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After a gunman opened fire at a Twin Falls, Idaho, In-N-Out with an attached Tesla Supercharger last week, EV owners flooded social media with the same suggestion: buy an EVject.

The breakaway charging connector lets you drive off while still plugged in. It sounds like an obvious fix for a horrifying scenario — but it’s a controversial device that doesn’t actually solve the problem, and it points to something Tesla and every other automaker should be building instead.

Digital identity is rapidly evolving due to AI and new authentication methods, necessitating secure access and robust management for both users and automated agents.

A 2024 High Country News-ProPublica investigation found that solar developer Avangrid continued to push for the project despite being warned of its threats to Native food supply, ceremonies and history.
https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-state-is-leaving-tribal-cultural-resources-at-mercy-of-solar-developers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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NEW: Renewable energy developer Avangrid has pulled a long-standing and controversial solar project on Washington’s Badger Mountain, a site sacred to Indigenous nations, following years of delays and tribal objections.

By @Toastie
https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-badger-mountain-solar-project-canceled-avangrid?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Trump's DOJ says citizens should no longer be able to enforce environmental laws.

Jonathan Paz’s job was to convince cities to buy Flock cameras. After initially being enthusiastic about the company, he started to get disillusioned.

Don Moynihan: “The MAGA base appears to be shrinking. This does not mean that people are rejecting the movement overall, but that they are becoming disillusioned with its leader and his lack of responsiveness to their concerns. Thomas Shull at the UnPopulist wrote about this trend.” “The key takeaway is the proportion of people who […]

“Michigan is ground zero for the Democratic Party’s ideological war,” Politico reports. “Its marquee Senate race and two of its House primaries on Tuesday — in Michigan’s 7th and 13th Districts — will provide another crucial test of whether progressives can not only keep up their winning streak in safe-blue seats but also break through […]

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DUBLIN — David Hickey was built for Gaelic football, the sport that can’t stick to sports. Hickey, who was a two-time GAA all-star and four-time All-Ireland winner as a half-forward for Dublin, used football’s biggest weekend as a platform for protests.  First, Hickey ...

“Cuba was hit by its fourth island-wide blackout in less than a month, as U.S. energy restrictions and decrepit infrastructure continue to hammer the Caribbean nation,” Bloomberg reports.