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Guillaume Laurent

@glaurent.net

Husband and father, software engineer in the Apple ecosystem (so iOS, macOS apps), photographer. Atheist and pro-science in general.

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Guillaume Laurent@glaurent.net · 3w ago

I recently learned that Dr. James Dobson, founder of "Focus on the family", was mentored by eugenicist Paul Popenoe, and that reminds me of how all fascists want to "drive weakness out of children" by beating them.

Guillaume Laurent@glaurent.net · last mo.

To fit with MAGA culture, we should reframe antivaxxers as Ephialtes, the handicapped man in the movie "300", who can't raise his shield high enough to be part of the spartan phalanx, and ends up betraying them.

Guillaume Laurent@glaurent.net · 2mo ago

After 3 heat waves and a fire in a forest near Paris, there seem to be some beginning of a new awareness in France about Climate Change. I wonder if the same thing is happening in other European countries.

Guillaume Laurent@glaurent.net · 2mo ago

Given that every US news outlet probably has Mitch McConell's obituary publication ready right now, I'd have liked to see the surprised look on their face when the news of Lindsey Graham's surprise death arrived instead.

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Mark this moment. This is where the endgame begins—though it might take two years to play out. A President of the United States is openly linking the *Pentagon* and rigging elections for his party. He is framing an authoritarian takeover as something the *U.S. military* wants.

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Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 4mo ago

An $18bn data center project in sulphuric springs Texas that broke ground in June 2025 is being sued by the construction firm that has been left unpaid. Project is halted due to the developers not getting funding. Our first horseman has arrived msbglobalservices.com/matrix-data-...

Roger C @rdd147 X.com $18.7 Billion Data Center in Sulphuric Springs Texas by MSB has reportedly been halted after the developers failed to get funding and left construction companies, engineers, and surveyors on the hook for >$2 million in early site work according to liens filed against the property and shared by local sources. The site was to host GB300 $NVDA cards. Pursant to a writen contract by and berween Claimant and MSB Global Services, LLC. Claimane provided individuals as the Omner. MSB nd is due and owing to Claimant. Claimant claims a lien on said property and the improvements located on said property to secure the payment of the above amouet. BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Gabriel Moreno, the undersigned Amlant who swore os his oach that the following facts are true: My name is Gabriel Moreno, I am the President of Moreno Construction Services (Clalmant" Thi Mdavit is made on behalf of Moreno Construction Services to perfect the Mechanics Lien against the real property described below. I on oath swear thae the following stasements are true and are 1. Moreno Construction Services has an unpaid clalm in the amount of 51,077,610.60 for Labor and Caster Developenest (ia Maerix Daca Center) Plase 1 (8 Bulding) Sulppur Springs Teas cosstruction project. he clalmed amount of $1.077.610.60 ls within my personal knowledge, just and true ae and unpaid, and all yust and nount is for Labor and Materials furnished and described below, on which a systematie record had COnS BO 2. The name and last known address of the ewser or reputed owner of the real property and etsvowte tis cians is maor n c/o Reeistered Azere MSB Global Services, LLC UesShoe Ae Lin Contoe 1077 Collier Canyoe Rd., Livermore, California 94351-9201. 1 am over eighaten years of age, and 1 am competene and aschorized to make this affidavit. *Pursuset to a wrimen contract by and between Claimant and MSB Global Services, LLC, painst the real property described bel…YEAR INST # 2026 1527 PAGE 1 OF B NOTICE: THIS IS NOT A LIEN. THIS IS ONLY AN APRIDAVIT CLAIMING A LIEN. APPIDAVIT FOR MECHANICS LIBN STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HOPKINS cos cos cos BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Gabriel Moreno, the undersigned Affiant, who swore on his oath that the following facts are true: 1. Moreno Construction Services has an unpaid claim in the amount of $1,077,610.60 for Labor and Materials furnished on the construction of improvements generally known as the 392-Acre Data Center Development (aka Matrix Data Center) Phase 1(8 Buildings) Sulphur Springs, Texas construction project. The claimed amount of $1,077,610.60 is, within my personal knowledge, just and true, the same is due and unpaid, and all just and lawful offsets, payments and credits have been allowed. The claim amount is for Labor and Materials furnished and described below, on which a systematic record has been kept. 2. The name and last known address of the owner or reputed owner of the real property and Improvements upon which this claim is made is: SSDC1 LLC, a subsidiary of MSB Global Services (*Owner ) c/o Registered Agent MSB Global Services, LLC 10213 Shore Acres Lane Conroe TX 77384 3. The claim amount of $1,077,610.60 represents the unpaid contract price due Moreno Claimants on or and lateras firersed, ls th are desaile yalel of the unpaid portion of 4. Claimant's Labor and Materials furnished for construction of improvements on the real property
Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 6mo ago

There are three Horsemen of the AIpocalypse: First, a data center debt deal collapses - it fails to come together and the project is canceled. Second, a data center in construction falls apart, running out of money before it’s complete. Third, a data center fully built runs out of money and dies.

Guillaume Laurent@glaurent.net · 5mo ago

The Twitter equivalent of the Instagram wellness influencers making views with posts filled with fake information are tech bros with a similar business model, threads of pseudo-intellectual drivel. Brivael is a prime example of that trend.

Guillaume Laurent@glaurent.net · 5mo ago

Question : suppose that, in the future, another, saner US administration tries to renegotiate a treaty with Iran about either nukes or the Hormuz strait or both. What kind of credibility would they really have ?

Guillaume Laurent@glaurent.net · 8mo ago

So what's going to happen first : - Trump dying of his fronto-temporal dementia - AI bubble popping - US economy collapsing due to dumping of US bonds and loss of trust - Civil war in the US because of ICE ?

Guillaume Laurent@glaurent.net · 8mo ago

A summary of the rumors/trends I see in my social media bubble : - Trump has a few (3-5) months left before his dementia either kills him or forces invocation of the 25th - a huge economical crisis is coming due to loss of confidence in US economy, EU funds are dumping US bonds.

Guillaume Laurent@glaurent.net · 8mo ago

This shower tap is a good example of appearance over practicality. Looks good, but very poor user experience. It's not intuitive, and when you understand how it works it's unusable if your hands are soapy or even simply wet. Really stupid design.

Photo of a shower tap in a hotel. It consists of two metallic cylinders with a smooth and shiny surface.
Guillaume Laurent@glaurent.net · 8mo ago

Given the recent posts on Threads, it seems the people who were railing against the Black Livrs Matter movement were not so racists after all. They are perfectly happy to justify the murder of a white person with the same stupid "comply or die" argument that they used for blacks.

Guillaume Laurent@glaurent.net · 8mo ago

Reasons why datacenters in space don't make sense at all : - astronomical (literally) costs - very bad ping times - cosmic rays randomly flipping bits in chips, pb gets worse with chip density - cooling : space is empty, vaccum is a perfect insulator