Harpeth Trace Sally

I can't think of anything to write here at the moment.

[Harpeth Trace Sally @SallyGroundhog]

@ShiningScience See also
https://t.co/NjzKvl6PEy

[Rox @RoxUniverse]

@Rainmaker1973 STOP them all! Not wanted or needed and will use up all of our resources whilst polluting environments with noise, light and morons.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The Nashville Zoo has launched a public campaign to block construction of a proposed 69,000-square-foot AI data center that would sit directly adjacent to habitats for endangered animals, including vulnerable clouded leopards.

Zoo officials warn that the facility’s constant noise, bright artificial lighting, and electrical hum could seriously disrupt animal behavior, stress levels, and long-established breeding programs. The zoo is home to more than 3,700 animals representing over 350 species and maintains one of the most important collections of rare and endangered wildlife in the United States.

This conflict highlights a growing backlash against the rapid expansion of data centers driven by the AI boom. These facilities require massive amounts of electricity and operate 24 hours a day, prompting communities nationwide to raise concerns about energy consumption, water use, noise pollution, and environmental impacts. Wildlife conservation groups are now joining the resistance.

More than 180,000 people have already signed a petition opposing the project.

The developer behind the data center states that it will use waterless cooling systems, meet all local noise regulations, and comply with environmental standards. However, zoo leaders argue that the location itself, immediately next to sensitive animal habitats, makes the project unacceptable regardless of technical mitigations.

The dispute underscores a broader challenge of the AI era: how to build the vast digital infrastructure needed for artificial intelligence without placing undue pressure on local communities, ecosystems, and wildlife.

[Harpeth Trace Sally @SallyGroundhog]

@librarycongress United Cigar Stores Company

How did United Cigar Stores Company profit from "Saving Daylight"?

[Trillionaire = Villainaire @Cheral]

@archeohistories In case you want to read the original. https://t.co/iQ7oliY3k4

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

They called it “exposure.” A term that sounds clinical, maybe even benign—like sunlight or fresh air. But in practice, it meant this: a newborn baby, often a girl, carried outside the city and left alone in the wild to die.

In ancient Athens, this wasn’t considered murder. It was routine. A matter-of-fact part of life. People talked about it openly—as if it were no more controversial than choosing when to plant crops or how to balance the household budget. It was framed as economic necessity, sometimes even responsible parenting. The decision belonged to the father. The law backed him up. So did tradition.

And it wasn’t equal. Not even close.

Girls were abandoned far more often than boys. A son could carry on the family name, inherit land, perform sacred rituals, and care for aging parents. A daughter? She came with a dowry, couldn’t inherit in the same way, and was seen—across all levels of society—as a financial liability. Wealth didn’t shield her. One ancient writer said it plainly: “Everyone raises a son, even if he is poor. But a daughter? Even the rich expose her.”

There was no illusion of mercy. No comforting story to soften the cruelty. Some babies might have been taken in by strangers or trafficked into slavery, but that was a fluke—not the plan. Most died, slowly and alone—of cold, hunger, or animals. And everyone knew it.

The practice didn’t just thin out the population. It carved a deep message into the cultural bedrock: that female life was optional. Conditional. Disposable. Generations were raised with that belief quietly embedded in their worldview.

Mothers? They had almost no say. Once the baby was born, it was laid at the father’s feet. Literally. That was the custom. He looked down and decided: raise or discard.

It’s a part of classical civilization that doesn’t show up in the gleam of marble statues or the echo of great speeches. While Athens was laying the intellectual foundation for democracy, philosophy, and reason, it was also drawing a hard line—before a girl could even cry out—about who mattered and who didn’t.

© Women In World History

#archaeohistories

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

Netanyahu: I need $6 billion more
Trump: Approved

Argentina: We need $20 billion
Trump: Approved

Musk: SpaceX needs $5.9 billion
Trump: Approved

Bezos: Amazon needs $16 billion
Trump: Approved

Average Joe: My wife got cancer. I lost my job. Can we get Medicaid?
Trump: Denied

[RB @rbisrb]

And Proud of It...

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

For years, a sizeable segment of the MAGA base insisted there was a secret, elite pedophilic cabal running major governments and trafficking children.

Then the Epstein files began pointing to Trump’s involvement in something incredibly similar—and the theory quietly disappeared.

[Proud Native Americans @proud_native_am]

An American legend has taken his final rest. John Kinsel Sr., one of the last original Navajo Code Talkers who used their language to outwit the Japanese in World War II, has died at 107.

[Carolyn Hinds 🇧🇧 #FreePalestine #CongoInCrisis @CarrieCnh12]

They're building a concentration camp industry in the US and are deporting and selling captives to be tortured in prison and labor camps. The US government is industrialising a global slave trade again.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

“Can I bring my baby to the interview?”

The message came in at 11 PM:

“Hi, I have an interview with you tomorrow at 2 PM. My childcare fell through. Can I bring my 8-month-old? I understand if you need to reschedule.”

Old me would have rescheduled.
Unprofessional. Distraction. Red flag.

New me replied:
“Absolutely. See you tomorrow.”

She showed up with her baby on her hip.
She apologized three times before even sitting down.

Ten minutes in, the baby started crying.
She tried to soothe him while answering questions.
She apologized again.

I stopped the interview and said:

“Hey. You’re managing a fussy baby, answering complex questions, and staying calm under pressure. That’s literally the job. Handling chaos while staying professional. You’re already proving you can do it.”

Her eyes filled with tears.

We hired her.

She’s been with us for a year now.
The most reliable team member we have.

Why?

Because when you’re used to handling a screaming infant at 3 AM and still showing up to work the next day, workplace stress feels like nothing.

Working parents, especially mothers, are some of the most organized, efficient, and resilient people you’ll ever hire.

Yet we lose them because our hiring processes are built for people with zero caregiving responsibilities.

If your interview process can’t accommodate a parent facing a childcare issue, you’re not filtering for professionalism.

You’re filtering for privilege.

[Brett Chapman @brettachapman]

I think this list of every US war from 1776-1900 taken from a 1900s encyclopedia is important because it really captures the whole violent history of stealing land from Native Americans and how it is whitewashed out of US schools unlike the handful of highlighted wars they teach!

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

Funny how debt is forgivable when it’s tied to yacht, hedge funds, or failed businesses but suddenly becomes a “character flaw” when it’s tied to education, healthcare, or survival.