Articles by petethomas
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Aldrich Ames built a career on betraying trust (economist.com)

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Examplefile – Sample Document File Formats (examplefile.com)

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Interview with Kim Gordon, the rock and fashion icon who never wanted to be one (numero.com)

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Mandeville's Travels (wikipedia.org)

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China Clamps Down on High-Speed Traders, Removing Servers (bloomberg.com)

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How WhatsApp Took over the Global Conversation (newyorker.com)

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Donald Trump's first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor's company (ft.com)

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Want to Understand California's Water Crisis? Look to the Pistachio (thenation.com)

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A Booming Live Music Industry Looks for Its Next Generation of Roadies (bloomberg.com)

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Irrational betting craze signals we're on the cusp of a crash (thetimes.com)

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Amazon Is Buying America's First New Copper Output in More Than a Decade (wsj.com)

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Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started (arktimes.com)

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Oracle Trying to Lure Workers to Nashville for New 'Global' HQ (bloomberg.com)

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After Every Clue (thenation.com)

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Move Over, ChatGPT (theatlantic.com)

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Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID (thetimes.com)

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Saccade (wikipedia.org)

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Matthew McConaughey Trademarks Himself to Fight AI Misuse (wsj.com)

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Amazon holds talks with suppliers on pricing following tariff changes (reuters.com)

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A new generation of Chinese companies is expanding around the world (economist.com)

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Klarna boss backs interest rate cap on credit cards (thetimes.com)

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Magical moment: The enormity of the first U.S. adult heart transplant (2018) (stanford.edu)

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The secretive powerbroker with a tight grip on corporate Spain (ft.com)

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Young Men Are Lost. A New Book Can Guide the Way (bloomberg.com)

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FCC revises Verizon phone unlocking rules after significant fraud issues (reuters.com)

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Who Companies Call When They Want to Become a Bank (bloomberg.com)

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Ackman Pitches Prepayment Penalties as Way to Cut Mortgage Rates (bloomberg.com)

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The "Bermuda Triangle" and the Growing Risk in the Insurance Markets (natlawreview.com)

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A $400k payout is putting prediction markets in the spotlight (apnews.com)

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US oil giant ExxonMobil says Venezuela is 'uninvestable' (ft.com)

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Rise of AI chatbots for shopping boosts analyst hopes for Shopify's growth (theglobeandmail.com)

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Live metrics show Iran is now in the midst of an internet blackout (mastodon.social)

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The Early Days of American Imperialism (theatlantic.com)

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A Low-Tech Blog Is a Must-Have Accessory (bloomberg.com)

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Some gifted dogs can learn new toy names by eavesdropping on owners (apnews.com)

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Chuck E. Cheese's next act: 'I won't stop until we have a movie,' CEO says (fastcompany.com)

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Unilever's 'underarm sommeliers' sniff out most promising new products (thetimes.com)

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Poisoned arrows found in Stone Age hunters' 60k-year-old stash (thetimes.com)

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Vaultwarden – Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server, formerly bitwarden_rs (github.com/dani-garcia)

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Don't be fooled – everything has changed for the global economy (ft.com)

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Can We Save Wine from Wildfires? (newyorker.com)

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Amazon wants to know what every corporate employee accomplished last year (businessinsider.com)

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OpenCore Legacy Patcher – Experience macOS just like before (github.com/dortania)

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British businesses warned of 'cashflow contagion' as more firms set to collapse (gbnews.com)

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Canada's Immigration Dept shelves visa program for entrepreneurs, citing misuse (theglobeandmail.com)

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Polymarket refuses to pay bets that US would 'invade' Venezuela (ft.com)

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Oracle's Debt 'Unlikely' to Trigger Cut to Junk Grade (bloomberg.com)

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The Bill Comes Due, Always (coastaljournal.substack.com)

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US-based multinational companies will be exempt from global tax deal (apnews.com)

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Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations (statnews.com)

