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A Farmer Arrested for Going 5 Seconds over His Time Limit at Data Center Meeting

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Re: A Farmer Arrested for Going 5 Seconds over His Time Limit at Data Center Meeting

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Post by patrick451 »

IncreasePosts wrote: post #8
thot_experiment wrote: post #3

No actual human fucking wants data centers. Every day I wake up and it feels we're moving closer to torches, pitchforks and guillotines.

No human wants data centers but lots of humans want to use services provided by data centers.

The boom in datacenter construction is driven mostly by the AI boom and most of us are sick everything AI too. We don't want to read AI slop, watch AI videos, talk AI customer service or visit a vibe coded website.

Re: A Farmer Arrested for Going 5 Seconds over His Time Limit at Data Center Meeting

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Post by Humorist2290 »

From the Claremore City Council minutes [0] it does show the person mentioned in the article was a speaker, among a group of some 20 other members of the community. They also include the incredible claim

  Claremore Data Center will house the backbone of the internet and supports all the functions that occur on the internet.
The minutes mention that many of the council members were accused of not caring, but they do not mention the arrest. I'm not suggesting the story is false as much as highlighting that the city's minutes omit it.

0: https://claremore.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/02-17-2026-...

Re: A Farmer Arrested for Going 5 Seconds over His Time Limit at Data Center Meeting

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Post by pokstad »

thot_experiment wrote: post #3

No actual human fucking wants data centers. Every day I wake up and it feels we're moving closer to torches, pitchforks and guillotines.

You’re posting on a website hosted in a data center. Lack of self awareness.

Re: A Farmer Arrested for Going 5 Seconds over His Time Limit at Data Center Meeting

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Post by psidebot »

The article definitely misrepresents what's in the video. He wasn't arrested for speaking 5 seconds over. He was standing right in front of the councilors shuffling papers back and forth for nearly a minute while the crowd was screaming and clapping. Officers asked him to leave, then told him to leave multiple times he categorically refused, all while public order was progressively deteriorating.

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Post by philajan »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #5

Do we have a better source for this story? Ideally with updates?

The local news includes the body cam video.

Summary: The farmer was asked to leave by an officer. The farmer acknowledges the request and then walks to the head table to start handing the members documents. He was asked again to leave a couple of more times replying with “On what grounds” and then comes the “…flat and final ‘Arrest him’” that the article mentions.

Some context was left out between the his three minutes to speak being up and the arrest.

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Post by _russross »

I don't have a problem with data centers and would welcome one nearby if it was a good deal for the area. But I'd want binding contractual agreements about environmental guarantees and requirements for building out new renewable energy generating capacity of 100% or even 150% of what the data center itself needs (and not just outbidding buyers of existing grid capacity). Instead we are handing out regulation waivers and tax incentives and telling locals they don't matter.

Re: A Farmer Arrested for Going 5 Seconds over His Time Limit at Data Center Meeting

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Post by helterskelter »

_russross wrote: post #18

I don't have a problem with data centers and would welcome one nearby if it was a good deal for the area. But I'd want binding contractual agreements about environmental guarantees and requirements for building out new renewable energy generating capacity of 100% or even 150% of what the data center itself needs (and not just outbidding buyers of existing grid capacity). Instead we are handing out regulation waivers…

Problem is that there's always some poorer community, or one with more corrupt government officials, willing to allow a buildout for next to nothing. And when they plug into the grid the next county or state over you're electric rates are going up anyway.
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