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S28

More than 1 in 3 Americans have a side hustle, but they're spending
that extra cash right away. Financial experts say that's the wrong
approach. - Fortune (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

In a recent 2,300-person survey, more than one in three U.S. adult
respondents (36%) told Bankrate they have a side hustle. The
side-hustle craze is only becoming more lucrative. In 2023, extra work
aside from ones primary income resulted in an extra $810 per month;
this year, its up to $891.Not everyone is equally invested in the
practice: Men are bigger side hustlers than women, and younger workers
are more likely to side hustle than older folks. (Men also outearn
women in side hustles, as they do in the primary job market; the
average male side hustler earns $1,034 per month, while women $735 on
average.)

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S33

China views America's presidential nightmare with mirth--and disquiet
- The Economist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Chinese officials scorn President Joe Bidens view that the world is
engaged in a battle between democracy and autocracy. In their view
this is dangerous cold-war talk. But they are tough fighters
themselves, ever keen to sow misgivings at home and abroad about
Western democracys failings. The weaknesses revealed by Americas
presidential contest and, in particular, the debate between Mr Biden
and Donald Trump on June 27th may help their case. The Communist
Partys Schadenfreude, though, is mixed with apprehension.Unlike
Russias president, Vladimir Putin, who was said to be asleep during
the encounter (it began at 4am in Moscow), Chinas leader, Xi Jinping,
was about to deliver a speech on Chinese diplomacy in Beijing (it was
9am there) as the debate began. He was in full flowreading confidently
from a scriptas the befuddled American president struggled against his
waffling, truth-dodging rival. Mr Xi did not mention America, let
alone the debate, but took a swipe at American anxiety about Chinas
rise. Every increase of Chinas strength is an increase of the
prospects of world peace, he said.

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S14

DSA Ditches AOC for Not Being Anti-Zionist Enough - Intelligencer (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

The Democratic Socialists of America just revoked its endorsement of
its most powerful ally and one the most pro-Palestinian House members.

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S2

Mapped: The 10 U.S. States With the Highest Cost of Living - Visual
Capitalist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Hawaii secured the top spot as the U.S. state with the highest cost of
living, with an average annual expenditure of $55,491.

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S24

4 Tips for New Grads Struggling to Find a Job - Harvard Business
Review (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

If youre a new grad without a job lined up, you may be feeling anxious
about the current market. During this time, its useful to remember
that the demand of labor is constantly fluctuating and varies between
sectors. When the economy is in a lull, the job search can feel
discouraging, but ultimately, such factors are out of your control. To
stay motivated, its helpful to remind yourself that its not a
reflection of your individual value or abilities. You can use this
time post-graduation to reflect on what you really want upon entering
the workforce and build out your network. Even if it takes you longer
to land a job than you hope for, resume gaps are not as stigmatized as
they used to be. The key is to frame them as purposeful and share what
you learned during that time if a job interviewer brings it up.

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S30

With $277 Million In New Funding, This Startup Hopes To Unlock The
Secrets Of Biology - (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Element Biosciences has figured out how to decrypt a cells genetic
code. And its using artificial intelligence to build better tools for
doctors and researchers.

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S12

Can you get satiety with GLP-1s without the nausea? - STAT (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Theres essentially a double disadvantage with lupus: Patients have
lower levels of helpful immune cells and higher levels of
damage-promoting ones. Cells are able to convert between these two
helpful and harmful phenotypes, though, and in a new study, scientists
may have discovered a molecular switch that can tip the plank in the
direction of helpful cells.The study, published in Nature and led by
researchers at Northwestern and Harvard, pinpoint the aryl hydrocarbon
receptor, or AHR, as a controller of this seesaw. They found that
suppressing AHR led the population of harmful cells to proliferate,
while boosting AHR increased the presence of helpful cells.

