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Progressive Funders Need to Reassess the Breakthrough Institute

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There was a time when a progressive or center-left foundation could back the Breakthrough Institute and tell a coherent story about why. Breakthrough presented itself as a pro-technology, pro-modernization, pro-development corrective to parts of environmentalism that had become too focused on scarcity, guilt, and procedural obstruction. It was abrasive, but … [continued]

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“James Bond” Links Up With BYD’s Premium EV Brand, DENZA

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I’ve been watching a lot of James Bond lately. All of the James Bond movies are on Netflix, but they’re leaving soon, so I’ve been watching ones that I had never seen (many of the recent ones) and rewatching some of the ones that fit in with those. Admittedly, the … [continued]

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BrightDrop Died in America, While China Made Electric Vans Normal

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I see BrightDrop vans regularly in Vancouver. That is one of the many small pleasures of living in a city that functions as a pocket of the future. Battery buses show up before they are common elsewhere. Heat pumps are ordinary. Public charging is part of the furniture. Electric delivery … [continued]

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Stateside: Friday, March 27, 2026

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A look into the potential renaming of Cesar Chavez Avenue in Lansing after sexual assault allegations against the late labor leader surfaced this month. Plus, what scientists learned from a strange goo dripping from a ship on Lake Erie. And, a virtual reality experience at the Ann Arbor Film Festival will take viewers inside a Ukrainian home during Russian drone attacks.