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gilthelandertoday at 4:31 AM1 replyview on HN

You might want to let the angry townspeople know because they're already passing symbolic measures and convincing the abuelas they're going to drain Lake Michigan to power these things:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/07/27/hawthorne-race-cours...

Isn't Chicago filled with rail yards full of humming diesel locomotives? I couldn't think of a bigger eyesore. You can't plant trees in a rail yard.

The present anti-datacenter hysteria reeks of the "5G mind control cancer machines" of a few years ago.


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warkdarriortoday at 4:38 AM

> You can't plant trees in a rail yard.

Why not?

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