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Explain to me again why we in Europe should be less safe in traffic so that some Euro carmakers can sell safer cars in the USA?

UvdL is apparently willing to sell Europe down the river - who will stand up for us EU citizens?
"We deserve answers from our leaders about why placating Trump is worth the deaths of more pedestrians on European roads, worth increasing global warming, worth stripping away protections for Europeans using the internet. What is the end game here?"
Washington gains veto power over EU legislation
Von der Leyen's trade war surrender deal promises to lower Europe's vehicle safety and pollution standards - just one of several legislative changes pledged to Trump.
davekeating.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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"To give a sense of the scale of the inefficiency, analysis we did in the Biden administration gave an example of Walmart’s blockchain usage that was up to 50 million times (not a typo) less efficient, in terms of compute, than a traditional database configuration."
Crytpo: There's just no legit use case for it. But, man, are these bros lobbied up.
Our looonnnggg take on why private digital currencies and the blockchain are an accident going out to happen.
econjared.substack.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Santa Monica residents go to war against Waymo
www.latimes.com/california/s... so far, Santa Monicans are prevailing…our robot car overlords can be stopped by an orange cone. Maybe laws do exist & are good for something?
Santa Monica residents go to war against Waymo, including obstructing driverless taxis
Some Santa Monica residents are protesting two new Waymo charging stations using unconventional means, including 'Stacking the Waymos.'
www.latimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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A pale horse if I ever saw one
www.barrons.com/articles/ope...
December 26, 2024 at 8:58 AM
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December 8, 2024 at 4:17 PM