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WorkWhy has nuclear power been a flop?
To fully understand progress, we must contrast it with non-progress. Of particular interest are the technologies that have failed to live up to the promise they seemed to have decades ago. And few technologies have failed more to live up to a greater promise than nuclear power. Work
WorkWorkAngel City Football Club: A New Business Model for Women's Sports - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
Angel City Football Club (ACFC) was founded in 2020 by venture capitalist Kara Nortman, entrepreneur Julie Uhrman, and actor and activist Natalie Portman. As outsiders to professional sports, the all-female founding team had rewritten the playbook for how to build a sports franchise by applying lessons from the tech and entertainment industries. Unlike typical sports franchises that built their teams and track records over many years before extending their brand beyond a local base, ACFC had inverted the model, generating both global and local interest in the club during its first three years.
WorkCan You Fix Employee Burnout? - Inc.com (No paywall)
Burnt out employees are becoming more common. A recent report from Glassdoor showed that in July, employee reviews mentioning burnout reached the highest point since 2016, when the company first started tracking this data. Since February 2020, mentions of burnout spiked 44 percent. WorkDoes eating meat really raise your risk of type 2 diabetes? - New Scientist (No paywall)
Red and processed meat in particular have been linked to type 2 diabetes before, but some have argued that the evidence is weak. To get a better understanding of the situation, Nita Gandhi Forouhi at the University of Cambridge and her colleagues have analysed a massive set of data, gauging the meat consumption of 1.97 million adults, mainly aged 40 to 60,…
WorkWorkPaul Skenes Is a Heroic Figure in Baseball's Antiheroic Age - The New Yorker (No paywall)
Paul Skenes seemed to arrive in the pros like Aphrodite rising from the sea: fully formed. The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted him last year with the No. 1 pick, shortly after he led Louisiana State University to a College World Series title; in a playoff game against the University of Tennessee, he'd thrown a hundred and twenty-three pitches, forty-six of which were fastballs at or above a hundred miles per hourâincluding a stretch of seven straight.
WorkWorkWhat Barack Obama's DNC speech was actually about
During his 2024 Democratic National Convention address on Tuesday night, former President Barack Obama made no secret of his disdain for Donald Trump. But his speech was more than just a partisan broadside: It was a philosophical brief in defense of liberalism, a kind of first-principles moral argument that no other major convention speaker offered.
WorkWho Is Gwen Walz, Tim Walz's Wife?
The Democratic National Convention kicked off in Chicago on Monday with the Illinois delegation breakfast, which featured a surprise speaker: Gwen Walz, the wife of Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. Work
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WorkOpinion | Michelle Obama Absolutely Takes Apart Donald Trump
Kamala Harris: The biggest speech of her life. She’s been on a roll on the campaign trail, but a lot of Americans are still getting to know her as a possible president. No matter your party, it’s intriguing to see what Harris makes of the moment — whether she tries to be all things to all people or tries to make a few indelible points. Not many presidential nominees give the best speech of an entire convention — it would be one for the ages if she did. Work WorkWorkMike Lynch was getting ready to start again, says former UK cabinet minister
Deben said Lynch was determined to campaign against the British extradition arrangements with the US. He said: “What he wanted to do was to change the law so that we can’t have any more of this one-sided extradition system. And he wanted to do it in a way to protect those who would not have had the resources to do what he did. WorkWorkSleekFlow snaps up $7M to tap the conversational AI opportunity across Asia
WorkCrowded Bitcoin Derivatives Bets Spur Warning of 'Short Squeeze'
Bitcoin has been sapped recently by concerns that the US government is selling seized tokens. Traders are also awaiting a key speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whose signals on expected interest-rate cuts could stir volatility. The token was steady at $59,550 as of 7:12 a.m. on Wednesday in London, about $14,250 below its March all-time high. WorkKamala Harris's cost-of-living plan will end in failure - The Economist (No paywall)
