Instacart says it is ending all item price tests effective immediately, and won't charge different prices for the same items, after a report into the practice (Chris Wack/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business…
Journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump’s anti-DEI push:
It's not just a coincidence
Black and brown former employees from CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue talk about the effects of being let go
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/d
Not that the New York Times has much credibility left, but here’s another one for their long list of fails:
Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported?
By Noah Hurowitz
Exchanges about Trump between a reporter and Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.
In BC, Abbotsford and other border areas are under flood evacuation orders, especially from the Nooksack River. The Tyee recently reported on the lack of an agreement on flooding of the Nooksack, which is a perennial problem that the US government has ignored.
British Columbia and Washington need to work on a Cascadia-focused agreement on how to manage the Nooksack without meddling from the United States or Canada, which are apathetic to the real issues facing our region
A study of 1,000 marketing campaigns: host-read podcast ads on YouTube are up to 25% less effective at driving purchases than in audio-only podcasts (Katie Deighton/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/arti…
One of USA’s last remaining independent journalistic outlets… *checks notes*… Teen Vogue… is shuttered. https://romancelandia.club/@herhandsmyhands/115491522193236227
What a tale for our times! The cancelee's redemptive account of how he was cancelled by allegedly false allegations of #MeToo-era sexual abuse, cancelled by defamation claims from former colleagues who allege that his allegations about their behaviour (including supporting his alleged victim in the aftermath of the alleged attack) constitute vicious attacks.
Sources: the Chinese government is intervening in how SMIC allocates its chip output, prioritizing Huawei amid US export restrictions on advanced chips (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/china-us-ai-chip-restrictions-effect-275a311e