Josh D THW

#nhlbruins #THW My latest on the Hagens drama in our midst. thehockeywriters.com/bruins-benchin…

@ArthusRussell @IBEWLocal520 I've been a Teamster, and worked a short period of time in the IBEW. Unfortunately, they havent been worth a fuck fighting against this stuff. There's one IBEW guy on facebook touting the "benefits" of Data Centers. "That Union Guy" or some shit.

@IBEWLocal520 Former teamster here, didn't think I would see the day when the IBEW social media bro would come out against local democracy and community action. Shame.

If you organize to shut down a data center project in your community only for that data center to be built in another less organized community, then you’re not actually fighting for the people. That’s just being a NIMBY.

@10001plateaus @IBEWLocal520 Someone has on the take at higher levels..

@IBEWLocal520 A union of all organizations should not fall for this argument. What are we going here

@IBEWLocal520 @iaacm This is the same union that acquiesced to local non-union businesses by watering down its apprenticeship programs by adding the CE and CW programs.

@iaacm That’s not even close to the truth.

@IBEWLocal520 Yellow

Data centers can be built responsibly, but we have to make that demand. Fight for the benefit of your community, not to make this some someone else’s problem.

@ProtoIk @Davekulture Ungoogled chromium ie?

@Davekulture Ungoogled chromium

Google Chrome is quietly downloading a roughly 4 GB AI model to many users’ computers without clear upfront consent. The file, called weights.bin, is part of Google’s Gemini Nano on-device language model and lands in the browser’s user data folder under OptGuideOnDeviceModel. It powers built-in AI tools such as “Help me write,” smarter tab suggestions, on-device scam detection, and page summarization. The download triggers automatically for devices meeting minimum hardware requirements, and Chrome often replaces the files if deleted. While the model processes data locally, installation happens in the background with minimal notification. The scale is noteworthy. Hundreds of millions or billions of installations add up to thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions globally from data transfer, even though each is a one-time event. To prevent or remove it, go to chrome://flags, disable the entries for the optimization guide on-device model and Prompt API, restart the browser, and manually delete the folder.

Art by @jbdesign512

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device. > No consent dialog. No opt-out UI. Re-installs itself if the user removes it manually. That is the true definition of malware.

@spinturf @nixcraft What's a better derivative other than Brave?

@nixcraft people use Chrome & not a derivative?!?

folks when was the last time you visited a movie theater (what film)

@Beargirl_1 By design

The surge in anti-intellectualism is genuinely alarming

@GraigMurphy @conroyherald puckpedia.com/news/elcs-atos…

@conroyherald I honestly think you have a learning disability

You were mad at the Bruins for not immediately signing him to his ELC but now you’re saying he should be playing for Providence? Signing his ELC would make him ineligible for Providence. Get with the program, Graig.

@ohiogop @RobertCSprague Party of HB6

We're with Robert Sprague for Ohio Secretary of State 🇺🇸 ohiogop.org/fightbackohio

@hornsbykid @DispatchAlerts That article was written by an AI hack who runs an AI company.

@DispatchAlerts But in your last article you literally just said we should be building more data centers?? So are you saying we should just go without water, for all the "opportunity" these albatrosses bring? Hard to keep straight, when you talk out of both sides of your mouth?

Columbus-area water district implementing mandatory water restrictions dispatch.com/story/news/loc…

Raise your hand if you ever played Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic on Xbox. It's how I legit became a fan, not the movies (at first) tbh.

@SJTimes13 Saw it opening weekend, and it wasn't half as bad as people made it out to be.

Solo was underrated

@Lowetide Looks like I'm going to need a highlighter and some precise bookmarking.

@tpbhsn By rookies, I mean the junior numbers and what they tell us.

On the reading list.

FWIW: ‘parsec’ is a measure of distance, not time, but that doesn’t make the Millennium Falcon’s Kessel Run any less impressive.

@CultureCrave @nielsen Andor and The Clone Wars here...

Most-streamed Star Wars projects by generation 📺 • Gen Alpha (ages 2–13): 'The Mandalorian' • Gen Z (ages 14–29): 'The Clone Wars' • Millennials (ages 30–45): 'Andor' • Gen X (ages 46–61): 'Andor' • Baby Boomers (ages 62–80): 'The Mandalorian' (via @nielsen)

@Lowetide I was hyped when I found it here in my local HPB. Any chapters stick out to you in particular?

@tpbhsn Great book