[04:19] What’s behind the messy rollout of this fall’s new COVID vaccines
[10:24] E-bike popularity is surging, creating regulatory challenges on U.S. roads
[13:03] What about battery fires? What are the concerns over batteries in e-bikes? >> Yeah, so the biggest problem with this is actually it's aftermarket batteries and aftermarket chargers.
[* aftermarket = (business) The market for further goods and services, such as replacement parts and accessories, subsequent to the sale of a product such as an automobile or computer ]
[13:38] One paradox seems to be that these e-bikes are faster than your average analog bike, but they're slower than cars. So how are they being regulated, and are they being regulated?
[* analog bike = An analog bike is a non-electric bicycle. They used to be called merely ‘bicycles’. https://discerningcyclist.com/analog-bike/ 電動アシストではない普通の自転車。「アナログ自転車」 ]
[15:47]★今日のおすすめ★ Hispanic? Latino? How the language of identity is shifting over time
[22:46]★今日のおすすめ★ Jovita Idar’s fight for the rights of women and Mexican immigrants
[23:43] Idar wrote articles challenging racism at a time when so-called Juan Crow laws were being used to suppress Mexican-American rights. At the time, it wasn't uncommon to see signs outside businesses across the South that read No dogs, no Negros, no Mexicans.
[* Juan Crow = In recent years, the term Juan Crow has also been used to discuss the historical discrimination against Mexican Americans in the U.S. as analogous to the treatment of African Americans in the Jim Crow era, specifically as related to mob violence and segregation in schools... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Crow ]
[24:26] Idar later joined a White Cross nursing unit on the side of the Revolutionary Army to help injured soldiers.
[* White Cross = La Cruz Blanca Neutral (The Neutral White Cross) was a volunteer infirmary and relief service established during the Mexican Revolution to care for those wounded in the conflict. The Red Cross refused to treat insurgents and the Neutral White Cross was developed to treat all combatants... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Cruz_Blanca ]