The Conversation

Aaron Walayat, a law professor who studies eminent domain, traces the doctrine to the Fifth Amendment: 'public use' plus 'just compensation' — the same tool that let Connecticut bulldoze homes for a Pfizer redevelopment in Kelo v. New London that never got built.

Commenters flagged that the circulating headline had it backwards: it's the power line being condemned, not the data center, and state courts have drawn a hard line here before, denying takings that serve mostly out-of-state or private buyers.

Among US adults, 17% show severe Problematic News Consumption — and 61% of them report feeling unwell, versus 6% of everyone else. Globally, 40% now avoid news, a record high; in Canada, 69% sometimes do.

Negativity bias is the brain weighting and remembering threats more heavily. It evolved when threats were local and actionable. The feed makes both untrue.

The prescription is not abstinence but management: time limits, depth over volume, and linking awareness to action.