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The California Department of Motor Vehicles will not suspend Tesla’s sales and manufacturing licenses for 30 days because the EV maker has stopped using the term “Autopilot” in the marketing of its vehicles in the state.

The decision, issued late Tuesday, means Tesla can continue selling its EVs in California without interruption and officially settles a case that has been dragging on for nearly three years. California is Tesla’s biggest U.S. market.

... if Congress fails to prosecute the powerful and tear down this system today, they are not only failing to prevent the next Jeffrey Epstein from coming around, they are using federal policy to build and maintain his trafficking machine.

The winter smog is driven by a perfect storm of factors. Falling temperatures and weaker winds coincide with a spike in seasonal crop burning by farmers — compounded by already high vehicle and factory emissions, Diwali-season fireworks and construction dust. Trapped by the capital’s bowl-like geography, the pollution lingers for months.

The health impacts are severe. High concentrations of PM 2.5 raise the risk of heart attacks, cancer, respiratory diseases, strokes and dementia, local and international studies show. Almost 1.7 million deaths were attributable to air pollution in India in 2019, according to the Lancet journal. Children are particularly vulnerable, which is why the Nov. 9 protest at India Gate was organized by an advocacy group called Warrior Moms. An informal survey the group conducted across more than a dozen pharmacies recorded a substantial rise in demand for inhalers and respiratory medications in recent years, with a third of all nebulizers typically purchased for children.

There’s something disingenuous about liberal Western media rediscovering that the term “imperialism” also applies to the US. Donald Trump is no radical departure from his predecessors; he simply abandons the pretense of exporting democracy.

“They’re real, but I haven’t seen them,” Obama responded before adding that they are not being kept in Area 51.

“There’s no underground facility, unless there’s this enormous conspiracy, and they hid it from the president of the United States,” he added.

This is a real "AI" ad from the US government about the end of the mandatory use of the auto start-stop.

This is from the official Whitehouse Instagram.

Only things I can see that gives it away that the video is generated is the red car's brake lights being on while accelerating. The obvious stereotypes of bule haired lesbians vs the blonde.

Also they have no insignias on the cars but that's definitely a Prius and idk what the red car is, the red car might not exist in real life.

Spoting generated videos is going to get harder. However if it's obvious propaganda from the state then you should be suspicious.

It's impressive for generated video even though it is stupid as fuck. I won't get too in the weeds about why this is stupid as the point of the post is more about the use of AI in state sponsored propaganda.

Just to get it out of the way, here is why this is a stupid policy:

• [Auto stop helps fuel economy by 7% - 26%](https://www/. consumerreports.org/cars/fuel-economy-efficiency/does-start-stop-function-really-improve-cars-fuel-economy-a1028235974/)
• my 10+ year old car has auto stop, it can be disabled with a button, and if it needs to turn on the ac, the engine will auto start.
• Auto stop has nothing to do with the cost of cars increasing, it's the regime's terrible policies and other factors that have driven prices up.
• Hybrid cars like the Prius will use the electric engine at a stop.
• forcing car companies to change features because the US president said so will increase manufacturing costs and prices.

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After successfully recuperating tiktok, politicians are going to once again exploit pseudo-science to outlaw the "infinite scroll." Get ready for the comeback of the pager. Thanks libs!

None of the 51 campuses investigated received an 'unhostile' rating, the organisation said

Companies are taking big losses and making moves to reduce electric-vehicle capacity amid regulatory changes and cooling demand

Source: https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/detroit-automakers-take-50-billion-hit-as-ev-bubble-bursts-06a97414

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The term “legal black hole” was coined in 2003 by Lord Johan Steyn of the United Kingdom House of Lords in reference to Guantanamo Bay, a legally vacuous place, where neither U.S. laws nor international law applied. Muslim militants, some innocent bystanders, abducted from various countries, were brought there, kept in captivity, and tortured for decades. Some committed suicide, some were later released, though some are still there in detention.

Legal black holes are not just metaphors or analogies referencing celestial black holes in physics. They are as real as their celestial counterparts and share some characteristics, which are examined later in this article. However, there are significant differences between the two. A celestial black hole is a natural phenomenon, while a legal one is artificially created. Lawyers play a vital role in designing such structures, just as they draft confidential arbitration agreements or locate tax loopholes to safeguard assets.

Any place, and it does not have to be an island—although islands are ideal geographical units—where laws are effectively absent, unenforced, or operate in complete darkness is a legal black hole, an opaque structure. In the 21st century, very few places are outside the control of nation-states. Historically, such structures have been synonymous with terra nullius, a place without law. However, they also exist and thrive within modern state jurisdictions.

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... so-called electoral democracy created Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and fascism. Electoral democracy, as I have repeatedly argued, is a front for capitalism. Corporate goons select your candidates and howl with laughter as you vote for one or the other of the two handpicked psychopaths who lie to you with all the conviction of a battery powered parrot.