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Dhvani and I's Wedding: A Year in the Making with a Top Planner

365 days until the big day, We're excited to say! Dhvani and I are busy as can be, Building a church, growing a business, and planning a ceremony.

We're also building a home, And we're never alone. You might ask how we spend time together, But we enjoy the carefree lifestyle, now and forever. We don't have any secrets that's true, But we're looking forward to saying "I do!"

Please pray for us as we move ahead, With hope and faith, we won't be led astray or misled. We'll be working on the wedding registry and playlist, And we're grateful for everyone's support, we must confess. Thank you for keeping us focused and on track, We can't wait for the big day, that's a fact!

Thank you for joining us on this journey as we plan our dream wedding. We hope our story has inspired you and given you some ideas for your own special day.

For updates and more, be sure to check out Vyas Wedding Talk. Remember, your wedding day is a celebration of love and commitment, and it should be reflection of who you are as a couple. With the right planning and a little bit of creativity, you can create a day you and your guests will never forget.

Thank you for reading, and we can't wait share more with you soon. Best regards,

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*VBK Weddings

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Interesting Papers for Week 31, 2023

Abnormal evidence accumulation underlies the positive memory deficit in depression. Cataldo, A. M., Scheuer, L., Maksimovskiy, A. L., Germine, L. T., & Dillon, D. G. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152(1), 139–156.

Internal neural states influence the short-term effect of monocular deprivation in human adults. Chen, Y., Gao, Y., He, Z., Sun, Z., Mao, Y., Hess, R. F., … Zhou, J. (2023). eLife, 12, e83815.

Mesolimbic dopamine adapts the rate of learning from action. Coddington, L. T., Lindo, S. E., & Dudman, J. T. (2023). Nature, 614(7947), 294–302.

Sensorimotor feedback loops are selectively sensitive to reward. Codol, O., Kashefi, M., Forgaard, C. J., Galea, J. M., Pruszynski, J. A., & Gribble, P. L. (2023). eLife, 12, e81325.

Multiphasic value biases in fast-paced decisions. Corbett, E. A., Martinez-Rodriguez, L. A., Judd, C., O’Connell, R. G., & Kelly, S. P. (2023). eLife, 12, e67711.

Hippocampal–cortical coupling differentiates long-term memory processes. Dahal, P., Rauhala, O. J., Khodagholy, D., & Gelinas, J. N. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(7), e2207909120.

The visual encoding of graspable unfamiliar objects. Federico, G., Osiurak, F., Brandimonte, M. A., Salvatore, M., & Cavaliere, C. (2023). Psychological Research, 87(2), 452–461.

Complex economic decisions from simple neurocognitive processes: the role of interactive attention. He, L., & Bhatia, S. (2023). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(1992), 20221593.

Behavioral encoding across timescales by region-specific dopamine dynamics. Jørgensen, S. H., Ejdrup, A. L., Lycas, M. D., Posselt, L. P., Madsen, K. L., Tian, L., … Gether, U. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(7), e2215230120.

Olfactory receptor neurons generate multiple response motifs, increasing coding space dimensionality. Kim, B., Haney, S., Milan, A. P., Joshi, S., Aldworth, Z., Rulkov, N., … Stopfer, M. A. (2023). eLife, 12, e79152.

Local memory allocation recruits memory ensembles across brain regions. Lavi, A., Sehgal, M., de Sousa, A. F., Ter-Mkrtchyan, D., Sisan, F., Luchetti, A., … Silva, A. J. (2023). Neuron, 111(4), 470-480.e5.

D2/3 Agonist during Learning Potentiates Cued Risky Choice. Mortazavi, L., Hynes, T. J., Chernoff, C. S., Ramaiah, S., Brodie, H. G., Russell, B., … Winstanley, C. A. (2023). Journal of Neuroscience, 43(6), 979–992.

