Spotlight PA’s newsletter headline: AI data centers are fueling electricity demand.
Tag: Northeastern Pennsylvania
Netflix takes Sesame Street as spoils of the defunding of public broadcasting.
Good gravy don’t buy into the “privatization will save us from authoritarianism” narrative.
PA DEP under Dem Governor Josh Shapiro approves Trump admin official to burn tires to print cryptocurrency.
There is NO other purpose for this power plant whatsoever than to make “alternative” currency. It provides no power to the grid, and exists only to print bitcoin.
By law all sorts of things aren’t supposed to happen.
“By law, Social Security cannot be touched in the budget reconciliation process.”
It’s imperative to inform politicians about tech scams that target their ideological hopes with false promises.
Crypto mogul donors lure politicians to betray their communities by saying they’re doing it to benefit their communities. It’s a trick.
Crypto-printing power plant in PA poised to “pivot to AI”
Bitfarms bought the bitcoin printing power plant in Pennsylvania and now there’s speculation that it’s part of the so-called “AI revolution” while Bitfarms is accused of misleading. This news came out the day after my last post about this Panther Creek facility. Data Center Dynamics – Bitfarms gets $300m debt facility from Macquarie for Bitcoin and […]
Crypto-printing power plant in Pennsylvania changes hands.
These cryptocurrency operations with their data centers and power plants contribute NO POWER TO THE GRID, provide nothing to the community other than various forms of pollution and higher prices.
State Park campground reservations up 37% this season in Northeastern Pennsylvania likely because of the closure of federal destinations.
My prediction is already here. I recently said that the shutting down of federal camping destinations is going to put pressure on state resources. Donald Trump & Elon Musk are shutting down our campgrounds while they vacation anywhere. chloe / tumblr Apr 6th, 2025 But the closure of national land camping options are going to push […]
Opposing The Dump Stink.
A follow up on the local dump stink problem… a judge has ruled the state regulator dropped the ball.
Trump and Elon Musk to require senior citizens visit Social Security offices in person.
It’s insult to injury because they’re planning on closing regional offices all over the place, including in my region.
Rep. Rob Bresnahan has gone all in on the nightmare of data centers to fuel AI scams.
Rep Rob Bresnahan’s stock trades, including in tech companies, as of March 2025 are interesting.
Pennsylvania House moves to protect ACA provisions.
I’ve been asking my state reps what they’re going to do to try to mitigate things in Pennsylvania against the onslaught of the maga-doge admin, and there’s some movement.
Rep Rob Bresnahan’s Tele Town Hall, PA-08
The tele town hall recording is available on Facebook
Slashing staff at Social Security has really serious consequences that will hit senior citizens most, but nobody’s going to happy about this.
I expect more stories like this hitting the news, and attempts to normalize or justify it.
The mass firing of federal workers is a privatization boondoggle to rip off taxpayers and put us into company towns.
It couldn’t be clearer that the whole purpose of firing all these staff is to privatize everything by force, and follow through with their plans to form corporate fiefdoms.
Republicans know their project is crushing financial decisions for ordinary citizens.
I’m probably not the only person who’s now holding back on major purchases, such as planned home improvement projects, because of the uncertain state of the economy caused by the political disarray of the nation which is already resulting in financial hardships and forcible downsizing of community investments.
People are not happy about the Elon Musk Trump administration’s various corruptions.
We’re not happy in Pennsylvania, that’s for sure.
Pennsylvania out on a limb.
Do people even understand that federal funds are still frozen?
Steve Bannon to the left of NPR on Medicaid cuts.
Medicaid funding is a foundation of a great deal of Northeastern Pennsylvania, but we can’t be complacent that our politicians won’t take marching orders from tycoons like Elon Musk. More uninsured people racking up medical debt they can never ever pay off never made anything better in America for those people or anyone else. NPR […]
Deer brain disease found in the region of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania.
“Two male deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania…”
Gaslighting & manufacturing normal to minimize concerns is not the right direction to go in.
The coverage of threats by the media and the statements from community leaders are an exercise in elite panic, and that’s certainly not what we need.
Lackawanna County J6 insurrectionist among the pardoned.
I wasn’t hoping that person would go to jail, but a blanket pardon for all the insurrectionists sure seems outrageous and likely to embolden or even urge some to do worse in future.