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Why there's an unexpected surge in people claiming Social Security (npr.org)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | npr.org | newest

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US's largest solar and storage project [Bellefield] 50% complete (electrek.co)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | electrek.co | newest

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Five Phone Stories [video] (youtube.com)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | youtube.com | newest

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America's Suburban Building Boom Declared Dead: 15M Missing Homes and Counting (governance.fyi)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | governance.fyi | newest

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Uber Overcharged Riders Nearly $1.8M in Congestion Fees, City Records Show (blockclubchicago.org)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | blockclubchicago.org | newest

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David Murdock, Longevity-Driven Former CEO of Dole, Dies at 102 (bloomberg.com)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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ERCOT's projected load growth unrealistic and impossible, Ascend Analytics says (energy-storage.news)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | energy-storage.news | newest

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EDF Finds Hints of Stress Corrosion Crack at Nuclear Reactor (bloomberg.com)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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Factory work is overrated. Here are the jobs of the future (economist.com)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | economist.com | newest

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Spain's 37.5-Hour Workweek Winners (governance.fyi)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | governance.fyi | newest

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In 2024, the United States produced more energy than ever before (eia.gov)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | eia.gov | newest

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Plaid Launches Request for Payment (pymnts.com)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | pymnts.com | newest

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Walmart using its own fintech firm to provide credit cards after dumping CapOne (cnbc.com)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | cnbc.com | newest

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West Virginia coal mine had 30 years of production left. It will close (lpm.org)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | lpm.org | frontpage

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Oil demand for fuels in China has reached a plateau (iea.org)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | iea.org | frontpage

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Chasing Big Money with the Health-Care Hustlers of South Florida (bloomberg.com)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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China launches first grid-forming sodium-ion battery storage plant (pv-magazine.com)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | pv-magazine.com | frontpage

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Interest rates are normal, the world is not (ft.com)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | ft.com | newest

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Constellation, Meta Sign 20-Year Deal for Nuclear Energy in Illinois (constellationenergy.com)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | constellationenergy.com | newest

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America's housing market is cracking (qz.com)

5 months ago | toomuchtodo | qz.com | newest

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Atom Bank CEO running 4-day week says cutting working hours isn't 'progressive' (fortune.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | fortune.com | newest

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Alf Clausen, Emmy-Winning 'Simpsons' Composer, Dies at 84 (variety.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | variety.com | newest

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Amazon Pledges to Continue Aggressive Data Center Expansion (bloomberg.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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Microsoft's ZeniMax Reaches Contract Deal, Union Says (bloomberg.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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US Housing Market Has ~500k More Sellers Than Buyers, Most on Record (redfin.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | redfin.com | newest

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Curbside EV Charger Fits Right into the Sidewalk (insideevs.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | insideevs.com | newest

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Northrop Grumman Invests in Defense-Focused Space Startup Firefly Aerospace (bloomberg.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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"The Age of Work", part two: The country's youngest workforce (adpresearch.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | adpresearch.com | newest

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AI, tariffs and the energy transition are reshaping infrastructure investing (goldmansachs.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | goldmansachs.com | newest

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The US Is About to Discover If Deficits Don't Matter (bloomberg.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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The AI Middleman Expanding in the Consumer-Bond Bonanza (wsj.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | wsj.com | newest

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How we made it: will China be the first electrostate? (ft.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | ft.com | newest

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China Is on Its Way to Becoming First 'Electrostate' (oilprice.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | oilprice.com | newest

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Marcel Ophuls, Myth-Shattering War Documentarian, Is Dead at 97 (nytimes.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | nytimes.com | newest

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U.S. Coin Circulation: The Path Forward (2022) [pdf] (frbservices.org)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | frbservices.org | frontpage

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Why the bond market is barfing (axios.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | axios.com | newest

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Tulsa Remote: Why Paying Remote Workers $10k to Relocate Returns $4.31/Dollar (governance.fyi)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | governance.fyi | newest

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Latin America's Baby Bust Is Arriving Early (bloomberg.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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Bankrupt Electric Bus Maker Lion Rescued by Quebec Investors (bloomberg.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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Senator Wyden Letter on Senate Cyber Threats and Surveillance [pdf] (senate.gov)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | senate.gov | newest

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LMArena Goes from Academic Project to $600M Startup (bloomberg.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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Harvard Youth Poll Spring 2025 (iop.harvard.edu)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | harvard.edu | newest

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Patents Pendency Data April 2025 (uspto.gov)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | uspto.gov | newest

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Honda commits to going out of business by pulling back on EVs as sales rise (electrek.co)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | electrek.co | newest

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DoorDash Ends AI Voice-Ordering Product for Restaurants (bloomberg.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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Installing Consumer-Owned Antennas and Satellite Dishes (fcc.gov)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | fcc.gov | newest

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In Reversal, Trump Officials Will Allow Offshore N.Y. Wind Farm to Proceed (nytimes.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | nytimes.com | frontpage

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Protein for strength training? Vegan diet matches meat for muscle gains (npr.org)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | npr.org | frontpage

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Klarna doubles losses in first quarter as IPO remains on hold (cnbc.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | cnbc.com | newest

