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December 20, 2022
From Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07)’s office:
Spanberger Urges FDA, DEA to Address Prescription Adderall Shortage
Adderall Production Has Not Been Able to Meet Surge in Demand as Total Prescriptions in the United States Increased from 35.5 Million in 2019 to 41.2 Million in 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday urged the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a comprehensive federal response to alleviate the nationwide shortage of prescription Adderall and ensure access to the medication for all Virginians and Americans who rely on the drug.
Congress relaxed restrictions on providers prescribing Schedule II controlled substances — such as Adderall — through telehealth at the start of the pandemic. This change led to an increase in both attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses and prescriptions for Adderall. The total number of Adderall and generic-equivalent prescriptions increased 16 percent from 35.5 million in 2019 to 41.2 million in 2021, according to IQVIA, a health research firm. In October, FDA reported that Adderall, the brand name for the immediate-release formulation of amphetamine mixed salts, went into shortage due to ongoing manufacturing delays.
In a letter to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram and FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, Spanberger urged the two leaders to coordinate their agencies’ efforts to institute a comprehensive federal response to ensure access to Adderall for all Americans who depend on it. Additionally, the Congresswoman requested information as to how the agencies intend to work both independently and jointly to alleviate the shortage.
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Lock Trump up? Might help the shortage, lolol.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger Urges FDA, DEA to Address Prescription Adderall Shortage
https://bluevirginia.us/2022/12/rep-abigail-spanberger-urges-fda-dea-to-address-prescription-adderall-shortageFrom Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07)’s office:
Spanberger Urges FDA, DEA to Address Prescription Adderall Shortage
Adderall Production Has Not Been Able to Meet Surge in Demand as Total Prescriptions in the United States Increased from 35.5 Million in 2019 to 41.2 Million in 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday urged the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a comprehensive federal response to alleviate the nationwide shortage of prescription Adderall and ensure access to the medication for all Virginians and Americans who rely on the drug.
Congress relaxed restrictions on providers prescribing Schedule II controlled substances — such as Adderall — through telehealth at the start of the pandemic. This change led to an increase in both attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses and prescriptions for Adderall. The total number of Adderall and generic-equivalent prescriptions increased 16 percent from 35.5 million in 2019 to 41.2 million in 2021, according to IQVIA, a health research firm. In October, FDA reported that Adderall, the brand name for the immediate-release formulation of amphetamine mixed salts, went into shortage due to ongoing manufacturing delays.
In a letter to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram and FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, Spanberger urged the two leaders to coordinate their agencies’ efforts to institute a comprehensive federal response to ensure access to Adderall for all Americans who depend on it. Additionally, the Congresswoman requested information as to how the agencies intend to work both independently and jointly to alleviate the shortage.
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Lock Trump up? Might help the shortage, lolol.
December 20, 2022
https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/best-urban-wineries-in-the-us
Mural City Cellars
While some of the world’s best wines come from picturesque vineyards in rural Italy and France, planning a trip to a far-flung wine country isn’t always easy. Maybe you can’t take time off work. Perhaps the airfare is too expensive, or it’s a bit too ambitious to try to go to Burgundy for the weekend. Fortunately, accessing wonderful wine closer to home has become a lot simpler. Urban wineries continue to open in cities across the country. Often set up in converted garages, warehouses, or production facilities, these operations are located in the heart of their cities. They may have a tasting room but no vineyards, sourcing grapes from growers in wine regions around the country. Best of all, many urban wineries produce not only some exciting wines, but also offer fun, interactive tasting experiences. These are nine of the best urban wineries in America.
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Chicago Winery
Chicago, Illinois
Opened in fall 2022, Chicago Winery is the newest project from First Batch Hospitality, the folks behind the Brooklyn Winery, which has been pouring in New York City since 2010. Located in the heart of bustling River North, blocks from the Chicago River and the Loop, the complex includes a restaurant, Liva, plus a tasting bar, four-season rooftop, and glass-enclosed, 2,000-square-foot winemaking facility and barrel room. The wines are produced onsite but grapes come from around America, so you might get a Pinot Noir made from Sonoma grapes or a Riesling that hails from New York’s Finger Lakes region. The team aims to produce 3,500 cases in the first year, from such varieties as Chardonnay, Malbec, Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Mourvédre.
