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@WSJ Is the American pizza party over? 🍕
The pizza industry is "disrupted" as sales lag behind coffee and Mexican food. High prices and delivery apps have cooled our love for the pie, leading to bankruptcies and major chain sell-offs. 📉
Price Wars: $20 pies vs. $5 value meals.

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@WSJ Economy class doesn't have to be a "sufferfest." ✈️
Upgrade your flight with these pro hacks:
Seat: Pick the aisle for freedom to stretch.
Gear: Use a "foot hammock" or Trtl pillow for sleep.
Pro Tip: Bring a $60 AirFly to use AirPods on seat screens. 🎧
#TravelHacks #FlightTips

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@WSJ Stressing over the price of guacamole or extra legroom? 🥑Try the 0.01% Rule by Nick Maggiulli: If a purchase is less than 0.01% of your net worth, buy it guilt-free. It’s a "sanity check" to stop overthinking small wins and enjoy your wealth. 💸#PersonalFinance #MoneyTips

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@CNET I think you meant 12 hours not 12% @CNET

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@verge Google just dropped Mixboard, an AI moodboard builder in Labs. Think #Pinterest + generative AI: type a prompt, get a design board

Google’s latest play to enter creative tools (vs Pinterest, FigJam, Adobe)

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@andrewchen Founders botch elevator pitches by being boring, vague, or messy.

Open w/ a bold “why now,” brag harder about your team, always show some traction, make demos visceral, keep story simple.

Clear pitch = clear strategy

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@WSJ Apple jumps from iOS 18 → 26. New “Liquid Glass” look = translucent menus/icons—polarizing but tweakable.

Bigger wins: call screening, Hold Assist, spam filters, polls in Messages, smarter screenshots

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Boeing taps Palantir to bring AI using Foundry to unify data across factories making jets, satellites & missiles.

Also plugged into classified missions. Signal: defense primes racing to standardize AI, Palantir cementing itself as DoD’s AI OS

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Mercedes contract mfg. Valmet Automotive cut ~30% of staff at its Finland plant.

Another signal of Europe’s auto slump: weak EV demand, Chinese competition, excess capacity.

Even Porsche & VW cut forecasts; Stellantis halts plants. Pressure is industry-wide.

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@business US crop prices ticked higher after China’s envoy met US Midwest leaders.

Wheat +1.6%, corn +0.6%, soybeans +0.1% (snapping losing streak).

China is still leaning on Brazil & Argentina beans

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@business Sweden and Poland just launched “Gotland Sentry,” a joint drill on the Baltic island seen as key to controlling the sea.

Goal: deter Russia, show unity, harden defenses.
The Baltic is fast becoming NATO’s front porch.

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@business @niamalikah @opinion Kamala Harris drops her memoir 107 Days, a blunt recount of the 2024 campaign and Bidenworld dysfunction

She rejects being the scapegoat, admits missteps, but pins losses on the democratic party who didn't back her.

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@business Powell speaks 12:35pm ET (Greater Providence) — first remarks since last week’s 25bp cut to 4.00–4.25% Watch: path of more ’25 cuts (dots imply 2), labor cooling vs sticky inflation, QT pace, r* hints, political noise

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@business Arabica coffee prices just dropped ~3% as rains in Brazil boost hopes for a bumper crop

Good weather could finally refill depleted global inventories after weak harvests.

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@verge YouTube wants its next big act to be live.

When YT shifts strategy, creators follow: ads made videos longer, podcasts became video… now livestreaming is the push

Big Q: will AI tools make streams better or unwatchable?

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Ex-Spotify execs launched Oboe—an AI learning app that spits out “courses” from prompts.

Cool idea. But no citations = no trust.

Right now it risks being AI slop dressed up as education.
In AI, credibility > creativity.

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Former Spotify execs launch AI-powered ‘learning platform’ for the ‘curiously minded’ https://t.co/wjRbuCRhRl

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@verge Ex-Spotify execs launched Oboe an AI learning app that spits out “courses” from prompts

Cool idea. But no citations = no trust.

Right now it risks being AI slop dressed up as education.
In AI, credibility > creativity.

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@verge Secret Service just dismantled a NY network of 300+ SIM servers + 100k SIMs capable of shutting down cell towers, disrupting 911, and masking assassination threats. P

roof that cyber + physical security are colliding fast
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@RayDalio Ray Dalio: The hardest skill isn’t grinding harder.
It’s firing yourself from roles you’re bad at—then hiring better replacements.

Objectivity > ego. That’s how you compound success.
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@WSJ The ultra-rich are building their own BlackRocks. Hired ex-Walton exec Valeria Alberola as CEO in Miami; hunting a CIO. Part of a boom in family offices (8k+ worldwide, +31% since ’19)

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