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Back to The Ballroom: Yacht Rock Night

On Sept. 29, 2026, the “Dancing with the Stars” ballroom transformed into relaxing vibes and good times for yacht rock night. While there was smooth sailing, the 13 couples experienced some turmoil on the dance floor.

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Oct 5 • 8:01 AM EDT • Entertainment • wcuquad.com
The AI Advantage Minnesota Has Been Building for Decades

Software companies used to defend themselves in a handful of reliable ways. They built useful features, made their products easy to use and counted on the hassle of switching platforms to keep their customers from leaving. A new company that wanted to compete had to invest months, sometimes even years, of engineering time to catch

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Oct 5 • 7:46 AM EDT • Business • tcbmag.com
MLB playoff schedule: It’s American League Monday

The National League had the MLB playoff stage to itself on Sunday, but while those four teams switch cities, Monday belongs to the American League Division Series, with a pair of Games 2 in Cleveland and St. Petersburg. Major League Baseball in recent years has started the Division Series round with all four series playing […]

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Oct 5 • 7:46 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Small businesses need to leverage home field advantage with SEO

Small and mid-sized businesses no longer just compete with the company down the street.

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Oct 5 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • wbjournal.com
'The Outsiders' review: A dynamic staging at the Hollywood Pantages

'The Outsiders,' winner of the 2024 Tony for best musical and based on the classic S.E. Hinton novel, has its L.A. premiere at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.

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Oct 5 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
DCCC names Pearson to ‘Red to Blue’ class in effort to hold TN-9: Exclusive

The DCCC added Justin Pearson to its Red to Blue program, hoping to defeat Republican Brent Taylor and keep control of TN-9.

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Oct 5 • 5:06 AM EDT • Politics • knoxnews.com
Pee Dee business leaders worry poor infrastructure, workforce shortages will limit economic growth

Pee Dee business leaders have high ambitions to expand commercially and develop the region, but many also worry that utility and infrastructure issues could limit economic growth.

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Oct 5 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • postandcourier.com
How the pursuit of science also serves modernity

Much of science is in the service of modernity, producing remarkable short-term advantages for humans generally at the expense of the rest of the community of life.

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Oct 5 • 4:00 AM EDT • Science • resilience.org
GraceArts Live sets sail with ‘The Pirates of Penzance’

Pirates, romance and a particularly inconvenient birthday will take the stage in Lake Havasu City this month as GraceArts Live opens Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta “The Pirates of Penzance.”

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Oct 5 • 3:49 AM EDT • Entertainment • havasunews.com
Stages SB200 Indoor Smartbike In-Depth Review: Redemption?

In this review I cover whether the SB200 is a worthwhile upgrade over the existing SB20, as well as everything you need to know from ride feel to accuracy.

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Oct 5 • 3:20 AM EDT • Technology • dcrainmaker.com
Malick Thiaw’s Clean Sheet Double For Germany Under Klopp

The Newcastle defender solidified his place in Jurgen Klopp’s new-look backline, showcasing elite composure and tactical growth while anchoring two dominant shutouts on the international stage.

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Oct 5 • 3:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Where to watch Sixers vs. Knicks today: Channel, live stream, time, TV schedule for NBA preseason game

It's Philadelphia vs. New York to open the preseason, with LeBron James taking center stage.

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Oct 5 • 3:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A surgeon shortage creates challenges in rural communities

Over a third of counties in the U.S. reportedly have no general surgeons

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Oct 5 • 2:00 AM EDT • Health • theweek.com
Bryce Young carves up Detroit's secondary on Sunday night

Bryce Young took advantage of Detroit's porous secondary on Sunday night, passing for 329 yards and a pair of scores.

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Oct 5 • 1:47 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
[World Class] Sookmyung bets Hallyu’s next stage is academia, not just entertainment

Behind each university’s global ambitions are choices about what to preserve, what to develop and where to go next. In “World Class,” The Korea Herald interview

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Oct 5 • 12:36 AM EDT • Entertainment • koreaherald.com
Pub owner next to Jeff Daniels' new bistro says his business damaged

Pat Cleary, owner of Cleary's Pub in Chelsea, says construction of Jeff Daniels' JD's Stage Bistro next door has caused structural damage to his pub.

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Oct 5 • 12:02 AM EDT • Business • detroitnews.com
Honor Magic 9 series global launch scheduled for January 2027

Honor Magic 9 series is set to hit the global launch stage in January 2027. As per the company’s official announcement, the flagship smartphone is coming to overseas markets, starting in Europe early next year after a successful Chinese launch. Magic 9 series made its debut in China last week, and Honor has begun preparing […]

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Oct 4 • 10:49 PM EDT • Technology • huaweicentral.com
Brazils presidential race heads to Lula–Bolsonaro run-off as right gains ground

Now there are two: Brazil heads into a runoff after a first round that failed to fully energize voters, setting the stage for a more polarized contest that Washington is watching very closely.

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Oct 4 • 10:31 PM EDT • Politics • opb.org
CHRISTUS Health Plan to withdraw from Medicare Advantage

TEXARKANA, Texas -- Thousands of East Texas seniors with CHRISTUS Medicare Advantage plans will need to find a new provider for coverage by Dec. 7 this year.

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Oct 4 • 9:51 PM EDT • Health • kten.com
They survived World War II and lost decades, but not 2026. Japan's century-old businesses are disappearing at a record pace

Japan’s century-old businesses face mounting pressures from rising costs, labor shortages, a shrinking market and succession challenges.

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Oct 4 • 9:08 PM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
Brazil's presidential race heads to Lula–Bolsonaro run-off as right gains ground

Now there are two: Brazil heads into a runoff after a first round that failed to fully energize voters, setting the stage for a more polarized contest that Washington is watching very closely.

