The small town of Festus, Missouri
— a community made up of just under 14,000 people
— has become a focal point over the growing backlash against
AI data centers entering communities across the country.
Following the approval of a $6 billion data center project,
voters removed four of the eight members of the Festus city council,
as well as started a petition to remove the remaining city council members and the mayor, reports Politico.
... 2050 😣
"La France, éreintée par les canicules, adopte une feuille de route pour être neutre en carbone en 2050, qui devra démontrer sa crédibilité"
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Why are conservatives so supportive of industries and products that create these problems? Do they want people to get sick? Incur larger medical bills?
Dangerous hormone-disrupting chemicals found in US breast milk samples
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news…
Why are conservatives so supportive of industries and products that create these problems? Do they want people to get sick? Incur larger medical bills?
Dangerous hormone-disrupting chemicals found in US breast milk samples
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news…
As I said in my piece on "Manchesterism",
"So the possibility of ‘flip-flopping’ and then ‘spinning the compromise’ as somehow better, will be something to watch out for."
Shabana Mahmood expected to be named Andy Burnham’s chancellor | Shabana Mahmood | The Guardian
https://www.…
Researchers prove 'forever chemicals' can last longer than 3 decades
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-chemicals-longer-decades.html
Pentagon Abruptly Cancels Deployment to Europe as Part of Trump's Drawdown (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-abruptly-cancels-deployment-to-europe-as-part-of-trumps-drawdown-7365b3b5?st=PGgnm2&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260514/p28#a260514p28
Army leaders in hot seat over Poland deployment cancellation (Patricia Kime/Military Times)
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/05/15/army-leaders-in-hot-seat-over-poland-deployment-cancellation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260515/p99#a260515p99
The Trump administration has stacked a top chemical safety board with industry-aligned scientists
who have a range of financial conflicts of interest and stand to profit from deregulation,
public health advocates say.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s science advisory committee on chemicals (SACC)
is slated to review research for dozens of toxic chemicals during the new members’ terms.
At least 13 proposed Trump appointees are probably conflicted on the che…