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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.

Small Missouri town ousts half its city council after $6 billion AI data center approval — petition calls for mayor's removal as frustration (and violence) over AI data centers mounts
A lawsuit is also seeking to undo the project's approval.

... 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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La France, éreintée par les canicules, adopte une feuille de route pour être neutre en carbone en 2050, qui devra démontrer sa crédibilité
Mercredi, le ministère de la transition écologique a présenté la troisième stratégie nationale bas-carbone, le document qui fixe le cap de la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre jusqu’en 2050. Les objectifs sont très ambitieux au regard des politiques menées jusqu’à présent.

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.…

Shabana Mahmood expected to be named Andy Burnham’s chancellor
The home secretary is the frontrunner for the role ahead of ‘risky’ Ed Miliband, according to senior Labour figures

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

Government looking to regulate "agentic payments".
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/modernising-payment-services-regulation

Modernising Payment Services Regulation
A consultation on the government's approach to modernising payment services regulation.

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…

Trump officials accused of stacking top chemical safety board with industry ‘mouthpieces’
Public health advocates warn of conflicts of interests and say panel likely to provide justification for key rollbacks