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JVL's Triad from May 14th: Dear Panicrats: You’re Going to Win

I was going to post about that at the time, but I got busy and forgot. I was really happy to read that because it confirmed what I had already been thinking. I had already thought that Democrats are overly worried about gerrymandering and they have a big opportunity to make trump and his entire party look bad. JVL explained it well.

Andrew's Morning Shots from today is great. It's nice to see Republicans grow a little bit of a spine, even though it's not nearly enough. I hate the slush fund as much as anyone here, and seeing Republicans actually speak out against it is a good sign.

The hopium feels good... although in this administration, you can always count on things getting worse! So I know this hopeful feeling won't last long. 😅

This is incredible!!! I am so happy right now. I had been trying to follow Kilmar's case for a while, but eventually, I forgot about him. But I had hoped the charges against him would be dismissed. This is amazing news.

The end of an era.

I never use AI for anything. I absolutely can't stand it, and there are several reasons why. The environmental impact is definitely a reason:

>The Stratos artificial intelligence datacenter footprint will cover more than 40,000 acres (62 sq miles) over three sites in Box Elder county in north-western Utah. The facility will require about 9GW of power, which is more than the entire state of Utah currently consumes, and suck up a significant amount of water in an area that has been hit by severe drought in recent years.

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>Stratos is expected to raise the state’s planet-heating pollution by about 50% by consuming a huge amount of energy and water to power and cool itself, according to one impact analysis.

>The network of industrial-scale fans needed to cool the datacenter’s hot pipes will result in so much waste heat that it could raise daytime temperatures in the surrounding Hansel valley by 2F to 5F (1.1C to 2.7C) and night-time temperatures by 8F to 12F (4.4C to 6.6C), according to an analysis by Rob Davies, a physics professor at Utah State University.

Kevin O'Leary is behind this project and he's totally fine with it and thinks everything is going to be okay.

>O’Leary said the extra electricity demand won’t raise residents’ energy bills as new gas-fired generation will power the facility. “We are building power from scratch, from the pipeline,” he said. “We are going to burn it with turbines, clean,” he added, although gas is a fossil fuel that is dangerously overheating the world and isn’t clean.

In case you wanted to start your day with optimism and hope, here's an article to ruin it. You're welcome! 😊

I love all the positive articles I've been seeing lately about Ukraine! (from The Bulwark and other sources) Ukraine is gaining momentum and russia is losing it. I know the Iran War and other topics are in the news right now, but don't forget about Ukraine. 💙💛

Go ahead. Keep raising his profile. 😊

He is one of my faves for 2028 and trump's administration keeps attacking him bc they see him as a threat!

Today he's being accused of revealing classified info... when he was just saying something hegseth had already said in a public hearing. 🙄🙄🙄