On Taking Walks | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. It’s been awhile since I perambulated through the biosphere (here, here, here, or here), or indeed at all, and today I thought I would perambulate…
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/11/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Horned Lark, route 14 along county road 69, Weld, Colorado, United States. “Horned Larking singing from ground in pre-dawn darkness.”…
What the Microsoft-Activision Ruling Means for the Future of Deal-Making
A reckoning for Lina Khan A federal judge’s decision to let Microsoft close its $70 billion takeover of the video game maker Activision Blizzard didn’t just represent a win for…
A Pie Shop on Chicago’s South Side Serves More Than Dessert
The South Side of Chicago brims with inimitable African American culture and history, and the pastry chef Maya-Camille Broussard is adding her brand of sweetness to the place where she…
Opinion | The U.S. Reassessment of Netanyahu’s Government Has Begun
Whenever people ask me what I do for a living, I tell them that I’m a translator from English to English. I try to take complex subjects and make them…
Hard Right Presses Culture War Fights on Defense Bill, Imperiling Passage
Hard-right House Republicans are pushing to use the yearly bill that sets the United States military budget and policy as an opportunity to pick fights with the Biden administration over…
Destroyed homes hang on canyon edge after landslide in California
Officials report the structures are ‘moving every hour’ days after the landslide in California.
Microsoft’s deal to buy Call of Duty maker boosted by US judge
The Federal Trade Commission in the US had sought to block the proposed merger on competition grounds.
Pro surfer Mikala Jones dies at 44 in surfing accident
The Hawaiian surfer, known for capturing footage from inside giant waves, died while surfing in Indonesia.
Lil Nas X reportedly stopped by Norwegian police after e-scooter error
He rose to the occasion with a visually-stunning, sexually-charged set that incorporated dozens of rock and samples, from Michael Jackson’s Bad to Nirvana’s Something In The Way, alongside his own…