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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.

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.

"2026 FIFA World Cup expansion will have a big climate footprint, with matches from Mexico to Canada"
#Football #Fifa #Climate

2026 FIFA World Cup expansion will have a big climate footprint, with matches from Mexico to Canada
When the FIFA World Cup hits North America in June 2026, 48 teams and millions of sports fans will be traveling among venues spread across Canada, the United States and Mexico.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Unclassified
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🎵 Maulincho
#Aukai
https://open.spotify.com/track/5vPRfyAh8qwikUprvVp1ZE

Die Kabeldiagonale #Berlin hat einen wichtigen Bauabschnitt abgeschlossen.
Die #Tunnelbohrung unter der Hauptstadt ist beendet. Die Maschine „#Candela“ legte über 6,7 km zurück. Jetzt wird de…

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.

A gun rights lobbying group is suing the U.S. Postal Service
in a bid to overturn its nearly 100-year-old ban on mailing handguns,
arguing that the law wasn’t contemplated when the country’s founders drafted the 2nd Amendment in the U.S. Constitution https://reut.rs/3IvxVzF

At 'No Kings,' millions of Americans show the flag is mightier than the tank (Will Bunch/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/no-kings-philadelphia-trump-parade-20250615.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250615/p59#a250615p59

Folk at #DH2025 might be interested in this article 'From handwriting to searchable text: using AI to make millions of historical documents accessible'

From handwriting to searchable text: using AI to make millions of historical documents accessible
In April 2025 the Swedish National Archives made 1,2 million digital images of archival documents into searchable, machine readable text — making the information in the archives more accessible than…

Uber plans to make "multi-hundred-million dollar investments" in Nuro and Lucid and aims to deploy "20,000 or more" robotaxis in the US over the next six years (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/708479/uber-lucid-nuro…

Uber to invest in Lucid and Nuro in massive robotaxi deal
Uber will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Lucid and Nuro as part of a huge new robotaxi deal that will kick off in the US in 2026.