Summertime Cafe

Strange -- some might say alien -- clouds over
Rosewell, NM (!), 2017
via Unwetterfreaks

I think those are mammatus clouds. Because they look like boobies. Hundreds and hundreds of big fluffy boobies.

From last week: It's Friday!

Cat curling, the sport of the future.

Puppy is helping.

Belgian Malinoises being sick athletes.

The greatest danger when you're filming a school of sharks is...

Cat pulls his cat-bed on to the human bed.

"Rubbing the hedgehog's ears," if you know what I mean.

"Washing the platypus," if you catch my drift.

The goat wants to play but doesn't realize that the guardian dog is actually at work.

Dog wants to play but doesn't realize the cows are inanimate.

Dachshund agility demo.

It's the weekend!

Best kind of welcome..🐕🐾😍 pic.twitter.com/pCO41zXvY6
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) May 28, 2026

This is what happiness looks like..🐕🐾😊 pic.twitter.com/JuQriGbU5s
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) May 27, 2026

No matter the species, kids will be kids..🐘😅 pic.twitter.com/qSTw8fBjB2
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) May 26, 2026

Size doesn’t matter!
All cats on Earth run on identical internal software. 😂 pic.twitter.com/zepw2Wbxnx
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) May 29, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 07:21 PM (PJdmB)

2 2nd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 07:22 PM (PJdmB)

3 Nooding

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 07:22 PM (PJdmB)

4 Back

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 07:23 PM (PJdmB)

5 The mothership is inside those clouds isn't it?

Posted by: steevy at May 29, 2026 07:24 PM (YwEeS)

6 I think those are mammatus clouds. Because they look like boobies. Hundreds and hundreds of big fluffy boobies.

Now the picture has me thinking of the later parts of Akira.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 07:24 PM (zZu0s)

7 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 07:24 PM (Ia/+0)

8
Another Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Lawton DFA show in Oklahoma City.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (HdYcL)

9 That Leopard in Figen's video is Tank. Check out Safari Sammie's YT channel.

Posted by: steevy at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (YwEeS)

10 The jumping dog is pretty much exactly like Reef. (As far as the jumping.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (zZu0s)

11 LOL Paul

Posted by: steevy at May 29, 2026 07:26 PM (YwEeS)

12 I wonder if E Jean Carroll paid taxes on the $7 million from fat boy. Because it is income to E Jean Carroll from fat boy.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 29, 2026 07:26 PM (l26NL)

13 You say Rosewell, I say Roswell -- lit's call the whole place "off."

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 07:28 PM (Av6i5)

14 We made it! A 100% week!

It won't be like this forever, but let us enjoy and celebrate a victory over BP!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)

15 I was watching some vids about cat psychology. Female cats like to sit atop some high shelf and monitor the territory. Male cats like to explore outside the territory and also are friendlier.
I don't know how true this is because, as you can imagine, the comments were flooded with people saying that Mr Whiskers likes to sit on a high shelf and basically hated everybody, and Miss Tabbie was big on rubbing up on total strangers.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:28 PM (gKWVE)

16 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 07:29 PM (Y2B0/)

17 Trump unseen for 48 hours after Walter Reed visit

Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (5+3vm)
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Wish-casting springs eternally from the heart of the political drone.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:30 PM (ikSmX)

18 Red clouds at night. Alien fright.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 07:30 PM (Cqx++)

19 Mr Whiskers likes to sit on a high shelf and basically hated everybody, and Miss Tabbie was big on rubbing up on total strangers.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:28 PM

Miss Tabbie is THOT.

Posted by: Mr. Whiskers at May 29, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

20
Atlas V launch no-go for now due to weather constraints.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM (w6EFb)

21 The truth is out there... at aliens.gov.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM (qx7Zg)

22 Karen Bass is spectrum |---------+-| Like full-tilt spectrum. Truly.

That smile pasted on woke faces? Its wolfish. Like gobble your grandma wolfish. I see these people and have an immediate, visceral, reaction; WOLF!

There's a reason fairy tales remain embedded in our collective memory, and Karen Bass exemplifies the smiling, devious wolf.

Posted by: 13times at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM (RNHFB)

23 Anybody drop by aliens.gov?

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM (ikSmX)

24 Anybody drop by aliens.gov?
Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM (ikSmX)

I flew in with my flying saucer.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 07:34 PM (qx7Zg)

25 I don't know how true this is because, as you can imagine, the comments were flooded with people saying that Mr Whiskers likes to sit on a high shelf and basically hated everybody, and Miss Tabbie was big on rubbing up on total strangers.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:28 PM (gKWVE)
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I suppose with a large enough sample size you'll see some trends among the cats.

But cats are very individualistic. I had 5 cats (now 4, sadly). Three of them are "climbers" and liked high places. Two of them are "huddlers" and like low places. All of them are female. Two of them enjoy belly rubs. Two of them do not. One is somewhere in between if you catch her in the right mood.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 07:35 PM (gnNyN)

26 Anybody drop by aliens.gov?
Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM

Just went.

Everything they say is true.

Some are anal-probers.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)

27 Trump unseen for 48 hours after Walter Reed visit

Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (5+3vm)

Only needs another 144 hours to break Biden's record.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:35 PM (XMuV+)

28 Anybody drop by aliens.gov?
Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM

Weird that the thread just hung for minutes right after that question, ain't it?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 07:36 PM (KnoEq)

29 Is something at Aliens worth seeing?
Or all AI crap?

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

30 Right on schedule, Dems on X are pumping out all of their push-polls saying that Talarico is ahead. Yeah right. The most outrageous one claims that 30% of Cornyn voters will vote for Talarico.
Which is idiotic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 07:37 PM (QDJ2U)

31 I know my brother and sister cat have totally different personalities but it's just a sample size of 2.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:37 PM (XMuV+)

32
I wonder which type of large wild animal is most likely to suddenly attack you while you're petting it or ignoring it:

ursine
canine/lupine
feline

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 07:37 PM (n7rxJ)

33 I had to reread the link because that looked like an ewok agility demo.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 29, 2026 07:38 PM (D1E+2)

34
Willowed:

I haven't watched all of the Pratt ads, so forgive me if this ends up being familiar.

Since Bass hates these Lego ads so badly, Pratt should do another one for Bass, as an olive branch.

A music video with the "Everything Is Awesome" Lego song, and Lego Bass cavorting joyously through LA past Lego junkies shooting up Lego heroin, squatting on the sidewalk dropping a huge stinky Lego deuce, with a background of Lego houses burning with the plastic Legos melting into the gutter, and tattooed Lego MS13 thugs beating little old Lego ladies and stealing their Lego I-Phones.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 07:38 PM (y9nCu)

35 Evening, Horde. I just signed the forms for hospice for my mom. She's two and half hours away from me. My sister, who lives twenty minutes from her nursing home, has utterly abandoned her. Mom's quality of life has been declining since she had a stroke several years ago, and she hasn't been able to speak or swallow solid food recently. I wish teleportation were real.

