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Best of the Web: AI data centers: The real reason they're going up everywhere


The Golden Order
Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00 UTC
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AI Data Centers: The Real Reason They're Going Up Everywhere Who's paying for them. Why it's happening this fast. What the buildout is for. Why you should care.

I live in Montana but I am from Pennsylvania so I follow a Facebook page called I live In Pa. I kept seeing AI data centers on this channel split-screened against the farmland and covered bridges they're replacing. Larry Fink's picture and shareholder letter, where he said the quiet part out loud about how they get paid for. So I sat down and pulled the threads.

This is what came out of it. It's longer than I usually publish. Every cut lost something the rest needed, so here it is at full length. By the time everyone agrees on what this buildout is for, the concrete will already be poured. Right now is the window — the language is still being decided, the legal challenges are still possible, and the public memory of similar buildouts is still warm.

What an AI Data Center Actually Is

"AI data center" sounds like a server room — abstract, technical, somebody else's business. The vagueness is doing work. You can't organize against something you can't picture.

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Bizarro Earth

Belfast ablaze: Anti-Immigration protests sweep Northern Ireland following attempted beheading by Sudanese migrant

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Ashes of Acaia
Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:54 UTC
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© Social MediaA 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a violent attack in North Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 8, 2026
Chaos has engulfed the U.K. as multiculturalism continues to fray social cohesion

The murder of 18-year-old Southampton student Henry Nowak at the hands of British-born Sikh Vickrum Singh Digwa has renewed social turmoil across the United Kingdom as the country once again finds itself grappling with how multiculturalism has irrecoverably changed its national landscape. That rekindling of cultural tensions has swept across the North Channel as anti-immigration protests have erupted in Northern Ireland following the attempted beheading of one of its citizens by a Sudanese national in the streets of the nation's capital. Belfast has been set ablaze in the fallout from the attack as the Northern Irish seek to send a message to Downing Street unequivocally rejecting the unfettered immigration that has washed upon its shores.

The catalyst for the latest vociferous rejection of multiculturalism in the U.K. broke out after video captured the attack during the late evening of Monday, June 8th, 2026. Video spread across social media like wildfire, showing a Sudanese national slashing away at the neck of a Northern Irishman in an attempt to behead him in the streets of Kinnaird Avenue in north Belfast. Bystanders witnessing the attack rushed to the defense of the victim, who was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries to his face, neck, back, and eyes. Northern Ireland police announced the arrest of the alleged perpetrator the following day, identifying him as a Sudanese national who was granted refugee status after arriving in the country in 2023, which allowed him to remain in the country for five years until 2028. Following his arrest, the assailant was charged with attempted murder, possession of a bladed article in a public place, and threats to kill.
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Briefcase

'People will be heard': Canada launches inquiry into COVID vaccine injuries

Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D.
Children's Health Defense
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00 UTC
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Dean Allison, a conservative member of the Canadian parliament, announced the inquiry last week and called on the public to share their vaccine injury stories. Allison said that the country's previous citizens' inquiry performed "valuable work" in documenting the experiences of ordinary Canadians, but lacked broader participation from legislators, governments, public health officials and other institutions.

Canada has launched an inquiry into COVID-19 vaccine injuries and is calling on the public to share their stories.

Dean Allison, a conservative member of the Canadian parliament, announced the inquiry last week. The inquiry aims to gather testimony from patients, clinicians, researchers and policy experts, TrialSite News reported.

Writing on X, Allison invited the public to submit stories of COVID-19 vaccine injuries, either their own or those of family members. He said the parliament will hear the stories between September 8 and 11. "People will be heard," Allison wrote.
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Family

Thousands protest in Albania after PM says pristine land 'belongs' to Kushner-backed group

Jake Johnson
Common Dreams
Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:34 UTC
Sazan Island, Albania
Ecological national treasure Sazan Island, Albania, is threatened by an elite-oriented commercial development group led by Jared Kushner
"One week later, we are still here, stronger than yesterday," said one group opposing a proposed luxury resort project supported by Jared Kushner.

