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Jan 21, 2023 / Bobby Caina Calvan
Obnoxiously loud car? A traffic camera might be listening
NEW YORK (AP) — After the relative quiet of the pandemic, New York City has come roaring back. Just listen: Jackhammers. Honking cars and trucks. Rumbling subway trains. Sirens. Shouting.
Over the years, there have been numerous efforts to quiet the cacophony. One of the latest: traffic cameras equipped with sound meters capable of identifying souped-up cars and motorbikes emitting an illegal amount of street noise.
At least 71 drivers have gotten tickets so far for violating noise rules during a yearlong pilot program of the system. The city’s Department of Environmental Protection now has plans to expand the use of the roadside sound meters.
Feb 18, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
US Bombs Somalia for 35th Time This Year
US Africa Command on Wednesday announced that its forces launched another airstrike in Somalia on February 16 as the Trump administration continues its record-breaking bombing campaign in the country. AFRICOM said the strike targeted the ISIS affiliate in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region, about 43 miles southeast of the Gulf of Aden port city of Bosaso, […]
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Feb 15, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The AI Transition: Even Dinosaurs Weren't Stupid Enough To Create Their Own Extinction Event
The AI Transition: Even Dinosaurs Weren't Stupid Enough To Create Their Own Extinction Event
By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities
A Bridge Too Far? The AI TRANSITioN?
Last weekend we discussed Molotov Cocktails, Volatility, Stability, & Faux Liquidity. In a nutshell, it was about:
The transition from one steady state to another steady state can be volatile.
A rules-based world, dependent on trade, to a ProSec-based world where each country operates more independently.
The transition from a pre-AI world to an AI world.
Faux liquidity – or our assessment that market structure is set up to...
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