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Portrait of a Young DOGE Coder Dismantling America’s Institutions

Portrait of a Young DOGE Coder Dismantling America’s Institutions

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Everyone Loves to Hate Wind Power. Scotland Found a Way to Make It Pay Off

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The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it’s supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world.

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Raquel Urtasun, CEO of the autonomous trucking startup, says the industry’s R&D stage is about to give way to commercial prime time.

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Trump Has Already Ruined Christmas — Kyoko Hamada for Bloomberg Businessweek

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