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Markets & Economy Article · 5 min read

The Chairman Retires, the Advice Doesn't

Warren Buffett, 96, stepped down Friday as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, a title he'd held since 1970, handing it to his son Howard while Greg Abel keeps running the company day to day. The job change is mostly a formality eight months after Buffett already gave up the CEO seat. The advice he leav

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Health Article · 5 min read

The First Approved Treatment for Ataxia in Ataxia-Telangiectasia

What is ataxia-telangiectasia, and does the drug the FDA just approved for it actually work? A-T is a rare, inherited disorder in a DNA-repair gene that causes progressive loss of coordination starting in early childhood. On September 18, 2026, the FDA approved levacetylleucine (Aqneursa) as the fir

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Computers & Gadgets Article · 3 min read

The Same Box, a Lot More Inside

Apple's new Mac Studio ships September 22 with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips, up to 512GB of unified memory, and the same 7.7-inch-square case it's shipped since 2023. I've always liked Apple machines, and I was expecting a smaller redesign — it isn't one, and the real story turns out to be better than

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Space Article · 3 min read

Twice the Mass of Jupiter, and a Problem for How Stars Form

The James Webb Space Telescope's newest, largest public image is a panorama of a stellar nursery called IC 348 — and buried in it are the smallest brown dwarfs ever confirmed, weighing in at about twice the mass of Jupiter. That number is smaller than the theory of how stars form says it should be a

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Food & Cooking Article · 6 min read

The Night It Ran Out of Everything, at Five Guys

National Cheeseburger Day, a Vancouver, Washington location that ran out of buns, lettuce, and pickles by six, and a two-hour wait made bearable by free peanuts and better company than expected — plus where this one lands against In-N-Out and Habit.

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Markets & Economy Article · 10 min read

Eight Million Accounts and a Basketball Court

My friend sent a screenshot of the XRP rich list and a thought: only 8.13 million XRP accounts exist, so "less than 1 percent of 1 percent" of humanity owns any, and yet the coin gets endless attention. Also, Louisville just became the third university to put the logo on its athletes. He's right abo

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Markets & Economy Article · 12 min read

Reserved for Future Use

The same friend who has kept this week's entries honest sent two more texts tonight — three Ripple links, a line about how "AI and crypto will merge," and a theory involving Elon Musk's favorite letter and a 2 percent stake Stripe took in 2014. I read all three announcements. He's right that the pip

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