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Data Center Emits Constant Screeching Noise Directly Into Man’s House

Frank Landymore

Set foot in Dowagiac, a sleepy town in Southwest Michigan, and you'll immediately notice two things that stand out in the otherwise rustic surroundings: a massive 30 megawatt data center — and the constant ear piercing noise it emits.

No one knows this better than the Marjorie and Billy Finn, a married couple who live right in front of the sprawling complex. The constant hum is like a jet engine, Billy Finn told MLive. Using his own decibel meter in a video taken by the newspaper, he measures the noise levels from his porch, which hover around 60 decibels. That's roughly the equivalent of a noisy dishwasher, except that sound is a constant presence everywhere outside.

"It's like we're living in a prison in our own yard, in our own house," Marjorie Finn told the outlet, adding that she can even hear the hum while she tries to sleep at night.

Two other residents are suing the data center, Hyperscale Data, saying that their homes are being "physically invaded" by the "excessive noise" from its facility, MLive reported. (The Finns were approached to join the lawsuit but declined.) It doesn't matter if you close the windows or turn up the TV — you'll hear its constant screeching anyway, the suit alleges.

It also accuses Hyperscale Data of failing to implement adequate soundproofing measures, like the concrete walls that surround highways in residential areas.

According to Billy Finn, the noise is actually getting louder. He's been tracking the decibel levels on Louise Avenue since 2022, when Hyperscale Data began operating. Back then, the sound level was around 52 decibels. Today, they're typically around 61 decibels, and sometimes go as high as 78 decibels, he told the paper.

Inside his house, it goes down to 39 decibels, which is about the level of a quiet office or library, according to the American Academy of Audiology. But it jumps to 62 decibels when he opens the door, sounding a bit like a passenger jet taxiing on the runway in the distance.

"It's [like] a constant major city street where you have a lot of vehicle traffic," Billy Finn said.

Noise pollution isn't an uncommon complaint about data centers. The Nashville Zoo in Tennessee warned that the construction of a nearby data center could harm the animals living in captivity. The Environmental and Energy Study Institute claims that they emit at ultra-low frequencies that can possibly induce a range of symptoms over time such as anxiety, nausea, though the science on this is iffy.

Sixty-two decibels won't damage the ears, but over time it can spike your stress levels and has even been linked with cardiac problems, according to Kim Kragt, lead audiologist for Bronson Hospital.

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US launches new strikes on Iran, revokes oil sales permit after 3 ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz

US launches new strikes on Iran, revokes oil sales permit after 3 ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz

JON GAMBRELL, FATIMA HUSSEIN and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN

The U.S. military attacked Iran early Wednesday after it said Tehran struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, part of an American effort that also revoked the Islamic Republic's ability to openly sell crude oil in the world market.

Iran immediately warned Washington it would "take whatever measures it deems necessary," raising the risks that an interim agreement in the war halting fighting could break down, putting the wider Middle East again at risk of a wider conflict. Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, sounded its missile alert sirens Wednesday morning after the American attack on Iran.

The attacks on shipping and the resulting strikes on Iran came during the dayslong funeral for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed Feb. 28 in the war's first moments at age 86. The funeral, which ends Thursday, had been thought to be a period of lower tensions — though mourners have repeatedly called for the killings of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Negotiations to reach a final deal had been due to start after Khamenei's burial and focus on the toughest matters, including fully reopening the strait and rolling back Tehran's disputed nuclear program. But the new attacks threw that into question.

"The era of bullying and extortion is over," Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf wrote on X. "It leads nowhere. We don't fold."

Overnight US strikes target Iran

The U.S. military's Central Command said American forces launched the strikes "to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway."

It said it hit Iranian targets including air defense systems, radars and over 60 small boats used by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. Those boats have been key in harassing ships in the strait.

The U.S. military remains "postured and prepared to hold Iran accountable when the agreement is not adhered to or obeyed," it added, saying this round of attacks had ended.

Iran acknowledged the strikes, but offered no word on any losses. Iranian state media reported the sound of explosions in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm and Sirik.

Iran's central military command warned it "will respond decisively to this aggression and terrorist act."

