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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 1d

Terawulf keeps making promises of big jobs...
and then fails to keep its promises.
Never trust a Terawulf promise.

Terawulf promises of local jobs for Lansing New York don't add up.
Terawulf promised 100 permanent jobs to Lansing for the Cayuga Lake data center, but in July 2024, Terawulf announced only "20 permanent employees, 6-8 fairly permanent employees" for its similar sized Lake Mariner AI operation.

Terawulf hype versus Terawulf Reality: Terawulf promises Lansing 100 permanent jobs for a 400 MW AI data center on Cayuga Lake, but Terawulf provided only 20 permanent employees and 6-8 fairly permanent employees a tthe 360 MW Lake Mariner AI data center.

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Darth Liberal @jonathanccook.bsky.social · 3d

Terawulf has made big promises to investors before.
Bloomberg describes its current financing as "junk bonds".
Its generative AI data center business is caught at the peak of a massive bubble of overinvestment.
Look at Terawulf's past results.
The outcome of the current hype doesn't look good.

Terawulf peaks and crashes. Volatile stock history of generative AI data center bubble.

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 2d

When will Congressman Josh Riley end his SILENCE?
After helping Trump persecute immigrants with the Laken Riley Act, Riley has done nothing to stand up to Trump’s ICE raids and military invasions of peaceful American cities.
Why, Josh Riley?
Why?

Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 2d

So why won't Upstate New York Democratic Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca take a stand against the ICE raids?
First, Josh Riley joined Donald Trump to persecute immigrants with the Laken Riley Act, and now, Riley says and does NOTHING in the wake of Trump’s ICE and military invasion of US cities.

Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 2d

1,500 residents came together to support the 1 year moratorium on large-scale industrial development in the Town of Lansing, New York. Corporations from outside the area have been making threats against the town government, trying to intimidate locals. #Ithaca www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/10/16/o...

Over 1,500 urge Lansing Town Board to halt large-scale development | Fingerlakes1.com

As the Town of Lansing prepares to overhaul its zoning laws, more than 1,500 residents, business owners, and local leaders are calling on the Town Board to hit pause on large-scale development. A peti...

www.fingerlakes1.com

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 3d

Democrats in Tompkins County can’t keep blaming foreigners for high utility rates from NYSEG while Congressman Josh Riley continues to address the big role of AI data centers in increasing our electric bills.
When will Josh Riley take a stand on Terawulf building a huge data center on Cayuga Lake?

Darth Liberal @jonathanccook.bsky.social · 3d

When will Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca stop blaming foreigners for high NYSEG electric bills, and look at the role of generative AI tech industry data centers like what Terawulf wants to build on Cayuga Lake? #datacenters #NYSEG #NY19
gizmodo.com/electric-bil...

The Electric Bill Is Too Damn High, and Both Sides Agree: It's the Local Data Center's Fault

Is AI making your utility bill explode?

gizmodo.com

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 6d

Can generative AI data centers continue to spread exponentially across America, when grassroots from local activist groups - like the one forming in Lansing New York opposing the proposed Terawulf Cayuga Lake data center - are increasing cost of expansion?

Just one more needle to pop the bubble.

Darth Liberal @jonathanccook.bsky.social · 9d

Investors beware: Terawulf plans for a big data center on Cayuga Lake are unraveling because of local activist pressure! #ithaca www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/10/09/l...

Lansing residents call for answers as Terawulf data center plans unravel | Fingerlakes1.com

A storm is brewing on the shores of Cayuga Lake, and it has nothing to do with the weather. Local residents and environmental advocates are raising alarm bells over plans for a proposed Terawulf data ...

www.fingerlakes1.com

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 7d

Caledonia Wisconsin held off Microsoft and defeated the corporation’s plan to build a giant data center there.

Ithaca and Lansing New York can prevent the plan from Terawulf plan to build a 400MW data center on the shores of Cayuga Lake.
gizmodo.com/microsoft-ba...

Microsoft Backs Off New Data Center After Small Wisconsin Town Backlash

The company dropped plans for a 244-acre project as resource-intensive data centers spread across the country.

gizmodo.com

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The Ohm @ohmtheohm.bsky.social · 9d

Members of the Congressional Christian Nationalist Caucus are trying to create a new national holiday that's dedicated to teaching children religious pseudohistory - the National Day of the Bible. #ChristianNationalism #MichaelCloud
www.stopchristiannationalism.com/congressiona...

Congressional Christian Nationalist Caucus — Stop Christian Nationalism

Who in the US Congress belongs to the Christian Nationalist Caucus, and what are they doing to transform the USA into a Christian theocracy?

www.stopchristiannationalism.com

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Darth Liberal @jonathanccook.bsky.social · 8d

The Terawulf data center on Cayuga Lake will likely never be able to make a profit. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 13d

Congressman Josh Riley has yet to make any statement about the proposal from Bitcoin mining company Terawulf to put a huge data center right on the shores of Cayuga Lake in order to facilitate the spread of AI slop across the internet.
Why the silence from Josh Riley?