Coordinated drift of receptive fields in Hebbian/anti-Hebbian network models during noisy representation learning. Qin, S., Farashahi, S., Lipshutz, D., Sengupta, A. M., Chklovskii, D. B., & Pehlevan, C. (2023). Nature Neuroscience, 26(2), 339–349.

Distinct early and late neural mechanisms regulate feature-specific sensory adaptation in the human visual system. Rideaux, R., West, R. K., Rangelov, D., & Mattingley, J. B. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(6), e2216192120.

Single spikes drive sequential propagation and routing of activity in a cortical network. Riquelme, J. L., Hemberger, M., Laurent, G., & Gjorgjieva, J. (2023). eLife, 12, e79928.

Testing, explaining, and exploring models of facial expressions of emotions. Snoek, L., Jack, R. E., Schyns, P. G., Garrod, O. G. B., Mittenbühler, M., Chen, C., … Scholte, H. S. (2023). Science Advances, 9(6).

Distinct replay signatures for prospective decision-making and memory preservation. Wimmer, G. E., Liu, Y., McNamee, D. C., & Dolan, R. J. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(6), e2205211120.

A dopaminergic reward prediction error signal shapes maternal behavior in mice. Xie, Y., Huang, L., Corona, A., Pagliaro, A. H., & Shea, S. D. (2023). Neuron, 111(4), 557-570.e7.

A discipline-wide investigation of the replicability of Psychology papers over the past two decades. Youyou, W., Yang, Y., & Uzzi, B. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(6), e2208863120.

Development of dynamic attention: Time-based visual selection for objects in motion between 6–12 years of age. Zupan, Z., Blagrove, E. L., & Watson, D. G. (2023). Developmental Psychology, 59(2), 312–325.

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hey! i'm sending this to a couple people (so please know that you don't have to answer) but i'm looking for some inspo :) who are your favorite fcs over 30? thank you!

Okay please bare in mind that I don't know very many and some I do know I've 100% forgotten but like I hope this helps? I have weird taste according to people so like ALDFLFAFL but here's my over 30's faves!!

Merritt Patterson Katie LeClerc (has Meniere's disease) Taylor Cole Dominic Sherwood Harry Shum Jr Isaiah Mustafa Nicola Correia-Damude Jamie Lee Curtis Shanola Hampton Laurie Holden Casey Deidrick Adepero Oduye Ana Brenda Contreras Ashley Callingbull Bridget Regan Christine Adams Daniel Dae Kim Tony Leung Chiu-wai Meng'er Zhang Danielle Harris Scout Taylor-Compton David Ramsey Elsa Hosk Alexandra Daddario Jessica Stroup Jenna Coleman Ashley Madekwe Shelley Hennig Jessica Alba Kristin Kreuk Jamie Campbell Bower Liam Hemsworth Emmy Rossum Katie Cassidy Zawe Ashton Manny Jacinto Erika Ishii Clark Backo Tala Ashe Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Erin Cahill Willa Fitzgerald Shraddha Kapoor Zahn McClarnon Wunmi Mosaku William Petersen Jake Gyllenhaal Evan Rachel Wood Samira Wiley Idris Elba Elliot Page Penn Badgley Ben Barnes Theo James Emily Ratajkowski Richard Madden Kit Harrington Domhnall Gleeson Candice Patton Steven Yeun Alfie Allen Javicia Leslie Daveed Diggs Cress Williams Kayla Compton Charlie Barnett Daisy Head Lily Rabe Jessica McNamee Lewis Tan Tony Todd Tobias Menzies Timothy Omundson Sophia Bush Tanner Novlan Serkan Çayoğlu Robert Mesa Rick Gonzalez Phoebe Tonkin Nico Tortorella Nick Sagar Raymond Ablack Michelle Dockery Martha Higareda Mandy Patinkin Lyndsy Fonseca Lucy Hale Laura Harrier LaRoyce Hawkins Kim Cattrall Jordan Calloway Teyonah Parris Gina Torres Amy Adams Dev Patel Daniel Henney

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The Portland Mask Project: update and appreciation

The Portland Mask Project has teamed up with NET to sew together batches of masks for communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. PBEM would like to thank the program leaders, Leigh Little and Amanda Westervelt, and the 60 volunteers cutting and sewing masks. The first batch of 600 arrived at PBEM this week!

