@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-05-14 13:06:16
Gallup: 70% of Americans oppose local data center construction, citing water and electricity issues, with opposition higher among Democrats than Republicans (Tim Craig/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social2026-05-13 20:04:52
From boing boing dot net:
Canada is fast-tracking citizenship for #trans Americans at risk
https://boingboing.net/2026/05/13/canada-is-fast-…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-03-14 18:34:39
Trump keeps winning:
US embassy tells all Americans to leave Iraq immediately after Iran managed to hit its air defence system in Baghdad. Overland, because the country's airspace is closed.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/united-stat
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-04-14 19:50:40
Reid Hoffman and Lever for Change award $9M to CalMatters to scale its Digital Democracy tools, which give access to legislative data and use AI for analysis (Lever for Change)
https://leverforchange.org/article/press-release/trust-in-americ…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-13 14:26:41
At least 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are on board with Trump’s new military alliance.
They are calling it the America’s Counter Cartel Coalition.
Latin America’s top right-wing leaders are involved,
including El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Argentina’s Javier Milei.
They met in Florida for the event, on March 7.
The United States has promised to use lethal force to destroy cartels and narco-traffickers in those nations.
Kristi Noem,…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-03-14 11:51:11
Is Latin America Ready to Abandon Cuba? (Simon Romero/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/world/americas/cuba-support-latin-america-conservative.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p10#a260314p10
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-05-15 00:39:04
2026 NFL Schedule Release: What We're Watching For In Every America's Game Of The Week https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2026-nfl-schedule-release-what-were-watching-every-americas-game-week
@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-14 08:34:36
Trump landed in Beijing last night with Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Jensen Huang, and 15 other American CEOs in tow
— the most powerful collection of corporate America ever to board Air Force One
— while at home Republicans scrambled to explain away his statement that he does not think about Americans’ financial situation.
Mike Johnson, asked directly whether that was the right message, said he did not know the context in which Trump made that comment.
The context was a p…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-05-15 07:15:57
When asked what it means to be a good news consumer, 20% of US adults mention being discerning, 17% following the news, 13% getting news from quality sources (Elisa Shearer/Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/20
@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-13 17:05:49
Our annual ranking of military budgets shows the biggest shift since 2001
By one measure, America’s allies now outspend it on defence
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/05/11/by-one-measure-americas-allies-now-out…