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Electron launches second pair of NASA TROPICS cubesats

spacenews.com WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched a second pair of NASA storm-tracking cubesats late May 25, six years and three dozen flights after the company’s first…

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Wants To “Darken The Skies” With Airships

vanityfair.com Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is preparing for space tourism. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has plans to colonize Mars. But Sergey Brin has been quietly working to bring back airships. A…

Saturday assorted links

marginalrevolution.com 1. Further commentary on Austrian housing policy. And Jerusalem Demsas on how Colorado is addressing its housing crisis (Atlantic). 2. Bryan Caplan on AI and higher…

Billionaire Harlan Crow speaks on relationship with Justice Thomas in new interview

msnbc.com The Atlantic's Graeme Wood joins Katie Phang to discuss his new interview with right-wing billionaire and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. His controversial companionship with…

Elon Musk takes Twitter out of the EU’s Disinformation Code of Practice

techcrunch.com Twitter has withdrawn from the European Union’s Code of Practice on online disinformation, per the bloc’s internal market commissioner, Thierry Breton. In a tweet last night…

Lionel Messi Set To Snub FC Barcelona, Will Not Return To Club This Weekend: Reports

forbes.com Lionel Messi will turn down an invitation from FC Barcelona to attend Camp Nou this weekend, and see what will be the last game held at the stadium before it is renovated…

Hollywood was built on the work of underappreciated writers. Just ask Chandler, Faulkner and Fitzgerald

latimes.com In 1945, barely two years into Raymond Chandler’s career as a screenwriter, the man whose hard-boiled fiction did much to make film noir into an art form had already wearied…

What European business makes of the green-subsidy race

economist.com L European leaders began hearing a huge sucking sound. The source of the din? The Inflation Reduction Act ( ), a 725-page law passed in August to speed up American…

What luxury stocks say about the new cold war

economist.com I Europe’s interests to follow America into a conflict over Taiwan? The suggestion by Emmanuel Macron, president of France, that perhaps it is not provoked anger on both…

Rocket Lab’s Electron delivers TROPICS constellation to orbit

teslarati.com Electron, Rocket Lab’s small satellite launch vehicle, launched twice, just ~2 weeks apart from the companies Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand to deliver the 4 CubeSat…

2.5 Billion Visits: ACE Targets 9anime Among Several Pirate Anime Sites * TorrentFreak

torrentfreak.com Despite offering only one type of content, 9anime is one of the most-visited sites in the world, period. Since that amounts to over 2.5 billion visits per year, it was no…

Killer whales damage boats in Spanish, Portuguese waters in puzzling new behavior

go.com BARCELONA, Spain -- A pod of killer whales repeatedly rammed a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar this week, damaging it enough to require Spanish rescuers to come to the aid…

The Founders were well aware of continuing advances in arms technology

reason.com During the 19th century, firearms improved more than in any other century. As of 1800, most firearms were single-shot muzzleloading blackpowder flintlocks. By end of the…

30-year-old started his business with a website, sewing kit and Pizza Hut salary

cnbc.com Ben Francis didn't become wealthy through a family inheritance or business school connections. Instead, the CEO and co-founder of Gymshark used his Pizza Hut job earnings at…

Leftovers from the Twitter mess and other links for your weekend

poynter.org A little housekeeping to start today’s newsletter. There will be no Poynter Report on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. We will return on Tuesday. Today, we start with…

Spring flood risks highlight lack of insurance for Canadian homeowners, experts say

theglobeandmail.com As the spring season brings higher flood risk to Canadians, as seen in British Columbia recently, experts say many homeowners remain without adequate insurance to cover…

Want to Be an Artist? You’re in Luck. This One Is Selling His Practice

nytimes.com Darren Bader, in Carroll Park, near his home in Brooklyn, is looking to shed the skin he’s been living in for 20 years by selling his art-world practice.Credit...Caroline…

As GDPR turns 5 years old, the U.S. ad industry seeks to peddle influence

digiday.com Facebook owner Meta was fined earlier this week for yet another privacy infraction in Europe, just days ahead of GDPR entering its fifth year of enforcement. Such a…

Will Chinese hacking derail U.S. hopes for a thaw with Beijing?

nbcnews.com The State Department is warning American firms to be on guard for a new type of malware that it says a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has been trying to insert into…

Here’s How Many Hurricanes Federal Forecasters Expect This Year

forbes.com The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday projected 12 to 17 named tropical storms and hurricanes this year, a roughly average storm season that puts…

Major Unanimous Supreme Court Victory for Property Rights in Tyler v. Hennepin County

reason.com This morning, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County, an important Takings Clause property rights case addressing the issue of "home…

