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Aug 21, 2023Liked by EmilyTVProducer

Here's a fun little anecdote re: "Smart Columbus." They have several partners, including Battelle and LBrands.

https://smartcolumbus.com/about/partners

Who is Batelle? Why, they are involved in the Ukranian biolabs.

Who is LBrands? well, they were started by Les Wexner (friend of Jeffrey Epstein), who still owns a small stake in the company.

Another note: outside of Columbus in a suburb called New Albany (home of Les Wexner) there are a bunch of power lines going to the middle of nowhere. In that middle of nowhere (surrounded by empty land or farmland) is an Alphabet/ Google data center, an Amazon distribution center and what appears to be a minimum security prison that is, in actuality, a Meta data center. All are located next to each other and are not that far from where an Intel plant is going to go.

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Gosh, those ARE fun facts! Maybe I'll update my Stack and include these little gems!

Thank you shibumi

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Aug 21, 2023Liked by EmilyTVProducer

Glad to help!

Strangely enough, if you go onto Google maps and search for Meta data center, you'll find it. Across the street is the google/alphabet data center, which is a huge complex, that is completely unmarked. But if you drive into the area-- aka the middle of nowhere-- there is sign.

BTW... Columbus is blue, but the surrounding regions are red; they might get some of whatever their weird plan is done (aka "Tesla charging stations") but outside of that... yeah, I don't know.

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Can I mention you and include some of this when I re-issue the piece?

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Sure, no problem. Glad to help!

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“smart” just means surveillance. I have a surveillance phone.

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