It is easy enough to understand what is motivating Kamala Harris’s economic strategy. Poll after poll demonstrates that many Americans consider the cost of living to be their main concern heading into the election in November, and Ms Harris starts on the back foot, having served as vice-president during a time when inflation soared to a four-decade high. Rather than gloss over this ugly reality, she is trying to confront it. “Lower costs for American families” is the centrepiece of her economic agenda, a message she is likely to deliver again on August 22nd, in a speech to the Democratic National Convention. WorkWorkWorkDebbie Mucarsel-Powell Wins the Democratic Senate Nomination in Florida
Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, who immigrated to the United States from Ecuador as a teenager, represented a Miami district in Congress from 2019 through 2021. She has focused her message on what she calls Florida’s “affordability crisis,” driven in part by surging property insurance rates, and on restoring abortion rights and reducing gun violence. WorkMichelle Obama, Thrashing Trump, Suggests the Presidency Is a 'Black Job'
She zeroed in on his debate-night complaint about immigrants taking “Black jobs” by pointing out that the presidency of the United States has been one and might soon be again. She said that Americans like Ms. Harris understood “that most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward,” a reference to Mr. Trump’s business troubles. She noted that most Americans do not grow up with “the affirmative action of generational wealth.” (Mr. Trump was born into a wealthy family in Queens.) WorkWorkWorkWorkObama says 'America is ready for a new chapter' with Harris, Walz
\"Other than some common Irish blood, Joe and I come from different backgrounds,\" he said. \"But we became brothers. And as we worked together for eight years, what I came to admire most about Joe wasn\'t just his smarts and experience, but his empathy and his decency; his hard-earned resiliency and his unshakable belief that everyone in this country deserves a fair shot.\"Â WorkWorkWorkA 12-Minute Show, Played Only Once, Just Might Live Forever
A drum corps show usually takes about 12 minutes and may last no longer than 13. Every show has a title, announced over a loudspeaker before each performance. Themes vary from abstract and serious to campy and smack-you-in-the-face literal. WorkRussia Seeks to Turn Humbling Incursion Into Military Gains
The Kursk invasion “is certainly a blow to the Kremlin’s reputation,” Tatiana Stanovaya, a Russian political scientist, wrote on social media on Tuesday. But “it is unlikely to spark a significant rise in social or political discontent among the population, nor will it lead to an elite rebellion.” WorkThey Spouted Hate Online. Then They Were Arrested.
“The U.K. is turning into a police state,” Mr. Musk posted on Monday, referring to an emergency plan activated by the government to ease pressure on chronically overcrowded jails, under which defendants can be held longer in police cells until space opens in prisons. WorkWorkOpinion | Trump Is Not Done With Us
The support that Trump received after Jan. 6, and the entire effort to overturn the election, demonstrates that much of the G.O.P. is fine with doing this. Now that the party knows what insurrection looks like and has given its stamp of approval by nominating Trump, we know that this is officially part of the Republican playbook. WorkWho's the Change Candidate?
Embodying change has mattered for many years. Long before Barack Obama promised “change you can believe in,” Bill Clinton pitched “change versus more of the same.” Trump, of course, captured the change vote in 2016 when he promised a clean break from the Obama years. WorkLate Night Suspects Convention Is a 'Bitter Pill' for Biden
“But hey, just because something’s on late at night, that doesn’t mean it’s not important, you know? I mean, people will stay up if they really want to see something, right? Or, you know, at least watch it on YouTube the next day?” — SETH MEYERS WorkJennifer Lopez Files for Divorce From Ben Affleck
In the spring of 2021, tabloids lit up with headlines that Ms. Lopez and Mr. Affleck were dating again. In July 2022, the superstars were wed at a midnight ceremony in Las Vegas, complete with a pink Cadillac convertible. They held a celebration with family and friends in Georgia in August, with Ms. Lopez wearing a Ralph Lauren gown and a sweeping veil. WorkFight for Control of Central Bank Threatens Libya's Uneasy Peace
The United Nations brokered a deal that put Mr. Dbeiba in office and created the three-member presidential council, which ensured Libya’s various regions were represented in leadership. They were supposed to step down after nationwide elections and unification of the country, but the elections never took place. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkJennifer Lopez files for divorce from Ben Affleck
Rumors began to swirl in May that the couple was on the outs, as tabloids reported that they hadn\'t been seen together in weeks and that Affleck had moved out of their home, which was then put up for sale, before he moved into his own home, according to reports. Work"Something has gone seriously wrong," dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update
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