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Oct 4 • 8:17 PM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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WHO joins Pre-COP31 to advance climate action that delivers for people’s health

The World Health Organization (WHO) is joining Pacific leaders, governments and partners at Pre-COP31 in Fiji from 5 to 8 October to advance health priorities in climate action and strengthen the Pacific voice ahead of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).COP31, to be held next month in Antalya, Türkiye, marks an important step for global climate and health action. Health is one of the 10 priority themes of the COP31 Action Agenda, “Dynamic and Resilient Health Systems”, and a dedicated Health Day will take place on 9 November, the first day of COP31. The inclusion of health reflects growing global recognition that climate action and health are closely connected. The climate crisis is affecting population health globally. Across the WHO Western Pacific Region, which includes Pacific island countries and areas, the consequences of climate change include extreme heat, cyclones, floods, rising sea levels, food and water insecurity, infectious diseases and disruptions to essential health services. The Pacific in particular faces additional challenges. A recent review of 76 hospitals in 14 Pacific island countries found that 62% of health facilities are located within 500 metres of the sea or a river, leaving them particularly exposed to flooding, storm surges and sea-level rise.Bringing Pacific priorities to the global climate agendaThe Pacific Pre-COP31 provides an important opportunity for Pacific countries and partners to consolidate regional priorities and bring the experiences and leadership of Pacific communities into global climate discussions.Pacific countries have been advancing practical approaches to protect health in a changing climate, including strengthening climate-resilient health systems, improving preparedness for extreme weather events, building resilient health infrastructure and mobilizing climate finance for health. “This Pre-COP is an important moment for the Pacific, bringing global climate discussions to a region that has long been at the forefront of the climate crisis. It provides an opportunity for Pacific countries and areas to set their priorities, experiences and leadership on the global stage, and to ensure that the realities of Pacific communities are genuinely reflected in the decisions made on climate action,” said Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific.Throughout this week, WHO will co-convene and participate in high-level discussions and events focused on climate and health, climate resilience, adaptation, financing and implementation. “Climate finance is essential for resilient and healthy Pacific communities,” emphasized Dr Mark Jacobs, WHO Representative to the South Pacific and Director of Pacific Technical Support. “We must ensure that financing reaches the people, communities and essential services most exposed to climate risks, supporting locally defined priorities and investments.”WHO will work with partners to strengthen the integration of health considerations across climate policies and investments, including national climate plans and resilience initiatives.Health as a driver of climate actionAmid the risks to health and pressures on health systems, well-strategized and implemented climate action can deliver significant health benefits. Investments in clean energy, sustainable transport, resilient infrastructure, food systems and nature-based solutions have proven to reduce health risks while contributing to climate mitigation and adaptation.“Climate action is truly an investment in health. Cleaner energy, healthier food systems and climate-resilient health services can protect lives while building stronger communities. We now need to turn these opportunities into action and make health a core part of climate investments,” said Dr Sandro Demaio, Director and Head of Office, WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region. “These benefits demonstrate that climate action is not only about reducing future risks. It is also an opportunity to improve lives today while building healthier, safer and more resilient societies.”At COP31 next month, WHO will also support the Health Pavilion, which will bring together the global health community and partners to advance health and equity within climate negotiations. With COP31 poised to move health higher on the global climate agenda, WHO will continue working with countries and partners across the Western Pacific Region and globally to strengthen climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems, and ensure that climate action protects and improves people’s health.____________________Media contactsElizabeth Bennett, WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region, elizabeth.bennett@who.intJulia Dongwhan Shin, WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region, dong.shin@who.intWHO Western Pacific Communications, wprocom@who.int

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Oct 4 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • who.int
2TB MicroSD Express card leaks, providing Switch 2 storage for 100+ games

With some Switch 2 games creating a storage dilemma, help is on the way. Suneast is marketing a 2TB MicroSD Express card without a release date or price. Amid the memory shortage, 1TB cards already cost Nintendo supporters over $300.

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Oct 4 • 7:57 PM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
Inside the Trump administration’s UFO hunt

In 2022, the Pentagon took part in the first congressional hearing in more than a half-century to focus on military reports of unexplained phenomena.

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Oct 4 • 6:01 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Portugal move into Nations League knockout stage, Germany held

Portugal became the first team to reach the quarter-finals of the Nations League when they beat Norway 2-1 on Sunday, but Jurgen Klopp's Germany were frustrated by Greece.

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Oct 4 • 5:42 PM EDT • Business • starcitytv.com
Italian Heritage Day returns to Rochester with food, entertainment, and language lessons

The fourth annual Italian Heritage Day returned to the Rochester Public Market.

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Oct 4 • 5:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • whec.com
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Seahawks take advantage of Chargers' second turnover, lead 7-3

Justin Herbert threw an interception to Drake Thomas on the first play from scrimmage.

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Oct 4 • 4:56 PM EDT • Sports • nbcsports.com
As Music Instrument Buyers Go Upscale, Fender Overhauls Online Experience

Fender is revamping its online presence amid a shifting market for musical instruments moving toward premium offerings, vintage sounds, and online sales and information.

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Oct 4 • 3:35 PM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
VisionQuest and 6 other new fantasy & science fiction shows to watch in October 2026

It's the season of ghosts, ghouls, and pumpkin spice...yet while horror takes center stage in media, that doesn't mean there isn't still plenty of exciting new

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Oct 4 • 3:27 PM EDT • Science • winteriscoming.net
Dark Sheik Walked Out On GCW Over Drake Wuertz - Fightful | WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News

At GCW Homecoming in August, Drake Wuertz made a surprise appearance, helping Joseph Sawyer win the GCW Title.

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Oct 4 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • fightful.com
Bronny James Speaks on Reuniting With Ziaire Williams on Lakers

James says it is great to have his old high school teammate back in the building, and he thinks Los Angeles is the right stage for him.

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Oct 4 • 1:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Booked, busy and really pregnant: 'Verity' star Anne Hathaway's nonstop year of blockbusters

Hathaway's Instagram bio — a casual list of the five films she's starred in this year — is further proof of how busy she's been.

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Oct 4 • 1:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Science Education Takes the Main Stage at the Fairgrounds Event

The October 10th Celebrate Science event will feature hands-on STEM activities and exhibits. Rick Crosslin, a lifelong STEM educator and scientist in residence for the Wayne Township School System, says he became especially involved in science education in central Indiana after seeing how much interest there was among both students and teachers throughout his career. […]

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Oct 4 • 12:53 PM EDT • Science • wishtv.com
Hispanic Heritage Month has culture meet care amid AHA latest studies

Hispanic Heritage Month offers communities across the country a vital opportunity to come together in celebration of culture, art, and history. But health advocates are using local gatherings to shine a light on a critical health shift affecting millions of families nationwide.

