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The FTC approves James Murdoch's $300M purchase of New York magazine, Vox.com, and Vox's podcast network, per an early termination notice on the FTC's website (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/busi

James Murdoch's $300 Million Vox and New York Magazine Deal Gets the Greenlight From FTC
The Federal Trade Commission has greenlit James Murdoch's over $300 million purchase of roughly half of Vox Media

I regret to inform you all that earlier today my dog escaped their sandbox. They got to the WiFi router and through sheer dumb luck hacked into the bank branch of a transnational bank down the street. They’re now buying up all the mortgages for the neighborhood and adding clauses to the mortgage contracts requiring treats and belly rubs. My security team is loading up our HARNESS countermeasures and WALKIES patches that could bring him back into containment or involve the neighborhood squirr…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Bonnie Tyler:
🎵 Total Eclipse of the Heart
#BonnieTyler
https://tmortiz.bandcamp.com/track/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-t-mortiz-re-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/1VrfLrBviw9A6JzRoo3t2C

SK Hynix raises $26.5B in the largest ever US market debut by a foreign company, selling 177.9M ADRs for $149 each; the sale was more than 7x oversubscribed (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-09/sk…

Trump is attempting once again to oust US Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook over allegations of mortgage fraud,
despite a recent US supreme court decision that upheld the central bank’s independence.
Cook reportedly received a letter from the White House this week that provided notice, in accordance to the supreme court’s June ruling,
that Trump is “considering removing” her from her Fed position over the same claims of mortgage fraud that he levied against her last summer…

Trump renews bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook despite supreme court ruling
White House continues to target Cook despite decision from justices that upheld Federal Reserve’s independence

"Die Bundespolizei hat nach Informationen der «SonntagsZeitung» zwischen 1930 und 1989 auch Bundesratsmitglieder überwacht. Insgesamt waren 39 Bundesrätinnen und Bundesräte betroffen, wie die Zeitung schrieb. Dazu zählten etwa Christoph Blocher, Moritz Leuenberger, Ruth Dreifuss und Elisabeth Kopp."

RE: #ForbiddenPsalm

"L'amnésie environnementale, ou comment notre lente accommodation Š une biodiversité dégradée nous fait oublier la nature foisonnante d’antan"
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2026/

Comment notre lente accommodation à une biodiversité dégradée nous fait glisser vers l’amnésie environnementale
Si nous nous rappelons des pare-brise constellés d’insectes morts après un trajet en voiture, que sait-on des loups qui rôdaient dans les campagnes au Moyen Age, ou des saumons dans la Seine au XIXᵉ siècle ? Cet oubli progressif d’une nature hier foisonnante nous empêche de protéger celle d’aujourd’hui.

Chinese tech giants are hiring skilled professionals as specialized AI trainers to build high-quality datasets, mirroring efforts by US platforms like Mercor (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2026/china-expert-ai-trainers/

Now it’s China’s experts who are gig workers training AI data
Squeezed by a stagnant economy and state directives, China's underemployed lawyers, architects, and engineers are taking cheap gig work to teach AI their exact trades — just to pay this month's mortgage.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Vince Staples:
🎵 Norf Norf
#VinceStaples
https://mattmartigan.bandcamp.com/track/vince-staples-norf-norf-matt-martigan-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/4mgRdIwVZeoI5OtYTAvBrC