Enso Winery
Portland, Oregon
In a place rich with urban wineries—Hip Chicks Do Wine, Teutonic Wine Company, and Division Wine Making Company are among the 30 within city limits—Enso presents like more of a cool wine bar than production facility. It just happens to make its own wine and serves those alongside other well-curated selections from around the world, as well as local beers and ciders. Unlike many other urban wineries, you can only taste Enso’s wines on site at its facility in a converted garage in Portland’s Buckman neighborhood. Opened in 2011, the winery uses grapes sourced up and down the West Coast. You can get wines by the glass or bottle, plus flights featuring a Mourvédre rosé, a white blend of Pinot Gris, Muller-Thurgau and Gewurztraminer, a red blend with Petite Sirah and Malbec, or a full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon. The wines change often, so there’s often something new to experience each visit.
Hana Makgeolli
Brooklyn, New York
Alice Jun started homebrewing makgeolli, an unfiltered Korean rice wine, just as her father did while she was growing up. When it got too much for her New York apartment, she and business partner, John Limb, opened Hana in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood in 2020. While some compare makgeolli to beer, Jun aligns it more with wine. Hana’s offerings are made from organic rice, water, and a Korean fermentation starter called nuruk, and can ferment anywhere from 28-70 days, resulting in a range of flavors and levels of alcohol. The signature, Takju 16, clocks in at 16% ABV and is a cloudy, medium-bodied dry pour with melon and green apple notes. The clarified Yakju 14 goes through a five-stage brewing process before fermenting for at least 60 days, resulting in a light, dry-bodied wine with melon, citrus, and grain flavors. Hana ships nationwide, but the minimalist Brooklyn tasting room offers makgeolli by the glass, carafe, or mixed into cocktails alongside a variety of anju, or small plates meant to be had with alcohol, like pajeon (scallion and garlic chive pancake) or garibijang (soy-cured scallop crudo).
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Where to Find the Coolest Urban Wineries in the U.S.
Sip pét-nat in a refurbished garage and never look back.https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/best-urban-wineries-in-the-us
Mural City Cellars
While some of the world’s best wines come from picturesque vineyards in rural Italy and France, planning a trip to a far-flung wine country isn’t always easy. Maybe you can’t take time off work. Perhaps the airfare is too expensive, or it’s a bit too ambitious to try to go to Burgundy for the weekend. Fortunately, accessing wonderful wine closer to home has become a lot simpler. Urban wineries continue to open in cities across the country. Often set up in converted garages, warehouses, or production facilities, these operations are located in the heart of their cities. They may have a tasting room but no vineyards, sourcing grapes from growers in wine regions around the country. Best of all, many urban wineries produce not only some exciting wines, but also offer fun, interactive tasting experiences. These are nine of the best urban wineries in America.
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Chicago Winery
Chicago, Illinois
Opened in fall 2022, Chicago Winery is the newest project from First Batch Hospitality, the folks behind the Brooklyn Winery, which has been pouring in New York City since 2010. Located in the heart of bustling River North, blocks from the Chicago River and the Loop, the complex includes a restaurant, Liva, plus a tasting bar, four-season rooftop, and glass-enclosed, 2,000-square-foot winemaking facility and barrel room. The wines are produced onsite but grapes come from around America, so you might get a Pinot Noir made from Sonoma grapes or a Riesling that hails from New York’s Finger Lakes region. The team aims to produce 3,500 cases in the first year, from such varieties as Chardonnay, Malbec, Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Mourvédre.
