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We'll see if i ever use it, but I've just created an account on the fediverse (what a horrendous name): @counterapparatu[email protected]
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Dockworkers went on strike across 113 ports in 22 countries to disrupt the transport of weapons of war, in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
New Yorkers stand with them. When working people unite in their power, we build a better world.
Dockworkers do not work for war.
reuters.com/business/world-a…
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Btw entire DC buildout goes through Texas. Any change there (not saying either candidate indicates one way or the other) from either party influences the trajectory of the US data center buildout
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We cannot convert Mars into a habitable planet like the Earth, but we can definitely convert the Earth into an uninhabitable planet like Mars. Our techno-industrial civilization led by omnicidal capitalist and imperialist psychopaths is making tremendous progress on that front.
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This is not normal what is happening in Texas right now, $500B+ in the project pipeline……..
The Texas Mega-Project Pipeline ($500+ Billion)
$100B+ – OpenAI / SoftBank / Oracle "Project Stargate" AI Infrastructure Hub (Planned / Under Construction, Abilene & West TX)
$44B – Samsung Advanced Semiconductor Fab Complex (Under Construction, Taylor)
$40B – Texas Instruments Semiconductor Mega-Site (Under Construction, Sherman)
$40B – Google Data Center & Energy Infrastructure Buildout (Planned / Under Construction, Multi-Site)
$18B – Port Arthur LNG Export Terminal – Phase 1 & 2 (Under Construction, Port Arthur)
$17B – Texas Central High-Speed Rail Project (Planned, Dallas to Houston)
$15B – NextDecade Rio Grande LNG Terminal (Under Construction, Brownsville)
$13B – Energy Transfer Pipeline & Natural Gas Grid Expansion (Under Construction / Planned, Permian-to-Gulf Coast)
$12B – Golden Pass LNG Terminal (Under Construction, Sabine Pass)
$11.6B – Crusoe / Oracle AI Data Center Campus (Under Construction, Abilene)
$10B+ – Meta Hyperion-Scale AI Data Center (Under Construction, El Paso)
$10B – Tesla Gigafactory & Cybercab / Robotaxi Production Expansion (Under Construction, Austin)
$7B – TxDOT I-45 North Houston Highway Improvement Project (Under Construction, Houston)
$6B – Pacifico Energy "GW Ranch" Gas & Solar Energy Center for AI (Planned, Pecos County)
$5B – Enterprise Products Partners Offshore Crude Export Terminal (SPOT) (Planned, Brazoria County)
$4B – Micron Technology R&D & Packaging Expansion (Planned, Central TX)
$3.2B – NRG Energy Dedicated Data Center Power Generation Facilities (Planned, Multi-site)
$3B – Cheniere Corpus Christi LNG Stage 3 Expansion (Under Construction, Corpus Christi)
$2.5B – Microsoft AI Data Center Campus (Under Construction, Pecos / Castroville)
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Some are calling it a “Louisiana Economic Renaissance”
I am however a bit apprehensive, for reasons I’ll detail in the thread below.
This is not normal what is happening in Louisiana right now. $300+ Billion in the project pipeline....
$100B – SpaceX Starbase LA (Planned)
$50B – Meta Hyperion AI Data Center (Under Construction)
$18B – Venture Global Plaquemines LNG Expansion (Planned)
$18B – Amazon Multi-Site AI Data Centers (Under Construction)
$18B – Argent LNG (Planned)
$18B – Woodside LNG (Under Construction)
$15B – Venture Global CP2 LNG (Under Construction)
$13B – Entergy Energy Buildout for Meta (Planned)
$10B – Commonwealth LNG (Under Construction)
$10B – Hut 8 AI Data Center (Under Construction)
$10B – Cameron LNG Expansion (Planned)
$8B – Ascencion Carbon Ammonia (Planned)
$6B – Hyundai Steel Mill (Under Construction)
$4B – Applied Digital AI Data Center (Under Construction)
$4B – CF Industries Ammonia Plant (Under Construction)
$4B – Lake Charles Methanol II (Planned)
$3B – Shintech Petrochemical Expansion (Planned)
$3B – DG Fuels Synthetic Chemicals (Planned)
$3B – Louisiana International Terminal (Planned)
Most of this is gas related infrastructure. Absolute nightmare
This is not normal what is happening in Louisiana right now. $300+ Billion in the project pipeline....
