Grouchy Marx

Environmental and political issues.

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

Terrific.

#auspol #politas

[Roger Hallam @RogerHallamCS21]

Good news from The Times - our grandchildren will starve to death rather than our children.

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

https://t.co/iJ4D6kLfIg

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

Martin Luther of the 16c was a reformist. Holy moly.

Hitler was huge fan of Martin Luther from the 16c.

I wonder what Pauline Hanson would do with his teachings, considering Hitler's views on how it shaped Nazi policies.

#auspol

[Peter Murphy @PeterWMurphy1]

If Chris Uhlmann thinks Pauline Hanson might be the Martin Luther of our time, could he please explain what her Ninety-Five Theses will be? And will she nail them to the entrance doors of Parliament House? This is mind-numbingly idiotic nonsense journalism. #auspol #journalism

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

@noplaceforsheep AI helped out on what I forgot.

https://t.co/AG7Xfymcgo

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

@noplaceforsheep and guess who was a huge fan of Martin Luther the 16c reformist? - Hitler.

Martin Luther 16c had lots to do with the hate towards the jewish people.

I forget...but Hitler was a hugggggggggge fan of the 16c reformist.

[Anna @AnnaDeMilanese]

Nr. 1
Jared Kushner – Trumps Schwiegersohn – steht offiziell unter Untersuchung. Kongress-Abgeordneter Raskin wörtlich: „Du kannst nicht gleichzeitig Diplomat und finanzieller Büttel der saudischen Monarchie sein.

Du kannst die USA nicht treu vertreten wenn du Milliarden in saudischen und emiratischen Geldern in jedem Anzug trägst." Kushner verhandelte gleichzeitig als inoffizieller Nahost-Sondergesandter – Iran-Deal, Russland-Ukraine-Gespräche, Palästina – und sammelte mindestens 5 Milliarden Dollar für seine Investmentfirma Affinity Partners von denselben Golfstaaten. Affinity: 6,2 Milliarden Dollar unter Verwaltung. 99 Prozent davon von ausländischen Staatsfonds. Kushner baut Hotels in Albanien. Kushner verhandelt Weltfrieden. Kushner kassiert Milliarden. Alles gleichzeitig.
Kushner baut Hotels in Albanien. Kushner verhandelt Weltfrieden. Kushner kassiert Milliarden. Alles gleichzeitig.

Aber wer genau hinsieht versteht das Muster: Trumps zweite Amtszeit war von Anfang an eine Uhr die tickt. Vier Jahre. Nicht mehr. Also schnell schnell. Trump Jr. – Pentagon-Deals für sein Startup. Eric Trump – Robotik-Firmeverträge. Kushner – 5 Milliarden von Golfstaaten während er deren Außenpolitik mitgestaltet. Ivanka – Hotels auf albanischem Schutzland. Melania – NFTs und Krypto. Trump selbst – 3.700 Aktientransaktionen in drei Monaten.

Das ist kein Regieren. Das ist Abkassieren mit Ablaufdatum. Und wenn die Uhr abläuft – ziehen sie sich zurück. Mit dem Geld. Und lassen andere mit dem Schaden zurück.

Das ist kein neues Phänomen. Es ist ein uraltes Muster:
Historisch:
Cornelius Vanderbilt – Eisenbahnmonopol, staatliche Subventionen, politische Verbindungen.
John D. Rockefeller – Standard Oil, politischer Einfluss, Staatsverträge.
Die Gilded Age Oligarchen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Modern:
Berlusconi – Medienimperium und gleichzeitig Premierminister Italiens. Gesetze die zufällig seine eigenen Ermittlungen stoppten.
Orbán – 16 Jahre an der Macht, Freunde und Familie kontrollieren heute Ungarns Medien, Bauwirtschaft und Energiesektor.
Putin – vom KGB-Offizier zum reichsten Mann der Welt durch Staatsressourcen.

Das Muster ist immer dasselbe:
Macht nutzen um Reichtum zu akkumulieren. Reichtum nutzen um Macht zu sichern. Und wenn die Macht endet – das Geld ist längst in Sicherheit.

In Trumps erster Amtszeit wurden die weichen gestellt.
Das Justizministerium fand 2017 einen Gesetzesschlupfloch damit Kushner überhaupt im Weißen Haus arbeiten durfte – ohne Senatsgenehmigung, ohne Ethiksgesetze, ohne Finanzoffenlegung. Klagen wegen Verfassungsverletzungen wurden auf Verfahrensgründen abgewiesen – nie inhaltlich entschieden. Als Kushner 2021 das Weiße Haus verließ – direkt 2 Milliarden Dollar von Saudi-Arabien. Derselbe Saudi-Arabien mit dem er als Berater arbeitete. Das war der Testlauf.
Zweite Amtszeit: dasselbe System – aber größer, schneller, dreister.
5 Milliarden angesammelt. Kein Finanzoffenlegungsformular. Keine Ethiksgesetze. Sogar republikanischer Kongressmann Comer sagte: „Was Kushner tat überschritt die ethische Grenze." Das System ließ es zu. Beide Male.
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[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

@business Logic chips. 🤔

https://t.co/R4jsREndRS

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

All is normal, carry on.

[Interesting AF @interesting_aIl]

Michigan begins building a $16 billion AI data center despite officials voting against it

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

@TedPillows A property boom?

