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Teslas made in Texas will likely have to leave the state before Texans can buy them

The Verge

Because of state laws banning car companies from selling directly to consumers, Tesla could end up shipping the cars from its Austin factory to other states, before they’re sent back to their Texan buyers. Tesla doesn’t have franchised dealers to protect, but that doesn’t matter to Texas law as it’s currently written.

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How heavy metals get into baby food—and what California is doing to help parents

Fast Company Tech

should soon be able to determine how much lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury are in the food they feed their babies, thanks to a California law, the first of its kind, that took effect this year. I believe the new California law offers a solid first step in giving people the ability to limit the intake of these substances.

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After SVB failure, regulators close crypto-friendly bank Signature Bank

TechCrunch

Signature Bank had 40 branches across New York, California, Connecticut, North Carolina and Nevada. The financial institution provided banking services to real estate companies, law firms but also cryptocurrency companies — around 30% the bank’s deposits came from the crypto industry. As of December 31, 2022, the bank had $110.4

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Fintech app Portabl raises $2.5M to help consumers securely store financial data

TechCrunch

He was born in Colombia, adopted, and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. He studied anthropology during his undergraduate years at Yale and always planned to attend law school. From there, he dropped everything, scrapped plans for law school, and went on the journey of learning about identity, naturally leading him to Wharton.

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October Cause Awareness: National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Qgiv

Two years later, Congress passed Public Law 101-112, officially designating the month of October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Every year since then, Congress has passed similar laws, declaring October to be National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Donate to support their work here.

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Fireside Project manifests a $200K fund to improve access to careers in psychedelic health

TechCrunch

A lot of people are willing to break the law to use psychedelic substances, whether recreationally, as part of spiritual practice or as a tool to explore and work on mental health issues. I live in New Haven, Connecticut, and am very into meditation and yoga and mindfulness practices and healing community. Drugs are a sensitive topic.

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