{"id":17551,"date":"2026-09-06T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=17551"},"modified":"2026-09-05T21:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T03:29:36","slug":"9-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=17551","title":{"rendered":"9.6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while it is an occupational hazard to piss off people in power\u2014especially your bosses\u2014here\u2019s what you do, Gabriela:<a href=\"about:blank#footnote-1\">1<\/a>&nbsp;You do your time in the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/benrothenberg\/status\/2093906861560823862?s=46\">penalty box<\/a> with the hope that you get out of it and have nobody hold a mortgage on you. Say what you mean, mean what you say, knowing the price and paying it without regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How Taxing <a href=\"https:\/\/paragraph.com\/@hagaetc\/norway-shrugged\">Unrealized<\/a> Gains Has Caused an Entrepreneurial Exodus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That means the Space Force could oversee as many as 700 to 3,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/launch-boom\/\">launches<\/a> a year by 2036, according to commercial launch estimates and force structure projections the service published in April.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He shot about 900 pictures that summer and left the negatives at his sister\u2019s place when he left town. She died in 2009. He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thomashawk\/status\/2094131662540190058?s=12\">found the boxes while cleaning<\/a> out her apartment. Most of them had never been printed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airbus has been slowly shifting its media focus away from veteran aviation reporters in favor of 18-to-35-year-old \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/leehamnews.com\/2026\/08\/31\/pontifications-disturbing-trends-at-airbus\/#more-51260\">influencers<\/a>,\u201d citing TikTok specifically as an \u201cinfluencer\u201d outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are signs that Spaniards are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/30\/world\/europe\/spain-late-dinner-time.html\">eating earlier<\/a> in the evening. Experts say it could make for a healthier country, but not everyone is ready to part with the custom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou have an ambassador that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/08\/30\/trumps-ambassador-italy-conducts-love-boat-diplomacy-his-megayacht\/\">cachet<\/a>, and the Italians like that,\u201d Fertitta said in his thick Texas drawl aboard the Boardwalk ahead of a yacht party in Bari that drew local politicians, military men and others. \u201cThey like that [they\u2019re] important enough to us that you\u2019re going to come into our town, on your big boat, and pay respect to us and have us in your home,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what I hear from people.\u201d. Still, critics say his \u201cLove Boat\u201d diplomacy raises questions about the mixing of personal wealth and government mission, calling it emblematic of how much norms have eroded during Trump\u2019s second administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every two years as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneclub.org\/press\/-bhof-apple-announcement\">nomination<\/a> cycle begins, the club will evaluate the more than 100-year archive of winners in its global&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oneshow.org\/\">One Show<\/a>&nbsp;and Art Directors Club&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adcawards.org\/\">ADC Annual Awards<\/a>&nbsp;programs to identify a shortlist of brands that have consistently been recognized as high archivers.&nbsp; The shortlist is then voted on by the organization\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneclub.org\/directors\/\">National<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneclub.org\/intldirectors\/\">International<\/a>&nbsp;Board of Directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The museum\u2019s director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2026\/aug\/31\/british-museum-hosted-palantir-founder-peter-thiel-private-viewing-bayeux-tapestry\">development<\/a>, Charlotte Appleyard, hosted the PayPal founder at a VIP viewing of the tapestry, which is yet to open to the public, on 18 August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result that areas that did more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cremieux.xyz\/p\/the-great-permitting-downturn-and\">permitting<\/a> see lower rents down the line survived state fixed-effects, multiple definitions including three based on permitting and one based on actual housing stock growth, and I was able to investigate the lag structure and building type specificity of permitting effects, too. I found that the benefits to housing prices appear to show up years down the line\u2014which makes sense, given prices take time to adjust\u2014and they\u2019re particularly (2x) pronounced for multifamily unit construction.<a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img can-restack\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!rFKx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b290490-ce48-4380-9d67-388b8ff58013_6102x3250.