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The anti-republic agenda advances: U.S. Leadership Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups and Donors
Effort would install ally at agency’s criminal unit who has drawn up list of investigative targets Related Also Related Also related Also related Quick Summary of First Link Above The Trump administration is preparing changes at the IRS that could facilitate criminal inquiries into left-leaning groups and Democratic donors. Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, is compiling a list of potential targets, according to people familiar with the matter. Th
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Oct 161 min read
Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2025
Some of the incredible winning and honored images from this year’s photomicrography competition, selected from nearly 2,000 entries. See if you can guess what each image is showing before reading the caption.
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Oct 161 min read
What about that "noosphere?" (UII w/Claude)
DM Good morning Claude. How might theTeilhard de Chardin's construct of a "Noosphere" relate, correlate, or have relevance to our recent conversations, and the many factors thereof (such as: Pantakinesis™, the Universal Holophren™ and the fractals thereof, Non-local consciousness discoveries and their potential relationships to post-death consciousness, Fitness=Truth™ and definition of truths as being personal, etc.). Good morning! What a rich synthesis question! Having revie
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Oct 1621 min read
Gen Z Revolt Fells Another Government
Madagascar’s president is in hiding as armed forces say they are in control of the island
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Oct 151 min read
U.S. Army Plans to Power Bases With Tiny Nuclear Reactors
Janus Program fulfills a Trump order to start powering military installations with state-of-the-art nuclear technology Distantly related: See Advanced Weaponry the U.S. Is Deploying to the Caribbean
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Oct 151 min read
The Rest of the World Is Following America’s Retreat on EVs
Canada, U.K. and European Union back off electric-vehicle targets as economic reality sets in and even China shows cracks Related Quick Summary of first link above: General Motors announced a $1.6 billion charge because of sinking electric-vehicle sales, attributing the shift to reduced government subsidies. Canada paused its electric-vehicle sales mandate for next year, and the EU is rethinking its 2035 emissions target for cars. AlixPartners now forecasts electric vehicles
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Oct 151 min read
A lesson in defiance
From Nazi Germany
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Oct 151 min read
Big money to counter big AI
A new coalition of 10 major givers, including the Omidyar Network and Ford Foundation, are investing $500 million in an effort to ensure Americans have a say in how artificial intelligence impacts them.
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Oct 151 min read
JP Morgan shares what's crucial to making A.I. work at scale
The bank says the U.S. will struggle to meet growing power demands—and stay energy-independent—without renewable projects spurned by the administration. Related: the next big things in energy
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Oct 151 min read
Should you be a leader?
Here’s how to tell if management is right for you—and you for it.
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Oct 151 min read
Can AI Help Us See Beyond Differences to Find Common Ground?
Wharton visiting scholar Cornelia Walther explains how AI can help business leaders translate different mindsets and communicate more effectively.
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Oct 151 min read
The Hidden Markets All Around Us
In an excerpt from his new book, 'Lucky by Design,' Wharton’s Judd Kessler looks at the hidden markets that determine who gets what in everyday life, and the rules that underpin them.
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Oct 151 min read
Pondering the next 25 years of China (and authoritarian systems powered by AI)
My recent trip to China shows the incredible material progress for its citizens and contributions to the world's clean energy future, but also the dangers of their authoritarian system in The AI Age
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Oct 151 min read
THE U.S. NEEDS A MASS MOVEMENT—NOW
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
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Oct 151 min read
THE BEACON OF DEMOCRACY GOES DARK
For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore. Related
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Oct 151 min read
THE LOGICAL END POINT OF The HIGHER-EDUCATION AGENDA
A “compact” offered by the administration could devastate racial diversity at elite universities.
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Oct 151 min read
Pondering today's likelihood of nuclear annihilation
The risk of a nuclear weapon being used is as high today as any time in modern history. We’re living in an age of disinformation and misinformation as tensions escalate and wars rage in regions with nuclear weapons. For the first time in 40 years, the number of nuclear weapons in the world is expected to go up More about the movie
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Oct 151 min read
How Much Pay Will Workers Sacrifice for Remote Work?
A new study of tech workers offers an answer: quite a lot
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Oct 141 min read
The Underrated Power of ‘Glue Employees’ Who Hold Everything Together
Successful teams aren’t necessarily about star talent, but more often depend on the quiet leaders who hold organizations together
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Oct 141 min read
Next Time You Are Invited to a Meeting, Maybe Don’t Say ‘Maybe’
You may think it’s better than saying ‘no.’ It isn’t.
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Oct 141 min read
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