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Indicted New York City mayor adopts familiar defense: He was targeted for his politics
  • As common a tactic as it is, it's not actually a denial of the allegations.
    It's an accusation of "Everyone does it, but they're targeting me! Not fair!"

  • Michigan man charged with assaulting postal carrier over Kamala Harris flyer
  • It certainly is; Otherwise that derogatory comment itself would be illegal.

  • Stop drinking bottled water: Experts warn of health and climate impacts
  • I think you may have an unworkable concept of what "solving" the plastic problem means, when you can't tell the difference between a film and a bottle. Both of which have largely phased out BPA already.

  • Nancy Pelosi’s husband sold Visa shares 2 months before a DOJ lawsuit — some say the trade shouldn't have been allowed
  • They were both started in Feb 2023. So there isn't a long track record to go by.

    In the last 12 months.
    NANC has gained 40%.
    KRUZ has gained 27%.
    VTSAX has gained 33.8%. (Vanguard total stock index)

    They both have expense ratios of 0.75%.
    VTSAX is 0.04%.
    So you loose nearly 1% each year in management fees. That's a lot.

  • 'Megalopolis' is a piece of s—t
  • I'm absolutely all in. Rebel Moon is great.

  • Stop drinking bottled water: Experts warn of health and climate impacts
  • That's a temporary problem. One solved by the renewable energy transition already underway.

  • Stop drinking bottled water: Experts warn of health and climate impacts
  • It's not. It's a thin plastic film. One that doesn't get into the environment at nearly the rate, since the aluminum is actually worth recycling.

  • Stop drinking bottled water: Experts warn of health and climate impacts
  • It does seem that way.
    I guess I'm not sure what problem you're talking about.

  • Stop drinking bottled water: Experts warn of health and climate impacts
  • Yah, that's not how they are recycled. That gets burned off by the temps required to melt the aluminum.

  • LAPD raid goes from bad to farce after gun allegedly sucked onto MRI machine
  • Liquid helium is -269 °C. There is no risk of confusing it with what's in balloons.

  • Stop drinking bottled water: Experts warn of health and climate impacts
  • Not sure what you mean by dissolving. As far as so know aluminum gets melted down. Any plastic, inks, or other impurities get burned off generally.

  • Stop drinking bottled water: Experts warn of health and climate impacts
  • Cans.
    Cans are actually recyclable containers, that fix most of the environmental problems of plastic bottles.

    They've had resealable "bottle like" cans for a decade or more already.

    Fountain drinks can use the same CO2 they already have, to pressurize cans of concentrate to pump the syrup to the fountain head.

  • LAPD raid goes from bad to farce after gun allegedly sucked onto MRI machine
  • True. I don't know how much that is. But liquid helium shouldn't be "medical grade" really. It's just a coolant for the superconducting magnets, same as any industrial use.

  • Read the indictment: NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with bribery, fraud, foreign donations
  • Who would've thought the guy who gave us a tour of "his" apartment, he'd clearly never been to before, has a history of fraud?

  • LAPD raid goes from bad to farce after gun allegedly sucked onto MRI machine
  • I'm just an XRay tech. But I would expect at least one whole day, for a pair of engineers to get it running again and re-certified. $20-50K for their time, plus missed revenue from the lost day. Best case could total $100K easy. Way more, if the damage is more than cosmetic.

  • At Climate Forward Event, World Leaders and Scientists Discuss Our Warming Planet
  • Not sure what he's talking about.
    Just describing what's in it, does all the "branding".
    What could they have done to rebrand what it literally says?

  • Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory empire Infowars will be sold for parts to help pay Sandy Hook families
  • I Do! I'd spend hundreds for it.

    Could do all sorts of things with it!
    Accept donations for all the groups Inforwars insulted or hurt in any way.
    For yucks, put up a poll for how terrible a person Alex Jones is.
    Add a form for recommendations on other fun things to with the site.

  • California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores.
  • It seems easy to argue liter is part of environmental concerns and policy. Environment is a very flexible term.

  • California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores.
  • Think like what? Think this is just one small pice. Small enough that it almost doesn't matter, and shouldn't take any energy or news inches from the larger problem of plastic packaging? Because honestly, it sounds like we're on the same page there.

    Also plastics aren't much of a climate issue. They're part of a more broad environmental issue.

  • Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleges “invasion” of land on US/Mexico border
    arstechnica.com Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleges “invasion” of land on US/Mexico border

    Lawsuit: SpaceX took over "pristine" land CAH bought to stop Trump border wall.

    Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleges “invasion” of land on US/Mexico border

    Kagi AI summery: Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing SpaceX for allegedly taking over a plot of land on the US/Mexico border that CAH purchased in 2017 to prevent the construction of Trump's border wall. CAH claims it maintained the land but SpaceX later moved construction equipment and materials onto the property without permission. The lawsuit seeks up to $15 million in damages to restore the land and cover losses, and also requests punitive damages. CAH says SpaceX never asked for permission to use the property and never apologized for the damage. The lawsuit includes before and after photos purporting to show SpaceX's use of the land.

    And CAH's website all about it

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    Dawn of a new era in Search: Balancing innovation, competition, and public good | Kagi Blog

    Kagi AI Summary: The document discusses the recent court ruling that Google's search business is a monopoly. It explains Google's search architecture, including the search index, search engine, and advertising business, and how this has created a powerful self-reinforcing cycle. While Google has innovated and provided valuable services, the document argues the ad-based model has led to misaligned incentives and harm to users through biased and low-quality search results. To address this, the document proposes treating Google's search index as an essential facility, allowing fair access and enabling more diverse search experiences and business models. This could foster innovation, competition, and better outcomes for consumers without attacking Google's core business.

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