We are one world, not a world order! Thanks to the Pope, Anthropic and Hill County! No thanks, Bastrop County :(

On May 25, Memorial Day, Pope Leo XIV broke with tradition speaking to the Vatican to urge a worldwide pause on AI. He brought Anthropic, Chris Olaf. Incredible.

As the world is watching AI, trying to decide  whether it will serve or wreck humanity, we the people need to get a handle on reality. We all can presume that some elements of AI were rushed out of the gate. As we're out petitioning, young people who are using AI, are expressing fears about their future.

Thank god, on Memorial Day, Pope Leo XIV broke with tradition speaking directly at the Vatican and as reported in the Vatican News:

“Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together."

Those were opening words of his first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence," 265-pages summarized HERE.

If that wasn't dazzling enough for you, Chris Olah, Anthropic's cofounder was there at the Pope's invitation and spoke, See Olah's talk HERE

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KXAN-TV (Austin) May 26, 2026 • Linda Curtis speaks for LIV

The next day, May 26, not coincidentally Runoff Election Day and the day after Memorial Day, the Bastrop Commissioner's Court unanimously rammed through the “nomination” of Elon Musk's SpaceX for a $3.75 million state sales tax refund through the Texas Enterprise Zone Program.

Our biggest concern because we are one world: The Bastrop County SpaceX decision has signaled to industry the world over that Bastrop is open for "bidness," for corporate high rollers seeking tax and regulatory breaks from the County and state of Texas.

Read our written comments the Court ignored HERE. and, also ignored by the court our Citizen Guide HERE. Get ready for the next rounds coming on data centers from EdgeConneX with events organized by Bastrop County on June 16, 17 and 18th. We'll share more on our Monday night online meeting about public information requests due to us on June 3.

The Brave and Wonderful Hill County Sued by a Data Center

Hill County Courthouse, built in 1890 is a Texas Historic Landmark.

Hill County Commissioners Court (county seat, Hillsboro) has been sued by a data center for putting a yearlong pause (moratorium) on data center and power plant construction in unincorporated areas, citing an influx of as many as eight data centers planned there, many of which could have their own power plants. The Court’s vote was 3-2.

“I’m not trying to break the law, I’m not trying to thumb my nose at the governor or the Legislature, but my constituents, my people, are literally begging for help right now, and I have no other mechanism but this,” County Judge Shane Brassell, a Republican who leads the commission and voted for the ban, said in an interview Thursday.

We applaud this Texas-style statesman ---they’re so hard to find these days! We look forward to potential relief from the courts!

See Data center developer files lawsuit over ‘illegal’ moratorium in Hill County, Texas

We'll stop here for now. See ya Monday night!