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Is anyone talking of a boycott of El Salvador?

Billionaire auto dealer Herb Chambers to pay $11.8 million to settle fraud allegations regarding Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans his companies were ineligible for. bit.ly/44lmtiH

Many years ago, my wife & I were at a restaurant called BiCE in Manhattan. A well-dressed man was at the table next to us. When he left, our waiter rushed over to ask if we recognized him. We hadn’t. “That was Gianni Versace!”, he said excitedly. We didn’t know who he was. Had to look him up later.

Peter Navarro is the RFK Jr. of economics and trade policy.

Who's going to "stand down by the door And catch the gray men when they Dive from the fourteenth floor?"

This is absolutely excellent. It pulls no punches & includes the words: ‘his family defrauded real estate investors with the help of a Panamanian fraudster, lying that a majority of units in a development were already sold—thereby making the rest seem like a safe investment—when few actually were.’

If Howard Lutnick is the best Cantor Fitzgerald can produce, I can't imagine why anyone would hire them for anything going forward. Even an unaudited stablecoin has to have better options for custody.

Elon’s Cybertruck Is the biggest auto industry flop In decades: bit.ly/3E7V6hz

Chuck Schwab himself is a major Republican donor and a supporter of Donald Trump, so I image he's pretty happy right now.

“A lot of things, a lot of very cruel things, have got to happen to a fool before his mind can change its thoughts.” - Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Based on what I saw during the dot-com crash, my guess is that the startup ecosystem will see angel investors pull back. The angel who was worth $30 million yesterday morning and $25 million yesterday evening is suddenly feeling risk averse.

Forrester Research is seeking a new CMO. bit.ly/4hZNSKe Forrester is both an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and a federal contractor. Can't wait to see how that plays out.

So you want to leak to a journalist. Here's how.

It's true, Google's search results are no longer reliable and its AI summaries are sometimes factually wrong: bit.ly/4iTCUqY I've noticed that the use of Bing by people who end up on my website has been growing. I haven't tried Kagi, yet though.

Florida Sheriff hits child with his car in order to arrest him for riding his bike in the street www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/04/01/v...

Lo'eau LaBonta elbows Madison Pogarch in the face and that’s not a yellow card? #NWSL

Investment firm Neuberger Berman is looking for a Head of Media Relations with 10 years of corporate communications experience. Salary range is $200k -$250k. bit.ly/4hWhsAq The position appears to be in NYC.

Whether they're born in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas or on the outskirts of NYC, real estate developers seem to have a lot in common. bit.ly/4cbOsUa

Note the ailments contributing to his demise: bit.ly/43tAOte

What do we think of this from a safety and security standpoint? Better, worse, or the same as other VPN options?

Why is the killer's identity still being protected? bit.ly/4hRIUPU

I spoke with Sara Hugentobler, a USFWS fish biologist fired under the DOGE layoffs, about the work she did supporting Chinook salmon and the threat understaffing poses to the fish's future defector.com/an-interview...

This is straight up cross-dressing. As such, it should not be studied, or even mentioned, in Florida schools.

I can remember when ticket scalpers used to get arrested outside of Fenway Park.

Another SPAC deal reached its logical conclusion.

23andMe is going under. Californians have the right to delete their genetic data before it's turned over to next party buying the assets. If you have a 23andMe account, go log in to download whatever reports you want to save, then follow these instructions to delete your data.

His career was proof that you can't tell Harvard anything. bit.ly/4iVZA9P

The New York Times once had an executive editor with guts who knew exactly what fascism looked like.