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Jim Cashel 🇺🇦
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Tech and policy professional interested in global development, space policy, tech for good, effective government, level playing fields, overlooked ideas.
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I'd hardly describe 1.5 miles in 14 minutes as a "brisk jog".
He really does live in his own fantasy bubble.

If he had a normal job and spoke like this he'd be sent for help.
Nuclear tests are easy for scientists around the world to detect.
All good - and it took *24 years*.
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Godfrey is at again….now at Union Station in DC doing his Trump impression for the troops 🤣💀
Everything about this story is odd. A 3am explosion in a secure 4th floor hallway between neuroscience labs? Dudes with hoodies and masks?
A lie, grift, and corruption all in one answer. Impressive.
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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
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The great thing about a nuclear testing moratorium is that it is really easy for scientists around the world to assess if it is being broken. Nobody claims it is.
Lying about not knowing who he is. Taking his money. Pardoning him.

Each of these should be disqualifying for the presidency.
"The plan is ... to come up with something better."
Keep beating the drum, George. Appreciated.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Good for the Journal for posting this primer (gift link).

My only quibble is the word "complex" in the title. Perhaps "central" or "dominant" better reflect the article?

www.wsj.com/economy/slav...
The Complex Role of Slavery in Building America’s Wealth
It was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff well beyond what’s commonly assumed.
www.wsj.com
The Korean military band played "YMCA" on his arrival. They served him hamburgers and ketchup. They gave him a gold crown.

This isn't a state visit. This is a birthday party for a five-year-old.
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“All we were doing was bringing the music we like to a mass audience. We hope we’ll be home soon. It’s what we’re dreaming of most,” Stoptime vocalist Diana Loginova tells me. She & the other members of the band are still in jail after their street concerts. My report from St Petersburg.
How teenager gave street concert and was caught up in Russia's repressive past
Diana Loginova sang songs critical of the Kremlin. The 18-year-old and her bandmate are now in court.
www.bbc.co.uk
Dia de los Muertos shrine in San Francisco for a kitty hit by a Waymo.

Only in San Francisco.