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oh my: lucy sante is writing a book about (or perhaps just anchored by) the velvet underground, out sometime next year per her IG.

Sources: HSG, formerly Sequoia China, has set up a $3B continuation fund anchored by its ByteDance stake, offering entry into the company valued at $370B (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-15/bytedance…

Sonnet 137 - CXXXVII
Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes,
That they behold, and see not what they see?
They know what beauty is, see where it lies,
Yet what the best is take the worst to be.
If eyes, corrupt by over-partial looks,
Be anchored in the bay where all men ride,
Why of eyes' falsehood hast thou forged hooks,
Whereto the judgment of my heart is tied?
Why should my heart think that a several plot,
Which m…

The reporting of Hannah Natanson, whose home was searched in connection with a federal leak probe, anchored WaPo's winning entry for the public service Pulitzer (Erik Wemple/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/business/media/…

The FBI Searched a Washington Post Reporter’s Home. She Is Now a Pulitzer Prize Winner.
Hannah Natanson’s reporting anchored a package of articles from The Washington Post that won a Pulitzer on Monday, four months after agents seized her devices.

Sonnet 137 - CXXXVII
Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes,
That they behold, and see not what they see?
They know what beauty is, see where it lies,
Yet what the best is take the worst to be.
If eyes, corrupt by over-partial looks,
Be anchored in the bay where all men ride,
Why of eyes' falsehood hast thou forged hooks,
Whereto the judgment of my heart is tied?
Why should my heart think that a several plot,
Which m…

I have had the good fortune to live in many places where ceiling fans are ordinary: Bangladesh, Hawaii, Nepal... As devices, they are fiddly - they need to be well anchored, as they are usually heavy and can wobble out of their fixings if not balanced and well attached..
That explains why I lifted the carpet and floorboards in my bedroom today, to put in a stud between two joists and wire up a junction box where a wee light fixture had been on the ceiling below. I was carefully install…

Despite its rise as an economic superpower,
China remains reliant on a global financial system anchored by the dollar.
Turning the renminbi into a globally accepted currency would let Beijing conduct more trade on its own terms and blunt a longstanding source of American leverage.
That push has gained momentum from the wars in Ukraine and Iran,
as sanctions drive American adversaries toward the renminbi to bypass the Western financial system.
In effect, China’…

War and Sanctions Accelerate China’s Currency Push
China’s bid to build a renminbi-based financial system beyond the U.S. dollar’s reach is gaining traction as a way to sidestep sanctions.

How do we help people connect with art in meaningful ways?
This summer, we’ve been hosting a series of workshops anchored by Julie Green’s “The Last Supper” (on loan from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art), an installation on view here through August 16. Through these workshops, which are supported by a learning and engagement grant from Art Bridges Foundation, the museum has provided a space for conversation around justice, ritual and empathy.
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South Korean government data: the country's exports grew 70.9% YoY in June to $102.25B, an all-time monthly high, anchored by a record $44.82B in chip shipments (Steven Borowiec/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/economy/south-korean-expo…

South Korea exports in June soar past $100bn for first time on chip demand
Semiconductor giants SK Hynix and Samsung send device shipments to record high