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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close September 27 – October 4, 2019 192 stories · Vol. 19 · Catalogue 40 · Issue 277 Get it by email ↓
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The Smithsonian's Lonnie Bunch: Learning from history

Lonnie G. Bunch III is enamored of American history. Last June he was named Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, which he calls "part of the glue that holds the country together." Bunch, who oversaw the creation of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, is in charge of 19 museums, 21 librari…

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Business 13 stories

  1. WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO

  2. 20,000 Startup Ideas

  3. MyPayrollHR CEO Arrested, Admits to $70M Fraud

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  1. Belgian startup Magnax has found a way to mass-produce the axial-flux motor

  2. Khasho who? One year after gruesome murder, investors embrace Saudi Arabia again

  3. Schwab Removes U.S. Stock, ETF and Options Commissions

  4. Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions Process

Sports 7 stories

  1. Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices

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  1. EFF Wins Access to License Plate Reader Data to Study Law Enforcement Use

  2. Show HN: Bot Land, a game where you fight others via code

  3. Developer of Checkm8 explains why iDevice jailbreak exploit is a game changer

Technology 159 stories

  1. Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for end-to-end encryption

  2. Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?

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  1. Boris Johnson uses search terms in interviews to hide negative articles?

  2. SQL queries don't start with SELECT

  3. Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store

  4. Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study

  5. In Defense of Richard Stallman

Entertainment 7 stories

  1. Show HN: Ledonardo, my light painting hardware project

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  1. Three recent papers uncover the extent of tracking on TVs

  2. Show HN: Scale Heaven – Browse and play any scale/chord, chord progression

  3. Show HN: Ieddit – A minimalist, Reddit-like site with anonymous posts/comments

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