It’s the time of the business cycle when popular press takes shots at all the venture-funded concept that didn’t deliver on their promise. I feel ambivalent. Yes, the criticisms are often legit. But also, yes, it’s damn good that founders and funders keep trying to change the world.…
“To develop this tool, CNN examined nutrition labels and ingredient lists for menu items sold by popular fast-food and lunch cafés around the country.” ~ learn more
A long piece in The New Yorker digs deep into the carbon offsets market and one of its big players, South Pole. “Offsetting has been hailed as a fix for runaway emissions and climate change—but the market’s largest firm sold millions of credits for carbon reductions that weren’t…
Hartmut Winkler is a Professor of Physics at University of Johannesburg and a contributor to the 2023 edition of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report. He thinks the planned nuclear plants for Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania are a bad idea. ~ learn more
“The bitcoin spot ETF is rumored to gain approval in early January 2024, which will kick off a global competition between financial heavyweights for billions of dollars in assets under management.” ~ learn more
“So, with the goal of attracting enough buzz to help him land writing gigs, he doubled down on writing his newsletter, then a substack on tech and finance, with an audience of around 1200, largely made of tech and startup employees. He never anticipated that it would eventually…
This is really hard, or I’m just really bad at it. “Name countries to travel from the Start Country to the End Country. Try to get there in the fewest guesses!” A new puzzle is released daily at midnight. There are local versions for the US and other…
“Qatari officials compare their role to that held by Swiss diplomats. For decades, the Swiss have been involved in international hostage negotiations, but in today’s geopolitical landscape, the Qataris are in a more useful position.” ~ learn more
If they choose F59 I’ll probably avoid the state forever. ~ learn more
“In all, the CHA owns about 2,900 scattered-site residences dispersed through dozens of neighborhoods. But one out of every six of the homes is empty, and dozens of them have been unoccupied for years, records show.” ~ learn more