Month: March 2024

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The Intelligence from The Economist - The Intelligence: Fed reckoning

America’s central bank left rates untouched, to widespread market delight. Why is this economic cycle confounding expectations so much, and how to bring it to a gentle end? We look at the modern fortunes of Vodafone, a once-mighty telecoms firm that is slimming down to get healthier (11:21). And why Britain’s system for protecting its historic buildings from change…needs to change (16:10).


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Up First from NPR - Auto Emissions Rules, Alabama DEI Law, Reddit Goes Public

The Biden administration gives electric vehicles a jolt — with new EPA rules that aim to make two-thirds of new cars, trucks and SUVs electric or hybrid by 2032. Alabama follows other conservative states by banning public schools and universities from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion. And some of Reddit's most loyal users are so upset the company is going public, they might try to bet against its stock.

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S9 Bonus: Luka Yancopolis, Grapevine

Luka Yancopoulos lives in New York City, and believes whole heartedly in doing well by doing good. He grew up in the early 2000's, where the focal point was environmentalism and doing good in the world. He is an active botanist, and though there isn't much "soil to toil" in NYC, he spends his weekends filling the planter boxes with plants, on his block and around the neighborhood.

For Luka, COVID caused immediate awareness of supply chain issues. He and his buddies kicked over stones around these problems, specifically into the medical supply chain, and discovered a whole list of things needing to be addressed to support medical professionals in their buying.

This is the creation story of Grapevine.

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Unexpected Elements - Ancient water, modern solutions

In a week of headlines about water shortages slowing ships in the Panama Canal and drought in India's Silicon Valley, we look at unexpected ways to manage the world’s water.

Presenter Marnie Chesterton and panellists Chhavi Sachdev in Mumbai, India, and Meral Jamal in Nunavut, Canada, tell stories of innovative ideas being tried in their parts of the world.

Marnie meets water detective Barbara Sherwood Lollar, professor in earth sciences at the University of Toronto, to hear how ancient water can help us plan for the future. Plus, how submersible speakers can help corals, and stories of living underground.

Producer: Dan Welsh with Tom Bonnett, Harrison Lewis, Jack Lee, Katie Tompsett and Emily Preston.

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Honestly with Bari Weiss - The Free Press in Israel Part 3: The Gathering Storm

Today, we close out the Israel series with a conversation with the journalist Haviv Rettig Gur, who is one of the most important and insightful writers of our time on Israel and the Middle East.


We talk about many things, including: the uncertain future for Israelis, for Palestinians, and for Jews around the world; the larger fight happening within Islam that this war represents; what progressives in the West don’t understand about that fight, or about the Middle East more generally; and why ordinary Americans need to understand that history has not ended—and that we’re still very much living inside it.


Today, Part 3 of The Free Press in Israel: The Gathering Storm.  

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Bay Curious - Queer, Fabulous and Proud: SF’s Drag History

Love it or hate, drag is a hot topic of conversation now. And you really can’t understand how we got to this point nationally without heading to San Francisco. Today we’re taking a crash course through decades of drag herstory to better understand it’s larger impact on San Francisco, and the country.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - FIRST MOVER: Meme Coins Are ‘Just a Little Bit Above Gambling,’ OSF Says

Canary Labs and Rekt Brands co-founder Ovie Faruq, aka OSF, discusses the dogwifhat community's effort to send the meme coin to the Las Vegas Sphere.

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Canary Labs and Rekt Brands co-founder Ovie Faruq, aka OSF, joins "First Mover" to discuss the fundraiser that aims to send the dogwifhat meme coin to the Las Vegas Sphere, and the recent hype around meme coin pre-sales. Plus, the impact of meme coins on the Solana ecosystem.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 3.21.24

Alabama

  • Sen. Tuberville hopes higher court overturns judge's decision on guns & illegals
  • Governor Ivey signs anti-ballot trafficking bill into state law
  • HR 158, a ban on state mask mandates has passed out of Health committee
  • 2 bills passed health committee in senate re: appointment of state health officer
  • Filed bill  removes economic incentives from businesses & unionization
  • Prichard water works getting upgrades from ADEM & court appointed receiver

National

  • Biden issues regulations to phase out all gas powered engines by 2023
  • Tony Bobulinski railed against all Bidens at the House Oversight committee
  • ALF details new evidence on deep state efforts to censor Americans
  • Charges dropped against Gold Star father who heckled Biden during speech
  • GA judge approves the appeal of his decision re: Fulton county DA Willis
  • A fourth complaint of plagiarism is filed at Harvard against a professor
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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO436: They’re Retconning George Floyd’s Murder, but Radley Balko Is Fighting Back

Radley Balko is the guest today as we discuss the Right's efforts to retcon George Floyd's murder and Derek Chauvin's responsibility in a "documentary" from Alpha News, The Fall of Minneapolis. We walk through some of the debunks together, and chat about the broader systemic circumstances that lead for calls of police reform. Radley has done an absolutely incredible series covering this in meticulous detail on his Substack (linked below as well). Be sure to check it out and subscribe; supporting independent journalism is critical!

The retconning of George Floyd

Part 1 - Part 2 - Interim Update/Response to Coleman Hughes - Part 3

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