SoftBank-owned Japanese payments app PayPay files for a US IPO, and reports a $675.47M profit on ~$1.82B revenue for nine months ending December 31, 2025 (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
the other day I was saying cat cafés exist but I wish there was a cat pub
WELL I HAVE INCREDIBLE NEWS
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2023/11/enjoy-a-pint-in-britains-first-ever-cat-pub/
Oh the delights of POP3. I've restored download from a mailbox which had been failing for months, and now Thunderbird is helpfully redownloading 5000 emails from the past 8 years. I guess this means I'll be able to test the "Remove Duplicate Messages" plugin once again today.
#email
Albany Georgia isn’t the only place where the poorest among us are also the sickest.
The United States is blessed with one of the most scientifically and technologically advanced health care systems in the world,
a sprawling industry so vast and lucrative that it is now one of the largest drivers of the economy,
accounting for more jobs and revenue than manufacturing.
But for all the money flowing in and out,
Americans have more chronic illnesses and shorte…
Filing: Paramount's outside partners for its WBD bid include Saudi Arabia's PIF, Abu Dhabi's L'imad, Qatar Investment Authority, and Jared Kushner's Affinity (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/paramount-warner-netflix-hostile
Filings: after EA's buyout, Saudi Arabia's PIF would own 93.4% of EA, implying it needs to put up ~$29B, while Silver Lake and Affinity would own 5.5% and 1.1% (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/saudi-fund…
An interview with Laura Poitras about her new film, Cover-Up, which examines the career of Seymour Hersh and the role of investigative journalism (A.J. Goldmann/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/the-interview/cover-up-laura-poitras-invest…