No matter the country, the connection between access to opportunity and economic prosperity is intrinsic. A population should be able to easily access housing, education, employment, health care, shops, and essential services. Despite this recognition, a car-dominant focus overlooks the negative impact this has on almost everyone, particularly those of lower incomes. Taking into account depreciation, insurance, fuel, maintenance, financing, parking, and registration, the average American automobile costs its owner a whopping $12,544 a year ($14,452 for an SUV). That’s half a million dollars over the course of someone’s working life. With the average low-income household earning $20,000 to $50,000…

Twitter is considering legal action against Facebook (now known as Meta) over Threads, its recently launched Twitter clone. Elon Musk said in a tweet that, “Competition is fine, cheating is not.” CBS News reports that just one day after its official launch, Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter clone Threads is facing a potential legal battle — from Elon Musk, who normally flaunts the legal system. Twitter’s legal team has described Threads as a “copycat” app, alleging that it was developed by employing former Twitter employees and exploiting the company’s trade secrets. Threads, which launched this week, has already gained significant traction, with 30 million new users…

Update (5:15pm): The puzzle, wrapped in an engima, inside a bag of blow surrounding the "mystery" cocaine found in the White House is drawing in some of the world's most cunning detectives and brilliant minds. One day after leaked radio intercepts revealed that a "mystery" substance was found over the weekend inside the White House and - after leading to a brief evacuation over hazmat fears - was "cocaine like", the US Secret Service on Wednesday confirmed what everyone already knew - the powdery substance found inside the White House over the weekend is cocaine. While little new was revealed, secret service spokesman…

  https://youtu.be/gjRQ3zPWKx0 So serendipity brought me this interesting video.Watch it and read some of the comments.   There is mine:The part of the explanation about the cultural, social influences is correct, the stuff about intolerance of female anger is on the other hand wrong, or at least mostly irrelevant. What is missing is that it is a control strategy of someone who is physically weaker, and this strategy is augmented by culture these days.The operative word being "control". Women like that see a man as someone to be controlled at all costs, not someone with whom she will have a…

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) released a substantial collection of JFK assassination records in alignment with a President Joe Biden memorandum. Advertisements The records, pursuant to the JFK Act of 1992, have been made available for public download on the NARA website. Advertisements Since April 15, 2023, a considerable number of 2,672 documents have been added to the existing collection as per the presidential directive. The agencies involved in this process meticulously reviewed redactions in the records, consequently revealing an array of previously undisclosed information. Advertisements “At the National Archives, we believe in the importance of government transparency and the accessibility of…