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@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-19 01:13:28

Trump’s takeover of the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
reached its inevitable apogee on Thursday afternoon
when it was announced that the center’s board of trustees had voted to rename it
the Trump-Kennedy Center.
Even though Mr. Trump had already been calling it that for months in trollish posts online,
he acted shocked that his handpicked board had thought to do this for him.
Trump had called into a meeting of the board, which is no…

Kennedy Center Board Moves to Rename It the Trump-Kennedy Center
The board for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that it would now be named the Trump-Kennedy Center, although a formal change may have to be approved by Congress.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-20 10:16:28

US tech giants are on a data center building spree, sparking fury worldwide; research says ~60% of the 1,244 largest global centers in June were outside the US (Paul Mozur/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/10/20/technol

AI Data Centers Create Fury From Mexico to Ireland
As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages.

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-18 19:11:02

Board of Kennedy Center votes to change its name to Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says - CBS News
cbsnews.com/news/kennedy-cente

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-19 00:05:59

Kennedy Center renamed the 'Trump-Kennedy Center,' White House says (Joey Garrison/USA Today)
usatoday.com/story/news/politi
memeorandum.com/251218/p120#a2

@grumpybozo@toad.social
2025-12-18 20:12:46

There’s an obvious unfinished task here… @… fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app

Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social)
President John F. Kennedy didn’t name the Kennedy Center for himself. Eisenhower signed legislation to create a “National Cultural Center.” Eisenhower and Kennedy fundraised for it. Congress and Johnson only named it in honor of Kennedy after he was assassinated. www.kennedy-center.org/our-story/

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-11-18 15:06:46

Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’ 404media.co/two-weeks-of-surve

Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."

@peterhoneyman@a2mi.social
2025-12-20 00:39:33

Marcus Elliot Quintet feat. Dwight Adams at Blue Llama
#jazz

This is a captivating photograph of a live jazz performance at the Blue LLama Ann Arbor venue. The intimate club setting features a jazz quintet performing on stage, with moody blue and purple stage lighting creating a classic jazz club atmosphere. The ensemble includes a pianist at a grand piano on the left, Dwight Adams on trumpet in the center-left wearing a fedora and suit, an upright bassist in the center-back, marcus Elliot on sax in the center reading from sheet music, and a drummer on …
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2025-12-18 21:22:36

Die Trump-Regierung will das renommierte US-#Klimaforschungszentrum #NCAR zerschlagen.
Der Vorwurf: Es sei ein Zentrum des „Klimaalarmismus“. NCAR spielt eine zentrale Rolle bei der Erforschung von #Wetter

Trump admin threatens to break up major climate research center
Major research institution dismissed as a source of “climate alarmism.”…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-19 17:06:07

Elon Musk says xAI plans to develop a 500 megawatt data center in Saudi Arabia with state-backed AI startup Humain; the data center will rely on Nvidia chips (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@donelias@mastodon.cr
2025-10-19 17:45:28

El Instituto Meteorológico Nacional de Costa Rica #IMNCR avisa que la onda tropical #40 podría convertirse en ciclón (ya sea tormenta tropical o incluso huracšn) y que viene hacia Centroamérica

Map from US National Hurricane Center showing a low pressure system that may become a tropical storm going towards Central America. Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Sun Oct 19 2025 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America: 1. Near the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea (AL98): A tropical wave currently located near the Windward Islands is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms. Heavy rainfall and gusty winds …
@thomasafine@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-19 17:56:40

It would be hilarious if somebody hacked the Kennedy Center website to rebrand it as the Trump/Epstein Center.

@lmc@mastodon.social
2025-11-20 05:50:41

just starting to rain lightly when I came in just now, which I love, plus they lit up and Embarcadero Center today!

View east towards the financial district from Nob Hill, San Francisco - thr Transamerica pyramid is lit up orange at the top of the pyramid and the Embarcadero Center buildings have holiday lights on the edges.
@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-12-19 14:13:12

The front of the new Computing and Information Science building looked like a garden center when they were installing the landscaping
#photo #photography #cornell

In the foreground a mulch field with trees in bags resting on top, to the left and center a striking building with vertical window rows bent almost like an "L", blue sky above, and a gently curved big building that comes across as small in the wide angle view. A line of glistening points across the diagonal and a polygonal orange shape in the lower left were made by light from the sun (out of the frame to the upper right) bouncing around in my lens.
@joe@toot.works
2025-10-18 16:26:13

There's a nice crowd here for #NoKings
kubrick.htvapps.com/htv-prod/i:*

@anneroth@systemli.social
2025-11-16 11:35:36

Still missing for Europe: a website monitoring local communities against data centers.
„$64 billion in U.S. data center projects have been blocked or delayed by a growing wave of local, bipartisan opposition. What was once quiet infrastructure is now a national flashpoint — and communities are pushing back.“
datacenterwa…