Posted by: Beltway Elite at May 29, 2026 07:38 PM (91R3d)

36 I'm not going up to a momma bear to ask which of her cubs wants a belly rub.

Posted by: gKWVE will leave this to Talarico at May 29, 2026 07:39 PM (gKWVE)

37 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 07:38 PM (y9n

They did one but changed the words.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:39 PM (XMuV+)

38 These sad movies seem to go on forever

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

39 Anybody drop by aliens.gov?
Posted by: Axeman

Paul is here, if that's what you mean

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 29, 2026 07:40 PM (d52Qr)

40 I think those are mammatus clouds but a smaller version. Mammatus - A

Posted by: banana Dream - I know about the cup sizes at May 29, 2026 07:41 PM (3uBP9)

41 My dog is being very comforting tonight. He make every day better.

Posted by: Beltway Elite at May 29, 2026 07:42 PM (91R3d)

42 Aliens.gov is a database where you can see the illegal invaders arrested in your area, what they were doing and a count. A great troll on the part of the white house.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:42 PM (3uBP9)

43 ursine
canine/lupine
feline
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 07:37 PM (n7rxJ)

Ask Timothy Treadwell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 07:43 PM (DR/Xu)

44 Our correspondents at Penguin Facts have just been informed that President Trump is on a secret trip to Antarctica to let Big Penguin know, in no uncertain terms, that their mephitic mission will be opposed with the full force of the Navy's elite team of Leopard Seals. This President is not one to bow to the ambitions of a second rate seafowl that walks funny.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at May 29, 2026 07:43 PM (vFG9F)

45 I could have just read what ace posted.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:44 PM (3uBP9)

46 Beltway Elite,

Prayers for you. And peace and comfort for mom. I pray she is unafraid and knows you love her.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 07:44 PM (RtbvM)

47
They did one but changed the words.
Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:39 PM (XMuV+)

Figures. I thought I'd been all clever and shit. I mean, I'd seen the one where Lego Pratt is the hero, but I didn't know if they'd done another sarcastic one focused on Bass.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 07:44 PM (y9nCu)

48 I could have just read what ace posted.

New here?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 07:46 PM (cIN/p)

49
I could have just read what ace posted.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:44 PM (3uBP9)

Doesn't the blog rulebook forbid reading the blog?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 07:46 PM (y9nCu)

50 A great troll on the part of the white house.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:42 PM (3uBP9)
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From the Trollmaster in chief.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:47 PM (ikSmX)

51 Figures. I thought I'd been all clever and shit. I mean, I'd seen the one where Lego Pratt is the hero, but I didn't know if they'd done another sarcastic one focused on Bass.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 07:44 PM (y9nCu

I like your idea better where they use the same song ( if they legally could)

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:47 PM (XMuV+)

52 I couldn't tell you any other kind of cloud name, "gloufobombulous". Or whatever. No idea. But I always remember mammatus. It also sounds like an autobot. A girl one, of course, with a great rack, that all the other autobots want to go on missions with, especially the very bouncy missions. MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:47 PM (3uBP9)

53 Beltway Elite,
Prayers for you. Such a difficult choice, even when you know you have no other choice.

Posted by: Wenda at May 29, 2026 07:47 PM (5xS0b)

54 30% of the 36% = ~10% of registered and motivated Republicans will vote for Talarico? That's some bullshit. most will sit it out and maybe some will vote for the pothead whoever-he-is. Actually most will likely fall in line.
Paxton will more than make up for Cornyn Class losses with Hispanic male independents, homes.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:48 PM (gKWVE)

55 Aliens.gov is a database where you can see the illegal invaders arrested in your area, what they were doing and a count. A great troll on the part of the white house.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:42 PM (3uBP9)
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Huh. So in my little semirural community, there have been 8 arrests in the past year. Crimes include Immigration and Traffic Offenses (of course). From Central and South America (of course.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 07:49 PM (gnNyN)

56 I think those are mammatus clouds but a smaller version.
Posted by: banana Dream

I sang a song about the Mammatus of Love!

Posted by: Steve Miller at May 29, 2026 07:49 PM (Y2B0/)

57 I could have just read what ace posted.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:44 PM

You're not new here.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

58 ULA launch, Spaceflight Now.
youtu.be/tAipfiXqcEc
contains Amazon satellites, which Bezos cannot get up by himself

Posted by: gKWVE hopes this doesn't go boom too at May 29, 2026 07:51 PM (gKWVE)

59 Cat curling, the sport of the future.
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The cat even has its own broom!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 07:52 PM (gnNyN)

60 Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:48 PM (gKWVE)

I didn't vote for either in the primary but will vote for Paxton in the general .

I thought if Cornyn won the GOP turn out would have been less. I think most Cornyn voters will vote for Paxton.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:52 PM (XMuV+)

61 Belgian Malinoises being sick athletes.

Really enjoy these. The Malinois leaping the fence, twice, while the German Shepherd just stares is hilarious.

Our delightful Malinoisy Daisy is like a rocket when she runs, after a squirrel or a ball. But not too big on any other tricks. I've tried to train her to chase a frisbee like the one in this clip, but she just stares at me.

Posted by: mindful webworker - very big on barking loudly at May 29, 2026 07:53 PM (kU8xu)

62 Mammatus, pappatus and little babytus.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 07:54 PM (Cqx++)

63 ULA launch, Spaceflight Now.
youtu.be/tAipfiXqcEc
contains Amazon satellites, which Bezos cannot get up by himself
Posted by: gKWVE hopes this doesn't go boom too at May 29, 2026 07:51 PM (gKWVE)

Most guys would keep that private, including use of Viagra or Cialis (or others).

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 07:56 PM (qx7Zg)

64 ULA looks like they succeeded. although their engines look 1980s-tier compared to the Raptor.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:58 PM (gKWVE)

65 Those mammatus clouds remind me of the three beautiful breasts of my girlfriend...

wait, it is three isn't it? Yes, I think so. In Total Recall it was three.

Posted by: James Talarico at May 29, 2026 07:58 PM (1wjle)

66 The Mammatus and the Pappatus sang California Dreammatus.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:59 PM (ikSmX)

67 When the platypus was first discovered, it was called a "water mole". Scientists thought they were being punked with the first specimens. It was some time before the experts found out that the Ornithorhynchus laid eggs, but the natives knew it all along.

Posted by: Platypus Facts at May 29, 2026 08:00 PM (vFG9F)

68 Platypus females have no nipples.

Posted by: Platypus Facts at May 29, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)

69
The Atlas V first stage core is powered by a Rooskie engine, the RD-180 (two nozzle engine).

The Atlas V is supposed to be retired, as ULA moves to the newer Vulcan-Centaur. However, there may be a problem, as the Vulcan uses the same Blue Origin first stage engines as the New Glenn that blowed up last night.

