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Hazardous Canadian wildfire smoke choking millions in US #Canada

Hazardous Canadian wildfire smoke choking millions in US
The Manhattan skyline was obscured by thick haze, and Chicago closed its beaches Thursday as out-of-control Canadian wildfires raged, sending smoke spewing into the United States and exposing millions of people to dangerously unhealthy air.

Customer engagement service MoEngage acquires Aampe, whose AI agents help brands personalize messaging, for "tens of millions", per a source; Aampe raised ~$28M (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/23/indias-mo…

India's MoEngage bets that the future of marketing is millions of AI agents | TechCrunch
The all-cash deal gives MoEngage access to technology that assigns AI agents to individual customers.

"Bangladesh mandates solar charging for millions of electric rickshaws"
#Bangladesh #SolarPower #Vehicles

Bangladesh mandates solar charging for millions of electric rickshaws - pv magazine Global
Bangladesh plans to require millions of battery-powered auto-rickshaws to use solar-powered charging stations as a condition of registration, aiming to reduce pressure on the electricity grid. Industry representatives say the policy could spur investment in solar charging infrastructure, create jobs and expand renewable energy, while urging the government to include net metering.

Millions lose food stamps under Trump cuts. Arizona is hardest hit (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/millions-lose-food-stamps-under-trump-cuts-arizona-is-hardest-hit-2026-06-24/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260624/p84#a260624p84

“The El Nino has blossomed. It is off the charts. Usual measures of El Nino have blown past prior record levels in the period with good data, even though maximum effects are still several months in the future”
https://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2026/The.Bi…

Americans are neither as hostile to socialism as they once were
nor as positive toward capitalism as they have been in the past.
More important than polling, however, is the fact that for many Americans the “communist threat” is a total abstraction.
There are tens of millions of voters (
who were young children when the Soviet Union fell.
There are millions more who weren’t yet born.
For these Americans, communism is as much a concern as the missile gap …

Image of Capitalism Slips to 54% in U.S.
Fifty-four percent of Americans, down from 60% in 2021, have a positive opinion of capitalism, while a steady 39% view socialism positively.

Tagebau #Hambach: OVG weist #BUND-Klage gegen Enteignung ab

Der Verband kündigt weitere rechtliche Prüfung an
Gericht bestätigt Grundabtretungsbeschluss
BUND hinterfragt Enteignungszweck
Höchstrichterliche Überprüfung geboten

At a liquor store, bar, or casino, getting carded is part of the cost of entry.
Now the internet is carding people, too
—and the companies doing the carding are cashing in.
New laws and platform rules are pushing games, social platforms, AIproducts, and adult sites to replace birthday boxes
(the fields where you enter your DOB)
with identity checks.
What was once a compliance tool for sellers in age-restricted industries is becoming infrastructure for the i…

The Internet Is Starting to Card Everyone. These Startups Are Making Millions From It
Age-verification systems are increasingly sophisticated. They're lucrative for the businesses creating them, too.

A Google study using millions of de-identified AI interactions finds AI is helping workers, not replacing them, and much AI use is "shallow" for certain tasks (Justin Lahart/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/te…

Alex Bores, a NY congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over AI regulation involving millions in AI PAC spending, was defeated by Micah Lasher (Ben Kamisar/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-electi…

New York Democrat Micah Lasher wins House primary that drew big spending from AI groups
NBC News projects that Lasher, who was backed by retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler, emerged from a crowded field in the Manhattan-based 12th District.