The volunteers are: Patricia Fryer, Ellen Knutson, Liina Teose, Nancy Holmes, Douglas Young, Liz Shuster, Kathy Blondell, Andrea Binder, Stephanie Argy, Diane Pinney, Karen Hurst, Terry Clelen, Elizabeth Klein, Kay Hilt, Sarah Purce, Robin Prichard, Marion McNamara, Carol Porto, Lily Cool, Amy Chomowicz, Robert Bonner, Jill Davidson, Kate Hubbard, Carol Wise, Xande Zublin-Meyer, Thyra Hartshorn, Judy Amery-Ryland, Gwen Dulley, Lisa Souther, Nancy Mitchell, Steve Mitchell, Elena Hoffnagle, Enid Traisman, Ashley Talmadge, Kathie Zodrow, Taryn Wheeler, Margaret Havlik, Heidi McNamee, Elisabeth Reese Cadigan, Nancy Cheverton, Sheryl Keele, ME Andre, Linda Meng, Jan Young, Tia Regan, Amanda Westervelt, John Legler, Dan Wineman, Kate Fine, Shannon Hiller-Webb, Sara Langan, Bambie McNabb, Yashika Palshikar, Susan Staat, Eleni O'Neill, Alison Reddy Abel, Lois Haley, Becky Sondag, Michelle Mehr, Ali Young, Kim Lakin, and Leigh Little.

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PHOTOS: The Year in Trumpland

President Trump's second year in office was filled with plenty of dramatic moments. There were the public embraces of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin; clashes with reporters and lawmakers at the White House, and the responses to mass shootings, hurricanes and wildfires that affected millions of Americans in 2018.

In January, Trump delivered his first State of the Union address, a carefully crafted speech aimed at bringing the country together as "one team, one people, and one American family." But the message did not seem to resonate, and the president spent much of the year lashing out at perceived enemies and political rivals.

And with staff shakeups; mounting investigations into the president and his orbit, and a reelection campaign already under way, 2019 promises a lot more drama for a president who seems to relish it. (Dylan Stableford/Yahoo News)

Photos: Evan Vucci/AP (3), Win McNamee/Pool via AP, Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP (2),

See more photos of The Year in Trumpland and our other slideshows on Yahoo News.

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Most influential images of my character design project, cited

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(2018). https://folkhorrorrevival.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/164-banshees.jpg. [image] [Accessed 11/02/21].

Found on Google images, original listing for this hammer no longer exists, but the origin of this image is https://www.medievalcollectibles.com/product-category/weaponry/medieval-pole-weapons/war-hammers/

Sola, B (2016) Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YGAEK [Acessed 11/02/21]

Warhammer posted on Reddit in (2017) https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/5wscaz/were_war_hammers_actually_used_in_medieval_battles/ [Acessed 11/01/21]

(2019). Javier Botet: Meet the actor behind Hollywood's monsters. [image] Available at: <http://_107095507_a06e0829-0c15-4a95-8b99-7079fa7f6789.jpg> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

Kim, J (2017). Mother Gothel. [image] Available at: <http://_107095507_a06e0829-0c15-4a95-8b99-7079fa7f6789.jpg> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

Original image seems to be from Permanent Ink, but I could only trace it back to (2016).  41 Tattooed Seniors Answer The Eternal Question: How Will Your Ink Look When You’re 60 Available at: https://www.boredpanda.com/tattooed-elderly-people/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic [Acessed 11/02/21]

McNamee, C (2013) Available at https://www.pinterest.ch/pin/705728204086327728/ [Acessed 11/02/21]

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Milos, B (2018) Available at: http://www.brendanmilosart.com/blog [Acessed 11/02/21]

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Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth. Available at: https://www.syfy.com/futurama/cast/professor-hubert-j-farnsworth [Acessed 11/02/21].

