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How Oura won over DC by growing its lobbying spend to $1M per year, as RFK Jr. touts wearables for health and the US DOD makes the rings an employee benefit (Amanda Chu/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/09/oura-ring-lobbying-rfk-maha-wa…

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/europe/hessy-levinsons-taft-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DlA.LjSt.1ku0JePfgJzm&smid=url-share

Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91
Without her parents’ knowledge, her portrait was entered as a prank in a contest in 1935 to represent the ideal Aryan infant — and she won.

Wie wichtig sind #Fließgewässer für unsere Natur? 🌊
Von kleinen Bächen im Oberlauf bis zu mächtigen Strömen im Unterlauf, sie sind wahre #Lebensadern. Im Oberlauf sind sie oft so klar und kühl, dass er sogar

Fließgewässer: Lebensadern der Natur und ihre Bewohner
Entdecke die Vielfalt der Fließgewässer, von ihren Quellen bis zu den Mündungen, und erfahre, wie geologische und ökologische Faktoren das Leben im Wasser beeinflussen.

Om een kabinet met D66, CDA en VVD levensvatbaar te maken is ook steun van links nodig | Trouw
#NLpol #formatie

"AI-Powered Price Optimization": US-Zustelldienst Instacart manipuliert Preise
Sogar bei Selbstabholung setzt Instacart für bestellte Lebensmittel höhere Preise an, individuell unterschiedlich. Selbes Produkt, selbe Zeit, selbe Filiale.

This is a really really nice interview with Canadian Children's Book author Robert Munsch. It's his "last hurrah”. He's living with dementia and parkinson’s.
He's going to be leaving (MAID) at some point (not soon) but there are 50 more books that will be released after he has passed.
He just seems like a wonderful guy…
#Books #Munsch #CBC
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7009124

It is Judge Mark L. Wolf, who retired in protest, explaining why: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/federal-judge-resignation-trump/684845/?gift=Kjaw0NITl7f2TdiJgnhQhTU81T1TbxegoH4x33GvLqc
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Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.

Matt Gutman is leaving ABC News to join CBS News as chief correspondent on January 5, reporting across the network as well as lead correspondent for 48 Hours (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/matt-gutman-joins-cbs-news-chief-correspon…

Matt Gutman Departs ABC News For New Post At CBS News
Matt Gutman is leaving ABC News for a new post at CBS News, where he will be chief correspondent, reporting across the network as well as lead correspondent for 48 Hours. Gutman also will contribute to future seasons of 60 Minutes, and will serve as fill-in anchor. He will start in Jan. 5 and will […]

The one group in the United States most interested in leaving the country and permanently living somewhere else is American women ages 15 to 44.

Documents: OpenAI is asking contractors to upload their work from current or previous jobs to evaluate its models, leaving it to them to scrub confidential info (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-contractor-upload-real-work-documents-ai-agents/

OpenAI Is Asking Contractors to Upload Work From Past Jobs to Evaluate the Performance of AI Agents
To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information.