@StephenMoore Keep coping with the economy mental gymnastics… but Poll after poll showed corruption and money in politics was the top issue for voters.
@SomeAnonStaffer@gwfulce It has always been painted as public schools being predisposed to failure to justify the voucher program. This is what billionaire Christian nationalist doctors have been pushing for three decades now.
@Yazapixel@st_noah_of_arc Most data centers are still evaporative cooling. 70 to 80% evaporates and the rest leaves as waste water. Closed loop cooling is more common and helps, but it has its own problems and requires more electricity from plants that in turn require more water.
@Jesse_Leg Why does this “state tax” talking point still live on. She has never been for it and the Texas constitution prohibits it. Stop wasting your energy on this one https://t.co/vo3FqCpVrg
@UziCryptoo Cheap stuff = goods made in factories with global competition. Pricey stuff = labor-heavy services you can't offshore or automate, often with tight supply (zoning, licensing) + subsidized demand. Government is part of the story, not all of it.
@BReviewez@csuwildcat So turnout increased, most likely Republicans who didn’t vote in ‘22, and independents . It didn’t help that you had Trump rallying in Texas and saying ‘maybe people are paying a little more for gas but it’s ok cuz our oil companies are making a killing’
@BlueShiftBlog The pace is justified by China fears and an oligopoly that gets whatever it asks for. Now we're stuck: racing to build AI as fast as possible to "win," while scrambling to contain what we're building.
@BlueShiftBlog We're spending ~$700B a year on AI data centers full of GPUs that go obsolete in 3–5 years. Unlike dot-com fiber, this hardware can't wait for demand to catch up. If efficiency gains or on-device AI slow that demand, utilities, lenders and taxpayers get the bill
@IsabelleAliciaa@pedro_delecto Austin rents fell bc of a building boom plus zoning reforms by the left leaning Austin City Council (HOME, dropping parking minimums). The GOP Legislature passed good pro-housing laws too (SB 840, SB 15), but they took effect Sept 2025, after most of the drop. Bipartisan win
@zRodrex@GoddessGhost_@notjujubaby Oh yeah, I do hear him say yes while Ross is still talking. I missed that the first time, I just heard him say “well. There are a lot of those people.” I stand corrected. But then he goes and makes the chief one of “those people” his chief of staff.
@StephenMoore Billionaire density vs. poverty mostly reflects national wealth: rich countries have both. The chart doesn't control for GDP per capita, drops zero-billionaire countries, and says nothing about what a 5% wealth tax would do. Fine as a correlation, weak as a policy argument.
@jonathansaenzTX She has already explicitly said she wants to find a way to correct course and not suddenly leave those receiving funds stranded. We’ll see what she does, but it’s more nuanced than how you’re framing it
@dantypo AI data centers are a different thing. There’s also a strong indication that it’s the wrong longer-term architecture for AI and that with advancements in chips, much of consumer AI will be on-device, so overbuilding now will leave us with abandoned data centers later