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S15

This Equation Shows That the Universe Will Run out of Stars -
Scientific American (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

The cosmos is dark. The Lilly-Madau diagram reveals that it will
become much darker still

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S3

Woolly mammoth DNA exceptionally preserved in freeze-dried 'jerky' -
New Scientist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

A complete genome has been extracted from a 52,000-year-old woolly
mammoth, which might bring us closer to resurrecting the species

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S22

Google DeepMind's Chatbot-Powered Robot Is Part of a Bigger Revolution
- WIRED (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

In a cluttered open-plan office in Mountain View, California, a tall
and slender wheeled robot has been busy playing tour guide and
informal office helperthanks to a large language model upgrade, Google
DeepMind revealed today. The robot uses the latest version of Googles
Gemini large language model to both parse commands and find its way
around.Geminis ability to handle video and textin addition to its
capacity to ingest large amounts of information in the form of
previously recorded video tours of the officeallows the Google helper
robot to make sense of its environment and navigate correctly when
given commands that require some commonsense reasoning. The robot
combines Gemini with an algorithm that generates specific actions for
the robot to take, such as turning, in response to commands and what
it sees in front of it.

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S6

7 sea creatures we can't believe are real - National Geographic (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Instead of blood, the vampire squid feeds on what is known as marine
snowfloating debris such as algae, dead plankton, and fecal matter.
But it would be a mistake to underestimate this tiny cephalopod.
Vampire squid can squirt mucus with luminous particles from pores at
the ends of their arms, enveloping themselves in a glowing cloud to
avoid predators.Unlike the vampire squid, the hoodwinker sunfish is a
newly discovered species. Classified as Mola tecta, this elusive fish
was first identified in 2017 by Ph.D. student Marianne Nygaard and her
team in New Zealand. Tecta derives from the Latin word tectus, meaning
concealed or hidden.

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S4

Melting sea ice is hindering, not helping, Canadian Arctic shipping -
New Scientist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Thick sea ice is flowing into the Northwest Passage, complicating
predictions that melting ice due to climate change will open a shorter
route between oceans

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S13

Biden Survives His High-Stakes Press Conference: How It Happened -
Intelligencer (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Amid calls for him to drop his reelection bid, Biden faced his first
solo press conference since last year and did okay.

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S49

So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?
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Starting a business is not easy, and scaling it is even harder. You
may think youre sitting on a completely original idea, but chances are
the same cultural forces that led you to your business plan are also
influencing someone else. That doesnt mean you should give up, or that
you should rush to market before youre ready. Its not about whos
first, its about who does it best, and best these days is the business
that delivers the most value to the consumer. Consumers have more
power and choice than ever before, and theyre going to choose and
stick with the companies who are clearly on their side. How will you
make their lives easier, more pleasant, more meaningful? How will you
go out of your way for them at every turn? When considering your
competitive advantage, start with the needs of the people youre
ultimately there to serve. If you have a genuine connection to your
idea, and youre solving a real problem in a way that adds more value
to peoples lives, youre well on your way.

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S50

It's OK If Going to a Conference Doesn't Feel Like Real Work
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When I was just starting my career, going to conferences seemed like a
terrific perk. They were usually held in fun destinations and it was
exciting to be mingling with smart thought leaders. But I quickly
learned that attendance also came with an unspoken price tag. Not only
was I missing whatever work was required of me back at the home
officework that I had to figure out how to get done either whileI was
on the road or onceI gotbackI also felt a burden to prove that it was
worthwhile to send me to the conference in the first place. That the
airfare, hotel room, and cab rides were money well spent.

