We’re back with all the sad news you crave. Elon Musk is using Star Link to influence geopolitics. An ex-school board member in Troy sold weed gummies to students. Police spend very little time actually fighting crime (surprise!). And California is putting beavers to work to save water systems. 

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/ex-troy-school-board-member-rosemary-coles-pleads-18258741.php

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/28/business/starlink.html

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/police-are-not-primarily-crime-fighters-according-data-2022-11-02/