35 gas turbines, no permits: Elon Musk’s dirty xAI secret In Memphis, AI’s environmental impact is invisible, until you turn on the camera

“Breathe easy,” the mailer promised. But as we approached Elon Musk’s new xAI data center in Memphis, we were hit with noxious odors, and gas turbines roared like jet engines.

Couldn't find a reference and spent 10 minutes going "oh dear god. Has all this work been made up by AI?" It hadn't. It's fine. But not delighted with living in a world where suddenly something might not be real.

You would never know that it had worked...

THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026

* CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt
* Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2
* Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse
* Age of Electricity "confirmed"
* "Extraordinary" solar growth
* Batteries up 40%
* EVs up 20%
1/10

Please. I would eat the cheese like an apple.

Opinion: Carbon tax may be the tax we love to hate, but it's the one we can't afford to scrap Carbon tax may be unpopular, but we need it to avoid a far more expensive future, and the government was wrong to cave in after protests, writes John Gibbons.

“The Irish government balked at introducing any such moderate, sensible energy-saving measures, presumably fearful of backlash from a public conditioned to believe that any sacrifice, no matter how small, is intolerable”.

My take is in @thejournal.ie today.

www.thejournal.ie/readme/carbo...

Jesus Christ!

#C4News last night reported on the wholesale targeting of ambulances & paramedics in Lebanon by Israel, including the recent 'triple hit', when Israel attacked an ambulance, then attacked paramedics who went to help, and then attacked further paramedics also trying to help.

This will devastate Ireland FYI and you never hear anyone in the Irish government talking about it #Spéirgorm

I have rapid chargers near me. It would be preferable if they were the slow/cheap type 😀 Anyway, this last week has changed my thinking on it. Being reliant on fossil fuels leaves you at the mercy of lunatics.

Well they've shown they can get what they want by screwing over their fellow citizens, so why not? It will never be enough. Slow hand clap to Micheal Martin and Co.

Gah! People keep telling me the army has been deployed. It's disinformation whack a mole!
#fuelprotests #speirgorm

Meanwhile, a very different protest is happening:

If you think the protestors in tractors are disruptive, wait until the roads are frozen over because the AMOC collapsed #spéirgorm

Don't boomers say "Yes our houses were cheaper, but we lived under the threat of nuclear war"?
Well? Where's our cheap houses?

"Our country... our brave men and women..." wow. They only give a shit how this affects Americans.

Someone needs to go into the white house with chloroform and a rag and just shut the whole thing down

Just checked google maps traffic. Green as far as the eye can see. These jokers should plan one of these every day 😂

Dying to know how routes into Dublin being at a standstill will be distinguishable as a protest as opposed to any other Tuesday

read it!!

There were a lot of the older generation at easter lunch today and just... why won't these people just go to physiotherapy??!

Much less a "former" consultant. What's even going on here?

Getting tired of answers to NYT puzzles being American junk food brand names. Sorry I don't know the name of every sugar-laced breakfast cereal 🙄

Rose was the one with the outfits. Daisy was Onslow's wife.

4 sisters. You've forgotten Violet. She's the one with the Mercedes, swimming pool, and room for a pony.

Look what you did!

there was a young man
from cork who got limericks
and haikus confused

Oh boy oh boy oh boy!

Exactly 😠

Hate that when the sun comes out the air is filled with the sound of power tools, power washers, motorbikes... The motorcyclists love nothing more than spoiling a scenic spot with a loud exhaust.