The Skies Are Closed

This week's "Who Said It" is about data centers, poverty, and the bold promise that surveillance infrastructure is actually the key to lower taxes — and the person who said it is going to make you feel a very specific way about your electric bill.Tesla is up and nobody can explain why, which at this point is just the show's opening theme. September is a big month for the company — multiple unveilings, a concept that's been eleven years in the making, and a Roadster spec that almost laps the competition. Almost. SpaceX ticked up while Sam Altman quietly cut off one of Elon's companies from AI access, citing a very specific pattern of behavior with contracts. We have thoughts about who actually wins that fight.Ukraine declared open season on Russian airspace this week — not civilian carriers, but everything else — and then backed it up by hitting both an oil refinery and a strategic bomber in the same night. The refinery is permanently closed. The bomber is one fewer on a list that intel already says is shorter than Russia claims. Federov is back, partnered up, and the drones are getting smarter by the week.The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to let the $400 million White House ballroom keep going up while the lawsuit plays out — and Justice Roberts is reportedly still puzzled about why public trust in the court is at historic lows. Uber's COO would like everyone to know that in 15 to 20 years nobody will own a car and we'll all be on a subscription model with his company, which is a very interesting thing for a COO to say out loud. Keffe D was found guilty in the Tupac murder case — a conviction that somehow eluded the previous administration, as we are reminded approximately every 40 seconds.Mamdani gave parents a free night out and started a 9/11 remembrance ruck for veterans — both of which have been described as deeply alarming by people who are fine with the ballroom. Flock Camera's CEO has a blind spot on Google Maps that covers exactly one address. MapQuest refused to rename Lake Ontario and became the number one downloaded app. And a Buffalo Wild Wings in Phoenix has a secret menu item that we are legally required to tell you about and ethically required to warn you about in equal measure.And the link to the USA Today search engineFlock Search HistoryGot feedback? We want to hear it.