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Bill Hellmuth, chairman and CEO of HOK, dies at 69

2 years 7 months ago
Bill Hellmuth, chairman and CEO of St. Louis-based architecture giant HOK Inc. and the backbone of the firm's presence in Washington, D.C., died April 6 after a long illness, HOK announced. He was 69. Hellmuth had a hand in the design of dozens of buildings in Greater Washington, including Constitution Square, D.C.'s Consolidated Forensic Laboratory, the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center and the National Center for Weather and Climate Prediction. "He was a whirlwind of…
Tristan Navera

NPR Says Enough Is Enough: Quits Twitter

2 years 7 months ago
The only surprising thing here is that it took this long: NPR has officially announced that it has quit Twitter. This is in response to Elon’s chaotic decision to first label the account “state-affiliated media,” a label that was designed to help users understand if a media organization was actually a dedicated mouthpiece of the […]
Mike Masnick

Judge rules that Fox News is a lying sack of shit*

2 years 7 months ago
Yesterday the judge in the Dominion lawsuit against Fox News, Eric Davis, learned something new: Fox Corp. had asserted since Dominion filed its lawsuit in 2021 that Rupert Murdoch had no official role at Fox News....But on Easter Sunday, Fox disclosed to Dominion’s attorneys that Murdoch also is “executive chair” at Fox News. Davis was ...continue reading "Judge rules that Fox News is a lying sack of shit*"
Kevin Drum

Why does inflation still seem so high? It’s all about food.

2 years 7 months ago
The Washington Post reports that consumers are still feeling battered by inflation: Although inflation has slowly cooled from last summer’s highs, price pressures continue to feel like an uphill battle for consumers, politicians and policymakers alike. Many say recent strides have been too spotty to offer much relief, even as annual price growth has slowed ...continue reading "Why does inflation still seem so high? It’s all about food."
Kevin Drum