Brian O Walsh

Father. Husband. American. Republican. Giants, Mets, Devils fan. Opinions expressed are my own.

[Secretary Markwayne Mullin @SecMullinDHS]

I’m not surprised you would say something like this, @GovSherrillNJ.

On June 8th, I personally granted you access to the facility as an act of good faith— despite you having exactly ZERO federal oversight authority. Of course, you’re still trying to turn Delaney Hall into a political football for the radical left.

You were told BEFORE you went in you would not have the ability to speak to detainees. This is a federal facility, Governor. You are NOT federally elected.

I suggest you and your health inspectors spend more time at your New Jersey state detention facilities. Delaney Hall has 2x more medical personnel per detainee than NJ state prison, and at least 2x as much square footage. Detainees are also 2x more likely to die in NJ state custody. ⬇️

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

One of the greatest speeches of the late 20th century, given on the 40th anniversary of one of the most spectacular days in human history.

[Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful @kevinolearytv]

We uncovered something far bigger than I ever expected. After seeing coordinated false attacks against the Utah data center project, we brought in an advanced data science team to trace where the content was coming from and the results were shocking. What we found led back to organized networks, political activist groups, and funding trails tied to massive international entities. We dug through IRS 990 filings, tracked IP data from around the world, and uncovered what appears to be a coordinated campaign targeting energy and data center projects across multiple regions.

I shared 90 pages of evidence with federal law enforcement and raised concerns directly with contacts at the White House. This isn’t speculation. The filings, funding records, dates, and connections are documented. There’s a coordinated PR war happening around energy infrastructure and data centers, and we’re not going to ignore it.

[Jawwwn @jawwwn_]

.@PalmerLuckey: "Patents are Chinese instruction manuals" and we need to reinvent the US patent system:

"Stop patenting everything."

"The Founding Fathers never predicted a world where you'd have a globalized economy, and the entire patent office could be downloaded every single morning, ripped off, and then used to fight a war against you."

" We need to really fundamentally revisit the patent system."

"I think we need to massively expand the national security patent process. You can obtain a classified patent. You can get a patent on something that you are not allowed to disclose to anyone, but you still maintain the exclusivity on those rights."

" We need to massively expand that program."

Via @HooverInst

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

Q: How are job postings for software engineers rising rapidly despite AI agents automating coding?

A: Because there’s far more code to manage than ever before. We’re already seeing a 14x YoY increase in GitHub commits, and it’s accelerating.

AI has dramatically lowered the cost of writing code, so it’s now being used across far more businesses, applications, and use cases.

We’re at the beginning of a massive productivity boom driven by the proliferation of bespoke software throughout the entire economy.

Coding has been AI’s breakout use case this year. The fact that it’s increased demand for software engineers — rather than decreased it — should call into question the entire “AI will cause mass job loss” narrative.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

This is probably the best look at the shockwaves I’ve seen from the latest Starship flight.

Captured from a GoPro I clamped onto a proper camera to record simultaneous video. (I’ll show you the photo the better camera took in the reply)

[Legal Phil @Legal_Fil]

At the risk of being rude, if you saw this clip and didn’t immediately suspect that AOC was lying, you simply have zero social-media awareness and would be better off without an account.

[Quick Thoughts @lthlnkso]

This is misleading. The issue affects 4 families, there is other construction in the area, and it has nothing to do with data centers.

[Patrick Ruffini @PatrickRuffini]

If Democrats win all districts up to Trump +9 under the new maps:

Dems 222
GOP 213

Under the old maps

Dems 239
GOP 196

A 17 seat gap. That's the story of redistricting in a nutshell.

[James Blair @JamesBlairUSA]

Reupping.

[Senate Republicans @NRSC]

Primary win in Kentucky! Ready to send @barrforsenate to the Senate 🇺🇸

[US Oil & Gas Association @US_OGA]

As we prepare to sign off, we give a final shoutout those who have passionately informed us all week why data centers are the worst.

We also would like to thank X's Atlanta data center facility with its hundreds of thousands of GPUs which have processed and delivered each of your opinions.

[Citrini @citrini]

Literally just a taste of what data center discourse during election season will mostly look like

[Quick Thoughts @lthlnkso]

I think the big Utah data center is fine.

[Steve Everley @saeverley]

Buried deep in a story about how data centers are linked to higher electricity prices, we find this gem:

"Nationally, there has not always been a link between higher prices and more data centers."
https://t.co/PtcQVTn0R0

[⚡️David Blackmon⚡️ @EnergyAbsurdity]

🚨So, this is what I meant last week when I warned that there is a campaign to demonize the datacenter industry based on the strategies deployed 15-20 years ago against #Fracking.

- 15 years ago: Josh Fox pushed a fake narrative of Colorado residents lighting their faucets on fire, blaming it on Fracking. But those people had been doing that for years because their well water came from a formation right above a coal seam, which leached methane into the water formation.

- Today: The video below blames a @Meta datacenter for low water pressure. Trouble is, Meta gets its water from a completely separate source than these people do.

Same fake campaign, 15 years apart.

Fact: There are plenty of real impacts and issues related to data centers for real people to be concerned about.

We should all condemn:

- Activists who raise false issues like this; and
- Datacenter developers who fail to deal openly and effectively with those real issues raised by real people.

That is all.

[Marie Isabella @MarieIsabellaB]

This is from the late 1900’s

[Jordan Schachtel @JordanSchachtel]

A large chunk of the anti data center fearmongering campaign can be traced back to a Chinese government op. Will elaborate more on this in the coming days.

[Brian O Walsh @BrianOWalsh]

@pmarca yeah, and early critics of steam powered locomotives thought “that women’s bodies were not designed to go at 50 miles an hour,” and worried that “[female passengers’] uteruses would fly out of [their] bodies as they were accelerated to that speed”. 🤦‍♂️ 🚂

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Yep. Electric lights got the same treatment as well.