Xfinity *is* Comcast.

"Enraged Students".

This is not the kind of article for Slashdot. I am not sure how much of Slashdot's readership leans left.

UBI will instantly be countered by an uptick in inflation. The ultra-rich profit off of keeping poor people poor.

The word "consumer" is a way for the ultra-rich to talk down to a working-class person, as if the ultra-rich think the only purpose of a working-class person is to consume. It is a raw insult.

Attempting to use eminent domain in this case would only lead to a huge waste of time and money fighting lawsuits.

Can anyone say "tofu dreg construction"?

But that is not nearly as environmentally friendly as electric trains.

And use a bicycle.

"HSR should be focused on interstates."

You cannot have high-speed rail following Interstate highways, because then the trains would be limited to Interstate speeds. Interstate highways do not have the curve radii that high-speed trains require.

Doctors want permanent standard time, while businesses want permanent daylight time. Switching the clocks twice a year is a compromise.

Yeah, but if the climate goes too far awry, every living thing on the planet will perish.

Capitalism outright prevented humanity from meeting that target.

What will it show after the ISS is de-orbited?

The US itself is auto-mated.