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Adam Gonnerman
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Into science, history, business, TTRPGs, biblical studies, and Brazil ◈ Exvangelical ◈ Project Manager ◈ Celebrant ◈ Nonprofit Founder ◈ he/him

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2025 was one of the worst years for job hunters since the Great Recession
Why the economy felt so, so bad this year.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Apple will allow third-party app stores and payment processing in Brazil

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Apple will allow third-party app stores and payment processing in Brazil
Brazilian regulators have reached a settlement with Apple regarding the companies App Store fees.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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The owner of a US-based YouTube download site has been convicted — in Brazil
A Brazilian court has convicted Yout owner and operator John Nader of breaking Brazilian copyright protection laws.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Dear New York, the American chestnut is back, and it’s on your block
A brief history of the American chestnut and current restoration efforts, from the drinkable “ches-nog” to genomic selection.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Brazil's Lula hopes EU-Mercosur trade deal will be signed in January

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Brazil's Lula hopes EU-Mercosur trade deal will be signed in January
Brazil's President Lula da Silva hopes the Mercosur-EU free-trade deal will be signed in January, after it was delayed on Friday. Protests by European farmers and opposition from France and Italy have...
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December 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Coursera and Udemy enter a merger agreement valued at around $2.5B | TechCrunch
Coursera and Udemy, two of the biggest names in online learning, are combining platforms next year.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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N.J. town breaks ground on $47.5M ferry terminal to New York City
The four-story terminal, funded by $90 million in grants, aims to reshape the borough's waterfront while providing commuters with Manhattan access by 2028.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Librarians Dumbfounded as People Keep Asking for Materials That Don't Exist
The rising tide of AI slop has brought with it fake research and other sources that librarians are asked to track down.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix
It’s not over yet.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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European Engineers Keep Finding a Secret Kill Switch in Chinese Buses
In Norway they found kill switches, in the UK they seemed to have found none. It's a curious situation.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Layoff announcements just hit the highest level since the pandemic
U.S.-based employers announced plans this year to eliminate nearly 1.2 million jobs through the end of November.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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If You Want Skilled Workers, Stop Treating Them Like They’re Disposable — Forbes
Companies that want skilled workers must fund training, reward mentorship, and support education. You can't harvest what you refuse to plant.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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If the rumors are correct, Verizon’s 'bold' new direction may apparently include mass layoffs

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If the rumors are correct, Verizon’s 'bold' new direction may apparently include mass layoffs
If the rumors are true, Verizon may be prepapring to announce store closures and layoffs this month. It may also be pushing AI even harder.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Post you from a different era.

Arkansas 1998
A young man in a jeans jacket standing next to a young tree overlooking Arkansas farmland in the background.
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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ICE agent holding up a color chart to a little girl's face. He has handcuffs in the other hand.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Layoffs soared in October to their highest for the month in 22 years, report says
Employers have slashed nearly 1.1 million jobs through October this year, up 65% from a year ago, new labor data shows.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Condé Nast folds Teen Vogue into Vogue.com | LinkedIn
The 22-year-old outlet ended its print publication in 2017, becoming a digital-only publication, and garnered a following for its political, immigration and labor coverage.
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/condé-nast-folds-teen-vogue-into-vogue-com-7203105
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Brazil’s president ‘horrified’ as death toll from Rio police raid tops 100

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Brazil’s president ‘horrified’ as death toll from Rio police raid tops 100
At least 115 gang suspects, 4 police officers were killed during Tuesday's military-style operation, say local police.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Brazilians in a Rio favela line up bodies after the city's deadliest police raid

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Brazilians in a Rio favela line up bodies after the city's deadliest police raid
Residents of a Rio de Janeiro favela spent all night collecting bodies from inside the urban community, bringing them down in trucks and lining them up next to one another on a central square.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Corpses line Rio street, pushing death toll from police raids to 132
The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history killed at least 132 people, officials said on Wednesday, after Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses collected overnight, a week ahead of global climate events in the city.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Exclusive: Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say
Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Tuesday, as the company works to pare expenses and compensate for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Meta Tells Employees Their Jobs Are Being Automated

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Meta Tells Employees Their Jobs Are Being Automated
In an internal memo, Meta informed its risk management workers their jobs were being automated thanks to advances in AI.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Social Media Might Not Be Rotting Our Brains as Much as We Think, Twin Study Finds

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Social Media Might Not Be Rotting Our Brains as Much as We Think, Twin Study Finds
The link between social media use and poorer wellbeing is modest and shaped by our genetics, researchers in the Netherlands argue.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Meta openly links fresh layoffs to AI-driven automation

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Meta openly links fresh layoffs to AI-driven automation
Michel Protti, Meta's chief privacy and compliance officer for product, has informed members of Meta's Risk Organization that they are moving away from manual reviews to more...
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October 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM