Last year, the town board and planning commission of a Michigan town voted to reject the construction of a massive data center for OpenAI and Oracle.

The companies sued and won, so the town will now be home to a data center the residents rejected.

https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/ai-data-center-michigan-saline-politics-farmland/

At an event with OpenAI and Oracle executives, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer was caught on a hot mic telling them that “we’re used to people saying ‘fuck no’ and doing it anyway.”

https://www.michigannewssource.com/2026/06/governor-whitmers-hot-mic-megasite-message-people-object-government-proceeds/

What an exquisite example of the emptiness of electoral “democracy.”

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Flip_Switch/116741755749204057

Je ziet de destructie die Rutte heeft aangericht op zo veel gebieden... Vollenbroek is een van de weinigen die dat erbij vermeldt.

RE: https://mastodon.world/@ginaintheburg/116741258968073022

The whole world should be permitted to see this. Hiding it away won't help - in the end all will be revealed. It's a start to the process of removing his name from everything.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fj/116741313593098877

Je zal maar gebouwd hebben op Amerikaanse technologie en ploep je mag er niet meer bij.

The Arch Linux AUR had over 400 packages compromised with malware https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-arch-linux-aur-had-over-400-packages-compromised-with-malware/

#Linux #ArchLinux #Security

McSweeney's on "AI finances" goes harder than most business publications.

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-economics-for-dummies