If the problem was with those engines, that may ground the Vulcan for a while. The Vulcan is currently grounded anyway due to some solid booster problem.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 08:02 PM (w6EFb)

70 Starting a week of vacation. Not a moment too soon.

Posted by: davidt at May 29, 2026 08:03 PM (Q+gd/)

71 >>>71 Starting a week of vacation. Not a moment too soon.

strong work this week, take the rest of the week off

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 08:04 PM (1wjle)

72 thanks publius. frankly i hadn't paid a lot of attention to ULA, I just got this recommended to me in Youtube since I was watching the New Glenn do its lateral launch last night.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 08:05 PM (gKWVE)

73 Are you guys breasts men? Or legs men? Or buttocks men?

I can't even decide, I'm so heterosexual I just love them all.

Posted by: James Talarico at May 29, 2026 08:06 PM (1wjle)

74 Hit "1" if you love women's uteruses the way I do!

I love Neighbors with Uteruses so much I start planning abortion care from the moment I first meet one!!!

Posted by: James Talarico, Heterosexual Lover of Neighbors with Uteruses at May 29, 2026 08:08 PM (1wjle)

75 mindful worker, When I tried throwing a frisbee for our Bouvier Barney, he would look up at me and say very clearly, If you want it over there, I will leave it over there.

Posted by: Wenda at May 29, 2026 08:08 PM (5xS0b)

76
One thing crazy about the Atlas V is that off-balance strap-on booster arrangement. 3 on one side and two on the other. Gimballing and canting required to keep it straight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 08:09 PM (w6EFb)

77 'Alien' clouds … ? Pfft. But no, mes amis … they are naught but simple little 'mammatus' cloudforms … and boy, do they dump a shitload of rain when they let go. That's if there's no tornadic activity along for the ride … then it's even more fun(-ish).

Posted by: Dr_No at May 29, 2026 08:09 PM (ayRl+)

78 The clouds were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 08:09 PM (O7YUW)

79 Our Malinois, Breccia, could climb straight up 8 foot fences. When we modified the fences so she couldn't get out she started tunneling under it. This forced me to bury cinder blocks and attach them to the bottom of the fences.

One of her favorite things to do was leaping onto the kitchen counter and look out the window when I would pull into the driveway. When I got into the house she would be pretending to be sleeping on her bed.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 29, 2026 08:16 PM (IYeV+)

80 Friday. Gateway to next week. Onrush toward the unknown horror. Rapidly.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:16 PM (CHHv1)

81 Sorry, being a bummer again. Apologies.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:17 PM (CHHv1)

82 I wish teleportation were real.

Posted by: Beltway Elite

Tough. So sorry.

Posted by: MkY at May 29, 2026 08:18 PM (q6tQZ)

83 "Your breasts are like pillows. Let me fluff your pillows!"

Posted by: obscure movie reference at May 29, 2026 08:18 PM (Q+gd/)

84 Jesse Watters .... Iran coming up.

I'm no longer a fan of edging.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 08:18 PM (Sco7b)

85 Sounds like something Groucho would say.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 08:19 PM (PJdmB)

86 Sorry, being a bummer again. Apologies.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:17 PM (CHHv1)

You could try posting like you are having a good time, instead, and see if that changes your outlook

"Fake it til you make it" is a terrible strategy for brain surgeons and crop dusters, but it works OK for small talk in social settings.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 08:22 PM (rbvCR)

87 I just cleaned out the golden raspberry bed. Cut out the dead wood. I look like I did 10 rounds with a wet cat. Is it cocktail hour yet?

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 08:25 PM (DwqWV)

88 >>>All cats on Earth run on identical internal software.

It's sweet how he started to tenderize her hand at the end.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 29, 2026 08:25 PM (syz1S)

89 82 Sorry, being a bummer again. Apologies.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

You’re not!

A doc I worked with,
When I said “happy first day of summer!” Said, “ yay, now the days start getting shorter!”

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 08:25 PM (X0iLW)

90 "Fake it til you make it" is a terrible strategy for brain surgeons and crop dusters

Or, it seems, for rockets

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at May 29, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE)

91 A doc I worked with,
When I said “happy first day of summer!” Said, “ yay, now the days start getting shorter!”
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 08:25 PM (X0iLW)

Not yet, they aren't. Pretty much light all night just now and gets lighter until the 21st.

It's up to 63 degrees this afternoon and both the dogs and myself are panting.

Too much garden work to do, in this beastly heat. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 08:27 PM (DwqWV)

92 tcn, time for a G&T

Posted by: Ben Had at May 29, 2026 08:31 PM (5P5DO)

93 Too much garden work to do, in this beastly heat. Lol.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Yeah, we're almost getting to our March highs... 84 ish lately.
March, we hit 90's a few times.
My garden sucks. Things are growing, but slowly...

Posted by: MkY at May 29, 2026 08:31 PM (q6tQZ)

94 @86 good advice. thanks.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:33 PM (CHHv1)

95 92 tcn, time for a G&T
Posted by: Ben Had at May 29, 2026 08:31 PM (5P5DO)

You always have the best ideas, darlin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 08:34 PM (DwqWV)

96 94 @86 good advice. thanks.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:33 PM (CHHv1)

Smile widely. It confuses the hell out of progressives. And it feels pretty good, too.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 08:36 PM (DwqWV)

97 >>My garden sucks. Things are growing, but slowly...

Just the opposite here. We've had a lot of snow and rain this year and stuff seems to grow here fast in a normal year, this year I'm out cutting back the forest that is constantly trying to overgrow my yard.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 08:37 PM (viF8m)

98 Roswell, alien fire in the sky.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 08:40 PM (/lPRQ)

99 With me being laid up from my Achilles injury, I decided to swap out my generic joystick and buttons on my bartop arcade for Japanese Sanwa Denshi sticks and buttons.

Night and freaking day in quality and enjoyment.

Enjoying a nice whiskey and playing Galaga.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 08:41 PM (XV/Pl)

100

Pennsylvania Town Officials Vote Down Plan to Turn Haunted Hospital into AI Data Center

https://t.ly/CLVh5

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 08:41 PM (Cqx++)

101 Sorry, being a bummer again. Apologies.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:17 PM (CHHv1)

Is Robert the cat still making biscuits on you? That could be painful or pleasant, depending on your outlook. He seems to like you.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 08:41 PM (Xdfhw)

102 I really should get to bed and not get off week schedule

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 08:42 PM (Ia/+0)

103 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 08:44 PM (77rzZ)

104 JackStraw.

Got the same problem. The forest is winning.

Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 08:44 PM (8XBuM)

105 I just cleaned out the golden raspberry bed. Cut out the dead wood. I look like I did 10 rounds with a wet cat.

These euphemisms keep getting more and more obscure.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 08:46 PM (Riz8t)

106 >>Got the same problem. The forest is winning.

I swear some days I can almost see the stuff growing. It's like living in a demented Brothers Grimm story.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 08:48 PM (viF8m)

107 I have, once again, inadvertently booked a room in a hotel that is also hosting some bullshit traveling high school girl's softball team. The kids are just being kids.

