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Amrita Khalid retweeted
👀Exclusive via @axios' @danprimack: Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pressing private equity on potentially overlapping data center and #energy investments. Link in next post (1/2)
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As Ilana Glazer said yesterday at an event demanding Mamdani get AI out of schools, she'd be heartbroken if he doesn't do a moratorium. I agree.
most NYC councilmembers are urging “the mayor and the schools chancellor to pause the use of artificial intelligence in the city’s schools, saying that the technology poses a ‘risk to student learning and mental health.’” nytimes.com/2026/06/09/nyreg…
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As Syria emerges from prolonged conflict, its people have substantial and complex mental health needs.
Stevan Weine, a psychiatrist who studies trauma and political violence, reflects on his work in the country, for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/argument/how…
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Rep. Obernolte is laying out an aggressive timeline for getting his artificial intelligence proposal through the House. He said his draft with Rep. Trahan would be split into multiple bills, with the first expected to be introduced in the coming weeks.
politico.com/live-updates/20…
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Jun 8
Archived, non-paywalled version of an old Nat Geo article, one of the best things I've read in a while archive.is/2022.11.25-031151…
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"If all data centers permitted through 2025 come online, they will use between 224.3 terawatt-hours and 358.8 terawatt-hours of electricity annually, an increase of 50% over the previous year across the range" businessinsider.com/us-ai-da…
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.@hannah_beckler filed a gazillion FOIA requests with local governments to figure out where all the data centers are being built in the US.
It's even more than you think.
Enter your ZIP code to see if there's one being built near you. businessinsider.com/ai-data-…
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really good political breakdown of Los Angeles into three LAs (the conservative LA, the liberal LA, and the left LA) based on geography, demography, and coalitions three-las.talevy.soccer/
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Jun 2
We've been covering a bunch of the elections happening today in California and across the country. Here's my last-minute guide of what to watch downballot, beyond the CA governor's race. Lots of weird stuff going on, here's one example:
prospect.org/2026/06/02/your…
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Spoke with Linda Kinstler for this new NYT Magazine piece about the California State University’s AI boondoggle. It’s a meticulous deep dive containing no hype. Dek: “California’s public university system spent $16.9 million on A.I. The result has been chaos.”
Link below
ALT Headline: What It’s Like to Be a Student at the First A.I.-Powered University Dek: California’s public university system spent $16.9 million on A.I. The result has been chaos. New York Times Magazine, Linda Kinstler, June 1
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New UC Berkley-LA Times poll out today shows LA mayoral race is a tossup ahead of Tues primary, @Noah__Goldberg reports.
Mayor Karen Bass is polling at 26%, just 1 point ahead of Nithya Raman, her challenger to the left, & 4 points ahead of Spencer Pratt:
latimes.com/california/story…
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RT @Nick_Davidov: The biggest bullshit move by DHS in its history. So everyone on a O1 or H1B visa would have to stop working legally in th…
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May 22
There are 1.2 MILLION legal immigrants waiting for approval on their adjustment of status green card applications. And USCIS says we're not processing you. We're taking your money to pay for our new police force. Thanks. GTFO.
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Before ChatGPT, more than 98 per cent of all English-language articles published on the internet were written by humans. By the fall of 2024, machines were writing around half.
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May 19
I've been thinking about this little boy all day. To witness this level of violence at such a young age, in a place where he is supposed to feel safe and loved and protected, is just impossible to comprehend.
We should all be ashamed of the world we're building for our kids.
May 19
A nine-year-old boy who survived the San Diego mosque shooting that killed three people has described seeing ‘bad stuff’.
His mother, a refugee from Gaza who came to California two decades ago, gave permission for reporters to speak to her son.
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Seeing this video brings me back immediately to the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills in 1999. Who could harm children
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Amin Abdullah was the security guard shot and killed in the mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.
San Diego’s police chief said Amin, “played a pivotal role” in preventing the attack from being far worse.
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May 18
A statement from Temple Israel on today's fatal shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.
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May 18
Turning Point chapters continue to grow on California campuses months after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Campuses are seeing tensions rise as conservative students become more vocal both in and out of the classroom. cal.news/4982xl7
📸 Justin Sullivan
ALT An attendee raises their arms during a Turning Point USA event at the University of California, Berkeley on Nov. 10, 2025. Two months after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was killed, the tour made a stop in California at UC Berkeley. Photo by Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
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HUGE NEWS: ProPublica is launching a new investigative reporting hub in California, our sixth regional unit. Read more: propublica.org/atpropublica/…
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