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The Roadless Rule already allows fuel reduction: rescinding it could expand access for roads, drilling and…
The Tongass is a temperate rainforest, not a dry inland forest with the Sierra Nevada’s fire regime.
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Trump aid deal requires Uganda to give U.S. contractors logins to national health data…
A permitted login can matter as much as a promised output format.
Psychology
People who replay conversations for hours afterward often aren’t overthinking —…
What is happening in the hours after an ordinary conversation is not an intellectual exercise.
Psychology
People who over-explain simple decisions often aren’t insecure — they grew up in…
There is a particular kind of adult who cannot answer a simple question without first building a small case for the answer.
Analysis
Vance refers 150 hospitals to DOJ over trans-care billing codes providers have…
Vice President JD Vance has referred roughly 150 healthcare organizations to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation.
News
Chesapeake, Virginia just pulled data centers off the by-right track entirely, forcing…
Councilwoman Amanda Newins proposed the amendment from the dais.
Analysis
The real U.S.-China AI contest is diffusion, not superintelligence — and China is…
Start with the price sheet, because that is where the contest is actually being settled.
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Volusia County, Florida is moving from a six-month data center pause to a permanent…
The County Council had already directed staff to draft a six-month moratorium on AI data centers.
Analysis
Stanford model projects hundreds of thousands of deaths if U.S. childhood vaccines lose…
The United States has a measles problem again, and it is the direct result of policy choices being made in Washington right now.
Analysis
The Iran cease-fire collapsed in three weeks, and Trump, Vance and CENTCOM still…
The evidence from the Iran conflict points to a less orderly picture.
News
Memphis will decide Tuesday whether to pause new data center approvals at the same…
The two votes, stacked on the same agenda, capture the bind Memphis is in.
News
Hill County just became the first Texas county to ban data centers, and 23 days later a…
The ban ended after a developer sued for $100 million.
News
Mount Vernon, Washington just passed a six-month data center moratorium on a 6-1 vote…
The measure does not prohibit an existing development or stop construction already underway.
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The child ban that checks every adult's ID
The idea follows a global pattern accelerating through 2026.
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Baltimore Gas and Electric is asking Maryland regulators for a $156 million rate hike…
The request, filed with the Public Service Commission in July, will not get a final decision until early 2027.
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East Lansing, Michigan just extended its data center moratorium with no project on the…
East Lansing is not currently reviewing any data center proposals.