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Sources: online DTC luxury brand Quince is in talks to raise funding at a $10B valuation, up from $4.5B in July; its annualized revenue run rate has hit ~$2B (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/quince-talks-double-valuation-10-billion…

Quince in Talks to Double Valuation to More Than $10 Billion
Online retailer Quince is in talks with investors to raise a funding round that would value the company at above $10 billion after the investment, according to a person with knowledge of the plans. If the talks are successful, the buzzy online brand would more than double its valuation from its ...

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
Flop:
🎵 Julie Francavilla
#Flop
https://frontierrecords-flop.bandcamp.com/track/julie-francavilla
https://open.spotify.com/track/7d7m3TjKnxDpVbfOoUpLTH

„For […] Koreans watching [NASA‘s Artemis II mission] in real time on the KBS TV YouTube channel, the phrase took on an entirely different meaning. The AI-generated subtitles failed to grasp the aerospace context, misinterpreting “pitch” as an English expletive beginning with the letter B and then rendering its Korean equivalent.“
https://

Korean TV under fire over profanity glitch in AI subtitles for Artemis II - The Korea Herald
“Roger, roll, pitch,” said mission control during NASA's Artemis II mission, streamed live to millions around the world. But for some Koreans watching it

Dutch farmland has a major water quality problem, in part due to the overload of manure ending up in ditches. Turns out that farmers have found a workaround: in just 7 years, they made 30,000 ditches disappear by filling them up, 1/3 of those illegally.
Bad for biodiversity and water management.
https:…

Hoe de sloten in Nederland verdwijnen
Jaarlijks verdwijnen duizenden sloten in Nederland, blijkt uit onderzoek van de Volkskrant, en dat gebeurt deels illegaal. Regels om de waterkwaliteit te verbeteren, geven boeren juist een prikkel om sloten dicht te gooien, en gemeenten handhaven nauwelijks. Wie daar kritisch op is, kan soms zelfs op intimidatie rekenen. ‘Als jullie terugkomen, druk ik met een shovel jullie auto in elkaar!’

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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Gregory Groover Jr.:
🎵 Spaces (feat. Joel Ross, Kendrick Scott, Paul Cornish & Harish Raghavan)
#GregoryGrooverJr
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Dk4mYw8ZHJTNbRUqoOpEU

Weer zo’n weerzinwekkend verhaal over gecowboy door boeren en lokale overheden die dit illegale gedrag toestaan en soms zelfs actief faciliteren.
https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2026/hoe-de-sloten-in-nederland-verdwijnen~v2791210/

Hoe de sloten in Nederland verdwijnen
Jaarlijks verdwijnen duizenden sloten in Nederland, blijkt uit onderzoek van de Volkskrant, en dat gebeurt deels illegaal. Regels om de waterkwaliteit te verbeteren, geven boeren juist een prikkel om sloten dicht te gooien, en gemeenten handhaven nauwelijks. Wie daar kritisch op is, kan soms zelfs op intimidatie rekenen. ‘Als jullie terugkomen, druk ik met een shovel jullie auto in elkaar!’

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Modest Mouse:
🎵 Float On
#ModestMouse
https://jalaya.bandcamp.com/track/modest-mouse-float-on-jalaya-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2lwwrWVKdf3LR9lbbhnr6R

Internal memo: Julia Liuson, head of Microsoft's developer division, will resign after 34 years and move to an "advisory role" at the end of June (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/908793/microsoft-devdiv-julia-liuson-resignation…

Microsoft’s executive shake-up continues as developer division chief resigns
Microsoft executive Julia Liuson is leaving the company after 34 years. Liuson is the head of Microsoft’s developer division.

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