TechSpot: AI data centers are delaying Texas housing projects by hiring away electricians. “The AI data center gold rush is now colliding with one of Texas’ other major problems: a shortage of homes. Builders say projects are taking up to two months longer to complete because data center operators are hiring away the electricians needed to wire new houses, duplexes, and apartments.”

METRO PHASE TWO LOOMS: TELANGANA CHIEF MINISTER PRESSES FOR CENTRE'S GO-AHEAD

Hyderabad Metro Phase 2 needs Centre's approval. CM Revanth Reddy asks for go-ahead on Rs 24,269 crore project to add 122.9 km.

#HyderabadMetro, #Telangana, #MetroExpansion, #IndianRailways, #UrbanDevelopment

https://newsletter.tf/hyderabad-metro-phase-2-centre-approval-cm-push/

Hyderabad Metro Phase 2 plans to add 122.9 km to the current 69.2 km network. This expansion costs Rs 24,269 crore.

#HyderabadMetro, #Telangana, #MetroExpansion, #IndianRailways, #UrbanDevelopment
https://newsletter.tf/hyderabad-metro-phase-2-centre-approval-cm-push/

Resistance, Remembrance, and Comunidad: Cinco de Mayo, Mount Pleasant, and the Rebuilding That Erases

Cinco de Mayo is often misunderstood in the United States. It is reduced to a marketing holiday, a day of beer specials, paper flags, mariachi clichés, and the shallow consumption of Mexican culture without the burden of remembering Mexican history. But the heart of Cinco de Mayo is not consumption. It is resistance.

The day remembers the Battle of Puebla, May 5, 1862, when Mexican forces defeated the French army, then one of the most powerful military forces in the world. It was not Mexican Independence Day. It was not the founding of Mexico. It was a day when a people under pressure from empire stood their ground. It was a day when the powerful were resisted by those who were supposed to lose. It was, at its deepest level, a day about memory, dignity, land, sovereignty, and the refusal to be swallowed by imperial appetite. (MySA)

That is why, for me, Cinco de Mayo cannot be separated from another May 5: May 5, 1991, in Washington, D.C.

I was there.

Read the rest of the essay at PeaceGrooves.com.

Karnataka Govt clarifies that development approvals will continue during Master Plan preparation or revision. Existing rules remain in force until new plans are notified.

https://links.nammaward.in/imTau

#KarnatakaGovt #MasterPlan #UrbanDevelopment #PlanningRegulations

The one reason Americans can’t build quaint, walk-up apartments like they have in Europe

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/why-americans-cant-have-quaint-walkup-apartment-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-americans-cant-have-quaint-walkup-apartment-ex1

Somos a maioria nas cidades, mas a política urbana ainda não nos prioriza

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/colunista/observatorio-da-metropoles-pr/2026/04/30/somos-a-maioria-nas-cidades-mas-a-politica-urbana-ainda-nao-nos-prioriza/