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Europe’s bellicose posturing risks direct war with Russia, expert warns

Europe’s bellicose posturing risks direct war with Russia, expert warns

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The belligerent stance of European NATO members risks triggering an all-out war with Russia that could spell the end of the bloc, Dmitry Trenin, president of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), wrote in an op-ed for RT.

Trenin argued that European elites are seeking “Russia’s destruction as a major power,” rather than simply deterrence, as during the Cold War. They are using the Ukraine conflict as a convenient opportunity, he said.

“The European NATO leaders’ enormous deficit of modern strategic culture – unsurprising after the eight decades of having delegated their security to the United States – and their blind Russophobia, a result of deep-seated vintage European racism and the real or perceived grudges against Russia piled over the last five centuries, have put Europe on a direct collision course with Russia,” the expert warned, adding that this strategy essentially “means war.”

Trenin argued that the “fundamental flaw” of this calculation is the “belief that Russia would rather accept defeat, degradation and disintegration than use the arsenal which it currently possesses.”

He warned that both the Russian leadership and ordinary people would not “surrender to NATO,” and that “there will be no more NATO” if a war breaks out.

Last year, NATO members pledged to increase annual defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035. Some European leaders and top military commanders have argued that the West must be prepared for a potential war with Russia by the end of the decade, a claim the Kremlin has dismissed as baseless and dangerous warmongering.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia would not attack a NATO country unless attacked first. At the same time, Moscow has warned that Western arms deliveries to Ukraine make the risk of a direct confrontation more likely.

During Massive Strike on Kiev, Russian Forces Hit Missile Factory, Triggering Hours of Secondary Explosions

SHOCK VIDEOS: During Massive Strike on Kiev, Russian Forces Hit Missile Factory, Triggering Hours of Secondary Explosions

Paul Serran

While the MSM keeps insisting that Ukraine is suddenly winning the war against Russia, the developments on the ground across the 800-mile frontline show a very different story.

After the key victory in Konstantinovka, opening the way for an assault on the Slaviansk-Kramatorsk fortress belt, news arises that the Russian army liberated 4 settlements in the Kharkov region at once.

Units of the Запад (West) group of forces established control over the settlements Shiykovka, Novy Mir, Cherneshchina, and Druzhelyovka, as well as in Vasilevka in the Donetsk region.

And even when it comes to the gruesome exchange of drone-missile combined strikes, while Ukraine does have successes in their efforts, it can’t really be compared to the absolute blitz that Russian forces are submitting the capital Kiev.

Here’s a list of what was hit in last night’s strikes on military-industrial facilities in Kiev and the surrounding region, according to Russia’s MoD:

Kiev-71 Industrial Enterprise (Abris PT Association) which manufactures long-and medium-range UAVs;

Kiev-1 Electronic Industry Assembly Plant which produces long-and-medium range UAVs and radar equipment;

Kiev-79 Industrial Enterprise which manufactures and supplies armor protection components for Ukrainian Armed Forces;

Kiev Shipyard that manufactures artillery boats and attack boats;

Kyiv-1 Instrument-Making Plant which produces fire control systems, optoelectronic countermeasure systems, navigation and automation equipment;

The Vyshneve Fuel and Lubricant Warehouse facility which stores diesel fuel for the emergency use;

And finally, the Zhulyany Missile Assembly and Components Plant which manufactures anti-aircraft missile systems, components for aircraft and air defense systems.

And it was at the Zhulyany plant that the most shocking image was captured, where the initial explosion from the strike was followed by hours of secondary explosions as the missiles and missile components kept exploding.

Russia hit a missile storage facility. I'd guess it's air defense missiles, and they fly around Kiev as secondary detonations.

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US Launches New Iran Strikes Overnight: 'Heavy Costs' For Attacks On Commercial Shipping

US Launches New Iran Strikes Overnight: 'Heavy Costs' For Attacks On Commercial Shipping

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US Launches New Iran Strikes, In First Since Ayatollah's Funeral

The US military has announced it has commenced fresh strikes against Iran in the wake of projectiles striking multiple international tankers in the Strait of Hormuz earlier on Tuesday. US Central Command (CENTCOM) in a public X post says its "forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway."

