Jordan Hillman

I live dangerously and tweet with precision and finesse.

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@spencerforhire To use your examples, car travel and factory farming are going to be very difficult to change now that the infrastructure is all built and millions of people have related jobs in those industries and everyone relies on those systems

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@spencerforhire How do you feel about the electricity usage? I don’t have the statistics but I know that is also significant. I think it’s worth questioning the resource cost of new things before they become fully institutionalized and difficult to reverse.

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@spencerforhire I know your overall point is that data centers use a relatively small amount of water compared to other stuff, and I agree it’s important to keep things in perspective. I just don’t think we should dismiss those concerns either when some areas are already being affected.

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@spencerforhire I mean nobody should be growing water intensive crops in a place where it doesn’t rain, that’s just insane. Not sure what China has to do with anything because we actually run an agricultural trade deficit with them, so it’s not like we’re shipping water out of the country.

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@spencerforhire I don’t think it’s a distraction for people to be concerned about their aquifers! We should all care about each other, no matter where we live, but I think it’s valid for people to not want data centers or fracking or whatever else to be draining their drinking water.

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@spencerforhire Anything that pollutes billions of gallons of water with horrible chemicals seems like a serious concern! Especially for a tech that is projected to grow quickly. Agricultural pollution being bad doesn’t mean industrial pollution is somehow fine

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@spencerforhire Water use is a regional issue, data centers require clean water and are already threatening aquifers in some areas. 20-30% of the water used becomes contaminated wastewater rather than evaporating and rejoining the water cycle.

[Rhine Stoned Cowboy @BisqueBoi]

The only major university actually teaching “woke” nonsense is Berklee College of Music
Nobody needs to play bass like that.
Nobody, and I mean nobody needs to play guitar like that

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@michaeloburns My schedule is all over the place but if I’m available I’d try to make it. My wife is a filmmaker, she might be interested as well.

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@TheGreeneBJ Woody Guthrie! He has several songs explicitly opposing fascism, and his guitar with “This Machine Kills Fascists” on it is iconic. I don’t know who runs his estate but I would imagine it would be possible to get the rights to use his songs for something like this

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@TheGreeneBJ What are you basing that statement on? From what I’ve seen he has taken some problematic stances in the past but has improved substantially including calling for a ceasefire and to reduce military aid to Israel.

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@luxepunk @SMuhrine @EvilMopacATX It’s not just adding cars, they are putting up fencing and discontinuing the giant open air party. I don’t know if it will help but I don’t think it’s the most insane thing in the world to try something different. If that gets me roasted by an evil highway, then so be it

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@gingertau @EvilMopacATX Supposedly a developer has bought over 100 properties on sixth and wants to bring in restaurants and shopping and pull a daytime crowd. I think they still need city approval for what they want to build but it sounds positive.

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@TheGreeneBJ It’s not academic that Trump hasn’t started a major conflict, that’s the one thing I will give him credit for. Otherwise I don’t see him as a peaceful president. He did have a hand in destroying Yemen, which I think is worse than the Yugoslav wars.

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@TheGreeneBJ Obama and Biden both pulled out of major conflicts. They did support our allies in various wars and bombed all over the Middle East but so did Trump. I think Clinton wins most peaceful by a mile. Kosovo was his biggest war and it was extremely small.

[Jordan Hillman @jordanwillfly]

@arne__ness @spencerforhire Literally the only true thing he said is that oil is in everything and we will run out soon. Wind turbines and solar panels and even electric cars do in fact offset the carbon footprint of their own construction. Transmission lines to cities obviously exist already.