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Badger State Breakdown
@badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com

#WisconsinRapids lost nearly 1,000 jobs when its historic paper mill closed. Now, before other options are fully explored, developers want to turn the 220-acre riverfront site into—you guessed it—a #DataCenter. Residents don't want this damned thing in their backyard! 😤 #Wisconsin

wpr.orgWisconsin Rapids' historic paper mill site could become a data center. Residents aren't happy.The mill, which opened in 1894, was Wisconsin Rapids' largest employer and its identity for more than a century. It closed amid the pandemic in 2020 after years of decreasing demand for the specialty glossy magazine paper it produced.

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Animals Are Sentient
@mitch-doerr11.bsky.social

Vote for Fran Hong - the only candidate to put a moratorium on Data Centers! Unlike Tom Tiffany whose billionaire and corporate funders will make sure he fills the state with them - ruining water, driving up electricity, and creating noise pollution 😔

Animals Are Sentient
@mitch-doerr11.bsky.social

When the small town and farming Wisconsinites find out Tiffany has 0% scores across so many different environmental groups (including WI’s) because of his Congressional voting record, how he hurt the Boundary Waters, and him being pro-AI centers… They are excited to cross party lines for Fran 💙🥳