Would you accept $10,000 to live near a data center? A Pennsylvania developer's offer is dividing residents. Plus: Zuckerberg's estimated wealth falls nearly $20 billion, Gen Z faces AI job pressure, and a Claude Code user reports a cleanup that deleted more than 55,000 files.
Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, September 29, 2026, with Jim Love.
NorthPoint Development is offering $10,000 to roughly 4,500 eligible households in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, alongside another $120 million for community programs and services. But residents near the proposed 15-building data center campus worry about noise, property values and divisions within the community.
Also in this episode:
• Meta's falling shares cut nearly $20 billion from Mark Zuckerberg's estimated fortune across Friday and midday Monday, amid concerns about returns on AI spending.
• Goldman Sachs estimates AI reduced monthly U.S. job growth by about 25,000 positions, partially offset by 9,000 additional jobs where AI supports human work. Younger, less-experienced workers face much of the impact.
• Wired reports that AI agents are joining workplace conversations, taking assignments and appearing on organizational charts.
• Bexorg uses donated human brains to study potential treatments outside the body. The company says the brains cannot regain awareness.
• A Claude Code user reports that an automated cleanup followed Windows directory junctions into a working project, deleting thousands of files and local Git history. Claude Code's rewind feature does not cover deletions made through Bash. The incident has not been independently verified.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Today's Headlines
00:43 $10,000 Data Center Offer Divides Residents
02:27 Zuckerberg's $20 Billion Wealth Drop
04:14 AI Job Losses Hit Gen Z
05:41 AI Agents Become Coworkers
06:32 Donated Human Brains Used for Drug Testing
08:10 Claude Code User Reports Mass File Deletion
09:59 Wrap Up and Support
