Toby Howell

I think I invented refreshers because you know what I was doing when I walk into a soda fountain?

It's lemonade, Sprite, and Powerade in there.

That feels a little refresher-y to me.

I have no intention of entering into a debate with him.

Politi, who is a Vatican watcher and author, said, you have to jump back to the Middle Ages when kings and emperors were shouting against the Pope in Rome, calling him false.

There's just no other recent example like this.

And it does have big implication for Trump's base as well.

41% of US Catholics approved of what Trump is doing in the office right now.

That's down from 48% a year earlier.

So as we head into midterm elections, a spat with the Pope can swing things in one direction or another.

Moving on, the fight over AI got dangerously real this weekend.

Early Friday morning, a 20-year-old named Daniel Moreno Gamma drove from Texas to San Francisco and threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's house.

No one was injured.

Then, about 90 minutes later, the Fed said he showed up to OpenAI's headquarters, grabbed a chair, and started smashing the glass doors.

telling security he was there to, quote, burn it down and kill anyone inside.

When police arrested him, they found kerosene, a lighter, and a three-part anti-AI manifesto.

Part one was titled Your Last Warning and listed the names and addresses of other AI CEOs and investors.

Part two was about humanity's impending extinction.

And part three was a letter to Altman that opened with the words, if you make it.

Altman responded by posting a photo of his husband and son on his blog, explaining to future would-be attackers that he's a person with a family, though he also acknowledged that the fearings and anxiety around AI is, quote, justified.