Kamala Harris to propose ban on ‘price gouging’ for food, groceries

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  255 Comments  •  12 Likes  •  6 months ago

“The exact details of the campaign’s plan were not immediately clear, but Harris said she would aim to enact the ban within her first 100 days, in...”

"Not just weird, but creepy": JD Vance's stalker moves show the Trump campaign is fully out of ideas | Salon.com

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  3 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  7 months ago

“And now chasing Harris around on a tarmac like a weirdo trying to hand her an envelope containing a pair of her stolen underwear.”

Fats from thin air: Startup makes butter using CO2 and water

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  7 months ago

“Bill Gates has thrown his weight - and his money - behind a startup making a rich, fatty spread akin to butter, using just carbon dioxide and...”

AFRICAN WORKERS DOING OPENAI'S TRAINING SAY THEY'RE BEING SUBJECTED TO "MODERN DAY SLAVERY"

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  9 months ago

““Our work involves watching murder and beheadings, child abuse and rape, pornography and bestiality, often for more than 8 hours a day."”

Superfood protein pulled out of thin air massively scales up production

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  24 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  10 months ago

“It's super-sustainable, easily made and nutrient-dense. And it puts all other food production to shame. Now, the first air-protein factory is open....”

FTC Announces Special Open Commission Meeting on Rule to Ban Noncompetes | Federal Trade Commission

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  35 Comments  •  6 Likes  •  10 months ago

“Today, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced that a special Open Commission Meeting will be held virtually on Tuesday, April 23,...”

Deepfake-generating camera can undress people automatically - Fast Company

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  1 Like  •  10 months ago

“Nuca is a new deepfake camera and art project that shows how AI can undermine reality and privacy—by "nudifying" its subjects.”

PFAS Is an Almost Impossible Problem to Tackle—and It's Probably in Your Food - Inside Climate News

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  11 months ago

“That's why a watchdog group and five Texas farmers have filed a petition to take the EPA to court for allegedly failing to protect the public from...”

Pastor Under Fire For Claiming Women In Shorts Deserve To Be Assaulted

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  7 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  last year

““If you dress like that and you get raped, and I’m on the jury, he’s going to go free,” Leonard said, adding later, “I’m right, you know, because a...”

A pastor in North Carolina has apologized for remarks he made during a sermon where he said women’s clothing choices are responsible for sexual assault. During a sermon recorded last August that recently went viral, the Rev. Bobby Leonard of Bible Baptist Tabernacle in Monroe, N.C., said...

Synthetic antibody could be key to a universal antivenom

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  last year

“A universal snake-bite antivenom is within reach, with scientists making an antibody that protects against lethal strikes from a range of elapids....”