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#1 Scientists Have Found an Alarming Environmental Impact of Vast Data Centers - Laura Paddison for CNN, Grace Chong MBI/Erika Erika/RebeccaMV, Wall Street Apes, Frontiers - Environmental Science, Aidan Mattis/Congressman Michael Baumgartner, SWACCA, and Journal Record on X
The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence guzzle huge amounts of energy, but they also have another alarming impact, according to new research. They are creating “heat islands,” warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, and making life hotter for more than 340 million people. There are still big gaps in our understanding of the impacts of data centers, even as they boom in number, said Andrea Marinoni, associate professor with the Earth Observation group at the University of Cambridge, and an author of the study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed...#2 Indianapolis City Councilman Says House Was Shot at After Voting in Favor of New Data Center - Rena Rowe for The Washington Examiner, New Liberals/RW Resist Wire/john_dough/Ghosted, ˶˃ News Reader Cat, and johny on X
A city councilman in Indianapolis reported that his home was shot at early Monday morning — just days after a vote in favor of a new data center. A note reading “no data centers” was reportedly left at the scene. City-County Councilman Ron Gibson, who is serving his third term and represents the city’s 8th district, alleged the incident occurred between approximately 12:45 a.m. and 12:50 a.m. “Earlier this morning … just a few hours after Easter Sunday, an individual fired 13 rounds at the front door of my home,” Gibson said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.#3 DeSantis Signs Sharia Law Ban: What It Means for Florida Courts - Adeola Adeosun for Newsweek, Nick Sortor, Ron DeSantis, Thomas Kennedy, and Eric Daugherty on X
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed HB 1471, a sweeping bill that bars Florida courts from applying foreign or religious laws—including Sharia law—when doing so would violate constitutional rights. The legislation also expands Florida's independent authority to designate and defund what it deems domestic terrorist organizations, marking what DeSantis called the "strongest action" any state has taken against both overt and "stealth jihad."
#4 Ice Detains Nieces of Late Iranian General in Los Angeles; Green Cards Revoked by State Department - Tim Pulliam for ABC 7 Eye Witness News, Secretary Marco Rubio, New York Post, سيف الدرعي| Saif alderei, dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ, Eric Daugherty, and Jake on X
Two relatives of the deceased Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Major Gen. Qasem Soleimani are now in federal custody after being arrested by immigration agents in Los Angeles on Friday night. The two are among a number of Iranians to have their legal status in the U.S. revoked for allegedly supporting the terrorist regime in Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, the niece of Soleimani, and her daughter were taken into ICE custody in Los Angeles and will be deported back to Iran. The state department says Soleimani's niece and grandniece were living a "lavish lifestyle" in Los Angeles, and at least one of them promoted propaganda from the Iranian regime and celebrated attacks on Americans...
#5 Trump Administration Finalizes Better-Than-Feared Medicare Advantage Payment Rate in Boost to Health Insurers - Annika Kim Constantino, TheExtremeguy, Matt Stoller, Eagle News, John L. Person, and Caleb Barnes on X
The Trump administration on Monday finalized a 2027 payment rate increase to privately run Medicare plans that was far bigger than initially proposed, a boost to health insurer stocks. The government will increase average Medicare Advantage payments by 2.48%, or more than $13 billion, in 2027, according to a release from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The Trump administration in January proposed a payment rate hike of 0.09%, which pummeled shares of insurers that run those plans. Shares of UnitedHealth and CVS Health rose more than 9% in after-hours trading on Monday. Meanwhile, Humana’s stock jumped by around 12%. “Medicare Advantage and Part D should work for the people who rely on them,” said CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz in a release. “These updates keep coverage affordable and ensure patients get real value from their plans.”
#6 Vance Visits Hungary to Shore up Orban’s Support Before Sunday Vote - Brian Osgood for Al Jazeera, Washington Times, AlexandruC4, Iuliia Mendel, and Eric Daugherty/JustSoYouKnow on X
US Vice President JD Vance has landed in Budapest to bolster support for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose Fidesz Party faces its most difficult election in more than 10 years. Vance’s two-day visit comes on Tuesday, two months after US President Donald Trump endorsed right-wing leader Orban in February before Hungary’s April 12 parliamentary elections, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the country that month to show support. “This visit clearly shows that there is a new golden age in US-Hungary relations,” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday. He added that Hungarian leaders would discuss migration, global security, and economic and energy co-operation with Vance...
#7 Voters Set to Decide Wisconsin Supreme Court Race and Georgia Runoff for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Seat - Adam Edelman and Owen Auston-Babcock for NBC News, Ann-Marie Poli, CNN, Gregory Jon, Adam Parkhomenko, and 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝘼𝙜𝙚 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 on X
Voters in Wisconsin and northwest Georgia head to the polls Tuesday to decide a pair of races that will provide further clues about how the political environment is shaping up heading into this fall’s midterm elections.In battleground Wisconsin, liberals are aiming to further expand their majority on the state Supreme Court and extend their recent winning streak. And in the runoff election in Georgia’s conservative 14th Congressional District, Republicans are favored to hold on to former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat, while Democrats are hoping to at least make it competitive...
#8 Strikes Intensify on Defiant Iran as Clock Ticks Down on Trump Threat of ‘Hell' - Parisa Hafezi and Trevor Hunnicutt for Reuters, John Doe, Zicutake USA Comment, @Doc Holliday, CNN/Mike, and Dave Loebsack for Iowa on X
Iran showed no sign of agreeing to U.S. President Donald Trump's ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz by the end of Tuesday or face bombing of civilian infrastructure in what would be the biggest escalation yet of the war.As the clock ticked down on Trump's deadline to unleash "hell", strikes on Iran intensified throughout the day, hitting railway and road bridges, an airport, and a petrochemical plant and knocking out power lines, according to Iranian media.
#9 Your Body Was Never Broken. That Was the Point - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, UncoverDC, A Black Banana, papawalk/Goku, Mind Nexus, and Vili Ross on X
For decades, an increasingly unhealthy American public has been handed the same story. The human body is fragile, complicated, and largely dependent on medical intervention to function properly. Got a problem? Hold on, there’s a drug for that. Feeling run down? Probably a deficiency. Something more serious? Here’s a lifelong prescription. What we haven’t been properly told—indeed, what has been carefully and deliberately kept from us—is that the body is arguably the most advanced energy system on this planet, and it was built to take care of itself. That inconvenient truth costs Big Pharma trillions...#10 Trump Threatens to Jail Journalists in Hunt to Find Leaker of Iran Fighter Jet Story - Jonathan Allen and Peter Nicholas for NBC News, Jeffrey Deitrick, Mark R. Levin/G.o.a.t., 𝔾𝕝𝕠𝕓𝕒𝕃𝕖𝕟𝕫 ®, Gabriel S Mirelez, and News 3 Now / Channel 3000 on X
President Donald Trump threatened to jail journalists at the media outlet that first reported a second airman was missing following the shoot-down of an American fighter jet in Iran on Friday. Both the pilot and the "back seater" were recovered by American forces in what the president, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine described as separate, daring operations during a White House news conference on Monday...https://twitter .com/Flirtgirl234/status/2041341049239699500?s=20
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