FocusLBK Show S3E140: Is The Data Center Issue Coming to a Head?

S3E141: Usable Intel About Data Centers

This podcast was sparked by what I think was an excellent article on the true nature and uses of data centers that I found here on Substack. I don’t know who the author actually is, but their understanding of this issue matches my own. This article defines data centers, and talks about the apparent intent behind this rapid, seemingly inexorable rollout we are seeing. [https://open.substack.com/pub/goldenorder/p/ai-data-centers-the-real-reason-theyre?r=rwnct&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] The people who back data centers are trying to make it look like our opposition is inspired by “Chinese propaganda”, and even worse, they seem to be putting the framework in place to treat our opposition as terrorism. The “terrorism” label means they can suspend our rights pretty much at will. There is something we can do, as the article points out: [https://open.substack.com/pub/goldenorder/p/ai-data-centers-the-real-reason-theyre?r=rwnct&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] Read what your retirement money is actually buying, and pull what you can out of target-date funds that auto-allocate into AI infrastructure indexes. Show up to zoning meetings before the build is announced, not after. The fight is won or lost at the permit stage. File public records requests on water-use agreements and tax-abatement deals while they’re still being negotiated. Once signed, they’re nearly impossible to reverse. Sources and Methods: Data Centers and Immigrants https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/30/ice-immigration-privacy-data-advertising-00939078 [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/30/ice-immigration-privacy-data-advertising-00939078] Data Centers and US Troops: https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/05/28/us-troops-are-reportedly-being-targeted-using-location-data-pentagon-says/ [https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/05/28/us-troops-are-reportedly-being-targeted-using-location-data-pentagon-says/] Focus LBK is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.focuslbk.show/subscribe [https://www.focuslbk.show/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

FocusLBK Show S3E140: Is The Data Center Issue Coming to a Head?

Once again, we have a contentious two-sided issue: should Lubbock have a hyper-scale data center built nearby, or should it not? On one side, there seems to be aligned a powerful group of billionaires and tech bros. On the other side, regular people of every political persuasion, class, race, and religion stand together. Very few regular citizens seem to be in favor of these resource-hungry behemoths at all. Why then do we not get to vote on it? Why do so many powerful people seem intent on making it happen despite the will of the people? I explore these and other facets of what is shaping up to be a major issue that will be with us for a while. Sources and Methods: https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/texas-electricity-demand-could-quadruple-due-soaring-data-center-demand-ercot [https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/texas-electricity-demand-could-quadruple-due-soaring-data-center-demand-ercot] https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/americas-growing-pushback-against-data-centers [https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/americas-growing-pushback-against-data-centers] https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/how-much-power-do-data-centers-use [https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/how-much-power-do-data-centers-use] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.focuslbk.show/subscribe [https://www.focuslbk.show/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

The FocusLBK Show S3E139: Is All This Craziness A Run Up to a Huge War

Is all this craziness a run up to a huge war? I’ve long felt that the whole reason Trump was allowed to come back from felonies, impeachment, attacks by the intel “community” and however many “assassination attempts” there have been, is becuase he was being marked for a purpose. And I don’t mean “called according to God’s purpose”. The people calling the tune for him appear to reside here on Earth. Seems to me that purpose maybe to prep the United States for a huge war, and perhaps even lead us during that war. After all, Trump has nothing to lose now, since half the country has been calling him literally Hitler for almost 10 years. If it is remotely true that we are being prepped for a serious war, perhaps we regular folks should follow suite and get our tribes and food supplies in order? Sources and Methods: https://www.zerohedge.com/military/answering-call-ford-motor-eyes-wwii-style-wartime-production-push-trumps-war-economy [https://www.zerohedge.com/military/answering-call-ford-motor-eyes-wwii-style-wartime-production-push-trumps-war-economy] Focus LBK is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.focuslbk.show/subscribe [https://www.focuslbk.show/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

The FocusLBK Show S3E138: Elyse Arnold On Making Art to Fight Against the Dark

LBK-based acrylic painter Elyse Arnold joined us in studio today to talk about a wide range of topics all based around the motivation, ability and job of creating meaningful art. We touch on influences, styles, techniques and even deeper subjects like using art and your personal style in a way that helps combat and drive away darkness. Check out our previous article on Arnold’s Exhibit “The Celestials” which recently concluded at the Caviel Museum & Art Gallery. And here is a link that shows you where you can find Arnold’s murals. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/fEhhUcD3EQxZKCLD8?g_st=ac] Focus LBK is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.focuslbk.show/subscribe [https://www.focuslbk.show/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

The FocusLBK Show S3E137: Scotty Scott on The Fishing Derby & Trying to Save Kids from the Streets

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