The Sedation of Appalachia

"We Can't Move Forward": Brookfield-Backed Compass Abandons Virginia Data Center Project Compass Datacenters is abandoning a massive data center project in Northern Virginia after what Bloomberg described as "intense pushback from local residents." The retreat comes as local opposition to data center buildouts accelerates nationwide, with residents increasingly furious over surging power demand, soaring electricity bills, land-use battles, and transmission lines cutting through neighborhoods and farmland. We were the first to describe the epicenter of the data center buildout revolt in the Mid-Atlantic area, all the way back in the summer of...

A Ukrainian drone attack on Monday killed three people in a town in Russia’s Moscow Oblast, the region surrounding the Russian capital city of Moscow, as Ukraine continues launching massive drone barrages with the support of the US and NATO. Moscow Oblast Governor Andrey Vorobyov said the Ukrainian drone attack hit the village of Pionersky, […]

Bill Gates Tells Congress That Epstein Exploited Knowledge Of His Adultery Microsoft founder and mega-billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates told Congress that Jeffrey Epstein exploited knowledge of Gates' multiple marital infidelities. Gates insists, however, that he committed no crimes and that the women he had adulterous sexual relations with were not associated with Epstein. Nonetheless, Gates' highlighting of Epstein's leveraging of Gates' sexual secrets fans suspicions that he sought to exploit similar secrets of other powerful people.  "I never witnessed nor had any indication that Epstein was engaged in ongoing criminal conduct....