So they can then destroy the property market, with foreclosures.

They're doing a Prime Mortgage - setting up finance mortgage companies, and, on-debt shit, and foreclosure stuff. Make a killing.

[Ted @TedPillows]

Stocks are dumping.
Gold is dumping.
Silver is dumping.
Crypto is dumping.
Bonds are dumping.
Even Oil is dumping.

If everything is dumping, where the hell is money going?

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

@TedPillows Are there runs on banks?

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

The tech elite and a some other crazy billionaires, want to live in bunkers till they kill of the majority, and make them very ill.

Roll out the Ebola, starvation, wars over water. - ⬆️Those things are already happening.

Mass ecocide, mass genocide, mass surveillance, mass control.

Do you have a handy island with bunkers, and tunnels?

and AI control?

A network of billionaires do.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Data centers powering artificial intelligence are projected to consume roughly twice as much electricity and water by 2030 as they do today, according to a new report from United Nations researchers.

Although AI is often perceived as intangible cloud-based technology, every query, image, or video relies on a massive physical infrastructure of servers, cooling systems, power grids, chips, land, and water.

In 2025, global data centers used approximately 448 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity, more than the total consumption of Saudi Arabia. AI accounted for about one-fifth of that demand. These facilities also consumed around 1.2 trillion gallons (4.5 trillion liters) of water and emitted roughly 189 million tons of carbon dioxide.

By 2030, researchers forecast that annual electricity consumption by data centers will rise to 945 TWh, roughly equivalent to Japan’s current total electricity use, with AI expected to drive 40% of the total. Water consumption is projected to double to about 2.5 trillion gallons (9.3 trillion liters) per year. The physical land footprint could also expand from roughly 2,664 square miles (6,900 km²) today to more than 5,600 square miles (14,500 km²).

The surge stems from the immense computational demands of training and running advanced AI models, which require powerful chips running continuously and generate substantial heat that must be managed through energy- and water-intensive cooling.

The report emphasizes that AI is not inherently unsustainable. The technology offers potential benefits for optimizing energy systems, reducing waste, and improving efficiency across industries. However, the rapid pace of AI infrastructure development risks outstripping environmental planning, particularly in regions already facing resource constraints. Massive new data centers could intensify competition for electricity and water with communities, agriculture, and natural ecosystems.

[Aczel, M., Chamanara, S., Matin, M., Farsi, A., Marwala, T., & Madani, K. (2026). Environmental Cost of AI’s Energy Use: Carbon, Water and Land Footprints. United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)]

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

Yes there is an answer, confiscate Musk and few others wealth for a true Global Wealth Fund.

Musk really needs to smile more, doesn't he?

[Crypto Tice @CryptoTice_]

BREAKING:

Elon Musk just said what nobody in Washington wants to hear.

"The government is basically unfixable."
"If AI and robots don't solve our national debt. We're toast."

$39,000,000,000,000 in national debt.

The man who built Tesla. SpaceX.
And tried to fix the government himself.

Just admitted humans can't solve it alone.

Either AI drives a productivity boom large enough to grow out of the debt.

Or the math never works.

There is no third option.

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

What's the date?

Reposting Alex Jones, crikey.

World moves in mysterious ways.

[Alex Jones @RealAlexJones]

🚨🚨Just in case you missed it. Here is Benjamin Netanyahu in his own words, thanking Congress for implementing “his plan” to take over the US military and intelligence services..🚨🚨

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

@GaryMarcus Smells like a grift.

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

@hashjenni The Maga cult into a University.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

University of California professors are raising urgent concerns that widespread AI-assisted cheating has left many incoming students unprepared for college-level work, particularly in mathematics.

In a letter to university leadership, faculty reported that nearly one-third of students in UC Berkeley’s introductory calculus courses show “severe preparation deficits,” requiring instructors to spend valuable time reteaching middle-school level math concepts.

Educators point to the rapid adoption of AI chatbots like ChatGPT as a major contributor. These tools, they argue, have enabled rampant academic dishonesty, artificially inflated high school grades, and hindered the development of critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

While top institutions such as MIT, Harvard, and Yale have recently reinstated standardized testing requirements (SAT/ACT) to better assess student readiness, the University of California system has maintained its test-optional policy, citing concerns over racial and socioeconomic inequities in standardized exams.

As remedial teaching strains university resources, the debate is intensifying: Are standardized tests a necessary tool to ensure students are prepared, or do they remain an unfair barrier? With AI now deeply embedded in education, universities face growing pressure to find effective ways to restore academic standards.

[ThePatrioticBlonde™🇺🇸 @ImBreckWorsham]

Ivanka Trump is fleeing the same country her own father is president of.

But no.....Everything's fine. Nothing to see here.

[Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus]

⚠️⚠️ Seismic shift ⚠️⚠️

It’s a good day to be Mistral.

Nobody is going to trust an American AI company that is partly owned by the US Government.

Just the way the US doesn’t trust Huawei.

After this meeting, everything is going to change.

I don’t think either Washington or Silicon Valley has really thought this through.

[Grouchy Marx @ecobard]

Why?

[Reuters @Reuters]

Witkoff, Kushner meet nuclear experts at national lab in Tennessee, source says https://t.co/KhjfYHC2WK https://t.co/KhjfYHC2WK