“In all likelihood, in the next 25 years, we’ll find evidence of life on another planet,” Dave Eggers writes in Opinions. “And yet this is not front-page news.” Eggers didn’t really know how close we were to this milestone until he visited what is known as “Disneyland for nerds”:
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“Maybe turning tradition upside down would balm my existential discomfort,” Daniel Pink writes in Opinions. “Maybe redirecting the birthday arrow toward generosity would replenish my soul with gratitude. Maybe a project would divert me from counting gray hairs.” Check out the latest “Why Not?” newsletter:
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Exclusive: The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant is pursuing a $1.6 billion federal loan guarantee to help finance its plan to restart the Pennsylvania facility and sell the electricity to Microsoft to power data centers.
Three Mile Island owner seeks taxpayer backing for Microsoft AI deal
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The forced proximity of lockdown led to a lot of breakups. But it reminded this duo why they chose each other in the first place.
A divorced couple cohabitated during the pandemic — and fell back in love
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"Should I have given exceptional rankings to a former employee to boost his chance of getting hired?" Karla L. Miller writes: There’s a time for grading on a curve and a time for boosting. If you want to help this guy land a job, you should be hyping him to the moon.
Column | Work Advice: How honest should a reference be for a laid-off employee?
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Once a year, Ursula Bannister climbs to High Rock Lookout, a viewpoint near Ashford, Wash., where she scattered her mother’s ashes 23 years ago. She brings flowers for her annual visit. Bannister, 79, usually hikes with a family member or friend along the 3.2 mile trail, which is a relatively difficult trek. This year, on Aug. 28, Bannister went on her own, figuring she’d be fine because she’s an experienced hiker. Bannister arrived at the trail around 11 a.m. and made her way to the lookout. As she headed back down, she made a misstep, and her foot got caught on a hole in the ground. She fell forward. Two young men at the lookout came over to see what was going on. When they saw Bannister on the ground in agony, they immediately made an offer: They could carry Bannister to the bottom of the trail.
Woman, 79, fell while hiking. A stranger carried her for hours on his back.
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In a recent interview, Opinion columnist Heather Long asked J.P. Morgan chairman and chief executive Jamie Dimon if he would consider serving as treasury secretary. Watch his answer and read his recent op-ed here: https://wapo.st/3WWsv5z
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A federal judge will allow a temporary restraining order that prevented President Joe Biden from discharging student loan debt for more than 25 million Americans to expire Thursday, clearing the way for the administration to move forward with the plan. The decision delivers a small victory in the Biden administration’s ongoing fight to alleviate federal student loan debt, and a much-needed win after a series of legal challenges have stymied those efforts. Student debt relief has become highly politicized and divisive as conservatives seek to dismantle plans they say unfairly burden taxpayers and are a naked attempt at swaying voters.
Biden student loan forgiveness may proceed after small win in lawsuit
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“If we do pass legislation that’s regulating AI, this should be one of the issues that we address,” Joseph Gordon-Levitt, an actor, writer and director and the founder of HITRECORD, tells Post Opinions. https://wapo.st/3Y8fW7y
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OpenAI has finalized a $6.6 billion funding round from investors who valued the company at $157 billion — the latest in a series of dramatic and sometimes polarizing moves for the ChatGPT maker.
OpenAI gets $6.6 billion in new funding, valuing company at $157 billion
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