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SAN FRANCISCO — With 97 days until the election, billionaire investor Reid Hoffman is focused on one thing: getting Kamala Harris into the Oval Office.Since Biden dropped out of the race, the LinkedIn co-founder said he has spent most of his waking hours on the phone, putting his work as an investor on the back burner as he marshals his elite circle of Silicon Valley urging them to pour money and influence into the vice president.Hoffman's efforts put him at odds with tech industry executives who supported former President Donald Trump, sparking a political rethink in the overwhelmingly Democratic region.…
Amid a child care crisis that’s impacting thousands of Sarasota-Manatee families and businesses, advocates have been busy getting the word out about a new state tax credit available to employers who support child care for their employees. The child care tax credit bill was passed by the Legislature this session and signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis. The law, which goes into effect on Oct. 1, allows employers to receive tax credits by providing on-site child care facilities for their employees or by subsidizing the costs of child care for employees at qualifying facilities. The tax credit’s launch comes…
Cryptocurrency investment funds saw a surge in trading volume last week following the launch of an Ethereum spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States, but inflows fell sharply from the previous week as at least one fund saw assets exit. be CoinShares Report The report, released on Monday, said total trading volume in these trading funds reached $14.8 billion, “the highest level since May,” driven by the launch of an Ethereum fund, while total assets under management in this category of derivatives reached $99.1 billion, with inflows of $20.5 billion since the start of the year. Digging deeper into…
Social media trends come and go, but few have the same consistent and polarizing influence as the tradwife. The term has gained a lot of traction on social media in recent months. It's short for “traditional wife,” and in the broadest sense it refers to women who practice traditional gender roles in relationships. But on TikTok and Instagram, the trend is manifested through popular content creators who have built large followings by showcasing life as a housewife, from elaborate homemade meals to 1950s-inspired wardrobes. In July 2024, Hannah Neeleman, known to over 9 million followers on Instagram as @ballerinafarm, was…
“I feel like I have a purpose, and my purpose is to help other people achieve their goals,” says the organizer of Women with a Purpose Summer Market. A group of like-minded entrepreneurs came together on Saturday to sell their wares and help raise funds for local charities. Organized by local photographer Amanda Braybrook at St. Paul's Anglican Church on the Barrie-Innisfil border, the Women with a Purpose Summer Market was meant to bring fellow female entrepreneurs together to get to know each other and showcase their products and businesses, Braybrook explained. “I grew up in Vaughan and had a…
Tennessean reporters are inside Music City Center for the Bitcoin2024 conference, providing live updates here all day. Trump ends 51-minute Nashville speech with Bitcoin promise Nashville’s Bitcoin2024 conference ended on a high note Saturday as Trump vowed to be “pro-Bitcoin” and “pro-innovation” if he’s reelected in November. “Our nation has never thrived by trying to censor new ideas and shut down the dreams of our people,” he said. Among Trump’s other promises Saturday were that he will fire U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler and commute Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht’s life sentence on the first day he…
It was a big week for the Georgia Tech football team. The Yellow Jackets were in Charlotte for ACC Media Days. On Wednesday, Georgia Tech kicked off fall camp with just four weeks until their season opener against Florida State. Not only did Georgia Tech start practice this week, they also got some big recruiting news. Five-star offensive tackle Josh Petty was reportedly coming in for a look and the Yellow Jackets might be gaining momentum in his recruitment. Florida State was expected to go there and was considered the favorite to win, but the Yellow Jackets might be the…
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Raising a child, from teenagers to toddlers, is never easy, and it can be difficult, especially for new parents, to understand what behaviors are acceptable, appropriate, and even healthy. One mom admitted on Reddit that she was struggling with this inner conflict with her 5-year-old daughter: At first, she tried out some “gentle parenting” techniques casually, but soon realized her daughter was growing into a “little monster.” His mother admitted that despite trying to raise him kindly for most of her life, she had raised a “little monster.” “To put it as kindly as possible, my 5 year old daughter…
Grimes’ mother says Elon Musk is “alienating” the former couple’s children from their family. Sandy Garossino directly referenced Musk in a series of X posts on Saturday, writing that Grimes and her children were planning to visit their 93-year-old great-grandmother in Canada this weekend. Canadian singer Grimes has three children with Musk: X Æ A-Xii, Exa Dark Sideræl and Techno Mechanicus. “She was so excited this weekend as her children were scheduled to come over today to celebrate her birthday, but those hopes were dashed when the trip was canceled,” Garossino wrote to X. “They are worried because they know…