Whole Whale

OCTOBER 1, 2022

However, the second Monday in October is still celebrated by 14 states and about 130 local governments as Columbus Day. 1977: Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first proposed by a UN conference held to address discrimination against Native Americans. Roosevelt made Columbus Day a national holiday. What do people search for?

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The group, which is called the Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA), says its mission is that 100 percent of new car sales are electric by 2030. New Jersey has said it is interested in doing the same. He wants the federal government to swap all the combustion-engine vehicles in its fleet with electric ones.

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2020

Because it was required to by the authoritarian Chinese government, TikTok took content moderation deadly seriously. The Trump administration is “looking at” a lot of things, and many previous insane-sounding proposals have come and gone without ever being enacted. Governing. ? Natasha Singer / The New York Times ).

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The Verge

MAY 27, 2020

Congress may begin writing letters , and new laws will be proposed, so that such a bad post never again appears on the internet. Total test results (positive and negative) in New York: 1,774,128. Reported cases in New Jersey: 155,764. Total test results (positive and negative) in New Jersey: 635,892.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

In a world with less going on, we might be having a conversation about why the same government considering a breakup of a tech giant was relying on that same tech giant’s size and power to provide critical aid during a pandemic. Or why the government was relying on tech giants for so much of its pandemic response at all. Governing. ?

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

And local governments are planning for much longer periods of lockdown. Unsurprisingly, Amazon’s proposed legislation would ensure that only the party that sets the price — like, say, a bad third-party Amazon retailer — be held liable for the inflated price, not the storefront (i.e. Reported cases in New Jersey: 140,743.

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

An executive order like this had first been proposed last August , after the White House invited ordinary Americans to share stories about times when they felt they had been unfairly censored by social networks. Conversely, government figures like Trump actually face strict rules about blocking users. Data from The New York Times.

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Recode by Vox

MARCH 12, 2025

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The next phase of Elon Musks plan to entangle his companies with the workings of the federal government is well underway. Musk affiliates have also reportedly instructed government agencies to start using Starlink, and the General Services Administration is already doing it, apparently without oversight.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

The second thing to say about “polarization” is that while it has a lot of negative effects, it’s worth thinking about what your proposed alternative to it would be. Total test results (positive and negative) in New York: 1,774,128. Reported cases in New Jersey: 156,628. Data from The New York Times. Governing. ?

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