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National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers (apnews.com)

a month ago | petethomas | apnews.com | newest

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Masters of Deceit (1958) (gutenberg.org)

a month ago | petethomas | gutenberg.org | frontpage

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Dozens of international student visas canceled at Univ of California, Stanford (latimes.com)

a month ago | petethomas | latimes.com | frontpage

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Klarna pauses US IPO plans as tariffs roil markets, sources say (reuters.com)

a month ago | petethomas | reuters.com | newest

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U.S. Peace Corps says DOGE has arrived at its HQ (reuters.com)

a month ago | petethomas | reuters.com | frontpage

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RealPage sues California city officials over rental algorithm ban (apnews.com)

a month ago | petethomas | apnews.com | newest

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An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court (apnews.com)

a month ago | petethomas | apnews.com | frontpage

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The Trade War Looks Brutal for Finance, Too (bloomberg.com)

a month ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | newest

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The Path to Cognitive RPA (2018) (medium.com/aimdektech)

a month ago | petethomas | medium.com | newest

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Hackers strike Australia's largest pension funds in coordinated attacks (reuters.com)

a month ago | petethomas | reuters.com | frontpage

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Overwhelming Support for Stablecoin Transparency Bill in House Committee (yahoo.com)

a month ago | petethomas | yahoo.com | newest

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CEOs should give LinkedIn a rest (thetimes.com)

a month ago | petethomas | thetimes.com | newest

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Mutual Co-op 'still in the game' as profits soar and it cuts debt (thetimes.com)

a month ago | petethomas | thetimes.com | newest

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Tunnock's tea cakes cleared for take-off by RAF 60 years after ban (thetimes.com)

a month ago | petethomas | thetimes.com | newest

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Apple and Amazon Promised Us Revolutionary AI. We're Still Waiting (wsj.com)

a month ago | petethomas | wsj.com | newest

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Tariffs to lift companies' costs and hurt exports (reuters.com)

a month ago | petethomas | reuters.com | newest

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US Emerges as Biggest Loser in Markets from Tariffs (bloomberg.com)

a month ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | newest

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'Space is finally going to be glam' – meet the female rocket crew (thetimes.com)

a month ago | petethomas | thetimes.com | newest

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ICE Air: Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster "Only a Matter of Time" (propublica.org)

a month ago | petethomas | propublica.org | frontpage

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Goldman Opens Up Private Equity Deals to Rich Individuals (bloomberg.com)

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China launches military drills around Taiwan, calls its president a "parasite" (reuters.com)

a month ago | petethomas | reuters.com | frontpage

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Harley-Davidson Wants Payback If Europe Targets Its Bikes (wsj.com)

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Cantor Analysts Blast RFK Jr., Warn of 'Dangerous Territory' (bloomberg.com)

a month ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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The Prevention of Literature (1947) (theatlantic.com)

a month ago | petethomas | theatlantic.com | frontpage

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Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again (thenation.com)

a month ago | petethomas | thenation.com | frontpage

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Met Police smash down door of Quaker meeting house to arrest activists (thetimes.com)

a month ago | petethomas | thetimes.com | best

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The Curse of Ayn Rand's Heir (theatlantic.com)

a month ago | petethomas | theatlantic.com | newest

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Smaller, cheaper nuclear reactors send US states racing to attract the industry (apnews.com)

a month ago | petethomas | apnews.com | frontpage

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US warns French companies they must comply with diversity ban (reuters.com)

a month ago | petethomas | reuters.com | newest

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Thames Water loses finance chief (thetimes.com)

a month ago | petethomas | thetimes.com | newest

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Executive order on Smithsonian targets funding programs with 'improper ideology' (apnews.com)

a month ago | petethomas | apnews.com | frontpage

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Coinbase MPC Library (github.com/coinbase)

a month ago | petethomas | github.com | newest

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The Uncanny Keyboard (2020) (mitpress.mit.edu)

a month ago | petethomas | mit.edu | newest

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Messaging Breach Confirms Fears of European Allies (bloomberg.com)

a month ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | newest

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How TD Became America's Most Convenient Bank for Money Launderers (bloomberg.com)

a month ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | newest

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Russian Names (2018) (justrussian.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | justrussian.com | frontpage

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Foreigners Dump U.S. Treasuries. Here's Who Did the Most Selling (barrons.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | barrons.com | frontpage

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FCC's Carr Threatens to Block M&A for Companies with DEI Plans (bloomberg.com)

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The Future of Higher Ed Is in Austin (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | newest

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LA Faces $1B Budget Hole, Warns of Layoffs (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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People named in JFK assassination documents are not happy personal info released (apnews.com)

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2000X: Tales of the Next Millennia (2000) (archive.org)

2 months ago | petethomas | archive.org | newest

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What Happened to Due Process? (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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French scientist denied entry into the U.S., French government says (reuters.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | reuters.com | best

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US suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage (reuters.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | reuters.com | frontpage

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Walmart replaces Affirm as Klarna's 'buy now, pay later' service provider (americanbazaaronline.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | americanbazaaronline.com | newest

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Social Security Admin to require in-person ID checks for new&existing recipients (apnews.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | apnews.com | frontpage

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Darker Than a Dark Pool? Welcome to Wall Street's 'Private Rooms' (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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Science Cuts Have Thrown the Research World into Chaos (bloomberg.com)

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Was Sam Altman Right About the Job Market? (theatlantic.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | theatlantic.com | frontpage