Carl Icahn’s Proxy Fight With Illumina Comes to a Vote

nytimes.com Shareholders are set to vote on Thursday whether to back the gene-sequencing company’s incumbent board or candidates named by the activist investor. How close is Icahn to…

Greenwald: Regime Journalists Promote The "Right" Conspiracy Theories To Be Successful

zerohedge.com Greenwald: Regime Journalists Promote The "Right" Conspiracy Theories To Be Successful Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, Independent investigative journalist Glenn…

NOAA predicts 'near-normal' hurricane season

nbcnews.com The United States could see up to four major hurricanes this year in what federal officials are predicting will be a “near-normal” hurricane season. The National Oceanic and…

New federal report: Half of public school students are now performing below grade level

reason.com A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics provides yet more evidence that American schoolchildren suffered dramatic educational losses during the…

WATCH: Hurricane season likely to be average, NOAA forecasts

pbs.org Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season…

NOAA forecasts a near average 2023 Atlantic hurricane season

axios.com The upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, which officially kicks off June 1, is set to feature a tug of war between a developing El Niño in the Pacific, and unusually warm…

Data lifts dollar, euro soft as Germany enters recession

reuters.com [1/3] U.S. Dollar and Euro banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic NEW YORK, May 25 (Reuters) - The dollar rose for a fourth straight…

Zelenskyy gives surprise Johns Hopkins commencement speech

politico.com Before Johns Hopkins University graduates moved their tassels to the left on Thursday, they were sent off with a virtual livestream from a surprise commencement speaker:…

Today's Logistics Report: Seeking Lithium Supplies Formula for Collusion; Gas Supply Chain Pivot

createsend.com China is on a worldwide hunt to secure lithium supplies to bolster its dominant position in refining the metal. The search is leading the country to invest billions in…

FT’s cut-price antidote to the ‘doom-scroll’ attracts 100,000+ paying readers

pressgazette.co.uk FT Edit, the Financial Times’ app offering readers only eight articles a day, has had almost 140,000 downloads since it launched in March last year. Around 100,000 have…

How Elon Musk Turned Twitter Into a Big Nest for Right Wing

vox.com Elon Musk’s high-profile Twitter event to launch the presidential bid of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday got off to a rough start, crashing several times about 30…

Ukraine wants to work with Western countries to create another 'sea of NATO' on the border with Russia

businessinsider.com An unexploded missile next to a house near Mykolaiv, close to the Black Sea, in August 2022. Alex Chan Tsz Yuk/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Longstanding tensions…

In DeSantis’ Sunshine State, life is not all sunny

politico.com Gov. Ron DeSantis' "free state of Florida" isn't so cheap to live in. As Gov. Ron DeSantis sells his “Florida Blueprint” as a reason for conservatives and Republicans to…

'Cat 5' Politics: NC Gov. Declares "State Of Emergency" Over Approaching Democratic System

zerohedge.com 'Cat 5' Politics: NC Gov. Declares "State Of Emergency" Over Approaching Democratic System Authored by Jonathan Turley, North Carolina is now officially in a “state of…

Chinese nationalists echo US right's 'The Little Mermaid' talking points

semafor.com The News American right-wing figures last year blasted Disney for being "woke" by casting Halle Bailey, a Black actress and singer, as Ariel in the live-action remake of The…

The rise and fall — and rise again

businessinsider.com An Abercrombie & Fitch store in 2008. Amy Sancetta/AP Abercrombie & Fitch was founded as a store for outdoor gear in the late 1800s. It became hugely popular with 2000s…

Mark Cuban Calls Out Elon Musk on Twitter After a Snide Political Tweet

thestreet.com Elon Musk has never shied away from talking politics. The tech billionaire has often discussed something he calls the "Woke Mind Virus," a concept tied to cancel culture…

Why Do We Have a Debt Limit?

reason.com This is a big week for the debt limit. Since 1941, the federal government has had a statutory limit on the overall face value of securities—bonds, notes, bills, etc.—that…

Jesse Singal: How to stay honest while doing journalism

reason.com My guest today is journalist and podcaster Jesse Singal, who first came to national prominence a few years ago when he wrote a cover story for The Atlantic titled "When…

On its first deployment, the US Navy's newest aircraft carrier makes historic visit near NATO's northern frontline with Russia

businessinsider.com USS Gerald R. Ford in the Oslo fjord alongside Norwegian military vessels and aircraft on May 24. Norwegian Armed Forces/Onar Diggers Aase US Navy aircraft carrier USS…