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In the USA there's now bipartisan acceptance that "steaks cost almost 17% more than a year ago" ,[1] 60 % of shoppers buy less beef,[2] 37 % consider plant-based substitutes[3] but not clear how many would simply increase e.g. pulses or go fully #vegan. Prices of lentils are down[4] and production of pulses is expected to go up.[5]
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'We have a right to do this': DeSantis wants Florida to move ahead with AI policies (Andrew Atterbury/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/15/we-have-a-right-to-do-this-desantis-wants-florida-to-move-ahead-with-ai-policies-00690680
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p117#a251215p117

"IEA: Fossil-fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless ‘stated policies’ are abandoned"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange

IEA: Fossil-fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless ‘stated policies’ are abandoned - Carbon Brief
The world’s fossil-fuel use is still on track to peak before 2030, despite a surge...

The Liberty Justice Center
is the litigation arm of the
right-wing Illinois Policy Institute.
It has aggressively backed legal attacks on labor unions
(including the landmark Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court case),
attacked gun safety measures,
and promoted policies that undermine public schools, such as taxpayer-funded vouchers.

The Liberty Justice Center received $1 million in 2021 from the Marcus Foundation,
a charitable giving nonprofit run b…

Liberty Justice Center | Supreme Transparency
The Liberty Justice Center is the litigation arm of the right-wing Illinois Policy Institute. It has aggressively backed legal attacks on labor unions (including the landmark Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court case), attacked gun safety measures, and promoted policies that undermine public schools, such as taxpayer-funded vouchers.

‘The car belongs in Berlin’: city backpedaling on bike-friendly policies, critics say
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/13/berlin-bicycle-and-pedestrian-car-friendly-transport?CMP=share_btn_url

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Unclassified
Frederico Albanese:
🎵 Quietude
#FredericoAlbanese
https://open.spotify.com/track/6pPLjYgeODLvLQwRPA8yVz

„Purer Rassismus!“ - US-Polizisten wollten Ureinwohnerin abschieben #News #Nachrichten

X revises its developer API policies to "no longer allow apps that reward users for posting on X (aka "infofi")", amid a backlash about growing AI slop on X (André Beganski/Decrypt)
https://decrypt.co/354736/elon-musks-x-bans-acc…

Elon Musk's X Bans Access to ‘InfoFi’ Crypto Projects Amid ‘AI Slop’ Backlash
X is making major changes to its API to prevent access by "InfoFi" crypto projects that seek to incentivize "reply spam," an exec said.

New York City housing advocate
Patrick Markee’s new book,
"Placeless: Homelessness in the New Gilded Age,"
looks at homelessness through the lens of housing affordability.
Homelessness, which affects millions across the United States,
“has roots in structural economic changes, right-wing economic policies and systemic racism,”
explains Markee.
“There’s a reason that other advanced capitalist countries in this world … don’t have the levels…

Homelessness Is About Affordability: Author Patrick Markee on the Housing Crisis in “New Gilded Age”
New York City housing advocate Patrick Markee’s new book, Placeless: Homelessness in the New Gilded Age, looks at homelessness through the lens of housing affordability. Homelessness, which affects millions across the United States, “has roots in structural economic changes, right-wing economic policies and systemic racism,” explains Markee. “There’s a reason that other advanced capitalist countries in this world … don’t have the levels of homelessness that we have, and that’s b…

Trump Isn't Certain His Economic Policies Will Translate to Midterm Wins (Meridith McGraw/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-isnt-certain-his-economic-policies-will-translate-to-midterm-wins-455e0d46
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p64#a251213p64