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So, the EPA sets emissions rules for the country, on the grounds that it would be problematic for industry if there was a patchwork of 50 different sets of rules about this stuff. California got the feds to agree to let them set their own stricter limits, though, and allowed other states to sign on to also use California's rules if they wanted to, which several did.

So I think what's happening here is that the waivers are being rescinded. They've been in place for ages (at least 50 years, I think?) so it's a huge departure from business as usual, but you know how Trump loves stomping on norms.

This article has some of the relevant points: https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/nx-s1-5387729/senate-california-ev-air-pollution-waiver-revoked

By that logic conception only occurs when you're two weeks pregnant. That's an extremely silly way to count it. (Not saying you're wrong, just that it's frustrating.)

The slides look pretty similar to the illustration. I don't think those are actually slides that end over the edge, they're slides that have a transparent section where they hang over the edge so you can get a little glimpse of being over the open ocean. Which I guess is an extra kind of thrill? I would pass.

Here's a screenshot of the video for comparison.

https://i.imgur.com/gHiVLF6.png

Yep. Sorry for the abrupt transition back from camping.

That looks to me like a drawing by the design/architecture team, but there is a real boat like that and it's a pretty close match for the design. Here's a video with drone footage from the launch; 1:39 you can see a view kinda similar to the drawing.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bw4_PUtqdF4

Trump is sending 2000 national guard troops to LA in response to anti-ICE protests there, over the explicit objection of Governor Newsom, who would normally be involved in any National Guard deployment in his state. The protests were mostly peaceful, and the local police were handling them, so this is entirely an effort to escalate the situation and show force against a state that doesn't want Trump interfering.

It could also just be cold reading. People who haven't been exposed to that can find it eerily accurate, even though it's just a combination of random guessing with reinforcing the guesses that got reactions. It's the kind of thing that both parties could participate in without either being explicitly familiar with the technique.

Oh, yeah, the voice is a big part of it. "Everything is possible with zombocom."

I looked it up. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XdWlWUUYejc

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombo.com

Seriously. This is exactly what people object to about Windows Recall. In its re-released version at least it's opt-in for now, but it's still eerily close to this.