More that peoples' movement data isn't worth much, so it wouldn't be a big deal to impose legal requirements on keeping it private.
This is timely in light of JD Vance's comments about wanting to surveil the body of every woman in America. I just dropped a new investigation into car companies selling off your private location data to shady data brokers. The case for federal privacy legislation has never been stronger.
Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say | Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.
Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.
![Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/83558caa-b2ff-461a-a6c4-9b83d91838ce.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say | Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.
Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.
![Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cb9916a8-1af4-4f0b-9723-c4cc584e6518.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and toothpicks.
![He Wrote a Story About Joy, Then Built a Tiny World to Match](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/74ab14b8-8d39-4430-96e6-7ad1b7d3c4cc.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The trend of “underconsumption core” romanticizes buying and using only what you need. Yes, being normal is now trending. Experts say it’s a response to a period of economic hardship.
![Tired of Influencers, TikTok Users Try ‘Underconsumption Core’ to Cut Costs](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d3721f34-971c-4633-a7fe-ab5e8aa54265.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance advocated for higher taxes on Americans without children in a 2021 interview unearthed by ABC News.
![Vance argued for higher tax rate on childless Americans in 2021 interview](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/908a13fb-170d-499a-9b26-162d945288f5.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
I don't think it was that, but it was unclear whether he had been grazed by a bullet or hit by a piece of shrapnel generated when a bullet hit an object near him, and the campaign was far from transparent about it
An absence of medical records or official accounts has stirred confusion, but a Times video and trajectory analysis indicates a bullet, not debris, wounded the former president.
![Speculation Swirls About What Hit Trump. An Analysis Suggests It was a Bullet](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c814f3aa-6160-406b-b2f4-669ea16501a7.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
This is a response to a Talking Points Memo series on the lack of transparency from the Trump campaign
Zoning has been a state policy thing in the US, not a federal one, so not likely to be a Presidential campaign issue
The Global Temperature Just Went Bump | We’re just sticking a toe into the climatic realm of the last interglacial period, not living in it—yet.
We’re just sticking a toe into the climatic realm of the last interglacial period, not living in it—yet.
![The Global Temperature Just Went Bump](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6cf8bfd4-0b44-4a3b-a916-6a0f9621e104.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The Climate Is Changing. The Olympics Need to Change, Too.
Organizers must reduce the event’s carbon footprint.
![Opinion | The Climate Is Changing. The Olympics Need to Change, Too.](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/48b83bf4-0ef5-49c5-8d85-d8c719adc9f6.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The Climate Is Changing. The Olympics Need to Change, Too.
Organizers must reduce the event’s carbon footprint.
![Opinion | The Climate Is Changing. The Olympics Need to Change, Too.](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/56dfa800-c36f-4ed1-a1c3-b4257b33b29e.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
At least three high-speed links to Paris were disrupted, causing widespread delays affecting about 800,000 travelers, the French national rail company said.
![Olympics Live Updates: Arson Attack Incites Travel Chaos Ahead of Opening Ceremony](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a5d5dfa7-486d-4f70-bb14-71240e2f69c9.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
In a survey taken after President Biden stepped aside, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are locked in a tight race separated by a single percentage point among likely voters.
![Harris Narrows Gap Against Trump, Times/Siena Poll Finds](https://slrpnk.net/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic01.nyt.com%2Fimages%2F2024%2F07%2F25%2Fmultimedia%2F2024-07-23-national-poll-index%2F2024-07-23-national-poll-index-facebookJumbo-v7.png&format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The "extortion scheme" that got somebody's quote removed from the article was putting a severed finger in food.
Earth’s Hottest Days Ever | Twice this week, global temperatures broke records, but scientists are more concerned about a longer-term pattern of hotter weather.
Twice this week, global temperatures broke records, but scientists are more concerned about a longer-term pattern of hotter weather.
![Earth’s Hottest Days Ever](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/268e42ff-26b5-4dd1-9220-5cc0ffa5b4b2.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Earth’s Hottest Days Ever | Twice this week, global temperatures broke records, but scientists are more concerned about a longer-term pattern of hotter weather.
Twice this week, global temperatures broke records, but scientists are more concerned about a longer-term pattern of hotter weather.
![Earth’s Hottest Days Ever](https://slrpnk.net/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic01.nyt.com%2Fimages%2F2024%2F07%2F25%2Fmultimedia%2F25cli-newsletter-hqjw%2F25cli-newsletter-hqjw-facebookJumbo.jpg&format=webp&thumbnail=256)
A Test for Harris: How to Talk About the Green New Deal: In the Senate, Kamala Harris backed an expansive climate plan. Young activists want her to embrace it again, but so do Republicans.
