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urbanroaddiet retweeted
Invite this murdered boy's parents to the G20 to testify to world leaders instead of the man who murdered him.
The school notebook of the 14-year-old boy killed by Russia in Kyiv today.
The Russian strike killed him in the middle of the day, in his own room.
His desk still had the notebook with unfinished homework. But in the middle of the room, there's a pool of blood and investigators recording yet another Russian war crime.
Russian bastards killed him.
urbanroaddiet retweeted
How many times will Dan Sullivan vote to keep on jacking up the price of gas and heating fuel for Alaskans?
As of today: 13
urbanroaddiet retweeted
Jon Husted has now voted 14 times to continue the Iran war.
That’s 14 votes causing record high gas and grocery prices, and Ohioans are paying the price.
urbanroaddiet retweeted
Jon Husted just voted to continue the Iran war for the 14th time.
While Ohioans are paying record high costs at the gas pump and the grocery store, Jon Husted is voting for more war – and costing you more money – every chance he gets.
urbanroaddiet retweeted
This facility will have approximately zero negative impact to the neighborhood. Just an insane saga in this city. Amtrak should steamroll.
urbanroaddiet retweeted
the people who inflicted the Trump catastrophe on America deserve to be haunted by nightmares, and the contempt of their
grandchildren, for the rest of their lives.
urbanroaddiet retweeted
One of the world’s biggest data centers, in Memphis, uses about as much water in a year as 2.5 @innoutburger locations
Chicago’s current strategy is to have neither
urbanroaddiet retweeted
Alderman, there are already 200 data centers operating in Chicago. You’ve never had a problem with them, nor has anyone else until this recent bizarre superstitious notions that they pollute or “drain our water.”
It’s hard to view your actions as anything other than chasing the latest shiny object.
No one had a problem with data centers for decades until it became politically expedient... If you care about "health, safety, and quality of life" issues, then why are we developing a casino, putting up slot machines in convenience stores and opening weed shops on every corner?
Seems like the common motivating factor is needing tax revenue - but I guess tax revenue tied to technology is bad now... I thought revenue is revenue?
The truth is that data centers - especially new ones - operate safely and efficiently (particularly with closed loop water cooling). The driving force of higher electricity rates here is our misguided power and energy laws at the state level (see below post).
What happens when we say we want more EVs and electrification of industry, but also make it harder to build more baseload power and prematurely retire reliable generation assets?...
If anything, data centers can help lower power costs by helping build more generation and apportioning fixed costs like transmission and distribution over more users.
Also, the type of data centers the critics have in mind - massive 500 MW + construction projects - aren't getting built in city limits anyways! This is all incredibly frustrating to witness.
The city needs growth and revenue - and we are turning it down under false pretenses for very misinformed political reasons.
urbanroaddiet retweeted
The deepest, most serious mistake of the IR field is the concept of « Russia’s legitimate security concerns ». They don’t exist. Never have. Russia has not been threatened even vaguely in its entire post-1991 existence.
urbanroaddiet retweeted
There is a trillion dollar bill sitting on the ground and convincing policymakers to pick it up is like pulling teeth.
Housing is crazy because it’s one of America’s biggest issues that can be mostly fixed for the cost of exactly $0
urbanroaddiet retweeted
Bill Cassidy complaining that RFK Jr. "lied to him" is hilarious. You’re literally a doctor who voted to confirm a guy famous for eating roadkill and snorting blow off toilets. What did you think was going to happen?
urbanroaddiet retweeted
.@hinsonashley, it's easy to send a tweet but when you had the chance to vote to end this war, you chose not to. You voted seven times to continue it, including just last week. It's time to actually end the forever wars and put Iowa and Iowans first.
Glad you're finally following my lead after waffling on the proposals I put forward last week to address the rising costs of the war in Iran.
Iowans are being squeezed and shouldn’t have to foot the bill at the pump or the checkout line for the war in Iran. We need to use every option at our disposal to provide some relief from high prices.
That includes suspending the gas tax, pausing diesel exports, unleashing E-15 everywhere we can, reinstating the $1/gallon biodiesel tax credit, and creating a diesel relief program to help our farmers and truckers being crushed by the high costs.
While doing this, we should also ensure our highway trust fund is replenished, so that Iowans don’t suffer from crumbling roads and bridges while relief comes our way now. These actions to lower costs are needed ASAP, and the war needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end.
I am working every day to deliver bipartisan results for Iowans and I will work with anyone who is ready to tackle this challenge immediately.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Congresswoman voted against resolution to bring immediate end to the war 4 times this year:
clerk.house.gov/Votes/202685
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026199
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026282
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026307
urbanroaddiet retweeted
You enabled this for 10 years and profited off this chaos. You, your paper, and the people who run it are among the biggest villains in this story so please, spare me your sanctimonious bullshit like you didn't want him back in office. Fuck all the way off.
urbanroaddiet retweeted
Russia truth pills people still need to swallow:
1. Russia has no legitimite security concerns.
2. Russian aggression predates NATO expansion.
3. The West tried to integrate Russia into a cooperative European security order. Putin chose chauvinism, militarism, irridentism etc.
Are you going to fix permitting, end SEQRA, or rationalize new grid connection costs?
Are you going to bring back nuclear and build them as fast as they do in France or South Korea?
Of course you're not. Because you don't even understand why our costs are so high
New Yorkers pay 70% more for electricity than the rest of the nation.
Kathy Hochul’s answer: up to $200 once.
My answer: cut utility bills in half.
That’s the difference between a gimmick and a plan.
Hochul fought hard to fix SEQRA.
You, on the other hand, have done everything in your power to freeze Long Island in amber.
You don't give a shit about affordability, or you don't understand it. Not sure which is worse
urbanroaddiet retweeted
I don't think there is a single Democrat who is befuddled by this. What they're befuddled by is why they continue to support Netanyahu even though he fucked up and let 10/7 happen
