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The Twitter article, if anyone wants to read some totally-not-AI-written slop from a totally real person who totally existed before August 2026.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 42 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Look at the rambling essay:

https://rvivr.com/2026/08/the-laymans-case-for-data-centers/

And who wrote it:

Daniel Penny (@12Palehorse) , X

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jordan_Neely

On May 1, 2023, in New York City, Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old Black[3][4][5] homeless man, was killed after being put in a chokehold by Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old White United States Marine Corps veteran while riding the New York City Subway. Neely boarded the car Penny was riding and began threatening passengers. After the train left the station, as Neely was threatening passengers, Penny approached Neely from behind to apply the chokehold, and maintained it in a sitting position until Neely went limp a few minutes after the train had reached the next stop.

Penny joined U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and vice president-elect JD Vance at the 2024 Army–Navy American football game as a "guest of honor" shortly after his acquittal.[62] A few months later, Penny was hired by a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, as a "deal partner" in the division of the firm specializing in "aerospace, defense, public safety, education, housing, supply chain, industrials, and manufacturing."[61] According to The New York Times, firm outsiders and limited partners expressed private concerns about Penny's hiring, citing his lack of investment experience and the political controversy surrounding his trial. An internal memo obtained by the newspaper defended his hiring, saying that Penny's military experience would help build relationships with "active-duty military, veterans, chiefs of police, sheriffs" deals with in its public safety and defense businesses.


Pro-datacenter ad, seemingly LLM written, authored by a murderer with a Trump connection...

You cannot make this shit up.

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 19 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Wait. This is THAT Daniel Penny?! I thought it was some AI-generated fuckwad who just happened to share a name with the guy because it couldn't possibly be him. Holy fuck

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Indeed. I had to blink a few times and double check:

https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/28/new-york-subway-hero-daniel-penny-social-media-defense-data-centers/

His Twitter profile picture. Its him:

...You cannot make this shit up.

[–] JamieDub86@piefed.social 1 points 17 hours ago

Looks more like a thumb, tbh.