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X’s head of product celebrating record downloads of his app on a day where a man’s murder was autoplayed on loop for all to see.
September 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
X’s head of product celebrating record downloads of his app on a day where a man’s murder was autoplayed on loop for all to see.
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Making America Great Again? In just a few weeks, U.S. farmers will begin harvesting tens of millions of tons of soybeans. But the world’s biggest buyer -- China -- doesn’t want any. www.wsj.com/world/china/...
The American Farmers China Is Using as a Trade-War Bargaining Chip
Weeks before the harvest, China has ordered no soybeans from the U.S.—as Beijing snubs products to gain an edge.
www.wsj.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Making America Great Again? In just a few weeks, U.S. farmers will begin harvesting tens of millions of tons of soybeans. But the world’s biggest buyer -- China -- doesn’t want any. www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Fantastic preview of our upcoming show: ‘John le Carré:Tradecraft’ by Stephen Smith in this weekend’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social New Review. The show has been curated by Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite, and there is a wonderful book from Bodleian Publications observer.co.uk/style/featur...
John le Carré’s shadow world of secret informers
Long after he’d given up his intelligence career, the author remained at the centre of a web of contacts who played a key role in his writing. Now they’r...
observer.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Fantastic preview of our upcoming show: ‘John le Carré:Tradecraft’ by Stephen Smith in this weekend’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social New Review. The show has been curated by Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite, and there is a wonderful book from Bodleian Publications observer.co.uk/style/featur...
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Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
www.npr.org
August 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.
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As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
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www.wsj.com/health/healt...
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
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www.wsj.com/health/healt...
The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge
The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.
www.wsj.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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. @npr.org is one of the only US national news organizations that still has a reporter inside Gaza, Anas Baba, and he keeps reporting even though he himself is starving. This piece is unbelievably powerful.
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
The deadly risk of trying to reach food in Gaza
An NPR journalist in Gaza describes his experience seeking food from a site run by private American contractors, facing Israeli military fire, crowds fighting for rations, and masked thieves.
www.npr.org
July 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
. @npr.org is one of the only US national news organizations that still has a reporter inside Gaza, Anas Baba, and he keeps reporting even though he himself is starving. This piece is unbelievably powerful.
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
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Please give a little love to the second story on the WSJ app now…. www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
The Global Risks That Come With the Loss of an Independent Fed
It isn’t just the U.S. Other countries have also come to expect an independent U.S. central bank.
www.wsj.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Please give a little love to the second story on the WSJ app now…. www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
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Although “people in China are acutely conscious of the limits of permissible speech,” Lavender Au writes, Chinese students living in the United States never expected to be contending with similar worries: https://theatln.tc/s5PrFxuS
July 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Although “people in China are acutely conscious of the limits of permissible speech,” Lavender Au writes, Chinese students living in the United States never expected to be contending with similar worries: https://theatln.tc/s5PrFxuS
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For those who do not have access or care to go to Twitter for the video, here is the video of the U.S. Secretary of the Army stating that there is currently a soldier on the moon:
June 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
For those who do not have access or care to go to Twitter for the video, here is the video of the U.S. Secretary of the Army stating that there is currently a soldier on the moon:
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Allianz survey of 4,500 companies: 54% of US firms plan to raise prices to deal with tariff costs.
May 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Allianz survey of 4,500 companies: 54% of US firms plan to raise prices to deal with tariff costs.
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No but I wanted ravioli.
Where customers once might have encountered an Italian-American meatcutter operating an antique brass cash register, San Francisco business owners can soon buy a flashy device to process payments “right from their pocket.”
via @miss-elenius.bsky.social
missionlocal.org/2025/05/sf-v...
via @miss-elenius.bsky.social
missionlocal.org/2025/05/sf-v...
Tech-backed ‘Corner Store’ coming to old Lucca Ravioli location
Payment processing company Square will soon launch a business and community hub on Valencia Street in the Mission District.
missionlocal.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
No but I wanted ravioli.
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I’m sorry but this this is hideous and has been a trash-filled blight since I moved to SF almost 25 years ago. Rip it out.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/v...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/v...
Fans of controversial S.F. fountain fear Embarcadero Plaza makeover puts it ‘in danger’
Landscape architects, historians and skateboarders are mobilizing to keep the Vaillancourt Fountain in Embarcadero Plaza amid plans for a major makeover.
www.sfchronicle.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I’m sorry but this this is hideous and has been a trash-filled blight since I moved to SF almost 25 years ago. Rip it out.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/v...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/v...
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“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.”
By NYT Greg Jaffe
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
By NYT Greg Jaffe
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
Hegseth Fires Military’s Top JAG Lawyers in Pursuit of ‘Warrior Ethos’
The defense secretary has repeatedly derided the military lawyers for war crime prosecutions and battlefield rules of engagement.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.”
By NYT Greg Jaffe
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
By NYT Greg Jaffe
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
