BigRuckus8

@bigruckus8.bsky.social

Retired Heathen

Perhaps the biggest example of how the United States government is a failed democracy is shown right now by how the people are very, vocally, opposed to data centers while our elected representatives are doing everything in their power to propagate them against our wills

The USDA is projecting the wheat harvest to be cut by almost half in the US. The state of Kansas is the largest producer of wheat and it is projected to harvest 44% less than from 2025. The American Farm Bureau sees a continued increase of Chapter 12 bankruptcies from 2025 as well.

🧵This is disturbing. Amazon and Meta are planning to build giant data centers powered by off the meter natural gas power plants in TX(Amazon), LA(Meta), and PA(Amazon), with 7.65 GW, 7.5 GW, and 4.6 GW respectively. Below is a satellite image of Amazon's location in TX. While gas burns cleaner..

Satellite image of location for giant Amazon data center in TX

At a time when we desperately needed environmental stewardship to survive, trump was elected President and he is single handedly burning up the planet and poisoning our air and water. 🔥 🥵

A federal judge just confirmed what anyone with half a brain already knew. Trump’s ten-billion-dollar lawsuit against the IRS was never a legal filing. It was cheap, poorly acted theater, and American taxpayers were forced to buy front-row tickets to the circus.

I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you

They Put a Tracker on Every Road By Tony Pentimalli Flock cameras were sold as a way to find stolen cars. They are becoming a searchable national map of where Americans go. JC and Carolyn Herron were taking their three year old granddaughter to a doctor’s appointment when police

I cannot believe a few guys making bets on a prediction market are driving some news coverage at CNN and CNBC. It’s clearly info slop, not news. This piece by @atrupar.com & @juddlegum.bsky.social reveals how truly bad it is & how viewers are being misled. Yikes. open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

How Kalshi infects the news

CNN and CNBC are pushing Kalshi on viewers but not telling them the whole story.

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NEW evidence shows executives from 3 egg companies plotted to raise your prices. Price fixing is ILLEGAL. But Trump’s Justice Department is giving them a mere slap on the wrist. How small? The largest egg company only has to cough up 0.001% of its profit last year. Shameful.