NOVOGRATZ: “.. Bubbles don’t end like we are today. .. I know how bubbles end, and they end spectacularly, and this isn’t spectacular enough.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

JPMORGAN: “.. US housing affordability remains near its worst level since the Global Financial Crisis, with a market that’s effectively ‘frozen.’”

The ultimate NIMBY. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Purdue hasn't won a Big Ten football game in 1,043 days. But, today, they played Illinois.

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Purdue won a football game!! We won a conference game! Go Boilers!!

We are in dark times. This is not how journalism is conducted. This is horrific.

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · last wk.

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*

“What we really care about in healthcare is whether it actually makes an impact on patient outcomes. And there is really shockingly poor evidence that AI actually makes an impact on patient outcomes.” www.ft.com/content/3431...

Medical AI has a proof problem

The technology’s advances have not yet translated into big improvements in real-life care

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Bankruptcy comes for some Wendy’s franchisees — as profits and comp-store sales have collapsed. @nrn.com $WEN www.nrn.com/restaurant-f...

Billy Joel releases “We Didn’t Start the Fire” 37 years ago today. 🔥 Musically, he said, “it’s terrible. .. Is it an apologia for Baby Boomers? No. It’s just a song that says the world’s a mess. It’s always been a mess. It’s always going to be a mess.”

OpenAI’s Sam Altman will attend the Sept. 24 state dinner that President Donald Trump is hosting for Xi, Semafor has confirmed, and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Apple’s Tim Cook are reportedly attending, too. www.semafor.com/article/09/1...

AI titans to attend Xi White House dinner

The Chinese leader’s Washington visit next week is attracting attention among big names in the tech world.

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This is a very scary and bonkers story. Someone impersonated Caroline Williams and wrote an article (probably with AI) and was paid for it. www.linkedin.com/posts/caroli...

Fake Caroline update: The person who was impersonating me managed to get an article published in Science, under my by-line. And they got paid for it! I've seen the pitches (bad), and the email…...

Fake Caroline update: The person who was impersonating me managed to get an article published in Science, under my by-line. And they got paid for it! I've seen the pitches (bad), and the email chai...

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#BREAKING U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Luis Uribe, accused of a series of sexual assaults in 2022, has been convicted. The verdict is still being read.

Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social · 4w ago

JUST IN: There's a verdict in the trial of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Luis Uribe. People are beginning to gather in the courtroom.

I hope the board of the Kennedy Center has guards there. I would not put it past them to do something in the middle of the night.

Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · 4w ago

Judge Cooper issues order requiring 30-days notice before any "demolition" of the main Kennedy Center bldg. Also seems to grant plaintiffs discovery into the Kennedy Center demolition posterboards Trump was photographed looking at.

“.. the bank viewed the huge portfolio as a potential hedge against an extended period of near-zero short-term rates. However, it has turned out to be one of the bank’s worst financial moves since CEO Brian Moynihan’s tenure began ..” @barrons.com $BAC www.barrons.com/articles/ban...

JPMorgan’s commodities team: “For the first time since the start of the Iran conflict, we don’t have a baseline view. We simply don’t know how to model the endgame.”

RENMAC: Philly Fed delivery times “are very extended .. the highest since 2022. When it takes factories longer to get product out the door, price pressures tend to follow.”

* BRENT CRUDE FUTURES FALL OVER 3% TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE SEPTEMBER 10 AS MIDDLE EAST SUPPLY DISRUPTION FEARS EASE @reuters.com

“.. led by declines in the stockpiles of France and Canada.” @bloomberg.com 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

(Bloomberg) - A county in the heart of northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley advanced a measure that would pause the review of new data centers and substation applications for up to 12 months as a wave of similar such suspensions sweeps the country. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Virginia’s Data Center Alley Moves to Pause New Applications

A county in the heart of northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley advanced a measure that would pause the review of new data centers and substation applications for up to 12 months as a wave of similar s...

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‘After spending millions of dollars on digital kiosks and mobile-ordering systems, fast-food chains are discovering a lot of customers just want somebody to take their order at the counter and do so in a friendly way.’ www.wsj.com/business/hos...

America’s Fast-Food Chains Are Making a Big Pivot—Back to Humans

McDonald’s and Burger King are boosting training to improve hospitality. “Our restaurants seem rushed, impersonal, sterile.”

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“.. Today 2,753 chairs were placed on the lawn in remembrance of the 2,753 lives lost at the World Trade Center on a day that changed our world forever. .. We will forever honor the victims, their families, first responders, and all New Yorkers who will #neverforget.” (via Bryant Park)

#BREAKING Houthis have seized control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coast: govt military official

LOL -- Fox News ticks through all of Ken Paxton's scandals with on air graphics during an interview with Ken Paxton and Bret Baier says, "there's a long list here"

As requested proof of life” or should I say proof of sleeping?

One of my “Data Centres”. #booksky

wholesale fuel prices, (the price retailers pay), will be rising tonight coast-to-coast, by 8-15c/gal for gasoline and 24-27c/gal for diesel. futher retail price increases are coming- you've been warned.

“What concerns me now is the role EPA and other government agencies are playing and proudly touting: weakening the very safeguards designed to protect people from the pollution in the name of helping tech and power companies accelerate these data center build outs.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/c...

A.I. Data Center Pollution Poses Health Threat, Former E.P.A. Officials Warn

Air pollution from gas-fired power plants to run data centers is expected to add at least $20 billion in annual health care costs by 2028, the group warns.

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“.. a significant blow to Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni forces it backs, and is a boost to Iran as it seeks to maintain pressure on global energy prices.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/cd65...

(CNN) - More than 100 US military advisers are on the ground in Saudi Arabia providing intelligence and targeting support to the Kingdom in its military campaign against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen .. @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/09/10/p...