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The US is making measles great again, so treatment options are needed for the most vulnerable.

Paul Krugman: “Donald Trump’s Iran debacle is by no means the first war the United States has lost in modern times. In Vietnam and in Afghanistan, America was similarly defeated by enemies that were nominally less advanced yet implacable. The humiliating images of the last helicopter taking off from Saigon, and the chaos of the […]

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight took almost the entirety of Sunday's program to expose incredible corruption that is the Trump family's crypto business. I haven't taken the time myself to look up his World Liberty company, but the pay-to-play nature is downright criminal. ...

Yamaha may not have found runaway success with its previous electric scooters, but new design filings suggest the company isn’t giving up on battery-powered two-wheelers just yet.

Tesla has signed a long-term power purchase agreement to buy the entire output of a 140-MWac solar farm being built in northeast Texas.

The plant, called Lumen Farm, is being developed by Zelestra, an EQT-backed renewable developer. Construction is expected to start in 2027, with the farm going online in 2029.

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A devastating fire in the Hudson Valley destroyed a department's firehouse and more. Continue reading…

Since January, CARE of DC has taken in 75 stray dogs, and they're now opening up about why the numbers keep climbing. Continue reading…

Don’t use AI until you’re 40. “We have been so quick to treat access to new technology as an inevitability that we have failed to question whether every powerful tool should be placed in the hands of every developing mind the moment it becomes available.”

One of Dozens of Failed Prosecutions More than a year after arresting him, the Trump Justice Department moved Monday to...

“U.S.-backed political negotiations in Venezuela that ultimately aim to set a course for future elections will begin later this week but without the full backing of either the opposition or the ruling coalition,” Bloomberg reports. “The early lack of consensus underscores the steep challenges faced by the oil-rich South American nation that was recently hit […]

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French lawmakers have officially adopted a new sports law that replaces manual domain checks with support for automated, real-time piracy blocking. The system allows for instant blockades during live sports broadcasts, with oversight checks from regulator ARCOM being applied afterward rather than before.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

NEW: ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of Justice Department lawyers.

We found judges nominated by both parties who are frustrated that they can no longer take the government at its word.
https://www.propublica.org/article/justice-department-presumption-of-regularity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Listen, none of us are Steve Jobs. He was unique and you can’t become like him just by trying. But I was thinking the other day, as I was writing some draft posts about current events and then discarding them, that I don’t really know much about Steve’s opinion on a wide ran...

LeBron James is coming to Philadelphia, a fact anyone who lives in Philly would have learned from interacting with strangers on the street, no matter their interest in basketball. This is salient because, according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst, James will not be among the ranks...