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Oct 4 • 12:39 PM EDT • Health • spectrumlocalnews.com
Jagex Announce RuneScape 4 And Cartoon With MoistCr1tikal

The long running fantasy MMO will receive a major new installment in the future, the first in the mainline series to take advantage of Unreal Engine

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Oct 4 • 11:56 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
SNL Weighs in on GTA 6 vs. The Legend of Zelda With Skit Featuring Jason and Link

SNL weighed in on GTA 6 vs. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake with a new Weekend Update skit featuring video game protagonists Jason Duval and Link.

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Oct 4 • 11:55 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Trump launches ‘Super Intelligence Force’ after calls for AI slowdown

Leaders from the intelligence community, the Pentagon, the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of Personnel Management will serve on the task force.

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Oct 4 • 10:26 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
How Americans’ Financial Health Is Faring In The “K-Shaped” Economy

Hey all, Jason here. Money20/20 is still two weeks away, but I’ve already started packing (not procrastinating for once!). My calendar is already filling up with various sessions I want to catch, meetings, and of course happy hours, dinners, and other side events. If you’ll be in Vegas and want to catch up, let me know by replying to this email, and we can try to find a time amidst the chaos of the Venetian. A big if not totally unexpected piece of news dropped on Friday: the Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade group that represents smaller U.S. banks, filed a lawsuit against the OCC and Comptroller Jonathan Gould, arguing that the regulator’s move to grant trust bank charters to firms seeking to use them to conduct substantial non-fiduciary activities exceeds the authorities granted to the OCC by Congress. I haven’t had time to fully digest the legal filing or speak to folks in my network about it, but you can expect to see coverage and analysis on it in next week’s newsletter. Subscribe or Support by Upgrading The NerdCon agenda just dropped. It’s stacked. Partner content: Nubank built an AI-first bank. Chime built its own banking core. Figure and Valon are rebuilding the mortgage stack. At NerdCon, you’ll hear from the people behind those bets: what they chose, what they learned, and what they’re still figuring out. The agenda is live, with leaders from Nubank, Chime, OpenAI, Remitly, Mercury, Figure, Valon and more. Follow the mainstage conversations, bring the problem your team is wrestling with to a hands-on workshop, or pull up a chair at a roundtable. Pick your quests. Meet us in San Diego, November 18–20. Fintech Business Weekly readers save 20% with code FBW20. Explore the Agenda Things To Know & Other Good Reads Federal Reserve Board finalizes changes to enhance the transparency and public accountability of its stress test and reduce volatility in its stress test-related capital requirements (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship (FDIC) Modernizing Financial Regulation: Initial Observations from eSLR (Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman) The Data Version of Godzilla versus Kong: FRED Takes on AI (Fed Governor Christopher Waller) Financing the AI buildout (Brookings) Q3’26: Rules for Banks but Not for Crypto (Fintech Takes Banking) The Inevitability of Local Stablecoins (Lombard Notes) Delusions of AI Governance: The Human-in-the-Loop Comfort Blanket (Fintech Snark Tank) Stripe agrees to acquire Parafin to expand revenue opportunities for platforms and help small businesses grow (Stripe) Listen: Fighting Fraud in the Age of AI, with SEON’s Tamas Kadar (Fintech Business Weekly) How Americans’ Financial Health Is Faring In The “K-Shaped” Economy If there is one overarching theme across the economy and politics in the U.S. at the moment, it’s “affordability.” The term is vague enough to encompass a panoply of factors shaping Americans’ day-to-day lives: rising costs for the hallmarks of being “middle class,” including healthcare, housing, childcare, and education, inflation and rising interest rates, and a job market with the specter of AI hovering over it. At the same time, policy shifts under the Trump administration have resulted in reduced subsidies to those who get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act and new restrictions on qualifying for Medicaid and SNAP, the impacts of which have yet to be fully felt. These factors are contributing to declining consumer confidence and general dissatisfaction with the economy, despite continuing GDP growth and stock market records. This divergence is encapsulated in the idea of the “K-shaped” economy, in which a small proportion of Americans have seen their wealth balloon, while the majority of American households struggle to preserve the lifestyle they have. Perhaps the greatest determinant of which branch of the “K” a household is on is whether their wealth and income are primarily derived from employment vs. from assets. Nearly two decades of low interest rates and, more recently, elevated rates of inflation have benefited asset owners, while those whose income is primarily or solely derived from labor have largely seen real purchasing power stagnate or decline. This is reflected in recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing that labor share of U.S. GDP — the fraction of economic output that accrues to workers as compensation in exchange for their labor — dropped to just 52.8% in Q2 2026, the lowest since the BLS began keeping records. In 1947, approximately 2/3rds of economic output accrued to workers; even as recently as 2001, labor’s share of GDP was 64.1%. Against this backdrop, we’ve seen the rise of more credit and credit-like products: cash advance apps, “no-fee” overdraft, earned wage access, and buy now pay later, which are often used as small-dollar short-term borrowing mechanisms to meet immediate consumption needs or pay other bills (eg utilities, cell phone, other debt payments). With the markers of a middle class existence and, increasingly, basic financial stability seemingly out of reach for many, it should be no surprise there’s been an increase in “financial nihilism,” something industry peers like Alex Johnson and Frank Rotman have discussed and analyzed the roots of. The explosion of gambling and gambling-adjacent products and services — often marketed under the guise of being an “investment” — is inextricably intertwined with the rise of financial nihilism. Crypto, sports betting, and, more recently, prediction markets offer an escape or even hope of sorts, like a contemporary, digital version of a scratch-off lottery ticket, while leaving the overwhelming number of people who use such products worse off. Share of Households That Are Financially “Vulnerable” Ticks Up The Financial Health Network’s 2026 Financial Health Pulse® report adds context on how American households are faring. (I linked to this report in last week’s newsletter, but wanted to take time to further unpack the data in the report this week.) The Financial Health Network publishes the report annually, providing insight into how Americans’ financial circumstances are changing over time. The 2026 report is derived from a survey fielded in April and May 2026. The report leverages survey responses to assess indicators of financial health across spending, saving, borrowing, and planning/protecting and to determine a zero to 100 “FinHealth” score. Those with scores between 0 