SCOOP: The Trump administration claims it will complete the entire federal environmental review for the biggest gas power project in the U.S. — the OpenAI-Nvidia data center in Ohio — within the span of only seven months. Not kidding! Source in the reply. For @heatmap.news
Scoop: Trump to Permit Largest-Ever Gas Project in Just 7 Months
The facility will power OpenAI’s 10-gigawatt data center in Pike County, Ohio.
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With City Council set to introduce its own charter amendment to appear on the November ballot alongside the initiative spearheaded by Our City, Our Say, here’s a look at how we got here and what could be next. matternews.org/community/po...
Dual charter amendments could reshape how Columbus City Council members are elected – Matter News
With City Council set to introduce its own charter amendment to appear on the November ballot alongside the initiative spearheaded by Our City, Our Say, here’s a look at how we got here and what could...
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With City Council set to introduce its own charter amendment to appear on the November ballot alongside the initiative spearheaded by Our City, Our Say, here’s a look at how we got here and what could be next. matternews.org/community/po...
Dual charter amendments could reshape how Columbus City Council members are elected – Matter News
With City Council set to introduce its own charter amendment to appear on the November ballot alongside the initiative spearheaded by Our City, Our Say, here’s a look at how we got here and what could...
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the thrill of having to write two longer features around three interviews and waking up to cancelled school and a flooded basement
“I don’t really profit, and if I do, it’s negligible,” said Malachi, who estimated his combined total income from the label at somewhere around $10. “And I guess that’s part of why I feel like it’s not a legitimate enterprise. It’s more like … a passion project.”
Matter News@matternews.bsky.social · 3d agoMario Malachi founded the Ohio-based DIY label in 2019 as a landing page for his many bands and has since expanded on this vision to release a string of great records from the likes of Golomb, Big Fat Head, and Long Odds, among countless others. matternews.org/culture/musi...
The kids are alright! #columbusohio #indierock matternews.org/culture/musi...
‘I never had any aspirations for it and I still don’t’: Inside the slow, steady rise of Clean Demon Records – Matter News
Mario Malachi founded the Ohio-based DIY label in 2019 as a landing page for his many bands and has since expanded on this vision to release a string of great records from the likes of Golomb, Big Fat...
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Mario Malachi founded the Ohio-based DIY label in 2019 as a landing page for his many bands and has since expanded on this vision to release a string of great records from the likes of Golomb, Big Fat Head, and Long Odds, among countless others. matternews.org/culture/musi...
‘I never had any aspirations for it and I still don’t’: Inside the slow, steady rise of Clean Demon Records – Matter News
Mario Malachi founded the Ohio-based DIY label in 2019 as a landing page for his many bands and has since expanded on this vision to release a string of great records from the likes of Golomb, Big Fat...
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“These images … aren’t really resolved. ... And that’s a vulnerable thing to show people … in contrast with a lot of what I see on Instagram ... where it’s more slick or polished. There’s a messiness to this work, or an instability, and I think that’s generous.” matternews.org/culture/art/...
‘Blood Pressures’ goes deeper at No Place Gallery – Matter News
The exhibition, which closes on Saturday, Aug, 22, finds a group of artists engaged with interior worlds.
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“You probably see that SJP and a lot of protest efforts have died down. The reason is because of what happened after the encampment,” Latif said. “We were once a school that allowed voices on campus. Now, no voices are allowed.” New from Mariam Abaza and Hana El Nemr matternews.org/community/po...
‘We were once a school that allowed voices on campus. Now, no voices are allowed.’ – Matter News
Compared with protests at neighboring colleges, the administrative crackdown on the 2024 pro-Palestine encampment at Ohio State stands out for its severity, causing reverberations that continue to thi...
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“You probably see that SJP and a lot of protest efforts have died down. The reason is because of what happened after the encampment,” Latif said. “We were once a school that allowed voices on campus. Now, no voices are allowed.” New from Mariam Abaza and Hana El Nemr matternews.org/community/po...
‘We were once a school that allowed voices on campus. Now, no voices are allowed.’ – Matter News
Compared with protests at neighboring colleges, the administrative crackdown on the 2024 pro-Palestine encampment at Ohio State stands out for its severity, causing reverberations that continue to thi...
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“You probably see that SJP and a lot of protest efforts have died down. The reason is because of what happened after the encampment,” Latif said. “We were once a school that allowed voices on campus. Now, no voices are allowed.” New from Mariam Abaza and Hana El Nemr matternews.org/community/po...