Enso Winery
Portland, Oregon
In a place rich with urban wineries—Hip Chicks Do Wine, Teutonic Wine Company, and Division Wine Making Company are among the 30 within city limits—Enso presents like more of a cool wine bar than production facility. It just happens to make its own wine and serves those alongside other well-curated selections from around the world, as well as local beers and ciders. Unlike many other urban wineries, you can only taste Enso’s wines on site at its facility in a converted garage in Portland’s Buckman neighborhood. Opened in 2011, the winery uses grapes sourced up and down the West Coast. You can get wines by the glass or bottle, plus flights featuring a Mourvédre rosé, a white blend of Pinot Gris, Muller-Thurgau and Gewurztraminer, a red blend with Petite Sirah and Malbec, or a full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon. The wines change often, so there’s often something new to experience each visit.
Hana Makgeolli
Brooklyn, New York
Alice Jun started homebrewing makgeolli, an unfiltered Korean rice wine, just as her father did while she was growing up. When it got too much for her New York apartment, she and business partner, John Limb, opened Hana in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood in 2020. While some compare makgeolli to beer, Jun aligns it more with wine. Hana’s offerings are made from organic rice, water, and a Korean fermentation starter called nuruk, and can ferment anywhere from 28-70 days, resulting in a range of flavors and levels of alcohol. The signature, Takju 16, clocks in at 16% ABV and is a cloudy, medium-bodied dry pour with melon and green apple notes. The clarified Yakju 14 goes through a five-stage brewing process before fermenting for at least 60 days, resulting in a light, dry-bodied wine with melon, citrus, and grain flavors. Hana ships nationwide, but the minimalist Brooklyn tasting room offers makgeolli by the glass, carafe, or mixed into cocktails alongside a variety of anju, or small plates meant to be had with alcohol, like pajeon (scallion and garlic chive pancake) or garibijang (soy-cured scallop crudo).
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December 20, 2022
Incoming Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is set to appoint Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington to lead the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, sources tell CNN. Jeffries’ decision will need to be ratified by the full Democratic caucus.
Two lawmakers – California Reps. Ami Bera and Tony Cárdenas – also wanted the spot as DCCC chair, but ultimately leadership decided they needed to elevate a woman to the role, sources told CNN.
DelBene was previously the chair of the New Democrat Coalition, made up mostly of centrist Democrats, many of whom are vulnerable Democrats. The previous chair of the DCCC, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, lost his seat in New York’s 17th Congressional District last month.
The House Democratic caucus adopted an amendment during a closed-door meeting last month that allows the leader to appoint the chair of the DCCC instead of being elected in the closed-door meeting. The amendment was originally proposed by DelBene, as well as Reps. Brad Schneider of Illinois and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin.
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Jeffries to appoint DelBene to chair Democrats' House campaign operation
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/20/politics/democratic-congressional-campaign-committee-suzan-delbene/index.htmlIncoming Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is set to appoint Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington to lead the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, sources tell CNN. Jeffries’ decision will need to be ratified by the full Democratic caucus.
Two lawmakers – California Reps. Ami Bera and Tony Cárdenas – also wanted the spot as DCCC chair, but ultimately leadership decided they needed to elevate a woman to the role, sources told CNN.
DelBene was previously the chair of the New Democrat Coalition, made up mostly of centrist Democrats, many of whom are vulnerable Democrats. The previous chair of the DCCC, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, lost his seat in New York’s 17th Congressional District last month.
The House Democratic caucus adopted an amendment during a closed-door meeting last month that allows the leader to appoint the chair of the DCCC instead of being elected in the closed-door meeting. The amendment was originally proposed by DelBene, as well as Reps. Brad Schneider of Illinois and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin.
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December 20, 2022
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-special-prosecutor-jack-smith-has-a-history-of-indicting-presidents
Witnesses had lost hope and disappeared. Criminal suspect No. 1 had become president. And the long-awaited indictment now seemed unreachable. Then, American prosecutor Jack Smith came along and took charge, sending his investigators on an aggressive mission to win back reluctant witnesses—by targeting the tight-lipped politicians and militant nationalists who had kept them silent.