and 39 are considered “Financially Vulnerable,” consumers with scores ranging between 40 and 79 are defined as “Financially Coping,” and those with scores of 80 to 100 are “Financially Healthy.” The report found that moderate improvements in 2025 were reversed, with the share of respondents considered financially “vulnerable” rebounding to 17%. The longitudinal data reflect the impact of pandemic-era programs, like expanded unemployment, cash stimulus payments, and pauses of federal student loan payments. The positive impacts of those programs, as reflected in the Financial Health Pulse reports, had largely disappeared by 2023. While pandemic-era inflation — to be fair, in part caused by the various support and stimulus measures — had come down from as high as 9% in 2022, it has rebounded since the start of Trump’s second term, with tariffs and energy market disruptions owing to the war in Iran pushing prices back up. Specific indicators in the survey that deteriorated from 2025 to 2026 include the share of respondents spending less than their income over the past 12 months, the share paying all bills on time over the past 12 months, the share that have a manageable amount or no debt, the share that are “moderately” or “very” confident their insurance is adequate to cover them in an emergency, and the share that “somewhat” or “strongly” agree that their household plans ahead financially. Unsurprisingly, lower- and moderate-income households are more likely to struggle to pay their bills on time and have any funds leftover to save. The share of low-income households whose income exceeded their spending dropped from 35% in 2025 to 31% in 2026, while the share of upper-income households whose income exceeded expenses remained unchanged at 63%. Households with student loans or revolving credit card debt reported having “a bit more” or “far more” debt than was manageable at rates far higher than those not carrying these types of debts. The share of those with student loan debt indicating their debt load was too high to manage increased from 50% in 2025 to 55% in 2026, while the share of those with revolving credit card debt saying the same ticked up from 51% in 2025 to 54% in 2026. Households that had student loans were markedly more likely to be financially “coping” or “vulnerable” vs. those without student loans. In 2026, 27% of households with student loans were considered financially vulnerable, a jump of 6% points vs. 2025. Households without student loans saw just a 1% point increase (not statistically significant) in those considered financially vulnerable. Households’ perception of the affordability of categories of goods and services paints a stark picture, with less than one-fourth considering higher education affordable, about a third deeming childcare affordable, and less than half viewing healthcare as affordable. Fintech Business Weekly is made possible by the generous support of paying subscribers — bringing you independent analysis of banking, fintech, and crypto without fear or favor. You can support my work by becoming a paying subscriber if you aren’t already. Paying subscribers enjoy: access to the entire archive of nearly six years of newsletters extended versions of the weekly newsletter, with additional content and analysis and (for founding member tier) quarterly personal 1:1 fintech Q&A / strategy calls with me, tapping into my unparalleled knowledge of the intersection of banking and fintech and experience working in the sector, including helping to launch Goldman Sachs’ retail bank Marcus Support Fintech Business Weekly You can also support Fintech Business Weekly by sponsoring a newsletter or podcast, putting you in front of 93,000+ of the most influential decision makers in banking, fintech, and crypto. Learn more about sponsor opportunities or request a media kit by dropping me an email. Democratic Senate Report Highlights How Iran Uses Tether to Evade U.S. Sanctions Iran uses stablecoins, specifically Tether, to evade sanctions, fund regional proxies, and to purchase military drones, a report released last week by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations says. The report was authored by committee ranking member Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and the minority staff. Crypto and stablecoin proponents will often push back on criticism that criminals make use of these assets by arguing that, on an absolute dollar basis, far more illicit funds flow through traditional banking systems and payment rails than via crypto and stablecoins. And while that is likely true, it elides the reality presented in news story after news story: whether state actors — Russia, Iran, North Korea — or criminal groups, those looking to engage in illicit transactions increasingly favor stablecoins and, specifically, Tether (USDT). The report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released last week adds context to how Iran uses Tether has a lynchpin in its shadow banking system. The report analyzed 846 wallets that have been sanctioned or targeted for seizure, finding that 84% of them transacted exclusively or primarily in Tether. The ability to create near limitless, anonymous wallets and to move funds effectively instantaneously and irreversibly have made crypto a favored financial mechanism for bad actors. Stablecoins solved key drawbacks of bitcoin, namely, the original cryptocurrency’s highly volatile value in dollars. And while Tether (the company) has the technical ability to “freeze” or destroy funds, the company is often limited and reactive in its approach to doing so, the Senate report argues. Tether, which is nominally based in crypto-friendly El Salvador, “has stated that its compliance with OFAC sanctions is ‘voluntary’ and that it follows ‘OFAC guidelines,’” the Senate report says. Owing to these favorable attributes, Tether “became a primary cryptocurrency for Iran, Hamas, Hizballah, and the Houthis beginning in 2023 and has expanded in scale since,” according to the report. Tether’s role in Iran’s shadow banking system, the report says, is enhanced by crypto exchanges like Bybit, Kyrrex, OKX, Gate, and Binance, and through “over the counter” exchanges and hawala networks. The consequences of these financial flows aren’t hypothetical. The Senate report links Tether as a funds transfer mechanism to Iranian proxies in the region, including Hizballah, the Houthis, and Hamas. Tether has also been used to make payments to secure components necessary to manufacture drones, the report says. The report concludes by arguing that “[s]tablecoin issuers with a significant nexus to the United States, particularly those that offer dollar-denominated stablecoins, should be subject to American sanctions law rather than being allowed to hide behind foreign jurisdictions.” Stablecoin issuers like Tether must be held accountable for repeated failures to prevent illicit finance and sanctions violations by law enforcement, the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and OFAC, the report argues. [Paying Subscriber Exclusive] OUSD Goes Live, Make Your Own Neobank, U.S. Sanctions Russia’s A7 Network As “Transnational Criminal Organization” OpenUSD, the stablecoin issued by the Open Standard consortium that includes Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, core providers, crypto firms, and numerous banks, went live last week. Social commerce platform Whop raised eyebrows in fintech by offering creators on its platform the ability to launch their own neobanks, which the company describes as “great businesses that are easy to run,” in just 15 minutes. And OFAC and FinCEN target Russia’s “shadow banking” A7 Network — more on these stories after the paywall.

