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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close September 24 – October 1, 2019 198 stories · Vol. 19 · Catalogue 40 · Issue 274 Get it by email ↓
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The Smithsonian's Lonnie Bunch: Learning from history

Lonnie G. Bunch III is enamored of American history. Last June he was named Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, which he calls "part of the glue that holds the country together." Bunch, who oversaw the creation of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, is in charge of 19 museums, 21 librari…

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Business 19 stories

  1. WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO

    wsj.com · 2 outlets

  2. WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO

    reuters.com · 1 outlets

  3. 20,000 Startup Ideas

    unawaz.github.io · 1 outlets

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  1. If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Parking Lot

    skyclerk.com · 1 outlets

  2. MyPayrollHR CEO Arrested, Admits to $70M Fraud

    krebsonsecurity.com · 1 outlets

  3. New federal rules limit police searches of family tree DNA databases

    sciencemag.org · 1 outlets

  4. Belgian startup Magnax has found a way to mass-produce the axial-flux motor

    spectrum.ieee.org · 1 outlets

Sports 10 stories

  1. Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option when installing Windows

    reddit.com · 1 outlets

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  1. Match.com Used Fake Ads to Swindle Users, F.T.C. Says

    nytimes.com · 1 outlets

  2. Show HN: Bot Land, a game where you fight others via code

    bot.land · 1 outlets

  3. Developer of Checkm8 explains why iDevice jailbreak exploit is a game changer

    arstechnica.com · 1 outlets

Technology 156 stories

  1. Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?

    bloomberg.com · 1 outlets

  2. WeWork and Counterfeit Capitalism

    mattstoller.substack.c · 1 outlets

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  1. Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911

    seattletimes.com · 1 outlets

  2. Boris Johnson uses search terms in interviews to hide negative articles?

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

  3. Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study

    cbc.ca · 1 outlets

  4. In Defense of Richard Stallman

    geoff.greer.fm · 2 outlets

  5. What do executives do, anyway?

    apenwarr.ca · 1 outlets

Entertainment 7 stories

  1. Three recent papers uncover the extent of tracking on TVs

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

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  1. Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) with zero setup

    httptoolkit.tech · 1 outlets

  2. Show HN: Ieddit – A minimalist, Reddit-like site with anonymous posts/comments

    ieddit.com · 1 outlets

  3. Tests show bootleg marijuana vapes tainted with hydrogen cyanide

    nbcnews.com · 1 outlets

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