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-19 00:29:37

Ohio Dem on Kennedy Center board call says she was muted: Renaming ‘was not unanimous’
thehill.com/homenews/house/565

@jensilber@mastodon.social
2025-12-19 01:29:45

Nice work on this headline.
arlnow.com/2025/12/18/performi

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-19 05:41:04

JFK's family erupts over "Trump-Kennedy Center" renaming plan (Rebecca Falconer/Axios)
axios.com/2025/12/19/trump-ken
memeorandum.com/251219/p1#a251

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-18 12:25:56

Study: AI's 2025 power demand could hit 23GW, above 2024 Bitcoin mining levels, and AI carbon emissions could hit 32.6M to 79.7M tons, compared to NYC's 50M (Justine Calma/The Verge)
theverge.com/news/845831/ai-ch

AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025
AI data centers are using growing amounts of electricity and water, research shows, although companies aren’t divulging many details.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-18 14:57:56

“This precedent could result in people facing terrorism charges for doing very simple mainstream activism.”
There is no doubt a police officer was shot at the Texas protest.
Prosecutors have brought charges against people they say helped the alleged shooter escape.
But the case has drawn considerable alarm because of the way that prosecutors have sought to create a criminal enterprise
– a “North Texas antifa cell”
– among a group of demonstrators who were uninv…

Inside DoJ’s controversial prosecution of a Texas ‘antifa cell’ charged with terrorism
DoJ says a group of protesters at an ICE detention center was part of a terror cell; legal experts say it is an effort to crack down on leftwing groups and deter protesters

@timbray@cosocial.ca
2025-12-18 17:51:23

Green light.
#photography

It's dark. On the other side of an intersection, several cars are lined up at the traffic lights; their headlights are brilliant but diffuse, and reflect on the dark pavement, which has distinct ripples in the near field. Behind the cars, miscellaneous white signs. The traffic light is visible, and is green; also there is a white "walk" glyph. In the top right, a street light, also diffuse. In the top center, a curtained window glows. To the left, a H&Z market, a convenience store, glows white …
@davidaugust@mastodon.online
2025-12-19 02:27:59

Ya know who gets to rename the Department of Defense if anyone does? The US Congress.
Ya know who gets to rename the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts if anyone does? The US Congress.
Ya know who history will never be kind to no matter what he tries to rename? A 79 year old dunce.
#USpol

@rasterweb@mastodon.social
2025-11-18 16:40:50

I haven't seen these in person yet but I guess these are at the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center.
#bikeTooter #mke #milwaukee

Bike detection signals.
Bike detection signals.
@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2025-11-19 14:05:39

The US and the UK and Australia are going after bulletproof hosting companies.
United States, Australia, and United Kingdom Sanction Russian Cybercrime Infrastructure Supporting Ransomware
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r

United States, Australia, and United Kingdom Sanction Russian Cybercrime Infrastructure Supporting Ransomware
.caption > figcaption { text-align: center; font-style: italic; } WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the United Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office are announcing coordinated sanctions targeting Media Land, a Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) service provider, for its role in supporting ransomware operations and other forms of cybercrime.  OFAC is a…

@steve@s.yelvington.com
2025-12-17 21:04:57

We don't need no stinking atmosphere.
From: @…
flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/new

Vought says National Center for Atmospheric Research will be dismantled
The National Science Foundation will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced Tuesday night, the latest salvo in the Trump administration’s push to gut federally funded climate research. “This facility is one of the …

@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.social
2025-12-18 20:34:48

FASPE and the Center for Public Theology/Public Policy at YDS recently hosted a day-long clergy symposium on Public Theology in a Time of Authoritarianism. Videos of the main sessions now available, including this recording of Session 4! youtube.com/watch?v=4fURT5QnOt4

A video screen with title and names, repeated in the video page.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-19 13:46:03

TikTok's first awards show, held on December 18, handed out 14 awards, including Creator of the Year for Keith Lee; at the event, none of the screens worked (Kirsten Chuba/The Hollywood Reporter)
hollywoodreporter.com/business

Inside the TikTok Awards: Paris Hilton and a Labubu Cannon Take Center Stage While Tech Issues Plague Inaugural U.S. Show
The event, which streamed live from the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, handed out 14 awards and battled problems with its video screens.