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South Korea to Replace F-35Bs with Drones on Future Aircraft Carriers (militarnyi.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | militarnyi.com | newest

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Social Security drops controversial antifraud review amid growing claims backlog (cnn.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | cnn.com | frontpage

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Madrid Río (wikipedia.org)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | wikipedia.org | newest

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Gen Z Loves China, and Nobody Knows Why [video] (youtube.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | youtube.com | newest

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Climeworks' capture fails to cover its own emissions (heimildin.is)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | heimildin.is | newest

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FERC: Solar and wind made up 98% of new US power generating capacity in Q1 2025 (electrek.co)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | electrek.co | frontpage

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Safer Intersection Legislation Signed into Law in Illinois (activetrans.org)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | activetrans.org | newest

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A fraction of proposed data centers will get built. Utilities are wising up (utilitydive.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | utilitydive.com | newest

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Crypto has become the ultimate swamp asset (economist.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | economist.com | newest

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The Pay by Bank Breakthrough (fintechtakes.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | fintechtakes.com | newest

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Why Is Geographic Mobility Declining? (richmondfed.org)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | richmondfed.org | frontpage

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UnitedHealth Under Investigation for Medicare Fraud, WSJ Says (bloomberg.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we have? (npr.org)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | npr.org | newest

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New York's attempt to cut off public records access has been stopped (mailchi.mp)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | mailchi.mp | newest

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Fewer people want to work in the U.S. (axios.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | axios.com | frontpage

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Rivian Just Unlocked Another $1B from Volkswagen (insideevs.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | insideevs.com | newest

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It's Never Been Harder to Find Air Traffic Controllers – Look at Newark (bloomberg.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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Designing Cities for Families (bloomberg.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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CoreWeave seeks new $1.5B debt deal after downsized IPO (ft.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | ft.com | newest

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French Power Price Plunges Below Zero as Solar Floods the Grid (bloomberg.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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Seawater Faraday Cage (patents.google.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | google.com | newest

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The enshitification of YouTube's full album playlists (engadget.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | engadget.com | newest

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PDSls (pdsls.dev)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | pdsls.dev | newest

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FTC bans hidden fees for live events and short-term rentals, effective May 12 (techcrunch.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | techcrunch.com | best

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US Army Transformation and Acquisition Reform [pdf] (defense.gov)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | defense.gov | newest

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FAA offering more incentives as air traffic controller shortage worsens (ktla.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | ktla.com | frontpage

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As egg prices soared at the supermarket, so did producer profits (washingtonpost.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | washingtonpost.com | newest

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Is US Policy Getting the Cost of Children Wrong? (governance.fyi)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | governance.fyi | newest

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Palo Alto Network: The Long Thesis in Q2'25 (publiccomps.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | publiccomps.com | newest

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Fasting-Style Diet Seems to Result in Dynamic Changes in Human Brains (sciencealert.com)

6 months ago | toomuchtodo | sciencealert.com | newest

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Innovation and Capital (sciencedirect.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | sciencedirect.com | newest

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Limestone University in South Carolina to Shut After Failing to Raise $6M (bloomberg.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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Tdarr: Distributed Transcoding System (github.com/haveagitgat)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | github.com | newest

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23andMe Agrees to Back a Privacy Advocate [Ombudsman] for Customer DNA Data (bloomberg.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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Electronic Arts Lays Off Hundreds, Cancels 'Titanfall' Game (bloomberg.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group F/A-18 Super Hornet Lost at Sea (navy.mil)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | navy.mil | newest

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23andMe Bankruptcy Bid Deadline Extended as DNA Privacy Woes Linger (bloomberg.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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There Is One Clear Winner in the Corn vs. Solar Battle (cleantechnica.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | cleantechnica.com | newest

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The Origins and Evolution of Occupational Licensing in the United States (nber.org)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | nber.org | newest

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Why Physical Media Deserved to Die (hackaday.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | hackaday.com | newest

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It Will Take 700 Years to Replace UK Water Grid at Current Pace (bloomberg.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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Why "scout mindset" is crucial to good judgment [video] (youtube.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | youtube.com | newest

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The United States operates the largest nuclear power plant fleet (eia.gov)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | eia.gov | frontpage

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California now 4th largest economy in the world (ca.gov)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | ca.gov | frontpage

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What's Driving the Surge in U.S. Corporate Profits? (stlouisfed.org)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | stlouisfed.org | frontpage

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US DC fast charging network surges past 55K ports and getting more reliable (electrek.co)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | electrek.co | newest

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Cocktail party ideas (2022) (danluu.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | danluu.com | newest

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For Restaurants and Other Businesses, Demographics Will Remain a Challenge (restaurant.org)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | restaurant.org | newest

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SAP becomes Europe's most valuable firm amid German stock market boom (cnbc.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | cnbc.com | newest

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OpenAI Would Buy Google's Chrome Browser, ChatGPT Chief Says (bloomberg.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest

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Goldman's CEO Wants to Get Paid (bloomberg.com)

7 months ago | toomuchtodo | bloomberg.com | newest