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Last Fall I found out that I can't have kids naturally, that I was essentially born with a natural vasectomy. I fell into a deep depression and, for a while, I felt that my life had very little meaning. I wrote about the experience of my diagnosis and surgery for @inversedotcom
It was such a pleasure to work with @benashwell to publish his essay charting what it was like to learn he couldn't have children naturally.
Through honesty, humor, and vulnerability Ben explains a part of infertility too often ignored. #longread inverse.com/mind-body/male-i…
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Jane Goodall, renowned conservationist and primatologist, died at 91 years old, her institute announced. Goodall spoke at WSJ's Journal House in one of her last recorded interviews: “We can choose what sort of impact we make.”
Watch her interview: on.wsj.com/4pKJNPf
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Watch live: @federalreserve governor Christopher Waller speaks with @nicktimiraos at WSJ's CFO Network Summit in New York xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1BRJjmdoV…
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Watch live: Acting @SECGov Chairman Mark Uyeda speaks at WSJ's CFO Network Summit in New York xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1YpKkBbaZ…
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Watch Live: @sffed President @marydalyecon speaks with WSJ’s @NickTimiraos at Tech Live about recent interest-rate cuts and the Fed’s view of the state of the economy xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1MnGnDLzP…
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Scoop: @GavinNewsom just vetoed SB 1047
He does plan to work on a more comprehensive AI bill next year wsj.com/tech/ai/californias-…
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New from me: OpenAI’s shift to a for-profit business could deliver generational wealth for employees. But this shift to a potentially $150b company has triggered significant tensions behind the scenes, per people in and around the company.
wsj.com/tech/ai/open-ai-divi…
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The Federal Reserve cut rates by 50 bps.
The median projection has two more 25 bps rate cuts in 2024, for a total of 100 bps this year.
Fed governor Miki Bowman dissented in favor of a smaller 25 bps cut. It's the first dissent by a *governor* since 2005.
All three seasons of @InTheDarkTNY are spectacular. I just finished season three and am in awe of @madeleinebaran @sfreemark and team. Please listen. This is exceptional investigative journalism, exceptional storytelling and exceptionally upsetting.
In 2005, U.S. Marines killed 24 people in Haditha, Iraq—men, women, and children. It became one of the most high-profile war-crimes prosecutions in American history, until it fell apart. The latest season of In the Dark asks: What happened? nyer.cm/a9ujwTL
The best news imaginable. Evan is free!
#IStandWithEvan
Breaking: Russia freed wrongly convicted WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of the largest and most complex East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War on.wsj.com/4cheS5q
Please help us @WSJ to keep Evan Gershkovich visible. His conviction and sentencing is completely outrageous and unacceptable. Journalism is not a crime.
#IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan
🧵On March 29, 2023, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job.
He was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison today.
We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan 🧵
wsj.com/Evan
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🧵On March 29, 2023, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job.
He remains in a Russian prison.
We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan 🧵
wsj.com/Evan
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It began with a mysterious tip in 2016 and it ended with a President being found guilty of a crime for the first time in history.
On our podcast today: how the @WSJ uncovered the story that led to Trump’s conviction. With @joe_palazzolo + @coryramey spotify.link/9dKTU9bA3Jb
One day is too long. One year is inconceivable. And yet, Evan Gershkovich is still in prison. Journalism is not a crime. We all support Evan and continue to advocate for his release.
#IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan
Here is an early look at the front page of a special section wrapping today's Wall Street Journal on.wsj.com/3vyw07m
Today we joined our @wsj colleagues around the world in a run for Evan Gershkovich, our colleague. This Friday marks one year since his unjust arrest in Russia. We continue to advocate for Evan’s immediate release. Journalism is not a crime.
#IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan
Photos from our 3-mile run here in San Francisco in honor of our colleague Evan Gershkovich (@evangershkovich).
Evan has been unjustly detained in a Russian prison for almost 1 full year now with no end in sight.
He deserves to come home. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan
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March 29 marks one year since Even was seized by Russian authorities for doing his job. A year of missed birthdays, holidays, family celebrations, friends. A year without his exceptional journalism. Rest assured, this newsroom will not stop until he is free. #IStandWithEvan
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When pictures speak louder than words. #IStandWithEvan
(Photo credit: Richard Pohle/The Times)
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For his immigrant family, Gershkovich’s detention shattered a belief that their son could chase his American dream in the country of his heritage. Perhaps the cruelest irony is that Gershkovich loved Russian culture. Time's cover today on the fight to free Evan. #IStandWithEvan
