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  County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’ https://www.404media.co/henrico-virginia-datacenter-energy-cost-email/

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  RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116851816985011989 "If you spot an account you think might be AI-generated, click ⋯ on one of the account's posts and select "report". Remember to give your reason for reporting, so that the admin knows what to look for." This seems like a bad idea. People on social media are bad at spotting AI. Too many false positives. I know this because I have twice been accused of being AI for my social media posts, so I anticipat...

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  I want to improve my timeline. Suggest accounts and starter packs for me to follow.

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  Bobby Brainworms says babies live inside women’s placentas, which is not how women’s bodies work, and that he’s going to assign someone to prove that acetaminophen causes autism, which is not how science works. https://www.jezebel.com/rfk-jr-confirms-he-knows-nothing-about-female-anatomy-in-embarrassing-rant?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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  🤖 Mitch’s newsletter 5.8.2026: https://newsletter.mitchwagner.com/2026/05/08/mitchs-newsletter.html

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  Lines, Ranked — McSweeney’s https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/lines-ranked

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  Meanwhile, Zohran Is Just Getting Things Done. https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/meanwhile-zohran-is-just-getting-things-done

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  The Venture-Capital Populist. How David Sacks and the new tech right went full MAGA and captured Washington. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/06/david-sacks-crypto-ai-venture-capital/686941/?gift=_aFBI00lj0Z6Gzv9uVJeWMN2FE3oMtLnbRLGiOEL2WI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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  My old friend Dr. Marc Gorelick, who is a respected elder statesman of pediatric medicine, writes about the skewed incentives in medical care that make a hair transplant more valuable than resuscitating a newborn infant. https://startingwithcurious.com/2026/04/23/the-value-of-work/ According to the metrics used by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the American Medical Association, the hair transplant is 31-84% more valuable than resuscitating a newborn. Marc mentions circumci...

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  We shouldn’t use AI to replace doctors. We should use it to replace patients https://val.demar.in/2026/04/a-rash-conclusion/

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  The Other Reasons Why Podcasting is Hot — Doc Searls https://doc.searls.com/2026/04/24/the-other-reasons-why-podcasting-is-hot/

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  The Iran war is reducing demand for fossil fuels and driving the world toward renewables for everybody but the US, writes Rebecca Solnit. "This is how the attack by one petro-state (ours) on another (Iran's) may be turning out to be very bad for petroleum, because the only thing history loves more than a surprise party is irony." https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/truth-consequences-climate-and-demand-destruction/ Via @pluralistic — Thanks! https://pluralistic...

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  "I was on a call with investors who asked why there are so many protests about data centers. I told them something they didn't want to hear. The public looks at what hyperscalers are doing and sees this: tech gets rich; you pay more for water and electricity; your kids may not have jobs. And you're surprised that 85% of the public doesn't like that deal? They're not wrong." https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/america-used-build-future-blair...

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  An explanation of why the buns are askew on Japanese McDonald’s ads. This takes a turn at the end. https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1so9wf1/comment/ogrko74/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1

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  My employer is being acquired! https://investor.emeraldx.com/news-releases/News-Details/2026/Apollo-Funds-to-Acquire-Emerald-and-Questex-to-Create-Leading-North-American-B2B-Events-Platform/default.aspx

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  Typing Is Being Replaced by Whispering—and It’s Way More Annoying. Workspaces are starting to resemble high-end call centers, only these employees are talking to AI. “It’s just a little awkward.” By Kate Clark at the Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/tech/typing-is-being-replaced-by-whisperingand-its-way-more-annoying-a804fee7?st=PhWFbK&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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  I don't use dictation on my desktop. I have spent a lot of time typing every day for my entire adult life and much of my teens. I am as comfortable typing as I am speaking — maybe more comfortable. But that's only when I have a full-size keyboard and a flat surface to put it on. On my iPhone, I dictate, rather than type, half the time or more. I use Siri for that; I haven't tried any other voice-to-text apps. In the 1970s, writer John Varley wrote a series of science...

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  Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only: Deadwood Star Trek:TOS The Odd Couple The Mary Tyler Moore Show MASH Hill Street Blues ER The Pitt Doctor Who Bob Newhart Show Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel Firefly The Sopranos Mad Men This list is biased toward shows I loved when I was a child, teen and early 20s because shows hit harder then. It sucks about Joss doesn’t it?

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  I am having a grande Starbucks cappuccino and it is 5:15 PM and I am three hours east of my normal time zone and I need to be awake at 6 am. I see no potential problem here.

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  Extreme bets on simplifying networks. CEO Ed Meyercord says simplicity and supply-chain savvy are driving share gains as Extreme posts its fifth straight double-digit revenue quarter, on the eve of the big annual Extreme Connect conference this week. My latest on Fierce Network. https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/extreme-bets-simplifying-networks

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