⚖️ Nuclear power must be well regulated, not ditched
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Nuclear power must be well regulated, not ditched. It has been ten years since a tsunami laid waste the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan’s most populous island. (The Economist)
U.S. Weighs Sanctions Against Lebanon Central Bank Chief. The U.S. is considering sanctions against Lebanon’s long-serving central bank chief as a broader investigation into the alleged embezzlement of public funds in the country gathers pace, according to four people familiar with the matter. (Ben Bartenstein via Bloomberg)
Democrat Rep. Tom Malinowski failed to disclose stock trades. Rep. Tom Malinowski's office blamed an 'oversight' on his failure to disclose stock trades. By law, members of Congress must publicly disclose their personal stock trades within 45 days. (Dave Levinthal via Business Insider)
Cuomo Advisers Altered Report on Covid-19 Nursing-Home Deaths. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top advisers successfully pushed state health officials to strip a public report of data showing that more nursing-home residents had died of Covid-19 than the administration had acknowledged, according to people with knowledge of the report’s production. (Joe Palazzolo via Wall Street Journal)
Twitter is reportedly testing an 'undo send' button. It's not exactly the news we'll continue to wait for, but it's something. Twitter is testing an "undo send" feature for tweets, which isn't exactly an edit button, but it's part-way there. (Rachel Thompson via Mashable)
Stream raises $38M as its chat and activity feed APIs power communications for 1B users. A lot of our communication these days with each other is digital, and today one of the companies enabling that — with APIs to build chat experiences into apps — is announcing a round of funding on the back of some very strong growth. (Ingrid Lunden via TechCrunch)
Senate Chamber Empties As Reading Of 628-Page Relief Bill Gets Underway. Senators vanished from the U.S. Senate chamber on Thursday as clerks begin reading the upper chamber’s 628-page coronavirus relief bill, with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), who objected to waiving its reading as a way to delay the process, chatting and looking at his phone during parts of the reading. (Andrew Solender via Forbes)
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