Ukraine's drones rain leaflets on occupied territory telling its citizens to boycott Putin's 'election farce'

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Ukrainian drone drops leaflets over an occupied region, denouncing the Russian-held elections.
Ukrainian drone drops leaflets over an occupied region, denouncing the Russian-held elections.

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  • Ukraine's partisans have been sabotaging Russia's sham elections in occupied territories.
  • Resistance efforts have included blowing up a polling station and mass distributing leaflets via drones calling on people to ignore the elections.
  • The pseudo-elections are "a flagrant

Recruiters say Flexport CEO's decision to rescind dozens of job offers days before some were due to start is 'sick' and 'lousy'

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Ryan Petersen and Dave Clark will share the CEO position at Flexport until March.
Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen.

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  • Flexport's CEO Ryan Petersen said on X that it's rescinding dozens of job offers.
  • Since then recruiters have taken to social media to denounce his decision.
  • Recruiters point out that rescinding job offers is not uncommon – and not illegal.

Since Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen announced on Friday that it would be rescinding dozens of "signed

Hitting the Books: Meet Richard Akrwright, the world's first tech titan

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You didn't actually believe all those founder's myths about tech billionaires like Bezos, Jobs and Musk pulling themselves up by their bootstraps from some suburban American garage, did you? In reality, our corporate kings have been running the same playbook since the 18th century when Lancashire's own Richard Arkwright wrote it. Arkwright is credited with developing a means of forming cotton

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Batman 1989's Iconic Music is Going on Tour

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There’ve been so many Batman movies over the last several decades, but Tim Burton’s titular 1989 film holds a special place in the history of superhero films. It was the first Batman movie—or well, one of them—seen by many a generation, and its impact can be felt across future live-action takes on the character, Batman…

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Ukraine's counteroffensive could have only 30 days left, says US military's top general

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Soldiers from the 93rd brigade fire a 9K35 Strela-10 Soviet highly mobile, short-range surface-to-air missile system
Soldiers from the 93rd brigade fire a 9K35 Strela-10 Soviet highly mobile, short-range surface-to-air missile system.

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  • Ukraine counteroffensive could have only 30 days before autumn weather starts, says US military's top general.
  • The counteroffensive has been "long, slow, hard, and high-casualty-producing," said General Mark Milley. 
  • Ukraine's military intelligence chief said the

Burning Man’s Climate Reckoning Has Begun

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Burning Man, the transient bacchanal that attracts more than 70,000 partygoers to the remote Nevada desert for eight days every August, prides itself on its environmental bona fides. One of the festival’s main operational tenets is “leave no trace,” an essentially impossible feat for an event of its size. The Burning…

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5 bearish risks hanging over the stock market, and a bullish response to each one

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Following a glut of IPOs in 2021, broader market and economic uncertainty has led to a 2022 tech IPO hiatus.

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  • More bricks are being added to the proverbial "wall of worry" on Wall Street, according to Bank of America.
  • The bank highlighted five risks hanging over the stock market, and offered a bullish response to each one.
  • "We debunk these risks and continue to find more