Memos: Disney's chief communications officer, Kristina Schake, is leaving on March 18 after four years, as Bob Iger ends his run as CEO (Cynthia Littleton/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/kristina-schake-bob-iger-disney-out-commu…
Nvidia announces its Earth-2 Medium Range weather model, built on its Atlas architecture, claiming it outperforms Google DeepMind's GenCast in 70 variables (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/nvidias-new-a…
Bears seeking compensation for Falcons GM hire https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48023987/bears-seek-compensatory-picks-falcons-hire-gm-cunningham
As Shamita Sharmacharja puts it,
“people want to live for ever, but they don’t want to get old”.
With the prospect that one in 10 boys and one in six girls born in the UK today can expect to live past 100,
"The Coming of Age" opens at a time when anxieties over ageing have risen to the fore as the perceived solidity of life stages melt into thin air,
from the perennial adolescence of adults in their 20s unable to move into a home of their own
to the…
Democratic senators want two companies to preserve communications with Corey Lewandowski (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/democratic-senators-want-two-companies-preserve-communications-corey-l-rcna265152
http://www.memeorandum.com/260325/p129#a260325p129
Super Bowl expected to return to Las Vegas in 2029; vote coming next week https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/football/super-bowl/super-bowl-expected-to-return-las-vegas-in-2029-vote-coming-next-week-3729501/
Miller, Noem Dig In on Immigration Tactics, but Political Reckoning Is Coming (Damian Paletta/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/miller-noem-dig-in-on-immigration-tactics-but-political-reckoning-is-coming-f410a742
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p22#a260126p22
Brendan Carr is building Trump-friendly broadcasting behemoths
Conservative television broadcasters are getting bigger under Donald Trump
— and thanks to his top communications regulator,
they may get enhanced power to mute the president’s critics.
The Federal Communications Commission’s approval of a $6.2 billion merger between the TV station owners Nexstar and Tegna
is one step toward agency Chair Brendan Carr’s goal of boosting local broadcasters’ market heft…
RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines is coming for the elderly
The miseries of aging are more linked to late-life infections than was previously understood
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/26/robert-kennedy-war-vaccines-senior-health/…
Tariffs Raised Consumers’ Prices, but the Refunds Go Only to Businesses
Many families felt the sting of the president’s now-illegal tariffs, but companies have said little about whether they will share the $166 billion coming back to them
Heather Boushey,
who served on the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Joseph R. Biden Jr.,
described the refund process as a
“windfall for businesses,”
some of which foisted the tariffs on consumers.…