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fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

House Republican Suggests Congress Fully Intervene' So That We Don't Have 16 Teams in the SEC'

What we just saw unfold with Lane Kiffin is just an absolute abomination. People say, Well, this is the market working, Chip. This is the market forces at play. This is not supposed to be a market. Not in that classic sense. Yes, college sports can compete with the NFL for revenue. Yes, college sports can compete with other entertainment dollars. I get that. But this is not supposed to be an NFL light.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

The Government Is Trying to Take Back Weed

And yet, convenience stores across the country-even in states where marijuana is illegal-sell a trove of fizzy drinks, vape pens, and confections all promising to get you high. My neighborhood liquor store has an entire cooler full of weed drinks, including a seltzer aptly named Bong Water, a can of which has 25 milligrams of THC. About five milligrams of that chemical, which is the main psychoactive component in marijuana, will make the occasional weed user feel a light buzz.
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fromStreetsblog
2 months ago

Want Safer Vehicles? Amid Federal Inaction, Look to the States - Streetsblog USA

Federal vehicle safety regulations lag behind needed technologies and fail to address increasing vehicle size and weight that raise crash severity and fatalities.
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fromInsideEVs
3 months ago

California Pushes On With EV Chargers While Trump Changes The Rules-Again

California continues to expand EV charging infrastructure and incentives despite federal policy rollbacks that favor gas-station interests and constrain public EV support.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
3 months ago

President Trump's War on "Woke AI" Is a Civil Liberties Nightmare

The White House's recently-unveiled 'AI Action Plan' wages war on so-called 'woke AI'-including large language models (LLMs) that provide information inconsistent with the administration's views.
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fromBoston.com
4 months ago

US government proposes easing some restrictions on drones traveling long distances

A new federal rule will simplify the process for drone operators to gain approval for out-of-sight flights.
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