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Oct 4 • 8:59 AM EDT • Health • fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com
MLB playoff schedule: NLDS gets the Sunday stage

LOS ANGELES — After a four-game Saturday, the National League has Sunday to itself with a pair of Games 2 of the NLDS first in Milwaukee and then in Los Angeles. After winning Game 1 in 100-degree heat on Saturday afternoon behind Tarik Skubal, the Dodgers turn to Blake Snell for Game 2 in trying […]

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Oct 4 • 8:25 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Nate Bargatze's love of cars and comedy makes Ford gig a perfect fit

Nate Bargatze had barely four hours of sleep when he took the stage at the Ford Accelerate conference at Michigan Central Station in Detroit.

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Oct 4 • 6:07 AM EDT • Entertainment • bradenton.com
Democrats Lead Governor Races Deep in Republican Territory, Polls Show

Democratic advantages in the races for governor in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Alaska reflect deep unhappiness with President Trump and the economy. A Republican leads in Kansas.

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Oct 4 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Festa Italiana, Munson Heritage Festival among this week's big events

Festa Italiana, Munson Heritage Festival, Boo at the Zoo, the Glass & Ceramic Pumpkin Patch and Daniel Tosh are among this week's biggest events.

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Oct 4 • 5:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • pnj.com
Decaf Coffee Might Have A Surprising Advantage Over Caffeinated, Study Finds

A buzz without the buzz.

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Oct 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com
ACO Expansion Might Change The Case For Investing In agilon health Stock (AGL)

In late September 2026, agilon health reported that The Jackson Clinic and Springfield Clinic would expand their partnerships by joining agilon’s Senior Health Connect ACOs. This extends value-based care support to roughly 30,000 additional Traditional Medicare beneficiaries on top of existing Medicare Advantage panels. The moves deepen agilon health’s integration with large multi-specialty groups, tying more senior lives into full-risk accountable care models that rely heavily on the...

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Oct 4 • 4:13 AM EDT • Health • simplywall.st
The 4 biggest red flags to look for in your family medical history

You may know your grandmother had cancer, for example. But do you know what kind and which stage? Or her age when she was diagnosed?

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Oct 4 • 2:58 AM EDT • Health • nbcdfw.com
Portugal vs Norway – Predicted lineup and team news

Portugal and Norway are set to meet again on Sunday in their fourth UEFA Nations League group-stage clash, which also marks the final fixture for both sides during this international window.Portugal a...

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Oct 4 • 2:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
2026 Saw Breakout Stars and Return of Vintage Sandy

Sandy Alcantara reclaimed his ace status and shattered franchise records, leading a resurgent Miami pitching staff fueled by Max Meyer’s All-Star emergence and Eury Pérez’s dominant growth.

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Oct 4 • 12:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Nebraska Football Survives Maryland, Penalties to Stay Undefeated

An odd start and a staggering number of penalties weren't enough to hand the Huskers their first loss of the season.

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Oct 3 • 9:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hawks' Continuity Could Be Their Biggest Eastern Conference Advantage

The Atlanta Hawks largely stood pat while Eastern Conference contenders reshuffled, giving them a continuity edge entering 2026-27.

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Oct 3 • 9:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Marks, Fernández Focus on Positional Size Could Help Nets

Brooklyn’s new leadership is building a towering, free-flowing roster designed to stifle opponents defensively and ignite a stagnant offense through unique mismatches.

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Corey Day On Pole at Las Vegas; Full Focused Health 302 Starting Lineup

Corey Day may have seen his championship outlook become cloudier after a run-in with William Sawalich a few weeks ago, but on Saturday, the Hendrick Motorsports driver secured a significant track position advantage ahead of Saturday night’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Focused Health 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Day took his second career […] The post Corey Day On Pole at Las Vegas; Full Focused Health 302 Starting Lineup appeared first on TobyChristie.com.

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John Green revisits the movie business at ‘Hollywood, Ending’ author event

“Hollywood, Ending,” released Sept. 22, debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list and USA Today’s Best-selling Booklist.

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Rag Tag Team of Biologists Who Lost Funding Because of Trump Turned a Motel Room into Makeshift Lab and Made a Groundbreaking Discovery

A team of biologists brought together by Trump's funding cuts continued their research in a motel room and made a significant discovery.

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New Journal Section Puts Epigenetics on Trial: Ethics, Society and Science Collide

Epigenetics has spent the past two decades promising to rewrite the rules of biology. The idea that chemical tags sitting on top of DNA can switch genes on and off, that these tags can be shaped by diet, stress, pollution and poverty, and that some of them might even be passed

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South Texas Health System (@stxhealthsystem)

1 likes, 1 comments - stxhealthsystem on October 3, 2026: "A Gathering of Compassion, Commitment & Community: The Texas Association of Healthcare Volunteers (TAHV), a statewide organization dedicated to supporting, training and connecting healthcare volunteers, recently held its District 3 Meeting at South Texas Health System Edinburg. Volunteers from across South Texas and the Coastal Bend gathered to learn, share ideas and strengthen the vital role they play in supporting patients, families and healthcare teams throughout their communities. The Auxiliary to STHS (@auxiliarytosths) is made up of more than 350 student and adult volunteers who help enhance the patient experience across the health system. To help make this year's event a success, auxiliary members from hospitals throughout the Rio Grande Valley came together to plan, coordinate and host the annual meeting. We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended and contributed to this inspiring event. Your dedication, compassion and service make a lasting impact in hospitals across the Rio Grande Valley and beyond.".

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Usher posts golf video ahead of El Paso stop. Will he tee off here?

Usher shared an Instagram video on Oct. 2 showing himself golfing in the rain, prompting some speculation that he may already be in the El Paso area.

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Gophers HC PJ Fleck Goes Stage-Diving Off FOX Set

Minnesota Gophers coach PJ Fleck launched himself off the FOX Big Noon Kickoff set and crowd-surfed over fans in maroon and gold before the Michigan game.

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Zach Bryan sparks debate after wearing 'Free Palestine' shirt at venue that barred Macklemore

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Dodgers notes: Attention to detail, Russell Martin, Zach Ehrhard

It’s the start of the Dodgers postseason on Saturday, but here are some related and adjacent stories that aren’t necessarily about the National League Division Series. Andy McCullough at The Athletic wrote about the Dodgers’ place in baseball heading into the postseason, and their role as the main antagonist for many about two months before […]

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Former UCF EDGE Lawrence Continues Productive Start to Rookie Season

Though he hasn't recorded a sack, Dallas's first-round pick leads all rookies in pass rush win rate by translating his versatile UCF skill set to the professional stage.

