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Michael Moritz's The San Francisco Standard buys Charter, a digital outlet focused on the future of work; Charter founder Kevin Delaney will be EIC of both pubs (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/busines

He Made Billions on Google and PayPal. Now, He’s Betting on News.
Michael Moritz co-founded The San Francisco Standard, a local news organization. It is acquiring Charter, a start-up focused on the future of work.

Half of Americans think Trump economy getting worse, Times poll says (David Charter/The Times)
https://www.thetimes.com/article/10842168-ad28-4711-a542-d1b8f982a7ae
http://www.memeorandum.com/250731/p62#a250731p62

mission of burma's roger miller at the francis kite club in #nyc, as a solo electric #guitar ensemble (2 prepared lap steels, 6-string, & many pedals), playing music scored/charted to follow the structures of his dreams. cascading & gorgeous.

Sam Altman: "What if an inhuman AI took control of the world by manipulating people's behavior but its core directive was to make paper clips and it burned down the planet to do that? This is so scary and it's a real thing you should be worried about!"
Governments: "Oh boy that's scary we'll make special rules to invest in your company so you can save us from this frightening possibility. Will we restrict or discourage AI use/development? Haha no that would be foolish!"
Me: "What if an inhuman handful of corporate charters took control of the world by manipulating human behavior but their core directive was to maximize venture capital and they burned down the planet to do that? ..."
Governments (sponsored by said corporations): "Send in the SWAT teams now, this idea is dangerous!"

Charter and Disney expand their 2023 carriage agreement, bringing Hulu's ad-tier to Spectrum TV customers and restoring eight previously removed cable channels (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu…

Disney and Charter Strike Surprise Deal That Adds Hulu and Returns Axed Cable Channels to Lineup
Spectrum TV Select customers will soon get access to Hulu included in their subscription, as Freeform, FXX and other channels that were cut two years ago return.

Sources: UK mobile bank Starling is looking to buy a nationally chartered bank with ~$2B of assets in the US as it seeks to expand in the country (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…

Republicans Introduce Bill to Revoke the Charter of Largest US Teachers Union
They cited the union’s pledge to “defend democracy against Trump’s embrace of fascism”
and cutting ties with the ADL
https://www.commondreams.org/news/national-education-associa…

'Congress Must Reject This Attack': GOP Bill Would Revoke Charter of Largest US Teachers Union | Common Dreams
The president of the National Education Association said Republicans are attacking the union because "the billionaires that fund their campaigns don't want educators to have a voice."

#Canada Charter #Rights turn out to be useless against #police overreach

This Week: SCOTUS Punts and Authors Fumble
SCOTUS chose not to decide about religious charter schools. One more step toward getting the pool up. Authors make mistakes with gen AI. And so it goes.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/this-week-scotus-p…

This Week: SCOTUS Punts and Authors Fumble – Bob Mueller
SCOTUS chose not to decide about religious charter schools. One more step toward getting the pool up. Authors make mistakes with gen AI.

Indefensible: Israel’s Unlawful Attack on Iran
https://www.justsecurity.org/115010/israel-unlawful-attack-iran-charter/