With the rise of the data center the demands on the electrical grid will become unsustainable. Much is now being written of those demands and how the companies are lying about their water and energy usage, see #ProPublica #ArsTechnia
The idea within capitalist economy is that endless growth and endless money exists. It does not and history has been a excellant teacher about what happens when that system demands too much, collapse.
Every year on my birthday, I donate to the open source and free services and apps that I rely on.
This year:
- F-Droid
- CoMaps
- Exodus Privacy
- E Foundation
- FOSS Android app suite
- Liberapay
- Wikipedia
- The Internet Archive
- FSF
- EFF
- ProPublica
#Foss #fdroid #fsf #propublica #CoMaps #eos #efoundation #liberapay #wikipedia #internetarchive
ProPublica: We’re Investigating Alaska Internet Companies. We Need Your Help.. “Alaskans pay higher costs for slower internet speeds than most Americans. The government has spent billions of dollars of public money to try to fix the problem, and we want to know how it’s really going in your community. Please fill out this quick survey to share how much it costs you to get online and what […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/20/propublica-were-investigating-alaska-internet-companies-we-need-your-help/"The finished product, released May 6 after months of delays, is a 16-page, typo-sprinkled document that ranks threats based on politics rather than intelligence assessments, according to several current and former counterterrorism officials and threat analysts."
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-counterterrorism-plan-ignores-far-rights-gorka
Sebastian Gorka’s anti-terror plan makes no mention of long-established threats posed by far-right militants and instead villainizes the president’s political enemies. “This administration is not paying attention to the data,” one expert said.
The #ProPublica Guild is asking supporters to send a letter to Paul Sagan, chair of the Pro Publica board, to direct senior management to agree to a fair contract - link below to send a letter, including suggested text (although I wrote my own).
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-propublicas-board-that-you-stand-with-its-workers
"Not Medically Necessary": Helping America's Health Insurers Deny Coverage
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
RE: https://union.place/@propublicaguild/116521431359636701
It appears that #ProPublica management is still forgetting that the sole legitimate purpose of a management structure for #ProPublica is to facilitate — rather than hinder — the superlative work of its journalists. In any fundamental conflict with management, I will side with their union, @propublicaguild. Management needs to grant the Guild's contract demands without further delay.
This story of unqualified, inexperienced white #contractors & a corrupt gop representative bamboozled a Black rural town in Illinois underscores the difficulty in building #AffordableHousing.
There were so many 🚩.
via #Propublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/3d-printed-affordable-housing-cairo-illinois-prestige
Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. And the more we asked questions, the weirder things got.
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns
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