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Kenyan law banning seed sharing is unconstitutional, court says

Kenyan law banning seed sharing is unconstitutional, court says

โœจ Read this insightful post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: ๐Ÿ’ก Main takeaway: KISUMU, Kenya (AP) โ€” A high court in Kenya on Thursday declared unconstitutional sections of a seed law that prevented farmers from sharing and selling indigenous seeds in what food campaigners have called a landmark win for food security.Farmers in Kenya could face up to two yearsโ€™ imprisonment and a fine of 1 million Kenya shillings ($7,700) for sharing seeds through their community seed banks, according to a seed law signed in 2012.Justice Rhoda Rutto on Thursday said sections of the seed law that gave government…
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Former USIP lawyer at DOGE: ‘Authoritarian grip’

Former USIP lawyer at DOGE: ‘Authoritarian grip’

๐Ÿ’ฅ Explore this must-read post from WIRED ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Politics,Politics / Policy,Politics / Politics News,The Big Interview โœ… Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: George Foot still He has vivid memories of the day when agents of Elon Musk's so-called Government Efficiency Administration arrived at the headquarters of the United States Institute of Peace. USIP's outside general counsel, he has been part of efforts to prevent the US government from taking control of the organization. When DOGE agents arrived at USIP's offices in the spring, they came like a "strike team," Foote told an audience at a Big Interview event organized…
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Assess your wealth using these five key criteria to know exactly where you stand

Assess your wealth using these five key criteria to know exactly where you stand

๐Ÿš€ Discover this awesome post from Investopedia | Expert Financial Advice and Markets News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Wealth Management,Wealth,Personal Finance โœ… Key idea: Key takeaways Net worth is valuable as a tool for tracking personal progress rather than a comparison tool. Keep your debt-to-income ratio below 36%, and prioritize getting rid of high-interest debt first. Traditional retirement standards suggest saving 1x your annual salary at age 30, 3x at 40, 6x at 50, 8x at 60, and 10x at 67. Keep an emergency fund of three to six months of essential expenses in a high-yield savings account. Most people know…
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2021 > PHEV BMW iBMUCP 21F37E Post-Crash Recovery โ€” When EU engineering becomes a synonym for โ€œunrepairableโ€ + โ€œgenerating wasteโ€.

2021 > PHEV BMW iBMUCP 21F37E Post-Crash Recovery โ€” When EU engineering becomes a synonym for โ€œunrepairableโ€ + โ€œgenerating wasteโ€.

๐Ÿš€ Discover this awesome post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: ๐Ÿ“Œ Key idea: 2021 > PHEV BMW iBMUCP PHEV Post-Crash Recovery โ€” When EU engineering becomes a synonym for โ€œunrepairableโ€ + โ€œgenerating wasteโ€. If you own a BMW PHEV โ€” or if youโ€™re an insurance company โ€” every pothole, every curb impact, and even every rabbit jumping out of a bush represents a potential โ‚ฌ5,000 cost, just for a single fuse inside the high-voltage battery system.This โ€œsafety fuseโ€ is designed to shut the system down the moment any crash event is detected. Sounds safe โ€” but extremely expensive. Theoraticaly…
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Laura Cannell: Brightly Shone the Moon Review โ€“ Melancholy and Beauty in a Haunting Hymn Collection | Popular music

Laura Cannell: Brightly Shone the Moon Review โ€“ Melancholy and Beauty in a Haunting Hymn Collection | Popular music

๐Ÿ’ฅ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Folk music,Music,Culture ๐Ÿ“Œ Key idea: TTraditional music finds a popular and comforting home in carols, despite the strangeness surrounding the nativity story, and the fraying thread back to the past that every winter brings. A veteran explorer of the season (on 2020's sparkling Winter Rituals EP with cellist Kate Ellis, and 2022's New Christmas Rituals, with amped-up violin from Andrรฉ Bosman), Laura Cannell embarks on her best and darkest journey yet here, exploring the time of year when, as she writes on the liner notes, "joy and…
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Groupon Promo Codes: 50% off December 2025

Groupon Promo Codes: 50% off December 2025

๐Ÿ’ฅ Read this trending post from WIRED ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Gear,Coupons ๐Ÿ“Œ Key idea: I will be Groupon Stan 'til I die. I used their vouchers for massages, haircuts, oil changes and for experiences like a camel ride in the desert while in Morocco and a deal to glamping in an Airstream trailer in Joshua Tree. Groupon is one of the best ways to get discounted prices on something you've always wanted to try, but don't want to pay full price for. Be sure to grab a Groupon promo code to get deeply discounted prices on activities and services.Get 30%…
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Here’s what private sources say

Here’s what private sources say

๐Ÿš€ Discover this awesome post from Investopedia | Expert Financial Advice and Markets News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Economic News,News ๐Ÿ“Œ Key idea: Key takeaways The U.S. economy is shedding jobs at the fastest pace since the pandemic, according to two private sector labor market reports released Thursday.Reports from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, and Revelio Labs have highlighted concerns that the job market is slowing, if not shrinking altogether. With government labor market data for November still weeks away, two special reports show job fluctuations are flying faster while job offers are slowing.U.S. employers lost 9,000 jobs in November, according to…
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Cloudflare Down Again โ€“ and DownDetector Is Also Down

Cloudflare Down Again โ€“ and DownDetector Is Also Down

๐Ÿš€ Explore this trending post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: โœ… Key idea: JoeWiltshire 20 minutes ago | next [โ€“]https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.... reports that https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com/ is down, guessing downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector runs via cloudflare!replydesignerarvid 15 minutes ago | parent | next [โ€“]https://youtu.be/CIpbEa6KTNI?si=tgEaPo8xG7KnpxLt&t=564replyyellowbanana 19 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [โ€“]This is artreplyablation 18 minutes ago | prev | next [โ€“]Already being discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158191replyJsmith4523 9 minutes ago | prev | next [โ€“]You know what, maybe AI is taking all the goddamn jobsreplyimmibis 0 minutes ago | parent | next [โ€“]They pretty much said this. All the big companies that had recent…
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WATCH: The House reconvenes as Congress grapples with what to do about shoring up the ACA

WATCH: The House reconvenes as Congress grapples with what to do about shoring up the ACA

๐Ÿš€ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Affordable Care Act,congress,health care,open enrollment โœ… Key idea: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” 52-year-old Dinam Bigney got deep into debt and had to get a roommate this year, in part because of health insurance premiums that cost him nearly $900 a month. Watch the home floor in the video player above. Next year, that monthly fee will rise by $200, a large enough increase that the program director at Aldi, Va., has given up on finding cheaper coverage. Read more: 4 Tips for Navigating Higher ACA Health Care Premiums…
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This Is Lorelei review: Holo Boy โ€“ Beautiful, sad songs from a new pearl of the US alternative scene | dew

This Is Lorelei review: Holo Boy โ€“ Beautiful, sad songs from a new pearl of the US alternative scene | dew

๐Ÿ’ฅ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Indie,Music,Culture โœ… Key idea: AOne half of the Brooklyn-based duo Water From Your Eyes, Nate Amos makes left-wing pop music that sounds hyper-modern: wry, meme-y lyricism; Post-ironic genre hopping; The kind of desolate chaos and tonal jumble that characterizes social media feeds. However, the band was actually on hiatus for seven years before breaking out in 2023. Amos's solo project This Is Lorelei lasted much longer, only gaining proper traction with last year's belated debut album Box for Buddy, Box for Star.Holo Boy artworkNow Amos is capitalizing…
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