Screenshot from: The London Library (2016)  The London Library: at the Heart of Literature. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dd2tPNtz80 [Acessed 11/02/21].

alexlibris, Old leather bound book with the gilded frame, leather straps and brass buckles.The book is captured isolated. Available at: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/old-leather-bound-book-gilded-frame-1026960211 [Acessed 11/02/21].

(2016) Gravity Falls: Journal 3, Available at: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gravity-falls-alex-hirsch/1123577136 [Acessed 11/02/21].

Screenshot from:  Landis, J (1981) An American Werewolf in London. Polygram pictures, USA. 

Panel from L Stevenson, R (1943) Classics Illustrated -013- Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde. 

Hewlett, Martins (1990) Tank Girl: Get Knotted!. Clays Ltd England P.35

Screenshot from: Talalay, R (1995) Tank Girl. MGM United States [film]

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Vợ chồng Eric Trump - con trai ông Trump giàu cỡ nào?

Trong số 3 người con của ông Donald Trump với vợ cả, Eric Trump được cho là kín tiếng hơn cả. Eric không tham gia nhiều vào sự nghiệp chính trị của ông bố quyền lực, cũng không thường xuất hiện trên báo chí như anh trai Donald Jr. và chị gái Ivanka.

Tuy vậy, điểm chung giữa 3 anh chị em là đều biết tận dụng mối quan hệ của ông Trump để ngày càng trở nên giàu có. Theo The List, Eric và vợ Lara Trump có khối tài sản lớn, cuộc sống xa hoa.

Eric Trump (sau cùng) sống kín tiếng hơn anh trai Donald Trump Jr. và chị gái Ivanka Trump. Ảnh: GQ.

Cơ ngơi đồ sộ

Theo Forbes, Eric Trump có khối tài sản 25 triệu USD , tương đương với anh trai Donald Jr., song kém xa chị gái Ivanka Trump và anh rể Jared Kushner ( 375 triệu USD ).

Tài sản của Eric chủ yếu đến từ công ty gia đình và các dự án kinh doanh. Anh có căn duplex sang trọng nằm trong sân golf Trump National Golf Club ở Westchester (tiểu bang New York), đồng thời nhận lương từ vai trò phó chủ tịch điều hành Tập đoàn Trump Organization.

Sau khi ông Trump đắc cử tổng thống năm 2016, Eric cùng anh trai Donald Jr. được chọn cùng điều hành hoạt động của tập đoàn. Trước đó, anh giám sát phần lớn hoạt động kinh doanh ở sân golf và khu nghỉ dưỡng của gia đình.

Bên cạnh đó, Eric còn hưởng lợi từ hoạt động kinh doanh của khách sạn Trump ở thủ đô Washington D.C. và nhà máy rượu Trump (Trump Winery) tại Virginia.

Năm 2017, Eric và Donald Jr. cùng nhau mở sân golf Trump International Golf Club ở Dubai, theo Golf. Nó được xây dựng bên trong cơ ngơi sang trọng, có khoảng 100 biệt thự mang thương hiệu Trump, giá 1,3 triệu- 4 triệu USD .

Eric Trump kiếm tiền chủ yếu nhờ công ty gia đình và các dự án kinh doanh riêng. Ảnh: Ian MacNicol/Getty.

Vợ chồng Eric và Lara Trump còn được cho là tận dụng mối quan hệ của ông Donald Trump để ghi tên vào các bất động sản hàng đầu ở thành phố New York. Theo ProPublica, Eric đã hợp nhất “3 căn hộ cao tầng sang trọng ở Manhattan, 1 trong số đó anh mua với giá rẻ từ cha mình, thành căn penthouse sinh lời”.

