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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

A little data center talk.

Nearly half of US data centers planned for 2026 canceled or delayed and it’s expected to get worse

AI companies and politicians love to tout all the jobs a data center brings, but they always fail to mention the contrast between the temporary construction-phase jobs and operational jobs.

During construction, the numbers are impressive — a large-scale data center can employ as many as 1,500 construction workers for up to three years, and a facility like the first Stargate data center in Abilene requires about 6,400 workers to build it.

Once operational, the workforce shrinks dramatically. It takes about 1,500 people to build a data center, but once it’s operational, the site employs fewer than 200 people. To put that in even starker terms, a typical 250,000-square-foot data center may have approximately 50 full-time workers — about half of which are contract workers.

The permanent jobs that do exist tend to fall into a few categories:

  • Facilities/trades: electricians, HVAC technicians, pipefitters, and mechanical engineers who keep the power and cooling systems running
  • IT operations: data center technicians who swap hardware, network engineers, and systems engineers
  • Security and management: physical security staff, operations managers, compliance roles

Baby joeys are cute.

An orphaned baby kangaroo needs our help to survive. These little joeys are vulnerable and require constant care and love after losing their mothers.

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— Digital Brain (@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 9:10 AM

I’ll never understand Conservative Christians or the Religious Right. Trump has always mocked Christianity. The Christian support of him has made a mockery of Christ for well over a decade.

They didn’t complain when he started selling Bibles with his name on them, which include copies of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as Lee Greenwood’s only song, God Bless the USA.

It was a nothing burger for them when his pastor/spiritual advisor compared him to Jesus.

Nor did they care about his profane message posted on Easter, the most holy day on the Christian calendar, in which he condemns people to Hell.

But many of them get upset when he posts this image of himself as Jesus, even though he claims he’s a doctor in this graphic. Houston Chronicle – Texas leaders silent as Trump ‘Christ’ image spreads

No one was more perplexed about the person Dr. Trump was “tying to save” in the image than Jewish satirist Jon Stewart.

Buyers fret as the average cost of a new car nears $50K – Vehicle ownership has long been a big part of the American dream

New vehicles now sell for an average of nearly $50,000, up 30% in six years, and average monthly payments — based on 10% down and a 6-year note — recently hit $775. Looking for something on the cheap end? The share of vehicles listing for less than $30,000 is about 13% — down from 40% five years ago, per the car review site CarGurus.

To cope, buyers are spreading their payments out longer. Consumers choosing 7-year loans make up more than 12% of all sales, up from nearly 8% a year ago, according to auto buying resource J.D. Power. Such contracts wind up costing more in the long run because of interest payments.

Most of you really have no idea just how far the moon is from Earth.

Don’t forget the foam pad!

LGBTQ+ Christians invited to speak at Baylor University to counter Turning Point USA event – A student-led event featuring queer religious leaders will offer an alternative to conservative programming at the Texas university.

Not a fake headline.

Zuckerberg builds AI version of himself to interact with Meta staff

 

 

 

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