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Bipartisan Backlash Rises Over Data Centers, AI Cartoon Sparks

8/4/2026

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Opposition to data centers surged, uniting far-right and far-left in the United States.
A “Christian nationalism” X account posted an AI-generated Smokey Bear cartoon at a data center, captioned “ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT DATA CENTERS.”
Anti-tech commentator Joe Allen warned that AI could trigger an “inverse singularity” collapsing human intellect after touring Atlanta, leaving the event abruptly, and inspecting a delivery robot “CJ.”

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Story summary

Opposition to data centers surged, uniting far-right and far-left in the United States.
A “Christian nationalism” X account posted an AI-generated Smokey Bear cartoon at a data center, captioned “ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT DATA CENTERS.”
Anti-tech commentator Joe Allen warned that AI could trigger an “inverse singularity” collapsing human intellect after touring Atlanta, leaving the event abruptly, and inspecting a delivery robot “CJ.”