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EPA Revisiting Dozens of Climate, Environment Rules in ‘Day of Deregulation’

8 months ago
From Waste Dive:  The U.S. EPA announced 31 actions taken across the agency on Wednesday, potentially clearing away or limiting rules that affect the permitting and operation of thousands of industrial facilities across the country, including waste and recycling facilities. In a release published Wednesday, EPA said the proposed changes would “roll back trillions in regulatory costs.” […]
Rachel Finan

St. Anthony's Offers New Support Group for Community Members in Their Twenties

8 months ago
ALTON - OSF St. Anthony’s Hospital has a new group for community members in their twenties who could use some extra support. The twentysomethings group meets from 3:30–4:30 p.m. on Thursdays in the Psychological Services Department at St. Anthony’s. This therapy group talks about socialization, life transitions, social anxiety and other challenges that folks in their twenties experience. “Really, we talk about anything from managing finances to resume-building, what kind of jobs are you interested in, how to make friends, difficulties with depression due to isolation and not making friends or socializing much,” explained Rachel, LCPC, who oversees the group. “The thing about this group is a lot of folks will be graduating from high school or college, and they’ve had that routine set for them for so many years. Now it’s gone, so what do they do? Now what?” Rachel said that the group accepts up to ten people. They discuss

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After Election Chaos, Romania Proposes Platforms Invent Magic Wand As Content Moderation Solution

8 months ago
When faced with a difficult technology policy challenge, policymakers can respond in one of two ways: with careful analysis of what’s technically possible, or by demanding Silicon Valley simply wave a magic wand and make all problems disappear. Romania has chosen… the latter. The backstory here is pretty straightforward: A Russian-supporting candidate leveraged TikTok to […]
Mike Masnick