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Not “Bipartisanship”, but Rather a Collapse of Republican Obstructionist Discipline; OpenAI’s Girlfriend in Canada; & MOAR… – Beragampengetahuan
A scratchpad… Share Journamalism: It is not a new bipartisan majority, but rather a collapse of Republican obstructionist Senate party discipline. Dan Drezner is unhappy, somewhat, with David Leonhardt <https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/briefing/centrism-washington-neopopulism.html>. I endorse what Drezner says—the argument is wrong in its claims about increasing social conservatism, obtusely inattentive in its neglect of the Republican rejection of […]
$10B Wall Street Collapse on Trial & AI Creating Wonder Drugs? – Beragampengetahuan
Episode 319: Neal and Toby discuss the big discovery from Google’s DeepMind using AI to potentially produce new drugs not possible by mere humans. Then, the biggest ‘pump and brag scheme’ that shook Wall Street goes to trial. Next, a new report shows renewable energy sources making progress towards a big clean energy goal. Also, […]
Ninth-inning collapse pushes Rockies into the bad kind of beragampengetahuan history – Beragampengetahuan
All the Colorado Rockies had to do to avoid occupying an unenviable place in the beragampengetahuan history books was not allow five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Rockies are now occupying an unenviable place in the beragampengetahuan history books. More specifically, the Rockies have now trailed for at least part of […]
SBF Gets 25 Years for Crypto Fraud & Who Pays for Baltimore Bridge Collapse? – Beragampengetahuan
Episode 290: Neal and Toby discuss Sam Bankman-Fried being sentenced to 25 years and the judge’s reasoning for the term length. Then, a really old maritime law complicates the issue of who’s paying for the damages from the Baltimore bridge collapse. Next, the stock market is off to its hottest start for Q1, led by, […]
Renters Reform Bill on the brink of collapse – Beragampengetahuan
Michael Gove The government’s flagship Renters Reform Bill, which would end Section 21 evictions, is on the brink of collapse, according to The Sun. The newspaper reports that Whitehall insiders have claimed the Conservative manifesto promise to end so-called no fault evictions is on track to fail because Michael Gove is being held “ransom” by […]
Preventing unnecessary collapse – The Korea Times – Beragampengetahuan
Gov’t, doctors should both step back, compromise After more than a week of a mass walkout by junior doctors protesting against a rise in medical school admissions quotas, the government has issued a call for their return by tomorrow or warned of potential punitive measures. President Yoon Suk Yeol emphasized on Tuesday that collective action […]
A precautionary approach required to avoid large-scale collapse of the Amazon forest – Beragampengetahuan
The Amazon is a complex dynamical system with extraordinarily diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems which are home to more than 10% of Earth’s biodiversity, as well as 40 million people. It is one of the most critical elements of the Earth’s climate system, with the forest acting as a giant “air-conditioner”, lowering land-surface temperatures and […]
Silicon Valley Bank collapse renews calls to address disparities impacting entrepreneurs of color – Beragampengetahuan
beragampengetahuan — When customers at Silicon Valley Bank rushed to withdraw billions of dollars last month, venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton stepped in to help some of the founders of color who panicked about losing access to payroll funds. As a Black woman with nearly 10 years of business experience, Hamilton knew the options for those […]
The Frightening Familiarity Of Tom Lockyer’s On-Field Collapse – Beragampengetahuan
Tom Lockyer has done this scare-the-hell-out-of-all-his-friends-and-family-live-on-TV thing before, and because it was only last May, this latest incident worked on people’s nerves all the more effectively, and more frighteningly. Maybe that’s why the silence from everyone involved was so deafening, and so profound. Lockyer is the captain at Luton Town, the smallest fry in the […]
Developer offers a bit more info on collapse of Molbak’s redevelopment – Beragampengetahuan
The real estate group behind a redevelopment project involving the well-known Woodinville garden center Molbak’s Garden + Home offered a bit more clarity Monday about why the project won’t be blooming anytime soon. The developer is blaming various factors, including interest rates and construction costs. The project exploded into the news last week when Molbak’s […]