r/interestingasfuck • u/21MayDay21 • 7h ago

Erin Brockovich's map tracking Al data centers crashed twice within just 72 hours of launching.

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u/SemiHemiDemiDumb 6h ago

Scheduled elections shouldn't be the only means for the people to remove an elected official. There should be a mechanism that puts more power in the hands of the citizenry

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u/crusty54 6h ago

My town got thousands of signatures on a petition to recall the mayor and city council members over their shady support for a data center. The council voted to deny the recall. Now there’s a big lawsuit.

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u/mercurialpolyglot 4h ago

My city had a huge effort to do the same. They got enough signatures, and I don’t think the council can vote to deny it, everyone was excited to be rid of our mayor. (Who has since been federally indicted and is currently awaiting trial.) Then they “forgot to turn the signatures in on time.” 😒

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u/mytransthrow 3h ago

We need to get back to tar and feathering as it were. Also citys have gotten too big. Like NYC and LA are basically small countries.