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Amazon has the lowest free delivery minimum among grocery stores
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$83 Billion Wasted: Showing Up At The Airport 3 Hours Before Your Flight Is A System Failure No One’s Trying To Fix - View from the Wing
Maybe the biggest failure in air travel is something we don’t talk about at all. How is it possible that people are being told to show up at the airport 2.5 to 3 hours before their flight, and that isn’t considered a failure of massive proportions?
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When HOAs punish residents for climate change
Homegrown efforts to redo lawns so they need less water typically don't go over well, even when local governments encourage it.
AI tool trial could save equivalent of 1.5m meals in food waste
Nestlé is among UK companies taking part in project to ‘design out’ waste by redistributing surplus product
Why the Poor Pay More - FEE
Walk into a government clinic in Lagos on a Monday morning, and you’ll see the real price of “free” healthcare. Even early in the day, the benches are already
$83 Billion Wasted: Showing Up At The Airport 3 Hours Before Your Flight Is A System Failure No One’s Trying To Fix - View from the Wing
Maybe the biggest failure in air travel is something we don’t talk about at all. How is it possible that people are being told to show up at the airport 2.5 to 3 hours before their flight, and that isn’t considered a failure of massive proportions?
The Muscle of Brussels - FEE
In a world where global power is measured by military strength, technological innovation, or cultural influence, it is striking that the European Union,
Whitmer subsidy record: Companies get $1 billion; jobs fall short of promises - Bridge Michigan
Since Gretchen Whitmer became governor, Michigan has given $995 million to companies that promised to create 65,000 jobs. They’ve produced 13,000 — a rate of $76,000 per job, a Bridge investigation finds.
How a Michigan program that gives new mothers cash could be a model for rest of US
The program aims to address the high costs of parenting with cash.
China will pay people to have kids
The government will pay families $500 per child until age three to incentivize births.
How 10 Seconds Became a Multi-Million Dollar Problem
A small security ritual adds up to a big economic burden when repeated by millions.
The fertility rate in the US has fallen to a new record low
The latest CDC figures show that births per woman in the US slumped to under 1.6 — well below replacement level....
Why aren’t people having babies?
Cutting across language, geography, and culture, one societal trend is beginning to loom larger than any other: falling birth rates....
Self-driving could make the stoplight obsolete
Streetscapes may be headed for a major makeover.
Waymo is still good at avoiding serious distraction and death after 56.7 million miles
Waymo’s latest data dump
The US fertility rate reached a new low in 2024, CDC data shows
New federal data shows the fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman.
Historical Tech Tree
Interactive visualization of technological history
Watch Global & Local Live TV Online for Free - tv.garden
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Tesla sinks after Trump threatens to have “DOGE take a good, hard, look” at Musk subsidies
Elon Musk and Donald Trump are fighting in public again....
School districts get creative, controversial to improve attendance
In 2021-2022, Michigan had one of the highest rates of chronic absenteeism in the country: 38.5%, ranking third behind Alaska and New Mexico.
California Legislature Approves $750 Million Film Tax Credit by Wide Margin
California lawmakers passed an dramatic expansion of the film tax credit from $330 million to $750 million.
California Legislators Approve $750M Funding For Film & TV Tax Credit Program
Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal to expand the funding for the program has been approved
How Tovala Scaled Its Meal Delivery Service in a Pandemic | Built In
It’s a food brand, a hardware startup, a logistics operation. In short, Tovala has to get a lot of things right at once.
Filmmakers remain diligent in their push for a Michigan film incentive
A determined group: Michigan Film Industry Association (MiFIA) is gearing up for another push to get the Multimedia Jobs Act passed into law.
Annual births fall to another record low in Japan as its population emergency deepens
The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899. The government data released Wednesday showed a 16th straight year of decline and it's faster than had been expected.
Automakers scramble to get China’s rare earths
The magnets that make EV cars work aren't getting to the US