The treasurer of Saline Township, Michigan, publicly resigned last week citing death threats she’d received related to the construction of an Oracle and OpenAI datacenter. “I’m submitting my resignation effective May 29th. I can’t take it anymore. The threats. The ‘I’m gonna tar and feather you.’ I hope you get ...
Day: May 20, 2026
After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone BanAfter Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban
Subscribe Join the newsletter to get the latest updates. Success Great! Check your inbox and click the link. Error Please enter a valid email address. After months of discussion and outrage from residents, the city council of the tiny town of Bandera, Texas voted 3-2 to immediately end its contract ...
Podcast: Elites Just Don’t Get AIPodcast: Elites Just Don’t Get AI
We start this week with Sam telling us all about the commencement speeches where speakers have been praising AI, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. That did not go down well! After the break, Jason tells us how he was offered the chance to buy a bunch of images of ...
Rosenberg: Putin enjoys Xi’s Chinese welcome but heads home without pipeline dealRosenberg: Putin enjoys Xi’s Chinese welcome but heads home without pipeline deal
Russia and China showed they were shoulder-to-shoulder on the world stage, but it became clear there are limits, says the BBC’s Russia Editor. ...
Far-right Israeli minister condemned for taunting handcuffed Gaza flotilla activistsFar-right Israeli minister condemned for taunting handcuffed Gaza flotilla activists
France and Italy are among the countries that have criticised a video showing Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting dozens of activists detained at an Israeli port. ...
Ebola vaccine could take nine months as death toll rises further, WHO warnsEbola vaccine could take nine months as death toll rises further, WHO warns
In its latest update, the World Health Organization says there have now been 139 suspected deaths and 600 cases. ...
Murder or accident? Mystery of Mango tycoon’s hiking death after son’s arrestMurder or accident? Mystery of Mango tycoon’s hiking death after son’s arrest
Isak Andic’s son Jonathan denies involvement in the fatal fall of his father, who founded one of Europe’s biggest clothing empires. ...
US military jets and drones tracked near Cuba as tensions riseUS military jets and drones tracked near Cuba as tensions rise
Tracking data shows several flights by US Navy reconnaissance jets and drones during the last week. ...
US and Israel ‘hoped to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader’US and Israel ‘hoped to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader’
Airstrike at the start of the war was aimed at freeing populist ex-president from house arrest, US newspaper claims Middle East crisis – live updates Fresh questions have been raised over the US and Israeli effort to depose the Iranian regime after it was claimed that Israel wanted to put ...
US puts pressure on Palestinian leaders to withdraw bid for UN vice-presidency roleUS puts pressure on Palestinian leaders to withdraw bid for UN vice-presidency role
In state department cable, Jerusalem embassy told to issue protest to Palestinian Authority leaders, warning ‘consequences will follow’ if they failed to comply The US has ordered its Jerusalem embassy to pressure the Palestinian leadership into dropping a bid for a UN general assembly vice-presidency, anxious that the role could ...