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This and Bloomberg's 2020 campaign are good counter-examples to the cynical idea that money buys votes.

[dead] 2 years ago

Especially in this case where it seemed like he didn't even expect this result.

Hochul said she chose to use state resources rather than pay for NYPD overtime to beef up transit patrols.

“I’m going to be responding to many, many needs of the mayor and the city of New York in our budget,” Hochul said. “And so I said, ‘I can do something more immediate than a budget request, I can give you bodies right now.’ And I think that actually puts us ahead of the game.”

I don't think this is going to have the effect TikTok wants it to. It sort of proves that the concerns the government has about it are real.

In Texas, a dramatic increase in data centers for crypto mining is touching off a debate over whether they are a costly drain on an overtaxed grid. An analysis by the consulting firm Wood Mackenzie found that the energy needed by crypto operations aiming to link to the grid would equal a quarter of the electricity used in the state at peak demand. Unlike data centers operated by big tech companies such as Google and Meta, crypto miners generally don’t build renewable-energy projects with the aim of supplying enough zero-emissions energy to the grid to cover their operations.

The result, said Ben Hertz-Shargel, who authored the Wood Mackenzie analysis, is that crypto’s drain on the grid threatens to inhibit the ability of Texas to power other energy-hungry operations that could drive innovation and economic growth,

A significant portion of ASML's workforce, about 40%, consists of labor migrants. The company has expressed concerns about the potential tightening of labor migration rules by a new right-wing cabinet, which could hinder its ability to hire new personnel and grow