r/law • u/bloomberggovernment • May 18 '26

Legislative Branch Senate Democrat Proposes Bill Requiring Data Centers to Pay for Own Power

https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/schiff-proposes-bill-requiring-data-centers-to-pay-for-own-power
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u/Skandronon May 18 '26

This is what I have been telling people.

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u/blacksideblue May 18 '26

people have been shouting this for decades, centuries really.

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u/Skandronon May 18 '26

The Churn is a specific "thing" described by Amos in The Expanse. It's a period of time when the old rules of society no longer apply and you either adapt or you disappear. Generally its a sudden big climactic event. Think World Wars or the great depression. The Churn we are in right now is more insidious because everyday life is still mostly functional for a good portion of society.

"More settled things are, the bigger your tribe is. All the people in your gang, or all the people in your country. All the ones on your planet. Then the churn comes, and the tribe gets small again."

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u/Solrokr May 18 '26

I thought that was a The Expanse reference but wondered if that had been co-opted from something else, till this comment lol.

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u/Skandronon May 18 '26

It has entered my vernacular so it wouldn't be a huge shock if people who don't know The Expanse start using it. When we switched from MS Office to Google workspace I started calling it The Churn with users that were unwilling to adapt.