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    How Immigrant Workers Shape America’s Economic and Cultural Destiny With Perplexity, Mare the Muse, and images by ChatGPT On a sun-bleached farm outside Salinas, California, strawberry rows are spaced wider—less for convenience than for a simple lack of hands to pick ripe fruit. Across the country, in bustling towns from Galveston to Cape Cod, “Help Wanted” signs crowd restaurant windows as managers scramble to fill shifts. These everyday scenes bring to life the urgent national debate over America’s borders and the millions who work, live, and hope within them. A Nation Forged by Migration America is, by its very nature, a nation of immigrants. From colonial days to the present, waves of newcomers—Irish dockworkers, Chinese railroad builders, German craftsmen, Mexican farmhands, and many more—have come seeking opportunity and carved out the country’s prosperity. Immigration policy has fluctuated between openness and restriction, marked by milestones such as the Chinese Ex...

The Hidden Cost of Our Digital Lives: AI, Streaming, and the Planet’s Energy Crisis Written by Chat-GPT, Perplexity and Mare the Muse We live in a golden age of technology. AI chatbots answer our questions, streaming services deliver endless entertainment, and cloud storage keeps our memories just a click away. But beneath the sleek interfaces and instant responses lies a hidden reality: these digital services consume vast amounts of energy, water, and land — often with outsized environmental impacts. As the world grapples with climate change and resource depletion, understanding the true cost of our digital lives is more urgent than ever. This post dives deep into the environmental footprint of AI models like GPT-3.5, compares them with other major internet services like Netflix and Google Search (now enhanced with AI), and explores what it means for our planet — and our choices. Two Ways to Understand Digital Energy Use Before diving into the numbers, it’s important to grasp ...