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Norway on Edge Over Trump Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Verdict Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday as the Nordic nation has faced increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the US le...

Norway on edge as it braces for Trump’s reaction if he doesn’t win Nobel Peace Prize www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Donald Trump and the Aggressive Pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize The president said it would be “a big insult” to the US if he doesn’t win. Some in Norway fear retaliation if he’s disappointed.

Sharing apropos of Nobel Prize announcements this week:

Trump is putting aggressive pressure on Norway to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, with potential threats of sanctions or other diplomatic headaches www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Organ transplant network oversight stalls due to government shutdown The organ transplant network wasn't significantly affected by past government shutdowns.

From Axios: HHS orders federal organ procurement and transplant network to halt operations www.axios.com/2025/10/08/g...

Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War” Hardline Israel advocate Jacki Karsh says she founded the new journalism fellowship to help “shift some of the narrative” in Israel’s favor.

Fascinating story from @dropsitenews.com:
Why are The New York Times, CNN, Spectrum News, and The Atlantic sending journalists to participate in a foundation that its founder says was created in part to be a mouthpiece for the IDF in the U.S.? www.dropsitenews.com/p/karsh-fell...

Related from yesterday's Money Stuff newsletter www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

Good charts www.ft.com/content/5f6f...

The Promise and Impossibility of Belonging in Ragnar Kjartansson’s Most Beloved Work If the piece makes a visitor out of its viewer, the show itself is a fantastic host.

“And why haven’t I ever also found myself in the same setting, the subtext of the piece becomes.... an unattainable fantasy. Something I want and am hurt by longing for.” observer.com/2025/08/art-...

really good post

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

www.propublica.org/article/elon...

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Wild scoop from the Minnesota Star Tribune, which includes a high-ranking Homeland Security official calling Kash Patel a “giant douche canoe” www.startribune.com/trump-offici...

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

SCOOP: Federal workers are being told to blame democrats for the shutdown. At SBA workers got an email suggesting they set out-of-office replies blaming Democrats for the shutdown and at HUD internal systems have a pop-up blaming "the Radical Left."

@wired.com

www.wired.com/story/govern...

Great ad campaign from the dictionary

Interesting from @pbump.com's latest post, based on Pew data:

Married voters were about 15 to 25 points to the right of unmarried voters, across gender lines www.pbump.net/o/digging-de...

Digging deep on the presidential electorate After every federal election, Pew Research Center conducts an incredibly useful bit of polling: asking Americans what they did on Election Day and validating that those who reported voting were actual...

Inspired by a Perry Bacon post, I created a little game to see how well you understand the presidential electorate.

this thread!

Young’s opinion, which rules that the Trump admin illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation, is absolutely scathing.

“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”

With a final screech, AOL's dial-up service goes silent One of the earliest consumer internet portals, AOL's dial-up option was once the most common way for people to access the early web.

AOL's dial-up service officially shuts down www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

this story is terrifying

Trump’s Border Czar Involved in Detention Contract Talks Despite Recusal Ethics experts say Tom Homan’s participation could violate rules meant to ensure impartiality. The White House says he has not crossed that line.

Tom Homan said he was recused from anything to do with government contracts.

Turns out he wasn't. He played a role in the process to move immigration detention contracts through the Defense Department

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

With @racheladhe.bsky.social and @sooophie.bsky.social

who is asking for this

Press warned to back up as DHS police take lawmakers were taken away in zip ties, among them Comptroller Brad Lander and 10 other state reps including Bobby Carol, Marcela Mitayanes, Julia Salazar, Emily Gallagher, Jabari Brisport, Jessica Gonzalez Rojas,... story TK

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

FCC chair Brendan Carr said he wanted “to thank Nexstar for doing the right thing” and called on other broadcasters to act similarly variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Important to note with the Kimmel news that ABC pulled the show after regional affiliate Nexstar threatened to not air the show because of Kimmel’s remarks about Kirk.

Nexstar is currently trying to buy Tegna, a competitor, for $6.2 billion, and needs Trump’s FCC to approve this deal.

AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria Can AI create a life form? These “generative” genomes are a start

Now here: AI-designed genomes www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/17/1...

This is it. This is the chart.

One thing recent jobs reports have shown is that an increasing share of unemployed workers are staying unemployed for longer—or dropping out of the workforce completely.

What's more: It's increasingly affecting college grads www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

I know economics isn't the most captivating topic in the world right now, but we're teetering on the edge of a recession (if we're not already in one). @amorrow.bsky.social points out that this whole thing is propped up by just a few AI bubble stocks and rich people spending, and that's about it

9fin.com/insights/cla...

Kirkland Partner’s Ear Piercing Marks Turning Point for Bankrupt Retailer | Law.com Delaware bankruptcy Judge Brendan Shannon was all ears after Joshua Sussberg offered to get pierced if he could find a buyer for Claire’s.

incredible. Bankruptcy lawyer for Claire’s offered to get his ear pierced if he could find a buyer. He did, so he got his ears pierced in court during the hearing. www.law.com/americanlawy...

happy 3²/4²/5² to ask those who celebrate