I'm always skeptical of any story about a bill being submitted. There's a lot of steps between that and it even getting a vote. Is this really newsworthy? Let me know if it gets through committee, then I'll care.

"IDF said"

Trump's supposed wealth was always mostly marketing. Being a billionaire was literally his brand image.

For anyone confused about this excellent reference

I mean, he kind of has to say that, but the fact is the US betrays allies all the time. Abandoning the Kurds in Syria a few years ago, for example.

autonomous vehicles that can communicate and drive as a group

Is it time to reinvent the train again already?

Sorry, Jann, you aren't orange enough to get away with being that terrible.

Yeah. I guess this post is now about bad movie adaptations in general.

You are 100% right about the Eragon movie. I loved those books as a kid and I was so excited for that movie and it was just so bafflingly terrible. It was like they didn't even try.

I was hoping the cyberpunk dystopia would at least be cooler to live in.

I'm sorry, what? Are they defining "democratic" to mean that each government has a say, regardless of how democratic that government itself actually is?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controversy#

Good. The ruling class need to face consequences or they'll never learn.