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Apple weekend deals: MacBook Pro $500 off, AirTag 2, Prime Day HomeKit discounts, MagSafe chargers, more

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Two Democrats Competing to Replace Pelosi, Live Onstage

The two candidates vying to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi in Congress faced off in a live onstage debate at KQED on Oct. 1, moderated by Political Breakdown co-hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos and the San Francisco Chronicle’s Joe Garofoli. City Supervisor Connie Chan and State Senator Scott Wiener presented their visions for the future

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Japan's impact on Mississippi takes center stage with 18,000 jobs

Mississippi leaders and Japanese officials discussed trade, jobs and the future of a key international partnership at Millsaps.

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Getting a taste of stage-door magic at \'Oh, Mary!\' on Broadway [column]

Before this year, the last time I set foot in a Broadway theater was 2007.

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In New Hampshire Senate race, the Democrat faces an unusually tough time

The race’s competitiveness is somewhat surprising in a state that former Vice President Kamala Harris carried by 2.8 percentage points in 2024.

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Pau Cubarsi opens up on Barcelona pressure, mental health and life as a teenager: ‘You have to keep fighting’

Pau Cubarsi has opened up about the demands of becoming a Barcelona first-team player at such a young age, explaining how psychological support helped him during the early stages of his breakthrough.T...

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Hardee’s Friday Night Blitz Week 6

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Santos FC to launch first “Muros da Vila” project

On October 12, the most famous neighborhood in the world celebrates 110 years of existence, and, taking advantage of this grand occasion, Santos FC will hold the first “Muros da Vila” project arou...

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Tiahrt: 30 years of healthcare reform in America

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Heritage Hills picks up a victory over Mt. Vernon

MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (WEHT) — The Heritage Hills Patriots beat the Mount Vernon Wildcats, 25-7. The Patriots will face North Posey next week, while the Wildcats go up against Washington.

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G2E: Parke Heritage 35, North Vermillion 20

ROCKVILLE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Parke Heritage 35, North Vermillion 20

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Dodgers' Skubal Must Take Advantage of Braves Struggles vs. LHP

Tarik Skubal brings a dominant postseason pedigree to Game 1, eyeing a historic three-peat for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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$55 million student wellness center project breaks ground at Michigan Tech

Features include a UP Health System - Portage supported urgent health care clinic, a fitness floor and therapy offices.

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Weekly Portland women’s sports wrap up (10/2)

Weekly Portland women’s sports wrap up (9/25) presented by Rebound Orthopedics and Neurosurgery and Rivermark Community Credit Union.

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Stage 12 West opens in downtown Mesa

Stage 12 West, a new restaurant that doubles as a live entertainment venue, opened its doors in downtown Mesa on Friday morning.

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Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed

Actors with makeup and fake symptoms staggered into 73 healthcare facilities.

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State legislators discuss Pennsylvania’s business needs during event in Schuylkill

Pennsylvania’s manufacturing businesses are being hampered by federal tariffs, high energy costs, excessive state regulations and a shortage of skilled laborers, state legislators said Friday during a roundtable discussion hosted by a…

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Midterms monitor: NH and Maine could decide control of the U.S. Senate

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Texas Tenors set to open Entertainment Series at the Whatley Center on October 20

September 29, 2026 Three powerhouse voices spanning country, classical, Broadway and pop will take the Whatley Center stage when The Texas Tenors perform Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. The Texas Tenors — JC Fisher, Marcus Collins and John Hagen — first gained national attention as finalists on NBC’s America’s Got Talent in 2009. Since then,…

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Dems demanding Venezuela brief face State Dept fury as senators leave town without answers

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Protesters target new Live Nation venue with 'illegal monopoly' messages

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Studying Science in an Anti-Scientific Time

