits equally among Adult US Citizen Residents of Utah. Assuming $2.3M adults, each would receive $~2.4K/month.
Utah would become the AI capital of America.
A nuclear innovation hub.
Water infrastructure leader.
And two-parent families would receive ~$5K/month forever.
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@OregonUtefan @OrchrdSports The opposite of capitalism, which you oppose.
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@RichLighten @OrchrdSports Your right instead we should have billion dollar corporations who’s sole purpose is maximizing profits running things.
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@OrchrdSports The people are free to organize and find whatever they want. Go find some investors. Nothing is preventing you. Asking government to fund and run business is a disaster every time.
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@RichLighten I’m assuming the government needs to be involved for the power plant, but the idea is for the people to finance the data center and reap the rewards
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@mcuban Here's an idea. Stop making things harder and more expensive for consumers. Stop using government to manipulate business. Less govt is the answer, not more.
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We should federally tax Tokens at the Provider level.
Not a lot. Less than 50c per million tokens.
It will accomplish 4 things (at least )
1. It will push the big AI players to optimize tokenization, caching , routing and localization
Which will
2. Reduce energy usage. Saving them in energy costs more than what they paid in tax and reducing strain created by the growth in energy consumption
Which will
3. Generate maybe 10 billion dollars a year to start, but over the next ten years could grow 30x to 100x
Which will
4. Create a source of funding to pay down the federal debt or deploy, in response to the things AI brings that we don’t expect or don’t like
At some point the models will pass it on to customers. Of course. That’s ok. Customers will have the ability to choose between providers. Or to do everything using open source models locally.
Thoughts ?
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@ruffriden @itschappy How about economic development that everyone benefits from. Putting the brakes on the future is foolish.
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@itschappy I would love the confidence to proudly proclaim such a bad opinion like this. The data center has no upside: more air pollution, more water usage and pollution, noise, vibrations, few jobs, huge tax breaks, and it’s used for government surveillance.
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Rich Lighten retweetledi
Full depravity of Hamas during October 7 revealed for the first time: New report details how terrorists performed almost unimaginable horrors upon Israeli families trib.al/olj7tnv
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@CJRealHoops2 I get why people don’t love the optics, but calling it “weak” feels off.
This is way more about leverage than fear.
Provo + Delta Center is simply the bigger business move.
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As a BYU fan, I have to be honest:
It does not sit well with me that BYU hoops couldn’t schedule a game in Logan.
BYU is doing to Utah State what Notre Dame football did to BYU for years
I’m sure in both cases, administrators and fans could/would offer up 1000 reasons to deflect blame as to why they can’t get a game scheduled…
But I don’t give a damn. It’s weak. Terrible optics.
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@G33B @TanMart03 Why are they obligated to do anything for anyone. They, like anyone, can do what they please. You get to chose as a consumer what to buy. Free exchange.
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@TanMart03 The icing on the cake it’s totally legal for airlines to lifetime ban you for skiplagging too. Criminal enterprise for sure
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SLC flights to Maui are like $700. Which isn’t actually too terrible. LAX to Maui with a layover in SLC and the SAME FLIGHT TO MAUI is like $475.
Ed Bastian deserves prison time.
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@mavilla1979 @the83G @angertab @grok Agreed. Started with Trump, exploded under Biden. Inflation today isn't bad.
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@RichLighten @the83G @angertab @grok Trump was president for almost a year after COVID started. Inflation started almost immediately don't come with this bullshit. Both parties are to blame.
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I'm sick of hearing people complain about the oil prices as if these are record numbers.
@Grok, what was the highest price per gallon in the USA under Obama (and year), then adjust that price for inflation to USD today.
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@angertab @grok Oh so since this gives you a chance to take a shot at Obama, the numbers right now are justified? Tell your boy in office to lower the fucking gas prices cause this ain’t 2011 it’s 2026 and I’m paying $4.50 a gallon for milk and not $2 like I was in 2011. Fuck I hate you assholes
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@RockChartrand @MattWalshBlog How is that a socialist argument? He's literally telling the business owner to respond to market conditions and pay the wages needed to hire.
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Matt is making a socialist argument.
The right usually understands wages are set by supply, demand, and productivity.
Then it becomes “just pay more,” the same AOC and Bernie Sanders logic behind minimum wage laws they normally oppose.
You don’t get to reject price controls in one context and smuggle them back in through nationalism in another.
Applied consistently, you either accept market wages across the board or you openly support wage controls.
And it doesn’t stop at wages.
If labor costs are forced up, prices follow.
He has no sympathy for farmers, but will he have sympathy for everyone paying more… or will that suddenly become “greed” and “price gouging” so he can hold onto his economic illiteracy?
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Pay a decent wage and maybe Americans will come work for you.
“I want to pay slave wages to third worlders but the government won’t let me!”
Too bad. We have no sympathy for you.
Rain Drops Media@Raindropsmedia1
Farmers struggle to find workers as immigration enforcement tightens 👀
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@Harlan 1 - you support a pedophile - is that the Anerica yiu long for?
2 - Augusta National is still the most racist misogynistic old boys network on the planet.
