How to finish Japan’s business revolution: Tokyo-listed companies have become more friendly to shareholders, but the job is only half-done [The Economist]

“Downton Abbey” but with NDAs: how to be a butler to the super-rich [1843 Mag]

Democracy’s demons: how ugly will America’s election get? [The Economist Podcasts]

EIU's latest report provides businesses with insights into the critical trends and threats affecting the global economy. Download your free copy here: http://econgrp.co/LF [The EIU]

Research: For Influencers, Showing Your Inner Circle Can Boost Engagement [Harvard Business Review]

UN Gaza aid chief: World is failing innocent civilians [BBC News] #GazaGenocide #GazaCeasefire

Arabica Coffee Soars to Most Since 2011 as Supply Woes Escalate [Bloomberg]

PSG denounce racism aimed at defender Mendes [Reuters]

Not all is well inside the Taliban [AL-Jazeera News] #AfghanistanRising

The Mormon TikTok Moms Are All of Us [New Yorker] Look how they exploit the Mormon Church. Reminds me of how Megachurches exploit the word of Jesus. Do you see the majority of regular Muslims doing this? No, they don’t even gamble, and they do Ramadan once a year. No wonder “God” is pissed. Have you looked at the weather? In other news, thank you Jesus/Allah/Buddha/Neil deGrasse Tyson/Optimus Prime for some rain, Firefighters hated this fucking California Summer Fire Season. Waiting until November 2024 is really fucking far away. “Dieu Merci.”

Your CEO’s favorite podcast / How Acquired is bucking the trend. Plus: Anthropic’s view on the state of AI, Apple’s iPhone stasis, and more. [The Verge]

Dark oxygen could rewrite Earth’s history [Vox]

AWS brings OpenSearch under the Linux Foundation umbrella [TechCrunch]

Chatbots can persuade people to stop believing in conspiracy theories [MIT Technology Review]

We are 50 days from the US presidential election. Here's where things stand. [Business Insider]

The Ohio State University Alumni Band returned to Ohio Stadium for their 55th year, joining TBDBITL for an unforgettable halftime show! This year’s performance celebrated the 30th anniversary of "Forrest Gump" with iconic formations and music. 🥁🥹

Watch the memorable halftime show: https://go.osu.edu/CvEX [LinkedIn]

Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? [The Guardian]

Top Biden Aide to Visit Israel Amid Fears of Escalation With Hezbollah [New York Times] very important to take Netanyahu out of the equation before #LebanonGenocide is the next topic of discussion. Israel needs a new Prime Minister pronto.

The 1 Thing Parents Of College Students Shouldn't Do [Huffington Post]

Leviathans of the Sky [The Atlantic]

How Taylor Swift's endorsement of Harris could change the election end game [FiveThirtyEight]

The best — and most shocking — moments at the 2024 Emmy Awards [Washington Post]

Shanghai hit by strongest typhoon since 1949 [Le Monde]

John Oliver pays tribute to his dog in Emmys speech, swears at ABC for trying to play him off [Mashable]

‘Corn sweat’—and other weird weather phenomena—explained [National Geographic]

Eating less beef is a climate solution. Here's why that's hard for some American men [NPR]

Here’s how to celebrate 916 Day, the holiday celebrating all things Sacramento [CapRadioNews]

Trumpisme, messianisme, affairisme [Le Monde diplomatique]

Why Don’t Younger Americans Vote? [Foreign Policy]

The Perils of Isolationism: The World Still Needs America—and America Still Needs the World [Foreign Affairs]

As US Election Nears, Fears That Russia is Manipulating West ‘As Never Before’ [The Cipher Brief] Thank You for this update, and OpEd. Just the other day, Twitter has become useless. I cannot read any of my news updates, and it’s filled with Porn and OnlyFans Models. That means that unless I do my “daily loop” of Content Curation, Twitter is useless. Be sure to immediately make a BLUESKY and a MASTODON account. As far as Facebook, nobody on that platform likes lots of updates. PS. So much for those parrot jokes, eh? #DamnGossipingBitches

Japan’s LNG Future: Balancing Energy Security With Sustainability Commitments [The Diplomat]

Do We Need a New Theory of Gravity? [Quanta Magazine]

Un jour de chance pour la physique au #LHC 🍀 Le Grand collisionneur de hadrons a atteint une luminosité intégrée de 100 femtobarns inverses – soit l’équivalent de dix millions de milliards de collisions – délivrée aux expériences @ATLASexperimentet @CMSexperiment en 2024. [CERN_FR]

Developing Artemis II Training [NASA]

Numerous of petitions were being sent to INTERPOL offices worldwide. This continues. Everybody wants an INTERPOL RED NOTICE on Netanyahu. Keep the pressure. Here is the Fax Number for INTERPOL Washington: (202) 616-8400. [INTERPOL]

Austin, Jill Biden Tout New and Improved Benefits for Troops at Maxwell AFB [Air & Space Forces Magazine]

F Yeah! The Best Lexus Sports Cars of All Time [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday, September 16th, 2024. It’s 9/16 Day! Hope, everybody enjoys the celebrations in the city of Sacramento. It ought to be fun and joyful. Unfortunately, I cannot afford anything because I still can’t afford my credit card payments due to zero salary for the past 6 years, that’s why I’m upset with Pat CEO. I look forward to BK’s potential return, and I can’t to hear the news about potential company split between Intel Corp, Intel Foundry, Intel Ohio, Intel Japan, etc. Ought to be great. Also, the news surrounding NBA 2K25 is very cool! While all of you guys are enjoying Basketball, did you see that huge robot in that hangar? That’s right, while y’all doing that, I can’t wait for GUNDAM, and more GUNDAM news, and GUNDAM discussion about the anime/manga and my bookclub. Anyway, have a great Monday. Are you slacking and getting paid chit-chatting in a Microsoft Teams or Slack chatroom? You’re getting fired by the end of the day, tomorrow, or the week. I don’t get paid? You don’t get paid either. That’s the way it goes. My work is very valuable. Yours might not be. I can’t send an invoice? Your company is under jeopardy. You heard what I said. Most of all this shit can be done on Linux and you know it, you are lucky I write code for Quantum on multiple platforms, because Microsoft Office ought to be free, thank you that Microsoft Project and Visual Studio are almost free, but you gotta make them available on Mac + Linux asap.