jael holzman
@jael.bsky.social
hi, i write about climate change and renewable energy. i also play music sometimes. some secret third thing.
“the fight” newsletter @heatmap.news. also in the band @ekkoastral.bsky.social.
email : jael @ heatmap dot news 🖤
“the fight” newsletter @heatmap.news. also in the band @ekkoastral.bsky.social.
email : jael @ heatmap dot news 🖤
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The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against rampant AI development.
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my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
eric is always right
While I'm on one, it would be easier to depose Schumer (though still hard) as minority. But the Congressional Black Caucus would raise holy hell if a bunch of white progressives and moderates tried to depose the potential first Black Speaker of the House. The CBC is the nerve center in the House.
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
eric is always right
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A bit of a contrarian view. Democrats likely won't pay a price for this in the midterms. The American memory is quite short on political machinations. But Republicans are about to learn a central tenet of American politics: You cannot give people a benefit and then take it away.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A bit of a contrarian view. Democrats likely won't pay a price for this in the midterms. The American memory is quite short on political machinations. But Republicans are about to learn a central tenet of American politics: You cannot give people a benefit and then take it away.
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new tour dates incoming
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
new tour dates incoming
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Ahead of midterms, climate policy has become a wedge issue splitting Democrats. After last week's electoral victories, some Democrats will only talk about expanding clean energy through lens of affordability. Others believe talking about climate change will win voters. www.eenews.net/articles/ret...
Retreat or recast? Democrats debate future of climate politics.
Democratic election wins last week reignited arguments on how — or if — candidates should discuss climate change on the campaign trail.
www.eenews.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Ahead of midterms, climate policy has become a wedge issue splitting Democrats. After last week's electoral victories, some Democrats will only talk about expanding clean energy through lens of affordability. Others believe talking about climate change will win voters. www.eenews.net/articles/ret...
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Appreciate the nuance *and* wish that water quality was more of a consideration with data centers. It’s not just about supply, in part because quality impacts supply and because treating for water quality both before and after use in these operations takes energy.
new from me today: not all data centers are created environmentally equal — and building them in states with cleaner grids and more access to water could go a long way in preventing environmental catastrophe
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go
A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.
www.wired.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Appreciate the nuance *and* wish that water quality was more of a consideration with data centers. It’s not just about supply, in part because quality impacts supply and because treating for water quality both before and after use in these operations takes energy.
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Bless your heart
grateful you’re happy declaring yourself a petty internet bully
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Bless your heart
I love my fans
the only numbers i'm doing is a numbers two all over jael's shit ass posts
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I love my fans
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It seems anything AI or Data Center related gets the attention of low effort rage posters. I've seen people reply to useful applications of LLM "AI" technology act as if you posted snuff content on their timeline.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It seems anything AI or Data Center related gets the attention of low effort rage posters. I've seen people reply to useful applications of LLM "AI" technology act as if you posted snuff content on their timeline.
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you can't just bring back austin powers. the franchise wrote itself into a corner after he volunteered to stay behind forever in the shagadelic dimension to save foxxy and vanessa. they already brought him back once without explaining how he escaped from fembot island, the audience won't buy it
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
you can't just bring back austin powers. the franchise wrote itself into a corner after he volunteered to stay behind forever in the shagadelic dimension to save foxxy and vanessa. they already brought him back once without explaining how he escaped from fembot island, the audience won't buy it
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My mom is running late to her friend’s surgery because her commuter ferry is surrounded by orcas. Seattle problems!
