Just One Thing: The oldest known existing version of the Ten Commandments
I almost never start with something like this, but it's too amazing not to:
The Ten Commandments for auction at Sotheby's next month
Today's Guest
Jake Warner is Senior Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom. From ADF's press release yesterday: 303 Creative v. Elenis | ADFMedia.org
To conclude a lawsuit brought by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, the state of Colorado has agreed to pay more than $1.5 million in attorneys’ fees for violating the First Amendment rights of graphic artist Lorie Smith and her design studio, 303 Creative. This fee settlement comes after the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis upholding free speech for all Americans and the district court’s final judgment requiring Colorado officials to comply with the First Amendment and allow Smith to speak consistently with her beliefs.
Colorado officials threatened and censored Smith’s speech for nearly seven years before she was victorious at the high court. They have also relentlessly pursued other Colorado artists—like cake designer Jack Phillips—for years, filing complaints against him for expressing only messages consistent with his religious beliefs.
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Other Stuff
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This gives me a little hope, but only a little: Yale Students: We’re Jealous of Our Conservative Peers | The Free Press
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Germany wakes up, a little: Jews and gay people should hide identity in 'Arab neighbourhoods', says Berlin police chief
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Campbell's is selling Noosa yogurt which is made in Colorado from milk and cream that comes from Colorado dairies. Noosa is actually a beach town in Australia and this is supposed to be Australian-style yogurt, which I find a bit funny because in Australia they think of this thick sort of yogurt as Greek-style. Interesting to note as a business story that Campbell's acquired Noosa as part of a bigger transaction where the main thing they really wanted was the Rao's brand of pasta sauces, frozen meals, etc. And to give you sense of how enormous Campbells is, Noosa has revenue of $177 million a year and is quite profitable and yet eliminating it from Campbell's operations will have no measurable impact on the company's earnings.
Campbell’s to Sell Noosa Business to Lakeview Farms - The Campbell's Company
Campbell Soup sells Noosa yogurt to fresh foods manufacturer Lakeview Farms | Food Dive
About Noosa Yogurt | Noosa Yoghurt
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We talked the other day about how this might be coming: Exclusive | Comcast Greenlights $7 Billion Spinoff of NBCUniversal Cable Channels - WSJ
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Close but no cigar: Denver tweaks its ADU standards to allow for easier construction - Axios Denver
Denver’s updated ADU rules still don't entirely meet state law
Speaking of close but no cigar: Origin of ‘close, but no cigar’ and other phrases | WYTV
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A difficult lawsuit following a terrible event: Club Q victims sue officials for not using red flag law to protect them
I said at the time that the Club Q shooter was the poster child for the Red Flag law. However, if the process played out in a way where the judge could not get any evidence of the risk posed by the shooter because family members refused to be served in order to testify, it's unclear that there is someone other than those family members at fault. I suppose answer that type of question will be the purpose of a trial, unless somehow it gets settled before trial (and I hope it doesn't.) I also don't like the idea of suing the club.
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Two interesting questions of law: Colo. justices to examine anti-SLAPP law's constitutionality | Courts | coloradopolitics.com
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Speaking of lawsuits: Why Is There a Class Action Lawsuit Against Kraft Mac & Cheese?
Seems to me the question in the case comes down to this: "Can a chemical that occurs in nature be considered 'artificial' if it is made in a lab and an industrial process rather than collected through whatever process creates it in nature?"
Kraft Heinz lawsuit not dismissed, food company will got to court: Judge
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I wonder if this will turn into anything significant or if it’s a flash in the pan: Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads | TechCrunch
The website tracks how fast Bluesky is growing in near real time - Fast Company
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Sure, I’ll try it: Pizza Hut Is Now Offering a 'Tomato Wine'
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Several things I didn't get to yesterday, starting with the most important story:
This is NOT OK: Lindt disputes US lawsuit claims, stands by 'excellence' labelling | National | dailygazette.com
Another first-or-second-in-the-country drug experiment in Colorado (or, more specifically, in Denver): Colorado prepares rollout of psychedelic-assisted therapies in 2025 (To be clear, I'm in favor this this.)
Have you ever thought that you might not want to live for absolutely as long as you can? Why I Hope to Die at 75
I think the article is sort of interesting but definitely not as interesting as the writer probably thinks. I also think he misses a key part of the understanding of life expectancy, which is that generally your total life expectancy (i.e. the age at which statistically you're most likely to expire, though to be clear it's a group average and not about any one person) increases. For example, the remaining life expectancy of a 40-yr-old man is around 36.5 years (to about 76 years old) but if that man actually reaches 76, on average he would expect to live another 10 years. Also note that life expectancy for the nation is dragged down by the unfortunate fact that some groups (Native Americans and blacks, especially young black men due to crime, and, to a lesser degree, Hispanics) have lower life expectancy than other groups (whites and Asians). Actuarial Life Table
Key Takeaways - Key Data on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity | KFF
What's the weirdest phobia you've heard of, and do you have a weird phobia yourself? Swedish Minister’s Bizarre Banana Phobia Makes International News Headlines
Hard to describe how angry these stories make me. Georgia mom Brittany Patterson fights child endangerment charges after son found less than mile from home
I know some listeners will disagree but I'm happy about this. That said, it wouldn't be shocked if the judge is overturned even though I think she's right: Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy | CNN Politics
Read this when you have time to sit and think for a while: AI Can Save Humanity—Or End It - The Atlantic
One of the things I wonder about from that article: They suggest training AI to understand fundamental right and wrong based on how humans actually interact, but what if an AI trains on watching human interaction in Yemen or Syria or Venezuela or even the wrong neighborhood in Chicago?
The rapid increase in the power of AI is truly amazing: A Powerful AI Breakthrough Is About to Transform the World - WSJ
AI Just Created A Glowing Protein Molecule Similar To One Found In Jellyfish
EvolutionaryScale (the company that made the protein noted above)
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Today's Video
Thanks to listener Greg for sending this along, knowing my appreciation for bees