„In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people, and is likely to emit nearly twice as much carbon dioxide as ExxonMobil, the world’s largest non-state carbon emitter.” Via Alan Kirk (h/t PCA Permaculture Climate Action)
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If a legal permanent resident can be deported without breaking any laws, because the government doesn’t like his policy opinion, it’s not a free country. It’s that simple.
I think a lot of us need to understand these choices are not about saving money. They are about privatizing public goods for the enrichment of the very few.
this might read as an empty gesture but what it encourages is rolling back translation/interpretation access for gov’t services, benefits, and resources
This is exactly the problem. You can't take the "move fast and break things" mentality of Silicon Valley into the federal government, a place where if you break things, people die, or have their rights violated, or can't access essential services.
Musk is firing people who operate the Veterans Crisis Line. One of the most substantial and successful tools to fight veteran suicide today. They literally did a 2014 documentary about it that won an Oscar. Can someone point me to the outrage from the MAGA “we love the troops” crowd?
Nope…crickets. It’s always been a lie.
To summarize: Elon Musk, in his government capacity, went into the FAA and fired hundreds of air traffic controllers. Now two weeks later, Elon Musk, in his capacity as CEO of SpaceX, is in the FAA looking to privatize the very jobs he eliminated
In 2025 I encourage men on here to stop watching porn, find a hobby, go outside, read a book, exercise, socialize with people… literally change the wiring of your brain so everytime you see a woman doing her job you don’t automatically think about sex
hating snow because you “have to drive in it” proves that the car owner mindset destroys your innate connection to nature and shatters any sense of wonder you may have at the phenomenon of existence. owning a car depletes your soul