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S8

What the Lebanese People Really Think of Hezbollah - Foreign Affairs
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently declared that as
his countrys military operations in Gaza wind down, Israel will turn
its attention to its foe to the north: the Lebanese Shiite group
Hezbollah. The two parties have a long history of conflict rooted in
Israels invasion of Lebanon in 1982, its occupation of the southern
portion of the country from 1985 to 2000, and a full-scale war the two
sides fought in 2006. In recent years, Israel and Hezbollah have been
carrying out low-scale cross-border attacks, but the frequency and
scale of these increased following Hamass horrific attack on Israel on
October 7, 2023, and the subsequent Israeli military campaign in Gaza.
In recent weeks, concerns have grown that another major war between
the two parties could break out.If it did, such a war would take place
in a country that is already on the brink. Ever since experiencing a
near-total collapse of Lebanons economy in 2019, ordinary Lebanese
have faced immense challenges. The depth of their despair is clear
from the result of a nationally representative survey that our
organization, Arab Barometer, carried out between February and April
2024, which encompassed all areas of the country, including both urban
and rural locations, and covered all the major sectarian communities.

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S11

Biden administration ignores calls to bolster hospital price
transparency - STAT (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed an annual rule that
sets payment rates for hospitals. This document is where the
government has in the past rolled out changes to the so-called
hospital price transparency rule, but the Biden administration did not
address the issue in this edition. The rule will increase spending in
hospital outpatient departments by an estimated $5.2 billion in 2025,
to a total of $88.2 billion.In May and June, federal health officials
met with representatives for PatientRightsAdvocate.org and Power to
the Patients, according to government meeting records. Those two
groups have excoriated hospitals high prices and profits and lobbied
aggressively to ensure hospitals are held accountable for publishing
pricing information. Since 2021, hospitals have been required to post
the prices they have negotiated with all health insurance companies,
as well as their cash prices.

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S26

Economists are paying more attention to our inflation fears - FT (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

The views of ordinary people shouldnt be dismissed

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S32

Researchers are figuring out how large language models work - The
Economist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

TO MOST PEOPLE, the inner workings of a car engine or a computer are a
mystery. It might as well be a black box: never mind what goes on
inside, as long as it works. Besides, the people who design and build
such complex systems know how they work in great detail, and can
diagnose and fix them when they go wrong. But that is not the case for
large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-4, Claude and Gemini, which
are at the forefront of the boom in artificial intelligence (AI).LLMs
are built using a technique called deep learning, in which a network
of billions of neurons, simulated in software and modelled on the
structure of the human brain, is exposed to trillions of examples of
something to discover inherent patterns. Trained on text strings, LLMs
can hold conversations, generate text in a variety of styles, write
software code, translate between languages and more besides.

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S21

AI's Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet's
Hyper-Consumption Era - WIRED (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Right now, generative artificial intelligence is impossible to ignore
online. An AI-generated summary may randomly appear at the top of the
results whenever you do a Google search. Or you might be prompted to
try Metas AI tool while browsing Facebook. And that ever-present
sparkle emoji continues to haunt my dreams.This rush to add AI to as
many online interactions as possible can be traced back to OpenAIs
boundary-pushing release of ChatGPT late in 2022. Silicon Valley soon
became obsessed with generative AI, and nearly two years later, AI
tools powered by large language models permeate the online user
experience.

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S18

A Congressional Democrat Explains Why Hes Standing with Biden - The
New Yorker (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Since President Joe Biden's catastrophic debate performance two weeks
ago, the Democratic Party has been arguing over his future, and
whether he should step down as the Party's nominee. Biden had already
been losing to Donald Trump even before then, and since that time his
polls have gotten worse. Moreover, Biden's unwillingness to do White
House press conferences, combined with the way he's limited unscripted
appearances, has made many Democrats concerned that he is incapable of
both beating Trump and governing the country effectively for four and
a half more years.While most congressional Democrats have either
remained silent or spoken only in generalities about what should
happen now, the President has some vocal supporters on the Hill. One
of them is Representative Robert Garcia, the first-term California
Democrat, who has been outspoken in his backing of the President.
Garcia and I recently spoke by phone. During our conversation, which
has been edited for length and clarity, we discussed whether Garcia
has any concerns about Biden's age, the White House's media strategy
for the Presidential campaign, and whether Biden supporters are
prioritizing loyalty over the chance to defeat Trump.

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S7

Fish Wars - Foreign Affairs (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

In 2012, British and French scallop fishers clashed in a series of
violent encounters, dubbed the great scallop war in the press. The
conflict did not escalate beyond rammed boats and thrown rocks, but it
heightened tensions between the two governments, and when Brexit went
into effect in 2020 a majority of French fishers were banned from
operating in British territorial waters. This year, after the United
Kingdom banned bottom trawling to protect fragile marine habitats, the
French government protested vehemently and threatened to respond with
punitive trade measures. Clashes are happening in other parts of the
world, too. In 2022, when a U.S. Coast Guard cutter approached to
inspect a Chinese squid vessel near Ecuadorfollowing established legal
protocolsthe Chinese ship used aggressive maneuvers to avoid being
boarded. In the meantime, dozens of other vessels fled without being
inspected.In a world consumed with wars in Ukraine and the Middle
Eastand a potential conflict over Taiwanthese incidents may seem
insignificant. But although they may fly under the radar, disputes
over fisheries have the potential to turn into larger conflicts and to
exacerbate existing ones, just as disputes over oil, water, and grain
have done in the past. Fisheries are finite natural resources that
provide sustenance to billions of people; seafood constitutes nearly
one-fifth of global consumption of animal protein. Its products are
among the worlds most highly traded food commodities. The fisheries
sector employs hundreds of millions of people and fuels the economies
of many developing countries and small island states. And the industry
already faces growing pressure as overfishing, poor management, and
climate change degrade fish stocks across the planet. Rising ocean
temperatures alone are expected to push nearly one in four local fish
populations to cross an international boundary in the coming decade,
reshuffling access to this critical resource and incentivizing risky
illegal fishing and labor abuse in the sector. It is not hard to
imagine how, in this context, a fish-related fight could spiral.

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S10

Code Red for Venezuela - Foreign Policy (No paywall)
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For the first time since its election in 2013, the government of
Nicols Maduro in Venezuela looks scared. According to a recent public
opinion survey, 66 percent of Venezuelans hope that the July 28
presidential election will bring political change to their country,
and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzlez leads Maduro in opinion polls
by between 20 to 30 percent. Stealing this contest wont be as easy as
it was for Maduro in 2017, 2018, or 2020.For the first time since its
election in 2013, the government of Nicols Maduro in Venezuela looks
scared. According to a recent public opinion survey, 66 percent of
Venezuelans hope that the July 28 presidential election will bring
political change to their country, and opposition candidate Edmundo
Gonzlez leads Maduro in opinion polls by between 20 to 30 percent.
Stealing this contest wont be as easy as it was for Maduro in 2017,
2018, or 2020.

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S1

Charted: What Powered the World in 2023? - Visual Capitalist (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

This graphic shows the sources of energy used globally in 2023,
measured in exajoules, with fossil fuels making up 81% of the energy
mix.

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S23

AI is poised to automate today's most mundane manual warehouse task -
MIT Technology Review (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Pallets are everywhere, but training robots to stack them with goods
takes forever. Fixing that could be a tangible win for commercial
AI-powered robots.

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S16

How Science Can Defeat Witchcraft Fears in Papua New Guinea -
Scientific American (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Belief in witchcraft and sorcery is deeply rooted in Papua New
Guinea's culture and history, but it can lead to violence,
particularly against women. Local public health experts are working to
end this violence through education.

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S31

Almost 20 Democrats In Congress Now Urging Biden To Drop Out: Here's
The Full List - Forbes (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

More Democrats in Congress have called on Biden to drop out this week.

