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GoCubsGo

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2. It's also really cold and empty.

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 07:31 AM

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Great for data centers, that take up lots of space, a require expensive cooling in more temperate climates. This is more about Trump getting his hands on it for his tech bro buddies than it is about "minerals."

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Hitler's Greenland Obsession (the Atlantic) [View all] IcyPeas Yesterday OP

One of the interesting things about cryolite, is that is now essentially an extinct mineral except in museums. NNadir Yesterday #1

Slight correction: not "Mein Kampf", but a collection of hitler's niyad Yesterday #3

Ok, whatever. I really haven't studied the moron's reading habits all that well. I'm surprised he knows how to read... NNadir Yesterday #5

Ivana said that he kept the book in his nightstand, and that it was about niyad Yesterday #6

It's unsurprising. He is clearly one of the most uneducated Presidents ever to hold the office. NNadir Yesterday #8

Agreed about Lincoln. There is "formal" education, and then self- niyad Yesterday #10

The United States was invented, in my opinion, by an autodidact, Benjamin Franklin. NNadir Yesterday #11

It's also really cold and empty. GoCubsGo Yesterday #2

I hadn't thought of the 'Data Center' angle 70sEraVet Yesterday #7

None of it is coincidence Johnny2X2X Yesterday #4

Explains a lot about the whole "Greenland" obsession. Ray Bruns Yesterday #9

I rather think a great deal of this obsession is more Stephen Miller's than the old orange shit stain. Texin Yesterday #12

Elon's GRANDFATHER Promoted US, CANADA, GREENLAND MERGER IN 1930S! ColoringFool Yesterday #13

Would you consider posting this as its own OP for wider visibility? niyad Yesterday #14

I'm Not Good With Tech, But Feel Free To Do So! 😊 ColoringFool 15 hrs ago #16

THAT is interesting. I didnt know about this. IcyPeas 23 hrs ago #15