Monday/Lundi September/Septembre 8th 2025
ZAKI QAYOUMI AKA ZACK IS CURRENTLY WRITING AS HE HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS. HE HAS NOT RECEIVED PAYCHECKS FOR THE LAST 6-7 YEARS IN THE BIG TECH NOR STARTUPS THEREFORE HE HAS NO REMORSE BY THE MASSIVE LAYOFFS THAT EVERYBODY IS FACING. HE HAS PERFORMED OVER 25 YEARS OF WORK, INCLUDING THESE LAST 6-7 YEARS UNPAID AND WAITING FOR HIS FIRST NEW CAR PURCHASE EVER OR DONATION. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ZAKI IS A COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY GRADUATE OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A B.A. IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, ALONG WITH TWO CERTIFICATES, ONE IN DATA ANALYSIS, AND THE OTHER IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
Meet the world’s hottest upstart weapons dealers — A ferocious global arms race is big business [The Economist] #MilitaryIndustrialComplex
The world in brief — Catch up quickly on the global stories that matter [The Economist]
20 years on from Katrina — Can New Orleans survive another mega storm? [The Economist Podcasts]
The US has rolled out a new set of tariffs on Asian goods. While most of the attention has focused on the rates, a more significant shift may be happening beneath the surface. Read our latest article to see which sectors and economies are most exposed: http://econgrp.co/X6 [The EIU] now that Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs are Invalidated by Appeals Court, imagine what can happened
You Need to Be Bored. Here’s Why. [Harvard Business Review]
More than 600 killed in Afghanistan quake, Taliban interior ministry says [BBC World]
Yosemite Workers Vote to Unionize [Bloomberg]
Greta Thunberg joins flotilla heading for Gaza with aid [Reuters]
Israel Murders Journalists [AL-Jazeera News]
The End of the Late-Night Band [The New Yorker]
Newsom: ICE acts as Trump's "private police force" [POLITICO]
Taliban Leader Outlaws Criticism & Love Poetry Under New Law [Afghanistan International]
AI agents are science fiction not yet ready for primetimeBut they’re getting better. [The Verge]
The real problem with kids’ diets today [Vox]
A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs [TechCrunch]
Job titles of the future: Satellite streak astronomer [MIT Technology Review]
One of the most in-demand skills in Silicon Valley is a software program released 40 years ago [Business Insider]
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‘He’s trying to rig the midterms’: Trump intervenes to protect his allies in Congress [The Guardian]
Robert Mueller Has Parkinson’s Disease, Family Says [The New York Times]