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Despite new curbs, Elon Musk's Grok at times produces sexualized images (reuters.com)

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Even the Happiest Place on Earth Has Measles (bloomberg.com)

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Goldman Defense of Lawyer's Epstein Ties Provokes Unease at Bank (bloomberg.com)

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In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE (nytimes.com)

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Kevin Warsh (stayathomemacro.substack.com)

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Draft quantum order tasks agencies with reinvigorating the tech's development (nextgov.com)

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Data Centers Are Not "Campuses" (newrepublic.com)

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Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency (wsj.com)

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The stablecoin war: Wall Street vs. crypto over the future of money (ft.com)

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King County, WA eviction levels hit an all-time high, again (seattletimes.com)

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The Troubling Trend of Combat-Uniform Creep (nationalreview.com)

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NPR and PBS Never Needed Your Taxpayer Dollars (nationalreview.com)

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Why software stocks are getting pummelled (economist.com)

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Oakland Firestorm of 1991 (wikipedia.org)

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Stop panicking about AI. Start preparing (economist.com)

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LinkedIn, Everyone's an AI Detective Now (bloomberg.com)

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Conrad Gessner (wikipedia.org)

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[flagged] America First Risks Becoming America Alone (wsj.com)

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Judge: DOJ's statements on slavery exhibit display 'dangerous' & 'horrifying' (apnews.com)

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Billionaires trying to prolong their life end up wasting it (thetimes.com)

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Hedge funds' correlation with stocks sparks fears over lack of crash protection (ft.com)

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US threatens to 'decertify' Canadian aircraft as rift with Ottawa deepens (ft.com)

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House Republicans propose voting changes as Trump administration eyes midterms (apnews.com)

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I Test Drove a Chinese EV. Now I Don't Want to Buy American Cars Anymore. (wsj.com)

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Trump, 2 sons, Trump Org sue IRS, Treasury for $10B over tax records leak (msn.com)

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Meet 'Coalie,' the Lethal Mascot for Dirty Energy (bloomberg.com)

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How shopping chatbots might transform retail (ft.com)

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It's Time to Start Tooting Your Own Horn at Work (wsj.com)

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[flagged] In 6 violent encounters, evidence contradicts immigration officials' narratives (reuters.com)

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Ambulancing on the French Front (1918) (gutenberg.org)

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Teenagers rescue adults in trainers and jeans from Helvellyn (thetimes.com)

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Fish pile up at European ports as new digital system falters (ft.com)

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Trump's Embrace of Weaker Dollar Fuels Bets on New Downtrend (bloomberg.com)

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Big Tech's borrowing spree raises fears of AI risks in US bond market (ft.com)

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Health Insurers in Shock After Medicare Holds Line on 2027 Payments (wsj.com)

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GameStop's original bull is back. CEO Ryan Cohen has Berkshire-like ambitions (msn.com)

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UnitedHealth forecasts first revenue drop in nearly four decades; shares plunge (reuters.com)

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He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound (wired.com)

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Fire Kristi Noem into the Sun (nationalreview.com)

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Police chatbots in UK could free up equivalent of 3k police officers (thetimes.com)

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Goldman's Solomon Sees 'Slower' Trajectory for Talent Growth (bloomberg.com)

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As lawyer rates surge, US firm charges $4k an hour for top partners (reuters.com)

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Affirm and Fiserv Team to Bring BNPL to Debit Programs (pymnts.com)

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Tether says it bought 27 tons of gold in fourth quarter (yahoo.com)

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India to slash tariffs on cars to 40% in trade deal with EU (reuters.com)

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Disney to Pay $10M in FTC Children's Data Settlement (natlawreview.com)

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[dupe] Federal agents shoot man dead in Minneapolis (ft.com)

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Another horrifying shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis (economist.com)

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[flagged] Minnesota activist releases arrest video after manipulated White House version (apnews.com)

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eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents (arstechnica.com)

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Workplace rights agency scraps anti-harassment guidance (apnews.com)

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Chinese AI is a risk for Europe. So is shunning it (economist.com)

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A Massacre in Mashhad (newyorker.com)

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What Margaret Atwood Would Like You to Know (newrepublic.com)

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Doomsday-Prepping for Trump's Third Term (theatlantic.com)

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Intel Tumbles After Manufacturing Snags Bedevil Comeback (bloomberg.com)

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Texas leads the nation in supplying new residents to other states (apnews.com)

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Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit (thenation.com)

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African trade has been vastly underestimated (economist.com)

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Bessent Cautions Allies over Military Missions in Greenland (bloomberg.com)

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Bessent Shrugs Off 'Irrelevant' Danish Treasuries Sales (bloomberg.com)

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Want to Keep Your Job? Buy Yourself a Blazer (bloomberg.com)

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Hootsuite looking to work with ICE to 'build trust' (theglobeandmail.com)

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Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns AI boom could falter without wider adoption (ft.com)

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Bessent tells banks deregulation makes up for 10% rate cap (americanbanker.com)

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Trump's Crypto Gamble (foreignaffairs.com)

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An Inauspicious Start for Bari Weiss at CBS News (nationalreview.com)

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Semihemidemisemiquaver (wikipedia.org)

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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)