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Money, Senator

Posted on March 28, 2026 by Lijia / 0 Comment

I recently watched a video where Senator Bernie Sanders spoke to Claude, who replied in a polite, robotic female voice. It is yet another reminder of how much A...

Literature

DeepL vs. Google Translate: Poetry Edition

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Lijia / 0 Comment

Online translators are lifesavers and their technology has improved vastly from the early internet days. Two of the most popular programs are DeepL and Google T...

Commentary

Pandemic pets

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Lijia / 0 Comment

Loneliness and melancholy are common emotions exacerbated by COVID-19 lockdowns. Even after mobility restrictions are loosened, sometimes modern life launches u...

Commentary

The post-COVID anti-party

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Lijia / 0 Comment

Besides respiratory infections and potentially serious complications, COVID-19 also very kindly bestowed some difficult existential questions upon us. Plagued w...

Business

Gloss and Glossier

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Lijia / 0 Comment

We live in a society where everyone famous owns a beauty brand: Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty, Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty, Lady Gaga’s Haus Labs, and probably even you...

Business

Oh no she[in] didn’t!

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Lijia / 0 Comment

Online fast-fashion retailer Shein is apparently worth $100 billion, according to its latest funding round. This figure beats the combined market cap of H&M...

Finance

Musk & Co. LBOratories

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Lijia / 0 Comment

Elon Musk successfully purchased Twitter for $44 billion. He put up $21 billion of equity while debt comprised the remaining sum. This is probably definitely th...

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