Bret Robertson

Decatur IL native and protagonist. Former Naval Flight Officer. Former electronics executive. Adjunct Prof of Business. Writer.

[clara the urbanist @SlopHq]

every data center story says it uses "as much power as 100,000 homes" like that's a scandal. an aluminum smelter pulls five times that and it's why airplanes are cheap. measuring industry in homes is how you train a country to believe building things is a crime

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@Awake_IL You just noticed?

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@MsMelChen sickening

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@BillAckman sick

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@TheBritLad Fertility is destiny.

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@pmarca Soon to be known as "old people's places."

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@cdrsalamander @alessionaval All the locals already know that one - it is as obvious to them as the nose on our faces.

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@The_Astral_ looks pretty random

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@DeAngelisCorey And people wonder what has happened to the schools. It's all about the people.

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@elonmusk @WallStreetMav What a waste of what could have been an epic.

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@pmarca No common sense is involved in the data center hysteria.

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@elonmusk @HomerPavlos What a shame

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@visegrad24 Where is Batman?

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@Geiger_Capital Batman, where are you?

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@TedJJackson1 @WallStreetApes They've documented the Chinese money now. And the fools fall for it..

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@jockowillink Not even zero dark thirty yet.

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@RobManess They are now out of the closet.

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@adamcarolla sick

[Sam Lyman @SamLyman33]

NEW: BPI research reveals that a Marxist-Leninist group with documented ties to China has been a critical mobilizer in efforts that have blocked or delayed $23.6 billion in AI investment in the US.

Its scalps include 10 data center moratoria, 1 permanent data center ban, and 4 rejected or scrapped AI projects.

In Part II of our foreign influence investigation, BPI exposes the Party for Socialism and Liberation (or PSL) as the political arm of Shanghai-based Neville Singham, and lays bare a national campaign launched by the party to stop America’s data center buildout.

Singham is the subject of multiple federal investigations into his reported ties to the CCP. Our research uncovers the anti-data-center organizing of his activist vehicle, the PSL, across 21 campaigns in 14 states, in roles ranging from lead organizer to one member of a broader coalition.

This report adds to the mounting evidence that China and its surrogates are committed to stopping America’s data center buildout so that Beijing can gain the advantage in the AI race.

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@RepBeccaB unelect this sick crone