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When the U.S. media began reporting on the phenomenon of “forest bathing” as a therapy for mental and physical health, the online commentariat—as it will—mocked the concept relentlessly as yet another pretentious, bourgeois repackaging of something thoroughly mundane. Didn’t we just used to call it “going outside”? Well, yes, if all “forest bathing” means is […]

MS NOW: Trump is gaslighting again. He was carrying on about crowd size and how full the room was, which it wasn't.

A/B testing is harder with limited traffic, but it can still be valuable. Learn how to choose stronger experiments, use meaningful conversion goals, combine testing with behavioral analytics, and know when not to test.

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Just out: Supermajority: How Democrats Can Build Lasting Power by Adam Jentleson. “With the fate of our democracy hanging in the balance, are we destined to watch every presidential election come down to a coin flip?”

The Knot is coming. On sale today, a limited-edition pennant made by hand in Buffalo… The five-pack from Porchlight (with bonus Spindex) is still available as well. The launch event on September 21 is fully sold out. Spotify chose The Knot as an editor’s pick this month, and the Next Big Idea Club shortlisted it […]

Volvo is pulling the EX40 from its US lineup, leaving the $60,000 EX60 as the brand’s most affordable EV, at least for now.

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Repository: BlackRock’s latest SEC filing values its Automattic shares at $14.33 per share. They originally invested at $85 a share in 2021. That means their market cap has dropped from $7.5 billion to $1.2 billion. My guess is when that happens the CEO if they want to keep their job, has to rethink the whole […]

The Supreme Court stayed a Missouri federal court order Thursday, blocking a maximal Republican gerrymander for the 2026 midterms —...

Repository: BlackRock’s latest SEC filing values its Automattic shares at $14.33 per share. They originally invested at $85 a share in 2021. That means their market cap has dropped from $7.5 billion to $1.2 billion. My guess is when that happens the CEO if they want to keep their job, has to rethink the whole enterprise. And that usually doesn't happen until they get a new CEO. My guess is that's what we saw play out yesterday.

The last two episodes of season three of Silo on AppleTV prove that there is value in a three season, boring escapade of confusing, unlikable uninteresting characters, living their whole lives in a silo, fearing the outdoors -- if you have a clever way of accounting for all that at the end. Highly recommend watching just season three and pretending that none of the other stuff matters because it probably doesn’t. But I bet if I go back to the beginning and start over, I'll find there's more intrigue than I thought. I'll probably do it, will let you know.

Fair to say I was gobsmacked by the news late yesterday that Automattic's board had put their CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on paid leave. I've read lots of stuff about it, in news articles and in a Hacker News thread. And a lot of posts on Twitter by Matt, and the replies. Are you ...

Experts say conspiracy theorizing about the identity and motive of Charlie Kirk’s killer will likely continue for a long time to come.

“The U.S. Supreme Court again rejected a push to use Missouri congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump on Thursday, a loss for Republicans trying to maintain control of the House in the fast-approaching midterm elections,” the Associated Press reports. “The decision appears to clear the way for use of the old maps.”

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USA Today: “Vance’s primetime address on Sept. 10 will provide the 42-year-old politician with one of his last best opportunities before the midterm election to convince skeptical MAGA voters he has the charisma and showmanship to lead the party into its next era.” “He will be addressing his largest crowd at the convention since he […]

“Trump administration officials have made a flurry of visits to Moscow over the last month, with Europe on edge over a spate of hybrid attacks attributed to Russia,” the Washington Sun reports. “But America’s European allies aren’t taking the visits as reassurance. Rather, security experts say they see it as another sign of the deep […]

NEW on “Paper Trail”: We uncovered how the MLB enabled a shadow industry in the Dominican Republic.

This is the story of a supernaturally talented child set to receive a $1.8M signing bonus — only for him and his family to lose almost all of it.

Listen to the full episode: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/dominican-republic-baseball-mlb-pipeline-david-ortiz?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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RETURNING BIDEN OVERCHARGES TO WORKING FAMILIES: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced that the federal government will return to the American people hundreds of millions in Obamacare overcharges, collected by the Biden Administration, by issuing refunds of $500 per person to nearly 1 million Americans in 30 states. Today’s actions directly refund the Americans most exposed […]

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