So proud of Calvert County where I was born and raised for stopping AWS from opening the data centers there! #SoMd marylandmatters.org/2026/08/04/a...
Amazon abandons plans for data center campus at Calvert Cliffs - Maryland Matters
Amazon Web Services is abandoning its plans to develop data centers on the campus of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, a move that comes after fierce voter pushback against hyperscale data cente...
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Once again, if there is a 2028 U.S. presidential election: 👉the Democratic nominee will be a white man who will not campaign on universal healthcare, AND he will lose.👈
Pressure grows on Fairfax County to deny substation for data center in Lincolnia
Pressure grows on Fairfax County to deny substation for data center in Lincolnia | FFXnow
Previous Image 1/4 Next Image As plans for the first phase of data centers have been submitted in Lincolnia just outside Alexandria city limits, residents are focusing opposition on an electric substation...
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5 years ago: “An incalculable loss” Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
The bank CLOSED 350 accounts belonging to the adjudicated rapist-in-chief for suspected MONEY LAUNDERING. Where are you, Democrats??? #vadems
💉Josh Rubin, MD@drsandman11.medsky.social · yesterdayCall me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
He is the only challenger with local political experience, as he served on Alexandria City Council. Mo achieved free buses, removed the union buster so the workers could collectively organize, and affordable housing. Mo accepts no corporate PAC money, but he has been endorsed by several groups: 2/
End forever wars. End taxpayer funded genocides. Free college & vocational school. Universal healthcare. The end.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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@kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social will you cosponsor Senator Kim's MediKids Act?
DC under military occupation but hosting Indy car racing is beyond f*cked up
"Starwood files plans for first Plaza 500 data center near Alexandria as residents prepare to rally against it"
Starwood files plans for first Plaza 500 data center near Alexandria as residents prepare to rally against it - Washington Business Journal
A Miami-based private investment firm has filed building plans for a data center inside the Beltway in Fairfax County, just off the Alexandria line.
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"Some Virginia lawmakers are urging Gov. Abigail Spanberger to call a special session to give the State Corporation Commission more time to review Dominion Energy’s proposed merger with NextEra Energy."
Va. lawmakers want more time for state review of proposed Dominion Energy merger - WTOP News
Some Virginia lawmakers are urging Gov. Abigail Spanberger to call a special session to allow more time to review Dominion Energy’s proposed merger.
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This yummy, crunchy-top loaf could not be simpler, down to the few ingredients, one bowl, & parchment paper liner instead of greasing the pan. Have made it a bunch of times since discovering this recipe!
smitten kitchen@smittenkitchen.bsky.social · 3d agoEverything we love about my perfect blueberry muffins (one-bowl, hand-whisked, the crunchiest muffin top, and a comically high concentration of blueberries) in one giant, craggy take-anywhere loaf. smittenkitchen.com/2024/05/perf...
Wordle 1,870 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Oh wow guess I need to go buy a lottery ticket asap
ARL & ALX: Profs & Pints is hosting our very own Dr. Steven Keener this Sunday night at Highline RxR! “The Road to Mass Surveillance” lecture outlines the threats automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) pose to our freedoms and safety. For tickets click here: events.ticketleap.com/tickets/prof...
It's a tough job, but literally no one has to do it #freedc
Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 4d agoIt's a tough job, but literally no one has to do it
Wheezing, old, @markwarner.bsky.social's halting refusal to repudiate his inexcusable vote to make lying Marco Rubio Sec of State at 5:06 illustrates why corporate donors are killing the Democratic party. And the Dem primary system should forbid any incumbent running unopposed! #vadems
Mehdi Challenges Pro-Israel Vice Chair of Senate Intel Committee on AIPAC Funding
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Honestly cant overstate how important Alt Text and the 'from:me' search function have been in making what I do possible Use Alt Text Most Importantly: it helps people whom don't have as easy a time navigating everyday life as you. Literally the least you can do But also; it's helpful for you too
alex@dremenec.bsky.social · 2y agoGenerally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs. However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!
Since the solar was installed last October, Roundabout’s monthly electric bill has plunged from roughly $200 to $14, the cost to maintain a grid interconnection with Dominion Energy.
Crops and solar power? Virginia farms are ripe for the combo
A new Virginia law encourages farmers to mix solar generation with crops and cattle. A rural pilot program shows promise.
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Mo has called for a moratorium on data center as quoted in Politico earlier this year. Our incumbent has not. Mo unequivocally opposes the Edsall road data center.
We have the money for Medicare for all. We have the money for universal childcare. Yet that money is being used to deliver death and destruction to children across the globe. That is not only a policy failure but a moral one. Thank you @msrachelforlittles for your moral clarity and consistency.
If more white mothers (progressive liberals not excluded") had read bell hooks' The Will to Change, there would be far fewer men like JD Vance out here. Let's take responsibility and do better by our sons we are unleashing on the world.
Wow! ICE’s airport arrests of people seemingly waiting in government immigration backlogs caught up a Fulbright scholar and public health researcher working at Johns Hopkins in their public health department. Not exactly the “worst of the worst”! Yet they threw her in detention anyway.
Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 6d agoICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests