“Protesters clash with police as unrest rocks cities across China,” reads CNN’s headline. The Guardian calls it “the biggest wave of civil disobedience on the mainland since Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago,” noting one crowd numbered over 1,000 protesters. “Crowdsourced lists on social media claim protests have been Read more…
Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor. — Edgar R. Fiedler
“Our vision is to speed up time, eventually eliminating it.” — Alex Schure
The James Webb space telescope has revealed its latest image of celestial majesty, an ethereal hourglass of orange and blue dust being shot out from a newly forming star at its center. The colourful clouds are only visible in infrared light, so had never been seen before being captured by Read more…
The powerful lithium ion batteries used in small electric vehicles are responsible for a growing epidemic of fires. This year, there have been about 200 fires and six deaths, according to the New York City fire department. This month, an e-bike fire inside a Manhattan high-rise apartment became an inferno Read more…
“The collapse of FTX will likely give rise to a number of criminal and civil actions against the exchange and its executives, like former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried,” reports CoinDesk, citing a number of legal experts. “It’s also likely to push forward actual regulatory changes, either via lawmakers or through Read more…
California’s EV-funding proposition 30 “has suffered an unambiguous defeat. The measure would’ve increased taxes by 1.75% on income above $2 million a year (for roughly 43,000 California multimillionaires) to fund electric car rebates and combat wildfires. “In the statewide vote count as of late Wednesday, 59% rejected the proposal.” So Read more…