DL Open Thread: Tuesday, July 22, 2025
$64 Billion In Data Center Projects Have Already Been Blocked Or Delayed. TL;DR: $64 billion in U.S. data center projects have been blocked or delayed by a growing wave of…
Song of the Day 7/21: Connie Francis, “Stupid Cupid”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona She watched this year as she became a TikTok sensation. She was a pop sensation for the first time 67 years ago when she released…
DL Open Thread: Monday, July 21, 2025
Build Data Center, Destroy Water Supply: After Meta broke ground on a $750 million data center on the edge of Newton County, Ga., the water taps in Beverly and Jeff…
Song of the Day 7/20: Coldplay, “Fix You”
If only every scandal was resolved this quickly. The Kiss Cam Canoodler – as a human with access to the internet, you surely know who I mean – has resigned…
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: July 20, 2025
50 Years On, Who Ya Got? 'A Chorus Line' Or 'Chicago'? Back in 1975, or maybe 1976, me and a bunch of my theatre friends went to NYC and saw…
Song of the Day 7/19: BJ Leiderman, “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” theme
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Donald Trump has pointed his gun at the head of National Public Radio (and PBS) for months, and Congress has finally pulled the trigger for…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 19, 2025
'It Was The Advertising, Stupid'. Wonder how much the Feckless Dems are spending on this: The Democratic National Committee’s examination of what went wrong in the 2024 election is expected…
Song of the Day 7/18: Stevie Wonder, “I Wish”
Trump tried to bury the Epstein List controversy, and it almost worked. He made a few phone calls and every right-wing news source dropped all discussion of it. (Yesterday, while…
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 18, 2025
Trump On His Way Out? A conspiracy theory I can get behind: I think Donald Trump and his closest supporters may be laying the groundwork for the option of leaving…
Song of the Day 7/17: The Kinks, “Young Conservatives”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona A surprisingly rich Wilmington CPA named Robert L. Siegfried Jr. has donated $71.5 million to the University of Delaware's business college so it can be…
We Need Independent Journalism Now More Than Ever
The only way that we can ensure that Delaware's best journalists can continue to shed light on what's going on is--to pay for it. Especially with Trump relentlessly going after…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 17, 2025
Mic Drop Of The Day. Thanks to one of my fave tipsters: [takes very deep breath] Pretty weird that Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving 20 years for her involvement in a…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Trump Favors Starvation As A Weapon. Not just food banks in America, but this: Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order…