Monthly Archives: August 2026

If you want to tell fortunes in Massachusetts, it requires a state license. It also applies to psychics. To talk about the great beyond with customers also has a 12 month residence requirement before a license can be granted.  The Legislature has not successfully removed this outmoded law. Here is what State Representative Susannah Whipps says, […]

Remember how the Florida Governor was early on the we need protection from AI train with his “AI Bill of Rights.” That concept is spreading through states. Now the Florida Governor is on the no surveillance state train. This loosely translates to, he doesn’t like FLock cameras and its AI license plate readers. Tampa Bay […]

3 Republicans have introduced a bill prohibiting the federal government from purchasing biometric surveillance equipment, including license plate readers. H.R. 9800 Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act TechCrunch

“Researchers at New York University, writing in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Cities, found that of the 4,283 data centers they mapped in the United States, 97.5% sit inside metropolitan or micropolitan areas. The other 2.5% sit just 8.5 miles from an urban edge, researchers found, which they said shows there are very, very few truly rural data centers, […]

Flock camera contracts are being canceled as quickly as their cameras are being involuntarily removed. In April Hood County canceled its contract with Flock. Hood County Precinct 2 Constable John Shirley Said, “That kind of permanent, warrantless tracking doesn’t belong in a free society…privacy isn’t optional, and mass surveillance isn’t how we do things here.”⁠ […]

A new legal aid group in Houston is identifying homes that could be bought up by private equity, The group then provides legal services to help keep homes out of private equity ownership. @HoustonChron

Massachusetts Legislature is considering a Dark Skies bill that would require local governments to lower light pollution so as to lower their energy costs. H3494, An Act to improve outdoor lighting, conserve energy, and increase dark-sky visibility. Daily Hampshire Gazette

The FTC has forced right to repair on John Deere. Thereby farmers can repair their John Deere’s outside of a John Deere facility. The FTC sued John Deere in 2025, and have reached a 10 year agreement concerning repairs. @grantonsoil

A new report by Carbon Direct, an energy and climate solutions company, found that, between Jan. 2024 and May 2026, at least 46 artificial intelligence data center projects in 20 states across the United States worth a total of $170 billion were publicly delayed or cancelled after community opposition. A common thread among the projects: […]

Bonjour, California Forever. California Forever is a tech billionaires-backed group seeking to develop swaths of Solano County farmland. California Forever joined forces with labor groups to seek fewer permitting issues for a proposed shipyard. California Forever has spent $455,000 since last year lobbying. CalMatters