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-18 21:19:32

TL;DR: ; yes.
Did the Trump-Kennedy Center board violate federal law by renaming facility? | The Independent
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social
2025-10-19 03:19:49

Looks like #inaturalist has released an update on their misguided "AI" efforts: Beyond their preliminary results being underwhelming they don't seem to really have learned from the criticism they got.
"People at the Center", "Openness with Care" etc. are all empty words if the results are preordained with zero control by their "community". Their "environmental impact assessment" is also disingenuous, counting their prompt-fondling but not the training…
#citizenscience

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-19 13:46:00

With Trump-Kennedy Center, President Doubles Down on U.S. Culture (Damian Paletta/Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/politics/policy/with-t
memeorandum.com/251219/p22#a25

@ubuntourist@mastodon.social
2025-10-17 13:54:23

Harvard University Nonviolent Action Lab (Ash Center)
#resist

Nonviolent Action Lab – Ash Center
Up-to-date knowledge on nonviolent action, how it works, and global trends in success and failure.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-11-19 03:09:05

𝑂𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑢𝑚 a.k.a. African Daisy seen in an annuals bed towards the end of the season
#photo #photography #flowers

a yellow flower with a purple center looks small in the center surrounded by rich and ragged green foliage with some other flowers out of of focus that add splashes of yellow, purple and peach
@hansaplast42@social.wastedalpaca.wtf
2025-12-19 14:52:18

I say it again: they need to keep the dementia patient busy, so they give him something familiar to play with
mastodon.sdf.org/@AmandaMarcot

Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte@mastodon.sdf.org)
It's a risk, but a prediction: The White House ballroom will never be built. Every red flag for a bunk project is waving. Yes, it's symbolic. It's why Trump is grasping at cheap ploys like renaming the Kennedy Center. He can't build stuff, just steal. https://www.salon.com/2025/12/19/the-white-house-ballroom-will-never-be-built/

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-17 14:35:49

Oracle says final negotiations on an equity deal for its Michigan data center project are "on schedule" and Related Digital will be its development partner (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Oracle Says Equity Deal on Michigan Data Center ‘On Schedule’
Oracle Corp. said final negotiations on an equity deal for the company’s data center project in Michigan is “on schedule” and going according to plan.

@peterhoneyman@a2mi.social
2025-12-20 03:59:10

i found these two gems at the record store up the street and, at twelve bucks each, couldn't resist. i listened to these LPs (and dream weaver and forest flower) a ton in high school.
#jazz #vinyl #vinylrecords

I am holding a vinyl record album cover for "The Journey Within" by the Charles Lloyd Quartet. The album is on Atlantic Records (catalog number 1459) and is labeled as stereo. The album cover features vibrant, psychedelic artwork typical of the late 1960s era, with colorful concentric circles in pink, yellow, green, blue, and other bright colors creating a swirling pattern across a black background. In the center is a circular photograph of the quartet members - four musicians smiling at the c…
This photo shows another Charles Lloyd Quartet album, this time a live recording titled "The Charles Lloyd Quartet Recorded Live at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco." It's also on Atlantic Records and marked as stereo. The album cover features similarly psychedelic 1960s artwork with vibrant concentric circles and swirling patterns in hot pink, orange, and black. The design forms a heart-like or double-circle shape in the center, which contains a photograph of the quartet performing li…
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-11-20 00:30:00

Moody Urbanity - TWO 2️⃣
情绪化城市 - 贰 2️⃣
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Fujifilm NEOPAN SS, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Fujifilm NEOPAN SS (FF) English Alt Text: A monochrome city sidewalk scene under an elevated roadway. At the center is a large, rectangular stack of metal chairs or frames, neatly arranged. Two people are visible: one stands on the left, looking down at a phone; the other walks away on the right, carrying items. A cyclist rides in the background. Trees, buildings, and streetlights frame the urban setting. The image captures a moment of quiet motion and industrial symmetry. 中文替代文字： 这是一张黑白城市街景照…
Fujifilm NEOPAN SS (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white image of a tiled floor with a hexagonal pattern. A round metal café table with a central support stands near a glass window. On the floor beside the window sits a bottle of Asahi beer, label facing outward. The label reads “DRY Asahi” with Japanese characters below. The scene suggests a quiet moment outside a restaurant or café, with strong contrast and clean lines emphasizing everyday simplicity. 中文替代文字： 这是一张黑白照片，画面是一块六边形图案的瓷砖地面。靠近玻…
Fujifilm NEOPAN SS (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white street photo showing a bicycle cart loaded with bundles of straw brooms. On top of the brooms sits an upside-down metal stool. The cart is parked along a tree-lined sidewalk, with several scooters and motorcycles in the background. The image captures a slice of urban street commerce, highlighting traditional cleaning tools and the practical use of bicycles for mobile vending. 中文替代文字： 这是一张黑白街头照片，画面是一辆自行车拖车，上面堆满了成捆的稻草扫帚。扫帚上方放着一张倒置的金属凳子…
Fujifilm NEOPAN SS (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white photo of a weathered brick wall with electrical cables running along the top and side. Near the bottom left corner, a printed sign in Chinese is affixed to the wall. The sign politely asks people not to draw water from this location and directs them to a nearby manhole. A phone number is listed. The cables suggest urban infrastructure, and the wall’s texture adds a gritty, utilitarian feel. The scene evokes a quiet, practical moment i…
@shaun@mastodon.xyz
2025-11-20 01:42:18

