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Senior editor for digital subscriptions at @business. 香港 will always have my ❤️. Past lives: @mashable, @scholastic, @SyracuseU. Big hair.

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During the winter, Hong Kong's "snake queen" may serve up to 1,000 bowls (!) of her famous snake soup in one day. She's also the city's only certified female snake catcher and was a joy to interview bit.ly/2QSpcNg
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Corporate distress and turnaround stories. 📨 Get Bloomberg’s new The Brink newsletter delivered to your inbox every week trib.al/LZn0ELW
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"In some ways, Tesla was the original meme stock." bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Elon Musk Fan With 2,900% Gain Sees $1.5 Million Wiped Away

Tesla’s brutal performance in the stock market has hammered the fortunes of retail investors who stayed loyal to the once high-flying company.

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Brutal that China, like Hong Kong before it, is seeing a 2020-style outbreak in 2022 (almost 2023).
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Our style is doughnut, not donut. We are aware that this causes consternation for some of you. But it is in keeping with dictionary recommendations. Looking ahead to Hanukkah: apne.ws/lltuDk5

Jelly doughnuts: How to make the ultimate Hanukkah pastry

Jelly doughnuts, also known as sufganiyot, have become a classic Hanukkah treat, one of a number of foods fried in oil that are popular on the holiday ( latkes, or potato pancakes, are another).

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Tsinghua university right now👇🏼 city after city seeing protests small and large against Zero Covid policies and against excesses of Communist Party rule - every hour there seems to be a new one – at Taipei City, Taiwan
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anytime an application for something is more than 3 questions i'm like ugh nevermind no thanks
alt headline: The Legal Ramifications of Infuriating a Swiftie bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Swifties Start Wave of Ticketmaster Monopoly Scrutiny

Swifties, as Taylor Swift fans are known, received a crash course in anti-monopoly advocacy this week when the Ticketmaster portal for the singer’s concert tickets crashed and caused hours-long...

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ theguardian.com/world/2022/n…

‘China’s hottest woman’: the driving force behind crunchy chilli sensation Lao Gan Ma

Tao Huabi rose from humble origins in south-western China to create a beloved condiment that can now be found in fridges around the world

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A really awesome, book-length explanation of what crypto is and isn't from Bloomberg's Matt Levine @matt_levine, edited by @patregnier: bloomberg.com/features/2022-…

The Only Crypto Story You Need, by Matt Levine

Where it came from, what it all means, and why it still matters.

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Honetsuki Juju, a man with a chicken leg for a head, who carries a turtle around, is the mascot of Marugane City. Here he is on a boat yesterday.
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cool news: Me & @MargiMurphy are starting Cyber Bulletin, a weekly @business newsletter. We'll focus on everything from election security threats and North Korean hackers to crypto scams + misinformation. Oh yeah! Lots of breaking news, too! Subscribe👇 bloomberg.com/account/newsle…
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NEW: Liz Truss’s government is on the verge of collapse tonight after chaotic scenes in the commons 1/
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"The police described the protest as 'peaceful,' until the group of men emerged from the [Chinese] consulate and pulled a demonstrator off the pavement." In... wait for it... the UK. ft.com/content/b551537c-2cc1…

UK police open probe into assault of protester inside Chinese consulate

MPs demand explanation of incident following Hong Kong pro-democracy protest in Manchester

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“I cried until I had no more tears coming out of my eyes. They are running through my heart." This grief is unimaginable bloom.bg/3VcHLIk

Thais Mourn Dozens, Mainly Kids, Killed in Day Care Attack

Uthai Sawan, Thailand (AP) -- Relatives wailed and collapsed in grief over the small coffins of children Friday after a fired police officer stormed a rural Thai day care center at naptime and...

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"Whether anyone else will come - or return - remains to be seen." @rachelwqchang on the trauma that remains after HK's scrapping of hotel quarantine bloom.bg/3SxFUw4

Hong Kong Bids Farewell to Hotel Quarantine

Hello, it’s Rachel in Hong Kong. We’re breathing a sigh of relief at the long-awaited scrapping of the city’s Covid travel quarantine that’s done such damage to its reputation. But first...

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The second journalist to be killed in the Philippines since Marcos took power in June. Recently, he criticized the government for alleged corruption involving sugar imports through a state agency, forcing the resignation of the president's exec secretary. nytimes.com/2022/10/04/world…

Journalist Who Criticized Marcos Is Fatally Shot in the Philippines (Published 2022)

The radio host Percival Mabasa was killed during an ambush, the police said. He had been a prominent critic of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte.

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and if the economy wasn't depressing enough bloom.bg/3RiIuVj
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These covers are three weeks apart
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UK markets have lost $500 billion since Liz Truss took over bloom.bg/3DZHLFK
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