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Amazon has launched Haul in beta form — and it's coming for Temu. (Or at least it's trying to.)
  • Amazon just launched Haul, a section on the app that sells cheap stuff.
  • It's a move to fend off competition from Temu and others.
  • I was excited to shop! But the selection is … disappointing.

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Protesters storm the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington DC.
  • Presidential pardons are usually vetted by the DOJ office of the pardon attorney.
  • The first Proud Boys leaders to seek Capitol riot pardons are instead asking Trump directly.
  • The DOJ vetting process can take years, but going to Trump directly could speed things along.

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  • Unlike going no-contact, low contact allows you to keep some form of connection with a parent.
  • Therapists say that you can go low contact by reducing how you communicate, and how often.
  • Going low contact can also mean disclosing less vulnerable information about yourself.

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Bob's Red Mill became fully employee-owned in 2020.
  • Bob's Red Mill became employee-owned in 2020 with an Employee Stock Ownership Program or ESOP.
  • CEO Trey Winthrop said when founder Bob Moore died, the ESOP helped with the transition.
  • Winthrop said being employee-owned boosts employee engagement and makes his job easier.

When 94-year-old Bob Moore died in February, Bob's Red Mill not



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The Teenage Engineering OP-XY feels like an upgraded version of the company’s six-year-old OP-Z. | Image: Teenage Engineering

Teenage Engineering’s new OP-XY is a portable synthesizer and sequencer that looks similar to the company’s OP–1 Field. But functionally it’s instead a more capable upgrade to the company’s six-year-old OP-Z, with a stronger focus on layering sounds



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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the HHS.
  • Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
  • The president-elect previously vowed to let Kennedy "go wild on health."
  • Kennedy, 70, is a vaccine skeptic who supports removing fluoride from water supplies.

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Over the past 10 years, I've traveled to all 63 US national parks.
  • Over the past 10 years, I've traveled alone to all 63 major US national parks.
  • First-time travelers often don't realize they sometimes have to secure reservations ahead of time. 
  • It's also important for visitors to respect the land, the wildlife, and their own physical limits. 

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Google will stop serving political advertisements in the European Union. The decision, announced in The Keyword blog, is in response to an upcoming new rule for the bloc that "introduces significant new operational challenges and legal uncertainties for political advertisers and platforms." The company says the Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising has an overly broad