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[Robert Rubsam @rob_rubsam]

Kiyoshi Kurosawa: "I recently rewatched "A Brighter Summer Day" when it had a revival screening, and I was struck by how blatantly influenced I am, to the point of being almost disgusting." https://t.co/i5QtR60h4a

[Lunchbox and Laserdisc Visit the Criterion Closet @fourarmedstar]

@DanielGorman20 i think this is why it's a uniquely gen z movie. older generations still remember an internet thst held more promise.

[sexpert @sahib14384912]

in class bored who are we adding

[Sarah Osment @sm_osment]

have I mentioned that I teach first year writing here and that I am being laid off

[Lunchbox and Laserdisc Visit the Criterion Closet @fourarmedstar]

@CvatikPhoto on top of the youtube success, if you watch his interviews he's a really good, really mature speaker. honestly impressive for his age

[0️⃣BlackBetty ⚓️ @BabyD1111229]

Erin Brockovich has launched a new interactive website and map tracking data centers across America — and the response has been overwhelming.

In just the first week, the site logged 1,690 resident complaints, with over 1,800 submissions coming in from 47 states shortly after launch.

Residents are reporting serious issues including:
• Massive water usage draining local supplies
• Sharply rising utility bills for nearby homes
• Constant 24/7 noise from fans and generators disrupting sleep and daily life
• Concerns over e-waste and potential PFAS contamination

This comes from the same Erin Brockovich who famously won a $333 million settlement against PG&E in the 1990s for contaminating drinking water in Hinckley, California.

The map shows operational, under-construction, and proposed AI data centers, allowing people to submit reports with photos and locations.

What the map shows~

• Major AI data centers (operational, under construction, or proposed) across the U.S.

• Overlaid with community-reported concerns (pins from residents emailing in issues).

• You can click markers for details, sources, and reports. It uses a leaflet/OpenStreetMap-based interactive map.

Stats from the site (as of ~May 24, 2026)
• 33 Operational (built & running)

• 44 Under Construction (announced or building)

• 27 Proposed (in pipeline/pending approval)

• Hundreds/thousands of community reports nationwide (earlier reports mentioned 2,700+ submissions from 49 states, with Texas leading heavily).

Many Americans are now asking whether the rapid expansion of data centers is coming at too high a cost to local communities and the environment.

https://t.co/yD03JLSJjp

[noah kulwin @nkulw]

It’s here! https://t.co/lRfOGd3xBW

[Synekura Audio @synekura_audio]

Philip K. Dick, from 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?' [1968]

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

If you're worried about AI data centers, Congress is taking notice — not by passing any laws, but by spying on critics through its new intelligence bureau:
https://t.co/51QrEvlCSb

[Lunchbox and Laserdisc Visit the Criterion Closet @fourarmedstar]

sometimes yiu have to ask if this is about "late-stage" capitalism or if this is just samsara

[Skoom🔻☭ @SkoomaBoofer]

Lately I've noticed an increasingly popular archetype in modern horror

I want to talk about what it is, and why I think it's so popular 🧵

It's a trope seen across countless different films, TV, video games etc

It's in Squid Games, the Saw franchise, the Portal series,
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[Kathleen Tyson @Kathleen_Tyson_]

I think I stated changing my view about Israel at a 1980s party in Manhattan where someone raised a New York Times story about IDF making it policy to break hands of Palestinian boys.

“There goes a generation of Palestinian pianists!”, one wit quipped. They all laughed.

I walked away, left soon.

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

"I've been doing this for 30 years."

"Nothing prepares you for Gaza."

[Lunchbox and Laserdisc Visit the Criterion Closet @fourarmedstar]

the dearth of basic education in the humanities is wreaking havoc. every day people try to explain why ai is good or bad, but these "debates" can only occur in a landscape where signifier and signified are already completely untethered

[maddie @madsssagascar]

if someone ran a marathon and someone else drove 26 miles i wouldnt congratulate the driver just because he ended up at the destination

[Greg @GregGrandin]

In 1898, the US invaded and occupied Cuba, preempting a domestic revolt against Spanish colonial rule that was about to triumph. This was the first real US military op justified nearly fully in humanitarian terms, against Spanish brutality. The justification was cynical and…1/3

[Castelblanco Urbano @FrioTemplado]

Ustedes me secuestraron en altamar. En la cárcel me separaron del grupo, me metieron a un contenedor, me esposaron, botaron al piso y me golpearon por más de tres horas hasta causarme una conmoción cerebral.
Esos son sus valores, estas fotos sólo son propaganda

[Justin Logan @JustinTLogan]

Incredible scoop from John, with a blistering blind quote:

[Lunchbox and Laserdisc Visit the Criterion Closet @fourarmedstar]

@libshipwreck @maiamindel Steroids might be more apt. Working out not for its own sake but as a means to an end, to build that mass, to get that A. and people love steroids.

[tern @1goodtern]

If covid infections make you *more vulnerable* to almost every other pathogenic infection by multiple mechanisms, then you'd expect increases in almost every other pathogenic infection.

And that's what we see.

Ten completely unsurprising news stories: