Monthly Archives: July 2022

An anti-abortion group sent a memo to GOP members of Congress urging them not to leave abortion to the states and outlined talking points to ‘keep pro-lifers on offense’

Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, during the March for Life. Susan Walsh/Associated Press The Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America nonprofit sent talking points to GOP lawmakers. The messaging included focusing on Democrats’ “extremism” and the “humanity of the unborn child.” The…

Hyundai N’s ‘rolling labs’ imagine performance EVs that aren’t so boring

Image: Hyundai Hyundai’s hoping to keep car culture alive with its two performance-focused electric vehicle (EV) concepts it calls “rolling labs.” The RN22e features a modified Ioniq 6 body, and the N Vision 74 is modeled after the never-released 1974 Pony Coupe concept — but both feature a refreshing sporty design that doesn’t look like…

The US Navy may keep its older nuclear missile subs in the water for longer as the cost of its new missile sub balloons

An artist’s rendering of a Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine. US Navy The US Navy hopes to start fielding its new Columbia-class missile subs over the next decade. The Columbia-class program is already facing problems, including delays and cost overruns. Those headwinds have the Navy considering extending the lives of its aging Ohio-class subs. On June 4,…

Democratic lawmakers want federal regulators to track crypto mining energy use and emissions

Congressional Democrats are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy to address the recent proliferation of cryptocurrency mining within the US. In a letter sent Friday (via The Guardian), Senator Elizabeth Warren and five other lawmakers said the two agencies should work together to require crypto mining firms to disclose their energy…

Catching up with Stranger Things S4 (yes, we have some feels)

Enlarge (credit: Netflix) Stranger Things came back from a pandemic-driven three-year hiatus stronger than ever with an ambitious supersized fourth season—so much so that Netflix released it in two parts. Part 1 had a few minor flaws, particular in the earlier episodes, but quickly gained dramatic momentum. The cliffhanger ending deftly set the stage for…