On 5 February 2023, fifty cars of a train derailed in East Palestine, an Ohio town near the border of Pennsylvania. The train cars contained, among other things, vinyl chloride, a substance that raises the risk of developing several types of cancers. The derailment caused an enormous fire that required the evacuation of a three-square …
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On 27 March, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law one of the strongest right-to-repair laws in the US. Similar to other bills that have passed in recent years in California and Minnesota, the law requires electronics manufacturers to give both consumers and independent electronics repair shops access to the diagnostic data needed to repair …
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice announced that it was filing a lawsuit against Apple over the tech company’s monopolistic practices. Among these monopolistic practices are making it difficult for iPhone users to switch to other brands of smartphones and limiting the ability of competitors to build rival software. Previously, the EU has filed …
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In May of 2022, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against Joe Biden, Anthony Fauci, Jen Psaki, several other high-ranking individuals in the current administration, the CDC, and the NIH. The AG’s claim is that there was collusion between the government and big tech to bring about censorship, that officials in the Biden …
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Last week, the House of Representatives voted 352-65 on a bill that could ban TikTok in the US. This bill has been advanced under the guise of national security, when in fact the law represents a serious threat to freedom of speech. If the bill ends up passing the Senate, ByteDance, the Chinese-owned parent company …
This spring, the company Beyond Meat is going to release a new version of its Beyond Burger and Beyond Beef. This move is an attempt to increase sales in the US, as revenue from plant-based meat sales has not increased as much as expected. The new version of these Beyond products will include avocado oil, …
Jellyfish lack hearts, and have two nervous systems instead of a centralized brain (although they still have a rudimentary memory despite the lack of a central brain). Many species have no eyes, and must digest their food very quickly so that they can maintain their flotation. Certain types of jellyfish are bioluminescent, and others are …
The Panama Canal is a well-known corridor through central American that allows the cheap transportation of goods from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. Opened back in 1914 and preceded by the Panama Canal Railway in the 1800s, this water channel through a narrow strip of central America is key to delivering goods for the global …
From 20-21 February, a High Court in the UK will decide whether Julian Assange will be extradited to the United States. A UK court decided to extradite him back in 2022, and Assange’s lawyers have been fighting the decision up until now. The court decision this upcoming week will decide Assange’s fate. This case is …
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In November of 2023, Maine residents were asked to cast their votes on a ballot measure that read as follows: “Do you want to require vehicle manufacturers to standardize on-board diagnostic systems and provide remote access to those systems and mechanical data to owners and independent repair facilities?” This question means that automakers must make …
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