climate/energy/enviro reporter @wired. tips: molly_taft@wired.com, signal mollytaft.76. they/them.
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May 13
NEW: xAI appears to have added more than 500 MW (!) of unpermitted gas turbines to its Colossus 2 campus in a matter of weeks, according to internal emails between the company and regulators
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1 Jul 2022
Little Jalen Brunson on the floor of Madison Square Garden.
Dad Rick was on 3 Knicks teams including the 1999 Eastern Conference champs.
#Legacy #NewYorkForever
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this is like reverse 9/11
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3h
163 days between Zohran Mamdani taking office and the Knicks winning the finals. Damn he works quick.
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ughhh shouldn’t have bought that bootleg CHAMPIONS shirt
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IM MAYBE RETHINKING THIS TWEET
ughhh shouldn’t have bought that bootleg CHAMPIONS shirt
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timed our watch of Star Wars Phantom Menace to end right when the game starts so we’re feeling pretty good ngl
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Meep meep ass locale
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Jun 12
too busy with spacex this week but there's a shitstorm over at meta w/r/t morale
a blowup at an internal meeting this week basically made zuckerberg send out a companywide memo to calm things down
wired has more deets on all the furor
wired.com/story/mark-zuckerb…
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Jun 12
now that Sid Miller has been spurned by Texas Republicans, he seems to have gone Sicko Mode. blogged about it here: chron.com/culture/article/si…
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Jun 12
I'm sure other countries are interested in stoking fears about data centers, partly because they might want more of the dc action themselves, but I agree completely that for most Americans reacting to data centers, everything I know points to this being mostly homegrown. Will write my own take on this soon.
Jun 12
looked at the claims that outside interference is juicing up data center opposition
experts say it mostly appears to be homegrown but it’s very likely outside actors will try more as we get closer to the midterms
wired.com/story/china-us-dat…
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Jun 12
screaming this headline at the top of my lungs: CHINA DIDN'T MAKE PEOPLE HATE DATA CENTERS
Jun 12
looked at the claims that outside interference is juicing up data center opposition
experts say it mostly appears to be homegrown but it’s very likely outside actors will try more as we get closer to the midterms
wired.com/story/china-us-dat…
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Jun 12
Absolutely massive scoop by @emilypont: The Trump administration is giving up defending the president's offshore wind permitting freeze in court
heatmap.news/sparks/trump-of…
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Jun 12
looked at the claims that outside interference is juicing up data center opposition
experts say it mostly appears to be homegrown but it’s very likely outside actors will try more as we get closer to the midterms
wired.com/story/china-us-dat…
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GOP lawmakers, tech investors, and even OpenAI have tied the anti-data center movement in the US to Chinese interference. Experts say it’s much more complicated than that. wired.com/story/china-us-dat…
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Jun 12
Axon Enterprises-the company that makes tasers, body cameras, drones, and AI 'enhanced' 911 systems, and holds multi-million dollar contracts with ICE and CPB is trying to do their own version of Hot Ones.
First two episodes are with the legal team and the marketing team.
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Jun 11
NEW: on the eve of SpaceX's IPO, i spoke to folks in the memphis area still fighting the company's data centers there
"We’re the extracted and exploited colony of what is going to be one of the most highly valued entities in the world"
wired.com/story/spacex-ipo-h…
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Jun 11
I’ve been writing an evening newsletter for Heatmap’s subscribers. Today’s edition is about Lee Raymond, 1938 — 2026:
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