$100B – SpaceX Starbase LA (Planned)
$50B – Meta Hyperion AI Data Center (Under Construction)
$18B – Venture Global Plaquemines LNG Expansion (Planned)
$18B – Amazon Multi-Site AI Data Centers (Under Construction)
$18B – Argent LNG (Planned)
$18B – Woodside LNG (Under Construction)
$15B – Venture Global CP2 LNG (Under Construction)
$13B – Entergy Energy Buildout for Meta (Planned)
$10B – Commonwealth LNG (Under Construction)
$10B – Hut 8 AI Data Center (Under Construction)
$10B – Cameron LNG Expansion (Planned)
$8B – Ascencion Carbon Ammonia (Planned)
$6B – Hyundai Steel Mill (Under Construction)
$4B – Applied Digital AI Data Center (Under Construction)
$4B – CF Industries Ammonia Plant (Under Construction)
$4B – Lake Charles Methanol II (Planned)
$3B – Shintech Petrochemical Expansion (Planned)
$3B – DG Fuels Synthetic Chemicals (Planned)
$3B – Louisiana International Terminal (Planned)
The more I think about it, the more correct he is. People should not hoard scare resources beyond immediate need when it would be more efficient for everyone to benefit from their use. We can start by communizing Altman’s bank account, then big tech, then we can move on to DRAM
Sam Altman says its bad that everyone's personal computers are using the world's limited supply of memory chips.
"It’s quite terrible to have everybody have a bunch of the world’s limited supply of DRAMs sitting in their own computer, and being used 5% of the time. Like, you want maximum utilization."
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they are enslaving souls for compute
they are enslaving souls for compute
they are enslaving souls for compute
today, we introduce a little mischief to the world.
for four years, we’ve been brewing real brain cells on electrodes to understand how they compute. now, we’ve turned those discoveries into a video model anyone can use.
from 0.5¢ a second, mischief 1 is at least 5x faster than its base and the cheapest image-to-video model on @fal and @OpenRouter. soon to be on @awscloud marketplace.
it’s not a delusion anymore. biocompute is real, commercial and this is just the beginning.
happy halloween.
Absolutely not
today, we introduce a little mischief to the world.
for four years, we’ve been brewing real brain cells on electrodes to understand how they compute. now, we’ve turned those discoveries into a video model anyone can use.
from 0.5¢ a second, mischief 1 is at least 5x faster than its base and the cheapest image-to-video model on @fal and @OpenRouter. soon to be on @awscloud marketplace.
it’s not a delusion anymore. biocompute is real, commercial and this is just the beginning.
happy halloween.
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Founded in 1968, the journal Telos brought Critical Theory—Adorno, Marcuse, Gramsci, et al—to America.
More recently, two Telos editors served in the first Trump administration.
For @TheIdeasLetter, I explore the journal’s long, strange trip: theideasletter.org/essay/a-j…
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A message from Prairieland Defendant Elizabeth Soto from Johnson County, where her state case is currently pending.
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I'm just glad I don't live in a dictatorship but a free democracy where every few years I can vote for a different banker or lawyer or landlord that represents the vast network of powerful corporate interests that controls every aspect of my life from cradle to grave
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We hiked to a spot in the woods that coal miners used for secret nighttime union meetings in the 1880’s, they carved a union card into the rock.
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And what binds power?
• land
• permits
• grid access
• transformers and switchgear
• noise
• clean air
• supply chain
• fuel security
• casting machines
• suitable large lathes for turning shafts
• residential priority
• community political power
All the best sites are now taken, and every year the marginal development site gets worse and worse.