This Chronicle Review Deep Cut was first published in 2025. By Julianne Werlin Thanks for reading The Chronicle Review! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribe The last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had long argued that science had to be understood in its human context — were encountering the funhouse-mirror version of their own views in right-wing critiques of climate scientists. It was enough to give some prominent scholars pause. “Was I wrong to participate in the invention of this field known as science studies?” asked Bruno Latour, the most famous sociologist of science in the world, in 2003. “Should we apologize for having been wrong all along? Or should we rather bring the sword of criticism to criticism itself and do a bit of soul-searching here: What were we really after when we were so intent on showing the social construction of scientific facts?” In response, Latour proposed a change of method and attitude. Science studies, now chastened and contrite, would no longer seek to strip facts of their authority, but to enrich and enhance them. What this meant in practice was never fully clear. But his diagnosis of problems resonated, even if his solutions did not. Latour’s exercise in public hand-wringing signaled a shift in mood. By 2016, with the first election of Donald Trump, the idea that skepticism of science was a right-wing position, not a left-wing one, had become a commonplace, discussed eagerly in The New York Times. For liberals, vaccine denial during the Covid era and Trump’s second-term attacks on the funding of scientific research, covered extensively in these pages, added a new urgency to the defense of science on both practical and principled grounds. There was little appetite for a sociology or philosophy of science that emphasized the messiness and missteps of the scientific process rather than its integrity and triumphs. The distinguished historian of science Peter Dear’s new book, The World as We Know It: From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science (Princeton University Press, 2025), which seeks to tell the story of 18th- and 19th-century science for a general public, may seem comfortably remote from these bitter contests. In its 16 short chapters, Dear draws swift, sure sketches of major discoveries from Newton to Einstein, ably guiding the reader through debates on stellar nebulae, animal taxonomy, atomic chemistry, evolution, and other flashpoints in the history of science. But though a work of history, Dear’s book must still negotiate our polarized present. In a blurb on its back cover, the historian of biology Lynn K. Nyhart alludes to the “present moment, when scientific knowledge is being swamped by misinformation and its institutions are under siege.” Dear himself, in his conclusion, refers to the “yard signs” and “bumper stickers” that proclaim “Science Is Real.” One antidote to both anti-science propaganda and to reductive slogans in science’s defense is a robust history and philosophy of science: exactly what Dear’s scholarship has long offered. But his new book illustrates how difficult such work has become. Dear, an emeritus professor of history at Cornell University, is best known as a creative and philosophically minded historian of the Scientific Revolution. His edited volume The Literary Structure of Scientific Argument (1991) analyzed the rhetoric of Galileo’s thought experiments to brilliant effect. Discipline and Experience: The Mathematical Way in the Scientific Revolution (1995) was a major contribution to the analysis of scientific experiments in early modern Europe and beyond, while Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700 (2001), now in its third edition, remains one of the best overviews of the profound epistemological upheavals of 16th- and 17th-century science. But Dear has also ventured into later periods. Nearly two decades ago, in The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World (2006), he turned to the 18th and 19th centuries to sketch a history and theory of scientific knowledge. Aimed at a generalist audience, Dear’s simple prose belied serious philosophical ambitions. Science, Dear argued, has two aspects: “natural philosophy,” the quest to understand the true nature of the universe, and “instrumentality,” the applied skills and technologies that allow us to manipulate the world for human advantage. Both strands are ancient, but the innovation of the phenomenon we call “science” was to yoke them together. As Francis Bacon wrote, “Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known, the effect cannot be produced,” an insight typically abridged to “knowledge is power.” Or, in Bertrand Russell’s characteristically blunt phrase, science has two functions, “1. to enable us to know things, and 2., to enable us to do things.” So far, so conventional. But Dear took issue with this familiar story in one respect. Bacon’s formula implied that theory and practice could be fused in a single method. In fact, Dear argued, the quest to understand nature and the desire to manipulate it were coupled only loosely. They could come together, but they could also pull apart. Focusing on natural philosophy, the “knowing” half of the scientific circle, he used a series of case studies from cosmology, taxonomy, chemistry, electromagnetism, and quantum theory to show how theories changed over time, in dialogue with practice, but never reducible to it. Take the case of matter, the basic substrate of the physical world. In the 18th and 19th centuries, scientists not only disagreed about what it was, but also about how well it could be known. In 1789, the chemist Antoine Lavoisier dismissed speculation about the atomic composition of chemicals as “discussions entirely of a metaphysical nature,” as he sought to orient chemistry away from philosophical abstraction and toward laboratory results. But in the 19th century, atoms returned with a vengeance in the atomic chemistry of John Dalton, who wanted to explain the underlying structure of nature. It was not just that Dalton and Lavoisier had a different set of experimental results, or even a different theory, Dear showed. What counted as an explanation had changed. In arguing that scientific theories depended on their intelligibility to human beings with complex arrays of beliefs and commitments, Dear was in sympathy with science studies. Key figures such as the sociologist Steven Shapin emphasized the importance of psychological mechanisms like trust in the formation and acceptance of scientific ideas. But in focusing on the scientific pursuit of knowledge, not its politics or economics, Dear resisted the more cynical perspective of some of his colleagues. The Intelligibility of Nature strikes a very different note than Shapin’s collection of a few years later, Never Pure: Historical Studies of Science as If It Was Produced by People With Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture, and Society, and Struggling for Credibility and Authority (2010), to name just one example. Walking a very fine line, Dear depicted science as driven at once by complex social dynamics and by the intellectual power of real discoveries. It was a testament not only to his own acumen but also to the vitality of the field that he was able to do so. Nearly two decades later, The World as We Know It returns to the questions broached in The Intelligibility of Nature. Like Dear’s earlier study, it begins with the Newtonian cosmos and ends with debates between Einstein and Bohr on quantum physics. Beyond its terminal figures, many of the same characters appear in both studies, including the naturalists John Ray and the Comte de Buffon; the chemists Étienne François Geoffroy, Antoine Lavoisier, and John Dalton; as well as Charles Darwin and Michael Faraday, among others. Its subject is nearly identical: As in The Intelligibility of Nature, The World as We Know It considers natural philosophy as opposed to instrumentality, here defined as the “desire to create a picture of what the world is really like — the world as God knows it — rather than simply having instrumental or operational control over it.” The two books also overlap in insights — and sometimes even in language. The reader who has learned in The Intelligibility of Nature that Buffon’s method of classifying animals “reflected his belief in the importance of the senses and empiricism in learning about nature (a doctrine associated with Newton and the philosopher John Locke)” will experience a sense of déjà vu on reading, in The World as We Know It, that the classification “reflects Buffon’s commitment to the epistemological stance of Newton and his philosophical underlaborer John Locke, who stressed the role of the senses in creating natural knowledge.” Later in the passage, we read that, “because of its stress on understanding the ways of life of animals in their environments, Buffon’s approach could almost be labeled (anachronistically) as ‘ecological.’” And again, “an anachronistic way of putting it would be to say that Buffon recommends an ecological mode of understanding.” Likewise, in The Intelligibility of Nature we read of Dalton that he was initially drawn to meteorology, and that: He did a bit of experimental work on these things, especially having to do with the water-holding capacity of gases, but his real interest lay in understanding what, at an underlying natural-philosophical level, was really going on physically.” Whereas, in The World as We Know It: He did experimental work on these things, especially concerning the water-holding capacity of gases — although not at a very refined level quantitatively — but he was continually trying to develop a theoretical conception of what was happening physically. The final full chapter of each book closes on the same resigned note. Intelligibility: These days, most serious work on the natural philosophical underpinnings and implications of quantum mechanics is performed not by physicists but by philosophers of science. Among scientific practitioners themselves, Bohr’s attempt to use instrumentality as sufficient grounds for a respectable science has met with a high degree of success. And again, in The World as We Know It: Bohr’s and Einstein’s concerns are now questions that are mostly discussed by philosophers of science rather than by physicists themselves. The marginalization of these sorts of questions amounts to the demise of natural philosophy, at least in physics, in the 20th century. Quantum mechanics “works,” and that’s good enough for most scientists who encounter it. Examples could be multiplied. When handling the same subject matter, some echoes are inevitable. Scholars should not feel that because they have written “Isaac Newton died in 1727” in one book, in the next they must describe him as perishing, expiring, or meeting his maker. But the repetitions of language and arguments (not to mention six reproduced images) threaded throughout The World as We Know It are more extensive than that. They should have been caught by Princeton University Press or its reviewers, and revised. Because the two books have so much in common, it is easy to see where they diverge. The World as We Know It is a less theoretical work than its predecessor. The sociology of knowledge that organized The Intelligibility of Nature has been reduced in scale and folded into readings and examples. The taut interplay between history and theory, which gave the earlier study so much interest, is there, but it is subtle. In the earlier book, the case studies demonstrated theoretical claims about the character and development of science. In the later work, each narrative of discovery is an end in itself. Insights emerge from the history, but they do not control the organization of the study. With the theory muted, it can be hard to understand the logic uniting Dear’s sprawling history of more than two centuries of scientific knowledge. The 16 brisk chapters cover an enormous amount of material. But the closer the volume edges to comprehensiveness, the more obvious the missing elements become. A chapter on “Institutions and Pedagogy,” describing the birth of the research university, illustrates the problem. Inserted roughly halfway through the book, the unnumbered chapter is designed as an “entr’acte,” in acknowledgement that it does not fit the study’s organization around scientific discoveries. Yet as Dear is well aware, no general history of the development of modern science can bracket its 19th-century institutionalization and professionalization. It was the 19th-century university, after all, that gave us the “scientist,” a term coined by the Cambridge philosopher William Whewell. Dear’s history of scientific discoveries implies a wider social and institutional history, but it remains largely subterranean, only occasionally extruded under the pressure of the narrative. It must be said that the balance is not all on the side of the earlier study. There are some advantages to the more historical, less theoretical organization of The World as We Know It. Dear’s accounts of paradigm shifts are remarkably lucid, no small accomplishment given that they span fields and centuries. He makes excellent use of the wealth of new scholarship on Darwin and his influences, to which he has himself contributed. It is satisfying to see puzzle pieces from Buffon’s natural history, Georges Cuvier’s animal taxonomy, Thomas Robert Malthus’s demography, and Charles Lyell’s geology recombined seamlessly in the Darwinian jigsaw. Likewise, Dear’s discussion of stellar nebulae, divided between chapters two and 15, shows vividly how Newton, Kant, Herschel, and Hubble reimagined insights and observations as they sought to discover whether the diffuse light that filtered through early telescopes was a glowing, gaseous substance or discrete but distant stars. Yet despite such pleasures, the book remains a more modest work than The Intelligibility of Nature. Dear has clearly not changed his views about the history of science. But in the two decades that have elapsed, the discipline and the world around it have changed, making it harder to write a sociologically and philosophically ambitious history of science for the general reader. That is a shame, because in the age of Silicon Valley and biotechnology, both the reciprocity and the tensions Dear identified between the epistemological and instrumental ambitions of science are more evident than ever. In recent years, some of the most exciting new books on the history of science in early modernity have focused precisely on this pressure point. Important studies such as Pamela H. Smith’s From Lived Experience to the Written Word (2022), James Poskett’s Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science (2022), and Vera Keller’s The Interlopers: Early Stuart Projects and the Undisciplining of Knowledge (2023) all shed new light on how early modern science negotiated the relationship between its instrumental and epistemological ambitions, or in Russell’s phrase, knowing and doing. There is every opportunity for a philosophically informed approach to draw new insights from this wealth of material. Dear, unfortunately, has not done so in The World as We Know It. But for future scholars of the history of science, his body of work over nearly four decades may provide just the model. Julianne Werlin is an associate professor of English at Duke University. 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Scientists search for answers as baby whales wash up dead in Argentina