The parents, however, are loud, obnoxious, drunken louts.

FML

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 08:48 PM (Y2B0/)

108
Summer solstice will be June 21, 08:25Z, or 4:25AM EDT. The days will start getting shorter then, well for the Northern hemisphere.

If you use the so-called "solar seasons", where the equinoxes and solstices are the midpoints of the seasons, and the cross-quarter points are the start of each, summer began May 5, 11:49Z.

If you use the meteorological definition, summer begins Jun 1.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 08:48 PM (w6EFb)

109

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced he was increasing the refugee cap for white South Africans because of “an unforeseen emergency refugee situation”, signing an executive order to “increase the ceiling to 17,500.” Trump blamed the South African government for “recent increases in the incitement of racially motivated violence”.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 08:49 PM (Cqx++)

110 Not a good idea to mix AI with a former Insane Asylum.

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 08:49 PM (LHPAg)

111 The Canadians are cooked.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 08:51 PM (viF8m)

112
2-0, Carolina. The Canadian threat is about to be extirpated.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 08:51 PM (HdYcL)

113 110 Not a good idea to mix AI with a former Insane Asylum.
Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 08:49 PM (LHPAg)

Could get interesting!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 29, 2026 08:52 PM (h7ZuX)

114 The parents, however, are loud, obnoxious, drunken louts.

FML
Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 08:48 PM (Y2B0/)

Start blasting disco. Break out the leisure suit and dance, baby.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 08:53 PM (zZu0s)

115
Now 3-0 and we haven't even finished the first period.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 08:54 PM (HdYcL)

116 About two dozen LE eagerly dump all the mags into dirtbag cop killer:
youtube.com/watch?v=BH4k_jllNks

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 08:54 PM (Wq24h)

117
Carolina is outshooting Montreal 15-4. Can't score if you don't put the puck on the net.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 08:59 PM (HdYcL)

118 Sorry, being a bummer again. Apologies.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:17 PM (CHHv1)

Perhaps you need to make a short film featuring Robert the Cat, and turn him into a star. Make an inexpensive horror film, and you too might be the next Cecil B. DeMille - or RtC will be.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 09:03 PM (qx7Zg)

119 Pennsylvania Town Officials Vote Down Plan to Turn Haunted Hospital into AI Data Center

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I'd like to know who is/are the big money behind all the anti-data center advertising and activity that has gee, just miraculously and overnight sprung up all over the country.

Maybe they are all as bad as they say. Perhaps they are not - I don't know. But I do know a grassroots operation when I see one and this ain't it.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:03 PM (Y2B0/)

120
I'd like to know who is/are the big money behind all the anti-data center advertising and activity that has gee, just miraculously and overnight sprung up all over the country.

Some say China

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 09:05 PM (Cqx++)

121 Trump unseen for 48 hours after Walter Reed visit

Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (5+3vm)
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He died again just like last Labor Day.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:05 PM (0TtYd)

122 Rumor is China is funding the data center outrage

Posted by: Accomack at May 29, 2026 09:06 PM (m6Eem)

123 Once Trump leaves, the wolves will fight over our carcass.

Posted by: Accomack at May 29, 2026 09:07 PM (m6Eem)

124 Rumor is China is funding the data center outrage
Posted by: Accomack at May 29, 2026 09:06 PM (m6Eem)

Of course they are.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:08 PM (0TtYd)

125 118 Sorry, being a bummer again. Apologies.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:17 PM (CHHv1)

Perhaps you need to make a short film featuring Robert the Cat, and turn him into a star. Make an inexpensive horror film, and you too might be the next Cecil B. DeMille - or RtC will be.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 09:03 PM (qx7Zg)
RobertTheCat has potential, I mean look at Spencer Pratt.

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 09:08 PM (LHPAg)

126 They are taking farmland to build data centers. There is plenty of unused industrial land that they should be using. That is driving alot of this, plus arrogant local politicians ignoring the voters' concerns.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 29, 2026 09:10 PM (7T8ei)

127 So a few people in my are with No Data signs are Chinese operatives?

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 09:10 PM (Ia/+0)

128
Beckoning,

I love your Robert stories.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 09:11 PM (3ek7K)

