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Substack raised $100M from the Chernin Group, a16z, and others, sources say at a $1.1B valuation, as it builds a social network and focuses on advertising (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/substack-fundraising-social-network.htm…

Substack Raises $100 Million, Betting on Subscriptions but Coming Around to Ads
Substack, originally a newsletter service, says its app now has millions of users interacting with its creators.

1,9 millions manquants
Ces gros contribuables qui négocient leurs redressements fiscaux avec l’Etat
https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2025/06/18/quand-les-gros-contribuables-nego…

Quand les gros contribuables négocient leurs redressements fiscaux
En 2024, l’Etat a conclu des accords amiables avec 92 particuliers et 223 entreprises en délicatesse avec le fisc. Les montants demandés ont été réduits de 71,5 %. Bercy a ainsi renoncé à 1,9 milliard d’euros, un record. Une pratique contestée par un rapport parlementaire.

Congratulations to Akhil Thomas for his succesful PhD defense today in Freiburg with a thesis on Data-driven analysis of microstructure-sensitive fatigue damage initiation! 🎉🥂🙌
#pmd #materialsscience #ai

Gift article from WaPo.
At the #capybara cafe, people line up to snuggle the world’s largest rodents
Owners of Florida’s Capybara Café say they are surprised by its popularity, hosting about 100 customers per day.
By Kyle Melnick
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At the capybara cafe, people line up to snuggle the world’s largest rodents
Owners of Florida’s Capybara Café say they are surprised by its popularity, hosting about 100 customers per day.

Somehow I got myself on this mailing list, every month or 3 they send a list of used printing equipment in Europe. I actually enjoy glancing at it, definitely a Heavy Metal vibe, for example this thing, made in 2011, has printed 137M impressions, and can be yours for a mere 420,000€. Free shipping probably not available.

Substack raised $100M from the Chernin Group, a16z, and others, sources say at a $1.1B valuation, as it builds a social network and focuses on advertising (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/substack-fundraising-social-network.htm…

Substack Raises $100 Million, Betting on Subscriptions but Coming Around to Ads
Substack, originally a newsletter service, says its app now has millions of users interacting with its creators.

DPRK supplies Russia with millions of shells: the alliance of dictators grows stronger: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/dprk-supplies-russia-with-millions.html

Analysis: nearly 70 Trump administration officials and nominees held crypto or investments in blockchain or digital-asset firms at the time of their selection (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/…

1 in 5 top Trump picks held crypto, some worth millions, Post finds
Over 1 in 5 top Trump appointees reported investments in crypto and other digital assets, far more than previous administrations, a Post analysis found.

Netflix signs a landmark deal with French network TF1 to show linear TV for the first time; TF1 will broadcast all five channels, showing live sports and more (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/4dc9accc-0024-46b6-bf33-a4125239e238

Netflix strikes landmark deal with France’s TF1 to show traditional TV
Deal will be closely watched by broadcasters, who are losing millions of viewers to streaming giants

A look at embedded and immersion chip-cooling tech; industry sources indicate Nvidia is mulling 6,000W to 9,000W TDP for its next-gen GPUs, up from ~1,200W now (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.