NEW: I've been shocked by some of the numbers I've been seeing on behind-the-meter power plants for data centers, so I did a little math.
less than a dozen gas plants being built to power data centers for big tech companies could emit a maximum of nearly 130 million tons of CO2e each year (!)
"Slop bot, make Shatner look more like Hasselhoff"
Did JetBlue admit to surveillance pricing?
Even though they denied it, multiple companies have been caught red-handed using the shady practice.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...
wireless carriers are likely to be let off the hook for years of spying on your daily sensitive movement data, then selling it to any nitwit with two nickels to rub together
96 years ago tonight, CBS’s first breaking news broadcast went out from the scene of one of the deadliest fires in US history, in a voice identified only as “Convict X-46812.”
For @columjournreview.bsky.social, I wrote about how this forgotten Black prisoner spurred the creation of CBS News. 🗃️
Trump will make it happen. He'll do anything for his dominus
ICE detained the wife of an active-duty U.S. Army Sgt. First Class after she showed up for an immigration appointment in 📍 El Paso—then still threatened removal despite legal protections.
Her husband (27 years active duty) said it plainly: ICE is out of control.
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):
NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2
Too big to care
like Musk there was no split so there's no need to woo a dim right wing d tier comic who has always liked and supported trump and the fascist project
Russian social media influencers are speaking out against what Putin has done to Russia. They fear this is their last chance before they lose all internet freedom in Russia.
I am in Barcelona today to help unite progressive parties from around the world in a defense of democracy and a war against corruption. A first of its kind event. Necessary to beat back the forces of fascism.
“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”
"I see disinformation—which is an intentionally deceptive speech act—as often a preparatory act to engage in an intentional associated harms or exploitation act.
In other words, I see disinformation as preparing the landscape for corruption."
Cambridge Disinformation Summit
youtu.be/3fye7X6TtVw
The latest episode of the News Over Noise podcast has co-hosts @mattjord.bsky.social and @corybarker.bsky.social in conversation with journalist Tony Norman about the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. newsliteracy.psu.edu/podcasts/hol...
This is good news indeed
BREAKING: A jury has found Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be an illegal monopoly that overcharges fans.
After the federal government settled the case, 34 states kept pursuing the giant ticket and concert company.
Now, the states have won.
Here’s the thing—especially on April 15: cutting the IRS isn't some abstract budget trim. It's a tax cut delivered through weaker enforcement. And it mostly goes to people with the most scope to hide income.
If you paid even a penny in federal income tax last year, you paid more than:
Tesla
Southwest
Disney
Live Nation
HP
United
PayPal
CVS Health
Palantir
Citigroup
PG&E
3M
That's right. They paid $0 in federal income tax.
It's time for big corporations to pay their fair share.
Right Wing Propaganda
Can confirm
Hunter is not completely right, but he's not completely wrong either!
This is a longer essay, but having spent my entire career at WaPo as an opinion editor and then a columnist -- I have quick thoughts! 1/n
oh hey it’s a wacky new cartoon of no particular relevance to anything this morning www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Co-sign this whole thread with the addendum that forced usage of LMS, especially Canvas, will help goose lagging AI diffusion rates for the industry’s next capital raise.
Who needs an emoluments clause when GOP controlled congress refuses to uphold their Constitutional oath.
