{"id":15185,"date":"2025-01-19T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=15185"},"modified":"2025-01-19T07:42:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T13:42:26","slug":"1-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=15185","title":{"rendered":"1.19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/chadcrowley.substack.com\/p\/the-german-conservative-revolution\">Revolution<\/a> was not merely a collection of abstract ideas but a comprehensive vision for Germany\u2019s future, shaped by countless influential figures\u2014too many to name here\u2014who sought to fuse the ancestral legacy of culture and spirituality with political renewal. Mohler described the movement as uniquely \u201cGerman,\u201d rejecting the radical internationalism of the 1789 French Revolution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hadid&#8217;s studio,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaha-hadid.com\/\">Zaha Hadid Architects<\/a>, won the international competition to replace the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/01\/08\/bergisel-ski-jump-zaha-hadid-21st-century-architecture\/\">ageing ski jump<\/a> in Innsbruck in December 1999. It was the latest in a series of high-profile competitions won by the studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A brand-new house in Pacific Palisades designed and built by architect Greg Chasen in summer 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-01-13\/los-angeles-wildfires-why-these-homes-didn-t-burn\">could have easily been one of them<\/a>. None of the other homes around it survived, and a car parked out front by a neighbor was the perfect vector to spread the flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A cursed fact of the world is that the <a href=\"https:\/\/nabeelqu.substack.com\/p\/principles?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=107423&amp;post_id=154681274&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=3o9&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\">most important life lessons you learn<\/a> are the hardest to communicate to others. They always sound like clich\u00e9s. In any case, these are a few things I\u2019ve learned from experience and that I try and keep in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Think about what makes you \u2018imbalanced\u2019 as a personality, &amp; do things where this gives you an edge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once you are ok with people telling you \u2018no\u2019, you can ask for whatever you want. (Make reality say no to you.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fun is underrated. The best and most creative work comes from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nabeelqu\/status\/1638261837933301773\/photo\/1\">a root of joy and excitement<\/a>. You can feel this in your body.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Significant price markups:&nbsp;<\/strong>The Big 3 PBMs imposed&nbsp;<em>markups of hundreds and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/news\/press-releases\/2025\/01\/ftc-releases-second-interim-staff-report-prescription-drug-middlemen\">thousands of percent<\/a> on numerous specialty generic drugs<\/em>dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies\u2014including drugs used to treat cancer, HIV, and other serious diseases and conditions. The Big 3 PBMs also reimbursed their affiliated pharmacies at a higher rate than they paid unaffiliated pharmacies on nearly every specialty generic drug examined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guiding company will be sending a group to attempt Everest this winter using <a href=\"https:\/\/gripped.com\/profiles\/climbers-using-xenon-gas-which-is-banned-in-sports-to-climb-everest\/\">Xenon<\/a> gas. Whereas the fastest commercial Everest expeditions are currently around four weeks, using Xenon could speed things up to one week airport to airport. One session of xenon gas costs $5,000 per person for a 30-minute session.  The tour operator said they will have four clients inhale a xenon gas blend upon arrival in Kathmandu, then fly to base camp, then climb to the summit within two hours. They would then spend three days climbing and one day descending. The climbers would not need any acclimatization. Along with the xenon gas, climbers need to pre-acclimatize before travelling to Everest in a hypoxic altitude tent and still use bottled oxygen on the climb. These expeditions also have mountain guides and use Sherpa and porter support.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><Br><Br><\/p>\n<p>Madison Just, a 32-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/lifestyle\/travel\/delta-sky-lounge-limits-amex-centurion-b2f090b8?mod=hp_lead_pos10\">change manager for a Los Angeles design consulting firm<\/a>, has both premium American Express cards that offer Delta lounge access. She\u2019ll get 25 Sky Club visits a year. \u201cI am worried that it\u2019s not enough,\u2019\u2019 she says.