The Ohm @ohmtheohm.bsky.social · 18d

Why does Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca keep blaming foreigners for high utility bills but never ever talk about the role of corporate data centers
like the one Terawulf is building on
Cayuga Lake?

Is he trying to distract us with
xenophobia?
#Terawulf #Ithaca #NYSEG

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Darth Liberal @jonathanccook.bsky.social · 18d

Josh Riley, once again, is not hitting his fundraising goals. Why???

Could it be the fact that Josh Riley keeps on betraying the progressive Democrats who worked their asses off to elect him last year?

Just a theory. Why don’t you run a poll on that, Josh?

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The Ohm @ohmtheohm.bsky.social · 15d

Ethically weak Democrats like Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca who voted for deregulation of cryptocurrency that allows for bribery of Donald Trump need to understand that cryptocurrency corruption makes voters angry.
Join this Indivisible session on the topic.
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Taking on the Crypto Billionaires - A Virtual Rally. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

There's no time to lose - the Senate may soon take up legislation that is poised to cement a massive deregulatory giveaway to the crypto billionaires. This move to enshrine crypto corruption into our ...

us06web.zoom.us

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 24d

To make it clear: The Terawulf data center would increase NYSEG utility bills for homeowners in Ithaca and Lansing.

Delaying or preventing the data center would stop the hikes in our electric bills.

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 24d

Tonight at 6:30, a meeting of the Town Board of Lansing will consider a 1 year temporary moratorium on land development reviews. This would delay the proposed Terawulf data center, which would create a big hike in our NYSEG bills. #CayugaLake #Terawulf #Ithaca
meetings.municode.com/adaHtmlDocum...

Terawulf proposed data center on Cayuga Lake Lansing New York

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · 26d

U.S. Rep. Josh Riley just voted for a resolution providing official congressional endorsement of Charlie Kirk’s “Biblical Truth”.

Does he really think that’s what Ithaca elected him to do?
#JoshRiley #Ithaca #separationofchurchandstate

U.S. Rep. Josh Riley of Ithaca just voted for a resolution providing official congressional endorsement of Charlie Kirk’s “Biblical Truth”.

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 28

Anthropic announced today that its Claude generative AI chatbot will now be using all chats and programming as material for training its new models. So, I’m helping to “train” Claude with prompts like this:

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 28

Congressman, rate hikes are not "merely a tool to pad the pockets of corporate executives overseas”. The NPR article you cite explains that massive new data centers are set to consume as much electricity as homeowners by next year.
These data centers are for:
- AI
- Cryptocurrency mining

Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 26

Why won’t Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca talk about the link between cryptocurrency data centers and increased utility bills at NYSEG? Why does he keep scapegoating foreigners instead?
#cryptocurrency #nyseg #Ithaca
www.joshrileywatch.com/podcast/josh...

Josh Riley Won’t Talk About The Role Of Cryptocurrency In High Utility Bills — Josh Riley Watch

Why won’t Josh Riley talk about the link between cryptocurrency miners, generative AI schemes, and higher utility bills?

www.joshrileywatch.com

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Darth Liberal @jonathanccook.bsky.social · Aug 26

These data centers are not just supporting generative AI. They are also running large numbers of high-powered computers for the purpose of Bitcoin mining. It's a combination of AI and cryptocurrency that's increased your NYSEG bill.
Why doesn't Josh Riley mention that?
#nyseg #crypto #ai #JoshRiley

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 18

It’s on the eastern side of Cayuga Lake, in Lansing, roughly across the lake from Trumansburg, perhaps a bit to the north of there.

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 18

The facility on Cayuga Lake will produce electricity of 400MW total, and of that, 138MW will be "predominantly zero-carbon", which could mean that only 51% of the 138MW will be actually zero carbon, with the rest of the 400MW emitting a massive amount of carbon dioxide, along with other pollutants.

Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ithaca environmentalists take note:
The old coal-fired power plant on Cayuga Lake has been taken over by TeraWulf, with deceptive “predominantly zero carbon” language in its lease.
In fact, the lease allows for up to 82.74% of the energy to come from burning fossil fuels.
This is for generative AI.

The TeraWulf lease allows the company to burn fossil fuels to create 82.74 percent of its energy for its generative AI center on Cayuga Lake. It is not predominantly zero carbon. It is predominantly dirty fossil fuels spewing carbon dioxide pollution. TeraWulf counts on the people of Ithaca not being able to do simple math.

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Jonathan Cook of Ithaca New York @jonathancookithaca.bsky.social · Aug 17

Josh Riley took a trip to Israel, paid for by AIPAC, completely the pro-Israel lobbyist group. He told aides not to tell constituents where he was.
He’s supposed to use the August recess listening to constituents, but his August calendar has no public events.
I hate to see what he’s become.