Mùa xuân năm 2016, không lâu trước khi ông Trump đắc cử tổng thống, Eric đã mua 2 căn hộ trong tòa nhà Trump Parc East với giá chỉ 350.000 USD /căn, thấp hơn một nửa so với giá được niêm yết ban đầu.

Theo ProPublica, những giao dịch giá hời như vậy thường được Sở Thuế vụ (IRS) coi như quà tặng. Tuy nhiên, chúng có thể không bị đánh thuế theo cách đó, các chuyên gia thuế cho biết.

Cuối năm 2017, Eric chuyển quyền sở hữu căn penthouse và một số căn hộ khác gần đó cho công ty 100 CPS Penthouse LLC.

Riêng trường hợp Nhà máy rượu Trump ở Virginia, sau khi mua được với giá hời, ông Trump đưa con trai Eric lên làm chủ tịch. Tuy nhiên, theo Town & Country, việc anh có bao nhiêu quyền tự chủ trong việc điều hành nơi này vẫn là điều bí mật.

Tháng 8/2020, ông Trump nói trong cuộc họp báo rằng ông sở hữu “một trong những nhà máy rượu lớn nhất ở Mỹ”, mặc dù trang web Trump Winery cho biết nơi này đang thuộc quản lý của Eric.

Theo truyền thông, sau khi mãn nhiệm tổng thống, ông Donald Trump có thể chuyển về sống ở dinh thự Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, Florida). Các con trai của ông cũng đã vung tiền tậu bất động sản lân cận.

Theo Mansion Global, Eric và Donald Jr. đã mua biệt thự đối diện Mar-a-Lago với giá 18,5 triệu USD .

Eric và anh trai Donald Jr. đã mua bất động sản đối diện Mar-a-Lago - dinh thự mà ông Trump có thể dọn về ở hậu Nhà Trắng. Ảnh: AP.

Lối sống xa hoa

Theo People, Eric Trump và Lara Yunaska kết hôn chính tại dinh thự Mar-a-Lago. Trong ngày trọng đại, cô dâu diện 2 thiết kế cao cấp của nhà mốt đình đám Vera Wang và đeo hoa tai kim cương từ dòng trang sức của chị chồng Ivanka.

Giống như mọi phụ nữ nhà Trump, Lara biết thể hiện đẳng cấp thông qua trang phục đắt đỏ, nhất là khi tham gia các sự kiện quan trọng.

Để theo đuổi lối sống xa hoa, tất nhiên, con dâu ông Trump cũng cần có khả năng kiếm tiền.

Theo HuffPost, Lara được hưởng lợi từ sự nghiệp chính trị của bố chồng. Cụ thể, theo một số nguồn tin riêng, vợ Eric Trump kiếm được 180.000 USD /năm thông qua công ty tư nhân do người quản lý chiến dịch tranh cử của ông Donald Trump thành lập.

Về phía Eric Trump, anh thể hiện lối sống xa hoa một phần qua sở thích săn bắn. Tuy nhiên, anh em nhà Trump cũng từng bị cáo buộc săn một số loài động vật có nguy cơ tuyệt chủng. Thậm chí, họ được cho là đã tác động đến chính sách để duy trì sở thích đắt tiền này.

Vợ chồng Eric và Lara đều kiếm được tiền nhờ các mối quan hệ của ông Trump. Ảnh: Win McNamee/Getty.

Nhờ mối quan hệ với ông Donald Trump, Eric và Lara Trump từng cùng các anh chị em khác tham dự bữa tiệc cấp nhà nước, do Nữ hoàng Elizabeth tổ chức, trong chuyến thăm Vương quốc Anh, theo People.

Trong các kỳ nghỉ chính như Lễ Tạ ơn năm ngoái, vợ chồng Eric Trump dành thời gian bên gia đình và các nhân vật quan trọng của Nhà Trắng tại Trại David - nơi nghỉ dưỡng của tổng thống nằm ở Maryland.

