Building eCommerce businesses globally. Interested in retail transformation, organic growth, connecting with entrepreneurs. Books, music, maps, travels.
Paris, by way of NYC & Boston
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A Tribute to the Mathematically Marvelous Soccer Ball nytimes.com/2026/07/17/scien… via @NYTimes
America’s most exciting jazz scene is in Chicago ft.com/content/d91146ca-014d…
Fantastic piece by Hannah Edgar, bringing together the AACM and Sun Ra with today's music innovators such as Jeff Parker, John McEntire, Sam Prekop or Isaiah Collier. Chicago's music scene is well alive!
Sad news: Tracy Kidder dies at 80
From Massachusetts to Haïti, "Among Schoolchildren", "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains" are books that left a mark on me.
The Surprising Massachusetts Origins of Nearly Every American Sport @atlasobscura atlasobscura.com/articles/th…
Good question.
A.I. sweeps through newsrooms, but is it a journalist or a tool?
nytimes.com/2025/11/07/busin… via @NYTimes
California’s new AI safety law shows regulation and innovation don’t have to clash
techcrunch.com/2025/10/05/ca…
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Dr. Jennifer Downs of @WeillCornell is collaborating with Tanzanian researchers to treat schistosomiasis, a parasitic worm infection affecting 250 million people worldwide.
“It’s a horrifying disease,” said Downs, who has spent much of her career at Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Weill Cornell’s long-time collaborator in Tanzania. “If 5% of the U.S. population had this, there would be a public outcry. And 50% of people in Tanzania are infected.”
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Antisemitism is not their true concern:
—> Cut $400M of research on things like cancer and quantum computing that are critical to national health and national security and have nothing to do with antisemitism
—> Accept $400M airplane from a country that supported Hamas, a group that wants to wipe Israel and Jews off the map
This is just about accruing power, and knocking down powerful institutions that act as a check on power
.@Harvard Hit With Further $450 Million Freeze on Grants bit.ly/43d3cOq
ALT Exterior view of Harvard University buildings with traditional red brick architecture, surrounded by green lawns and trees.
Great science story - Louis Pasteur’s relentless hunt for germs floating in the air nytimes.com/2025/02/17/scien… via @NYTimes
How Trump’s funding cuts would hit medical research and hospitals in every state
nytimes.com/interactive/2025… via @NYTimes
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When the book one was checked out Harry Truman was president, the “Red Scare” was all over American news and “Singin’ in the Rain” was about to hit theaters.
The branch that it was returned to wasn't even built: bit.ly/3PkKWMy
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"Together, we can close the wealth gap and transform Boston’s economic landscape, ensuring that every individual has the opportunity to thrive and succeed,” said Jaylen Brown, founder of the Boston XChange. bizjournals.com/boston/news/…
Great news
Steve Albini is getting a Chicago street named in his honor
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Fantastic NYT piece about Gastr del Sol. So glad to hear about David Grubbs and Jim O’Rourke.
The (very brief) return of Gastr del Sol. nytimes.com/2024/05/20/arts/…
Antoine Menet retweeted
College graduation speeches are often evergreen. They can be given at any time, similar from decade to decade.
Which is why Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker’s “How To Spot An Idiot” at Northwestern’s graduation is so genius.
It is the speech for TODAY
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Great piece from my partner @omal about the tired, maxed-out state of big tech. Who's building replacements forerunnerventures.com/our-p…
