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Tim Steller

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Metro columnist, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Email: [email protected] Signal: timsteller.87

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 2d

Column: Across Tucson, conflicts have surged over people setting up camps, doing drugs and trashing the area. The cause of the latest, where neighbors say a church has done little to reduce the impacts of its charity work, is like the others: A sense of powerlessness.
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Tim Steller's column: Powerless feeling causes Tucson homeless conflicts

For Star subscribers: Across Tucson, conflicts are popping up between neighborhood residents and the city over homeless camps. The residents aren't always right, but they ought to be listened to.

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 18h

Kristi Noem's video blaming the government shutdown on Democrats will not appear on screens at the Phoenix or Tucson airports. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Tucson, Phoenix airports won't play Kristi Noem's partisan video

Travelers will be able to get through TSA security to fly out of Arizona's two major airports without having to hear Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's video blaming Democrats for

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 20h

Perhaps the most succinct way of putting this point:
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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: Now you can read the letter sent by 80 University of Arizona regents professors, in which they dissected the Trump administration's proposed "compact" with the UA and recommended against it. No paywall.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 1d

You know, I don't have that nailed down. I assume Garimella has to have their approval whichever way he goes, either legally or practicaly speaking. And yes, it remains a business- Republican hotbed.

Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 1d

The Pima County Board of Supervisors will consider passing a resolution asking the University of Arizona not to sign on to the Trump administration's proposed compact with nine universities, including UA. The city of Tucson has already passed a similar resolution.
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Pima County board to consider opposing Trump higher ed compact

The Board of Supervisors will consider a resolution Tuesday saying the president is trying to "suppress the viewpoints of the diverse communities served by the University of Arizona."

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration acknowledges their deportations could make food prices rise even more. So, instead of pursuing a legalization regime, they want to bring in more agricultural workers on visas. AND ALSO, they want to lower the wages of those visa holders.

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Feds: ICE raids a reason to cut pay for legal foreign farmworkers

The Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration will likely result in fewer farmworkers. That means farmers should be able to pay legal migrant workers less, a new U.S. Department of

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

One of Trump’s few consistent positions is pro-corruption.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 1d

Trump calls on the Israeli President to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Cigars and champagne - who the hell cares about it?"

Netanyahu is currently on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, including allegedly accepting 700,000 shekels (approx. $210,000) worth of luxury goods in bribes.

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 1d

Then it is a waste of my time to talk with you about it. Read it, then I'll talk.

Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 1d

How did you become "aware"? By reading it?

Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 2d

There are many ways for you to read a story in the Arizona Daily Star, your local newspaper. I suggest you utilize one of them.

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 2d

80 of the University of Arizona's most elite faculty, all Regents professors, are calling for rejection of the Trump administration's proposed compact. They make a key point I hadn't really focused on: The compact's benefits are completely nebulous.
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About 80 top U of A professors urge rejection of Trump compact

There's no assurance the University of Arizona would actually get funding benefits for complying, the Regents professors warn.

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 2d

Tim Steller's column: Powerless feeling causes Tucson homeless conflicts

For Star subscribers: Across Tucson, conflicts are popping up between neighborhood residents and the city over homeless camps. The residents aren't always right, but they ought to be listened to.

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Andrea Hoerr @awilddre.bsky.social · 2d

Yaay!! Rain in Tucson is amazing. 💚⛈️

Thunder clouds over the mountains. The clouds are illuminated by the sun and are a vibrant yellow orange. The light is reflected in the rainy street.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2d

Loss in court for Trump Admin:

Appeals court blocks the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area amid ongoing protest

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Appeals court temporarily blocks deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago

The Defense Department announced earlier this week that about 200 National Guard soldiers from Texas and another 300 from Illinois were federalized and sent to the Chicago area.

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 2d

Before the Trump compact arose, University of Arizona leaders already embarrassed themselves and the university with their impetuous, harmful decision to close four microcampuses in China serving 2,200 students. @preranawrites.bsky.social reports on the impacts.
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Chinese students blast U of A for closing campuses under GOP pressure

For Star subscribers: Students and faculty of four micro-campuses in China the University of Arizona closed last month are blasting the school's decision as abrupt and leaving them without a

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Matthew Terrill @matthewterrill.bsky.social · 3d

I was already a hard AI-skeptic but this cements my long suspicion that there is no feasible path to anything close to return on invested capital for these data centers. Tech would need 15 to 25 times current AI revenues within the next 2-3 years just to break even. Not financially viable.

"I clearly hit a nerve in the industry, when judging by the number of individuals who reached out to chat," he wrote in an followup blog post. "In total, l've spoken with over two-dozen rather senior people in the datacenter universe, and there was an interesting and overriding theme to our conversations: no one understands how the financial math is supposed to work. They are as baffled as I am, and they do this for a living."
Kupperman's original skepticism was built on a guess that the components in an average Al data center would take ten years to depreciate, requiring costly replacements. That was bad enough: "I don't see how there can ever be any return on investment given the current math," he wrote at the time.
But ten years, he now understands, is way too generous.
" had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic based upon the speed with which Al datacenter technology is advancing," Kupperman wrote. "Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most."
In his previous analysis, Kupperman assumed it would take the tech industry $160 billion of revenue to break even on data center spending in 2025 alone. And that's assuming an incredibly generous 25 percent gross margin - not to mention the fact that the industry's actual Al revenue is closer to $20 billion annually, as the investment manager noted in his previous blog.

"In reality, the industry probably needs a revenue range that is closer to the $320 billion to $480 billion range, just to break even on the capex to be spent this year," Kupperman posited in his updated essay. "No wonder my new contacts in the industry shoulder a heavy burden - heavier than I could ever imagine. They know the truth."
Kupperman called that gulf between tech industry spending and actual revenue in 2025 "astonishing."
However, it doesn't even begin to scratch the surface. For example, how does it all shake out when we account for 2026, when hundreds of new data centers are expected to pop up?
"Adding the two years together, and using the math from my prior post, you'd need approximately $1 trillion in revenue to hit break even, and many trillions more to earn an acceptable return on this spend," he writes.
"If the economics don't work, doing it at massive scale doesn't make the economics work any better
- it just takes an industry crisis and makes it into a national economic crisis," he concludes.
Overall, the pessimists broadly agree: it's no longer a matter of if Al is massively overhyped, but when the whole thing comes crashing down.
More on Al hype: Data Shows That Al Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

One of the best distillations of this moment I have come across www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMDhSBVc/

“I was socialised through misogyny, like most boys. I still remember as an eight-year-old, nine-year-old, that our socialisation process as boys revolved around hating girls.” Economist Yanis Varoufak...

TikTok video by Novara Media

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 3d

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 3d

The University of Arizona's president has issued his first response to the proposed "compact" with the Trump administration.
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U of A president breaks silence on White House compact

University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella sent an email to the campus community about the White House’s proposed higher education compact, a week after receiving it.

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 3d

I’m calling utter bullshit.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 3d

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5d

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Federal Judge April Perry is ordering a temporary halt to Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 4d

Perry says the order will say defendants are "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois."

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