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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13125922 > Pornhub has disabled its site in Texas to object to a state law that requires the company to verify the age of users to prevent minors from accessing the site. > > Texas residents who visit the site are met with a message from the company that criticizes the state’s elected officials who are requiring them to track the age of users. > > The company said the newly passed law impinges on “the rights of adults to access protected speech” and fails to pass strict scrutiny by “employing the least effective and yet also most restrictive means of accomplishing Texas’s stated purpose of allegedly protecting minors.”
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Grid operators cautioned Wednesday the state won't have enough on-demand power generation to meet the need during peak hours this summer.
>*"The Texas House of Representatives is at a standstill in the midst of a special session. It is unable to hold any meetings or take votes while dozens of Democratic representatives are absent."*
texasclimatenews.org
>*"Amid soaring temps, Texas’ grid operator said unexpected shutdowns at power plants had stressed the system. Nearly 80% were “thermal” generators (mostly natural gas-fueled in Texas) and not renewable sources..."*
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