Termination Dust is an Alaskan phrase that refers to first snow of the season, which many local workers viewed as a sign that their seasonal gigs would be coming to an end. Maybe the antiquated term will be updated later this week when Trump welcomes Putin to Alaska, in a move that threatens the termination of American values and the turning its global leadership to dust. The Atlantic(Gift Article): Trump Invites Putin to Set Foot in America. "Vladimir Putin is coming to America, despite the international warrant for the Russian president’s arrest, despite his years of hostile threats against NATO, and despite him showing no remorse for his invasion of a sovereign nation." Putin, who has usually responded to Trump's demands and threats by increasing attacks on Ukraine, has made no concessions to gain this summit, but has much to gain by attending it. As Heather Cox Richardson summarizes, "Putin generally cannot travel outside Russia because he has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, including the theft of Ukrainian children. And yet Trump is welcoming him to the United States of America." Maybe Trump is as sickened by the thought of Putin on US soil as the rest of us. On Monday, Trump repeatedly told reporters that he was traveling to Russia to meet with Putin. Who will have the upper hand in this negotiation between Putin and Trump (and his real estate friend Steve Witkoff, the administration's newbie negotiating point person across multiple global conflicts)? At this point, it's not even clear they have different goals. Something tells me we're not going to like what we see when the dust settles. 2Maid to Order"Over the past decade, practitioners of euthanasia have become as familiar as orthodontists or plastic surgeons are with the mundane rituals of lanyards and drink tickets and It’s been so longs outside the ballroom of a four-star hotel. The difference is that, 10 years ago, what many of the attendees here do for work would have been considered homicide." Canada has legalized what it calls MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying). On the most basic level, providing terminally ill patients with a say about their end of life decisions seems like a good and long overdue policy. But the policy is surfacing details and edge cases that lawmakers hadn't considered. Elaina Plott Calabro in The Atlantic (Gift Article) with a very interesting look at an evolving law: Canada Is Killing Itself. "The country gave its citizens the right to die. Doctors are struggling to keep up with demand." 3And the Horse You Code In OnFor years, young people with aspirations for future employment were advised to get a computer science degree. The demand for coders was insatiable. But then the coders already in the business created AI that can do a lot of the coding itself. And just like that, for many the computer science major turned into a major bummer. NYT (Gift Article): Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle. Just consider how unimaginable these stats would have seemed back when today's college graduates were choosing their majors. "Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1 percent and 7.5 percent respectively, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3 percent." (Hey, it could be worse. I spent my life perfecting the art of providing quick, clear summaries of vast amounts of information spread across the internet.) 4Dial Tone"An event will take place on September 30 that most people assume happened years ago: AOL will discontinue its dial-up internet service. If you're wondering just how many dial-up users are still out there, the answer is not many: the figure was 'in the low thousands' as of 2021." AOL to discontinue dial-up internet service after 34 years. 5Extra, ExtraCashing in Your Chips: "Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices are expected to pay the United States 15 percent of the money they take in from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, as part of a highly unusual financial agreement with the Trump administration." NYT: U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China. As the WSJ (Gift Article) explains: The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics. "A generation ago conventional wisdom held that as China liberalized, its economy would come to resemble America’s. Instead, capitalism in America is starting to look like China." 6Bottom of the News"Pickles are virtually everywhere. Popeyes released a limited-time pickle menu in April, which featured pickle glaze sandwiches, wings and lemonade. Cup Noodles debuted pickle ramen in June, encouraging customers to pair the noodles with a crunchy pickle spear. Pringles, Cheetos and Goldfish are selling their own versions of pickle-flavored snacks. The ubiquity has deepened America’s divide over the already polarizing snack as haters find them harder to avoid." America’s Great Pickle Divide.
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Monday, August 11, 2025
Another One Bites the Dust
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