#Memphis: there’s a free brake light repair clinic this Saturday! Don’t be giving #Trump’s #tAsKfOrCe nazis a reason to pull you over; make sure your lights are good.
Volunteers will be replacing brake and…

FREE Brake Light Repair Clinic Car blinker light not working? Brake light not turning on? Come to the Brake light Repair Clinic! We will offer tail light servicing and a possible free bulb replacement! And we'll show you how to do it yourself! Saturday November 22, 10 am - 2 pm Hollywood Community Center 1560 N Hollywood, Memphis, TN 38108
@servelan@newsie.social
2025-10-19 20:11:33

Philadelphia will open historic Pride visitors center to mark 250th anniversary of the United States - LGBTQ Nation
lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/philad

@burger_jaap@mastodon.social
2025-12-16 08:53:31

Excellent blog by @mobilityhouse.com on #V2G / bidirectional charging standards.
mobilityhouse-energy.com/int_e

Expert discussion on bidirectional charging standards
We discuss charging standards for bidirectional charging with our CTO, the Head of Bidirectional Charging Solutions, and our operating system provider EcoG.

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2025-12-19 20:51:28

Giants vs. Vikings prediction: With nothing going right for New York, Minnesota will come out on top

cbssports.com/nfl/news/giants-

Giants vs. Vikings prediction: With nothing going right for New York, Minnesota will come out on top
Two young quarterbacks will take center stage in this NFC clash

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-19 16:51:03

What Trump Did to the Kennedy Center Triggered a Level-Five Lib Meltdown (Matt Vespa/Townhall)
townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvesp
memeorandum.com/251219/p51#a25

@nohillside@smnn.ch
2025-10-11 07:30:29

Woher will #OpenAI das Geld für dieses Data Center nehmen? Und den Strom? Und die Chips?
OpenAI, Sur Energy Weigh $25 Billion Argentina Data Center Project - Slashdot

OpenAI, Sur Energy Weigh $25 Billion Argentina Data Center Project - Slashdot
OpenAI and Sur Energy have signed a letter of intent to build a $25 billion, 500-megawatt data center in Argentina, marking OpenAI's first major infrastructure project in Latin America. The "Stargate Argentina" initiative is backed by Argentina's RIGI tax incentives and positioned as "one of the lar...

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-12-18 05:00:03

faa_routes: FAA Preferred Routes (2010)
A network of air traffic routes, from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) National Flight Data Center (NFDC) preferred routes database (www.fly.faa.gov). Date of extraction is prior to 2010. Nodes represent airports or service centers, and a directed edge is the preferred route between airport i and airport j.
This network has 1226 nodes and 2615 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Airport, Unweighted

faa_routes: FAA Preferred Routes (2010). 1226 nodes, 2615 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/faa_routes

faa_routes — FAA Preferred Routes (2010)
A network of air traffic routes, from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) National Flight Data Center (NFDC) preferred routes database (www.fly.faa.gov). Date of extraction is prior to 2010. Nodes represent airports or service centers, and a directed edge is the preferred route between airport i and airport j.

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-12-12 18:00:32

"Britain’s 300-hectare Seed Processing Center Opens to Build Climate-Resilient Forests"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Trees #Environment

Britain's 300-hectare Seed Processing Center Opens to Build Climate-Resilient Forests | Happy Eco News
Britain's largest seed processing center opened in Cheshire to produce seeds for climate-resilient forests. The facility processes four tonnes of seeds annually and can store them for up to 20 years.

@brichapman@mastodon.social
2025-12-19 19:03:01

Extreme heat is becoming deadlier, but we already have solutions that work.
The Heat Is On campaign showcased proven approaches—early warning systems and nature-based solutions—that have saved lives and protected communities worldwide. At COP30, this momentum paid off: adaptation finance is set to triple under the Belém Package, finally putting climate adaptation on equal footing with mitigation.

When The Heat Is On: Stories of Action and Impact - Global Center on Adaptation

@acka47@openbiblio.social
2025-10-17 06:37:43

Starting the fourth chapter "The Rise of the Web" of #ThisIsForEveryone, I am pleasently surprised to find out a librarian — Louise Addis of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) — played an important, supportive role in the very first days of the web.

