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"Yukoner recognized by United Nations for #radio work"
https://www.yukon-news.com/news/yukoner-recognized-by-united-nations-for-rad…

For Trump, ‘Two Weeks’ Is the Magic Number.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/middleeast/trump-iran-two-weeks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QU8.jnPu.iH1sgWhj-NWe&smid=url-share

‘Two Weeks’ Is Trump’s Favorite Unit of Time
“Two weeks” is one of President Trump’s favorite units of time. It can mean something, or nothing at all.

How Shaun Maguire dragged Sequoia into culture wars; emails show senior partner Doug Leone defended Maguire in distinguishing between "Islamists" and "Muslims" (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/technology/sequoia-…

How a Sequoia Capital Partner’s Mamdani Posts Dragged the Firm Into Politics
Sequoia Capital, which backed Nvidia, Google and Apple when they were start-ups, has long stayed above the fray. But one partner’s post about Zohran Mamdani set off a chain reaction.

Four wealthy nations
—the United States, Canada, Norway, and Australia
—account for the majority of planned oil and gas expansion over the next decade,
according to new data published by Oil Change Internationalon Monday, the first day of the Bonn Climate Change Conference in Germany.
Oil Change's analysis,
titled Planet Wreckers,
notes that if those four Global North nations stopped their planned new oil and gas extraction,
32 billion tons of carb…

'Planet Wreckers': 4 Rich Nations Plotting Nearly 70% of New Oil and Gas Over Next Decade | Common Dreams
"This is not just hypocrisy," said one climate campaigner. "It is a death sentence for communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis."

Every tech oligarch wants to build an Everything App - because they now have the power to do so, but also because they're completely out of ideas.
This week's issue of my newsletter tackles the rise of the "data-driven" Nothing Manager responsible for building Everything, with the "power" of #GenAI.

The Everything App is a symptom of Nothing Management (part 1)
Leaders who surrender their point of view inevitably arrive at the same conclusion: we must solve every problem for every user. This approach demolishes the possibility of real impact.

Yeah, this is not surprising…
“Airlines and Trump Administration Backpedal on Protections for Travelers With Wheelchairs”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/travel/wheelchair-flights-delta-united-american.html
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Airlines Challenge Protections For Travelers With Wheelchairs
A landmark rule to expand the rights of disabled air travelers has been hamstrung by a lawsuit from major airlines and delayed enforcement by the Transportation Department.

ComiXology veterans David Steinberger and Chip Mosher unveil Neon Ichiban, a digital comic book store to rival Amazon, launching next month after raising $7M (George Gene Gustines/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/business/…

New Digital Comics Store Takes Aim at Amazon
Two veterans of Comixology, a site that the e-commerce colossus bought in 2014, are now starting a rival to compete with it.

A look at the Dor Brothers, a video production studio that has gained over 100M views across platforms by creating viral subversive videos using only AI tools (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/techn…

How a Video Studio Embraced A.I. and Stormed the Internet
The Dor Brothers are indie filmmakers whose viral videos are generated entirely by artificial intelligence.

About Trump and Epstein.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/politics/inside-trump-epstein-friendship.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Xk8.KHWP.KdYVidAz5…

Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein
For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest.

Study: US kids who said their social media, phone, or video game use was "addictive" were 2x-3x more likely to have thoughts of suicide or self-harm by age 14 (Ellen Barry/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/…

Real Risk to Youth Mental Health Is ‘Addictive Use,’ Not Screen Time Alone, Study Finds
Researchers found children with highly addictive use of phones, video games or social media were two to three times as likely to have thoughts of suicide or to harm themselves.