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👋 Hi friends,
Welcome to the latest edition of Newley’s Notes, a newsletter containing my recent Bloomberg News stories, must-read links on tech and life, and funny dog videos.
Image above: dire wolf puppies?
Here are 10 items worth your time this week:
1) 🐺 Are dire wolves really back from extinction?
2) 📹 Meanwhile: “American YouTuber who left a Diet Coke can for a reclusive island tribe is arrested in India.”
3) 👉 The WSJ’s Jason Zweig on Daniel Kahneman’s death: “The Last Decision by the World’s Leading Thinker on Decisions.”
4) 🗣️ What did you think of the “White Lotus” season finale? And more important, what did you make of Parker Posey’s Southern accent?
5) 📖 Eighty-seven-year-old Thomas Pynchon’s first novel in twelve years will be out in October.
6) 🏄 On surfing in Hong Kong.
7) 🇵🇪 RIP Mario Vargas Llosa.
8) ⚽ My beloved Arsenal beat Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal thanks to two incredible free kicks from Declan Rice.
9) 👏 And speaking of football/soccer, quote of the week: “I’m a Southend fan till I die now.”
10) 🦴 Dog-related video of the week: “Autumn goes home with the best stick during walkies.”
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👊 Fist bump from Hong Kong,
Newley