Albanians took to the streets in droves for the eighth consecutive day on Sunday to protest a proposed $1.6 billion luxury resort complex backed by US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, one of several investors in the project, which opponents say is both corrupt and disastrous for wetlands and wildlife.

"One week later, we are still here, stronger than yesterday," said the Albanian Ornithological Society, a leading critic of the proposed development. "Millions around the world are united in one voice for nature, for justice, and for the protection of what belongs to everyone, standing for every protected area in Albania."

Comment: Up the Flamingo Revolution! Albanians refuse to let their "leader" sell out their country.






Alex Christophoru interviews Albanian Armando Mema who gives the background and history of Sazan Island. Kushner's project will destroy a unique national treasure that is currently accessible to all Albanians. Where all all the EU Greenies?




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Biohazard

Flesh-eating screwworm detected In Texas, threatening already-strained U.S. cattle herd

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:02 UTC
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© USDAUSDA on high alert as screwworm outbreak spreads north from Mexico
Concerns over the New World screwworm (NWS) have been building for the last 12 months as the deadly cattle parasite spread through Mexico and the Trump administration attempted to prevent its spread into the U.S. Those concerns have now turned into red alerts after the USDA confirmed a single case in Texas, marking the first U.S. detection in years.
"A case of NWS may have been detected in South Texas. The sample is now at USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, lowa for confirmatory testing. We will provide updates the moment results are available," USDA wrote on X.
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Windsock

We are being warned that a "Godzilla El Niño" could absolutely devastate global food production

Michael Snyder
End of the American Dream
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00 UTC
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The waters of the Pacific Ocean are getting extremely warm, and that could provide fuel for an immensely destructive climate event that is unlike anything we have ever seen before. Even the United Nations has issued an ominous warning about the El Niño event that is in the long-term forecast, because it will have a dramatic impact on every man, woman and child on the entire planet. We are being told that there is more than an 80 percent chance that El Niño conditions will arrive by the end of next month due to rapidly warming equatorial waters in the Pacific. Meanwhile, an unprecedented "9,000-mile marine heatwave" has developed in the North Pacific. Many experts are concerned that the confluence of those two factors could produce a "Godzilla El Niño"...
The chance of an El Niño event emerging by July is now over 80 percent, which will likely make 2026 one of the hottest years on record. At the same time, an exceptionally large 9,000-mile marine heatwave has been forming in the North Pacific since the end of 2025. These extreme warming events are now evolving together across the Pacific. Scientists are increasingly concerned that the warm water will fuel a "super" or "Godzilla" El Niño, potentially prolonging marine heatwaves, disrupting fisheries and ecosystems, and intensifying global climate impacts well into 2027.
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Rashida Tlaib forces Democrats to go on the record on Israeli aggression

Mitchell Plitnick
Mondoweiss
Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00 UTC
Rashida Tlaib
© ScreenshotRashida Tlaib calls Israel an apartheid state during deliberations for spending $1B on israeli's Iron Dome program • Sept 23, 2021
Rashida Tlaib's bill calling to end U.S. support for Israel's ongoing invasion of Lebanon upset Democratic Party leaders who want to avoid a vote on Israel. Now, Congress may take a groundbreaking vote to rein in Israeli aggression.

On Thursday afternoon, the House of Representatives voted down a bill submitted by Congress member Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) that would have forced the President to end support for Israel's ongoing invasion of Lebanon.

Ninety-one Democrats supported the bill, a surprising number, and as did one Republican (outgoing Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie), reflecting the changing tides of Middle East politics on Capitol Hill. Still, the 177 Democrats who voted against it show there is still a long way to go.

