Data centers have contaminated ground water in Oregon.
They've released smog into the air in Memphis.
And they've contributed to electricity bill spikes — all while receiving millions of dollars in tax breaks.
Is it any wonder why a nationwide backlash against AI data centers is brewing?
California and Virginia actually let their voters have a say in redistricting! Did Texas let their voters have a say? Nope!
Evening hiking near Tucson. 6”x6” Oil on cradled wood panel
There’s a moment when studying American history when you realize that with less than a handful of exceptions the Presidency has been filled with criminals, grifters, moral deviants, and
mediocrities, and the fairly recent development of treating the office like a king is a nation-shattering tragedy.
"Stories show what it looks like when someone is denied care, a founder relocates a company, or a family leaves a state they love. Data shows these aren't isolated incidents, but part of a broader pattern affecting workforce stability and economic competitiveness."
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ohhh you miss when zombies were just gross dead guys with no deeper significance? should we tell everybody? should we have a party? should we invite the entire history of fucking Haiti???
Are the women back there somewhere? Yes, I think I see them.
Alabama actually keeps closing the DMVs in rural Black counties specifically because we need ID to vote in Alabama.
Like they got in trouble for doing it too fast after Shelby v Holder so they rolled it back and are now just slowly doing it.
It's not at all subtle. 😑
Another photo of yesterday’s sunrise 💛
Happy Earth Day! 🌎🌿🌼🦋💚
It is objectively bad for democracy that both blue and red states are doing extreme gerrymanders.
But the only feasible solution — a national ban on partisan gerrymandering — has only been endorsed by one party. And it's not the one complaining about Virginia right now.
Storm at sea 🌊
#sea
The people banning books are never the same people who actually read books.
Kevin Warsh just lost me. He argues he's going to be an independent Fed Chair, but refuses to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. If you can't state simple facts when you're in the political spotlight, you aren't independent. You're a coward.
A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job.
One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution.
Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?
View from my office window tonight over West Field, Co. Galway, Ireland. Clouds lit orange and red behind silhouetted trees on the horizon.
View from my office window looking over West Field, Co. Galway, Ireland. #Sunset #Horses #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #CloudScape #IrishSunset #SkyScape #Photography
Paying for parking at the hospital is criminal.
A photograph of a sunset overlooking the beach.
A million have been taken like this, but this one is mine.
#photography #photographersofbluesky #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #art #sunrise #beach
A tiger lying in grass with its tongue sticking out of its mouth and curling up at the end. There is a chain link fence behind the tiger, and trees behind the fence.
A tiger curling up the end of its tongue at the Pt. Defiance Zoo in January of this year, Tacoma, Washington
#TongueOutTuesday #TigersOnTuesday #Tigers @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social #Animals #BigCats #Meow #Photography #PNW
Media needs to stop with "critics say" and just quote the actual language of the bill.
HB 249 creates a new category of "seminudity" which can be used to arrest women who aren't nude, but are wearing clothing — leggings, t-shirts without bras — that religious groups feel is too provocative.
Sun pillar. Lough Neagh.
#Tonight's #Sky just #Before #Sunset
#samsung #photography #phonephotography #eastcoastkin #nature #skyscape #clouds #cloudscape #silhouette
Happy Tuesday! We had a wonderfully calm and peaceful sunrise with a nice simple shimmer to the shore this morning. It would be dandy if the rest of the day follows suit. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
This morning’s pretty sky 🌞🩷
X is a critical component of the regime’s communications and information control system.
Pro-democracy forces should boycott X because it’s not a neutral platform—it’s main purpose is spreading regime propaganda and discrediting pro-democracy actors.
A golden retriever has both paws up at a bank teller’s window.
“Are you the branch manager?”
“Yes I am, how can I help you?”
“I would like two branches, please.”
“How would you like that?”
“Two big sticks, four little sticks.”
Running around having to opt out of services I used to use because of this nonsense is one of many reasons I'm exhausted and angry with the tech companies.
a lot of the quote posts of this are in the "don't get your hopes up/don't be delusional" genre which, I think, miss the point.
the GOP is gonna be losing a lot more sleep at night if it's starting to look like they might have to fight to keep Mississippi.
we don't have to win there to fuck 'em up
pretty much spent the last decade writing books about this lol
Crazy sunset 🌅
Good morning Bluesky.
Say hello to our resident Orca, in front of the Seattle waterfront during a gorgeous PNW sunset. He was traveling with his family and T034s, T037/T037Bs. Those little ones in the pods are always the most playful ones. We love our whales. This photo should be a poster!