129 I've tried to train her to chase a frisbee like the one in this clip, but she just stares at me.
Posted by: mindful webworker - very big on barking loudly at May 29, 2026 07:53 PM (kU8xu)
~~~~~

Well at least she's smarter than my Golden who just lets it hit him in the head.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 29, 2026 09:11 PM (3ImbR)

130 Bertram wonder which former hospital?

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 09:12 PM (Ia/+0)

131 I'd like to know who is/are the big money behind all the anti-data center advertising and activity that has gee, just miraculously and overnight sprung up all over the country.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:03 PM (Y2B0/)
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Clearly you're a youngster or you would remember the widespread reaction against "urban sprawl" in the 1990s.

Back then the Dems were the ones driving it, but now they love that sweet, sweet, Big Tech money, and hate local government autonomy, so anyone opposed to turning productive farmland into a future Superfund site must be paid by the CCP.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:13 PM (ZOv7s)

132 They are taking farmland to build data centers. There is plenty of unused industrial land that they should be using. That is driving alot of this, plus arrogant local politicians ignoring the voters' concerns.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 29, 2026 09:10 PM (7T8ei)
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Michigan is awash with vacant urban land. Lansing has a massive hole where the Verlinden Plant used to be. There is nothing there, but it is surrounded by infrastructure.

But no, data centers must be built in the countryside for reasons.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:14 PM (ZOv7s)

133 127 So a few people in my are with No Data signs are Chinese operatives?
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 09:10 PM (Ia/+0)

No but they’re been duped by CCP propaganda

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:15 PM (0TtYd)

134 Same people who whine about dAtA cEntERs are the same ones who freak out if their internet service goes down for 10 minutes.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:16 PM (0TtYd)

135 Certainly enough vacant industrial buildings in se Pa, better used than empty

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 09:16 PM (Ia/+0)

136 Maybe they are all as bad as they say. Perhaps they are not - I don't know. But I do know a grassroots operation when I see one and this ain't it.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:03 PM (Y2B0/)

To me it feels like a gigantic bubble. One truly insane.

So these data centers run on video cards. Nvidia is supposedly stopping consumer production in order to just make cards for AI. Memory is similar. They are putting all the eggs in one basket and I think I can see why.

Two, all these components are wear items. They probably figure they are creating a gold mine where the data centers will need to constantly replace cards and memory every year.

But if the bubble burst for some reason?

I think i see why Elon is looking at getting into the chip market. They are leaving a vast, gaping hole in the market in order to serve the AI companies. Someone else can pick that up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:16 PM (DR/Xu)

137 What's the estimated operating lifetime of a big datacenter? The silicon keeps getting better and faster; I assume that means an existing plant rapidly becomes obsolete, and less cost effective than other, newer plants.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:17 PM (Wq24h)

138
Do the data centers generate noise which is heard outside the building?

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 09:17 PM (3ek7K)

139
I'd like to know who is/are the big money behind all the anti-data center advertising and activity that has gee, just miraculously and overnight sprung up all over the country.

Maybe they are all as bad as they say. Perhaps they are not - I don't know. But I do know a grassroots operation when I see one and this ain't it.
Posted by: Tonypete

=================

"Data Centers Aren't the Enemy"

https://jewishworldreview.com/
0526/lowry052926.php

excerpt: "The growing animus to data centers is as irrational as the campaign to stop nuclear power, which had considerable success, to our detriment to this day."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:18 PM (n7rxJ)

140 But no, data centers must be built in the countryside for reasons.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:14 PM (ZOv7s)

There are hundreds of them in NoVa in the DC suburbs. Guess what is happening there? Thanks to CCP propaganda, Karens are whining about them. Put them in cities? No good. Put them in the country also no good. But everyone still wants to be able to download a movie in 13 nanoseconds.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:19 PM (0TtYd)

141
I thought if Cornyn won the GOP turn out would have been less. I think most Cornyn voters will vote for Paxton.
Posted by: polynikes
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There aren't enough fag hags and faggots in Texas to elect Talarico.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:19 PM (fF9x2)

142 Way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 09:19 PM (Ia/+0)

143 "Certainly enough vacant industrial buildings in se Pa, better used than empty"

No enterprise wants to repurpose those old buildings. They almost always choose to build new, for efficiency and custom suitability advantages. Wherever an enterprise does choose to site in an old Rust Built factory (I live amidst many,) you can bet there's some perverse government incentive driving the decision, with plenty of graft to grease it.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:19 PM (Wq24h)

144 "I have, once again, inadvertently booked a room in a hotel that is also hosting some bullshit traveling high school girl's softball team."

Sounds like the opening narration to an 80s teen comedy movie.

Posted by: davidt at May 29, 2026 09:20 PM (Q+gd/)

145 I assume that means an existing plant rapidly becomes obsolete, and less cost effective than other, newer plants.
Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:17

Maybe a year and a half to 2 before a bleeding edge card becomes obsolete (and that has nothing to do with wear and tear.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:20 PM (DR/Xu)

146
Sleep well Skip

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 09:20 PM (3ek7K)

147 Same people who whine about dAtA cEntERs are the same ones who freak out if their internet service goes down for 10 minutes.
Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:16 PM (0TtYd)
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No. I want to know why we need to create massive infrastructure in the boonies when it already exists in the Rust Belt.

Obviously, the answer is "pure profit," and I'm not as sympathetic to that as I once was, perhaps because all the techies will be H1B foreigners.

And when the data center is no longer profitable, a dirt-poor rural community will be saddled with the polluted ruins.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

148 Same people who whine about dAtA cEntERs are the same ones who freak out if their internet service goes down for 10 minutes.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:16 PM (0TtYd)

And they probably don't bitch about solar farms or windmills. I recall telling a lefty friend about how wind farms killed birds. She couldn't believe it.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 09:21 PM (Xdfhw)

149 Anything good happening?

Posted by: Piper at May 29, 2026 09:21 PM (MD5N2)

150 139
I'd like to know who is/are the big money behind all the anti-data center advertising and activity that has gee, just miraculously and overnight sprung up all over the country.

Maybe they are all as bad as they say. Perhaps they are not - I don't know. But I do know a grassroots operation when I see one and this ain't it.
Posted by: Tonypete

=================

We're just into the fourth industrial revolution.
For a Data Center reference see the movie, Boom Town with Spencer Tracey and Clark Gable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:22 PM (fF9x2)

151 @106. JackStraw.
I know what you mean. My problem is it's raining almost every day. I can't get ahead of it. Oh well, mother nature. Nothing I can do about it.

Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 09:22 PM (8XBuM)

152 I think data centers could be a boon to power generation. And when the bubble bursts, we'll, you will still have those nukes.

Its a backhanded shoring up of infrastructure, which could be another reason china would be agin it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:22 PM (DR/Xu)

153 A data center is basically a warehouse. Until CCP propaganda got going nobody gave them a second thought.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (0TtYd)

154 149 Anything good happening?
Posted by: Piper at May 29, 2026 09:21 PM (MD5N2)

I applied for a bunch of jobs and I got a response from one of them. Rocket Lab. They didn't want me.
So I guess the good news is their rockets will be better.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (gKWVE)

155 David Strom at Hot Air has made a couple interesting posts today, speculating that the Big Bada Boom lest night may have totally wrecked NASA’s Return to the Moon plans, or at least have pushed them back by several years. He makes a good case.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (QDJ2U)

156 Rust Belt, not Rust Built, which is the name of a failed hand tool manufacturer of the 1920s.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (Wq24h)

157 excerpt: "The growing animus to data centers is as irrational as the campaign to stop nuclear power, which had considerable success, to our detriment to this day."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:18 PM (n7rxJ)
