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Kaleidoscope, a podcasting startup that focuses on adventure stories and other forms of narrative podcasting, raised a $5M Series A (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/13/2025/kaleidoscope-looks-to-be-the-national-ge…

Kaleidoscope looks to be the National Geographic of podcasting
The co-founders said they’ve seen a hunger among advertisers to be in front of quality content about science and tech.

O que é que um monte de merda destes faz de férias em Lisboa?
Quem foi que deixou um monte de merda destes entrar em Portugal?
https://expresso.pt/sociedade/2025-07-14-fundacao-belga-pede-a-portugal-que-d…

Fundação belga pede a Portugal que detenha sniper israelita de férias em Lisboa

Organização apresenta queixa-crime no DIAP de Lisboa para que militar seja detido e alvo de inquérito por crimes de guerra, com base nas imagens que o próprio ‘sniper’ publicou na sua conta de Instagram

Dem media group sounds alarm on slow investment: 'We need help' (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/13/2025/courier-media-sounds-alarm-on-slow-investment
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p42#a250714p42

#Schonungen plant gemeinsam mit der ÜZ Mainfranken und der Energiegesellschaft Schweinfurter Oberland neue #Windkraftprojekte.
Ziel ist eine verlässliche, regionale #Stromversorgung

Schonungen setzt weiter auf Windkraft
SCHONUNGEN, LKR. SCHWEINFURT - Die Großgemeinde Schonungen plant in Zusammenarbeit mit der Energiegesellschaft Schweinfurter Oberland und der ÜZ Mainfranken die Realisierung weiterer Energieprojekte,

A group of high-profile writers plan to launch a magazine called Equator to challenge the "assumption that global events should be narrated by and for the West" (Ben Smith/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/14/2025/new-post-american-g…

New ‘post-American’ global magazine to launch
Equator will “challenge the reigning assumption that global events should be narrated by and for the West.”

💣 Army will study how blasts of sniper rifles, anti-armor and artillery impact brain health
#army

Army to study how sniper rifle, anti-armor and artillery fire impact brain health
Army research will assess the “doses” of shock waves that certain weapons create and their long-term impacts on soldiers' health.

Bayesian Semiparametric Joint Modeling of Gap-Time Distribution for Multitype Recurrent Events and a Terminal Event
Mithun Kumar Acharjee, AKM Fazlur Rahman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10354

Bayesian Semiparametric Joint Modeling of Gap-Time Distribution for Multitype Recurrent Events and a Terminal Event
In biomedical settings, multitype recurrent events such as stroke and heart failure occur frequently, often concluding with a terminal event such as death. Understanding the links between these recurring and terminal events is fundamental to developing interventions that delay detrimental outcomes. Joint modeling is needed to quantify the dependence between event types and between recurrent events and mortality. We propose a Bayesian semiparametric joint model on the gap-time scale for multityp…

Nika Soon-Shiong, LAT owner Patrick Soon-Shiong's daughter, becomes Drop Site News' publisher, as the left-leaning outlet hits ~400K subs since its 2024 launch (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/14/2025

‘The verdict of history will be merciless’: A new left media rises in the age of Trump
Drop Site News is bringing on a new publisher as it and other leftist news sites get scoops and momentum.

Henry Blodget is launching Solutions, an interview podcast in partnership with Vox Media, on August 18, focusing on challenges in science, business, and society (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/10/2025/with-new-podcas…

With new podcast, Blodget turns to ‘Solutions’ journalism
Henry Blodget talks to Semafor about getting back to the basics: writing and talking about what excites him in business and tech.