> Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing> Some pro-data center voices did stay, including Aaron Stickney, the co-founder of SilverSphere Capital that is financing the project.

Reply to > Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing> Some pro-data center voices did stay, including Aaron Stickney, the co-founder of SilverSphere Capital that is financing the project. on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:52:39 GMT

enobacon@urbanists.social — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:52:39 GMT

> ...in that milieu, is where we got the new deal.
> It wasn't because the radicals and progressives banded together and were like "We need to be putting all of our energy into electing FDR."
> ...that's not to say "don't get somebody in office."
> ...what happens is, movements get subverted.
> ...caught in this loop, where you get an elected official in there, & they're not able to do much, because
> ..."I can't do anything, if there's not a movement that allows it to happen."

Reply to > Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing> Some pro-data center voices did stay, including Aaron Stickney, the co-founder of SilverSphere Capital that is financing the project. on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:30:29 GMT

enobacon@urbanists.social — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:30:29 GMT

> organizing at the actual point of contradiction in capitalism,
> which is the exploitation of labor,
> which is also where the working class has its power:
> ...to affect the bottom line... and say, "You can make no money today, or you can make less money, and give us what we want."
>... a movement that could handle other social justice issues, with strikes.

and how about voting?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg19NJgVEcI

Reply to > Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing> Some pro-data center voices did stay, including Aaron Stickney, the co-founder of SilverSphere Capital that is financing the project. on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:05:54 GMT

enobacon@urbanists.social — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:05:54 GMT

"a system that... must have a certain number of unemployed people, to exist" #capitalism

(Dems had about a minute in 2009, to end the two-party / captive system. Maybe they won't miss this time.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg19NJgVEcI

Reply to > Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing> Some pro-data center voices did stay, including Aaron Stickney, the co-founder of SilverSphere Capital that is financing the project. on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:34:22 GMT

enobacon@urbanists.social — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:34:22 GMT

> No, you can't out-vote 'em
> The rules is still golden
> Only jewels we holding is if we guarding our scrotum
> If you press your ear to the turf that is stolen
> You can hear the sound of limitations exploding
...
> Don't talk about it
> It's not a show
> Be about it
> It's 'bout to blow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acT_PSAZ7BQ

Reply to > Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing> Some pro-data center voices did stay, including Aaron Stickney, the co-founder of SilverSphere Capital that is financing the project. on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:07:26 GMT

enobacon@urbanists.social — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:07:26 GMT

@Quasit definitely sounds like it worked , allegedly

Reply to > Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing> Some pro-data center voices did stay, including Aaron Stickney, the co-founder of SilverSphere Capital that is financing the project. on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:39:18 GMT

quasit@beige.party — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:39:18 GMT

@enobacon
Is that thing functional?