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Yes, it's totally irrational for a rural community to mortgage its future on vaporware that, when it inevitably finds greener pastures, will leave them with toxic soil and infrastructure that they cannot support.

Let's pretend we haven't seen this movie before. Flint is thriving, Detroit is humming along, and surely, the new hotness would never leave your tiny community high and dry, amirite?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (ZOv7s)

158 DDG "who is funding anti-ai" turns up various news stories.

The usual suspects:
China and other furriners
Environmental activists and other luddites
Evil billionaires

Posted by: mindful webworker - and hospital ghosts at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (kU8xu)

159 A.H. Lloyd, have you read "Ways That Are Dark" and if so what is your assessment?

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 09:24 PM (vFG9F)

160 Not sure that data center people are green earthers, they are more into Small Modular Reactors. Which will be another boom for us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:24 PM (fF9x2)

161 154 149 Anything good happening?
Posted by: Piper at May 29, 2026 09:21 PM (MD5N2)

I applied for a bunch of jobs and I got a response from one of them. Rocket Lab. They didn't want me.
So I guess the good news is their rockets will be better.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (gKWVE

Keep applying! The right role is out there.

Posted by: Piper at May 29, 2026 09:24 PM (MD5N2)

162 A Venn diagram of people opposed to data centers and people who have a Ukraine flag on the social media bio is almost a perfect circle.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:24 PM (0TtYd)

163 A.H. Lloyd, have you read "Ways That Are Dark" and if so what is your assessment?
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 09:24 PM (vFG9F)
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Sorry, no. Never heard of it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)

164 >>Do the data centers generate noise which is heard outside the building?

No.

I was in the data center business a while ago. Back then urban areas were more popular because of connectivity issues and enough vacant space.

But the purpose and scale of data centers now has largely changed and power, cheaper land and development costs are key. That's why the demand has shifted to more rural areas.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 09:25 PM (viF8m)

165 A Venn diagram of people opposed to data centers and people who have a Ukraine flag on the social media bio is almost a perfect circle.
Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:24 PM (0TtYd)
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Wrong.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)

166 I'm agnostic on 'AI' and data centers. I'm just watching and speculating.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:25 PM (DR/Xu)

167 I know a little bit of insider stuff on data farms from a part of TX that has some important stuff going on. A lot of this stuff is hair on fire agit prop.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (Xdfhw)

168 Anything good happening?
Posted by: Piper

My first granddaughter is graduating from high school tomorrow. I hope it doesn't turn into a spectacle (it has the potential if you know what I mean).

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (Y2B0/)

169
144 "I have, once again, inadvertently booked a room in a hotel that is also hosting some bullshit traveling high school girl's softball team."

Sounds like the opening narration to an 80s teen comedy movie.
Posted by: davidt at May 29, 2026 09:20 PM (Q+gd/)

Or the opening to Debbie Does Dubuque.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (QDJ2U)

170 >>>Let's pretend we haven't seen this movie before. Flint is thriving, Detroit is humming along, and surely, the new hotness would never leave your tiny community high and dry, amirite?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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None of those problems have anything to do with data centers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (fF9x2)

171 But the purpose and scale of data centers now has largely changed and power, cheaper land and development costs are key. That's why the demand has shifted to more rural areas.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 09:25 PM (viF8m)
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Can't we just respect the need of Big Data for profit?

Profit is the highest good! Every penny saved through raping virgin farmland and hiring H1B employees is a penny earned in heaven.

Posted by: David French or someone at May 29, 2026 09:27 PM (ZOv7s)

172 Axios reported this week that an unnamed Anthropic enterprise client managed to run up roughly $500 million in Claude charges in a single month after failing to put usage limits on employee licenses.

The company was not named, but we suspect Blue Origin might not be the only thing that blew up for Jeff Bezos this month.

Posted by: SMOD at May 29, 2026 09:27 PM (O7XEN)

173
Thank you JackStraw.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 09:27 PM (3ek7K)

174 "Sorry, no. Never heard of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd"

I thought maybe you had come across it researching "Walls Of Men".

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 09:28 PM (vFG9F)

175 Lots of people on the Right don't want data centers. It's not because of water or land or noise or energy-use or much of that. (Pro data center accounts have knocked down a lot of these straw men already.)
It's more because the people running the data centers went hard #woke in the early 2020s. The Right doesn't trust them not to make AI an antiAmerican surveillance state. (Pro data center accounts have absolutely nothing to say about this beyond "trust us now bro".)

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:29 PM (gKWVE)

176 Anything good happening?
Posted by: Piper

My first granddaughter is graduating from high school tomorrow. I hope it doesn't turn into a spectacle (it has the potential if you know what I mean).

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (Y2B0/)

Congrats Tonypete and Granddaughter of Tonypete!
My BFF's son graduated today. He has big goals. God bless him.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 09:30 PM (Xdfhw)

177 Yea, I have no idea what to think in regard to data centers. I'm currently visiting the Rust Belt. Got family here. There are plenty of spaces, where mills used to be that are big enough for data centers. They are near rivers and major highways. Still, I simply don't trust those who are for them and against them because they all have an agenda that benefits them and not the Rust Belt. Trust has eroded in the culture and that doesn't bode well. Complicated.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 09:30 PM (bfy6w)

178 None of those problems have anything to do with data centers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (fF9x2)
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What happens when the data center outlives its usefulness? All industries experience upheaval. It is inherent in the free market.

So in 20 years, will AI still be the new hotness? Or might technology not continue to evolve?

And WHEN it does, what happens to that massive concrete pad in the middle of farm country? Who will pay for the cleanup and removal?

Because some of us have seen the whole "This industry is durable, and the Company will provide jobs for your family forever more" film.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:30 PM (ZOv7s)

179 My retired parents recently found out a data center is planned next to where they live.

They are moving ASAP, already got loan pre-approval and looked at some houses...
whether justified or not, data centers are not considered good neighbors nor add to property values.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 09:30 PM (/lPRQ)

180 No such thing as "virgin farmland", it's already been fucked by farmers, often big agribusiness farmers.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:32 PM (gKWVE)

181 Asphalt seals in the freshness.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:32 PM (DR/Xu)

182 >>Can't we just respect the need of Big Data for profit?

Here's a fun fact. Despite the complaints of data centers being a rural only issue, the largest concentration of data centers in the US, the world for that matter, is Northern Virginia. Largely in Loudoun and Fairfax counties, some of the most expensive suburban land in the country. Has been for years and nobody really complained.

And it's not slowing down.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 09:32 PM (viF8m)

183 "I'm agnostic on 'AI' and data centers. I'm just watching and speculating."

I find it a great tool for my personal use. I wouldn't invest in it. The sector seems mighty bubbly to me.

I gather that some DCs consume ground water. I could see that as a possible valid concern for some locals. I'd like to see farmland conserved, but I respect landowners right to sell to whoever, whenever they want.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (Wq24h)

184
I think those are mammatus clouds. Because they look like boobies. Hundreds and hundreds of big fluffy boobies.

-----------

Tornado warning.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (VWtfl)

185 Yeah the tech bros are assholes who will go hard left again when a Dem is in office. It’s what they do. It’s what all businesses do.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (0TtYd)

186 Can we all just agree that data centers are the beginning of Matrix and Terminator scenarios?

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (LHPAg)

187 That's the other thing with data centers. If I knew they were going to hire Americans, I'd be a bit warmer to the idea. Alas, as we all know, they'd hire the cheapest H1B serfs they could get.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (bfy6w)

188 I did pass a few galactically huge building projects in southern Ohio along I71 yesterday:
