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public health Smoke weed, not cigarettes: CA's new restaurant policy Mark Frauenfelder

politics Scientific American endorses Kamala Harris for president Rob Beschizza

AI MIT's AI risk database exposes 700+ ways AI could ruin your life Thom Dunn

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