Michael B. Kelley

"What is your original face?"

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@politico.com seeks a deputy tech editor: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/p...

Coco Gauff checking if there's anything inside the Roland Garros trophy

i would've done the same thing lmao

Some quotes are too good to cut
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Is there a #Cubssky? This team is sure fun to watch #PCEIYA

How Trump’s Aviation Company Earned $18 Million From His Campaign Apparatus—After It Received $13 Million From The Secret Service Unlike other presidential campaigns, Trump’s operation appears to have turned Secret Service travel into business income.

🚨 NEW: The Secret Service has paid Trump’s campaign entities $13M for travel.

His campaign entities then paid his own jet company $18M.

Nothing illegal here. Just taxpayer dollars and campaign contributions flowing to a company Trump completely owns.

me, for @forbes.com

wu wei (ie, non-action in Taoism) 🤝 Zen 🤝 Tibetan Buddhism

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WSJ seeks a tech and finance reporter in San Fran - Talking Biz News The Wall Street Journal seeks a scoopy, ambitious reporter to cover the Wall Street-Silicon Valley money machine. We’re looking for someone with a strong track record of scoops on big tech startups an...

@wsj.com seeks a tech and finance reporter in San Francisco: talkingbiznews.com/biz-news-hel...

Some personal news... I'm leaving Axios at the end of this month! Which means there's now an opening for a markets reporter. Apply here! job-boards.greenhouse.io/axios/jobs/6...

Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting: Buffett says trade 'should not be a weapon' The annual Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) shareholder meeting, hosted by CEO Warren Buffett, is here.

Buffett: "It's very important that the United States in the next 100 years makes sure that the cathedral is not overtaken by the casino." finance.yahoo.com/news/live/be...

"What we are learning we are only learning if we can bring it to all the events of our life."
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2025 version of the NYC subway map

Say hello to a new subway map! 🗺️

Today, the MTA unveiled a new subway diagram that provides riders with essential travel information in an easily readable, bright, and orderly manner.

friday zen nugget www.shambhala.com/zen-in-the-a...

Bellingcat is Hiring: Open Source Investigator and Trainer (Conflict) - bellingcat Bellingcat is hiring an open source investigator and trainer (conflict). Find out more about the role and apply within.

Over at Bellingcat, they're hiring a researcher/trainer who can focus on conflict research.

Fully remote, with occasional travel to workshops, conferences, etc. Pay is between 60-73k USD.

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Trump administration removes application for popular student loan repayment programs The Department of Education made no announcement before removing online application form for several student loan repayment plans.

For background finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...

Wall Street's view on tariffs summed up in two lengthy sentences 📝 The cons and the stuff offsetting some of those cons ⚖️

Wall Street's view on tariffs summed up in two lengthy sentences 📝 www.tker.co/p/wall-stree...

Time spent at home, Time socializing with others www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Ontario slaps 25% increase on electricity exports to U.S. in response to Trump's trade war Ontario’s premier, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, is now charging 25% more for electricity shipped to 1.5 million Americans.

“We don’t need them."

- Trump, Jan 23, 2025

@apnews.com
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Zen master Dogen quote: "I’m sitting here thinking about what to say and speaking to you. And just as you are sitting there listening to me, you, too, are thinking. What the living force is, is the complete continuity of you and me."

some friday Dogen www.shambhala.com/the-roots-of...

Valentine's Day nugget (via thich naht hahn)

"Why are tariffs on Canada and Mexico different than (some) other tariffs? Consider this graph courtesy of Bloomberg via Torsten Slok" (but actually from me & @AlfredCObregon) https://buff.ly/42xOkvp

re the Snowden discourse, this from June 25, 2013 has held up quite well

tl;dr

exposing post-9/11 surveillance = good

all the other stuff (SCMP leaks, stolen docs not given to journos, defection, etc) = ungood

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DeepSeek's new AI chatbot and ChatGPT answer sensitive questions about China differently Chinese tech startup DeepSeek ’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the ri...

'What happened during the military crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in June 1989?'

“Sorry, that's beyond my current scope. Let's talk about something else.” www.yahoo.com/news/deepsee...

The scramble to clear the airspace...

friday zen nugget (via Shambhala)

insurance company profits have been 📈

‘Path of Exile 2’ Players Call Bullshit on Elon Musk’s Video Game Stream The world’s richest man claims he’s playing the game at the highest level. But that’s only true if you have no idea what’s going on.

"For Musk ... he has to be the best gamer. But his achievements don’t make sense, and his Path of Exile 2 livestream gave evidence of a man who is making it up as he goes along and, possibly, getting someone else to level characters for him." gizmodo.com/path-of-exil...

"The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one." -Joan Baez (born Jan 9, 1941)

How a handful of X accounts took Elon Musk ‘down the rabbit hole’ on UK politics Tech billionaire’s posts about grooming gangs scandal have elevated issue

New: A handful of X accounts are fuelling Musk’s UK obsession. Twitter's former head of operations in Europe said he'd become “the first tech leader to fall down the rabbit hole of radicalisation by his own product.” He's also posted more than 1k times in the past week!

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Afgantsy Redux: How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, spent years financing terrorist groups in Afghanistan to target U.S. and coalition forces. An investigation by The Insider has not only confirmed the ex...

New: After an eighteen-month investigation, @theins.press has uncovered new evidence suggesting that Russia’s GRU paid tens of millions of dollars to the Taliban to target American, coalition, and Afghan military forces. Unit 29155 was behind this operation.
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