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Map Shows How Gun Deaths of Children Have Increased in States with Loose Firearm Laws
"Gun violence is the leading cause of death of children in the U.S.—and states with loose gun control laws bear the heaviest burden." … more »
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Britannica
“I Was Born at the End of World War II…This Is the Worst Time That I Can Ever Remember”
"Rather than dealing with the top down, we have to start from the bottom up." … more »
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Marin Post
“We’ve Been Sold a Story That Isn’t Remotely True”
“A metastasizing swath of media is controlled by private-equity vultures and capricious billionaires and other people who genuinely believe that they are rich because they are smart and that they are smart because they are rich, and that anyone less rich is by definition less smart.” … more »
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Science News for Students.org
Trump’s EPA announces major rollbacks to power plant pollution limits
"More than 200 health experts say regulatory proposals will lead to biggest increase in pollution in decades. … more »
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Wired
You're Not Ready
"In the very near future, victory will belong to the savvy blackhat hackers who uses AI to generate code at scale." … more »
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Gina Ferazzi.LA Times
Jobs at the Port of Los Angeles are down by half
“The drop in cargo volume caused by Trump’s tariffs will mean empty shelves when products don’t reach our stores, rising prices on everything from groceries to clothes to cars, and undoubtedly, more Americans out of work,” … more »
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LA Times
‘Leave now’: Immigration lawyers have some advice for Elon Musk
"Although Musk, a South African national, is a naturalized U.S. citizen, The Washington Post reported in October that he worked illegally at his first startup in 1995, obtaining a student visa to enter a graduate degree program at Stanford University but never enrolling in courses." … more »
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Fox 5
Food additive titanium dioxide likely has more toxic effects than thought
Titanium dioxide in 11,000 US foods, "may throw off the body’s endocrine system by disrupting hormonal response to food and dysregulating blood sugar levels, which can lead to diabetes, obesity and other health problems." … more »
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McCarthy
‘Tastes like water’: how a US facility is recycling sewage to drink
"Some places are looking to the oceans for drinking water, but wastewater is more cost-effective as a source of water, Bilodeau says, because there are fewer salts in wastewater than sea water. That makes the energy costs of cleaning the water about half of what it would be to desalinate." … more »
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East Bay Parks.org
California freshwater fish found to be teeming with parasites
"More than 90% of popular freshwater fish in Southern California are carrying human-infecting parasites, researchers say. This poses a significant danger for those who like to eat freshly caught freshwater fish." … more »