Google just announced internally that 28 employees have been fired in connection with sit-in office protests this week over the company's cloud contract with Israel. Follows 9 employees being arrested yesterday. Full memo to Google employees warns that "if you’re one of the few

A smart Santul Nerkar story on how shifts in the financial landscape since 80s-era boycotts -- fewer direct investments by university endowments and the expansion of alternative investments -- complicate and frustrate divestment campaigns against Israel. nytimes.com/2024/04/24/bus…

Here we go...billionaire Brown University booster Barry Sternlicht is stopping donations to his alma mater after it cuts deal with protesters to vote on divesting from Israel "I don't know much about you, but I didn't go to school carrying a tent." nytimes.com/2024/05/03/bus…

The North Carolina Triad, "built on the tobacco, textile and furniture industries, is trying to pivot toward advanced manufacturing." A model for others? Smart piece by Santul Nerkar nytimes.com/2024/05/02/bus…

How did the media cover Michael Cohen’s testimony? The first in our new series on how different media bubbles — left, right and in between — are covering the 2024 election: nytimes.com/2024/05/16/bus…

The man took a joyride through the cosmos. Thank you for your life.

The U.S. just stunned Pakistan at the Men's T20 Cricket World Cup in one of the biggest upsets in the sport's history. Saurabh Netravalkar is one of Team USA's top players, but his full-time job: Principle Engineer at Oracle.

Update: WURD, which had Biden’s first interview post debate but used q’s drafted by the Biden team, says they have parted ways w/ the host. Adds: “practice of de-legitimizing Black voices continues today. WURD Radio is not a mouthpiece for the Biden or any other Admin”

Biden has lost the Georges — stephanopoulos, Clooney, and Karl

our new king has been chosen

There are dozens of us

Denny Crum's custom granite headstone was dumped into the Red Sea by Houthi pirates | Dalton Godbey wdrb.com/news/denny-cru…

And here comes tonight’s special unannounced guest: Lydia Tár!

Field goal de chao right there