Honda Battery Plant costing about $3.5 billion+. Over 2 million sq ft.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data Center. Part of a $5 billion commitment to the county. About 590 acres. This is one of the largest data center developments in Ohio.

And, to support them, Supporting Infrastructure Projects (Very Large Scale) 800 MW Natural Gas Power Plant to supply electricity to the battery plant and data centers.
Fayette Substation Expansion & New Transmission Lines (AES Ohio) — Major electrical upgrades to handle the massive new power demand (1.5 GW scale).

Honestly, equipment and construction as far as the eye can see.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (Y2B0/)

189
UPDATE: Billionaires are retarded.

Latinometrics
@LatamData
ARGENTINA | Tech billionaire Peter Thiel relocates to Argentina, citing concerns about the U.S. future and shared ideology with leadership.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:34 PM (n7rxJ)

190 Where I am, it's a data center, or a subdivision or a shit ass Mexican trailer park. People don't want to keep large swaths of farmland. That is sad. But farming is a hard lifestyle. It isn't a career really. It is a lifestyle and a calling.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 09:34 PM (Xdfhw)

191 Thursday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about the media.

Marlow said, “The fraudulent Jake Tapper book that didn’t expose anything, it’s so right. … Halperin is seen as trusted by all sides. So, hopefully that gets out.”

Posted by: SMOD at May 29, 2026 09:35 PM (O7XEN)

192 116 About two dozen LE eagerly dump all the mags into dirtbag cop killer:

youtube.com/watch?v=BH4k_jllNks

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 08:54 PM (Wq24h)

That was long, but oddly satisfying...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 09:35 PM (SRRAx)

193 180 No such thing as "virgin farmland", it's already been fucked by farmers, often big agribusiness farmers.
Posted by: gKWVE
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Relative to solar panels or wind farms, data centers take up little space. They don't fuck up everything else either.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:36 PM (fF9x2)

194 Alas, as we all know, they'd hire the cheapest H1B serfs they could get.
Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (bfy6w)

That too.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:36 PM (gKWVE)

195 That's the other thing with data centers. If I knew they were going to hire Americans, I'd be a bit warmer to the idea. Alas, as we all know, they'd hire the cheapest H1B serfs they could get.
Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (bfy6w

One of the leftists knocks against them is that they create very few jobs. It’s basically just a warehouse of servers. Employees are there are for maintenance. There’s not much work to do inside a data center other than that.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:37 PM (0TtYd)

196 If I see clouds like that top picture IRL, I make sure my phone is charged and there's a basement nearby.

Posted by: pookysgirl has lived in the Midwest awhile at May 29, 2026 09:38 PM (Wt5PA)

197
What happens when the data center outlives its usefulness?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

==============

It gets repurposed. Like malls, mills, movie theaters, drive-ins, etc. What do you propose to do, never develop anything because ultimately everything becomes obsolete?

This exchange started with some abandoned Pennsylvania hospitals being repurposed as data centers -- but nooOOoo0000ooO00OOooo. Just let a bunch of old buildings harbor 10,000 rats and collapse on some homeless person's head.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:39 PM (n7rxJ)

198 I dunno - there is plenty of land out near where Mr. TiFW grew up that won't grow anything but mesquite trees and rocks. Data centers could sprout there, if it wasn't for their need for water...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 09:39 PM (SRRAx)

199 >>The Right doesn't trust them not to make AI an antiAmerican surveillance state. (Pro data center accounts have absolutely nothing to say about this beyond "trust us now bro".)

The part of the data center business I was in was more interested in network than data storage. And a big part of it was peering and network interconnections so we can all be on different networks and speak seamlessly.

There are or at least were at the time prime spots for facilities in that business and they were focused on where the physical network architecture was densely packed, urban areas largely. Also around undersea cable landing areas.

And right near every one of those areas the NSA had facilities. We've been living in a surveillance state for a very long time.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 09:40 PM (viF8m)

200
Alas, as we all know, they'd hire the cheapest H1B serfs they could get.
Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (bfy6w)

That too.
Posted by: gKWVE

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A data center is a battery farm. It probably needs janitors and monitors.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:40 PM (n7rxJ)

201 I thought maybe you had come across it researching "Walls Of Men".
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 09:28 PM (vFG9F)
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No. It looks interesting and I've noted it. I find China fascinating, and so far, Walls of Men is looking pretty good. China's military equipment isn't looking to hot at the moment.

A big boost to me when I was doing research was a professor of Asian studies deciding to sell off his personal library. Noticing my interest, the owner of a local used book store told me to keep clearing the shelves and he would restock them. That's how I got Pu Yi's memoirs and a bunch of other neat books.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:41 PM (ZOv7s)

202 One of the leftists knocks against them is that they create very few jobs. It’s basically just a warehouse of servers. Employees are there are for maintenance. There’s not much work to do inside a data center other than that.

Those empty spaces where mills used to be in the Rust Belt, employed thousands. Not a good trade off.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 09:41 PM (bfy6w)

203 >> may have totally wrecked NASA’s Return to the Moon plans,

Yep, this is a big monkey wrench in that. They were depending on Blue Origin to for the Mark 1 lunar lander missions, and the lunar rovers (think Mars autonomous rovers that can also serve as buggies for the astronauts) and other hardware to scout and scope out the South Pole landing sites.

New Glenn is a heavy lift vehicle, capacity just shy of 100K lbs to LEO. The first of those launches were supposed to happen this year, along with an Artemis III LEO mission to test docking and interop with Blue Origin and Starship landing systems.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 09:42 PM (w6EFb)

204 As for data centers not creating jerbs, that's only indirectly. If they need power (they need power) they can create jobs generating power. Nuclear power plants can hire for more of those jerbs.
Leftists are dumb.
Rightists... can be dumb, but I like to think better of Rightists, which is why I'm here. They also have arguments against data centers, which I haven't seen as being dumb arguments.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:43 PM (gKWVE)

205 Relative to solar panels or wind farms, data centers take up little space. They don't fuck up everything else either.
Posted by: Braenyard

A 1600 acre solar panel farm somehow was snuck in our county and approved without too many folks knowing about it. The developer/owner promises a tax windfall for the county, and, get this - an increase in agricultural usage compared to the previous owner/rancher. They claim the farm will support 3x the sheep herd size that the previous owner had. Apparently, the sheep keep the weeds down beneath the panels.

All of this remains to be seen of course. It is still under construction.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:44 PM (Y2B0/)

206 It gets repurposed. Like malls, mills, movie theaters, drive-ins, etc. What do you propose to do, never develop anything because ultimately everything becomes obsolete?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:39 PM (n7rxJ)
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Who is going to repurpose a data center slab in the middle of nowhere? What farmer is going to pay the money to rip out all that pipe, wiring and concrete and try to grow crops on it?

Again, go to Google maps and look at the City of Lansing. Huge swathes of vacant land right next to ample water and electrical generation. I'm sure the city will hand out tax deferments like trick or treat candy.

So why isn't that what they are trying to leverage?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:44 PM (ZOv7s)

207 My first granddaughter is graduating from high school tomorrow. I hope it doesn't turn into a spectacle (it has the potential if you know what I mean).

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (Y2B0/)

That is awesome, though I pray for no drama. I am going to my niece’s college graduation party tomorrow. She has already gotten a job offer in her field (medical laboratory science), so that is good!

Posted by: Piper at May 29, 2026 09:44 PM (c1LkM)

208
Data centers could sprout there, if it wasn't for their need for water...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

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Data centers can run on virtually no water. There are other types of cooling systems. Putting them in the middle of nowhere is an intriguing idea, because some minimal support for the human attendants would have to exist -- including society.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:45 PM (n7rxJ)

209
