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Promoted on Sunday, Fired on Monday: Inside a…

Promoted on Sunday, Fired on Monday: Inside a…

🔥 Check out this insightful post from Hacker News 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Key idea: These goals are in line with the administration’s own stated priorities. Just weeks after shuttering OCS, the White House announced an executive order intended to, in its words, restore scientific integrity policies of federally funded research activities. Ironically, most of Draper’s work at OCS was focused on scientific integrity initiatives. Every bit of those efforts has now been canceled, he says. The Office of the Chief Scientist was hardly an example of bloated bureaucracy, either. According to Draper, its operating costs were around 0.001% of NASA’s budget:…
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Trump commutes former Rep. Jorge Santos’ 7-year prison sentence in federal fraud case

Trump commutes former Rep. Jorge Santos’ 7-year prison sentence in federal fraud case

💥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: Donald Trump news,George Santos 💡 Main takeaway: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he has commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. Read more: Disgraced former US Rep. George Santos begins serving 7-year fraud sentence The New York Republican was sentenced in April after pleading guilty last year to defrauding donors and stealing the identities of 11 people — including his family members…
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The Federal Aviation Administration raises the limit on production of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to 42 per month

The Federal Aviation Administration raises the limit on production of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to 42 per month

🚀 Discover this must-read post from Business News 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are assembled at the company's factory in Renton, Washington, US on June 25, 2024.Jennifer Buchanan | Via ReutersBoeing The US airline has received regulatory approval to increase production of its best-selling 737 MAX aircraft to 42 planes per month, a significant milestone for the manufacturer nearly two years after the Federal Aviation Administration restricted its production following a mid-air disaster.In January 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration banned Boeing from building planes at a rate of no more than 38 per…
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Add to playlist: Deeply detailed techno music from Conna Haraway and the best new tracks of the week | music

Add to playlist: Deeply detailed techno music from Conna Haraway and the best new tracks of the week | music

🚀 Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 Category: Music,Culture,Electronic music,Dance music ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: from Bath, now based in GlasgowRecommended if you like Porter Rex, Primary Channel, Robert Hood the next The Manchester and Glasgow DJ is gearing up this weekend, touring China and Japan in November, and the new collaborative project section is releasing an album in November.As autumn paints the British air, skies and seas gray and white, it's time to color-match your soundtrack accordingly. Dub techno is my thing this time of year, chilled but with a crackle of heat…
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Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot

Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot

🔥 Discover this awesome post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: AI,OpenAI,Generative AI,ChatGPT,evergreens 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the highly-anticipated launch of its text-to-video model Sora. OpenAI also faced…
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Manchester United: Ruben Amorim says he cannot rely on Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s three-year promise

Manchester United: Ruben Amorim says he cannot rely on Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s three-year promise

🔥 Explore this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Main takeaway: Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim believes it is important that Sir Jim Ratcliffe announces his long-term ideas, but says nothing is certain about tomorrow in football, let alone three years.In an interview with The Times last week, Ratcliffe said it could take Amorim three years to make a significant impact at Old Trafford.Coming at a time when Amorim's future was under the microscope after a long string of disappointing results, these comments helped allay some of the immediate pressure.However, speaking before the 100th meeting with its…
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Salesforce CEO apologizes for saying Trump should send troops to SF

Salesforce CEO apologizes for saying Trump should send troops to SF

💥 Discover this awesome post from Hacker News 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Key idea: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff apologized on Friday for making comments in support of President Donald Trump potentially sending federal troops to San Francisco, where his company is based. "Having listened closely to my fellow San Franciscans and our local officials, and after the largest and safest Dreamforce in our history, I do not believe the National Guard is needed to address safety in San Francisco," Benioff wrote in a post on X.The Trump administration recently deployed the National Guard to Portland, Oregon and Chicago, sparking protests and…
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The Russians and Ukrainians do not expect any major progress at the planned Trump-Putin summit

The Russians and Ukrainians do not expect any major progress at the planned Trump-Putin summit

✨ Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: Donald Trump news,hungary,russia,Ukraine,Vladimir Putin,Volodymyr Zelenskyy ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: People in Russia and Ukraine on Friday expressed hope for progress but did not expect any major progress on ending the war at the upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The two leaders agreed in a phone call Thursday to meet in Budapest, Hungary in the coming weeks, according to Trump, who was scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House later Friday. “When (Trump and…
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Football gossip: Guehi, Wharton, Branthwaite, Semenho, Neymar, Demarco, Lukoumi, Ter Stegen, Tonali

Football gossip: Guehi, Wharton, Branthwaite, Semenho, Neymar, Demarco, Lukoumi, Ter Stegen, Tonali

✨ Check out this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Liverpool have suffered a setback in their plans to sign Crystal Palace defender Mark Guehi on a free next summer, Manchester United are eyeing a move for Palace midfielder Adam Wharton in January, while Tottenham and Liverpool are keen on signing Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo.Crystal Palace They plan to sell English defender Mark Guehi in January and Liverpool He is no longer the favorite to sign the 25-year-old Barcelona, real madrid and Bayern Munich All interested. (First paper - subscription required), externalEngland midfielder and…
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Eli Lilly Novo Nordisk stock fell after Trump GLP-1 price comments

Eli Lilly Novo Nordisk stock fell after Trump GLP-1 price comments

🚀 Check out this trending post from Business News 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: shares Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk The price of the drug fell Friday, after President Donald Trump said his administration aims to reduce the cost of the brand's weight-loss drug GLP-1 to $150 a month, a fraction of its current list price."In London, you can buy a certain drug for $130 and even less...$88 as of...a month ago. In New York, you pay $1,300 for the same thing," Trump said during a Thursday afternoon event on in vitro fertilization at the White House.…
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