Newsfeed: Gas Hookups, Influencers, Seat Belts, Jakarta

At (Newsfeed – Tim W. Ferguson (timwferguson.com) you’ll find new mini-commentaries on these items from current media: An effort to prevent gas hookups for new construction in Massachusetts, in order to curb fossil-fuel use; a push (again in the Northeast) to further criminalize failure to wear seat belts as road deaths are rising; the rising receipts of social-media influencers, which soon may exceed newspaper ad revenues; and the enormous population challenge of developing-world metros such as Jakarta and Manila. Please take a look and, as always, comment as you wish below this post.