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But chefs and hospitality insiders claim some restaurants go for years without being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/food\/2026\/aug\/31\/chefs-say-michelin-guide-at-risk-of-losing-credibility-over-suspected-lack-of-inspectors\">inspected<\/a>, and fear Michelin has \u201clost its credibility\u201d. They believe the inspectors cannot keep up with monitoring the number of restaurants in the guide \u2013 there are now 19,653 global entries, according to Michelin\u2019s website \u2013 and say that this has \u201cundermined the reliability of the guide\u201d. \u2026with a growing list of starred restaurants in the UK and Ireland guide alone \u2013 from 185 in 2021 to 230 in 2026 \u2013 some wonder if there are enough inspectors to repeatedly visit restaurants and ensure high standards are maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">On September 3, 2025, the podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out produced the first in a series of episodes alleging that the LA Clippers (the \u201cClippers\u201d) and its owner Steve Ballmer violated the salary cap <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlrk.com\/docs\/Report_of_Independent_Investigators_Concerning_the_LA_Clippers_and_Kawhi_Leonard.pdf\">circumvention<\/a> rules of the National Basketball Association (the \u201cNBA\u201d or the \u201cLeague\u201d) through dealings with Aspiration Partners (\u201cAspiration\u201d), a now-bankrupt sustainability services company. Among other things, the episode: (i) revealed the existence of a four-year, $28 million endorsement agreement between Aspiration and Clippers player Kawhi Leonard, (ii) asserted that the agreement was never publicly announced and that Mr. Leonard performed no services under it, and (iii) aired portions of an audio interview with an anonymous person asserted to be a former employee of Aspiration who alleged that the agreement\u2019s purpose was \u201cto circumvent the salary cap.\u201d Shortly after the episode\u2019s release, the League hired Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &amp; Katz (\u201cWachtell Lipton\u201d) to investigate the alleged wrongdoing. In the intervening months, the investigation\u2019s scope expanded to cover additional endorsement agreements and other potential improprieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A chair umpire stopped a Grand Slam match on Monday night to tell a suite full of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aakashgupta\/status\/2095394611745509741?s=12\">influencers<\/a> to sit down. Fans in the stands say the ushers had been helping hold the lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six ordinary lives intersect at the instant of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1946\/08\/31\/hiroshima\">atomic<\/a> blast\u2014and through terror, illness, and ruin, reveal what survival costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How San Francisco turned its most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noahpinion.blog\/p\/the-death-of-market-street\">iconic<\/a> street into a giant empty scar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 300 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/texas\/texas-data-center-tracker-see-where-600-projects-are-operating-or-planned-across-state-in-interactive-map\/\">data centers<\/a> are currently operating in Texas, with approximately an additional 200 planned and nearly 100 already under construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As unionized workers at The New York Times, we are deeply concerned by the company\u2019s potential deal for The Athletic to partner with Kalshi, a company whose <a href=\"https:\/\/newsguild.org\/new-york-times-and-the-athletic-workers-demand-company-scrap-kalshi-deal\/\">prediction markets<\/a> have been described by New York officials in our reporting as an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/31\/nyregion\/kalshi-ny-lawsuit-gambling.html?searchResultPosition=5\">\u201cillegal operation.<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Berlin Wall itself evolved from administrative border restrictions into physical force. In a way we are already at this stage &#8211; under Article VI of the Outer <a href=\"https:\/\/planetocracy.org\/p\/the-new-berlin-wall\">Space Treaty<\/a>, anybody wishing to take a colony ship to Mars must do so under a launch licence. A celestial border check, if you will. Many people such as Deudney, and the more extreme advocates of planetary protection, want to harden this into a true barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur cars are becoming more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/logistics-report\/volkswagen-aims-to-revive-u-s-business-492ff7da?st=W9m1mt&amp;reflink=article_copyURL_share\">expensive<\/a> and therefore increasingly difficult to sell, not because they have become inferior but because the rules of the game have changed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next stop was another <a href=\"https:\/\/hayandforage.com\/article-5824-Ramblings-from-a-South-Dakota-forage-ramble.html\">father-son hay team<\/a>. Kyle Jensen and his son, Jake, grow about 300 acres of alfalfa along with their row-crop enterprise near Meckling, S.D. Kyle\u2019s father, Ernie, who is in his 85th year, also remains a significant contributor to daily farm tasks. The Jensens are unique in that they sell hay to primarily one customer, a large beef feedlot about an hour away from the farm. This allows them to put their primary focus on yield rather than high-quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve changed my viewpoint to being <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/emma-raducanu-us-open-five-years-on-4748805\">grateful<\/a> to it and being happy that it had happened.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jamesgraysport\/status\/2096265221476090221?s=12\">Plus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Private German <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/isar-aerospace-second-launch-norway-andoya-spaceport-spectrum-rocket\">rocket<\/a> makes history, reaches orbit from European soil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And while it is an occupational hazard to piss off people in power\u2014especially your bosses\u2014here\u2019s what you do, Gabriela:1&nbsp;You do your time in the penalty box with the hope that you get out of it and have nobody hold a mortgage on you. 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