A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled that the state’s Department of Natural Resources has the authority to regulate large-scale animal farms, a blow to big farm groups amid their decades-long fight to scale back environmental oversight. This particular legal battle began in May 2023, when two organizations representing industrial-scale dairy farms sued the DNR. They argued that the agency had overstepped its authority by requiring big livestock farms, called Concentrated Animal Feeding Opera...| Barn Raiser
California is facing a housing crisis due to local regulations that undermine state efforts to increase housing supply, such as inclusionary zoning and development impact fees, which act as a hidden tax on housing construction and slow production.| Davis Vanguard
November 27, 2024 Dear Friends, I dedicated my October newsletter as a thank you to Donald Trump for his role in giving us the potential breakthrough of a Kamala Harris presidency devoted to advancing a profound global cultural and institutional transformation. I was, at the time, confident that Kamala was on a path to victory led by| David Korten
EDIT 11/11/2023: Chamberlain has announced they’ve intentionally broken all third party integrations that don’t pay them, claiming they are preventing “unauthorized access.” As a result, HomeAssistant is going to be removing its MyQ integration in the 2023.12 release. Since this post, I’ve become aware of Ratgdo, which is an ESP based project which directly integrates with the garage opener and in effect emulates being a MyQ/Security 2.0 device. I bought one and have had it installe...| Random Musings
