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[Amy C. Wentz @amycwentz]

Virginia, we can brag when our Teacher Pay ranking is at the same level as our business ranking. 😊🙏🏽🍎 For context we rode to 3rd for business this year and are at 26 for teacher pay.

[Farrington Park @farringtonpark]

@Jaaavis Abigail Spanberger: “Devil’s in the details.”
Ghazala Hashmi: “Here are the details.”

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Data centers have driven a 25 percent increase in electricity rates in Virginia prompting county officials to ask public school teachers to turn off lights and unplug devices in order to save five million dollars in utility costs.

Henrico County which already hosts 37 large data centers and anticipates 17 more faces a significant budget shortfall due to the rate hike. The added expense is projected to cost the county approximately five million dollars in the next fiscal year with the greatest impact falling on schools and government buildings.

To address the shortfall administrators have issued conservation guidelines for school staff. These measures include turning off lights when rooms are unoccupied powering down computers at the end of the workday adjusting blinds to reduce heat gain and avoiding the use of personal space heaters.

The situation highlights growing tension between the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure and local public services. As power grids strain under the massive energy requirements of data centers communities are left to manage rising costs that affect essential services such as education. This dynamic has sparked broader public debate about responsibility for the nations increasing electricity demands.

[Farrington Park @farringtonpark]

@ireneshintweets @GovernorVA You got a version of this for data centers that go through 30 million gallons

[Farrington Park @farringtonpark]

@notlarrysabato song is about Maryland ask John Denver

[Farrington Park @farringtonpark]

@royermattw actually it's about maryland per john denver

[Farrington Park @farringtonpark]

@LynleeGThorne yr the I liked this band before they were cool person but for Va politics

[Interesting AF @interesting_aIl]

A Virginia county with 37 data centers asks schools to conserve electricity to mitigate a 25% increase in electricity costs

[Farrington Park @farringtonpark]

@C_Herring How much you take from Dominion to do what they want

[Nick Mark MD @nickmmark]

The moral calculus here is simple.

For decades there was bipartisan congressional agreement to fund lifesaving programs. 80% of Americans agree with providing food and medical supplies to the worlds poorest people.

Elon was neither elected nor confirmed. He illegally and gleefully destroyed USAID, which did not save any money - in many cases he just disrupted distribution of supplies already purchased - but he did kill many children.

The closest analogy would be burning down a food bank causing people to die of starvation. It was an illegal act that was wasteful and caused harm. You can’t defend it by saying “what obligation do we have to fund food banks?”

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Elon Musk asked for a name of a person he has killed.

He got a list.

[Farrington Park @farringtonpark]

@StopBigMoney @ShannonTaylorVA Brain dead endorsement. Taylor is the largest corporate sycophant in the commonwealth

[Farrington Park @farringtonpark]

@ScVanValkenburg Bad math. $1.9 B > $600 million. That sound fair to you? Budget is a joke, data centers run this state

[Farrington Park @farringtonpark]

@rlmcca @SenLouiseLucas fair enough

[Glen Sturtevant @GlenSturtevant]

She won’t ask the Data Centers to cut back on their water usage though.

[Mi Corazón Es Rojiblanco @mi_rojiblanco]

La emoción de Luchito Diaz al tercer gol de Colombia, Dios mío ¡QUE PASIÓN! ❤️🇨🇴

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[Farrington Park @farringtonpark]

@notlarrysabato let's see..... we've heard it all before!