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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close May 1 – May 8, 2024 200 stories · Vol. 24 · Catalogue 19 · Issue 129 Get it by email ↓
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Using new AI, grieving moms discover California lawmakers killed popular fentanyl bill by not ​voting

They fought for fentanyl legislation, but it was killed before lawmakers even got to vote. Four grieving moms wanted to know why. They're uncovering the truth using a new AI tool designed to help everyday Californians hold lawmakers accountable. They discovered powerful lawmakers killed the popular fentanyl bill by no…

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Business 8 stories

  1. New startup sells coffee through SSH

    terminal.shop · 1 outlets

  2. As private equity dominates wheelchair market, users wait months for repairs

    statnews.com · 1 outlets

  3. Online Cryptography Course (2017)

    crypto.stanford.edu · 1 outlets

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  1. Boeing faces new US investigation into 'missed' 787 inspections

    theguardian.com · 1 outlets

  2. Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry?

    thebignewsletter.com · 1 outlets

  3. Vets fret as private equity snaps up clinics, pet care companies

    stateline.org · 1 outlets

  4. They thought they were joining an accelerator – instead they lost their startups

    techcrunch.com · 1 outlets

Sports 7 stories

  1. Proton Mail discloses user data leading to arrest in Spain

    restoreprivacy.com · 1 outlets

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  1. NYU professors who defended vaping didn't disclose ties to Juul

    statnews.com · 1 outlets

  2. Hackers discover how to reprogram NES Tetris from within the game

    arstechnica.com · 1 outlets

  3. I was at the clapperboard for Orson Welles' drunk wine commercial (2021)

    melmagazine.com · 1 outlets

Technology 163 stories

  1. Second Boeing Whistleblower Dies in Less Than Two Months

    newshub.co.nz · 2 outlets

  2. Apple introduces M4 chip

    apple.com · 1 outlets

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  1. MIT abandons requirement of DEI statements for hiring and promotions

    whyevolutionistrue.com · 1 outlets

  2. Road resurfacing during the daytime without stopping traffic [video]

    youtube.com · 1 outlets

  3. DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android

    mullvad.net · 1 outlets

  4. Social engineering takeovers of open source projects

    openssf.org · 1 outlets

  5. Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices

    theguardian.com · 1 outlets

Entertainment 14 stories

  1. Show HN: A free site to explore and discover 6k plants

    github.com · 2 outlets

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  1. Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab

    bandmatch.app · 1 outlets

  2. Show HN: Dillo 3.1.0 released after 9 years

    dillo-browser.github.i · 1 outlets

  3. Show HN: Convert your Containerfile to a bootable OS

    climbing.ai · 3 outlets

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