"The U.S. strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire," it added. These will mark the first US strikes against the Islamic Republic since last Friday's start of week-long funeral ceremonies for the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Trump had indicated a pause in both strikes and diplomacy was on in order for the burial to take place. The new US military escalation began around or just after midnight Tehran time.

Just before the start of the fresh Pentagon action, Mohsen Rezaei, adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Iranian state TV that American attempts to forge an alternative route in the Strait of Hormuz will lead to the failure of negotiations between the two states.

⁠"It ⁠is quite clear that the ⁠United States will lead the ⁠negotiations with Iran to failure," Rezaei said. He also demanded the "the withdrawal of the United States from the region" - which can ensure lasting peace, he asserted. And now there could be a return to full war in Lebanon as well. Per breaking newswires:

• Israeli fighter jets carried out attacks in Barachit and Beit Yahoun in southern Lebanon
• US Strikes Targeted Air Defense Systems, Drone Sites: Axios
• Several explosions have been heard near Sirik and Qeshm in southern Iran, according to Iran’s Fars news agency: Al Jazeera

As expected, Tehran has condemned the new attacks as a severe US violation of the MoU. Early reports suggest bombing raids on strategically situated small Iranian islands just off the Strait of Hormuz:

According to state TV, six explosions have been heard on the island of Qeshm which is the largest island in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz, with very geostrategic significance when it comes to Iran’s control and authority over the Strait of Hormuz.

The state TV also says that at least seven explosions have been heard in the areas close to Sirik Port which is very important because it oversees the Strait of Hormuz, another strategic point from which Iran imposes its control and authority over the Strait of Hormuz.

In a surprise move on Tuesday, the Trump admin revoked a license allowing Iran to sell oil on the open market, eliminating the primary economic benefit for Tehran as part of the interim peace deal/MOU with the US and threatening to unravel the agreement after days of skirmishes in the Strait of Hormuz. 

The Treasury Department said the June 21 license granted to Iran after several months of war would no longer apply, an announcement that came hours after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired missiles and drones at ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz. The Treasury allowed for a grace period until July 17 for transactions already authorized under the license.

The price of oil rose sharply after the news, even as President Trump has boasted that his efforts to wind down the war with Iran have lowered the price of gas and other products. The price of a barrel of Brent Crude oil was almost $76.00 after the announcement, up about 5% on Monday’s closing price.

The US has continued to coordinate with commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz using a route that it cleared near the coast of Oman. Over the weekend, the IRGC warned ships that it was prepared to target them if they used the route promoted by the US and Oman. Early Tuesday, Iran fired antiship cruise missiles and one-way attack drones at vessels seeking to cross the southern route. Three ships were struck, including an LNG tanker, and the US downed some of drones. 

Meanwhile, American warships remain on standby to restart the blockade of Iranian ports should Trump choose to reimpose it.

In summary, the two most critical elements of the interim deal are now under threat: the oil sanctions relief and safe passage for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. In effect, the entire ceasefire is now in question. 

Perhaps worst of all, people close to the talks say there has been no substantive progress made yet by the U.S. and Iranian teams on a final nuclear agreement, with technical talks on the issue barely commencing.

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US Military Launches Powerful Strikes Against Iran

Cristina Laila

The US military on Tuesday launched powerful strikes against Iran.

The latest military strikes come in retaliation for the Iranians attacking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

Earlier Tuesday, Tehran struck three ships, including a Qatari natural gas vessel.

The US called Iran’s attacks on the commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz “a clear violation of the ceasefire.”

President Trump is currently in Ankara, Turkey for a NATO Summit.

Via CENTCOM:

U.S. Central Command forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway. 

The U.S. strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. 

Iran’s demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire.

According to Axios correspondent Barak Ravid: A senior American official told me that the targets that were attacked included Iranian air defense systems, coastal surveillance systems, ground-to-air missiles, launch sites for anti-ship cruise missiles, drone launch sites, and Iranian port facilities.