To the editor: Data center amendment is needed I disagree with The Blade’s editorial that we should not vote for a constitutional amendment prohibiting data centers greater than 25 megawatts. A 25 MW ...

Wealthy rule on Toledo solar field @toledoblade.bsky.social www.toledoblade.com/opinion/lett...

a mcdonald 's clown is holding a camera in his hand ALT: a mcdonald 's clown is holding a camera in his hand

Mayor McCheese would get it done

...sometimes ROI is more than just dollars. Sometimes ROI looks like increased surrounding property values with river views, wildlife habitat, and maybe even a few more trees. adamhansen.net/let-them-eat...

One of my closest friends from high school would have been 55 today. Willie died 8 years ago succumbing to pancreatic cancer.

Ground News - Israel Continues Strikes in Lebanon Despite US‑Iran Truce Hours after the announcement of a conditional two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire, Israeli forces carried out strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. Lebanese authorities reported that at least 12 people w...

The offensive has killed over 1,200–1,500 people and displaced roughly 20% of Lebanon’s population ground.news/daily-briefi...

Banning Nondisclosure Agreements Brings Tradeoffs for Women at Startups A study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Song Ma finds that laws weakening nondisclosure agreements reduced female hiring at venture-backed startups—but also helped more women move into management roles.

Study (N=85K) finds venture-backed startups hired 8% fewer women per year after NDA-weakening laws took effect. The decline noticeable among women in junior positions. Startups may believe that they are vulnerable to legal disputes & so they hire fewer women. insights.som.yale.edu/insights/ban...

BREAKING: New Mexico jury finds Facebook, Instagram, & Whatsapp harm childrens’ mental health—orders Meta to pay a $375M penalty.
•$375M is .023% of Meta’s $1.6T net worth
•That’s like the median American being fined $14.37
•And in 2025 Meta paid only 3.5% tax on a record $79B US income

Disgusting.

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

Make no mistake: the AI boom, and data center construction it requires, is nothing more than a massive giveaway to Big Tech oligarchs at the expense of our environment and our states’ public resources.

Our leaders should put communities before Big Tech's bottom lines.

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.

It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

The fact that we still use most of those tool icons... Pretty amazing. F

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
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I really want people to think about this. After all the insane lawsuits, all the threats, all the bullshit weve seen from this admin and the targets who kneeled in fear, an average Joe called the president a Pedophile protector to his face and didn't get touched. That's the Power of a union.

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

Resist and Unsubscribe | No Mercy / No Malice Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor, was arrested today. Targeting journalists is not about enforcing the law, but shaping reality. History reflects a brutal truth: When you begin arresting journalists, ...

The best tool we have to push CEOs to take on the president and prevent further erosion of the American brand is in our pockets — an economic strike that builds on calls for Apple boycotts that are already starting to emerge.

Former cable news anchor Don Lemon was arrested Tursday night, his attorney and multiple sources with direct knowledge told CBS News on Friday. A source familiar with the matter said a grand jury was empaneled on Tursday. FBI and HSI were involved in the arrest, sources say. It was not immediately clear what charges he would be facing. Abbe Lowell, Lemon's lawyer, confirmed he was taken into custody by federal agents Thursday night in Los Angeles, where he was covering this

From @cbsnews.com: Journalist Don Lemon was arrested Tursday night.

Yes, Tursday. CBS, news you can trust.

I'm looking for animal studies to cover again! Hit me up!

ICE is a terrorist organization given the State Department’s definition.

"terrorism" is defined to be an activity that (1) involves a violent act or an act dangerous to human life, property, or infrastructure; and (2) appears to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

Body fat supports your health in surprisingly complex ways Evidence is mounting that our body fat supports everything from our bone health to our mood, and now, research suggests it also regulates blood pressure and immunity

Evidence is mounting that our body fat supports everything from our bone health to our mood, and now, research suggests it also regulates blood pressure and immunity

#GlopOrNot

How much more in your face can it be?

"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.

I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

@kirstybelle.bsky.social Thanks for sharing this. Suddenly I'm thinking about booking a flight. :)

Phone Searches at the Border Are Up: How to Protect Your Privacy

Traveling? Be aware that US Customs might demand to see what’s on your phone upon entry. Here’s some advice on how to handle the problem. GIFT ARTICLE

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Screenshot of a post by Alex Luck criticizing others while showing an auction listing for a painting. The image displays a beach scene artwork featuring palm trees, a pinkish car, ocean waves, and a bright blue sky. Below the artwork is text identifying the artist as Hiroshi Nagai and describing the piece. Beneath that, a quoted post from the Department of Homeland Security repeats the phrase, “The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world.”

A Japanese artist made the print DHS lifted to spread anti-immigrant hate. Can't make this up.

The algorithms are watching “Facebook does work for a beauty product company tracking when thirteen-to-seventeen-year-old girls delete selfies, so it can serve a beauty ad to them at that moment.” (Sarah Wynn-Will…

Disgusting.
"Facebook does work for a beauty product company tracking when thirteen-to-seventeen-year-old girls delete selfies, so it can serve a beauty ad to them at that moment." (Sarah Wynn-Williams, Careless People)
adamhansen.net/the-algorith...

Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...

Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying www.france24.com/en/americas/... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social