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Sources: Jimmy Finkelstein met with potential investors to drum up interest in a new venture, which is in the planning stages, after The Messenger's failure (Justin Baragona/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-messenge

The Messenger Crashed and Burned—Now the CEO Jimmy Finkelstein Back at It
The 76-year-old media mogul is apparently looking to clear his name after The Messenger spectacularly flopped.

✍️ New post: Making #OwnYourWeb More Sustainable
I am looking for sponsors for my newsletter to make the project more sustainable. 💚
https://matthiasott.com/notes/making-o

TSMC SVP Kevin Zhang says ASML's new machines, which cost €350M each, are too expensive, and the A16 node, due in late 2026, won't need to use the new machines (Cagan Koc/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Quality satire
https://mastodon.social/@MissingThePt/112269378510498107

This should be worth reading.
By Isaac Rose.
The Rentier City: Manchester and the Making of the Neoliberal Metropolis - Repeater Books
https://repeaterbooks.com/product/the-rentier-city-manchester-and-the-making-…

The Rentier City: Manchester and the Making of the Neoliberal Metropolis - Repeater Books
In cities across the world, gentrification and the housing crisis are facts of life. But how did we get to this point? And is there any way we can fight back? A good place to begin answering these questions is Manchester, England. Over the last thirty years, corporate developers, rentier capitalists and boosterist politicians have reshaped Manchester in their image, replacing its working-class communities, public spaces and affordable housing with skyscrapers, luxury developments and a private…

By most metrics, the American economy is doing well. But the perception of the American economy is much weaker than its actual strength. This seems to finally slowly break up a bit, and people are realizing that things are actually not that bad.
Here's an article that tries to explain it: because of high interest rates, credit is expensive, including credit card debt, and if someone is buying a home now.

40-year-old homeowner says economy doesn’t add up: ‘I’m making the most money I’ve ever made, and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck’
I’m making the most money I've ever made, and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck

Joe Biden's huge crackdown on McDonald's ice cream machine issue in big customer win - US News - News - Daily Express US
https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/131342/joe-biden-broken-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines…

Joe Biden's huge crackdown on McDonald's ice cream machine issue in big win for customers
Under current regulations, McDonald's ice cream machines are only allowed to be fixed by one company of technicians authorized by their manufacturers.

I’m not sure it’s appropriate to immediately point the finger at Boeing for a malfunction on a plane they delivered over 25 years ago. Still, I’m not sure I want to get on a plane if this is how they are being maintained.
https://abcnews.go.com/Busine…

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MHRV (Mechanical Heat-Recovery Ventilation) and HR25H Review
Is MHRV right for you? Learn from our years with the Vent-Axia humidistat HR25. #frugal #cutCarbon

Google unveils Music AI Sandbox, a suite of music AI tools that include the ability to create short audio clips or "stems" based on text prompts (Ty Pendlebury/CNET)
https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/goog…

Google Unveils Music AI Sandbox Making Loops From Prompts
Producers say the AI-generated loops can make music sound 'more human.