Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

China Rolls Out Childcare Subsidy to Boost Birth Rate. The US could do better.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China Rolls Out Childcare Subsidy to Boost Birth Rate

China announced that it will start handing out childcare subsidies across the nation, in its latest push to boost birthrates after a worrying drop in recent years.

www.bloomberg.com

1

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

flowingdata.com/2025/07/28/a...

Analysis of all the words used on NYC streets

Yufeng Zhao extracted words found in millions of publicly available Google Street View images between 2007 and 2024. He made a search engine for the scraped data so that you can see where the words…

flowingdata.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

6th straight US sales decline speak loud & clear about an upcoming recession.

finance.yahoo.com/news/starbuc...

Starbucks set to report 6th straight US sales decline as CEO Brian Niccol continues turnaround efforts

Starbucks is in the midst of a major turnaround in the US, and analysts don't expect to see the company break its streak of negative sales growth this week.

finance.yahoo.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. 80 % of cases are preventable: Daily exercise and healthy diet. Forget about all the rest. It's that simple.

www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Guest column | I’m a cardiologist. Here are 10 science-based ways to prevent heart disease.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. But about 80 percent of cases are considered preventable.

www.washingtonpost.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

Who ordered Epstein's murder?

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Jeffrey Epstein controversy isn’t going away for Donald Trump. In fact, it seems ramping up. “Dangling bits of red meat no longer satisfies. They want the whole steak dinner and will accept nothing else.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

What to know about the metastasizing Jeffrey Epstein controversy

It’s consumed Washington for weeks. Here’s why.

www.washingtonpost.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Jeffrey Epstein controversy isn’t going away for Donald Trump. In fact, it seems ramping up. “Dangling bits of red meat no longer satisfies. They want the whole steak dinner and will accept nothing else.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

What to know about the metastasizing Jeffrey Epstein controversy

It’s consumed Washington for weeks. Here’s why.

www.washingtonpost.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Scotland protests Trump – with wit, bite and bagpipes

Locals in Scotland, long annoyed by Trump’s golf courses, expressed their outrage as the president visited for the weekend.

www.washingtonpost.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

Trump fumes as Epstein scandal dominates headlines.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump fumes as Epstein scandal dominates headlines, overshadows agenda

The White House and Justice Department’s response to the crisis has been driven by no clear strategy other than asking the country to forget it and move on, multiple people close to the situation told...

www.washingtonpost.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

Tragic indeed!

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

Gold's meteoric rise from $2,000 to $3,400 highlights fiscal debt concerns feeding the flight to safer assets which points to a possible market crash any time now. finance.yahoo.com/news/gold-pr...

Gold price to stay above $3,000/oz as flight to safety endures- Reuters poll

(Reuters) -Global trade and fiscal debt concerns are feeding into a flight to safer assets, sharpening gold's edge as a haven from risk, prompting analysts in a Reuters poll to sharply raise their for...

finance.yahoo.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

TACO is now TAED.

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

A new deadline while Putin's atrocities continue with impunity! finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...

Trump says he will give Putin new 10-12 day truce deadline

(Bloomberg) -- US President Donald Trump said he would cut the timeline for Russian leader Vladimir Putin to reach a truce with Ukraine or face potential economic penalties, ramping up pressure on Mos...

finance.yahoo.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

A new deadline while Putin's atrocities continue with impunity! finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...

Trump says he will give Putin new 10-12 day truce deadline

(Bloomberg) -- US President Donald Trump said he would cut the timeline for Russian leader Vladimir Putin to reach a truce with Ukraine or face potential economic penalties, ramping up pressure on Mos...

finance.yahoo.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

In the end, a tree is known by its fruits, even if it tries to hide them. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Who does America think it is? Next year, we might find out.

From our 50th birthday to next year’s 250th, Americans have asked who we are as a nation.

www.washingtonpost.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

If drivers learn to steer out of skids, to drive over sheets of ice, to understand weight transfer, tire contact patch, braking, steering and acceleration, we can change the narrative and save thousands of lives each year. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | 845,000 dead on U.S. highways. Why not address the main cause?

We need to ramp up the standards for road tests and train people to be better drivers.

www.washingtonpost.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

Is your workplace culture visible or buried like the beauty of this carpet? www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DL4...

www.youtube.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

YOU asked for it, you've GOT it! x.com/maria48308/s...

ML Smith on X: "We’re all paying for it. 😡 No thanks to you MAGA. 😡 https://t.co/a4hIBJYhnw" / X

We’re all paying for it. 😡 No thanks to you MAGA. 😡 https://t.co/a4hIBJYhnw

x.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

When it's not your day, you are immortal! youtube.com/shorts/64Rgg...

SI TE APARECIO, SUSCRIBETE #viral

YouTube video by Lemu Jake

youtube.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 27

Oil traders are grappling with a tension — there’s a growing chorus of warnings about the market weakening later this year and into 2026. finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-pri...

Oil prices caught between a $70 summer and growing surplus fears

(Bloomberg) -- Oil traders are grappling with a tension — there’s a growing chorus of warnings about the market weakening later this year and into 2026, but for now prices are holding strong near $70 ...

finance.yahoo.com

jcwandemberg.bsky.social @jcwandemberg.bsky.social · Jul 27

Whatever Trump does to deflect and distract from the Jeffrey Epstein morass only deepens the suspicions — including those about the two men’s relationship. www.cnn.com/2025/07/27/p...