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‘We’ve lost our way’: Jamie Dimon hails SF turnaround, rails against wealth tax

The banker sat down with The Standard to discuss the AI boom, affordable housing, and what he’d like to do after JPMorgan — rather than run for president.

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
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New Enhanced Communication For Visitors to Julie's Jungle

A new station offering enhanced communication options for visitors to Julie's Jungle, has just been installed. Continue reading…

TPM – Talking Points Memo
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After Some Early Trump Retribution Wins, Pirro Has Fallen Out of His Good Graces

President Trump spent the weekend raging on Truth Social against Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia,...

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(Podcast) Upgrade 631: Nessie Beneath the Waves

Dan Moren joins the Upgrade program to discuss the new Apple Upgrade program, along with Apple’s financial results, the approach of Apple’s new home strategy, and the perfect phone for iPhone 13 mini fans.…

Political Wire
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Voters Prefer Democrats Over Republicans On Economy

“Americans picked Democrats ​over Republicans as better stewards of the economy for the first time in nearly a decade in a Reuters/Ipsos ‌poll, which also found their approval of President Donald Trump’s performance falling to 35%.” “The finding, in a poll conducted Wednesday through Monday, showed how Trump’s handling of the economy, including rising energy […]

Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
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RFK Jr. Staff Shut Down Questions As He Admits He Eats 'Stuff I Find On The Street'

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s staff cut off a USA Today interview question about the grossest food he has ever eaten, moments after he admitted eating "stuff I find on the street." Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the admission Wednesday in an exclusive video inte...

Political Wire
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Introducing Whip Count

A popular suggestion in the recent member survey was to offer a way for readers to weigh in on the biggest political stories of the day beyond just commenting. So I’m testing Whip Count, a new feature that lets members cast a quick vote on timely questions and instantly see what fellow Political Wire readers […]

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New photo of Trump's swollen, bruised hands in the Oval Office today

TPM – Talking Points Memo
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Trump Launches Into Extraordinary Rant About ‘Disgusting’ Blue Cities: ‘Their Trees Are All Gross’

President Donald Trump went off on a long, strange tangent where repeatedly expressed revulsion at the state of “blue cities”...

Ars Technica - All content
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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

Also: Cyborg diving suits for cockroaches, why sleepy sperm whales blow bubbles, Betelgeuse's companion star.

Ars Technica - All content
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Lego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model

Lego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model

The orbiting observatory in minifigure scale.

Ars Technica - All content
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An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it

An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it

Top scores increased by 5x.

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Apple’s New CEO Taps Retired Hardware Executive for Management Team (bloomberg.com)

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Inside China’s manosphere (economist.com)

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Ships Can’t Move and Power Plants Shut Down as Drought Saps Europe’s Rivers (wsj.com)

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Good Grief (andreapronkdepalm.medium.com)

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Haaretz Today • Netanyahu turned Israel from trusted U.S. ally to a sidelined observer (haaretz.com)

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Trump Blasts Big Oil Companies for ‘Making Too Much Money’ (wsj.com)

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Nanit and Other Baby-Tracking Start-Ups Eye Collecting Even More Data (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Opinion | I Helped Run Lululemon. The A.I. Revolution Is a Hot Mess. (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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