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ChicagoTeamster

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17. So Apartheid AI polluted African American neighborhoods with their Data Centers? Who's surprised?
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 10:54 AM
20 hrs ago

Remember the Dakota Access Pipeline? It was diverted from it's original path and rerouted from Bismarck due to water safety concerns and moved near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The KeystoneXL pipeline also faced tribal opposition over its path near water sources and sacred sites. In both cases, the oil would have never entered the American market. It was destined for the gulf coast to be sent to China. But, the risk of spills of dirty tar sands and shale oil where the oil companies could deny liability in court for years because the environmental laws referred to oil not bitumen which is what shale oil is until it's refined.

The rich white colonials always dump on the indigenous populations.

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And xAI is only 1 of 4 in the Memphis region. SheltieLover 21 hrs ago #1
They can sign NDAs but they cannot stop a recall! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 21 hrs ago #2
who says they're 'iron clad'? mopinko 21 hrs ago #9
The way it was reported in local news SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #19
Let me guess . . . AverageOldGuy 21 hrs ago #3
I feel confident.... SergeStorms 21 hrs ago #7
Black communities SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #20
100% accurate. evolves 19 hrs ago #24
📌 Bookmark. AI permitting process littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago #4
Of course they did relayerbob 21 hrs ago #5
Anything to do with Muck IS a carnival Clouds Passing 21 hrs ago #6
A carnival.... SergeStorms 21 hrs ago #8
A nightmare funhouse with evil clowns carnival Clouds Passing 21 hrs ago #11
An evil carnival SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #21
So rich entitled addict doesn't operate his business by the same rules as the the competitors ChicagoTeamster 21 hrs ago #10
The court will decide. Musk won't get the last word on this one. ancianita 21 hrs ago #13
Ohh, not sure about that zorbasd 9 hrs ago #29
As for "we" don't need to be doing this, the thing about corrupt oligarchs is that they know "we" can't stop them. BUT. ancianita 21 hrs ago #12
So Apartheid AI polluted African American neighborhoods with their Data Centers? Who's surprised? ChicagoTeamster 20 hrs ago #17
No one is surprised. That wasn't the point of my answer. My answer was meant to update what's being done about it ancianita 19 hrs ago #18
I think it's more "nimby" than anything racist FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #27
Is Elon at the root of Trump's psycological need to own Greenland? Attilatheblond 20 hrs ago #14
Not at all farfetched. I've been posting about the tech bros wanting Greenland as one of the sites highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #23
Been thinkin & sayin the extremely wealthy have no country. They are warlords. They are without laws/restraints Attilatheblond 19 hrs ago #25
Entirely probable, because for both it's a win-win: no following the law on Epstein, no following the law on Greenland ancianita 9 hrs ago #30
"They are typically for things like carnivals." Danascot 20 hrs ago #15
"if you're rich, they let you" mike_c 20 hrs ago #16
Boy, that's for sure. calimary 19 hrs ago #22
K&R UTUSN 18 hrs ago #26
Methane in the air is a bad idea. I get peeved when my neighbors burn mystery things downwind of me blue_jay 13 hrs ago #28
just throw pebbles in the turbines. that will shut it down....... Flash953 5 hrs ago #31
Meanwhile, in a nondescript Government facility.... COL Mustard 49 min ago #32
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