From page 89 of TBL's "This for everyone": "Estimates vary, but only around 2 million people regularly used the internet in 1991 — approximately 0.03 per cent of the Earth’s population. Most of them were academics, since the internet hadn't yet been formally opened to the public, and the concept of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) was still in its infancy. One of those early users was Paul Kunz, a particle physicist and software developer at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in Me…
@Nathan@social.lostinok.com
2025-11-14 03:21:56

#Guthrie #Oklahoma
guthrienewspage.com/truck-fire

Truck fire quickly contained at Convenience Center
The Guthrie Fire Department responded Thursday morning to the Guthrie Convenience Center for a reported vehicle fire. Upon arrival, firefighters found a fully involved truck and made a quick knockd…

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-09-20 01:53:29

The International Mountain Biking Association helped build this trail in Shindagin Hollow State forest to train our local club how to build and maintain trails
#photo #photography #forest

A rather indistinct trail makes its way from the center left on the bottom towards the center right near the middle on a forest floor covered with fallen brown leaves, this is a single age strand so there aren't a lot of understory plants or small trees rather a large number of stems in the near view but you can see some foliage further away
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-20 07:35:55

A look at Meta's 2GW Hyperion data center in Louisiana, with the first phase opening in 2028; an analysis shows sales tax breaks on GPUs could total $3.3B (Jon Keegan/Sherwood News)
sherwood.news/tech/hyperion/

The power play behind Hyperion, Mark Zuckerberg’s colossal data center being built in rural Louisiana
$10 billion of investment. Code names to disguise projects and companies. Mixed opinions. Skyrocketing property values. And enough tax breaks to pay every state cop in Louisiana for seven years.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-19 04:55:55

Trump says he's 'surprised' and 'honored' his handpicked board voted to rename Kennedy Center (Associated Press)
apnews.com/video/trump-says-he
memeorandum.com/251218/p142#a2

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2025-11-15 20:22:59

WTF are the adafruit QFN breakouts made of, the cheapest FR-4 known to humankind? I don't think I have ever had so much trouble getting a part to center properly. Maybe it's the giant honking hole in the center pad or something.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-17 03:24:29

The Trump administration is moving to
dismantle the
National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado,
taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs

Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

@steve@s.yelvington.com
2025-12-18 20:15:29

The job's not done until he renames everything after himself.
Excuse me while I go take a trump.
From: @…
fediscience.org/@petergleick/1

Peter Gleick (@petergleick@fediscience.org)
I still refuse to call it anything other than National Airport. I'll add this one to the list. https://apnews.com/article/trump-kennedy-center-performing-arts-8b7159067174f3a0070b877c149ff0a7

@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.social
2025-12-18 20:33:29

"Spiritual humility and ecological wisdom alike teach us that it’s time to let go of anthropocentrism—the idea that human beings are the center of the universe. Instead, we can rejoice that all creatures belong to Jesus … "
—Professor and alum Carolyn Sharp ’94 M.A.R., ’00 Ph.D. writing in the new issue of Reflections, in her piece "Let There Be Life! A Sermonic Call to Ecological Witness"

Two people in front of a waterfall
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-09-20 00:51:14

Microsoft says it will bring a $3.3B data center in Wisconsin online in early 2026 and calls it "the world's most powerful AI datacenter" (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal)
wsj.c…

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2025-10-19 18:31:28

Vikings use unusual defensive alignment to try to defend Eagles' tush push nytimes.com/athletic/6730989/2

Vikings use unusual defensive alignment to try to defend Eagles’ tush push
The Vikings had rookie Tyler Batty lay down in front of Eagles center Cam Jurgens. The play never happened though due to a false start.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-19 16:05:58

Screw It. Let's Rename the Moon. (The Bulwark)
thebulwark.com/p/screw-it-lets
memeorandum.com/251219/p44#a25

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-11-14 20:18:44

The Liberty Justice Center
is the litigation arm of the
right-wing Illinois Policy Institute.
It has aggressively backed legal attacks on labor unions
(including the landmark Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court case),
attacked gun safety measures,
and promoted policies that undermine public schools, such as taxpayer-funded vouchers.

The Liberty Justice Center received $1 million in 2021 from the Marcus Foundation,
a charitable giving nonprofit run b…

Liberty Justice Center | Supreme Transparency
The Liberty Justice Center is the litigation arm of the right-wing Illinois Policy Institute. It has aggressively backed legal attacks on labor unions (including the landmark Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court case), attacked gun safety measures, and promoted policies that undermine public schools, such as taxpayer-funded vouchers.

