Reason links first.

The government subsidizing flood insurance caused worse destruction during Helene.

The IRS wants to collect back taxes while people were being held hostage. Because of course they do.

Arizona’s school choice program under fire.

If there’s one thing the averted dockworker strike showed was how much American ports need automation.

A review of bullet vending machine. Hoping to see these around my parts soon.

A couple of California stories.

Ground News reports that California is banning legacy admissions at private universities. While I don’t particularly like the idea of legacy admissions, I also dislike the heavy hand of government being used to ban it.

From WSJ, Newsome vetoed their AI safety bill. Stopped clocks and all that.

Some other stories.

From The Verge, the US Patent and Trademark Office cancelled DC’s and Marvel’s joint trademark on the term “super hero”. Which honestly, should have been done a long while. It was kind of like if they gave IBM and Apple a trademark on the term “computer”.

The Intelligencer has an article on a practical flying car. It also may be slightly illegal. Or at least in a legal gray area.

Rounding out with a couple of articles on guns that caught my interest.

From TFB, HK is resurrecting the P7. I hope they come out with a classic line.

From Guns.com, the Henry Arms Supreme, a lever action that feeds from AR magazines.