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In Texas, ‘water is the new oil’ as cities square off over aquifers that may soon dry out

Fast Company Tech

Regulation of such projects falls to a patchwork of small, rural agencies called groundwater conservation districts, which might not be fully equipped or empowered to manage plans for competing regional water needs that can affect entire cities for generations to come. Theres no cheap water left in Texas. It stops it. You cant just say no.

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Conservative pranksters face $5 million proposed fine over robocalls

The Verge

On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission proposed an over $5 million fine against conspiracy theorists and conservative activists John Burkman and Jacob Wohl for making hundreds of robocalls spreading 2020 election misinformation. Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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NPR CEO Katherine Maher makes the case for why public radio is essential to American democracy

Fast Company Tech

I had someone come up to me and they said, “I’m a conservative. And that’s one of the reasons that I’m here: I believe very deeply that that is our objective and our responsibility. I grew up on NPR. I love NPR. And I’m just not sure it’s a home for me right now.” ” And that struck me.

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Designing for Good: Central Park Conservancy

Connection Cafe

This week, we’re talking with Ryan Chung , Bo Bell , Sol Salgar, and Carla Perez of Central Park Conservancy (CPC) in New York City. You can send updates or questions about a project to your team and have all the communication and files in one place to avoid searching for information buried in emails.

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Coinbase sets direct listing reference price at $250/share, valuing the company at as much as $65B

TechCrunch

According to the company’s most recent SEC filing, it has a fully diluted share count of 261.3 Using a simple share count of 196,760,122 provided in its most recent S-1/A filing, Coinbase would be worth a slimmer $49.2 million, giving the company a valuation of $65.3 Its private backers are in for a bonanza either way.

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Successor to Bose’s wildly popular QC35 headphones leaks early

The Verge

Bose appears to be on the cusp of releasing a successor to its much loved QuietComfort 35 noise-cancelling wireless headphones , judging by the appearance of an FCC filing for a QuietComfort 45 model, WinFuture reports. . | Image: FCC.

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09NTC Nonprofit Radio: How to Make Podcasts That Promote Your Brand and Engage Supporters

Amy Sample Ward

if you are recroding with multiple people, you can record them to separate audio files so you can edit more easily. allows you to backup the files by recording to multiple devices. Want one that recrods to mp3 or wav files (will be sending mp3 out for production eventually). File size - length depends on the format of your show.

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