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-09-20 00:30:01

On The Road - To Xi’An/ Quiescence ➰
在路上 - 去西安/ 静止 ➰
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️Kodak Double-X 5222
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Kodak Double-X 5222 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white photo of a serene scene featuring a traditional East Asian bridge and building. The bridge has ornate railings and decorative lamp posts. The building behind it has a tiered roof with upturned eaves, typical of classical Chinese or Japanese architecture. Below, a body of water reflects the structures above. Rocks and a paved area are visible in the foreground. The composition evokes a sense of peace and timelessness, possibly part of…
Kodak Double-X 5222 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white image showing a modern elevated train station in the background, with a curved roof and surrounding electrical infrastructure. The station sits atop a concrete retaining wall. In the foreground, a road curves to the left, where two white SUVs are parked near a tall streetlight. Trees and fencing line the area near the station. The composition contrasts urban architecture with everyday vehicles, creating a layered cityscape that feels…
Kodak Double-X 5222 (FF) English Alt Text: A monochrome image of an outdoor pedestrian walkway, flanked by metal railings and fencing. A gate-like structure with vertical bars and mesh fencing stands in the center, possibly marking an entrance or exit. Behind the gate, trees and greenery suggest proximity to a park. Two small figures sit or crouch near the railing in the background. Overhead, a large structure—likely a bridge or overpass—casts shadows across the walkway. The concrete ground is…
Kodak Double-X 5222 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white photo of a sleek, modern train station platform. The architecture features a curved roof supported by exposed beams and large windows that allow natural light to flood the space. Glass barriers line the edge of the platform, separating passengers from the train tracks. Directional signs and floor markings indicate boarding zones and safety areas. A few people walk in the distance, adding a sense of quiet movement. The overall mood is…
@rasterweb@mastodon.social
2025-12-17 19:14:25

Reminder: You can let Mozilla know what you think about AI and other stupid shit.
connect.mozilla.org/t5/discuss
(Edited to fix li…

Building AI the Firefox way: Shaping what’s next together
Hi everyone, We recently shared how we’re approaching AI in Firefox with user choice and openness at the center of everything we build. We’ve heard from many of you who’d prefer not to have AI in your browser at all, and we get it: We will soon provide additional settings for you to control how AI i...

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-11-19 21:10:57

Trump vows U.S. help in settling Sudan war, at request of Saudi crown prince (Kathryn Watson/CBS News)
cbsnews.com/news/trump-sudan-s
memeorandum.com/251119/p128#a2

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2025-10-19 21:44:45

McCoy, Miller injured as Saints lose, fall to 1-6 espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/466519

Erik McCoy, Kendre Miller injured in Saints' 26-14 loss - ESPN
New Orleans Saints coach Kellen Moore told reporters that "there's concern" regarding Pro Bowl center Erik McCoy as well as running back Kendre Miller, both of whom left Sunday's 26-14 loss to the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field with injuries.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-09-20 01:01:35

The crowd is taking a knee in the street outside of the Broadview Detention Center with their fists up to honor Silverio Villegas-Gonzšles, the man ICE killed last week, victims of police violence, and the people being killed in Palestine.
fed.brid.gy/r/https://bs…

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart (@mskellymhayes.bsky.social)
Tear gas everywhere.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-10-20 02:27:03

Army № 39 Anthony Paradiso jumps in front of Cornell Quarterback № 18 Stefano Luis moments after Luis passed the ball in Sprint Football under the lights this Friday
#photo #photography #football

In the center number 39 in a white shirt is flying throw the air away from us towards red 18 who is facing us and looking in our general direction where he fuel the ball (not visible) and mostly red player swarm around except forn one in white while two people look on from the stands on the opposite side
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-11-19 16:26:00

New Marquette Law School National Survey Finds More People Favoring Democrats Than Republicans In Anticipated 2026 Vote For Congress And Also More Democrats Saying They Are Certain To Vote (A Marquette education prepares students ...)
marquette.edu/news-center/2025
memeorandum.com/251119/p62#a25

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-15 03:25:56

Data Center Watch: local opposition blocked or delayed 17 US data center projects worth $98B in Q2 2025, vs. 16 projects worth $64B from May 2024 to March 2025 (Molly Taft/Wired)
wired.com/story/the-data-cente

The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-10-18 15:22:53

#GiftLink: "Daniel Metzger, a senior fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, said the judge’s opinion offered “very detailed guidance for designing cases that can overcome the challenges this one faced.”
**The Kids Who Sued Trump Just Lost Big in Court. Or Did They?** - The New York Times
nytimes.com/2025/10/18/climate

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-11-20 01:28:42

The rather famous view up Libe Slope towards Uris Library with Willard Straight Hall unseen towards the right
#photo #photography #landscape

A asphalt foot path heads up from the center and joins one running left to right, way at the top a clock tower towers next to a stone building with windows visible under a birm and the peak of sage chapel surrounded by medium sized trees
@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-19 03:04:41

On Monday, Nov. 24,
after more than 1,100 days on strike,
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh members were cheered on by supporters
at a rally in downtown Pittsburgh
before returning to work at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Even though strikers have returned to work, however,
many issues at the center of the strike are still in legal limbo
—and their fight for a fair contract is not over.
In this episode of Working People, we speak with three Newspap…

