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nytimes.comAfter 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air QualityThe Mamdani administration released more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks.

9 Sept

How much liability has this disclosure exposed the city (and possible a few former mayors) to?

30 Aug

Idiots need to be called out... And they get angry when they are busted, love this.

30 Aug

Get your facts straight... Serena Williams got her ass kicked 6-1 and Venus Williams also lost 6-2 (each only played a set) against Karsten Braasch who took them up on it. Braasch was ranked 203rd at the time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_... What an idiot...

en.wikipedia.orgBattle of the Sexes (tennis) - Wikipedia

30 Aug

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nytimes.comMeta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction ClaimsThe social media giant settled with 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, and agreed to make major changes to its products over claims its platforms endangered children.

26 Aug

Meta got off easy...

bloom.bgThe $28,000 Course for an AI Job Nobody Quite Understands YetBusiness schools are racing to prepare executives for the newest C-suite role, even as companies are still figuring out what chief AI officers will do.

23 Aug

And are the courses taught by AI?

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com

Companies want chief AI officers. Now executives are paying as much as $28,000 to learn how to become one.

17 Aug

Think outside of the box and use the box!

Jim Swanson@jimswanson.bsky.social

COOL! 👇🏽

nytimes.comTrump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid ThreatsPresident Trump hid in an airport catering container and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month.

11 Aug

No idea if this really happened. But if it really did, what makes the guys who came up with this silly idea thought no one would expose them?

11 Aug

Hello, fellow bots!

Tal Lavin@swordsjew.bsky.social

i tried redownloading microsoft teams and they kept giving me more and more abstruse and difficult puzzles to prove i was not a robot and the punishment for failure was to have to do MORE puzzles that i sucked at and in conclusion beep beep boop boop i guess?

11 Aug

So here's the deal... Have you ever seen Snoopy and Spider-Man showing up at the same time? SNOOPY IS SPIDER-MAN!

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social

Today is both Snoopy and Peter Parker’s birthday!

deadline.comParamount Promises 30 Films a Year Contracts To AMC, Regal Post WBD MergerParamount is promising written contracts to AMC and Regal for 30 films a year if the Warner Bros merger goes through.

10 Aug

Interesting approach, but this is unlikely to spare them from the fight. The deal, if any, will at best be delayed substantially...

7 Aug

Pass...

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com

OpenAI's highly anticipated device will be a doughnut-shaped smart speaker without a display, sources told Bloomberg. Read more: bloom.bg/4fYNKMn 📷: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg

6 Aug

Amazing!

Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social

A chiropractor adjusted a giraffe's neck and jaw to ease her chewing troubles, and Gerry loved every second of the treatment.

3 Aug

Many people have indeed forgotten this...

Mark T. Sneed@marktsneed.bsky.social

The whole point of the Bill of Rights is to protect the only true minority - the individual. It limits the governments power to harm the individual. The whole constitution is designed to limit the governments power.

bit.lyDespite 40 years of our Big Mac index, currencies are still mispricedExchange-rate theory can be a lot to digest. Instead, take three trips to McDonald’s

The Big Mac index is fun to discuss/analyze, but loads of reasons why it doesn't really reflect where currencies should be priced based on purchasing power parity... (1/3)

The Economist@economist.com

Its fame has reached some unusual spots. The Big Mac index’s founder remembers climbing to Everest base camp and finding an update in a copy of The Economist left behind by another mountaineer

Second, the higher the GDP per capita, the lower the weighting food is in the consumption basket for the average joe. So you can't use a single data point to represent the basket. Most importantly, don't forget that you can't run currency arbs with Big Macs! (3/3)

bit.lyDespite 40 years of our Big Mac index, currencies are still mispricedExchange-rate theory can be a lot to digest. Instead, take three trips to McDonald’s

The Big Mac index is fun to discuss/analyze, but loads of reasons why it doesn't really reflect where currencies should be priced based on purchasing power parity... (1/3)

The Economist@economist.com

Its fame has reached some unusual spots. The Big Mac index’s founder remembers climbing to Everest base camp and finding an update in a copy of The Economist left behind by another mountaineer

First, the Big Mac index is mostly priced on backward looking factors while currencies are moved by combinations of sentiment and expectations for interest rates, the economy, etc.--mostly forward-looking factors. (2/3)

bit.lySaudi Arabia is locked in a dangerous stand-off with the HouthisBy threatening shipping, the Yemeni rebels hope to wring concessions from the kingdom

31 July

Not a whole lot of options for Saudi... Either pay up for someone (guess the US) to take out Iran or just pay Iran out...

The Economist@economist.com

Since war in Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea has become a lifeline for Saudi oil exports. Register for free to find out why the Houthis are keen to exploit this vulnerability

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31 July

Saw this somewhere and added some spider web, after a friend commented that the original image implied the Members have spines the rest of the time and they just check them at the door while in session! I suppose we can also replace "Congress" with most legislatures in other countries too...

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30 July

Onion rings are vegetable donuts.

30 July

Insane...

