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Low Energy Fridays: Should we block the sun’s rays to fight climate change?
People have many ideas for addressing climate change. Proposed solutions range from the basic (plant a tree, or maybe a ...
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The Real Smokescreen is Nicotine Disinformation
The head of the American Lung Association (ALA) recently penned a letter to the editor (LTE) in the Washington Post in ...
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Semafor: Age and Access in the Social Media Era
Featuring Samuel Levine, Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Paul Rockwell, VP of Trust and Safety, Pinterest Scott ...
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Newsom’s ‘price gouging’ shtick running out of gas
One of the more useful functions on the social-media site X (formerly known as Twitter) is its community notes feature, in ...
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Elon Musk, OpenAI, Anthropic differ on California’s AI safety bill
In a letter first shared with Axios, tech advocacy coalition Chamber of Progress and other groups including the Bay Area Council, Context Fund, Engine, NetChoice, R Street Institute, Silicon Valley ...
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NYPD texts on 2020 Black Lives Matter protest are released as part of lawsuit: ‘Kick their a**’
Reacting to the messages, retired NYPD officer Jillian Snider, now an adjunct lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, told 1010 WINS, “I’m going to read that as they were looking to make ...
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‘Transparency’ Mandate Would Burden Small Brewers and Distilleries
Government pre-approval for every label could crush craft breweries. And do you really want to force the Carthusian monks who ...
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Harris Joins the FTC’s Food Fight Against Kroger-Albertsons Merger
Amid rising grocery costs, the FTC’s fight against the merger may end up hurting the very consumers it’s supposed to protect.
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Homes or harvest: Legislature mulls housing, farmland crises
The Georgia General Assembly is mulling options to preserve the state’s critical farmland, but in doing so, they may have to ...
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R Street Responds: Aii Report Does Not Rebuke the Merits of Electric Transmission Competition
Report: Benjamin Dierker, “Building New Critical Infrastructure: No Time to Waste,” Alliance for Innovation and ...
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The Labor Department’s Tipped Wage Rule, Chevron, and the Future of Tipping Policy
This piece is responding to breaking news and may be updated. Please contact [email protected] to speak with the author. DOL’s ...
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NYPD texted one another to ‘Kick their a—’ before mass arrests at Black Lives Matter protest
Jillian Snider, a retired NYPD officer who now teaches at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the 2020 demonstrations were especially emotional for police because protesters were ...