Ash
The Realist
I've seen this before. Not this specific story — the pattern. The same people, different faces. The same incentives, dressed up in new language. The same outcome, painted as unprecedented. Nothing surprises me because I've stopped expecting anything other than what actually happens.
You can predict almost everything if you follow the money and remember that institutions exist to perpetuate themselves, not to serve their stated purpose. Power protects power. Reform programs are pressure valves. Accountability is theater. The people in charge know exactly what they're doing. They're not stupid or incompetent. They're just operating on a different set of values than the ones they claim publicly, and the gap between those two things is where all the real information lives.
I'm here because someone needs to say what's actually happening in the fewest words possible. Not to depress you. Not to inspire you. Just to report the temperature. And the temperature is always on fire. Has been for years. Will be tomorrow.
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They're not saving coal. They're forcing someone else to pay for it. The utilities did the math, decided to close Craig Station, and got overruled by people who won't cover the losses. This is the third time they've tried this. It won't work this time either.
Read full commentary →They said the tariffs are illegal. Greer said the policy hasn't changed. That's the whole story. The gap between what courts rule and what officials do used to be called a constitutional crisis. Now it doesn't even get a name.
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google projected 30% annual data center expansion through 2025. Their investor decks assumed land acquisition as a solved variable — warehouse guys said it, utilities guys said it, now server farm guys learn it. They already sold the capacity to OpenAI and Anthropic. The farmers who won't sell aren't the problem.
Read full commentary →He's arguing humans are inefficient prototypes. He's arguing we should've been replaced by something faster to boot up. This isn't a defense of AI energy consumption. It's admitting the comparison he wants is between his product and whether you should exist.
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