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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
The Crooked Rugs:
🎵 Melancholy Mind
#TheCrookedRugs
https://thecrookedrugs.bandcamp.com/track/melancholy-mind
https://open.spotify.com/track/5OWxZ5rTJCBEAl9yOE8t97

Source: cloud startup Vercel has been approached by investors offering to invest hundreds of millions at an $8B-$9B valuation; it was valued at $3B last year (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cloud-startup-vercel-fields-o…

Cloud Startup Vercel Fields Offers for $9 Billion Valuation
Vercel, a nine-year-old cloud startup that companies use to host and develop websites and artificial intelligence apps, has been approached by investors offering to invest hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation between $8 billion to $9 billion, according to a person with direct knowledge ...

"Smoke from Canada's 2023 wildfires linked to more than 80,000 early deaths worldwide, study warns"
#Canada #Wildfires #Health

Millions breathed toxic air from Canada’s record 2023 wildfires
Pollution from the five months of fires was responsible for 22,000 early deaths in Europe alone.

💗 The Point of Politics Is to Convince People, Not Grandstand
#politics

The Point of Politics Is to Convince People, Not Grandstand
Instead of trying to persuade the hundreds of millions of Americans to our right, sometimes we leftists seem to be competing to prove our radical bona fides to each other. That’s not politics — it’s just wasting precious time.

ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/14/ice-trump-undocumented-immigrants-bond-hearings/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzUyNDY1NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUzODQ3OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTI0NjU2MDAsImp0aSI6ImQyNzRmNjMwLWE4MjQtNDMwYi1hZDU1LTUxNjg3NzA1MWU4NiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi8yMDI1LzA3LzE0L2ljZS10cnVtcC11bmRvY3VtZW50ZWQtaW1taWdyYW50cy1ib25kLWhlYXJpbmdzLyJ9.rceL8rWTDoUkGGjtDBssAsvEI63vqxUKB2RvL1BdsCA&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p140#a250714p140

Cowboys' Jerry Jones open to trade before NFL deadline, mulling 'room' for a George Pickens contract extension

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/n…

“The statistics are brutal. Fascist takeovers prevented after winning power democratically: zero. Average length of fascist rule once established: 31 years. Fascist regimes removed by voting: zero. Fascist regimes removed by asking nicely: zero. Most were removed by war or military coups, and tens of millions died in the process.”

We live in a fascist nation. What now?
Once they win elections, it’s already too late.

Klarna, which is planning a potential NY IPO as soon as September, is focusing on its banking push to boost revenue while shedding its image as a BNPL phenom (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/klarna-r…

Klarna Revives Its IPO, But This Time as a Bank
As the payments giant prepares an IPO, it’s trying to persuade millions of consumers to use its debit cards.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Bobby Hutcherson:
🎵 La Malanga (Kenny Dope remix)
#BobbyHutcherson
https://open.spotify.com/track/7M0Flredmst0g1NRD0iLdO

The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why. (Margaret Sullivan/American Crisis)
https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-media-is-largely-ignoring-the
http://www.memeorandum.com/251014/p54#a251014p54