The story may sound familiar, if not a bit like resistance fan-fiction. But this story is actually about Smith’s efforts in Kosovo, a small country in southeastern Europe that was historically an Albanian enclave in Serbia. It was difficult every step of the way. Smith had to defend his work from widespread accusations that he was conducting an unfair political prosecution to remove the nation’s favorite leader. And the narrative was that cooperators are traitors—and that these lawyers like Smith were trying to destroy the country.
It may prove to be an invaluable experience. Since the U.S. Department of Justice appointed Smith as the trusted special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump last month, there have been dozens of news profiles focusing on his time as a domestic prosecutor investigating public corruption. Several have even incorrectly identified the international court he served on. But this is the first sweeping look at what exactly he accomplished while on a special assignment abroad in Europe, where he took down Kosovo’s sitting president—and gained the credentials to target an American one.
“It’s not like this is his first rodeo,” said David Schwendiman, who led the Kosovo investigation until Smith took over. “It has huge political consequences. It takes bravery. Jack’s got to decide whether he’s going to indict a former president of the United States. But he did the same thing when it came to Hashim Thaçi.” Kosovo’s now ex-president remains trapped inside a jail in the Dutch city of The Hague. Understanding how he got there helps contextualize Smith’s legacy at the controversial international prosecutor’s office he led until last month—and his ability to face Trump now.
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Trump Special Prosecutor Has a History of Indicting Presidents
Jack Smith, the special prosecutor in charge of deciding whether to prosecute Donald Trump, has experience going after former presidents.https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-special-prosecutor-jack-smith-has-a-history-of-indicting-presidents
Witnesses had lost hope and disappeared. Criminal suspect No. 1 had become president. And the long-awaited indictment now seemed unreachable. Then, American prosecutor Jack Smith came along and took charge, sending his investigators on an aggressive mission to win back reluctant witnesses—by targeting the tight-lipped politicians and militant nationalists who had kept them silent.
The story may sound familiar, if not a bit like resistance fan-fiction. But this story is actually about Smith’s efforts in Kosovo, a small country in southeastern Europe that was historically an Albanian enclave in Serbia. It was difficult every step of the way. Smith had to defend his work from widespread accusations that he was conducting an unfair political prosecution to remove the nation’s favorite leader. And the narrative was that cooperators are traitors—and that these lawyers like Smith were trying to destroy the country.
It may prove to be an invaluable experience. Since the U.S. Department of Justice appointed Smith as the trusted special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump last month, there have been dozens of news profiles focusing on his time as a domestic prosecutor investigating public corruption. Several have even incorrectly identified the international court he served on. But this is the first sweeping look at what exactly he accomplished while on a special assignment abroad in Europe, where he took down Kosovo’s sitting president—and gained the credentials to target an American one.
“It’s not like this is his first rodeo,” said David Schwendiman, who led the Kosovo investigation until Smith took over. “It has huge political consequences. It takes bravery. Jack’s got to decide whether he’s going to indict a former president of the United States. But he did the same thing when it came to Hashim Thaçi.” Kosovo’s now ex-president remains trapped inside a jail in the Dutch city of The Hague. Understanding how he got there helps contextualize Smith’s legacy at the controversial international prosecutor’s office he led until last month—and his ability to face Trump now.
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December 20, 2022
https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-19-pandemic-grifters-are-making-science-permanently-worse
Hundreds of his TikTok videos begin the same way: “Hey everybody, it’s Pax, your favorite field epidemiologist.” Tyler Hardy, using the handle @snackpax.epi, will then provide an overview of weekly COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world, explain what new variants are emerging, or unpack recent developments about vaccines and boosters. He often uses a color rating system—the “Pax Panic Scale”—to tell his audience how much to worry about certain public health threats.
This summer, over a year after he’d started making content on the platform, Hardy amassed a following of nearly 170,000 accounts, plus almost 3 million likes on his videos. He was interviewed in news articles as a public health expert, and his career started catapulting to new heights.