Vào mùa hè, gia đình 4 người của Eric Trump thích nghỉ dưỡng ở cơ ngơi xa hoa Seven Springs ở Westchester. Theo Forbes, ông Trump mua bất động sản này vào năm 1996 với giá 7,5 triệu USD , trước khi chia đất đ�� xây 14 ngôi nhà riêng lẻ.

Với Eric, dinh thự rộng khoảng 5.000 m2 là "nơi quan trọng" khi anh được học hỏi kinh nghiệm kinh doanh từ cha mình và cầu hôn vợ. Anh kể trong suốt mùa hè, ông Trump luôn thúc đẩy các con tự tay làm các công việc như cắt cỏ, chặt cây, lát gạch, cắt thép hay sửa điện.

Eric gọi nơi này là "căn nhà cũ", trước khi chuyển ra ngoài và tìm kiếm tài sản cho riêng mình.

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Apple and Big Tech's product launches are now just sideshows

Hello, and welcome to the Wednesday edition of  the Insider Tech newsletter, where we break down the biggest news in tech.

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This week: For Tim Cook and Apple, it’s Lights, Cameras … Sideshow!

Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple Headquarters

Apple/Business Insider screen capture

If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the latest iPad you may have enjoyed Apple’s “Special Event” on Tuesday. But to me, Apple’s big event was mainly a sign of how the scripted product launches that Big Tech relies upon to control the news cycle are increasingly impotent.

It’s not all bad. As my colleague Avery Hartmans noted, the abbreviated, online-only product launch is preferable to the bloated in-person events of years past.

But I think there’s something else going on too:

Now that tech is at the center of the biggest political and geopolitical dramas, product launches have become sideshows that can’t compete with the main event. 

And yes, there’s the fate of TikTok, caught in the middle of the US-China tech cold war, which continued to play out in real time on Tuesday while Apple streamed.

Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic/Win McNamee/Getty Images

Even Apple — at its own product event — couldn’t escape the regulatory clouds hanging over its business.

Spotify, a longtime critic of Apple’s App Store policies, took issue with the new Apple One bundle, which gives consumers Apple’s streaming music and TV services for $14.95 a month. Spotify, which sells its streaming music service for $9.99 a month, accused Apple of abusing its dominant position to unfairly package and promote its services. 

And Apple immediately raised eyebrows with the launch of Fitness Plus, its new fitness app. That’s because it will compete dozens of other small companies who make training and live workout classes, and who can only reach Apple users through Apple’s App Store (and by paying Apple a 30% fee on any revenue). As Julie Bort points out, Apple is competing with its own customers — on its own turf, with home-field advantages.

To be honest, it’s surprising that Apple went forward with the Fitness Plus announcement at this time, given the war against its App Store practices that Epic Games is waging.

Of course, this may have felt like a sideshow because Apple’s event on Tuesday did not feature the new, highly-anticipated iPhone. For that, you’ll have to wait until October, when Apple is expected to have another event to introduce its first 5G iPhone.

The iPhone launch is certain to generate a lot more excitement than this week’s event. But no matter what the new iPhone can do, and no matter how much hoopla Tim Cook and company bring to the table, Apple will be addressing a different audience — one with a less friendly view of Big Tech and with many other, bigger issues to focus on.

Facebook is easily bouncing back from boycotts

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Kim Kardashian West has stopped posting to her Instagram and Facebook accounts to protest Facebook’s failure to stop the spread of misinformation on its platforms. But she’ll be back tomorrow. It’s a one-day boycott.

And remember that advertiser boycott of Facebook that started in July? Well, they made their point and now Facebook VP Nicola Mendelsohn affirms on Bloomberg TV that marketers are coming back to their favorite platform. Mendelsohn says the big brands have returned because they’ve seen the strides Facebook has made removing hateful content on the platform — except, of course, that notorious Kenosha militia post, or the post by a politician in India’s ruling party calling to shoot Muslim immigrants.