In the Senate, Kamala Harris backed an expansive climate plan. Young activists want her to embrace it again, but so do Republicans.
![A Test for Harris: How to Talk About the Green New Deal](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d5a5b6a2-3450-46e1-aedb-0ba124941858.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
A Test for Harris: How to Talk About the Green New Deal: In the Senate, Kamala Harris backed an expansive climate plan. Young activists want her to embrace it again, but so do Republicans.
In the Senate, Kamala Harris backed an expansive climate plan. Young activists want her to embrace it again, but so do Republicans.
![A Test for Harris: How to Talk About the Green New Deal](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f27aafe9-05d2-4d6d-ac03-a2b1fc20f4c6.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
A Test for Harris: How to Talk About the Green New Deal: In the Senate, Kamala Harris backed an expansive climate plan. Young activists want her to embrace it again, but so do Republicans.
In the Senate, Kamala Harris backed an expansive climate plan. Young activists want her to embrace it again, but so do Republicans.
![A Test for Harris: How to Talk About the Green New Deal](https://slrpnk.net/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic01.nyt.com%2Fimages%2F2024%2F07%2F26%2Fmultimedia%2F26cli-harris-greennewdeal-01-zvhg%2F26cli-harris-greennewdeal-01-zvhg-facebookJumbo.jpg&format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The Great Salt Lake isn’t just drying out. It’s warming the planet. The Great Salt Lake released 4.1 million tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in 2020, researchers found
The Great Salt Lake released 4.1 million tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in 2020, researchers found — more evidence that dried-out lakes are a significant source of emissions.
Archived copies of the article: ghostarchive.org archive.today
High temperatures, droughts and wildfire last year caused some forests to wilt and burn enough to degrade the ability of the land to lock away carbon dioxide.
![Extreme heat is wilting and burning forests, making it harder to curb climate change](https://slrpnk.net/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-apps%2Fimrs.php%3Fsrc%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FFXMNIHGCL7SJVJLTRMWZ3OH2GY_size-normalized.jpg%26w%3D1440&format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Archived copies of the article: archive.today ghostarchive.org
This meme with Donald Trump’s VP candidate has gotten out of hand.
![JD Vance couch memes and the Associated Press fact check, explained](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7a9df87b-ec66-478b-ac65-11e296057e4c.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
I suspect that the primary concern is whether a VP can bring a few more voters along in a swing state.
Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50m for damage to Amazon | Brazil court freezes assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay climate compensation for illegal deforestation
Brazil court freezes assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay climate compensation for illegal deforestation
![Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50m for damage to Amazon](https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/66c47d3c-8fff-46ed-b18f-89c606f43f85.avif?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
In much of the western US, subterranean termites will eat buried wood.
Unusual events are just a lot more likely to be captured by cameras. This particular basin erupted several times between 2006 and 2012
There is a history channel, but they tend to be focused on stuff like racist conspiracy theories claiming that the people who actually lived in various places long ago didn't do what they actually did, but that it was extraterrestrials instead.
Netflix did a decent documentary on the rise of Hitler recently.
They need peoples' votes. Get even fairly modest numbers of people organized, and they pay attention.
One American has been very interested:
Last April, perhaps in a surge of Czech nationalism, Ivana Trump told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that from time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler's collected speeches, My New Order, which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed.
Which means that it takes bottom-up organizing to force politicians to address climate.
Basically:
- Canada has a lot of boreal forest
- The scale of fires in boreal forests have increased sharply due to higher temperatures (including indirect effects, such as by enabling bark beetles to survive the winter)
You can always donate more
Kennedy. Got busted with heroin a while back.
Nobody cares because he owned up to having a worm eat part of his brain, and that's a lot worse
The crazy part is that there are two men running who fit the description
They apparently set up a checkpoint and asked people if they were Jewish, presumably to beat up or kill those who acknowledged their religion
I look at a graph of gasoline prices for WA state, and a national one:
and it looks like somewhere around a $0.10/gallon higher premium on WA state gasoline as compared with the country as a whole. That's a pretty negligible effect.
Yes, Curtis Yarvin, writing under the pen name Mencius Moldbug
Pretty much
The average donation was about $91.
I'd say that it's a broad swath of the middle class kicking in.