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Filings: Bengaluru-based fintech Cred, which offers rewards for paying credit card bills and more, raised ~$72M at a $3.5B valuation, down from $6.4B in 2022 (The Economic Times)
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Cred raises fresh funds from GIC, others; valuation cut by 45% to $3.5 billion
The fintech major was valued at $6.4 billion in 2022 during its last major fund infusion. The current fund infusion is in the form of primary capital, which means that existing investors have not sold any shares in this round. The drop in valuation was in line with the company's plans to list in India over the next two years, people in the know said.

This grassy field has always been a beautiful buffer between the river and the train tracks that service the local waste management company that owns it. This time of year, wildflowers and butterflies are everywhere and it’s one of the highlights on this part of the greenway.
This week, I’ve noticed it’s suddenly begun to accumulate vintage fire and rescue vehicles. I don’t know what to make of it, but I hope it’s temporary.

According to Medina, the agents told her to exit her home with her children. Standing in the driveway, they showed her a warrant for her husband, with his name listed as David Garcia.
As she explained that her husband’s name is Jorge and that he was not at the house, **one of the agents is captured on an outdoor home surveillance camera turning the device away from what was transpiring. **
Noem attends ICE raid at home of pregnant California mother
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5349185-noem-ice-raid-pregnant-california-mother-dhs-padilla/

We all perform tasks in our day-to-day work that are considered 'non-promotable' – these are crucial for project success, but they won't get you promoted. This is commonly known as 'glue work', a term coined by Tanya Reilly. Join Fatima Taj at this year's Berlin Buzzwords as she shares her personal experience of narrowly avoiding the trap of being permanently stuck with glue work, and explains how to handle similar situations.
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After some neighbors say they want to be able to drive cars in cycletrack, DC govt replaces it with painted lanes & says basis for action was aesthetics of flexposts.
If the problem is really that flexposts don't look nice, why not replace them with decorative bollards?
https://wapo.st/4dXmJY1

D.C. is removing bike lane barriers for the first time, calling them ugly
The move comes as political leaders across the country begin reversing and undoing bike lane plans.

Gotta drive 50km with my own car (and fuel) in my (would have been) free time because one of my colleagues used an insurance form in the truck but never replaced it.
So when I needed one (hit a wall at a customer while backing truck into the tight ass space without mirrors - sun kept blinding me), there was none so I now have to go back there to get the paperwork sorted...
Lovely...

I rode my bike to the library to return a book, which isn't terribly exciting, but I'm pleased that I can now take care of local errands by bike instead of car.
#bikeTooter

My favorite historical mystery is “what really happened in the 6th century???”
We have few clues. We know there were at least 2 big eruptions in the 530s, most likely in Iceland, Kamchatka, or Alaska: nowhere with a surviving writing culture. Then a wave of Plague. Then probably other shit no one bothered writing down. It shattered the recording of history for many decades. We will never have a comprehensive history of the “Dark Ages” because no one wrote the pieces.

Join Adrien Grand and Luca Cavanna at this year's Berlin Buzzwords as they share the fascinating journey to the release of version 10.0 of the popular Java search engine Apache Lucene, discussing the ups and downs, the team effort it took to get there, and much more.
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Join Adrien Grand and Luca Cavanna at this year's Berlin Buzzwords as they share the fascinating journey to the release of version 10.0 of the popular Java search engine Apache Lucene, discussing the ups and downs, the team effort it took to get there, and much more.
Learn more: https://