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Nicole Casal Moore

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Science communicator, former journalist, ex-Rivian. At home in the weeds.

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You can tell the site is really growing because whenever a post does numbers it’s got that classic thing where it’s like

Hours 1-5: friends faving and reposting

Hour 6: angry people demanding an explanation and context for your joke about Chewbacca’s butthole

10.12.2024 03:27 👍 7241 🔁 528 💬 127 📌 17

But "free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy," right?

05.12.2024 16:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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05.12.2024 16:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Impact of Data Centers on Energy Demand and Market Prices The number of data centers in the U.S. has increased sharply in the last decade and nearly all forecasts suggest that their growth will accelerate in the next d

A new study finds that growing demand from data centers could jack US electricity prices up 70% by 2029.

Hardship for those least able to pay. Slower economy-wide electrification. For what? Shitty AI no one wants.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

25.11.2024 19:54 👍 700 🔁 268 💬 35 📌 34

Science is “apolitical?!” I suppose I shouldn’t be shocked to see this from the president of NAS. But I am! Funding dictates what’s studied. Scientists determine what questions to ask. The notion that it’s pure and objective is tired.

20.11.2024 06:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0