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They Welcomed 37 Data Centers to Town. Now Their Schools Have to Dim the Lights to Cut Energy Costs

Henrico County has been home to massive data-center investment. However, now, a 25 percent electricity-rate increase is hitting its government and schools.

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A bit of a different take on the amazing Artemis II launch footage. Here I stitched clips from the four Solar Array Wing Cameras to make this panoramic video. This is during the later part of the Core Stage burn until MECO and stage separation, sped up to 10x. 🔭🧪 #Artemis

I constantly use high-order relationship mapping as the desirable difficulty needed to trigger LTP. Seeing SEP-tagged AMPA receptors (the green blobs) being actively trafficked to the synapse to boost signal bandwidth as you learn is genuinely one of the coolest things ever. youtu.be/A1Xa_FCsDNk

What Learning Looks Like in the Brain

YouTube video by Johns Hopkins Medicine

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Rep. Foushee just got another $270k from Big Tech & Crypto billionaires. At the same time, she's refusing to join her constituents into oppose new data centers that will destroy farmlands & raise energy prices. #NC03 deserves a representative fights for people, not donors.

TODAY IN MINNESOTA: Hundreds of thousands marched through Minneapolis in -10°F, shutting down the city to demand ICE the fuck out of the Twin Cities. People risked frostbite just to make their point. The entire country should be ashamed if they don’t follow.

SEATTLE!!! We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!

I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.

Madam Comptroller, may I interest you in a three-phase plan to unify Chicagoland transit by creating a regional rail system largely on infrastructure we already have? #BuildTheTunnel

Susana A. Mendoza@susanamendoza10.bsky.social · last yr.

Taiwan is a major trading partner for IL & what stands out during my visit here is their amazing transit system. Trains are spotless, safe & EXACTLY on time. It’s efficient & trusted by millions every day. Chicago can get here. Reliable public transit should be a top priority of a thriving city.

When decency and empathy go, so does our humanity. At some point, it’s not just the hateful voices—it’s the willfully indifferent ones we can no longer afford to keep close. I’m grateful every day for those who choose compassion over cruelty, and remind us there’s still good out there.

Marco Foster@marcofoster.bsky.social · last yr.

Actor Jeff Daniels on Donald Trump: “We’ve lost decency. We’ve lost civility. We’ve lost respect for the rule of law. We’ve normalized verbal abuse. We’ve normalized bullying. Out the window goes character, integrity. He’s everything that’s wrong with not just America but being a human being.”

A Biden-era rule giving free API access to bank data is being scrapped by the CFPB under Trump. JPMorgan’s already warning fintechs like PayPal, Venmo, Robinhood, and Coinbase to get ready to pay. Another “win” for deregulation, brought to you by Wall Street’s favorite administration.

JPMorgan Tells Fintechs to Pay Up for Customer Data Access

(Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. has told financial-technology companies that it will start charging fees amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars for access to their customers’ bank account in...

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Zohran Mamdani, who just bested Cuomo in mayoralty primary, wants to bring universal "school-streets" (school-proximate streets closed to cars + trucks) to #NYC. That's made things a whole lot safer, and healthier, for kids in #Paris and #London, but until now, it's been a non-starter in the US.

China now has 1 terawatt of solar capacity. For reference, the entire US power grid has 1.3TW of capacity.

chrisjardine.energy@chrisjardineenergy.bsky.social · last yr.

MAJOR MILESTONE 🏆 China's installed capacity of solar has now reached 1TW☀️ It's an astonishing achievement, and seemingly accelerating. 92GW were commissioned in May 2025 alone 😮 By contrast, total UK solar capacity is just over 20GW. Just amazing. www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/23/c...

For those unconditionally cheering the attacks on Iran, remember that our early strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq were “successful”. But we ended up getting dragged into costly wars that created more terrorists than we killed. The American people haven’t forgotten that.

If there are Seven Cycling Wonders of the World, then Beijing’s elevated bike expressway deserves to be near the top of that list: a six-metre wide, 5.4-km long piece of show-stopping infrastructure that is quickly become an important form of transportation and recreation for 12,000 users each day.🧵

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From ‘I need an SUV’ to ‘I am the SUV.’

Public transit and non-motorized options like biking and walking take up significantly less space than cars. We should prioritize alternative transit options, so those who NEED to drive will face less congestion, while others can enjoy smoother, more comfortable transit through other means.

Andreas Fornberg 👑@leatherface.mastodon.helvetet.eu · last yr.

You can either use road space efficiently, or you can have cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDp_SAXfB0M #urbanism #cars #bikes #cycling #publictransport

Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

The SUV that many think of as safe for their kids is actually not safe at all.