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S48

You Need More Sleep. What Should You Do If You Can't Get It?
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We all know we need to be sleeping more, for the sake of our health
and our effectiveness at work. But for those inevitable times when you
cant get enough sleep, you need to have a few tricks up your sleeve to
mitigate the risks involved in working while sleepy. For example, you
can strategize which tasks you will engage in while
sleep-deprived.Tasks that are routine and require no creativity are
less vulnerable to the harmful effects of sleep deprivation. Also look
for ways to rely more heavily on other people. This may mean
delegating more when you are sleep-deprived or relying more heavily on
the advice of colleagues, mentors, or subject matter experts. If
theres no way to lean more heavily on others in the moment, solicit
informal audits of your work after-the-fact to at least try to catch
any mistakes you made before they snowball into major
problems.Managing these risks is far better than the alternative of
mindlessly stumbling through the minefield of working while
sleep-deprived.

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S9

What NATO Gave Ukraine - Foreign Policy (No paywall)
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Welcome back to Foreign Policys SitRep. Its the last day of the NATO
summit in Washington, D.C., which means the alliances
communiqueformally called the Washington Summit Declarationis
published, Russia and China are mad at NATO about it, and the allies
are turning the final day of summit business to Ukraine before the
barricades come up and traffic returns to normal in D.C.Welcome back
to Foreign Policys SitRep. Its the last day of the NATO summit in
Washington, D.C., which means the alliances communiqueformally called
the Washington Summit Declarationis published, Russia and China are
mad at NATO about it, and the allies are turning the final day of
summit business to Ukraine before the barricades come up and traffic
returns to normal in D.C.

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S25

When a Coworker Keeps Giving You Unsolicited Advice - Harvard Business
Review (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Navigating unsolicited ideas, advice, or suggestions at work is a
common scenario. Consider the colleague who jumps in with a barrage of
Have you considered? or What about? questions during your carefully
crafted presentation. Or how about when you request specific
information and the responses you get back include unsolicited advice
on aspects of your work you didnt ask about? In this article, the
author offers four strategies for how to set boundaries around
unsolicited input with tact, respect, and assertiveness.

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S5

This skull was preserved in a bog for 5,000 years--with the murder
weapon beside it - History (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

In 1915 skeletal human remains, including a fragmented skull, were
discovered by peat diggers in the northern Denmark village of Vittrup.
A wooden club (believed to have killed him), cow bones, and a ceramic
vessel were found in the bog along with him. Nick-named Vittrup Man,
he was included in a 2014 study of Denmarks genetic prehistory.
Analysis showed that Vittrup Mans DNA differed from that of the local
Danish population, indicating that he grew up somewhere else.During
the Neolithic period when Vittrup Man was alive, Denmark was occupied
by farmers known as the Neolithic Funnel Beaker culture. Farther
north, in present-day Norway and Sweden, communities of Mesolithic
hunter-gatherers lived. Using a combination of traditional archaeology
and advanced biotechnology, Fischers research team discovered that
Vittrup Man was closely related to those northern hunter-gatherers.

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S19

We Still Don't Know What to Do With the Endless Stream of Trump Lies -
The Atlantic (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

Its not just that hes making things up, but that hes distracting us
from very real, very consequential problems.

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S27

Why is the populist right surging across Europe, but not Britain? - FT
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It would be naive to see the UK as immune to this phenomenon; Reform
UK is not yet ready

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S43

How to Get People to Seize Opportunities at Work
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People dont always make use of opportunities and programs offered to
them. Organizations can find ways to improve the take-up rates of
products and programs by utilizing concepts from behavioral economics.
These techniques have been used to convince more citizens to apply for
tax benefits and more franchised hotels to use a new algorithmic
pricing system, among other examples.

