Exclusive: General Galactic emerges from stealth to make methane from carbon dioxide

TechCrunch— The stealthy new startup hopes a fully integrated approach, from direct air capture to electrolysis and methane generation, will let it drive prices down for so-called e-fuels. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Boing Boing—Not again! Boeing plane makes emergency landing in New York when emergency slide flies off mid-flight. Another week, another busted Boeing plane that lost a part mid-flight. This time, it was a Delta Air Lines flight headed to LAX from JFK Airport this morning, when, about an hour into the flight, the crew and passengers could feel a vibration. — Read the rest

WCIA.com—Cicadas could make an early emergence in Central Illinois. URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The cicada countdown continues, and an expert with the Urbana Park District said they could come sooner than expected. Billions of them are set to emerge in a rare sight

Arkansas Times—Lawmakers to consider emergency rule to make voter registration harder. While it's a quaint idea to require some Founding Fathers John Hancock cosplay for aspiring participants in democracy, such analog transactions are inconvenient, unnecessary and no longer the norm.