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Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 8h

Let's be clear, Israel is threatening more death over bodies now. Not living persons any more, just corpses. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Hamas says all reachable hostage bodies recovered amid Israel threat to resume Gaza fighting

Israel’s defence minister has said the country could resume fighting if Hamas does not honour the terms of the ceasefire deal

www.theguardian.com

Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 9h

Unless you'll be recording No Kings 10/18/25 with a de-identified wiped device:
- Just don't take your regular phone, leave it at home
- Test yr Faraday bag if you must use one - does the phone ring inside it?
- Airplane mode DOES NOT prevent intrusion
- Don't turn on a burner phone at home/work/etc

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 19h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 15h

Not surprised Hawley jumped on rate hikes obviously meant to unfairly benefit data centers. He totally should. Meanwhile the PSC should be announcing November hearings soon, for public testimony about the new 100MW large customer rate designed to immiserate us all. www.ksdk.com/article/news...

Hawley demands Ameren justify power bill increases as data centers spread throughout Missouri

"Ameren's recent agreements to provide hundreds of megawatts of power to new data centers raise serious concerns about cross-subsidization," Hawley said.

www.ksdk.com

Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 19h

They're also expected by PSC's *own staff* to trigger more electric rate hikes, which already force many small businesses to close. Negating whatever economic benefit. These DCs must build their own renewable generation, or not be built at all. efis.psc.mo.gov/Case/FilingD...

Docket Sheet - ET-2025-0184 - Item 60 - EFIS

efis.psc.mo.gov

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Ness Sandoval @ybytata.bsky.social · 20h

A generation of babies born in the Saint Louis metro is missing from the demographic records. The region is missing about 220K to 300K residents based on the number births over deaths. Natural population increase has ended. Saint Louis will have a record number of deaths and not enough births.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20h

Simpsons character Jimbo is holding a video camera saying “videotaping this crime spree is the best idea we’ve ever had”

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Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 1d

God has made clear a few times he does not need saving, and that people who claim to be doing so merit suspicion at best.

Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 1d

Seemed a good time to check back with Finnegan the folk hero of HTML to see if things have improved. Sadly no. youtu.be/HHn9KO2hUYc?...

Momus- Finnegan the Folk Hero

YouTube video by SaveMeKaizer

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · 2d

democracy is when lobbyists can pick up the phone and speak directly to politicians while you and I are routed to voicemail, which is of course full

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Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 2d

What also keeps getting overlooked in this round of "town hall" PR is how they're intentionally only mentioning the 85k sq ft center at 500 Prospect Ave. Not talking about the 250k sq ft Armory itself, or the OTHER property on Spring Ave just across the tracks they ALSO bought in May.

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Seven Years in Quebec @dfeldman.org · 2d

Qatar plays both sides in the war, funneling money and weapons to Hamas and sheltering their leaders while also housing a massive US air base and giving Trump a new plane. And even though it’s painfully obvious that they’re doing so, it seems to be successful.

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Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.social · 3d

If the US can ever vomit this stupid era out we're gonna need widespread all-ages education on basic facts like when you'd see old billboards or MST3k shorts advertising the concept of hand washing or being good. Stop Using Gasoline To Wash Clothes. Springs Are Ubiquitous & Essential To Modern Life

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Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 3d

The Armory data center people went on and on about how the site could never be residential due to limited access, noise, etc. So what's the proposed residential at that exact spot on this Brickline Greenway map from last year?

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 3d

Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 3d

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 4d

Twas only a matter of time before life started imitating this particular art.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 5d

This is an embarrassingly bad article and @thenation.com should feel bad for publishing it. If you're going to publish something about Section 230, could you maybe not misrepresent how it works?

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

With Larry Ellison in control of TikTok, we now have right-wingers or looney far-right wingers in control of most of the major social media platforms.

Right-Wing Moguls Dominate Social Media. One Legal Fix Can Help Stem the Tide.

Revising Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act would make outlets more accountable for the content they platform.

www.thenation.com

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Conner Kerrigan @connerkerrigan.substack.com · 6d

There's no future in data centers. The City of St. Louis should reject any proposal to build a new one within the city's borders.

connerkerrigan.substack.com/p/there-is-n...

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · 4d

'Ophelia' (1852)
the Tate, London
Sir John Everett Millais

Paul D'Amato
from his 'Water for the People' series
a woman in a white dress floating in her back in a flooded street next to a car and a couple of bystanders, her arms extended

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Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 4d

www.datacentermap.com/usa/missouri...

www.datacentermap.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 5d

Hopefully the Qatari get to try sparkling muscatel, one of the finest wines of Idaho. A steal at 95 cents. www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho

The move is a sign of increasingly close ties between the U.S. and Qatar.

www.cbsnews.com

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Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 5d

$165k/yr ea for 30 site operators (10 @ 3 shifts) seems above present rates? Even the janitors?

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Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 5d

THO shared Zoom recording:
- FAQ starts 1:32:00
- 30 long term direct jobs, $165k/yr (O_o)
- Ameren can support projected load, but DID NOT say if new power plant needed in near future
- Harrzler said $5.5M/yr utility bill, Gemini estimates up to 7MW/yr
drive.google.com/file/d/16Ftd...

video1414567381.mp4

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