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My mom is running late to her friend’s surgery because her commuter ferry is surrounded by orcas. Seattle problems!
it’s incredibly hard to build anything in new england
i'm surprised more companies aren't looking at maine for their data centers. it's the saudi arabia of water.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
it’s incredibly hard to build anything in new england
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its true tho us tafts are notoriously anti-water
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
its true tho us tafts are notoriously anti-water
my data center reporting has broken containment. thanks for the coverage @krystalball.bsky.social
Data Center BACKLASH Remakes American Politics
YouTube video by Breaking Points
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November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
my data center reporting has broken containment. thanks for the coverage @krystalball.bsky.social
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average bluesky replier after consuming tens of gigabytes of youtube/netflix/etc in a single day, all served from datacenters and routed through datacenters: "these datacenters are bullshit, we don't need them, they're just AI"
new from me today: not all data centers are created environmentally equal — and building them in states with cleaner grids and more access to water could go a long way in preventing environmental catastrophe
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go
A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.
www.wired.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
average bluesky replier after consuming tens of gigabytes of youtube/netflix/etc in a single day, all served from datacenters and routed through datacenters: "these datacenters are bullshit, we don't need them, they're just AI"
on today’s episode of “bluesky is unhinged and not real life”
a writer for wired is being attacked here for *checks notes* writing about how it’s better if data centers are powered by renewable energy and not located in drought areas
🤷🏻♀️
a writer for wired is being attacked here for *checks notes* writing about how it’s better if data centers are powered by renewable energy and not located in drought areas
🤷🏻♀️
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
on today’s episode of “bluesky is unhinged and not real life”
a writer for wired is being attacked here for *checks notes* writing about how it’s better if data centers are powered by renewable energy and not located in drought areas
🤷🏻♀️
a writer for wired is being attacked here for *checks notes* writing about how it’s better if data centers are powered by renewable energy and not located in drought areas
🤷🏻♀️
this story is really interesting
new from me today: not all data centers are created environmentally equal — and building them in states with cleaner grids and more access to water could go a long way in preventing environmental catastrophe
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go
A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.
www.wired.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
this story is really interesting
waiiiit lol wut the deal bans delta-8? lolololol
Congressional Deal Would Ban Many Hemp THC Products, While Excluding Provisions To Let VA Doctors Recommend Medical Marijuana - Marijuana Moment
Newly released spending legislation negotiated by congressional leaders would federally recriminalize many hemp-derived products. It also excludes provisions previously passed by the House and Senate ...
www.marijuanamoment.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
waiiiit lol wut the deal bans delta-8? lolololol
lowkey lol’d
Gillibrand says she is not doing interviews when I asked if she had spoken with Zohran Mamdani since his victory.
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
lowkey lol’d
as i wrote for @rollingstone.com a year ago
trans care hyde amdt in funding fight would require the kind of senate dem cave we just watched
however
it’s not in the senate bill
so would require many other things to happen in order to even gleam its likelihood
anything more is ~speculation~
trans care hyde amdt in funding fight would require the kind of senate dem cave we just watched
however
it’s not in the senate bill
so would require many other things to happen in order to even gleam its likelihood
anything more is ~speculation~
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
as i wrote for @rollingstone.com a year ago
trans care hyde amdt in funding fight would require the kind of senate dem cave we just watched
however
it’s not in the senate bill
so would require many other things to happen in order to even gleam its likelihood
anything more is ~speculation~
trans care hyde amdt in funding fight would require the kind of senate dem cave we just watched
however
it’s not in the senate bill
so would require many other things to happen in order to even gleam its likelihood
anything more is ~speculation~
on the hhs appropriations trans care hyde amdt stuff
Just to be clear but this is not the bill that passed tonight. This is a separate bill. And this language likely will be stripped from the bill that goes to conference between the House and Senate
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
on the hhs appropriations trans care hyde amdt stuff
a politically palatable climate policy will never include taking your cheeseburgers
i'm convinced if we ever tried to touch the rail of meat politics in America (something that's going to eventually need to happen in order to reduce CO2 emissions), it would lead to a huge right-wing shock
remembering the time a random catholic priest got mad at me about a hypothetical about the government restricting meat production on the other site
meat politics is going to be insane for the next Dem administration which takes climate change seriously, imo
meat politics is going to be insane for the next Dem administration which takes climate change seriously, imo
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
a politically palatable climate policy will never include taking your cheeseburgers
this sh*t is insane
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
this sh*t is insane
lol the official medium account posted by essay about “horseglue” on threads
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
lol the official medium account posted by essay about “horseglue” on threads