“NO ELECTRICITY, NO VOTE,” SOUTH AFRICANS THREATEN TO SHUN RULING PARTY ANC. (PHOTO)

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 “No electricity, no vote,” South Africans threaten to shun ruling party ANC Residents in Katlehong, a township outside Johannesburg, have resolved to boycott South Africa's upcoming local elections on November 4 due to long-standing failures by authorities to provide basic services like electricity. For over 20 years, around 180 households in the community have relied on illegal electrical connections pulled from neighboring areas to power their homes. Angry over the lack of formal grid infrastructure, residents are directing their frustration at the ruling African National Congress (ANC). "We have made a collective decision: no electricity, no vote," said community leader Lesiba Rankapole, 59. "We know it is illegal, but we had no choice because we cannot live without electricity. Our children cannot progress without electricity." "I was born ANC, but today I do not want anyone to tell me about the ANC because I am suffering," added 57-year-old resid...

GWYNETH PALTROW MOCKS BACKLASH OVER REPORTED SAM ALTMAN DINNER INVITATION AS JOURNALIST SAYS IT WAS LIKELY AI-GENERATED. (PHOTO).


 

Gwyneth Paltrow Mocks Backlash Over Reported Sam Altman Dinner Invitation as Journalist Says It Was Likely AI-Generated

Gwyneth Paltrow has mocked the backlash over a reported invitation to host OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at her Hamptons home, suggesting the invitation circulating online was not genuine.


Journalist Matthew Belloni had reported in his Puck newsletter that Paltrow would host a private, “off-the-record” dinner for Altman, with the invitation describing it as a “private, off-the-record al fresco dinner at her home in honor of Sam Altman.”


The report quickly drew criticism on social media, with some users on X calling Paltrow “a villain” and “tone-deaf.” Comedian-activist Matt Bernstein also posted a video linking Paltrow’s association with artificial intelligence to what he described as “technofascism.”


Paltrow addressed the criticism on Thursday, August 20, by sharing several versions of the dinner invitation on Instagram. The replicas replaced Altman’s name with “M3GAN,” “Samantha Jones,” “SHREK,” “Jessica Rabbit” and “Chanty Beluga.”


Chanty Beluga is a character created by comedian Courtney O’Donnell that has gone viral in recent weeks.


Paltrow also appeared to mock the dinner memes with the caption: “We’re serving swordfish burritos, cheddar foam lattes on request.”


Amid the online discussion, journalist Shayan Sardarizadeh wrote on X that the invitation being circulated was “likely AI-generated.”

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