Everything seemed to be coming up Pax—until he became entrapped by his own web of lies. “He pulled the wool over my eyes for sure,” Jess, a registered nurse who requested to go by her first name to avoid internet harassment, and who posts on TikTok as @Jesss2019, told The Daily Beast. “I felt horrific about the situation, but with trusted medical professionals, I guess it’s not the first thought that comes to mind. I’ve been in this profession for over seven years, and I’ve never encountered something like that.”
The Pax saga began last month when Savannah Sparks, a lactation consultant and pharmacist, raised questions about Hardy’s scientific credentials based on tips she had received. Sparks’ first video pointed out that Hardy had paid for Twitter Blue while claiming to have been verified as a notable person; it went on to reveal that Hardy had artfully redacted the name associated with an addiction counselor and clinical social worker’s licenses to make them appear as his own.
https://twitter.com/rx0rcist/status/1592360556719411202
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Pandemic Grifters Are Here to Stay
A TikTok star scammed his way onto a COVID research team backed by the UN. He’s not alone, and the grifts will only sow more distrust in experts.https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-19-pandemic-grifters-are-making-science-permanently-worse
Hundreds of his TikTok videos begin the same way: “Hey everybody, it’s Pax, your favorite field epidemiologist.” Tyler Hardy, using the handle @snackpax.epi, will then provide an overview of weekly COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world, explain what new variants are emerging, or unpack recent developments about vaccines and boosters. He often uses a color rating system—the “Pax Panic Scale”—to tell his audience how much to worry about certain public health threats.
This summer, over a year after he’d started making content on the platform, Hardy amassed a following of nearly 170,000 accounts, plus almost 3 million likes on his videos. He was interviewed in news articles as a public health expert, and his career started catapulting to new heights.
Everything seemed to be coming up Pax—until he became entrapped by his own web of lies. “He pulled the wool over my eyes for sure,” Jess, a registered nurse who requested to go by her first name to avoid internet harassment, and who posts on TikTok as @Jesss2019, told The Daily Beast. “I felt horrific about the situation, but with trusted medical professionals, I guess it’s not the first thought that comes to mind. I’ve been in this profession for over seven years, and I’ve never encountered something like that.”
The Pax saga began last month when Savannah Sparks, a lactation consultant and pharmacist, raised questions about Hardy’s scientific credentials based on tips she had received. Sparks’ first video pointed out that Hardy had paid for Twitter Blue while claiming to have been verified as a notable person; it went on to reveal that Hardy had artfully redacted the name associated with an addiction counselor and clinical social worker’s licenses to make them appear as his own.
https://twitter.com/rx0rcist/status/1592360556719411202
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December 20, 2022
https://progressivepost.eu/inspiration/a-textbook-case-of-race-class-and-gender/
What is inequality and how does it influence society and the many facets of our lives? This excellent textbook by Lisa A. Keister and Darby E. Southgate, Inequality – A Contemporary Approach to Race, Class, and Gender, answers most of these questions and provides the reader with a comprehensive introduction to the main concepts of the current research in a comprehensive way. It also offers data-supported facts for analysis in several related areas, but avoids the trap of trying to decide what is right and what is wrong.
Inequality deserves its place for review in the Progressive Post not only because it covers the topic of inequality, but also because its range is comprehensive, making it valuable both as a textbook and for the general audience. As its title indicates, it is an extensive guide to current inequality issues in race, class, and gender.
One of the two authors of the book, Lisa A. Keister, is a Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Duke University in the US, whose research focuses on organisation strategy, elite households, and the processes that explain extremes in wealth and income inequality. It also focuses on group differences in the intergenerational transfer of assets. The other author is Darby E. Southgate, an associate Professor of Sociology at Los Angeles Valley College, whose primary research interests are stratification and education with an emphasis on culture.
