A small town in Michigan voted against a massive Data Center but the developers are moving ahead with the project anyway
Your vote literally doesn’t even matter, they’re just going to do whatever they want
It’s a huge $16 billion project for OpenAI and Oracle. Last September, Saline Township board members voted 4 to 1 against allowing a proposal for an AI data center to proceed
The land has been zoned agricultural for decades, even hundreds of years. They didn't want it to become anything industrial
Now 575 acres of farmland are being rezoned for the data center. The full campus footprint described as up to 21 million square feet. It’s one of the largest construction projects in Michigan history
Here’s what happened
- Related Digital (the developer) proposed rezoning agricultural land
- September 2025: Saline Township Planning Commission and Board voted against it
- Just 2 days later: Related Digital sued for “exclusionary zoning”
- Township settled quickly because they were advised they couldn’t afford the ongoing lawsuit against these tech giants
The plant will use the equivalent energy of 1 million homes
Apparently energy usage and climate change aren’t a problem anymore. Funny how that works…. Just a couple years ago we were told not to use our air conditionings because we’d destroy the planet
@Oracle Your a disgusting company
I read about you forcing a small town into handing over 250 acres of farmland in michivan all because you wanted to open some scrappy AI center
You disgust me
If they said no you should've accepted it like an adult and instead you whined like a child
@CrystxlCorgi Honestly I personally see this as win
EVERYONE is now on a equal playing field
People who DID purchase those game passes got a gift for their purchase
Nothing really changes besides the fact that everyone can now get the same amount of diamonds as ppl who did have the pass
@dazaichu_ Its genuinely good
Im convinced people hating it are simply wanting to be haters for god knows whatever reason
Its slow paced so you need a decent attention span to watch but I swear I was on the edge of my seat when things started picking up
@TopcatGG Hi
Regular roblox player
I dont care if they want all faces to have a dynamic counter part but I find it uncanny and ugly
I do not want this
I want my classic head and face to remain the same
If they want to make a second for it then sure go ahead
PLEASE READ AND SPEAK UP!
Roblox just announced a new policy that forces all avatar heads to support animated facial expressions, and they’re applying it to existing heads too, not just new ones.
This is a really bad decision, and the impact this will have on creators is being ignored.
A huge number of creators earn their income from static or 2D-style heads that were approved and sold under the old rules. Now we’re being told to redo insanely large amounts of existing work or those items will be taken off sale and eventually removed for good. That is not realistic for most creators.
For many people, this isn’t just a hobby. This is rent money. This is food. This is their main source of income.
If Roblox wants to move toward animated heads, that’s fine, but it should apply to new uploads only. Changing the rules overnight and threatening existing items is unfair.
The best selling heads on the catalog are mostly static or 2D-style for a reason. That’s what players actually want. Forcing creators to switch to something the community has avoided does not increase expression, it limits it.
This change is being presented as expanding self expression, but in reality it removes an entire style of expression that players and creators actively use.
There is a simple solution here. Leave existing heads alone. Apply the new rules only to new heads. Or create a proper category for static or classic heads.
Any of these would allow Roblox to move forward toward animated heads without destroying creator incomes.
This feels extremely out of touch. The retroactive part of this policy needs to be reconsidered.
Genuinely disappointed. Please do better @Roblox 🙏
YOUR VOICE MATTERS, SPEAK OUT AND BE HEARD:
https://t.co/J1fzJkKFr7
@PokemonDealsTCG It seems pokemon center dropped a new item / updated the site, maybe a late drop today? They did drop at 3 :45 in the past so who knows
@DTI4Ever2023@_Dress2Impress It says in ops post they fixed the prop gifting issue which i don't think is actually fixed
But it did let me friend buy the set and gift it to me I just never received it