Elon Musk’s SpaceX gets a company town in Texas

Residents near Boca Chica Beach in Texas have voted to become a city called Starbase. | Photo by GABRIEL CARDENAS/AFP via Getty Images<br> South Texas voters mostly employed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX have approved a measure to incorporate as Starbase, a new city in Texas’ Cameron County near the company’s Boca Chica Beach launch site…

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Maine rocked by trans athlete dominance at girls’ track meet amid ongoing legal conflict with Trump

A girls’ track meet in Maine became the subject of widespread controversy after a trans athlete dominated multiple running events. The incident took place as the state faces internal and federal pressure to keep trans athletes out of girls’ sports, and a lawsuit over the issue from President Donald Trump’s administration. A trans-identifying athlete who…

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Trump’s $5,000 baby bonus: Here’s how it will do the most good

The baby bust and its potentially catastrophic consequences garnered both worldwide and national attention.   Elon Musk recently warned again that America’s declining birth rate poses a greater threat to civilization than climate change or war. “If we don’t have kids, there’s no civilization,” he wrote on X.  New research from the Institute for Family Studies shows his techno-polygamous solution and lifestyle is neither a good approach for…

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A worthy sequel to one of the best websites ever

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 81, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy Finally Feels Like Summer Week to at least everyone who lives near me, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading…

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