“They’re being treated very badly in the Republican areas. They’re not getting water, they’re not getting anything.” Elsewhere, he declared that “Kamala spent all her FEMA money, billions of dollars, on housing for” — you guessed it — “illegal migrants.” These allegations of a politically motivated emergency response are false, but they have discouraged people in need of aid from going to the agency for help. (And, as it turns out, Politico reports, it was Mr. Trump who as president hesitated to give disaster relief to blue parts of the country.)
Elon Musk's conduct played a role in a California commission denying a proposal to increase Falcon 9 launches in the state from 36 to 50 this year.
“Right now, Elon Musk is hopping about the country, spewing and tweeting political falsehoods and attacking FEMA while claiming his desire to help the hurricane victims with free Starlink access to the internet,”
But in true Musk style, he skipped over expectations of how a two-seater robotaxi would serve the needs of families headed to a restaurant or to the airport, or if he expected these to appeal only to a niche clientele.
Investors jeered the design and the lack of financial detail, with Tesla stocks tumbling 9% on Wall Street on Friday.
"When you think of a cab, you think of something that's going to carry more than two people," said Jonathan Elfalan, vehicle testing director for the automotive website Edmunds.com. "Making this a two-seat-only car is very perplexing."
The Optimus robot "can be a teacher or babysit your kids," Musk promised, which strikes me as a terrible idea even if it's true.
Americans are divided not just by political beliefs but by whether they believe in a shared reality—or desire one at all.
A majority of residents in most states say that abortion should be legal; in no state do more than 16% of Americans support a ban on abortion.
A judge agreed with Musk's lawyers that some of Musk's statements regarding self-driving Teslas amount to “corporate puffery"
In a mind-numbing statement, Musk’s lawyers argue that his claims about Tesla Autopilot safety were “vague statements of corporate optimism are not objectively verifiable.”
The lawyers even argued, successfully, that “no reasonable investor would rely” on many of the alleged misleading statements because they are “mere puffing.”
40% caloric restriction had the strongest lifespan extension effect but led to a loss of lean mass and changes in the immune repertoire that could confer susceptibility to infections. Intermittent fasting did not extend the lifespan of mice with high pre-intervention body weight, and two-day intermittent fasting was associated with disruption of erythroid cell populations.
Surpassing 1.5°C of warming can be undone at a later date – using tech, land and resources that don’t exist.
De facto, what they said was this: staying below a temperature limit is the same as first crossing it and then, a few decades hence, using methods of removing carbon from the atmosphere to dial temperatures back down again.
From some corners of the scientific literature came the assertion that this was nothing more than fantasy. A new study published in Nature has now confirmed this critique. It found that humanity’s ability to restore Earth’s temperature below 1.5°C of warming, after overshooting it, cannot be guaranteed. Many impacts of climate change are essentially irreversible. Those that are might take decades to undo, well beyond the relevant horizon for climate politics. For policy makers of the future, it matters little that temperatures might eventually fall back again; the impacts they will need to plan for are those of the overshoot period itself.
Brazil's Supreme Court is allowing Elon Musk's X to resume operations, apparently ending a months-long battle after the social network paid over $5 million in fines and reluctantly agreed to suspend accounts accused of spreading disinformation.
The court yesterday issued a press release announcing the reinstatement, saying that X has complied with all the orders it previously defied.
Chief Justice Roberts responded to the “momentous trio of Jan. 6-related cases…by deploying his authority to steer rulings that benefited Mr. Trump, according to a New York Times examination that uncovered extensive new information about the court’s decision making.”
In short, the Chief Justice used his powers to intervene and craft an opinion that some experts have said creates new law—certainly nothing that is found in the U.S. Constitution.
“There’s no legal authority for it,” remarked CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen back in December.
“The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world. When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military dissenting coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune. Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today.”
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The committee of experts noted that commemorations deemed to be of national significance “must derive directly from events or persons of ongoing significance to Canadian history and Canadian society.
“Members felt that when evaluated against the policy criteria, the proposed theme is not sufficiently a Canadian story,” the minutes state.
“The primary events did not occur on Canadian soil and the subjects only became Canadians subsequent to these events. The topic is therefore not seen as a central theme in Canadian history.”
Unlike Nazi leaders, he says, no communist leaders have been prosecuted for their crimes
The Memorial to the Victims of Communism has already been the focus of multiple controversies over its exact purpose, location, size and cost over the last 15 years. The price tag for the project has ballooned to an estimated $7.5 million — including $6 million in public funds — from an original budget of $1.5 million that was supposed to be funded entirely through private donations from Tribute to Liberty.
Analysis of Trump's Tax Proposals (2024):
- Tax cuts for top 5%, increases for others
- Richest 1% get ~$36,300 cut, middle 20% face ~$1,500 hike
- Key proposals: Extend 2017 tax cuts, exempt certain incomes, cut corporate tax, repeal green energy credits, impose new tariffs
- Tariffs would offset tax cuts for most income groups
- Working-class families face highest increases as % of income
- Corporate tax cuts benefit high-income and white households most
- Proposed tariffs expected to significantly disrupt economy and raise consumer prices
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US government study finds association between high levels of fluoride exposure and potential neurological risk