Inequality is divided into two parts. The first deals with basic theoretical concepts, while the second is the application of these concepts to different topics. This two-part structure provides a didactic and easy-to-follow series of chapters. The book consists of 14 chapters and is easy to use in a class for a semester. Each chapter is "filled with contemporary statistical evidence" and has a summary, detailed external references in text boxes, and a list of key concepts. The chapters also provide "questions for thought" and are equipped with exercises (p. xxi). In addition, as our digitalised world now seems to require, Inequality is linked to online resources on the publisher's website. These resources provide illustrations of all the figures and tables in the book, slides for lectures, questions to be posed by instructors, and sample syllabi that make the life of students, teachers and interested readers easier.
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A textbook case of race, class, and gender
https://progressivepost.eu/inspiration/a-textbook-case-of-race-class-and-gender/
What is inequality and how does it influence society and the many facets of our lives? This excellent textbook by Lisa A. Keister and Darby E. Southgate, Inequality – A Contemporary Approach to Race, Class, and Gender, answers most of these questions and provides the reader with a comprehensive introduction to the main concepts of the current research in a comprehensive way. It also offers data-supported facts for analysis in several related areas, but avoids the trap of trying to decide what is right and what is wrong.
Inequality deserves its place for review in the Progressive Post not only because it covers the topic of inequality, but also because its range is comprehensive, making it valuable both as a textbook and for the general audience. As its title indicates, it is an extensive guide to current inequality issues in race, class, and gender.
One of the two authors of the book, Lisa A. Keister, is a Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Duke University in the US, whose research focuses on organisation strategy, elite households, and the processes that explain extremes in wealth and income inequality. It also focuses on group differences in the intergenerational transfer of assets. The other author is Darby E. Southgate, an associate Professor of Sociology at Los Angeles Valley College, whose primary research interests are stratification and education with an emphasis on culture.
Inequality is divided into two parts. The first deals with basic theoretical concepts, while the second is the application of these concepts to different topics. This two-part structure provides a didactic and easy-to-follow series of chapters. The book consists of 14 chapters and is easy to use in a class for a semester. Each chapter is "filled with contemporary statistical evidence" and has a summary, detailed external references in text boxes, and a list of key concepts. The chapters also provide "questions for thought" and are equipped with exercises (p. xxi). In addition, as our digitalised world now seems to require, Inequality is linked to online resources on the publisher's website. These resources provide illustrations of all the figures and tables in the book, slides for lectures, questions to be posed by instructors, and sample syllabi that make the life of students, teachers and interested readers easier.
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December 20, 2022
For the second time in three days, Lionel Messi has claimed a world title.
After leading Argentina to victory over France in the soccer World Cup final on Sunday, a post celebrating his win became the most-liked Instagram post in the platform’s history on Tuesday.
The post, which shows the 35-year-old and his teammates smiling and cheering after their nail-biting win in Qatar, has attracted over 62 million likes as of Tuesday morning.
His haul smashes the previous record set in 2019 by a picture of an egg shared on Instagram in a deliberate effort to replace Kylie Jenner as the most popular post on the site. Jenner’s post announcing the birth of her daughter, Stormi, in February 2018, has garnered 18 million likes.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmUv48DLvxd/
Lionel Messi's World Cup Pic Becomes Most-Liked Instagram Post Ever
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lionel-messis-instagram-pic-replaces-an-egg-as-most-liked-postFor the second time in three days, Lionel Messi has claimed a world title.
After leading Argentina to victory over France in the soccer World Cup final on Sunday, a post celebrating his win became the most-liked Instagram post in the platform’s history on Tuesday.
The post, which shows the 35-year-old and his teammates smiling and cheering after their nail-biting win in Qatar, has attracted over 62 million likes as of Tuesday morning.
His haul smashes the previous record set in 2019 by a picture of an egg shared on Instagram in a deliberate effort to replace Kylie Jenner as the most popular post on the site. Jenner’s post announcing the birth of her daughter, Stormi, in February 2018, has garnered 18 million likes.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmUv48DLvxd/
December 20, 2022
Online retail giant Amazon has reached a settlement with the European Union in two antitrust cases over its treatment of third-party sellers.
