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WorkThe Agency Lacks a Certain, How Do You Say, Je Ne Sais Quoi The Agency, I'm sad to say, is missing that je ne sais quoi of Le Bureau des Legendes. If only I'd encountered Showtime's new spy thriller having never seen its source material, the mid-2010s French drama known in English as The Bureau. Work
WorkWorkBob Bryar, Former My Chemical Romance Drummer, Dead at 44 Bob Bryar -- the dummer for My Chemical Romance from 2004 to 2014 -- has died ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Bryar was found dead in his Tennessee home Tuesday after last being seen alive on November 4.
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WorkTrudeau Flies to Mar-a-Lago to See Trump Amid Tariff Concerns Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada went to Florida on Friday night to see President-elect Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, two officials with direct knowledge of the visit said, after a threat by Mr. Trump to impose across-the-board tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico on Day 1. WorkMajor Canadian news outlets sue OpenAI News organisations including the Toronto Star, Metroland Media, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and CBC have all joined the suit, reportedly the first of its kind in the country. "Journalism is in the public interest.
WorkWorkWhat does this button do? Last week I bought a car. After twelve years of service, my old trusty Peugeot 107 in blue has had its best. Expensive repairs were coming at some point, and I did not feel like waiting around for them to come.
WorkWorkBig Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV The year is 1998. While antiviral drugs to treat HIV had been approved a decade earlier, only five out of 33 million people who carried the virus were receiving the life-saving treatment. Nowhere was the situation worse than in South Africa. WorkWorkWorkThe Influence of Bell Labs We've talked previously about Bell Labs' long, storied history as an innovation engine and a generator of new technology. For decades, it spun off new major inventions and scientific discoveries as part of its mandate to help build AT&T's telephone network. WorkWorkWorkMost cars are painted one of these four colors--here's why Automotive enthusiasts and journalists often complain that cars these days all look the same. They blame the rise of the crossover, the increasing need to make cars as aerodynamic as possible to improve fuel mileage and an ever-growing list of essential safety features and technology. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkThe World's Pioneering Tech Cop Is Making Her Exit Margrethe Vestager, the European Union antitrust enforcer who has been the world's foremost critic of the tech industry, recently walked through her Brussels office wondering what to do with the stuff she had accumulated during a decade in that role, which ends late this month. WorkWorkWorkWorkWhy Cryptocurrency Is Back in the Art Market Maurizio Cattelan, Comedian, 2019. Courtesy of Sotheby's. It may not have been the most expensive sale from last week's marquee slate of auctions in New York, but there was no question that Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian (2019) was the most talked-about lot of the week. WorkWorkWorkBritish MPs vote in favour of assisted dying  A debate that had shown the best of Westminsterpassionate and thoughtfulended in a fittingly respectful manner. There were no loud cheers when, on the afternoon of November 29th, the Speaker of the House of Commons announced that MPs had voted in favour of legalising assisted dying in England and Wales. It is, for this newspaper and other supporters of the bill, a moment of celebration nonetheless. Lawmakers, who were free to follow their consciences rather than party lines, have taken a big step towards a monumental social reform. WorkMath and Physics Can't Prove All Truths You will never be able to prove every mathematical truth. For me, this incompleteness theorem, discovered by Kurt Gdel, is one of the most incredible results in mathematics. It may not surprise everyonethere are all sorts of unprovable things in everyday lifebut for mathematicians, this idea was a shock. After all, they can construct their own world from a few basic building blocks, the so-called axioms. Only the rules they have created apply there, and all truths are made up of these basic building blocks and the corresponding rules. If you find the right framework, experts long believed, you should therefore be able to prove every truth in some way. WorkOf Yiddish, Litvaks, and the Evil Eye Some years ago, at the annual P.S. 3 book fair, I came across a Yiddish-English dictionary. This was a more serious Yiddish-English dictionary than the somewhat antic one I owned called Dictionary Shmictionary! That one includes a line drawing of a naked male, with body parts identified by their Yiddish wordsone word for head and eight words for penis. WorkWorkWorkWhy Billboard Apologized to Taylor Swift That aloneranking her merely second bestmay have already constituted blasphemy for some of Swifts fans. But in a since-edited video about the recognition, the music publication used a clip that prompted even greater backlash and an eventual apology to the artist herself. WorkWhy Wickeds politics feel so bizarrely timely Our mission could not be more clear and more necessary: We have a duty to explain what just happened, and why, and what it means for you. We need clear-eyed journalism that helps you understand what really matters. Reporting that brings clarity in increasingly chaotic times. Reporting that is driven by truth, not by what people in power want you to believe. WorkWorkHow much can your stomach expand after a big meal? After digging into a delicious meal, you might realize that your pants' waistline feels snugger than before. But why does that happen? How much can the stomach expand after a big meal to accommodate all that food? An empty adult stomach starts as a folded pouch about the size of a soda can -- 0. Work10 Simple Things to Make You Happier At HomePocketHomeSavesDiscoverCollectionsPocket worthyStories to fuel your mind10 Simple Things to Make You Happier At HomeIt''s amazing how a few tweaks to our daily habits can become a catalyst for meaningful, positive change. WorkWork TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise | Privacy PolicyUnsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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