Communities are rising up against data centers — and winning
Local fights against new data centers are gaining bipartisan support across the US.
Communities are rising up against data centers — and winning
Grassroots campaigns against data centers are growing and costing the industry billions in canceled and delayed projects.Justine Calma (The Verge)
There’s finally a little bit of sunshine in Pluribus
A spoiler-filled discussion of the Apple TV series’ eighth episode.
There’s finally a little bit of sunshine in Pluribus
A recap of episode 8 of the Apple TV series Pluribus, which streams its finale on December 26th.Andrew Webster (The Verge)
The Treatment and Wildfire Interagency Geodatabase (TWIG) integrates data from various sources across the USA for geospatial analysis of wildfires and fuel treatments #wildfires
#risk : exposure to loss, injury, or destruction
- French: risque
- Italian: rischio
- Portuguese: risco
- Spanish: riesgo
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Wife and lover in Carmarthenshire caravan murder plot jailed
Michelle Mills, 46, plotted with her ex-marine lover of three months to murder her husband in rural south-west Wales.Telor Iwan (BBC News)
BBC replaced by TNT Sports as Commonwealth Games live broadcaster
The subscription channel takes over from the BBC which had been the principal partner since 1954 and provided free-to-air coverage.Paul O'Hare (BBC News)
The legal "defense" for Trump's ballroom is a joke (Lisa Needham/Public Notice)
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The legal "defense" for Trump's ballroom is a joke
If everything is "national security," then nothing is.Lisa Needham (Public Notice)
Monkey Sounds, "White Power" and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump (ProPublica)
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Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Semi-solid state MagSafe power banks arrive from the founder of Hyper
Safer and longer-lasting batteries that aren’t prone to thermal runaway.
Semi-solid state MagSafe power banks arrive from the founder of Hyper
BMX SolidSafe semi-solid state MagSafe power banks from the founder of Hyper are now available. They’re safer and last longer than typical Li-ion power banks.Thomas Ricker (The Verge)
A Palestinian youth was seriously injured last night after being run over by Israeli settlers in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. The man was hospitalized in moderate to stable condition and with a broken legs.
The Israeli military said the settlers had “intentionally entered” the city without permission. They ran over the Palestinian, fled on foot, and were later arrested and handed over to the Israel Police, according to the Israeli army.
#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #Palestinian
Trump's pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims (Washington Post)
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Trump's pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims
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“Delightmare.”
Critic Ben Davis rounds up the art words that helped him better process 2025. I think the term “delightmare” hits the spot:
A word I latched onto in an essay thinking about the prevalence of the feeling of “being terrorized by stupid shit.” This is a horror-adjacent genre of cultural stuff linked to overconsumption and brainrot. Because it’s all about stupid trivia becoming actually sinister, it spans art and the news. It was on my mind all year with the gibbering ghoulishness of the White House’s social media feeds and its yen for A.I. art.
It’s also present at this year’s most cursed art installation in Miami. For more on that specific vibe, read this.