‘We were once a school that allowed voices on campus. Now, no voices are allowed.’ – Matter News
Compared with protests at neighboring colleges, the administrative crackdown on the 2024 pro-Palestine encampment at Ohio State stands out for its severity, causing reverberations that continue to thi...
matternews.org
one of the new families we’re in a soccer carpool with just texted the group to tell us they don’t carry a gun
Before we had insurance, I had to run one story I’d reported elsewhere when an attorney for the developer threatened legal action ahead of publication. With it in place, this year we were able to move forward and publish a feature with full confidence even when contacted by the person’s attorney.
Matter News@matternews.bsky.social · 6d agoIndependent newsrooms are increasingly being threatened, silenced, and weakened by frivolous legal action. Our goal is to raise $2,500 by Aug. 28 to continue to fund legal protections and to ensure another year of coverage free of outside influence Consider a gift today. matternews.org/donate
“It feels like you could almost dance when you’re doing it,” said Groome, who within these works incorporated everything from water-soluble oils and graphite to oil pastels and even markers. “It’s just movement, harmony, shapes, colors, repetition.” matternews.org/culture/art/...
Amber Groome finds resilience in ‘Internal Garden’ – Matter News
The Columbus artist’s new exhibition will remain on display at Sarah Gormley Gallery through Sept. 5.
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SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Independent newsrooms are increasingly being threatened, silenced, and weakened by frivolous legal action. Our goal is to raise $2,500 by Aug. 28 to continue to fund legal protections and to ensure another year of coverage free of outside influence Consider a gift today. matternews.org/donate
Is “scholar” what we call someone who would suggest such a thing? Is “work” the best word to describe what they produce? Might these details suggest a different overall framing of what happened?
waiting for mina kimes to post about the pat mcafee album by sharing a video of a monkey peeing in its own mouth
Also kudos to @matternews.bsky.social! What a nice, refreshing thing it is to read *gasp* a live music preview in 2026! Such a thing doesn't even really exist anymore in my city.
If you're in Columbus, definitely do not miss Oneida and Kinski tonight at Cafe Bourbon Street. They killed it last night in #Louisville! cafebourbonstreet.com/index.php
Andy Downing@andydowning33.bsky.social · last wk.“We still never know exactly what’s going to come out, and that continues to be exciting.” Oneida will pull double duty Friday at Bobo, performing its own set and then joining members of Kinski, whose guitarist, Chris Martin, flew home to Seattle this week to have surgery for a detached retina.
the fop cap city lodge no. 9 head jumping into the matter comments with... a take.
Matter News@matternews.bsky.social · 2w agoCouncilmember Emmanuel Remy, who called the hearing, asked CPD Deputy Chief Tim Myers what would happen if that [Flock] contract was allowed to lapse. “Our ability to access Flock would go away,” Myers responded. The room erupted in raucous cheers. matternews.org/community/po...
Revisit our recent Flock coverage: matternews.org/community/po... matternews.org/community/po... matternews.org/community/po... matternews.org/community/po... matternews.org/voices/opini...
Activists push Columbus to join other Ohio cities in cutting ties with Flock – Matter News
While Cleveland and Dayton have recently taken steps to distance themselves from Flock Safety cameras, Columbus officials continue to adopt more of a wait and see approach.
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Residents did not speak at a Council hearing merely to express discomfort with new technology. They presented an evidence-based argument that the current system is inadequately governed, vulnerable to abuse, and capable of uses beyond the narrow public-safety examples emphasized by its defenders.
Opinion: Columbus' Flock debate is not facts versus feelings – Matter News
Residents did not speak at a City Council hearing this week merely to express discomfort with new technology. They presented an evidence-based argument that the current system is inadequately governed...
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Residents did not speak at a Council hearing merely to express discomfort with new technology. They presented an evidence-based argument that the current system is inadequately governed, vulnerable to abuse, and capable of uses beyond the narrow public-safety examples emphasized by its defenders.
Opinion: Columbus' Flock debate is not facts versus feelings – Matter News
Residents did not speak at a City Council hearing this week merely to express discomfort with new technology. They presented an evidence-based argument that the current system is inadequately governed...
matternews.org
Residents did not speak at a Council hearing merely to express discomfort with new technology. They presented an evidence-based argument that the current system is inadequately governed, vulnerable to abuse, and capable of uses beyond the narrow public-safety examples emphasized by its defenders.
Opinion: Columbus' Flock debate is not facts versus feelings – Matter News
Residents did not speak at a City Council hearing this week merely to express discomfort with new technology. They presented an evidence-based argument that the current system is inadequately governed...
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This part resonated for obvious reasons (see also: Matter News): "It’s wonderful to decide to make something that goes against the grain of the moment (see: Hearing Things), so long as you’re prepared to build slowly and make not-much money."
jill mapes@jillmapes.bsky.social · 2w agoI wrote about the end times
