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New Yorker: The Strange Journey of John Lennonâs Stolen Patek Philippe Watch
âMystery solved!â was the gist of the message that ricocheted around the watch world. But, to me, the mystery had only deepened. The basic itinerary of the Patekâs odyssey and its current location had been discovered, but the human detail of how it had passed from wrist to wrist, hiding place to hiding place, still hadnât been reported. Whatâs more, where had Ono ever got the idea of giving a guy like John Lennonâeater of carob-coated peanuts, singer of a song about imagining no possessions, peacenikâa watch that was a status symbol of lockjawed good taste? And what was its famously secret inscription?
New Yorker: Defending the Unabomber
The endingâabrupt, unsatisfying, badly understoodâbefitted the strange, unhappy saga of Theodore J. Kaczynski. He was spared a gruelling trial, the judgment of an elaborately chosen, âdeath qualifiedâ jury, and a strong chance of being condemned to death, but he was saved from all this by a bizarre alliance of lawyers he was trying to fire, a family he had renounced, psychiatrists he did not trust or respect (and in some cases had never met), a federal judge who had drastically restricted his right to counsel and seemed to fear (with reason) the trial to come, a press convinced that he was a paranoid schizophrenic, and, finally, a legendary death-penalty opponent skilled at âclient managementâ (management, that is, of Kaczynski). Much of the story took place entirely out of public view. Kaczynski pleaded guilty, in late January, to all charges, and forswore all appeals, in exchange for a life sentence. In our overburdened courts, defendants are often left with little choice but to plead guilty, forfeiting their right to a trial in exchange for a lesser sentence. But Ted Kaczynski was not just another defendant denied his day in court.
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This clash of wills and world views eventually erupted into open court. But before he was yanked offstage Kaczynski’s quietly fierce performance raised fundamental questions about a defendant’s right to participate in his own defense, the role of psychiatry in the courts, and the pathologizing of radical dissent in both the courts and the press.
Sandofsky: Fast Crimes at Lambda School
Austen [Allred] co-founded Lambda School, one of the largest educational startups of all time. It promised to teach you to code in a matter of months, a common claim in 2017, a time when code bootcamps were commodities you could find in any strip mall. But you don’t score $120 million in funding from the biggest names in venture capital by building a better boot camp. He took on college.
An underdog with a story as fascinating as his company, Austen went from Mormon missionary to college dropout â at one point homeless and living out of his Honda Civic â to the founder of the hottest startup in the valley.
Several Canadian oil companies and lobby groups have added disclaimers to their websites and social-media feeds â in one case, scrubbing all content â in response to new federal legislation that aims to stamp out false or exaggerated environmental claims.
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On Wednesday, Pathways Alliance, a coalition of oil sands producers proposing a multibillion-dollar carbon capture and storage project, replaced its website and social-media content with a disclaimer it said is in response to the C-59 anti-greenwashing measure.
Moment Energy, headquartered in Coquitlam, B.C., is repurposing used EV batteries into moveable power units that are being installed across the country to support buckling infrastructure. Since the start of 2024, the company has made a series of promising deals with partners such as the Vancouver International Airport and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
In a satisfying full-circle business model, Moment Energy purchases used EV batteries from automakers and puts them together to create larger, rechargeable energy storage systems that can be plugged into local power grids to support new EV chargers. Co-founder Sumreen Rattan said when an EV battery is replaced, it typically has around 80 per cent of its capacity left.
Interesting to compare this approach to that of LiCycle.
Last Updated: 20.Jun.2024 23:59 EDT