<br \/>\n<Br><Br><br \/>\nJust visits Sky Clubs on every trip. At Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday night, she stopped in for a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon, hummus, veggies and cheese and crackers. The clam chowder at the Sea<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Walgreens CEO says <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/phil_lewis_\/status\/1879535258624008210?s=46\">anti-shoplifting strategy backfired<\/a>: \u2018When you lock things up\u2026you don\u2019t sell as many of them\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 74,000 Canadians have died on <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/canadians-health-care-wait-list-deaths\">health-care wait lists<\/a> since 2018: report<br \/>At least 15,474 Canadians died in 2023-24 alone before receiving various surgeries or diagnostic scans. The true number is likely double<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1879713210942865505?s=12\">Biden<\/a> two weeks ago oligarchs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrmikan.com\/pub\/Myrmikan_Research_2025_01_14.pdf\">understand why it actually makes sense<\/a> to buy Fartcoin, we turn to the wise words of Caroline Ellison, CEO of Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s hedge fund Alameda: \u201cEvery week or so something weirder than the previous week would happen. . . . I managed to get. away from my initial skepticism and have been embracing the mindset of going out and looking for the weirdest, dumbest thing people are talking about today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of note in the poll, Virginians are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3289529\/trump-youngkin-poised-to-give-virginia-its-first-woman-governor\/\">unusually pleased<\/a> under Youngkin. Some 49% said that the commonwealth is headed in the right direction versus 31% who said the wrong direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What changed between 1989, when the US was the most <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johnrobb\/status\/1880241806358770156?s=12\">technologically advanced nation<\/a> on earth and built roadmaps for becoming a space faring civilization and today, when people claim that the US must import its technological talent and builds roadmaps for networked panopticons?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myrmikan.com\/port\/\">Ecclesiastes<\/a> tells us: \u201cThe thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.\u201d Myrmikan Research applies this principle to the subject of credit bubbles.&nbsp;  The ancient Greeks discovered that debt could magnify wealth. The debtor feels richer from the use of the borrowed property, while the lender feels richer from the compounding interest yielded by his claim. Both indulge in consumption more freely. As long as the accumulating claims remain contingent, the bubble grows. But, eventually, someone asks to be paid, and the expanding&nbsp;<em>claims<\/em>&nbsp;on wealth must be reconciled to&nbsp;<em>tangible<\/em>&nbsp;wealth, much of which has been consumed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SpaceX <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/niccruzpatane\/status\/1880150413795578175?s=12\">Earth to Earth Transport<\/a> will enable: LOS ANGELES TO NEW YORK: 5 hours, 25 min \u2014&gt; 25 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But PHEV systems have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/lifestyle\/cars\/2024-chrysler-pacifica-phev-review-a-pioneering-hybrid-that-still-has-game-8bb7b125?st=hNipgp&amp;reflink=article_copyURL_share\">unit-cost problem<\/a>, in that they require not one but two complex power systems with a lot of code between them. One component, the battery, is particularly pricey. Legacy carmakers can be counted on to pass those costs on to consumers, who may not have any tax credits to soften the blow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johnrobb\/status\/1880400536203366871?s=46\">not well thought out<\/a>. They have 2.2 billion users worldwide. Whatever they would get from the sale of US operations wouldn&#8217;t be worth disclosing their algorithm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, I covered his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/my-decade-with-donald-trump-salena-zito\">campaign<\/a> stops in Pennsylvania, and I noticed that Trump was visiting parts of the state that nobody else goes to. Forgotten&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/at-ambridge-rally-trump-promises-jobs-says-he-considers-himself-blue-collar\/\">towns like Ambridge<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/program\/campaign-2016\/presidential-candidate-donald-trump-rally-in-wilkes-barre-pennsylvania\/440454\">Wilkes-Barre<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2016\/10\/22\/why-was-donald-trump-campaigning-in-johnstown-pennsylvania\/\">Johnstown<\/a>&nbsp;and Butler. Nobody goes to Butler!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development of the <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/toyota-prius-transformed-auto-industry\">Prius<\/a> began in 1993 with the&nbsp;<a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toyota-global.com\/company\/history_of_toyota\/75years\/text\/leaping_forward_as_a_global_corporation\/chapter4\/section8\/item1_a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">G21 project<\/a>, which focused on fuel efficiency, low emissions, and affordability. According to a Toyota article detailing the project\u2019s history, by 1997, Toyota engineers\u2014including&nbsp;<a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/global.toyota\/en\/company\/profile\/executives\/takeshi_uchiyamada.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Takeshi Uchiyamada<\/a>, who has since become known as the \u201cfather of the Prius\u201d\u2014were satisfied they had met the challenge of achieving all three goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten Must-See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/travel\/ten-must-see-museums-opening-around-the-world-in-2025-180985814\/\">Museums Opening Around the World<\/a> in 2025: New institutions dedicated to artificial intelligence, West African art, barbeque and more are expected to welcome visitors this year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conservative Revolution was not merely a collection of abstract ideas but a comprehensive vision for Germany\u2019s future, shaped by countless influential figures\u2014too many to name here\u2014who sought to fuse the ancestral legacy of culture and spirituality with political renewal. 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