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A country which high speed rail takes 18 years to environmentally clear and data centers the size of Manhattan are cleared in a month. Someone help me reconcile this?

I have always thought about this. People who live in apartments, stay in hotels, or any place where there is an hvac system running… I want them to take into consideration that the air being pushed through is not fresh air. It’s only air conditioned or heated recirculated air from the entire complex. This even applies to houses where someone might be isolating in a room.

Virus in the vents: Study traces COVID spread in high-rise apartment A COVID-19 outbreak in a residential building in Spain during the early months of the pandemic likely spread through shared bathroom ventilation ducts cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/virus…

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Do you think that Trump should be allowed to give January 6th rioters a $1.7 billion dollar Compensation fund because they were arrested? This money is coming from you the taxpayer! 1. Yes 2. No

🚨 Georgia Power is forcing a family off their farm with eminent domain for a Data Center “I'm fighting for survival of my cattle farm. I'm here because a massive data center was approved just a couple of miles from my land — and I'm being hounded by Georgia Power for an easement to build transmission lines through my property for the data center” “I'm a local farmer, not an industrial developer. These 500-kV lines aren't for me. They are for the data centers that the boards and surrounding counties continue to approve. I have mail from lawyers stacking up on my kitchen table wanting to take my case because they know my land is being targeted for eminent domain — These easements are permanent. They affect my ability to graze my cattle, they lower my property value, and they destroy the rural character of this county forever. This board makes decisions to approve these massive, massive projects, but it's residents like me, young people trying to build a life here, who pay the price. You're voting to turn our farms into a network of high-voltage wires and noisy industrial buildings. I'm asking you to realize the real-world impacts of your votes. Every time you say yes to a data center, you're saying no to a local farmer. We aren't just numbers on a map. We are the future of the county, and right now you're making that future impossible.“ This data center project affects over 330 private properties. Georgia Power says it will negotiate purchases and easements and use eminent domain Georgia Power claims its to strengthen the grid for the growing energy demand in Georgia (due to many new data centers) The lines are widely linked to Project Sail This isn’t a small operation. Project Sail is a $17 billion hyperscale data center campus by Prologis, Atlas that includes 9 massive buildings totaling up to 4.34 million square feet on 829 acres. It will demand hundreds of megawatts of continuous power equivalent to what a small city uses We cannon allow data centers to take priority over farmers

@outbreakupdates Smart Australia!

Australia has now placed MV Hondius passengers into one of the strictest quarantine responses seen anywhere in the outbreak. Passengers were transferred from a military airbase to the Bullsbrook quarantine facility near Perth for mandatory isolation despite testing negative on arrival.

@AbulurdBoniface @StoriesBySammi I wish your definition of textbook capitalism could be explained to the MAGA. It provides language to what they are feeling about data centers. This idea should be a part of curriculum in high school social studies.

@StoriesBySammi It’s textbook capitalism: socialise the costs and privatise the benefits. Where is the representative in all this? Are they all just bought and paid for?

Your home is being treated like a battery for Big Tech. Across the country, giant AI data centers are moving into communities and consuming enormous amounts of electricity and water. And you’re the one paying for the charge. This isn't some distant “industry trend.” It’s the reason your neighbor’s water pressure just dropped and why your electric bill suddenly looks like a car payment. 💧 Imagine standing at your kitchen sink and watching the water pressure trickle because a windowless giant down the road is sucking up millions of gallons a day just to keep its servers from melting. 🔋 Then there’s the power grab. Every time you turn on a light, you’re competing with an energy vampire that never sleeps. Across the country, utilities are scrambling to upgrade the grid to meet these massive demands — and they are sending the multi-billion dollar bill straight to your mailbox. You are effectively subsidizing the world’s wealthiest companies while your own cost of living reaches a breaking point. It doesn’t stop at the bills. It’s the constant, industrial drone of cooling fans that destroys the peace of your neighborhood 24/7. Forests and wildlife habitats are being replaced by concrete shells. This isn't growth; it's the industrialization of your backyard at your expense. The backlash is real because people are already paying the price. 70% of Americans now oppose having these facilities near their homes - viewing them as a bigger threat to their communities than nuclear power plants. If this showed up 2 miles from your house tomorrow, would the promised ‘economic benefits’ honestly feel worth it? 📍Map: NREL/U.S. Dept. of Energy #DemsUnited

@gmk_julie Wonderful healthy parents.

My in-laws were always first in to see our babies at the hospital, and I welcomed that. My own parents never even came. That’s cuz as soon as I was in labor they were at our house making it spic and span for baby’s homecoming. My dad watched the other kids and did yard work while my mom cleaned and grocery shopped and fixed my husband's favorite foods. She would get my bed all freshly ready with a vase of flowers next to it and clean jammies laid out and a tea tray ready to go. They were there to welcome the baby home and then my mom would stay for a week making sure I wanted for absolutely nothing. Their absence at the hospital was always the best present.

Historically, Andes hantavirus outbreaks in Argentina were concentrated in rural regions of Patagonia, where geography and low populations limited transmission. That is very different from cities, cruise ships and international travel. whn.global/newsletter/the… #AndesHantavirus

Texas just told its own residents they need $174 billion to avoid a water crisis. The same state that is building 400 data centers btw...

Trump did this. Everyone knew that a war with Iran would cause a global price crisis and he did it anyway, because as he told us yesterday, "I don't think about Americans' financial situation". It's not complicated.

CDC RISK LEVEL: VERY LOW CDC says there is very low to no risk to the public at this time. ** **unless you run into the exposed cruise ship passengers who we released into your community, then the risk is very high, but otherwise you’re good though.

@JSweetLI CDC attempt to hoodwink the people.

Reporters keep asking the CDC on this call right now how many people besides the 18 are being monitored for Andes and the CDC official keeps saying they can’t give number of people being monitored because it would hurt people’s privacy (??????)

@BernieSanders @Bernlennials Agree! End Citizens United Every vote should have equal weight.

71% of Americans oppose new AI data centers near them. They're right. So, why has Congress done nothing to address their concerns? Follow the money. Big Tech has spent $300 million on the midterm elections to ensure Congress does nothing to regulate them. End Citizens United.

@BernieSanders Damn Bernie Sanders is SPOT ON. Citizens United basically made it legal for corporations to bribe politicians.

I don't think I have ever been so appalled about public health policy, information, and communication than by what I'm hearing about hanta at the moment. It's like people's brains are just switched off. Like they can't think straight. It's unbelievable.

The US government already has a ballroom just down the street. The Andrew Mellon Auditorium is less than a mile away from the White House is beautiful and accommodates more people than the new ballroom will and is owned by the U.S. Government. via Shelia Earl