My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.

Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes

Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.

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elon musk has more empathy for lines of code than a majority of humanity

onion person@junlper.beer · yesterday

its feels like a mass psychosis where tech leaders continue to insist you can be cruel, mean, and hurt the feelings of lines of code

So excited for this. JSK transformed the streets of the city I grew up in, and I can't wait to ask her how we can level up for generations to come. I hope to see many of you there, this is going to be an epic evening!

The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 7h ago

Less than a month until our big live show at Hunter College on Fri, Nov 6th w/ Janette Sadik-Khan. We'll be celebrating her pioneering street transformations AND looking ahead as Mayor Mamdani now has a chance to make NYC streets truly world class. Tickets: host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration...

It should not take someone to die and a ghost bike to be placed to get safe bike infrastructure.

A separated bike lane and new paint: Boston to make changes to Mission Hill junction where Louisa Gag died

City leaders announced Friday that the intersection of Tremont and Parker Streets will see a “number of street upgrades,” including a bike lane that will be separated from traffic by parked cars. The ...

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NEW: The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement firmly condemning plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan. Archbishop Paul Coakley calls the decision “a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered.” www.usccb.org/news/2026/us...

NPR@npr.org · 2d ago

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be "public. n.pr/4hNSlSu

If more of them talked like that, more of them would.

Richard M. Nixon@dicknixon.bsky.social · yesterday

You don't talk like Ossoff did unless you're going to win by 10-12.

Remember when they put out their side of the story on the shooting of Oscar Belgal that they will lie about anything and everything.

New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 4d ago

A Trump-appointed federal judge ripped federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for giving false sworn testimony and records to justify the violent mistaken-identity arrests of two men in the Bronx, one of whom was a U.S. citizen.

Sam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Over the past year, Anthropic has repeatedly flirted with the idea that its AI models could be conscious in some way. In February, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said on a podcast, “We don’t know if the models are conscious.”

Disappearing the victim of your crime

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

MARKWAYNE MULLIN: We had to put him to a more secure facility outside of New York because we wanted to make sure he was highly secured REPORTER: Where is he? MULLIN: That I won't release

Mullin began the press conference by saying "We are enforcing this nation's laws. Why is it controversial? Why would that be controversial?" As if all of human history doesn't show that laws and their enforcement can be very controversial (e.g., the 1765 Stamp Act and its impact on U.S. history).

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Markwayne Mullin: "No, we're not putting a pause on enforcement. I'm sorry, we're not. In fact, I'm not sorry ... we will not stop doing our job."

Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification':

There was a 5-year-old in the car and it isn't in the headline or subhed.

They're here! We think these hats turned out great. Patreon subscribers will get first dibs. Limited quantities, so sign up today! www.patreon.com/c/thewaronca...

Today, ICE shot a man in a car in the Bronx while a child was in the car. Thankfully the man is expected to survive. You can't reform this. It’s long overdue to abolish this unconstitutional, reckless private military force that is terrorizing our communities nationwide.

What the hell are we going to do, people?

Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2d ago

I remember a decade-long panic about undergraduates, activists, or Tumblr pages declaring new language rules and denouncing people for violating them.

I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d ago

The news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.

In a wheelchair? I'm speechless!

B. A. Friedman@bafriedman.bsky.social · 2d ago

I really don’t think a public execution by firing squad of a guy in a wheel chair is going to look how they expect it to look.

Just today: - The Trump admin announced the first public execution since 1936. - Trump tried to incite a race war against Somalis. - Trump said anyone using the phrase AI is "THE ENEMY" - The NYT reported on a potential ICE plan to deport migrants on military boats and ferries.

The administration’s resort to increasingly horrific forms of state violence as Trump loses his grip on power doesn’t make me feel super great, I have to say

And now this.

The City Reporter@thecityreporter.nyc · 2d ago

BREAKING NEWS: Federal officers have shot a man in New York City.

I was trying to explain to people I saw in the UK in the last few days how absolutely terrifying it is to live in this country. (I'm back now.) I don't think they really understood fully, because I don't think you can really understand unless you're in here. It's a horror movie in real life.

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d ago

The news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.

DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO RAISE THEM

🎃👻🧙‍♀️ Vio the VVitch 🧙‍♀️👻🎃@viothevvitch.myatproto.social · 2d ago

this is so fucking sad

*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.

Bolts@boltsmag.org · 4d ago

Many states require that mail ballots be postmarked by a specific day. But due to a USPS rule announced late last year, voters may need to put their ballot in a mailbox days in advance.

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Our built infrastructure robs kids of their freedom of independent mobility. Streets are dominated by oversized vehicles, piloted by aggressive and distracted drivers where one mistake can turn lethal. We sacrificed child development to subsidize the auto industry.

We talked with Chicago Transit Authority acting president Nora Leerhsen about the joys & challenges of running a system with annual ridership of more than 330 million, what kids can teach us about transit, & the role of public transportation in our democracy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

Generations before us fought for walkable streets. They set for us the example we need today. Cleveland 1961: “WALL OF MOTHERS: … Approximately 200 mothers stood along the edge of the road, giving their schoolchildren protection from the traffic.”

What a special venue, and a wonderful group of people. So glad to meet @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social in person at last, and many other wonderful people doing good work!

The Ranty Highwayman@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 5d ago

Great to be listening to @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social of the @thewaroncars.bsky.social at Temple Bar in the City of London.

when emerging technologies are guided by long-termist utilitarianism, the public gets the deaths and doesn't get the benefits, while the Musks and Kalanicks get vast wealth... the current LLM/AI space is different in many ways, but utilitarian arguments should still be a massive, screaming red flag

This weekend @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social of @thewaroncars.bsky.social were speaking at a cute bookstore in Oxford, and it felt like such a unique opportunity so I made the trip! Wonderful to feel part of a movement rather than like an oddball for once 😅. So glad I went!