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In 1992, Prop. 162 quietly put California taxpayers on the hook for public pension funds’ wild investment bets — and it’s cheated them out of $500 billion since.

Judy Lee claims numerous men at the century-old Chinatown institution made repeated sexual advances toward her, groped her, and belittled her.

There are electric scooters, there are fast electric scooters, and then there are machines like the Nanrobot LS7+ that make you wonder whether we’ve stretched the definition of “scooter” about as far as it can possibly go.

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The Boring Company has closed a $3 billion Series D funding round led by the United Arab Emirates, valuing Elon Musk’s tunneling venture at $23 billion.

That’s roughly four times its 2022 valuation of about $5.7 billion. And most of the case for it sits in tunnels the company hasn’t dug yet.

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"Artemis II is done."

The Dominican Republic produces more major league ballplayers than any country outside the U.S., but the industry is essentially unregulated — and we’re investigating. Got a tip? Text “baseball” to 1-917-207-6447 on WhatsApp.
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NEW: Major League Baseball has long known about teams making handshake deals with Dominican players as young as 11 — and the predatory industry that has grown around this system.

But it’s never publicly warned or penalized a team for making an early deal.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-dominican-republic-baseball-factory-traps-players-mlb-santo-caraballo?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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"A lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers."

Roy Lichtenstein, Landscape 3 from Ten Landscapes, 1967 #museumofmodernart #museumarchive

Vince Gill may be one of the most revered artists in country music, but silly pranks are still happening backstage at his shows. Continue reading…

Jon Pardi says there’s one song Summer has never loved — and it all comes down to a single lyric that didn’t sit right with her. Continue reading…

“The Treasury Department failed to cow the bond market Wednesday with its amped-up buyback announcement, as rates still rose,” Axios reports. “The reaction suggests that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s unusual showdown with the markets could itself add to upward pressure on interest rates — precisely the opposite of what most think he’s trying to achieve.”

A new Elon University Poll poll in North Carolina finds Roy Cooper (D) leading Michael Whatley (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 49% to 38%, with Shannon Bray (L) at 2% and Michael Dublin (G) at 2%. North Carolina Senate Race Roy Cooper (D) 49%   Michael Whatley (R) 38%   Elon University Poll poll […]

“Democratic donors who were once turned off by the state of their party are beginning to write checks again, spurred by the prospect of Republican losses in November’s midterm elections,” NewsNation reports. “But their return comes with a big caveat: Many are bypassing the party and homing in on individual candidates and races where they […]

“One year after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the organization he co-founded, Turning Point USA, has grown dramatically, expanding its presence at colleges and high schools and cementing itself as a force in Republican politics,” Reuters reports. “But some of the young voters Kirk helped bring into the party are not proving uniformly loyal to Republican President […]

Listening to Hillary Clinton on the news this morning. It’s always like a glimpse into what might’ve been. She actually knows things. Thoughtful, measured. 🇺🇸

You’ve probably seen that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has now tried to knock down interest rates on US debt –...

If you enjoy badly written bipartisan protectionist tech legislation designed primarily to coddle giant U.S. companies under the xenophobia-tinged breathless pretense of privacy and national security, you are really going to enjoy the next twelve to twenty-four months. While the U.S. drowns in corrupt kakistocracy, the Chinese are making significant market inroads in everything from […]

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