Hard pass
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I had the privilege of attending the Masters this weekend, and I left feeling grateful for the experience, nostalgic, sad, and angry.
What struck me first was how civilized it felt. Everything was clean, orderly, efficient, and polite. No piss stained floors. No litter. No phones. No doomscrolling. People were respectful and present. You had to actually enjoy the moment, talk to your friends, and make a plan if you wanted to find each other again in a crowd of 40,000 people.
That was what made me nostalgic. It reminded me of my childhood… of an America that was clean, orderly, affordable, and built for ordinary families.
And that is also what made me sad, and then angry. Because today, that kind of environment feels less like normal American life and more like a luxury experience cordoned off for the rich. What used to be common in this country (safety, order, civility, affordability, etc) now feels exclusive.
x.com/WallStreetApes…
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@TheCaptainEli Which direction is that market share going? Gonna be able to keep +50%?
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Tesla alone sold 117,300 EVs in the US — more than ALL other EV makers combined (99,099).
GM + Hyundai + Toyota + Rivian + Ford + Lucid + BMW + VW + everyone else… still couldn’t beat Tesla’s single-quarter numbers.
Tesla outsold the entire rest of the industry by over 18,000 vehicles.
Sawyer Merritt@SawyerMerritt
EVs ranked by total unit sold in the U.S. in Q1 2026. 1) Tesla Model Y: 78,591 2) Tesla Model 3: 31,672 3) Toyota bZ: 10,029 4) Hyundai Ioniq 5: 9,790 5) Chevrolet Equinox EV: 9,589 6) Rivian R1S: 5,494 7) Ford Mustang Mach-E: 4,600 8) Lexus RZ: 4,456 9) Tesla Cybertruck: 3,519 10) Cadillac Lyriq: 3,370 11) Honda Prologue: 3,319 12) Rivian EDV: 3,213 13) Subaru Solterra: 3,041 14) Cadillac Optiq: 2,847 15) Kia EV9: 2,740 16) Tesla Model X: 2,346 17) BMW i4: 2,184 18) Kia EV6: 2,023 19) Hyundai Ioniq 9: 1,990 20) Cadillac Vistiq: 1,902 21) BMW iX: 1,788 22) Rivian R1T: 1,658 23) GMC Hummer EV: 1,653 24) Lucid Gravity: 1,631 25) Cadillac Escalade IQ: 1,432 26) Chevrolet Silverado EV: 1,406 27) Volvo EX30: 1,373 28) GMC Sierra EV: 1,288 29) Tesla Model S: 1,172 30) Chevrolet Blazer EV: 1,077 31) Lucid Air: 920 32) olkswagen ID. Buzz: 839 33) Hyundai Ioniq 6: 829 34) Porsche Macan Electric: 822 35) Chevy Bolt EV/EUV: 791 36) Volvo EX90: 702 37) Nissan Leaf: 668 38) BMW i5: 645 39) Chevrolet BrightDrop Zevo: 496 40) Porsche Taycan: 458 41) Mercedes EQE: 397 42) Volkswagen ID.4: 338 43) Audi Q6 e-tron: 318 44) Mercedes G-Class EV: 245 45) Ram ProMaster EV: 223 46) Mercedes EQS: 206 47) Mercedes eSprinter: 202 48) Mini Countryman Electric: 200 49) Ford E-Transit: 200 50) Jeep Wagoneer S: 175 51) Audi A6 e-tron: 135 52) Genesis GV60: 117 53) Audi Q4 e-tron: 96 54) Acura ZDX: 73 55) Fiat 500e: 68 56) Mercedes EQB: 62 57) Nissan Ariya: 56 58) Hyundai Kona Electric: 53 59) Genesis GV70 EV: 47 60) Jeep Recon EV: 18 61) Toyota C-HR EV: 13 62) Audi Q8 e-tron: 2 63) Mini Cooper Electric: 2 (via new Cox Automotive data)
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@OttosDad1993 @bastetkitten @davidharsanyi @zellieimani median is average 😂 ... when this is the crowd capitalists have to argue with
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@bastetkitten @davidharsanyi @zellieimani Median is an average, if the top end of the data is going from 100 million to a 100 billion that is going to bring up the average.
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@Simon_Ingari "Top 1%" used to mean something different.
Now it means your manager doesn't breathe down your neck and you can leave at 5.
The bar didn't rise. It just got rebranded as success.
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In the corporate world, if you have:
- a decent salary,
- a manager who trusts you without micromanaging,
- the flexibility of a hybrid work setup,
- the freedom to take time off when needed,
- opportunities for growth and skill development,
- a supportive and inclusive company culture,
You’re already among the top 1% of professionals enjoying a truly balanced and fulfilling work life.
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One of the most profound behavior changes I've had as an entrepreneur, which was against my nature, was to stop seeking out opportunities when I still had problems I needed to fix within my business.
You have to switch from shiny object syndrome to golden BB obsession.
Fixing a hundred small things is more boring but creates the outsized outcomes the shiny object syndrome promises but never delivers.
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You haven’t heard real music until you have listened to Hans Zimmer in lossless high fidelity audio in a Cybertruck.
It’s unreal.
Possibly the best sound system 99% of people will ever hear.
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