The Facebook executive did note that the company was successfully weeding out 95% of the bad stuff. Maybe for big brand marketers, that’s good enough…

Recommended Readings:

Meet Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, the ‘statesman’ who’s spent 2 decades quietly reinventing the $1.6 trillion firm’s relationship with Washington, DC, and other Big Tech titans

Requests for sexual favors and unwanted touching: A new survey finds women in tech still report high rates of harassment three years after the #metoo movement

A leaked document and FCC filings show Amazon is working on a new industrial monitoring service called ‘AWS Thor’ that can predict when machines will break down

Popular spreadsheet app Airtable is now worth $2.5 billion after a new funding round that its CEO says will make it a stronger competitor to Microsoft and Google

Not necessarily in tech:

Former employees of Tanya Zuckerbrot’s popular F-Factor diet say she fat-shamed colleagues and policed their eating, causing terrified staffers to snack in secret

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— Alexei

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Studio Pals!

A round-up of some fuzzy friends: 

“Email while breakfasting with my little buddy, Hammett (the dog).” —Carolita Johnson

“When I’m having trouble procrastinating all by myself I have friends with soulful eyes to help me out.” — Kim Warp

“My little dog, Holly, and my old black cat, Lucky, are always close by when I’m working.” —Frank Cotham

Julia Wertz

“In case you are curious, the dog in the pic is my lazy studio mate, Dr. Beverly Crusher.” —Ellis Rosen

Tom Toro

“I also have a studio mate, Eli Whitney, the guinea pig.” —John McNamee

“He’s my studio manager.  He is very intent on making sure I get away from my desk to walk along the river and then throw a ball around for as long as possible and then lay in the grass and stare at the sky panting. He’s a huge asset. “ — Joana Avillez

My tiny lil pal — Jane Mattimoe aka A Case for Pencils

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ANNOUNCEMENT #2

Hey everyone! It’s us again with some more updates.  As a way to thank all of our followers for being awesome, keeping the tag poppin, and being as psyched for Pac Rim antics as we are we’re giving everyone another opportunity to reserve some cool stuff prior to opening.

Since the Jaeger canon list is out now, all followers have an opportunity to make a second face claim OR a Jaeger canon claim. So long as you’ve posted one piece of member content (a graphic or drabble) you can send us your reserve through our askbox or in the discord. 

If you’re making a Jaeger canon claim, please send us the surname as well as the Jaeger name as well as a backup just in case your first claim is already taken. If you want an open jaeger spot just let us know which group (Mark I, II, or III) you want and your character’s name. (Again, please send a backup too just in case one group is full.) If you and another player already have your co-pilot situation sorted, only one person needs to make the jaeger claim for the both of you.

Example: Please reserve a Mark II open jaeger with Namey McName. (Backup - Sunset Fury, --- Kim) for Tiff!

Reserves will close in four days, on Thursday, August 10.  

We also want to encourage members to talk amongst themselves to figure out co-pilot situations if you are taking rangers or check out the requests in our tag and discord. There’s tons of great ideas and characters waiting to be snatched up!

Finally, we have a tentative opening date! Barring any disasters or kaiju attacks, The Drift will open on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 16. 

- The Drift Staff

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India is Stoking Nuclear War (Revelation 8)

India’s prime minister is stoking the flames of nuclear war again on a day of the National Elections. | Source: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File, (2) Photo Photo by THOMAS PETER / POOL / AFP, (iii) Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP; Edited by CCN.:

India Threatens Pakistan With ‘Mother of Nuclear Bombs’; Where’s Trump?

Ben Brown

By CCN.com: India’s prime minister Narendra Modi has threatened to wipe Pakistan…

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Vox Sentences: It’s Mueller time

Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the Vox Sentences archive for past editions.

The special counsel finishes his work; the UK extends its deadline.

