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How do you do business here? And how do you get people to work here?
https://twitter.com/CWBChicago/status/1693642865853833309
An amazing development in music and AI collaborations revealed.
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtube-and-universal-music-group-pa...
Disaster construction primer exposed for all to see
https://nypost.com/2023/08/21/owner-of-mauis-unscathed-red-house-explains-w...
The “blinding” of the Eyes in the Sky
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/earth-s-most-important-telescopes...
Sigh
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/victor-davis-hanson-we-will-lose-our-righ...
No words EXCEPT no cash bail kicks in on Sept 18th
https://twitter.com/CWBChicago/status/1693599123545460748
The Paypal stablecoin backed by dollars and securities smacks to us a disaster in the making. As Terra and other forays into this space have clearly shown thru the years, the BACKING for the issuance of these currencies is key to success and herein lies the rub.
Derivatures operate in a similar fashion in regards to their valuations...
Fintech stuff 8/21/2023
https://workweek.com/2023/08/21/has-plaid-lost-the-payroll-race/?utm_source...
META MOVES in the tundra
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-pm-trudeau-blasts-meta-blocki...
Oh my
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/08/new-court-documents-suggest-the-just...
HEAT ADVISORY weather alert Chicago metro region this week 8/21-25/2023 per Block Club Chicago
https://mailchi.mp/6b8d7dbdcc75/heatalert?e=574d051d56
Truth
Chop Suey econ to start your week from Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-cuts-1-year-lending-benchmark-kee...
Starting our Monday reporting on freedom of the press is sobering when placed in the context of the Marion County Record raid in Marion , Kansas. This town’s ENTIRE police force (all 5 of them) raided the home of the publisher ten days ago over fears of alleged identity theft in the pursuit of information for a story never published.
This platform has always been a champion of the 1st Amendment and...
The Napoleon complex?
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230818-ridley-scotts-napoleon-was-the...