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Bourne Again

Ludwig von Mises Institute 

In his new book Only a Voice: Essays (Verso, 2023), the critic and essayist George Scialabba brings to our attention the wisdom of two authors who analyzed the dangers of war: Randolph Bourne and Dwight Macdonald. In this week’s column, I’d like to discuss what Scialabba says about them.

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‘I literally changed my card bc they would not let me’: Planet Fitness customer tries to cancel membership, they won’t let her

The Daily Dot 

Planet Fitness isn't just known for lunk alarms, Pizza Mondays, and $10-a-month gym memberships, but also for taking a very Hotel California-esque approach to its member service agreements. Signing up may be easy, but actually canceling one's membership and stopping the chain from billing you monthly is notoriously difficult, according to some customers. Just ask this guy who says he was charged $800 over the course of five years when Planet Fitness wouldn't cancel his account.

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YouTuber Accuses Casetify Of Copyright Theft, Has Receipts

Kotaku.com 

There’s a brilliant trick map makers use to prevent plagiarism, called “trap streets.” They deliberately put an entirely fictional road, or even entire imaginary towns (“paper towns”), so that if someone lifts their work without permission it’s immediately identifiable to them. Something very similar is at the center…

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Sir Keir Starmer says EU anthem is "very Labour"

Express.co.uk 

Sir Keir told Classic FM: "One of the pieces I've got is Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the choral Ode to Joy. You've got the orchestra, you've got the voices, you've got this big combination. "This is very sort of Labour."

Is portability the cure to the mortgage market's woes?

Americanbanker.com 

In Canada and the U.K., borrowers can take mortgages with them from home to home. Some say this feature could unlock the U.S. housing market, but others say it would be more trouble than it's worth.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Set to Be the Largest Since Deepwater Horizon

Oilprice.com 

Offshore production from major oil names like Occidental, W&T Offshore and Talos Energy has been shuttered following a spill that Bloomberg is calling the worst in the US "since the Deepwater Horizon disaster." These producers took a significant hit on Thursday as they stopped approximately 62,000 barrels of daily oil production due to a subsea pipeline rupture. The rupture resulted in a substantial oil spill of 26,000 barrels, equivalent to the volume of two Olympic-size swimming pools, in the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana... Читать дальше...

Valtteri Bottas Cycled 5,500 Miles To ‘Unwind’

Jalopnik.com 

This year, Formula 1 will host 23 races in 20 countries around the world. The calendar is intense for teams and drivers as it packs in back-to-back races, long travel and countless time zones. To unwind during the “hectic” schedule, Alfa Romeo racer Valtteri Bottas has found solace in the saddle and spends hours…

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