Always Trying Again

It takes a lot to get your typical white-bread American riled up enough that they're willing to go to jail. Getting arrested is a massive pain, bringing court dates, fines, and a record that can shadow your job and housing prospects for the rest of your life. For most folks, just the threat of jail time is enough to keep them on their best behavior. Yet in 2026, data centers have become one of the rare issues pushing more and more of Americans to risk it anyway. So far in the US, Futurism has counted at least 37 arrests stemming from protests related to data centers this year. There were an additional 12 cases where police intervened to prevent protestors or speakers from confronting civic leaders, though in reality that number is likely much higher, as these cases aren't as likely to make the news. Unlike in other moments of political unrest in recent memory, it's hard to pigeonhole these anti-data center activists demographically. They range from landowning farmers to physics teachers, zoomers to boomers, rural townspeople to suburban parents. Despite their differences, the arrestees all have one thing in common: they each felt the actions of democratically elected officials are failing to reflect the wishes of their constituents, instead deferring to massive tech corporations.

two “cats” interacting

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山ちゃん on X: “グヘッ🫩なにすんねん😤 人間ってホンマに困ったものやけんね😢byコジ https://t.co/tzhpa6gKxp” / X

wow... fursoney [she/they]

and a recent photo of me and my dog

There aren't words for how insidiously disgusting and blatant this is. (Link)

It will also allow big tech companies to declaim responsibility when their tech is used against someone. "It's not our fault, their device was scanned and compliant."

so for anyone curious about the white gilgamesh experience. i hope this satiates that sick desire in your hearts

WHITE GILGAMESH, MISUNDERSTOOD

then they take her out to the woods and show her that they have been blasting huge chunks of rock out of the cliff, packaging them in burlap, and moving them to the owner's garden.

- Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

Never Forget, Never Forgive!

“As a firearms instructor and a United States Marine Corps Veteran, I understood what I was seeing. I knew what it meant for someone to lean forward into a gun, […] to prepare for recoil. As the evidence shows, I did not want to hurt anyone. I never had the intent to hurt anyone. It is impossible to say that I was trying to ambush or anyone or planning violence,” Song told the court. “I am so grateful that we are not here mourning another death and tragedy. Another Alex Pretti. Another Renee Good.”

daydreaming about the life i want....