SCOOP: Ares and Blackstone are among lenders circling Carlyle's bid for Medtronic. Proposed package includes $2.5 billion unitranche and preferred equity component. More on the banks' and private credit firms' proposals now on 9fin.

w/ Bill Weisbrod and Will Caiger-Smith:

1/ 🧵 It's not a new practice, but *designated lender counsel* is attracting fresh attention from regulators.

Letting the other side pick your lawyers always seemed like a crazy conflict of interest to me... 🤷‍♂️

Fin Strathern with the details 9fin.com/insights/lende…

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There are a lot of grifters out there, but few as brazen as David Bunevacz, a former decathlete who fleeced everyone from his friends to the parents at his daughter's equestrian stable to his dentist. My year-long investigation for Rolling Stone rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

The British economy is doing terribly: growth is slow and there's a tomato shortage. At current rates, the average family in Poland will be richer than the average family in Britain by 2030. Why? A large part due to Brexit argues David Frum bit.ly/3p2FrIs

a guy from the north shore of Long Island who has a complicated relationship with his social milieu because he faked his entire history but still gets to stick around the party, you say?

It’s never felt more plausible that the age of social media might end—and soon, Ian Bogost writes.

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an article i wrote last year about the role that clocks play in our lives is in the newest print issue of Noema Magazine, alongside features by kim stanley robinson, Priya Satia , Dr. Genevieve Guenther and many more. subscribe below ↓

Are carbon coins the currency of the future?

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'For millennia, scientists and technologists have been scouring the natural world for clues on how to live longer. But is anyone any closer to finally defeating aging?' Noema Magazine noemamag.com/searching-for-…

Before biologist Daniel Martínez got married & had kids, he had an unusual, interim family.

For years, he hand-fed 60 small, amoeba-like animals he called “worms.”

Why, you ask? He’d heard they may hold the key to everlasting life, Rosa O'Hara writes.

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What a lineup!

With pieces by everyone from Eric Schmidt to Gordon Brown, Dr. Genevieve Guenther and sougwen 愫君, Issue III is sure to pull you in.

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Summer rain ~ 𝘝𝘪𝘬𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘳

“You always see polar bears on ice and snow,” says photographer Martin Gregus, Jr. “But it’s not like they stop living in the summertime.” on.natgeo.com/3SGGbxs

We're pleased to reveal the cover of Issue III! 🙌

Reflecting the issue's 'rupture' theme, Nancy Baker Cahill created this image using photogrammetry, which subjects her artwork to the lawlessness of physics and light in animation.

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They have a lot of bathhouses in Budapest. At this one old men play chess in the water. Theses are photos I took on film.

The Noema team is thrilled to be recognized by Covering Climate Now for our climate coverage work with Emily Garthwaite! #CCNowAwards 🏆 [1/]

Rude for a Thursday to have such a Friday vibe

Spring in Brooklyn 🌸 no notes

Read more about what I do here — in The New York Times Magazine! NYT Magazine nytimes.com/2022/04/06/mag…

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