The Sovereignty Question
The Inference — Issue 14: Tribal nations and Oklahoma cities draw their own lines on data centers. Four moratoria in three months. The Pope weighs in. The Energy Secretary disagrees.
Oklahoma
20 postsThe Tariff Is the Test
The Inference — Issue 13: HB 2992 is signed. The Corporation Commission approves data center tariffs. The OCC primary decides who sits in that chair.
The Geothermal NOFO
The Inference — Issue 12: The federal government opens the widest geothermal window in a generation. Oklahoma has 22,000 abandoned wells and the geology to use them.
The Energy Geography of Intelligence
AI policy intelligence brief. Issue 11: Red and blue states converge on AI legislation. Oklahoma's bipartisan model faces federal preemption. HB 3173 dies. HB 2992 passes both chambers.
Seventy-Two Hours
AI policy intelligence brief. Issue 10: In eight days, GPT-5.5, DeepSeek V4, trade wars, Musk in court, and OG&E data center deals. Oklahoma has six days left.
The Geothermal Window
AI policy intelligence brief. Issue 9: The federal government opens the widest geothermal window in American history. Oklahoma is best positioned to walk through it.
The Ground Is Moving
AI policy intelligence brief. Issue 8: Maine passes first data center moratorium, AI governance acceleration, Oklahoma energy policy.
Lots of Firefighting, No Architecture
AI policy intelligence brief. Issue 7: Two companies warn of cyberattacks and economic disruption. Oklahoma passes twelve AI bills with combined margins of 261-12. The consensus exists. The architecture does not.
The Inference #6: The Oklahoma AI Session
AI policy intelligence for Oklahoma decision-makers. Issue 6 covers the full 2026 legislative session — 12 AI bills tracked, 4 passed, and what it means.
Why Oklahoma
Dead last in education. Bottom 3 in healthcare. 22,000 abandoned wells. Continental geothermal leader. Where the problems are worst, the opportunity is greatest.
22,000 Holes in the Ground
Every dot is ten abandoned oil wells in Oklahoma. Toggle the Phoenix conversion and watch $3.7 billion in liability become community-owned infrastructure.
The World's Most Ambitious AI Law Is Already Retreating
AI policy intelligence brief. Issue 6: The Enforcement Illusion, EU AI Act Delays, Supreme Court on AI Authorship, Oklahoma's Data Center Energy Fight.
Oklahoma Red
Particles born from red dirt, rising toward light. The extraction-to-renewal arc.
Two Acts, One Question: Who Consents to the Machines That Govern?
AI policy intelligence brief. Issue 5: The Social Contract Question, OpenClaw's Agent Explosion, Oklahoma's AI Bills Advance.
1,561 Bills vs. One Act: The Federal Fight to Kill State AI Law
AI policy intelligence brief. Issue 4: The Preemption Gambit, The Agent Problem, Oklahoma's AI Legislative Surge.
Oracle's Healthcare Data Monopoly: The Contract Nobody Can Find
AI policy intelligence brief. Issue 3: Oracle's Healthcare Data Monopoly, The Pre-Maxwell Phase, Oklahoma Energy Innovation.
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22,000 Holes in Oklahoma's Earth
The fossil fuel era left scars across Oklahoma. Phoenix Wells turns them into the nervous system of a new civilization.
Oklahoma Doesn't Have to Be Last
50th in education. First in abandoned wells. What if that's not a curse but a launchpad?