Lawmakers launch bipartisan, last-minute bids to force vote on ACA subsidies
Two bipartisan groups of House lawmakers launched last-minute bids Wednesday
to force votes on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.
The efforts, both using a legislative tool known as a
"discharge petition",
face long-shot odds:
At least 218 members of the House would first have to agree to consider the bills,
The EU opens investigations into Temu and airport scanner maker Nuctech to assess whether they unfairly penetrated the EU market thanks to Beijing subsidies (Francesca Micheletti/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-china-nuctech-temu-unfair-foreign-su…
Reach agrees to pay "substantial damages" to Bob Vylan frontman Pascal Robinson after the Manchester Evening News wrongly reported he performed Nazi salutes (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://press…
BELGOROD IN DARKNESS! ⚡ Gas Substation Destroyed! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/10/belgorod-in-darkness-gas-substation.html
Ramsey Spectroscopy via Symmetry-Protected Destructive Many-Body Interferometry
Sijie Chen, Jiahao Huang, Min Zhuang, Chaohong Lee
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3 things that you can do to support someone who is struggling with their mental health, specifically depression:
• Educate Yourself
• Listen to Understand, Not to Change
• Check in Often and Check in WELL
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Hamish McKenzie says Substack is starting to test native sponsorships with some writers but won't take a cut for now (Emily Sundberg/Feed Me)
https://www.readfeedme.com/p/substack-is-launching-native-sponsorships
A profile of Mercor CEO Brendan Foody, who says Mercor is creating a new category of work; Mercor hit $500M ARR in September and pays contractors $1.5M daily (Rya Jetha/The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/07/san-franci…