The longest-running strike in the US is over—and the workers won
After over 3 years on strike, members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh have returned to work at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. While the legal battle is still unresolved, this is a major victory for the labor movement.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-19 14:45:46

China says the NSA has been hacking its National Time Service Center, which provides high precision time services for the government and others, since 2023 (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2025-11-18 13:23:07

Andy Reid on 5-5 Chiefs turning season around: 'You’ve got to take care of the small things' nfl.com/news/andy-reid-on-5-5-

Andy Reid on 5-5 Chiefs turning season around: 'You’ve got to take care of the small things'
The Kansas City Chiefs are 5-5 entering Week 12, the latest in a season Andy Reid's club has been at or below .500 since Patrick Mahomes took over under center. 

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-17 17:30:56

National Center for Atmospheric Research to Be Dismantled, Trump Administration Says (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/12/17/climate
memeorandum.com/251217/p77#a25

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-19 21:27:55

Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 62% YoY to $57.01B, vs. $54.92B est., Data Center revenue up 66% to $51.2B, and net income up 65% to $31.9B (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
cnbc.com/2025/11/19/nvidia-nvd

Nvidia shares rise on stronger-than-expected revenue, forecast
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said sales for the company's current-generation GPU, called Blackwell, are "off the charts."

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-11-19 03:13:14

Entrance to the Summerland Farm Preserve -- along the route the Fingerlakes trail takes from Rt 79 to the top of the overlooking hill to the south
#photo #photography #outdoors

A Kiosk looks small and compressed in the center showing a map of the Summerland Farm Preserve and a logo with a circle surrounding a tree; te sign is surrounded by young trees with light green leaves
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-17 16:01:15

Vought says National Center for Atmospheric Research will be dismantled (Gregory Svirnovskiy/Politico)
politico.com/news/2025/12/17/n
memeorandum.com/251217/p52#a25

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-15 06:11:06

Filing: Oracle signed ~$150B of data center leases in the three months ending November 30, raising its total data center and cloud capacity commitments to $248B (Martin Peers/The Information)
theinformation.com/briefings/o

Oracle Strikes $150 Billion of Data Center Leases in November Quarter
Oracle struck about $150 billion worth of lease commitments on data centers in the three months ending November, it revealed in securities filing late last week, a sign it is preparing for the cloud deals that customers such as OpenAI have struck with Oracle. The filing showed that as of Nov. 30, Oracle had $248 billion of lease commitments “substantially all related to data centers and cloud

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2025-12-12 14:39:12

Sources: Jets center Myers gets 2-year, $11M deal espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/472854

Sources: Jets center Josh Myers gets 2-year, $11M extension - ESPN
Jets center Josh Myers, who has started every game after arriving nine months ago as a possible backup, has been rewarded with a two-year, $11 million contract extension, sources told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler and Adam Schefter.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-17 23:30:52

Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center (NBC News)
nbcnews.com/science/climate-ch
memeorandum.com/251217/p128#a2

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-11-18 15:17:41

😿 The Crisis of the Portuguese Left
#politics

The Crisis of the Portuguese Left
The Portuguese Socialist Party once seemed to be a model for Europe’s center left, gaining support while its sister parties were in decline. But this year’s election was a crushing defeat that saw the Socialists fall behind the far-right group Chega.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-18 06:05:40

Fermi CEO Toby Neugebauer says Amazon canceled a $150M advance for a Texas AI data center campus; FRMI fell 34% on Dec. 12 after saying a tenant had canceled (Dakin Campbell/Business Insider)
businessinsider.com/fermi-amer

Mystery solved: Amazon is the prospective tenant in talks with data center developer rocked by stock plunge
"The lead negotiator for Amazon called me on Thursday," Fermi CEO Toby Neugebauer told Business Insider. The deal would pay more than $20 billion over the next 20 years, he said.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-17 12:55:37

Hut 8 partners with Fluidstack to build an AI data center in Louisiana for Anthropic, backed by a 15-year, $7B lease, starting with 245MW of computing capacity (Akash Sriram/Reuters)
reuters.com/business/hut-8-sha

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-09-20 02:00:42

Like the flowers from the last batch from Monkey Run, I think these flowers are some kind of 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑝𝑠𝑖𝑠 and are pretty if well worn
#photo #photography #ForestFriday

Roughly 8 flowers with a yellow cone in the center and a ragged closely-packed ring of petals forming a definite circule attached to a plant with dark green leaves, there are another five or sow cones that lost their petals. Behind it all are green lines and curves of grass in the background that is out of the depth of field.
@servelan@newsie.social
2025-10-15 02:52:19

