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San Francisco Slams the Door on Data Centers Despite Being Epicenter of AI Development

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2026/10/08/san-francisco-slams-the-door-on-data-centers-despite-being-epicenter-of-ai-development/

San Francisco’s board of supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to impose a 45-day moratorium on new data centers, a pause that can be extended up to 22 months. Despite San Francisco being the home of AI development in the United States, one city official said of data centers, “We need to know what these impacts are. Until we know what that is, it needs to stop.”

Bloomberg reports that the measure halts new projects while city planning officials study their effects on energy, water, air quality, land use and surrounding communities. A hearing on those findings is due by November, according to Mission Local, which reported on the vote.

“We need to know what these impacts are. Until we know what that is, it needs to stop,” Supervisor Shamann Walton said.

San Francisco is home to AI giants OpenAI and Anthropic, but the city doesn’t actually know how many data centers it already hosts. Bloomberg found no comprehensive tally. The San Francisco Standard counts six sites.

It would take more than 45 days to compile server and solid state drive array power use data and  power grid info from PG&E? This virtue-signal will drive jobs out of SF, and the jobs leaving won't be minimum wage jobs.

US slapping fresh sanctions on ‘unaccountable’ International Criminal Court

https://nypost.com/2026/10/08/us-news/state-departments-new-sanctions-on-international-criminal-court/

WASHINGTON — The State Department will impose “further sanctions” on the International Criminal Court in response to its attempts to charge American service members, according to a US official and an internal memo reviewed by The Post.

The official said that diplomatic posts were receiving warnings Thursday that “further ICC action” was imminent, while the memo cited longstanding grievances with the global organization established in 2002.

“The ICC seeks to become the unaccountable global arbiter – positioning itself above and beyond the nation state as a supranational judicial arm of a globalist bureaucracy empowered to persecute American servicemen and officials at will without authority and as an affront to our sovereignty,” the memo stated.

“It must be clear, once and for all, that the ICC can pose no threat to those who did not accept its authority,” the memo added.

“Building on the U.S. campaign to assemble a coalition of countries willing to reject the Court’s assault on State sovereignty, the United States has no choice but to impose further sanctions.”

The sanctions are expected to take effect soon, though the memo did not disclose in what form.

Switzerland recently threatened to take Netanyahu captive if he entered the country. No great loss to him. I wonder whether Switzerland would be stupid enough to try to abduct US service members.

Connect the dots. The boy and his druggie egg donor are black; he didn't learn that defiance and language from Elmo or Big Bird. The teacher and aide who warned the vice principal about the boy possibly having a gun are white. The vice principal who did nothing is black.

The teacher has limited use of one of her hands and a bullet lodged in her body because the boy was taught to be racist and the vice principal believed the white teacher and aide were racist false accusers.

malaise (302,916 posts)

STFU Stephanie Rhule

He isn’t merely changing Presidential norms - he is violating them and breaking the effin law to boot.

https://democraticunderground.com/100221550096

What is this drunk goon talking about

Nearly 6,000 IRS Employees Owe or Haven’t Filed Nearly $50 Million in Taxes: Joni Ernst [WATCH]
https://www.lifezette.com/2026/10/nearly-6000-irs-employees-owe-or-havent-filed-nearly-50-million-in-taxes-joni-ernst-watch/

Senator Joni Ernst is pushing new legislation aimed at IRS employees who are delinquent on their own taxes, following an audit that found nearly 6,000 agency workers either owe overdue taxes or have failed to file.

The findings were raised during an exchange with Stuart Varney, who asked Ernst what she plans to do in response.

"Your audit of the IRS reveals nearly 6,000 IRS employees who owe close to 50 million in overdue taxes. What are you going to do about it?" Varney asked.

Oh, the irony!