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$1B Chapter 7 bankruptcy makes auto loans harder (thestreet.com)

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Japan's 'Dementia Money' Is a Warning to the World (bloomberg.com)

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The Unstoppable Rise of the 'Superberry' (ft.com)

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wkhtmltopdf - Convert HTML to PDF Using QtWebKit (2021) (sourceforge.net)

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Weaponized (teeny tiny) black holes (joshchamot.substack.com)

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What to know about latest rupture of the Bearspaw South feeder main (calgaryherald.com)

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Admit It, You're in a Relationship with AI (bloomberg.com)

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China drafts strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence (arstechnica.com)

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The Story of the Year (thenation.com)

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Why A.I. Didn't Transform Our Lives in 2025 (newyorker.com)

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'Capital of capital': how Abu Dhabi rose as a sovereign wealth powe (ft.com)

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Publishers Clearing House's bankruptcy means winners will no longer get paid (cnn.com)

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Raylo capitalises as Gen Z turns to tech rentals to stay upgraded (thetimes.com)

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December Was Deadliest Month in Deadliest Year in ICE Custody Deaths (newrepublic.com)

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The Phone-Based Retirement Is Here (theatlantic.com)

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Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks (publishersweekly.com)

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Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Non-Application to Earned Wage Access Products [pdf] (federalregister.gov)

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Walmart and other US companies want to build a pipeline of skilled tradespeople (apnews.com)

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Four died in ICE custody this week as 2025 deaths reach 20-year high (reuters.com)

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Why do companies register private TLDs but never use them? (2024) (reddit.com)

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When Your Private Fund Turns $1 into 60 Cents (wsj.com)

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Embracing New Technologies and Players in Payments (federalreserve.gov)

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Ken MacLeod on the life and work of the late sc-fi legend Iain M. Banks [video] (youtube.com)

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Defending Hadrian's Wall took a strong stomach, study finds (thetimes.com)

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Stately home's £25M restoration derailed by Alberto the albino badger (thetimes.com)

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33 Thomas Street (wikipedia.org)

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As reefs vanish, assisted coral fertilization offers hope in Dominican Republic (apnews.com)

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The Real Story of the WW I Christmas Truce (iwm.org.uk)

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FTC claimed Walmart got unfair pricing advantages from PepsiCo (grocerydive.com)

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Oracle's Rent Is Too Darn High (bloomberg.com)

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Comp-U-Store: WCBS TV 6pm News August 13 1984 [video] (archive.org)

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The Longest Suicide Note in American History (theatlantic.com)

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The Savage Empathy of the Mosh Pit (theatlantic.com)

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US Threatens to Retaliate Against EU Firms over Digital Tax (bloomberg.com)

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The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley (nytimes.com)

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Nicholas Deak (wikipedia.org)

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Why Does Everyone Want to Be a Bank Now? (bloomberg.com)

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And Your Little Dog, Too (newyorker.com)

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The Populist Revolt Against Cognitive Elites (theatlantic.com)

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PayPal Applies to Become a Bank as US Loosens Regulatory Reins (bloomberg.com)

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Ukraine says underwater drones hit submarine (reuters.com)

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OPM launches Tech Force to recruit technologists to government (fedscoop.com)

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Kindle publishers cannot opt out of the new chatbot? (bsky.app)

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Shadow spreadsheets: The security gap your tools can't see (bleepingcomputer.com)

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You find, we'll shred: how orcas and dolphins hunt salmon as a team (thetimes.com)

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Egg Decorating in Slavic Culture (wikipedia.org)

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America's Debanking Witch Hunt Finds No Evil (bloomberg.com)

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Rescued at Sea: How Venezuela's Machado Survived the Riskiest Leg of Her Escape (wsj.com)

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How to Be Happy Like Thomas Aquinas (theatlantic.com)

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Disney is investing $1B in OpenAI and licensing its characters for Sora (cnn.com)