Please pause the data center buildout
5 pointsby DaveZale5 hours ago1 comment
  • toomuchtodo5 hours ago
    This is like asking the paperclip maximizer to not maximize politely. Go tell your elected officials if they do not inhibit data centers, they’ll be recalled. Go straight to the point of leverage. “You can just do things.”

    Utah Senate President Loses Primary After Data Center Backlash - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/us/j-stuart-adams-utah-se... | https://archive.ph/MMot6 - June 24th, 2026

    • DaveZale5 hours ago
      Sure, and that's like asking an AIPAC bribed congress to stop the killing around you-know-who's neighbors. Money talks. But your idea is worth a try. Actually both of those ideas. Thanks. But I'll tell ya- over the past 15 years we just have waaaaay too much money here in America. The purists say "we don't print money" to which I reply "Bullshit" - we let banks print the money. And once you have all of these trillions floating around, they find pockets to fall into, influence to buy. But, your suggestion is good. If there are no voices heard, nobody has a voice. Gotta start somewhere. Thank you and stay safe.

      OH JUST SAW that link.. thank you. So these forces are as strong as AIPAC. Good to know. FWIW, I try to be grassroots, just enlightening people one by one. Most don't want the truth. They want convenience, likes, thumbs up and worthless confirmation bias. But I'll try.

      • toomuchtodo5 hours ago
        Anti AIPAC candidates have done very well over the last few months, and I expect this trend to continue. Elections have consequences. As long as young voters keep voting and old voters keep aging out, I expect progress to continue.

        https://www.trackaipac.com/

        https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/04/07/negative-...

        • DaveZale5 hours ago
          absolutely right. I am not antisemitic. All my career so many of my bosses and employees and coworkers were jewish. Because it was LA! And that is what really horrifies me. That they will all get impacted by all of this equating of zionism and judaism. What a huge lie. But the rampant destruction of innocent people repeatedly over long time spans is just severe mental illness. It's not genocidal. The real semites are the Palestinians! The diaspora jews are from Eastern europe. Our minds have been seriously fucked by this all. And tens of thousands of people get killed or displaced yearly. Can't they just stop?
      • DaveZale3 hours ago
        oh jeez mossad operatives... that downvote. That is not rational behavior. It is either bots or some flunky following instructions. Infiltration of Silicon Valley is a foregone conclusion. Everyone I know that has cared for and loved the internet is completely disgusted with it at this point. Mission accomplished, Mossad? If you can't control it, destroy it? This is misanthropism. I don't trust any of you guys. Take your trillions and shove them up your ASSHOLE. Feel better now? I thought you would. It's all good.