My Trade Secrets today. Everyone says Donald Trump conducts trade and tax policy like a mafia boss. But dealing with him often means not just an offer you can’t refuse but an offer you can’t rely on — sometimes an offer you can’t understand. [on.ft.com/45KbJcQ](https://on.ft.com/45KbJcQ ) [Trump’s roving banditry will u...](https://on.ft.com/45KbJcQ )
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OPENAI CEO SAM ALTMAN CONCEDES GPT-5 WAS A MISFIRE, BETS ON GPT-6
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Rep. Jeff Van Drew claims he’s spoken to “large numbers” of dead people who had mail ballots sent to them
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The existence of the Tyrannosaurus rex is further away in history from the existence of the Stegosaurus than it is from the invention of the iPhone. (Hence an actual Jurassic Park would consist of a lot of dinosaurs wandering around pointing at each other and going “What the fuck’s that?”) RE:
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Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
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(Bloomberg) - President Donald Trump stunned the logistics industry on Friday by widening his steel and aluminum tariffs to include more than 400 c...
Quick straw poll: what should happen to people who sigh and roll their eyes when you ask them to move their bag from a train seat so you can sit down? 2. Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. 2. Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole with hard labour.
My Trade Secrets today. India's east Asian-style goods export model has taken a bit of a battering from Trump, and it's not entirely clear what will replace it. Also, the UK brouhaha over age verification for online porn shows that deregulation is tougher than it looks. [www.ft.com/content/13dc...](
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Top news. Does anyone have reliable data on how likely kids are to read physical books rather than e-books relative to adults? (I partly ask because I've largely stopped reading the latter myself after realising that what I'm reading just doesn't go in.) RE:
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Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/17/waterstones-strong-sales-you...
Tonight I had a pint of rhubarb cider. I have not had rhubarb cider before. I probably will not have rhubarb cider again. And yet I am pleased that I tried rhubarb cider. This is how we grow as individuals. It is how progress occurs. Thank you for reading my post about rhubarb cider.
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