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Who funded the data center pushback?

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 5, 202610 min
  • Technology

A lot of voters said no data centers on Election Day. We'll talk about the national advocacy groups that helped organize it. Plus, how to keep your smart home running in a power outage and the phrases that get you past an AI phone bot to a human. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sunday, a Learjet crashed in Florida. All nine aboard died.

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I heard some this past week. I wish I had it and I bet you did too. Sunday, a Learjet crashed in Florida. All nine aboard died. The co-pilot, Nathalia Fregueros, was 20. Her Mayday call auto-played on my phone. We're out of time.

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I cannot unhear that. Then the pylon, crash simulations, armchair experts blaming the female pilot. She wasn't in command. No one knows why this happened.

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Not you, not me, not some guy with a flight simulator and a ring light. Every clip is a cash register, YouTube, TikTok, Meta. they should demonetize crash audio like this. Now, you can turn off autoplay and don't share it.

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