Following Wyoming Example, Feds Limit Foreign Crypto Mines Near Military Bases(cowboystatedaily.com)

14 points by LinuxBender 1 year ago | 3 comments

The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution(capitalbnews.org)

463 points by doener 1 month ago | 337 comments

Capital B News article reporting that the EPA proposes rule changes limiting public input on pollution permits for data center projects.

White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools(nber.org)

36 points by langitbiru 3 years ago | 39 comments

Rising Young Worker Despair in the United States(nber.org)

27 points by johntfella 1 year ago | 32 comments

Supply constraints do not explain house price, quantity growth across US cities(nber.org)

167 points by pessimizer 1 year ago | 259 comments

AI Data Centers May Consume More Electricity Than Entire Cities(cnbc.com)

41 points by belter 1 year ago | 48 comments

Americans Trust in Federal Government Sinks to New Depths(news.gallup.com)

20 points by giuliomagnifico 13 days ago | 6 comments

Gallup poll report on Americans' trust in the federal government falling to record lows.

What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers(noemamag.com)

970 points by RickJWagner 2 months ago | 1138 comments

Noema Magazine essay arguing that tech and knowledge workers are realizing their work feels pointless and that AI may cause a whole class to lose faith in careers.

Cartographers of North Korea (2019)(cartographers-nk.wonyoung.so)

306 points by edent 15 days ago | 63 comments

An interactive analysis by Wonyoung So of OpenStreetMap data for North Korea, examining who its contributors are and how and why they mapped the country.

The current balance of power in open models(interconnects.ai)

105 points by gmays 1 month ago | 42 comments

Nathan Lambert's Interconnects post expanding his Congressional testimony on the state of open-weight AI models amid U.S.-China competition.

An update on independent evaluators(anthropic.com)

24 points by surprisetalk 11 days ago | 8 comments

Anthropic announcement post dated Oct 15, 2026 giving an update on its work with independent evaluators of its AI models.

Tax prep companies: $90M lobbying against free tax-filing(opensecrets.org)

324 points by everybodyknows 3 years ago | 168 comments

OpenSecrets article on tax prep companies that spent over $90 million lobbying against a free government tax-filing system and now face scrutiny from lawmakers.