Heartland Institute Podcast Questions Whether All Americans ‘Should Have the Right to Vote’
Heartland Institute, an ultra-conservative, climate-denialist, Trump-adjacent think tank, questions whether all adults should vote.
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The Licensing Revolution: Is Resistance to the End of Ownership Futile?
Increased incorporation of software into consumer products like cars means licensing is eroding privacy and ownership.
Read more...US Judge Calls Proposed Bayer Roundup Settlement a “Filthy” Deal
Bayer got a blistering dressing-down from a Federal judge over a proposed sneaky settlement but it is not clear what happens next.
Read more...Supreme Court Justices Weigh Monsanto Bid to Block Warning Lawsuits in Glyphosate Litigation
A good recap of the Monsanto glyphosate case now before the Supreme Court, including its broader implications.
Read more...Maritime Law and US Naval Power Under Stress Even Before Strait of Hormuz Standoff
The old maritime order was at best a gentleman’s agreement. What comes next?
Read more...Can I Opt Out of Having My Doctor Take Notes With AI?
What if anything you can do to prevent recording and AI transcriptions/summaries of doctor visits.
Read more...Iran War: Disaster in Iran as Multiple Aircraft Downed, Pilot Missing; Iran Pounds Israel Hard After Trump Asks for 48 Hour Ceasefire; Concerns in Military and Congress Over Purge of Reality-Grounded Officers
Today’s Iran war update: aircraft downed and at least one pilot missing in Iran follows a Saturday Night Massacre-style military purge
Read more...Will Trump’s Idiotic Iran War Spell the End of NATO?
Trump attacked on Iran with no consultation with NATO allies, doing them great harm, yet angrily demands help. Who wants an ally like that?
Read more...The Controversy Over Deep-Sea Mining, Explained
Deep-sea mining backers want metals for clean tech. Indigenous Pacific Islanders call it a threat to life, culture, and the ocean itself.
Read more...Two Verdicts in Two Days: How American Courts Are Rewriting the Rules for Big Tech and Children
Will two verdicts against tech platform operators over the danger to children lead to a tidal wave of lawsuits? That jury is out.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Modern ‘Share the Scraps’ Economy
A clinical look at the extractive behavior that all that share, erm, sharing economy talk obscures.
Read more...How the US Became an International Serial Killer
An Iran-focused update on America’s shameful, destabilizing status as global killer in chief
Read more...Concentration Camps, US Style: Dehumanization for Fun and Profit
Rebecca Gordon describes US concentration camps, um, detention centers, as money-driven vehicles for authoritarianism and abuse.
Read more...Trump FBI and IRS Team Up to Probe US Nonprofit Groups for ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Links
Trump had threatened independent voices via revoking IRS non-for-profit status. He is upping the ante with FBI and terrorism probes
Read more...Rifling Through the Evidence: Uncertainty in Firearms Analysis
Recently published studies raise basic methodology questions about the tests used to vet firearms ballistic analysts.
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