The Mueller report is in

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After 22 months, 34 indictments, and weeks of breathless anticipation by reporters around the world, special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia is concluded. He has submitted a report to Attorney General Bill Barr. [Vox / Andrew Prokop]

But the big question remains: What does the report say? WHAT DOES THE REPORT SAY?!? Barr says he might be ready to tell Congress as soon as this weekend. [Read Barr’s letter]

The report could be a dry law enforcement document or an authoritative narrative of everything we know about the case. Either way, it has two big questions to answer: Did the Trump campaign collude with Russia, and did Trump obstruct justice to try to block the inquiry? [Vox / Andrew Prokop]

Barr can make parts of the report public, or all of it. He’s said his goal is to be as transparent as possible — something the House of Representatives (and the 2020 Democratic candidates, and many other people) want too. [BuzzFeed / Zoe Tillman]

Just because we haven’t seen the report, though, doesn’t mean that we have no idea what the investigation has found. The arrests and indictments, and reporting on the investigation itself, have revealed details of Russian social media manipulation, contacts between the Trump campaign and foreign nationals, and much more. [NYT / Larry Buchanan and Karen Yourish]

Here’s what we know so far. [Vox / Andrew Prokop]

Mark your Brexit calendars for April 12

The European Union has granted the United Kingdom a short delay on Brexit negotiations, until at least April 12. Chaos has been avoided ... for now. [Vox / Jen Kirby]

The March 29 deadline will be extended until May 22 if UK Prime Minister Theresa May can get Parliament to accept in the coming weeks. But she has signaled she’s not sure whether she’ll bring the deal back to Parliament. [Reuters]

Parliament has already rejected May’s deal twice — and if it gets rejected a third time, the worst-case scenario happens: the UK will crash out of the European Union on April 12 without a deal. [NYT / Stephen Castle and Steven Erlanger]

The EU has said it’s open to a much longer extension — but with conditions. The UK needs to come up with an entirely new Brexit approach before April 12, and the country will have to host European parliamentary elections in May. [Politico Europe / Charlie Cooper]

This is all getting really expensive. Even though Brexit hasn’t happened yet, the economic loss to the UK is about $1 billion per week. Growth in the UK is now less than 1 percent. The future of trade with Europe is still unclear, as is the fate of EU workers who are employed in the UK. [CNN / Ivana Kottasová]

Miscellaneous

Teachers in Indiana say they were mock-executed with pellets in a school shooting drill. Officers reportedly did not warn teachers that training weapons would be part of the exercise. [New York magazine / Sarah Jones]

Chicago’s Puerto Rican community is one of the largest and most organized in America. 6.8 percent of Peurto Ricans in the area are unemployed, and the struggles they face reflect a deeper history of racial segregation in US cities. [Center for Investigative Journalism / Justin Agrelo, Katie Rice, Martha Bayne, and Kari Lydersen]

President Trump announced he would withdraw sanctions on North Korea on Friday, just one day after the White House called for the measures. The policy switch comes about one month after denuclearization talks between Trump and Kim Jong Un fell apart because of different perspectives on sanctions. [Politico / Caitlin Oprysko]

Experience, age, gender or racial identity: It’s harder than ever to tell what characteristics in candidates are really important to voters — especially when those demands can change over the course of a campaign. [FiveThirtyEight / Nathaniel Rakich]

Who is ... Robert Mueller? Many Americans mythologize the special counsel who has run a deep background investigation into the 2016 elections. [Atlantic / Megan Garber]

Verbatim

“We would like to acknowledge and condemn the fact that this threat was racially charged. The entire staff and School Board stand in solidarity with our students of color.” [Charlottesville City Schools in a letter to parents on Friday after a 17-year-old threatened a racist attack on school property]

Watch this: How the British failed India and Pakistan

The two nations were born at war — which can be traced back to this British strategy. [YouTube / Danush Parvaneh and Ranjani Chakraborty]

Read more

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Nikki Haley is wrong: Finland takes care of new moms way better than the US

Inside the fight to make the European Parliament take sexual harassment seriously

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