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Canada Latest:
Prime Minister Mark Carney Calls April 28 Election, Seeking Mandate to Face Down Trump (Bloomberg)
With polls showing a close contest between the Liberal Party and the Conservatives, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called an election for April 28. The election campaign has been dominated by US President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to make Canada a US state, galvanizing Canadians to rally around their flag.
CBC
Poll Tracker: Liberals Favored to Win Most Seats in Tight Race (CBC)
The Liberals would have a three-in-four chance of winning the most seats if the election were held today, with a majority government being a coin flip.
War on Democracy? Turkey
Jails Erdogan’s Top Rival, Risking More Unrest (Bloomberg)
Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s mayor, was jailed on corruption charges Sunday morning, days after being detained by police. The case has the potential to keep Imamoglu, who denies the charges, behind bars for years and prevent him from running against Erdogan in the next elections.
The
Salesman with Truth, Tokens & Trump: The Weekend Side Hustle (The Block)
On Sunday, President Trump promoted his own Meme Coin on his Truth Social network, sending the token's price soaring by reportedly $400 million before dropping to $100 million. He also posted about his own Truth Social network, saying it was "on fire" and urging followers to sign up.
DOGE Latest: SEC to Lose About 500 Staffers to Buyout, Resignation Offers (Bloomberg)
The
total represents about 10% of the roughly 5,000 employees
at the agency. Some former staff have expressed concern that the agency will be unable to handle a financial crisis, should one arise, given the talent drain.
Targeting Higher Ed: Columbia University Bows to Demands After Trump Freezes Funding (Bloomberg)
Education
Read of the Day: The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education (New
York Times - Editorial Board)
When a political leader wants to move a democracy toward a more authoritarian form of government, he often sets out to undermine independent sources of information and accountability. The leader tries to delegitimize judges, sideline autonomous government agencies and muzzle the media, the Times editorial board writes.
The weakening of higher education tends to be an important part of this strategy. Academic researchers are supposed to pursue the truth, and budding autocrats recognize that empirical truth can present a threat to their authority.
Space
News: NASA Drops Plan to Land First Woman and First Person of Color on the Moon (The Guardian)
The promise was a central plank to the space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027.
March Madness Latest - Women's: Top
Seeds Advance to Second Round as Tournament Yields Few Surprises (Associated Press)
March Madness Latest - Men's: 'Cooking' Number 1 Seed Duke Rolls Past Baylor Into Sweet 16 as Surprises Bust Brackets (ESPN)
The opening weekend of the men's March Madness tournament has
reached its endpoint after the second round wrapped up on Sunday. No. 1 seeds Florida and Duke moved on, and No. 3 Kentucky ousted No. 6 Illinois, while No. 2 Alabama rolled over No. 7 Saint Mary's. But the most exciting finish of the tournament so far came from No. 4 Maryland, who crushed No. 12 Colorado State's upset hopes with a last-millisecond buzzer-beater.
Go Blue Devils!
NYC Food Alert: Are Rip-and-Dip Bagels Taking Over New York City? (Eater)
The very idea of a rip-and-dip bagel — where you rip off chunks of a bagel to dip into an open container of cream cheese — might seem blasphemous to some New Yorkers, especially to those for whom a classic New York breakfast means a sliced, untoasted bagel neatly layered with cream cheese.
PopUp
Bagels is banking on the growth
of rip-and-dip’s popularity by going on a major expansion spree throughout the city. One of three location Manhattan locations opens later in March at 57th and Lexington (near Bloomberg’s global headquarters in Manhattan).
The rip-and-dip option creates the latest tension in the unending Best Way to Eat New York Bagels debate. Are you even a real New Yorker, for example, if you ask for a bagel to be toasted?
Other affronts to bageldom include the horror of lox, cream cheese, red onion, and capers on a cinnamon raisin bagel. And skipping that boiling step? It technically should not be allowed, as it’s what sets the crust and texture. No-boil bagels are just a roll with a hole.
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