Georgia Tech Hopes To Name Student Center After John Lewis | Atlanta Daily World
atlantadailyworld.com/2025/10/

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-11-20 01:25:41

Strange concrete sculptures circa 1960 near that big cluster of trees in the Arboretum
#photo #photography #landscape

About 40% from the left are concrete pillars rising out of a pad with top-heavy structures on top, this is in the middle of close-cut grass with reddish trees on the edge of the field to the left and a bright yellow one far away near the center with greenish trees behind that and something brown or red to the right
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-19 17:20:57

Trump, Hunger Games, and the Kennedy Center (Jonathan V. Last/The Bulwark)
thebulwark.com/p/trump-hunger-
memeorandum.com/251219/p54#a25

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-11-19 01:22:26

🍻 Online discrimination fuels drinking by Hispanic college students
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10

Online discrimination fuels drinking by Hispanic college students
Hispanic college students who encounter racial or ethnic discrimination on social media are more likely to turn to alcohol as a coping mechanism, according to a study led by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-19 18:06:02

Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump's Name to Facade (Helene Cooper/New York Times)
nytimes.com/live/2025/12/19/us
memeorandum.com/251219/p60#a25

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-13 09:10:35

Data center proposals are facing growing opposition from towns across the US, as residents and officials raise concerns about water and electricity use (Daniel Wu/Washington Post)

Towns are saying no to AI data centers. One got sued over it.
A developer sued a Michigan township after it voted against a data center proposal. Cities in Ohio and Missouri have explored data center bans.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-17 02:55:51

Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado (Joey Garrison/USA Today)
usatoday.com/story/news/politi
memeorandum.com/251216/p149#a2

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-16 11:05:52

Analysis: of the 8,808 global data centers in October 2025, ~7,000 are in areas outside the optimal 18C to 27C temperature range; 600 are in areas above 27C (Rest of World)
restofworld.org/2025/data-cent

We mapped the world’s hottest data centers
In 21 countries, all data centers are located in climates that are too hot.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-17 03:10:44

Sources: Meta is set to seal an almost $30B financing package for its Louisiana data center; Meta will retain 20% ownership in the Hyperion data center site (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-11-17 00:21:00

Hydrangea in one of the many courtyards of the ILR school, a space that feels to me like a Japanese palace in a video game
#photo #photography #cornell

Three clusters of Hydgrangea flowers close to far: Lower Center: Sharply in focus with dots of pink at the center Right: Similar but far away and certainly bigger and blurry Left: Brown and dried out and out of focus In the back a stone colored building facade with vertical features.
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-18 07:25:58

Oilfield service companies are moving into the data center business by supplying power and cooling tech as demand from traditional drilling customers weakens (Martha Muir/Financial Times)
ft.com/content/bb16cda6-157b-4

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-18 05:20:59

South Korea restricts travel to Cambodia over online scam center kidnappings; the UK and US sanction Cambodia's Prince Group for allegedly running scam centers (Christian Davies/Financial Times)
ft.com/content/aa354f02-8e11-4

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-17 13:25:45

Sources: Blue Owl Capital will not invest in Oracle's $10B, 1GW data center in Michigan after funding talks stalled due to concerns over debt terms and delays (Financial Times)
ft.com/content/84c147a4-aabb-4

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-16 10:10:40

The EU's aim to triple AI data center capacity over the next five to seven years sparks water scarcity concerns, especially in water-stressed Southern Europe (CNBC)
cnbc.com/2025/10/16/water-ai-m

Thirsty AI mega projects raise alarm in some of Europe’s driest regions
Europe is planning to at least triple its data center capacity as part of a push to become a world-class AI hub.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-12 09:55:47

Taiwan opens its largest AI supercomputing data center using Nvidia's Blackwell chips, a major effort in its push for sovereign AI and chip industry innovation (Nikkei Asia)
asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Taiwan opens sovereign AI data center with Nvidia-powered supercomputer
Plans to expand capacity of Tainan hub sixfold by 2028 in partnership with Japan's NTT

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-17 12:15:43

Q&A with OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo on joining OpenAI, ChatGPT users' mental health, profitability, data center deals, her chronic illness, and more (Zoë Schiffer/Wired)
wired.com/story/fidji-simo-is-

OpenAI's Fidji Simo Plans to Make ChatGPT Way More Useful—and Have You Pay For It
As OpenAI expands in every direction, the new CEO of Applications is on a mission to make ChatGPT indispensable and lucrative.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-15 16:25:57

Meta says it is investing $1.5B to set up a 1 GW data center in El Paso, Texas, and expects it come online in 2028 (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-15 16:55:58

Sources: Orange is seeking to raise €400M-€500M by selling a stake of as much as 50% in its data center business, including its major facility in Normandy (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20