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A Michigan farm town voted down plans for a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction began

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨snoons@lemmy.ca⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/ai-data-center-michigan-saline-politics-farmland/

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What would the Luddites do?

    Smash the machines, and keep smashing them till oligarchs share the rewards of automation with the working class…

    If it wasn’t for the luddites, we’d still have six day work weeks. There’s a reason there’s always so much propaganda around successful strategies like this.

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  • Beacon@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    When legal wins are ignored, it's time to get other type of wins

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  • outandinburger@ttrpg.network ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Haha. Americans thinking they have any choice in the matter.

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