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Is a county hospital communist?
Is a county hospital communist?
June 9, 2026
Opponents call Mamdani's city grocery store communism. Dallas owns and runs public hospitals. Don't fall for all the name-calling.

Golf uses more water than data centers. By 2x, or by 100x, depending how you count.
Golf uses more water than data centers. By 2x, or by 100x, depending how you count.
June 1, 2026
Golf out-waters US data centers by anywhere from 2x to 100x, depending on whether you count the electricity behind the servers and which year you stand in.

What does a million tokens cost a frontier AI lab?
What does a million tokens cost a frontier AI lab?
May 15, 2026
What demand picture is today's AI spending pricing in? Two scenarios. The $200 billion commitments only stop looking insane in one of them.

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