At about minute 32 you can hear @davidlneal.bsky.social talking about Duke Energy and data centers, and how different choices could help us all live long and prosper (sorry could not help myself). www.wfae.org/show/charlot...
Screen shot of agenda excerpt: "BACKGROUND: At its March 5, 2026, Business meeting, the BOCC voted unanimously to direct staff to prepare a presentation addressing the following: "1) The potential impacts of large-scale data center development in Orange County, including electricity demand, water usage, land use compatibility, environmental considerations, and potential impacts on residents’ utility costs, and water quality. "2) Policy options available to the County, including, but not limited to, a temporary moratorium on data center development, revising the Orange County Land Use Plan and UDO, and the legal process required to implement each option. "3) Recommendation(s) for Board action. "The staff provided the presentation at the March 17, 2026, Business meeting. The Board voted unanimously to hold a public hearing at its April 21, 2026, Business meeting to allow for the opportunity to declare a one-year moratorium on large-scale data centers as a land use, inclusive of Artificial Intelligence Data Centers, Cryptocurrency Mining Facilities, Data Centers, Data Processing Facilities, and similar uses. The Board also voted unanimously to direct staff to develop amendments to the County’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to define and regulate both “large-scale” data centers, inclusive of Artificial Intelligence Data Centers, Cryptocurrency Mining Facilities, Data Centers, Data Processing Facilities, and similar uses during this moratorium."
At its April 21 meeting, the Orange County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on a proposed ordinance to impose a 1-year moratorium on large-scale data centers as a land use. The board will meet at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill.
"We don't like having car payments for cars we're driving, and so that's what Duke gets to do. They get to charge you for the car before you get to drive it, and that's penny-wise and pound-foolish when they're making $5 billion in profits." #ncpol
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Quality bike lanes can magically create new cyclists out of thin air.
"The installation of protected and buffered bicycle lanes was consistently and significantly associated with increased bicycle commuting."
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The first annual Hillsborough Jazz Festival begins at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Moorefields in Hillsborough.
Check out this story from the Orange County Arts Commission on what to expect:
more seriously congrats to the hungarian people for kicking that asshole out
This was a sweet read. Long live the mom and pop retailers of the land.
What I've learned is that you don’t move on from grief, you go on and carry it with you.
You will be happy and still carry the grief of his passing.
You will be sad and carry the grief.
The thing about grief is that it makes room for every other emotion to exist beside it.
Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.
1. I think the HRB may have an actual wizard working the sound. It always sounds incredible in there without making me regret the follies of my youth.
2. Magical show last night. If you can snag a ticket for tonight back in Sax, don’t miss it.
The limitations on violence established after World War II were not brought by pacifists or peaceniks but by literal old soldiers. They knew. They had seen.
Earth from space taken by Artemis II
Wake up nerds, gorgeous new image of Earth, our home, from Artemis II 🥹
📸: NASA/Reid Wiseman
Someone once gave me the advice to roll my arches with tennis balls as much as I could in the few hours before wearing tall heels and I swear it helped a ton.
hegseth pledged "no quarter." earlier this year a US sub sank a boat of iranians coming back from a fleet regatta. those we didn't kill we abandoned to drown. this week the iranians shot down and captured US pilots who were bombing them and it's being called a "hostage taking."
NDD less VA medical, 1986-present. roughly flat-ish until 2020 around 3%, and then down down down down to 2% last year. And then Trump is proposing taking it down to 1.7%.
Here is my thread on Trump's budget request, which I'll update throughout the day.
He calls to cut domestic discretionary funding to the lowest level in the modern era.
Trump's budget reimagines Americans' relationship with our govt, and proposes a country that does less to help people get by.
NASA posted this like 25 minutes ago and it's partially why I have so much energy today 🥰😭 www.instagram.com/p/DWq-l0gDegd/
Oh my god. Lol I saw it here and ran to turn on the tv. My long national nightmare is over!
Millions of ordinary people coming out for No Kings yesterday is why Dook lost I am sure of it. Evil cannot stand in the face of such goodness.
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If a secdef violating the 14th amendment rights of US servicemembers by denying promotions based on race isn’t impeachable then I don’t see what is. The man would rather the military be racist than effective.
i said last year that these people were segregationists and that “merit” just meant “white and male” to these people
A potato on the ground in a gravel area.
Found walking on Sunday.
Kids’ elementary school once had “dress like your favorite book character day” ON HALLOWEEN. Closest I’ve ever come to suing the district.
Chaka Khan what the hell (complimentary)
Incredibly bummed to have a prior commitment. I know this is going to be great and everyone else should go!
The Trump Administration is spending nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money to pay off a company to stop investments in the clean energy we need. This is a terrible deal for the people of North Carolina and our country.
What the cost of the Iran war could cover if used differently Select services and how many more people they could support with funding equivalent to what is being spent on Iran war Table with 6 columns and 6 rows. People covered by Medicaid for a year Children receiving free school lunch for a school year People housed in Section 8 for a year Children covered for year of child care Adults with free tuition at community college for a two-year associate degree $25 billion Estimated likely cost of war as of March 26, 2026 3,106,000 29,614,000 3,147,000 1,780,000 2,865,000 $200 billion Reported likely request for additional war funding 24,850,000 Every child in the United States, with >$170B left over Every eligible person, with >$60B left over 14,237,000 22,917,000 One 30,000-pound bomb 625 5,925 625 350 575 One Tomahawk missile 275 2,600 275 150 250 One THAAD missile 1,575 15,050 1,600 900 1,450 One Patriot interceptor 500 4,850 525 300 475
New from me: by the end of the week, the war in Iran will likely have cost $25 billion, with Trump poised to ask for $200 billion more
Below is a writeup, but the meat of it is this table, which shows what an equal amount of funding could cover domestically
www.americanprogress.org/article/by-t...
In 2014, NYC lowered the citywide default speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph. In the year that followed:
- Traffic fatalities fell by more than 22%
- Pedestrian fatalities fell by more than 25%
Yes, adding physical traffic calming is imperative but just lowering the limit can have a halo effect.
Las carreteras de NC se llenan de mensajes críticos: Vallas publicitarias cuestionan el aumento del presupuesto de ICE y exigen priorizar a las comunidades sobre las deportaciones.
Conoce los detalles de esta campaña aquí:
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From little Wallace who broke our hearts to Smoke and Stack. I feel like we watched him grow up 🥹
