While this is slightly different, the Trump Administration likes to put things under the umbrella of "national security" to bypass normal rules and the Courts, who generally defer to an administration on things characterized as such. Obviously, it's mostly bullshit to help enable Trump to rule by whim/fiat. A good example is the claim that continuing the ballroom construction is necessary for "national security" -- noting that announcing that sort of thing is not normal or good.

"Claude, how do you make that hip, new cereal, 'Ricin Krispies'?"

In a World where electrical tape and black markers don't exist ...

More to the point, a permanent alteration seems dumb, especially if you ever want a working light or want to resell them.

I imagine they (are told to) say that because Texas gives preference to corporations over its citizens while California doesn't, but that's just a guess. For example, Public School Rankings by State 2026 has CA at #8 and TX at #34 - surprisingly, the latter is lower than FL at #24. (New York is highest at #1, btw.)

Sounds like Trump, except 8 years older; I wonder how much his family will sue for should he die in office. /cynical

Too soon to welcome our new Colossus overlord?

[Spoiler: It doesn't end well for humanity.]

Each token needs a serial number so fake ones can be detected. ;-)

News publishers argue that no old news will be good news.

... Lobby crew!

FOSS finally getting general public mindshare. Finally!

... big thing. I don't think anybody has anything against any vehicle, tractor or other, or anything at all stuffed to the brim with useful electronics. (emphasis on useful) The problem is when that technology is proprietary, disfunctional on purpose and designed to be extortive. That farmers are sick and tired of that I can see clearly.

One big part of the problem also is that farmers are locked into their business harder than other people, more prone to corporate extractive and extortive business pratictices and they are likely not the type to have the free time to deal with these practices in other ways.

Setting up a non-profit and/or publicly shared business to offer hardware designs that counter these problems are a likely candidate for some use- and helpful businesses. I expect this to be the next big area where the FOSS concept catches on.

Not very "biohacking" of them. :-)

I get what you're saying but your post didn't mention the Judiciary, just the Executive and Legislative:

For the TL;DR crowd. Clarence Thomas was the single dissent.

Sounds like U.S. politics, except for the better CGI. :-)