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ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th

ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th

This Vulcan launch will be the first to utilize a full complement of six solid rocket boosters.

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‘A Mac for the iPad Generation’ ↦

At MacStories, Federico Viticci processes his feelings regarding Apple’s new MacBook Pro1, which has a touchscreen:

Steve Jobs was right about many things, but I’ve long disagreed with his take on the “terrible” ergonomics of touchscreen laptops.

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The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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Rep. Chris DeLuzio sounds the alarm: Hegseth has got to go

Thank you to everyone who tuned into today’s conversation with Rep.

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As US ties fray, Europe plans first undersea cable link to Greenland

As US ties fray, Europe plans first undersea cable link to Greenland

Europe's Pan-Arctic Cable will bypass US to link Canada, Japan, and South Korea.

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Feds Are Spying on Us Even More Than We Thought

Feds Are Spying on Us Even More Than We Thought

Plus Tafoya had a bad take in 2023, Sisyphus lease woes, and a fourth floor ice rink in todays Flyover news roundup.

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Dutch startup Elysian says electric flight may be closer than you think

They day you get to book an all-electric flight may be closer than you think if Dutch startup Elysian Aircraft gets its way. Their new E9X commercial airliner promises flights that are a whole lot quieter, and at prices that are whole lot less dependent on dumb oil wars.

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Peptide peddlers cheer as RFK Jr. unilaterally grants access, overruling FDA

Peptide peddlers cheer as RFK Jr. unilaterally grants access, overruling FDA

Six unproven peptides popular with MAHA now under "enforcement discretion policy."

Techdirt
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The Metric Is Not The Mission: The Full Paper

Over the last few months, we’ve been running the wonderful ten part series on “The Metric is Not the Mission” by Konstantinos Komaitis. It’s a deep exploration of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to increasingly shaping it around its own metrics, incentives and assumptions. The resulting series explores how […]

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Can You Use AI To Make Good Art? — With Fred Graver

Subscribe to Every (free for 14 days): https://every.to/youtube-every-offer Can AI create good art?  Fred Graver thinks the answer depends on you. The Emmy Award–winning writer, producer, and founder of AI Writer’s Studio says AI can help with many parts of the creative ...

The City Reporter
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Queens Leaders Urge Mamdani to Acquire African Burial Ground to Turn Into Memorial

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards holds a press conference near an Elmhurst parking lot where an African burial ground was discovered

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. this week sent letters to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and two government agencies demanding they intervene to transform a parking lot built on top of an African burial ground into a respectful memorial commemorating the sacred ground. Richards, joined by eight Queens elected officials, asked Mamdani and the city to […]

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Bolsonaro’s treason backfired: a warning for Trump and Big Tech

Bolsonaro’s treason backfired: a warning for Trump and Big Tech

Brazil showed Americans we don't have to live like this.

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Sistine Chapel Ceiling: Sibyl Erithraea, 1512 #michelangelo #highrenaissance

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🚨 PSA FOR NORTH CAROLINA VOTERS 🚨

Roughly 4,400 mail ballots had been flagged for problems. While 742 had been fixed, 3,672 remained at risk of not counting.

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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ended the Illegal and Discriminatory Practices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

ENDING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION PRACTICES: In 21 months back in office, President Donald J. Trump has removed wasteful and unmeritocratic DEI programs from government, education, and the private sector. President Trump promised it and delivered – DEI is dead. HOLDING EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNTABLE ENSURING A MERIT-BASED PRIVATE SECTOR CUTTING WASTEFUL DEI FUNDING AND ACTIVITIES REINSTITUTING MERIT […]

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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Adjusts Imports of Robotics, Industrial Machinery, and their Parts and Components into the United States

STRENGTHENING AMERICAN INDUSTRY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) to address the threatened impairment of national security with respect to imports of robotics, industrial machinery, and their parts and components. ADDRESSING THE THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY: President Trump recognizes that robotics, industrial […]

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ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF ROBOTICS, INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY, AND THEIR PARTS AND COMPONENTS INTO THE UNITED STATES

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1.  Within the past 90 days, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effects of imports of robotics and industrial machinery, as well as their parts and components (together, components), on the national security of the […]

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No bikes seized, but questions remain over 11th Street enforcement

Reporting and photos by Stacie Joy  An anticipated enforcement action targeting improperly parked delivery bikes on 11th Street near First Avenue ended this morning without any confiscations after NYPD officials inspected the block and determined that conditions did n...

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Trump Is Laughing At How Poor You Are

Take My Bribe, Poors As frequent readers of Where Things Stand and therefore TPM you don’t really need another rundown...

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November 8, 2018: Roger Marshall, who sits on the committee that oversees the FDA, purchases $250,000 of stock in Ionics Life Sciences

November 16, 2018: The FDA approves a new cancer medication from a subsidiary of Ionics Life Sciences

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Used EVs are suddenly hot sellers — Here are the top SUVs for under $25,000

Don’t want to pay full price? Used EVs with low miles, like the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and Ford Mustang Mach-E, are selling on the secondhand market for $25,000 or less.

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