Nicole B

cool as a cucumber 🥒 void-yelling is occasionally necessary

[Nicole B @nicoleisdandy]

"However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely […] to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp […] the reins of government…” —George Washington

[𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚆𝙷𝙸𝚃𝙴 𝚁𝙰𝙱𝙱𝙸𝚃 @White_Rabbit_OG]

Are you sure about that? 💭 💭 💭

[blue @bluewmist]

I'm finally reading Dune. This quote, which is in the first few pages, hits hard:

"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."

[Nicole B @nicoleisdandy]

@Monica1197471 Not really… any comedian who gets on the mic on this show gets asked about what they do for a living and if they have any interesting stories

[Laura Matsue @lauramatsue]

No one is more annoyed by the AI revolution than people who can actually write a sentence. Basically, having any ability to write now is suspect - you will get accused of being AI at some point. It feels like you are being accused of being a witch, of holding a type of rare magic that only the machines are now allowed to have.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

We are now in a weird era where a guy gets publicly shamed for running his sprinklers on a Tuesday, while a data center the size of a Costco quietly drains a reservoir so AI can generate a picture of your cat as a medieval knight. And the data center gets a tax incentive for it.

[Augustus @AugustusDelano]

There's something incredibly expansive about exploring human psychology through fiction as a means of self understanding. Only in the pride, vanity, lust, greed, and foolishness of the characters do you as clearly see the vices alive within you. The best works of literature are mirrors, and few do it better than Dante and Dostoevsky

Jung writes about this.
Christ spoke in parables.
Myths ring truer than history.

We're imaginative creatures more than realist, and the more we embrace this, the better

[Amanda Fortini @amandafortini]

Just saw this on Substack. The metaphor is spot on.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

This is why I say they are desperate for you to forget that you're capable of writing for yourself. They are going to sow doubt about the achievements of anyone who threatens them. They want you to believe it's impossible to write an essay.

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

🚨 5 Reasons Anyone with a Brain Should Be Skeptical of the Rapid Expansion of Data Centers

1. Cronyism as "innovation:"
Massive tax breaks, sweetheart land deals, and utility subsidies, all funneled to the same tech giants already worth trillions. It’s state backed infrastructure capture dressed up as progress.

2. 5K more than any other country:
The U.S. has roughly 5k more data centers than any other country. (Yes, even China.) Nobody seems to know why or is even asking why. That level of centralization has obvious long term political risk.

3. Community pushback gets overridden:
Residents who raise concerns about zoning, water use, noise, or power demand are often dismissed by city officials aligned with powerful industry interests. Some have even been arrested at city council meetings or for social media posts.

4. Surveillance Infrastructure:
Data centers increasingly support AI training, mass data processing, and surveillance adjacent systems. It’s distributed digital infrastructure makes large scale monitoring cheap and scalable, worrying privacy advocates who can see the writing on the wall.

5. Environmental and resource strain:
These facilities are extremely energy-intensive, loud and water-hungry, often placing heavy demand on local grids and cooling systems. They create "heat islands", pollute the air, and the cost is externalized to communities while profits are centralized.

Concerns about data centers are NOT a left/right issue (even though they are now trying to make it political.) This isn’t about opposing innovation or capitalism, it’s about accountability, surveillance infrastructure, concentrated power, and externalized costs.

[ThePatrioticBlonde™🇺🇸 @ImBreckWorsham]

So, the FBI & DHS is engaging in the surveillance of online accounts who protest data center construction & AI development.

Keep telling yourself you’re free

[songbird45 @songbirdsoaring]

@annvandersteel Hey guys everyone hates AI in everything and they don't want to pay to subsidize AI datacenters that cost billions, waste power and water and destroy our towns. I got the perfect solution, we'll call their legitimate concerns terrorism.

[Samrah @_Chemist1]

Performative kindness is one of the most hidden forms of manipulation.

[Day @Daywrotethis]

A man who reads old books cannot be fully captured by modern stupidity. He has dead kings, prophets, poets, killers, saints, drunks, generals, and madmen whispering in his bloodstream. The feed has no chance against this.

[Blooms&Greens by Chloe @BloomsGreensIE]

Little holes and imperfect shapes on produce is normal. Absolutely picture perfect vegetables that animals don't even want to touch isn't normal.

[Woz @accordingtowoz]

Looks like someone was a little giddy and accidentally let the cat out of the bag...not surprisingly AIPAC ended up deleteting this post...

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

Making someone feel delusional for accurately sensing deception is the ultimate form of betrayal.

[Nicole B @nicoleisdandy]

If you’re going to be sensitive to tone, maybe don’t sling ridiculous insults all the time

[Nicole B @nicoleisdandy]

Those living in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones all the time or whatever

[Thomas Massie for Congress @MassieforKY]

I did not see this coming, but my election has become an inflection point for our whole country. Today we make history.

Will you be part of this historic day by voting, calling friends who can vote, posting to social media, or making a donation?

Spread the word fellow patriots!