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California Approves State Farm's Emergency Rate Increase on Homeowners (wsj.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | wsj.com | frontpage

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'Profit-Enhancing Middlemen' Fuel $200B Health-Care Chaos (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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Tesla warns it could face retaliatory tariffs (reuters.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | reuters.com | frontpage

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Nobody Wants to Drink Sparkling Wine from the Midwest (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | newest

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US food giants PepsiCo, Conagra seek to exempt some imports from tariffs (reuters.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | reuters.com | newest

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Federal student loan site down, a day after layoffs gutted Education Department (apnews.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | apnews.com | frontpage

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Walmart Faces Heat from Beijing After Demand for Price Cuts (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | newest

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TikTok Tunnel Girl returns with a permit allowing her to keep tunnel (wusa9.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | wusa9.com | frontpage

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British tourist in custody at Tacoma ICE detention center for weeks (seattletimes.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | seattletimes.com | frontpage

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Email tells USAID workers to destroy classified docs, court asked to intervene (apnews.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | apnews.com | frontpage

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NHS job cuts: Up to 7k posts to go as Wes Streeting takes charge (thetimes.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | thetimes.com | frontpage

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After the L.A. wildfires, State Farm draws ire over claims response (latimes.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | latimes.com | newest

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Forced to scam others worldwide, now held in detention on the Myanmar border (apnews.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | apnews.com | frontpage

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The Ancient Horsemen Who Created the Modern World (wsj.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | wsj.com | frontpage

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Seattle scientists fight back against Trump cuts, disinformation (seattletimes.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | seattletimes.com | newest

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Junior Bankers Say Grunt Work Matters Even with AI Taking on the Tasks They Hate (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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Is REI turning into a corporate retailer? (seattletimes.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | seattletimes.com | frontpage

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The Quake KQAK 99 FM First Day 8.23.1982 SF (1982) (archive.org)

2 months ago | petethomas | archive.org | newest

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Private Equity's $24B Walgreens Bid Is Wild (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | newest

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Ancient version of soccer with rules like 'no murder' still being played today (apnews.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | apnews.com | newest

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Butterfly populations plummet by 22% in US since turn of century (reuters.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | reuters.com | frontpage

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Investors spy the dawn of a tectonic shift away from US markets (reuters.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | reuters.com | newest

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MAGA Wants to End Capitalism as We Know It (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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As Trump sacks scientists, let's hire them. His drain is our brain gain (smh.com.au)

2 months ago | petethomas | smh.com.au | frontpage

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The Rise of the Brutal American (theatlantic.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | theatlantic.com | frontpage

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Groceries in the U.S. remain expensive; more states want to stop taxing them (apnews.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | apnews.com | newest

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Skybox Security's Sudden Shutdown Leaves Workers in Limbo (freelanceinformer.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | freelanceinformer.com | newest

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San Francisco, California vs. Environmental Protection Agency [pdf] (supremecourt.gov)

2 months ago | petethomas | supremecourt.gov | newest

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Newsom orders state workers to return to the office 4 days a week in California (latimes.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | latimes.com | newest

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I built a toy maker – and it's all thanks to a lift from my boss (thetimes.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | thetimes.com | newest

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Broomhead foam issues on hold for Brier, but curlers still fuming (cbc.ca)

2 months ago | petethomas | cbc.ca | newest

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AI Will Upend a Basic Assumption About How Companies Are Organized (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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Instagram Flooded Feeds with Gore. 'Sorry' Doesn't Cut It (bloomberg.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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FAA Aims to Boost Hiring of Air-Traffic Controllers and Update Its Technology (wsj.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | wsj.com | newest

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[dupe] Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a man's brain into glass (reuters.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | reuters.com | newest

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Meme coin moment fizzles after Trump cashes in (axios.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | axios.com | newest

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A Disastrous Buyout Exposes Fuzzy Math in Private Equity Deals (bloomberg.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | newest

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Captain 'lost for words' after witnessing a super pod of more than 2k dolphins (cbc.ca)

3 months ago | petethomas | cbc.ca | frontpage

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US Health Officials Weigh Pulling Funding for Moderna Bird Flu Vaccine (bloomberg.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | newest

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Salesforce sees annual results below estimates as Agentforce adoption lags (reuters.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | reuters.com | frontpage

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The Job Market Is Frozen (theatlantic.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | theatlantic.com | frontpage

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Step-Audio: Framework for intelligent speech interaction (github.com/stepfun-ai)

3 months ago | petethomas | github.com | newest

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A vague Pentagon memo has some contractors on edge (federalnewsnetwork.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | federalnewsnetwork.com | newest

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About CEDAR Audio (cedar-audio.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | cedar-audio.com | newest

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Apple shareholders vote to keep its diversity policies (reuters.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | reuters.com | newest

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Gibellula: Parasitic fungi which attacks arachnids (wikipedia.org)

3 months ago | petethomas | wikipedia.org | newest

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New zombie species of orb-weaving cave spiders [pdf] (fuse-journal.org)

3 months ago | petethomas | fuse-journal.org | newest

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Why Private Equity Is Eyeing Your Nest Egg (bloomberg.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | bloomberg.com | newest

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The exurbs are where people are moving (apnews.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | apnews.com | newest

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OmniParser V2: Turning Any LLM into a Computer Use Agent (microsoft.com)

3 months ago | petethomas | microsoft.com | newest