The company will avoid having to pay a fine as part of the settlement, but it has agreed to change certain business practices that regulators flagged as harmful, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Regulators had accused the company of violating anti-competition law by weaponizing non-public data on sellers in order to give its own rival products a competitive edge. Amazon was also accused of treating sellers unfairly when ranking them for the website’s “buy box” program.
“The Commission found that Amazon’s final commitments will ensure that Amazon does not use marketplace seller data for its own retail operations and that it grants non-discriminatory access to Buy Box and Prime,” the European Commission said in a statement.
Read it at The Wall Street Journal
Amazon Escapes Fines in EU Antitrust Settlement
https://www.thedailybeast.com/amazon-escapes-fines-in-eu-antitrust-settlementOnline retail giant Amazon has reached a settlement with the European Union in two antitrust cases over its treatment of third-party sellers.
The company will avoid having to pay a fine as part of the settlement, but it has agreed to change certain business practices that regulators flagged as harmful, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Regulators had accused the company of violating anti-competition law by weaponizing non-public data on sellers in order to give its own rival products a competitive edge. Amazon was also accused of treating sellers unfairly when ranking them for the website’s “buy box” program.
“The Commission found that Amazon’s final commitments will ensure that Amazon does not use marketplace seller data for its own retail operations and that it grants non-discriminatory access to Buy Box and Prime,” the European Commission said in a statement.
Read it at The Wall Street Journal
December 20, 2022
Australian studios Architectus, Durbach Block Jaggers, Tyrrell Studio, Youssofzay + Hart, Akira Isogawa, Yerrabingin, Finding Infinity, and Arup have unveiled a redesign to Powerhouse Ultimo in Sydney. The redesign of the contemporary museum will see its exhibition spaces, including standard, immersive, and learning exhibition areas expanded alongside the addition of a public square and creative studios.
According to the team, the building references the heritage of the city and specifically a local sandstone escarpment. Visualisations of the structure show it with a permeable and open ground level that is enveloped by a series of angular columns. Above the glazed ground level, renders show the upper levels of the building wrapped in brick and punctuated by geometric-shaped and angular windows.
"The new building casts a reimagined lens on the heritage fabrics and cityscapes from multiple levels of this escarpment – from uses, circulation, terraces and gardens." "Respectful and immediate, the reimagined building lives alongside the Powerhouse core, a powerful embodiment of both geography and backdrop," Ms Block said. "With a bold, defined approach to country-centred design that is sensitive to the heritage of the site, and inspired by the memory of local sandstone escarpment, the winning scheme is in essence an acknowledgement of country in practice," said Powerhouse director, first nations, Emily McDaniel.
Founded in 1979, Powerhouse Ultimo is a contemporary museum located in Sydney's inner-city suburb of Ultimo. Architectus, Durbach Block Jaggers, Tyrrell Studio, Youssofzay + Hart, Akira Isogawa, Yerrabingin, Finding Infinity, and Arup were selected from a competition that called for the redesign of the building that would position it as a global cultural destination.
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Sydney's Powerhouse Ultimo museum set to be housed in "sandstone escarpment"
https://www.dezeen.com/2022/12/14/powerhouse-ultimo-museum-competition-sydney-australia/Australian studios Architectus, Durbach Block Jaggers, Tyrrell Studio, Youssofzay + Hart, Akira Isogawa, Yerrabingin, Finding Infinity, and Arup have unveiled a redesign to Powerhouse Ultimo in Sydney. The redesign of the contemporary museum will see its exhibition spaces, including standard, immersive, and learning exhibition areas expanded alongside the addition of a public square and creative studios.
According to the team, the building references the heritage of the city and specifically a local sandstone escarpment. Visualisations of the structure show it with a permeable and open ground level that is enveloped by a series of angular columns. Above the glazed ground level, renders show the upper levels of the building wrapped in brick and punctuated by geometric-shaped and angular windows.
