Ben Jones
@drbenjones.bsky.social
CS Prof at U of Utah. D line handler. D language evangelist
I have some great colleagues! discuss.systems/@ricci/11655... Rob's thread about data centers in Utah is incredible
Rob Ricci (@ricci@discuss.systems)
Attached: 1 image There's a lot of stuff going around about datacenters, so I decided to do a quick tour yesterday of some of the datacenters in the Salt Lake Valley. Some are indeed quite large, but...
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The Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake expanded its clinic services, and with that came a record number of patients.
With pediatric expansion, Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake clinic breaks record number of patients • Utah News Dispatch
The Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake expanded its clinic services, and with that came a record number of patients.
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also don’t let spencer cox’s PR team fool you into thinking that he is anything other than a reactionary
33% hospitalization rate for measles in Utah. 😳 It's a burden on families and our health care system and it's totally preventable. www.ksl.com/article/5145...
Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say
Health officials plead with residents to vaccinate against measles as Utah hits 358 infections.
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Families, pediatricians, and mental health professionals are being overruled by politicians. That isn't protecting kids. It's substituting ideology for compassion, and government control for parental judgment.
Utah House Dem Statement on the anti-Trans bills passing the legislature
while you're contacting your reps and senators, tell them to demand arrests and criminal charges for everyone involved in doing this to this little kid, and their bosses, and their bosses' bosses
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 7mo agoMinnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
Yesterday, the U.S. House passed HR 3492 by just 5 votes. The bill would criminalize gender affirming care. In 2023, Utah passed a bill sponsored by now-U.S. Rep. Mike Kennedy that banned the practice. The bill called for a study & for the policy to be revisited when the study was complete.
Come be my colleague! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/188... . Our school (we're bigger than a department) is an awesome place to work. Our faculty are excellent across the board. Pay and benefits are good. SLC is a nice place to live. Happy to answer any questions
Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Computing
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As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.
Justice for All - Truthdig
To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.
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Maybe it wasn't a good idea for the legislature to let anyone carry a gun on college campuses?
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 11mo agoBreaking news: Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was shot at a Utah Valley University event. A suspect is in custody, according to parents whose children received an email from the university. Follow live updates:
Just recorded a pod on solar+storage and holy shit y'all, if you are not tracking this market on a daily basis, you have no idea how wild it is. The global average price of a battery pack fell 40% *from 2023 to 2024*. That dropped the LCOE of a solar+storage plant by 22%. In a year!
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act in an image. ❌Health care ❌Clean energy ❌Education ❌Food assistance ❌Natural resources All slashed in order to pay for tax cuts to the wealthy.
Six GOP governors activated the National Guard ahead of #NoKings because they claimed the protesters may be violent. 5 million of us marched. And so far all actual violence seems to have come at the hands of counter-protesters, Christian nationalist terrorists and law enforcement.
Ben Winslow@benwinslow.bsky.social · last yr.BREAKING NEWS: People sent running after shooting incident during Salt Lake City protest march: www.fox13now.com/news/local-n... #utpol #Utah
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect
The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka. They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
Here's my new hobby. Seeing how many people lose their health coverage if Republicans pass their $880 billion in Medicaid cuts. In David Valadao's district 67,000 constituents lose their coverage. 67,000!
Huntsman center full, already a big crowd outside for AOC and Bernie at the U of Utah
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
