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 Learning to care for others or the common good should be a fundamental part of education.
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Editor's Note: The French writer Simone Weil wrote that attention "is the rarest and purest form of generosity." How you see people determines how you show up in the world. If you see with eyes of judgment, you'll find flaws, but if you see with generous eyes, you'll see people doing the best they can.
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WorkWorkA bond selloff is rocking the world. You might want to take the other side. - WSJ (No paywall) What is spooking markets, however, is that much of the recent rise in yields doesnt appear to reflect expectations of stronger economic growth. Rather, it might be the result of investors applying a higher discount or term premium" to hold long-term bonds, estimates by the Federal Reserve suggest. Some analysts attribute this to the possibility of Donald Trumps promised tariffs derailing the global economy and leading to a jump in inflation, while his tax cuts bloat budget deficits further.
WorkWorkCoco Gauff Edits Her Game - The New Yorker (No paywall) Last year, Coco Gauff, who is ranked No. 3 in the world, hit four hundred and thirty double faultsby far the highest total on tour, sixty more than the player with the next most. Nineteen of them came in one match, a fourth-round loss at the U.S. Open to Emma Navarro, in early September. The spate of double faults wasnt the only sign of trouble for Gauff; her forehand was a mess. In the match, she had sixty unforced errors, including twenty-nine on her dominant side. Shed come into the tournament as the defending champion. After she had won the title in 2023, she had half-jokingly thanked her haters for motivating her. (As it happens, Gauff is one of the most likable people on the planet.) But now the negative energy surrounding Gauff was impossible to ignore. She sniped at her support box. The tension with her coach, Brad Gilbert, was palpable. The doubters had something to talk about.
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Work4 reasons why factory farming still exists If you believe in the work we do at Vox, please support us by becoming a member. Our mission has never been more urgent. But our work isnt easy. It requires resources, dedication, and independence. And thats where you come in. WorkIt's Pierre Poilievre's Canada Now On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation to avoid a revolt from his Liberal lawmakers amid over a year of disastrous polling. Parliament is now suspended until March and Trudeau will stay on until the Liberals pick a new leader. But while the country is entering a brief period of limbo, one thing is all but certain.
WorkWorkThe Best Obesity Drugs Aren't Even Here Yet Ozempic is just the beginning of a new era of obesity treatment. A review published this week previews the emergence of similar experimental drugs that will likely be even more effective at helping people lose weight.
WorkWorkThe Secret of Life Is Not to Be Frightened The Unstoppables is a series about people whose ambition is undimmed by time. Below, Frederic Tuten explains, in his own words, what continues to motivate him. I never had an ambition to be a painter, to be a writer. I had a yearning.
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WorkLaziness, Impatience, Hubris, and AI I've been feeling more and more like I'm letting AI do my thinking for me. Starting to use Cursor to write code was the most recent development that really made it clear. I had such a clusterfuck in my head the other night trying to make sense of what I wanted to code. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkU.S. satellites reveal China's solar dominance The sun's energy is plentiful. And China is capitalizing. Images captured by two Earth-observing satellites, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, revealed a rapid expansion of solar farms in a remote northern Chinese region, the Kubuqi Desert. WorkWorkWorkWorkGoogle is tracking your digital fingerprints again Google is tracking your online behavior in the name of advertising, reintroducing a data collection process that ingests all of your online signals (from IP address to complex browser information) and pinpoints unique users or devices, also known as "digital fingerprinting. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkYour Favorite Disinfectant Wipes Do More Harm Than Good Though already popular, the COVID-19 pandemic skyrocketed the demand for disinfectant wipes. Masking and vaccines were contentious along political fault lines, but the public was united in its embrace of wipes. Americans zealously wiped countertops, door knobs, and even groceries. WorkWorkItalian Justice Ministry Moves to Release Iranian Man Sought by the US Italy’s Justice Ministry also said that it had not received evidence to justify another accusation leveled against Mr. Abedini: that he provided material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The Justice Ministry said that it knew only that Mr. Abedini produced and traded technologies with Iran that had potential, but not exclusive, military use. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWhat We Know About the Wildfires Raging in Southern California The largest in extent is the Palisades fire along the Pacific Coast west of downtown, which had scorched more than 23,000 acres and was 11 percent contained as of Sunday morning, according to Cal Fire. The fire forced evacuations along Pacific Coast Highway, including in Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Santa Monica. WorkIn LA the Heartache of Being Home I wrote We’re safe because that was all that mattered and because it was hard to explain the heartache of loving Los Angeles this week and calling it home. If you were lucky to still be at home, to still have a home, then it was the heartache of packing a go bag, but also putting up new coat hooks. It was the heartache of getting ready to go, and at the same time, getting ready to stay. WorkBefore Taking Office LA's Mayor Said She Would Not Go Abroad It was not her first trip abroad as mayor. A review of her public daily schedule for the past year shows that Ms. Bass has traveled out of the country at city expense at least four other times in recent months before the Ghana visit — once to Mexico for the inauguration of President Claudia Sheinbaum and three times to France for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. WorkWorkAn Expert Explains Palisades Fire's Behavior The fire’s far northeastern edge near Encino is another area where firefighters have slowed forward movement. Mr. Clark said the fire has burned into San Vicente Mountain Park and stopped there with control lines made with bulldozers and using trails, fire roads and the unpaved section of Mulholland Drive. Work3 Humvees and Military Supplies Stolen From Army Reserve Warehouse In 2022, a man was arrested after he led officers on a chase while driving a Humvee stolen from Naval Amphibious Base Coronado near San Diego. A Humvee stolen in January 2021 from the National Guard Armory in Bell, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, was found five days later in Los Angeles County. 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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