"The new building casts a reimagined lens on the heritage fabrics and cityscapes from multiple levels of this escarpment – from uses, circulation, terraces and gardens." "Respectful and immediate, the reimagined building lives alongside the Powerhouse core, a powerful embodiment of both geography and backdrop," Ms Block said. "With a bold, defined approach to country-centred design that is sensitive to the heritage of the site, and inspired by the memory of local sandstone escarpment, the winning scheme is in essence an acknowledgement of country in practice," said Powerhouse director, first nations, Emily McDaniel.
Founded in 1979, Powerhouse Ultimo is a contemporary museum located in Sydney's inner-city suburb of Ultimo. Architectus, Durbach Block Jaggers, Tyrrell Studio, Youssofzay + Hart, Akira Isogawa, Yerrabingin, Finding Infinity, and Arup were selected from a competition that called for the redesign of the building that would position it as a global cultural destination.
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December 20, 2022
Visitors to the Gösta Serlachius Museum of Contemporary Art in Mänttä, Finland, can relax in this lakeside sauna and lounge complex designed by Mendoza Partida and BAX Studio. The Art Sauna is the latest addition to the museum, which since its original extension in 2014 has sought to provide a visitor experience that brings together landscape, art and architecture.
Barcelona-based architects Héctor Mendoza and Mara Partida of Mendoza Partida, together with Boris Bezan of BAX Studio and local firm Planetary Architecture, won an international competition in 2011 to extend the museum dedicated to presenting the art collection of Gösta Serlachius (1876-1942), owner of one of Finland's biggest paper industries. The brief for the Art Sauna was to apply the same logic and sensibility to a building that celebrates the importance of the sauna in traditional Finnish culture.
"Serlachius Foundation is known for its support of Finnish art and culture," Mendoza and Partida told Dezeen. "Sauna is a very important element in Finnish culture and the new Art Sauna would be a continuation of the art journey, now on a very domestic, and intimate scale."
The building is located in the south sector of the park that surrounds the museum, at a point chosen because of its proximity to the water and clear views across the lake. A path leads visitors towards the sauna, which is partially embedded in the landscape so it is mostly hidden from view until the final approach. The building is set on a plinth of artificial stone that emphasises its connection to the earth. Retaining walls help to shape the interior spaces, creating patios that introduce light and views.
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Nature-informed cylindrical Art Sauna opens at Finnish museum
https://www.dezeen.com/2022/12/12/mendoza-partida-bax-studio-art-sauna-finnish-museum/Visitors to the Gösta Serlachius Museum of Contemporary Art in Mänttä, Finland, can relax in this lakeside sauna and lounge complex designed by Mendoza Partida and BAX Studio. The Art Sauna is the latest addition to the museum, which since its original extension in 2014 has sought to provide a visitor experience that brings together landscape, art and architecture.
Barcelona-based architects Héctor Mendoza and Mara Partida of Mendoza Partida, together with Boris Bezan of BAX Studio and local firm Planetary Architecture, won an international competition in 2011 to extend the museum dedicated to presenting the art collection of Gösta Serlachius (1876-1942), owner of one of Finland's biggest paper industries. The brief for the Art Sauna was to apply the same logic and sensibility to a building that celebrates the importance of the sauna in traditional Finnish culture.
"Serlachius Foundation is known for its support of Finnish art and culture," Mendoza and Partida told Dezeen. "Sauna is a very important element in Finnish culture and the new Art Sauna would be a continuation of the art journey, now on a very domestic, and intimate scale."
The building is located in the south sector of the park that surrounds the museum, at a point chosen because of its proximity to the water and clear views across the lake. A path leads visitors towards the sauna, which is partially embedded in the landscape so it is mostly hidden from view until the final approach. The building is set on a plinth of artificial stone that emphasises its connection to the earth. Retaining walls help to shape the interior spaces, creating patios that introduce light and views.
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