Scientists in Argentina are trying to find out why unusually high numbers of baby whales are washing up dead along the Patagonian coast

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Questionable tag for Keenan Allen

Colts WR Keenan Allen's Week 4 status uncertain because of groin injury

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Remembering Howard Stevenson, Who Transformed the Study of Entrepreneurship

Howard Stevenson transformed entrepreneurship from a study of founders’ personalities and business formation into a way of managing: pursuing opportunity beyond the resources currently controlled. His approach emphasized testing ideas, committing resources in stages, assembling teams, and rewarding value creation—practices that could benefit organizations of any size. His ideas reshaped business education and influenced generations of entrepreneurs and managers around the world.

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Who is Randy Villegas, the political newcomer trying to oust David Valadao from Congress and flip District 22 blue?

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – Although he’s relatively new to the political scene, Randy Villegas has been making waves in the legislative stage. Villegas, a self-described populist, is …

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Klick Health Named MM+M Market Access Gold Agency of the Year

NEW YORK & TORONTO, October 02, 2026--Klick Health took center stage throughout the evening at last night’s Medical Marketing + Media (MM+M) Awards, receiving the Market Access Gold Agency of the Year title plus nine campaign accolades, including five Gold trophies for "867-5309" (Cancer Support Community), "Project Inchstone" (Nestlé Compleat), and "MODDEN 26" (The Derek Sheely Foundation).

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How ‘Purposeful Growth’ Makes The Case For Business’ Most Underused Advantage

Purpose didn't fail, business misunderstood it. In their new book Purposeful Growth, Helen Trickey and Philipp Reker show how leaders turn meaning into commercial momentum.

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Brand New GTA 6 Screenshots Focus on Lucia and Jason's Relationship

Rockstar has further ramped up its GTA 6 marketing today with the launch of several new screenshots focusing on protagonists Lucia and Jason.

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Brewers’ business side fueling success on and off field

The Brewers have enjoyed standout attendance, surging viewership and a rise in local media revenue, and while the on-field product has tons to do with that, the stage has been set by the success of the business side.

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Beshear, Calipari share the stage in Arkansas during KY governor’s book tour

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Presidio Investors Sells Podium Entertainment To Flexpoint Ford And Shamrock Capital

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Your 2026 voter guide

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Don’t trade your mental health to be the best

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Tankards, Clough & 'creaky joints'

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MLB Ends Grand Teton Game Talks After Wyoming Officials Object

The early-stage consideration generated heavy pushback.

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Mining her musical roots inspired Robin Barnes to make a docuseries about Louisiana culture

Native New Orleans artist Robin Barnes channels her heritage as a vocalist and songwriter in "Discovering Home," a docuseries celebrating Louisiana culture across Lafayette, Lake Charles, and New Orleans.

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Phillies' Offseason Trade Plans Could Be Sabotaged for One Reason
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Apple Is Reportedly Building A Smart Home Camera That Won't Record Video Footage Of You Or Anyone Else

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Ivey touts Alabama's ranking among top 10 states for doing business

Officials pointed to low costs, tax advantages and workforce investments as Alabama climbed in a national business climate report.

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