just invented an incredible new form of data cleanup: you can just delete the data
October 28, 2026 at 3:43 PM
just invented an incredible new form of data cleanup: you can just delete the data
We gave up real life for this.
October 27, 2026 at 1:48 AM
We gave up real life for this.
Trump on data centers: "I say let them come in ... you should really be cool on data centers because you can make a fortune with the data centers" (Note the total silence of the crowd during this rant!)
October 25, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Trump on data centers: "I say let them come in ... you should really be cool on data centers because you can make a fortune with the data centers" (Note the total silence of the crowd during this rant!)
Trump on data centers: "Let them pay the people. I don't care. And once you do that, everyone is gonna be saying, 'We want data.'"
October 28, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Trump on data centers: "Let them pay the people. I don't care. And once you do that, everyone is gonna be saying, 'We want data.'"
After tech companies were warned that data center expansion could cost Republicans competitive midterm elections, Fox News’ pro-data center coverage increased by 420%.
Fox News’ pro-data center coverage increased by 420% following sobering GOP memo about data centers and midterms
The volume of pro-data center claims made by Fox News personalities and guests increased 420% after August 18, when the National Republican Senatorial Committee warned in a memo to tech companies that...
www.mediamatters.org
October 27, 2026 at 1:23 PM
After tech companies were warned that data center expansion could cost Republicans competitive midterm elections, Fox News’ pro-data center coverage increased by 420%.
Fox News’ pro-data center coverage increased by 420% following sobering GOP memo about data centers and midterms
www.mediamatters.org/artificial-i...
www.mediamatters.org/artificial-i...
Fox News’ pro-data center coverage increased by 420% following sobering GOP memo about data centers and midterms
The volume of pro-data center claims made by Fox News personalities and guests increased 420% after August 18, when the National Republican Senatorial Committee warned in a memo to tech companies that...
www.mediamatters.org
October 27, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Fox News’ pro-data center coverage increased by 420% following sobering GOP memo about data centers and midterms
www.mediamatters.org/artificial-i...
www.mediamatters.org/artificial-i...
The FEC compiles campaign finance data. It plays zero role in administering elections
BREAKING: A hacker is attempting to breach the US Federal Election Commission's systems and that agency has had to 'temporarily shut down' its web-facing services as a result, according to an email seen by Reuters reut.rs/4zY7fwQ
October 27, 2026 at 6:57 PM
The FEC compiles campaign finance data. It plays zero role in administering elections
Republicans have realized the only way to stay in power is to cheat their way there.
AI bot linked to Anthropic accessed Georgia election data hub
An artificial intelligence bot associated with tech company Anthropic accessed public voter data through Georgia's state data hub, election officials confirmed.
www.fox5atlanta.com
October 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Republicans have realized the only way to stay in power is to cheat their way there.
i've invested probably almost (if not more than) 200 hours in making this data easy to search and explore. probably my proudest journalism/programming/data science thing yet
October 28, 2026 at 8:08 PM
i've invested probably almost (if not more than) 200 hours in making this data easy to search and explore. probably my proudest journalism/programming/data science thing yet
Trump said in Michigan yesterday that everyone in a Louisiana community got $10K checks from a neighboring data center. “Everybody in the community got a check for $10,000, and they loved it. They said, ‘Where do we do our next data center?’”
A local news fact-check finds that no such checks exist
A local news fact-check finds that no such checks exist
October 28, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Trump said in Michigan yesterday that everyone in a Louisiana community got $10K checks from a neighboring data center. “Everybody in the community got a check for $10,000, and they loved it. They said, ‘Where do we do our next data center?’”
A local news fact-check finds that no such checks exist
A local news fact-check finds that no such checks exist
Sensitive data is “siloed” from agency to agency (particularly Social Security data and IRS data).
October 28, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Sensitive data is “siloed” from agency to agency (particularly Social Security data and IRS data).
Data Center Darline blowing it
South Carolina is a tossup, and Minnesota may not be much of a race.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/u...
What Our Three New Senate Polls Are Saying About the State of the Midterms (Gift Article)
South Carolina seems like a serious race; Minnesota may not be; and Florida still appears out of reach for Democrats.
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Data Center Darline blowing it
By employing some sophisticated digital tactics, burglars have managed to easily make off with more than $100 million in data center freight during the second half of 2026: arstechnica.visitlink.me/9CGMaA
Highway thieves are spoofing GPS to steal millions in data center-bound cargo
Investigators explain how highway thieves stole $100M in data center equipment.
arstechnica.visitlink.me
October 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
By employing some sophisticated digital tactics, burglars have managed to easily make off with more than $100 million in data center freight during the second half of 2026: arstechnica.visitlink.me/9CGMaA
Gotta get rid of the humans to pay for the data centers.
October 26, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Gotta get rid of the humans to pay for the data centers.
This chart about data center construction blew my mind. Watch.
October 25, 2026 at 12:22 AM
This chart about data center construction blew my mind. Watch.
Data brokers and advertisers argue that location data itself is not sensitive data, EFF’s @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @kffhealthnews.org, as reported in @washingtonpost.com. “But location data is sensitive. It’s the comprehensive collection of location data that reveals sensitive things.”
Your phone knows you’re at the doctor, and data brokers are profiting from it
Privacy and legal experts want more states or Congress to ban advertisers from tracking Americans’ locations via their phones.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Data brokers and advertisers argue that location data itself is not sensitive data, EFF’s @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @kffhealthnews.org, as reported in @washingtonpost.com. “But location data is sensitive. It’s the comprehensive collection of location data that reveals sensitive things.”
PSA on how to turn off that feature since I haven't seen anyone post it:
User Settings > Data & Privacy > Channel Messages then turn it off
User Settings > Data & Privacy > Channel Messages then turn it off
October 27, 2026 at 7:27 PM
PSA on how to turn off that feature since I haven't seen anyone post it:
User Settings > Data & Privacy > Channel Messages then turn it off
User Settings > Data & Privacy > Channel Messages then turn it off
Another data point for ”leave X, you’re not actually helping by being there”
we reverted their logic, stopped interacting with their sm accounts altogether, at some point with massive block waves, then published our own version of the topics that the campaign suggested, this broke the bot detection algorithm
it was beautiful
it was beautiful
October 26, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Another data point for ”leave X, you’re not actually helping by being there”
Meta's $10 Billion data center in Indiana produced 300 permanent jobs
That's $33 million per job
In a typical manufacturing plant, a similar investment would create at least 300,000 jobs
Data centers benefit wealthy investors, not communities
That's $33 million per job
In a typical manufacturing plant, a similar investment would create at least 300,000 jobs
Data centers benefit wealthy investors, not communities
AI data centers employ very few people: What the numbers how
A $10 billion data center may employ 300 people. The same money in manufacturing would support thousands. What that gap means for communities
qz.com
October 26, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Meta's $10 Billion data center in Indiana produced 300 permanent jobs
That's $33 million per job
In a typical manufacturing plant, a similar investment would create at least 300,000 jobs
Data centers benefit wealthy investors, not communities
That's $33 million per job
In a typical manufacturing plant, a similar investment would create at least 300,000 jobs
Data centers benefit wealthy investors, not communities