What farmer is going to pay the money to rip out all that pipe, wiring and concrete and try to grow crops on it?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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I'm not surprised that some idiot is proposing to put them on prime farm land, but that doesn't have to happen. TiFW just mentioned some plots that aren't suitable for commerce, agriculture, etc. that would be perfect for data centers.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:47 PM (n7rxJ)

210 Won't the sheep nibble on the cables?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:47 PM (zZu0s)

211
The problem Bezos has is that he blew up his only pad for New Glenn, LC-36. Elon blew up a Falcon 9 way back in 2016 at LC-40 at the Cape and wrecked it pretty good, but they had other pads they could use.

Now, historically there were two pads at LC-36, the A and B pads. When Bezo took it over, they changed everything for their own purposes, and just have the one pad, call it "A". Now, they were starting construction on a second "B" pad, but that's not too far along.

The best bet may be to just accelerate Pad B construction rather than try to repair A for now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 09:47 PM (w6EFb)

212 Apparently, the sheep keep the weeds down beneath the panels.

All of this remains to be seen of course. It is still under construction.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:44 PM (Y2B0/)

They're going to chew on wires and get fried constantly. Sheep are predominantly two things: stupid and stubborn.

Posted by: pookysgirl has been around sheep at May 29, 2026 09:48 PM (Wt5PA)

213 Michigan once handed out massive tax incentives to try to convince Hollywood to make films in one of the most overcast cities in the US. The Dems drove that, but now they're all hot and bothered about planting data centers not in their vote-rich strongholds, but in the middle of Red Michigan.

Huh. You'd think they'd want to maximize the declining urban tax base. Draw more people into their strongholds.

So why are they so determined to give Republican areas all these new jobs and prosperity?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:48 PM (ZOv7s)

214 205 Relative to solar panels or wind farms, data centers take up little space. They don't fuck up everything else either.
Posted by: Braenyard

A 1600 acre solar panel farm somehow was snuck in our county and approved without too many folks knowing about it. The developer/owner promises a tax windfall for the county, and, get this - an increase in agricultural usage compared to the previous owner/rancher. They claim the farm will support 3x the sheep herd size that the previous owner had. Apparently, the sheep keep the weeds down beneath the panels.

All of this remains to be seen of course. It is still under construction.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:44 PM (Y2B0/)
Sheepherder-'Hey, cookie, what's for chow?'
Cookie- 'Mutton. Same as always. Come here and help me get it down from there.'

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 09:49 PM (LHPAg)

215 "Won't the sheep nibble on the cables?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone"

Only once.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 09:49 PM (vFG9F)

216 Morticia: classical nuclear and I believe other power systems do use water for turbines, so increased energy would require water for that in addition to cooling the data centers.
On the other hand, some nuclear designs propose (compressed) liquid carbon dioxide for their work...

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:49 PM (gKWVE)

217 But they'll all have fine wool coats and blankets and throws and socks and ...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:50 PM (zZu0s)

218
So why isn't that what they are trying to leverage?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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The argument, not to build a thing because in twenty years it will be obsolete is superfluous.

Biding that argument we would never build anything.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:50 PM (fF9x2)

219 Those empty spaces where mills used to be in the Rust Belt, employed thousands. Not a good trade off.
Posted by: Puddleglum

WAG -
Those defunct mills are in areas zoned for industrial. Nobody is going to do Ag or residential, or much commercial in industrial zones. They just sit there waiting for a new gas station of something...
Those farm fields way out there are zoned Ag, which kind of limits 'development' to Ag or low density housing. Relatively cheap land. Data farmers can approach the small town rural zoning officials and guy them some McDonalds and get the zoning changed to industrial and buy up 50 or hundred acres before anybody notices.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 09:50 PM (/lPRQ)

220 Speaking of cooling - the IBM360 mainframes were retired during the period when I was working. You couldn't give them away. Truly, no one wanted them, even for scrap. I now wish I had scarfed one up just to have the water pumps and related equipment used to cool the damn thing.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:51 PM (Y2B0/)

221 So why are they so determined to give Republican areas all these new jobs and prosperity?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:48 PM (ZOv7s)

Investors TRIED to put a data center in, I believe, Cleveland, but the locals voted it out.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:51 PM (gKWVE)

222 I'm not surprised that some idiot is proposing to put them on prime farm land, but that doesn't have to happen. TiFW just mentioned some plots that aren't suitable for commerce, agriculture, etc. that would be perfect for data centers.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:47 PM (n7rxJ)
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Just to dispel any confusion: at this late date, marginal farmland in rural areas surrounding an urban core has already been developed. It's where those cool boutique shops and "farm to table" places are located.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:52 PM (ZOv7s)

223 So why isn't that what they are trying to leverage?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Hazardous waste dumps and brown fields become the responsibility of the owner, even if they didn't make the mess in the first place.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 09:53 PM (/lPRQ)

224 The argument, not to build a thing because in twenty years it will be obsolete is superfluous.

Biding that argument we would never build anything.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:50 PM (fF9x2)
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And your argument is optimism over experience.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:54 PM (ZOv7s)

225 >>So why are they so determined to give Republican areas all these new jobs and prosperity?

Money. It's not completely nefarious. The top issues for data centers now is cheap real estate and available cheap power. That's what is driving demand south and west where both are cheaper and more readily available.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 09:55 PM (viF8m)

226 Investors TRIED to put a data center in, I believe, Cleveland, but the locals voted it out.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:51 PM (gKWVE)
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Wow, too bad that's the only open land in Ohio. A true shame.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:55 PM (ZOv7s)

227 Those farm fields way out there are zoned Ag, which kind of limits 'development' to Ag or low density housing. Relatively cheap land. Data farmers can approach the small town rural zoning officials and guy them some McDonalds and get the zoning changed to industrial and buy up 50 or hundred acres before anybody notices.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 09:50 PM (/lPRQ)

I hate to see farm land not being farmed. Farming is a hard job that most people don't want to do. It is not a job. It is a lifestyle. You farm til you die. If you're lucky, a younger family member wants to take over this hard work.

All in all, I'd prefer seeing the land as a data center rather than a shit ass Mexican trailer park. Or another soulless subdivision that means more people.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 09:56 PM (Xdfhw)

228 AH Lloyd, I find your responses to be needlessly snarky.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:56 PM (gKWVE)

229 Hazardous waste dumps and brown fields become the responsibility of the owner, even if they didn't make the mess in the first place.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 09:53 PM (/lPRQ)
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And of course a massive influx of tax revenue and jobs would never motivate legislators to bend over backwards to change those laws.

Weird that the same people who want us to eat bugs are now wanting to build on farmland.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)

230 AH Lloyd, I find your responses to be needlessly snarky.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:56 PM (gKWVE)
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I am Gen X. It is the language of my people.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)

231 Just so people are clear, over the entire span of my life I have seen now hot investments want to push outside the urban core, abandoning brownfields and seeking fresh, unpolluted land.

Which they then pollute. This, I have been told, is the price of progress. Maybe progress is overrated.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:59 PM (ZOv7s)

232
Huh. You'd think they'd want to maximize the declining urban tax base. Draw more people into their strongholds.
So why are they so determined to give Republican areas all these new jobs and prosperity?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

It's a trap.
*totes not socking the Admiral*
Here's a link to prove my bonfides.

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Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 29, 2026 10:01 PM (QVmho)

233 ONT is nood. Take your snarkyvasses up there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 10:01 PM (zZu0s)

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