Burnt Bleghk 🎃@brentalfloss.bsky.social

I used to have to be high to start overthinking common words Now Microsoft's AI-powered spell check can do it for me!

30 July

I have doubts about rate hikes before the mid-terms, regardless of whether it's justified. Remember what happened to Powell? He wasn't advocating for rate hikes--he just wasn't lowering rates quickly enough... #FOMC

29 July

Am pleased to know that I'm not alone!

Nash@radiodeadair.com

When I reboot Firefox is constantly telling me it can't get my tabs back and would I like to restore my previous session. But if I could get my tabs back by clicking "restore previous session," why doesn't Firefox just do that itself? Is the button magic?

28 July

Who doesn't love playing hoops?!

David Berri@wagesofwins.bsky.social

I have a theory for why LeBron keeps playing basketball. I think he likes playing basketball! That's the entire theory.

bit.lyHow high will oil prices go this time?As trouble mounts in the Gulf and the Red Sea, fears are rising once again

27 July

"Fabulous" timing for this, on a day when WTI is down $6+/bbl...

The Economist@economist.com

Energy markets are more precarious for three reasons: the Strait of Hormuz problem has grown more intractable; new threats have emerged; and protective buffers have already worn thin

26 July

Sports betting ads are getting out of control... They are now present in every sport event/broadcasting. One would have thought a bunch of #NBA guys getting arrested/indicted in the past year would have moved public opinion against sports betting, but no, nothing has happened!!!

bit.lyWould you pass the world’s toughest exam?Thirty million Indians want a job on the railways, but first they must pass a fiendish general-knowledge test

25 July

For a moment, I thought there were millions of train buffs in India...

The Economist@economist.com

Education is at the centre of Delhi’s biggest protests in years. A competitive and pricey culture has inspired an industry of exam-paper leaks. Last year 1843 delved into one of the toughest tests young Indians spend years studying for

nytimes.comGlobal Oil Prices Rise as Conflict With Iran DeepensThe Houthis claimed to have attacked two ships in the Red Sea, and Iran said a third caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz.

23 July

Considering how hostilities have resumed for almost two weeks and now Houthis is messing around in the Red Sea, one would have thought crude should be higher than where it is today... The market seems to be pricing in things calming down relatively quickly...

23 July

Everyone's talking about Saudi's nuclear program and the risks of Saudi developing nuclear weapons at some point. But for what it's worth, Ukraine (eventually), Poland, Germany, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, etc. will all launch/re-launch nuclear weapon programs.

23 July

Does anyone like proliferation? Hell no. But you can't really blame these countries for at least pondering that, given that they are living next door to/right around the corner of aggressors with nukes.

theguardian.comEngland cannot afford trip to amputee World Cup – and the FA will not helpWith no national funding, England’s successful men’s amputee side is struggling to raise the £50,000 needed for November’s tournament in Mexico

22 July

Embarrassing...

bloom.bgAirport Lounge Crowds and Confusion Infuriate High-Spending FlyersLounge access has become more expensive and complex, with perks carved up by card type, cabin, status level and a growing list of exceptions.

Just take me from point A to point B, the rest is just noise...

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com

Airport lounges promised a quieter, more comfortable way to travel. Now many frequent flyers face packed clubs, changing rules and a maze of credit card and loyalty perks

bit.lyXi Jinping expels another leader from his top teamHe has set a record for booting out members of the Politburo

Old news is so exciting... This guy was pushed out November last year and they are just making it official now....

The Economist@economist.com

The latest removal from China’s Politburo is a reminder of a distinctive feature of Xi Jinping’s rule: his willingness to lash out at those he dislikes, rather than quietly sideline them

😂

Gabriel Roth@gabrielroth.bsky.social

My gastroenterologist's office is admirably accommodating to time travelers from the Middle Ages, many of whom probably do have gastroenterological issues

bit.lyHow SK Hynix became the king of advanced memory chipsIts advantages will not protect it if demand falters

Memory players have been constantly swinging between boom and bust with over investment at the peaks for the last 30+ years. That's how we have gone from god-knows how many player to 3.5 of them today... Looking at the capex plans from #hynix and #samsung, history will probably repeat itself.

The Economist@economist.com

In the early 2000s a sharp downturn in the market for memory chips pushed the firm to the brink of collapse. These days things look very different

#lettuce is dead, long live #broccoli!!!

theverge.comTaylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce from the US market after cyclosporiasis outbreakEverything we know so far about the cyclosporiasis outbreak.

Where's the lettuce heading then?

The Democrats can barely organize themselves to order pizza, let alone rigging an election!

espn.comGianni Infantino says FIFA will examine possibility of 64-team World CupGianni Infantino has confirmed FIFA will discuss expanding the men's World Cup to 64 teams after the 2026 tournament, saying every nation should have the chance to dream of playing at football's biggest event.

Not a huge soccer fan, but (1) a lot of the games during the group stage this year were kinda dull; (2) things improved when the elimination stage started. I wonder what would happen when you go from 48 teams to 64 in 2030!!!