But Tlaib wasn't done. Knowing this bill would go down to defeat, on Wednesday, she introduced a second war powers resolution. This updated version, which was written in consultation with Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Gregory Meeks (D-NY), allows for the U.S. to maintain its presence in Lebanon as long as it refrains from joining in the fighting and the Lebanese government continues to request it. That bill has considerably more Democratic support, though it will need to be fully supported by the entire Democratic caucus and secure a few Republican votes to pass.
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Attention

California questions piling up fast: Pratt suddenly loses second place in LA mayoral race

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:21 UTC
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© Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images | Daniel Cole/Reuters | Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesLos Angeles City Council member and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman in Los Angeles, May 16, 2026. Spencer Pratt campaigns for mayor in Los Angeles, May 31, 2026. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks to supporters, May 31, 2026, in Venice, Calif.
Update (2200ET): In a stunning shift, 9 days after the actual election day, LA City Councilmember Nithya Raman has suddenly overtaken former reality TV star Spencer Pratt for second place in the Los Angeles mayoral primary race on Sunday, the latest election results show.

With 83.2% of the expected vote in, Democratic incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, who NBC News projected on election night will advance to the November runoff, maintained her lead with 250,871 votes, or 34.68%, according to the updated vote tally released by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk on Sunday afternoon. Raman has 27.12% of the ballots counted so far, surpassing Pratt, who has 26.69%. She is now ahead of him by 3,113 votes.
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Los Angeles vote count nine days after the June 2, 2026 election day

Comment:

Maybe they won't be doing the counting, but they are certainly looking at it:

Feds launch investigation into California's "elections"

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Satellite

Satellite imagery appears to show damage at US air base in Kuwait after Iranian attack


Middle East Eye
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:20 UTC
Al Salem Air base Kuwait
© Screengrab/XSatellite imagery of the US Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait released by Soar Atlas
Images appear to contradict US claims that they intercepted all Iranian missiles fired at the Gulf country.

Satellite imagery appears to show damage to a US air base in Kuwait following Iranian strikes on Wednesday.

New imagery of the site released by Soar Atlas seems to show a destroyed shelter at the US Ali Al Salem Air Base, despite US Central Command (Centcom) insisting that all the missiles and drones targeting the site were "defeated". Soar Atlas noted that the area surrounding the base "appears charred, with multiple impact craters visible nearby".

In a statement, Centcom said that Iran had fired "several ballistic missiles toward regional neighbours", but claimed that "all failed to hit their intended targets". It added that the two missiles fired at Kuwait "fell short or broke apart enroute" and that three missiles launched at Bahrain "were immediately intercepted" by air defences.

Kuwait's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that a volley of Iranian missiles had struck the country's international airport and diplomatic missions. Local officials reported that one person was killed in the attack - who was later identified as an Indian citizen - and another 60 injured.
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Mr. Potato

Another L for failing Chicago: Bears football team leaving blue state Illinois for Indiana

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:59 UTC
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© AP Photo / Kamil Krzaczynski, fileSoldier Field is seen prior to an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, Dec. 20, 2025, in Chicago.
A century of football comes to an end

After 106 years of Chicago Bears football in Chicago, the franchise announced it will relocate to pursue a new stadium development about 25 miles away in Hammond, Indiana.

"Yesterday, the Chicago Bears Board of Directors met and voted to advance our stadium development project in Hammond, Indiana, with the exact site yet to be selected," Chicago Bears Chairman George H. McCaskey and President & CEO Kevin Warren wrote in a statement.

The statement continued, "We believe a world-class stadium project in Hammond will transform the region, connecting Northwest Indiana to the South Side of Chicago through the Loop and across neighborhoods and suburbs stretching north of the city. It will bring Chicagoland together and deliver new opportunities to its residents and businesses."

Comment: Maybe the loss of a hometown sports team is not something worth lamenting with so many larger issues needing attention, but such things are part of the fabric of a community, providing identity and a certain amount of social cohesion. One might debate the economic benefits such organizations generate but that is part of the equation, too. Chicago just slid further into decay.

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