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S17

The Controlled Normalcy of Kamala Harriss Trip to Las Vegas - The New
Yorker (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=33720&nl=daily]

It was against this backdrop that Harris travelled to Las Vegas on
Tuesday for what some hoped, or at least speculated, was part of an
audition tape for a candidacy of her own. Even though it was the
middle of the summer, with the Democratic National Convention roughly
a month away, there was a tinge of the more primal feeling of the
winter primary seasonis somebody about to drop out or get pushed
aside? The horse race was back on, at least for now. (In a recent CNN
poll, Harris lost to Donald Trump by a smaller margin than Biden did,
trailing by two points as opposed to four. Another survey saw Harris
beating Trump by one point.) The Cook Political Report had just deemed
Nevada, a swing state, as leaning Republican.As Democrats in
Washington, D.C., held Party meetings about Biden's viability as a
candidate"We are ridin' with Biden," Representative James Clyburn
insisted nine times to reportersHarris touched down in Vegas. It was a
hundred and fourteen degrees outside. The Clark County Republicans had
planned to protest her visit to the state, but they cancelled, citing
the dangers of the extreme heat. Harris dropped in on the men's
Olympic basketball training camp, where Steph Curry and LeBron James
were both practicing; she wished them good luck in Paris. Her
motorcade continued to Resorts World, where she was the keynote
speaker at a festival sponsored by the Biden campaign for the Asian
American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. A large
group of union members in matching purple shirts were first in line to
enter the ballroom where the event would take place, right above a
liquor-infused-ice-cream bar and a night club.

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S36

A new vision for the advancement of humanity
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From The Techno-Humanist Manifesto by Jason Crawford. Subscribe to
Jasons Substack here.We live in an age of wonders. To our ancient
ancestors, our mundane routines would seem like wizardry: soaring
through the air at hundreds of miles an hour; making night bright as
day with the flick of a finger; commanding giant metal servants to
weave our clothes or forge our tools; mixing chemicals in vast
cauldrons to make a fertilizing elixir that grants vigor to crops;
viewing events or even holding conversations from thousands of miles
away; warding off the diseases that once sent half of children to an
early grave. We build our homes in towers that rise above the hills;
we build our ships larger and stronger than the ocean waves; we build
our bridges with skeletons of steel, to withstand wind and storm. Our
sages gaze deep into the universe, viewing colors the eye cannot see,
and they have discovered other worlds circling other Suns; they have
found the atoms of Democritus; they can tell us the system of the
heavens and the mechanism of life; they can at long last turn base
metals into gold.1 Once, these accomplishments, and their benefits to
humanity, were referred to simply as progress.

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Why You Should Want to Be Alone - The Atlantic (No paywall)
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Used well, a dose of solitude can do you a world of good.

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Tesla walks back Robotaxi reveal, sending its stock plummeting -
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Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk set the initial Aug. 8 date for the
eventmonths ago, and optimism about the spectacle has contributed to
an 11-day streak of gains that added more than $257 billion to Teslas
market capitalization. The stock closed 8.4% lower on Thursday, its
largest drop since January.Musk has talked up Teslas work on
autonomous-vehicle technology for over a decade and convinced
customers to pay thousands of dollars for a suite of features the
company markets as Full Self-Driving, or FSD. The name isa misnomer
FSD requires constant supervision and doesnt render Teslas autonomous
but Musk and top engineers have been increasingly bullish about FSD in
recent months as the companys vehicle sales have slowed.

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When a Coworker Keeps Giving You Unsolicited Advice
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Navigating unsolicited ideas, advice, or suggestions at work is a
common scenario. Consider the colleague who jumps in with a barrage of
Have you considered? or What about? questions during your carefully
crafted presentation. Or how about when you request specific
information and the responses you get back include unsolicited advice
on aspects of your work you didnt ask about? In this article, the
author offers four strategies for how to set boundaries around
unsolicited input with tact, respect, and assertiveness.

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Make Your Employer Brand Stand Out in the Talent Marketplace
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At a time when companies are competing for top talent during the Great
Resignation, a companys employer branding can be incredibly
influential in a candidates consideration of working there. The author
outlines the three main tenets of employer branding reputation,
employer value proposition, and employee experience and how to
optimize each one.

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