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  • ‘No Space For Bezos’: Venice Locals Protest Billionaire Jeff Bezos As Italian Wedding Looms

    A group protesting Bezos’ upcoming Italian wedding, “No Space for Bezos,” held a protest in a Venetian town square on Friday. https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/06/13/no-space-for-bezos-venice-locals-protest-billionaire-jeff-bezos-as-italian-wedding-looms/?utm_source=BLUESKY&utm_medium=social&utm_content=17291889603&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesBluesky more ›

  • They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

    Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ok8.VBY-.s76GQpFar8r4&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare more ›

  • Sports Betting Glossary: Odds, Lines, Spreads, futures, more – ESPN

    An alphabetical listing of sports betting terms with definitions, including favorites, against the spread, over/under, totals, underdogs, futures and more. https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/38897025/sports-betting-glossary-odds-lines-spreads-futures-more?utm_source=perplexity more ›

  • The Disney approved our insane AI ad to run during the NBA Finals 🤣

    Kalshi hired me to make the most unhinged NBA Finals commercial possible. Network TV actually approved this GTA-style madness to be shown during the game. 🤣 High-dopamine Veo 3 videos will be the ad trend of 2025. I breakdown how… more ›

  • Going to an office and pretending to work: A business that’s booming in China

    Many citizens who don’t want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory rounds. For a daily fee of between 30 and 50 yuan ($4-$7),… more ›

  • Reuters Econ World: Crypto

    Listen: https://ift.tt/OCXs49D Digital assets are coming into the mainstream. Host Carmel Crimmins talks to Coinbase’s John D’Agostino about what that means for investors and the wider financial system. Plus, get under the hood of the crypto ecosystem from bitcoin and… more ›

  • Foreign Policy Live: The Future of War

    Listen: https://ift.tt/DuE8eQw Drones are playing an increasingly decisive role in conflicts around the world. Coupled with artificial intelligence and other technological advances, the very nature of warfare is transforming in front of our eyes. Are countries and their policymakers prepared? … more ›

  • Unexplainable: The musical structure of the universe

    Listen: https://ift.tt/TRNr9O1 If matter is a result of vibration, what causes the vibration? Our friends at The Gray Area ask, “Is the universe behaving like an instrument?” Guest: Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist at Brown University For show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠… more ›

  • The Important Cinema Club: #429 – The Undiscovered Depths of V-Cinema

    Listen: https://ift.tt/N0KjJuw We discuss Japan's V-Cinema, a term created by Toei to indicate a film was direct to video, that morphed into the blanket label used for anything that didn't have a theatrical release ub Japan. They've got violence! Sex!… more ›

  • The China-Global South Podcast: Choosing Sides or Playing Both? Latin America Navigates U.S.–China Rivalry

    Listen: https://ift.tt/SKjFWG4 Latin America is the key focal point for the United States in its global competition with China. President Donald Trump has made it clear that he deems China's growing presence in the Western Hemisphere a direct threat to… more ›