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Books That Bring the City of Mumbai to Life

Electric Literature

Electric Literature published a curated reading list of seven books that capture the spirit, chaos, and humanity of Mumbai, drawing on fiction and nonfiction spanning several decades. Highlights include Suketu Mehta's nonfiction work Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, which chronicles bar dancers, gangsters, and politicians across the sprawling metropolis, and Vikram Chandra's Sacred Games, a 900-page crime epic following a police officer through Mumbai's underworld and Bollywood. The list also includes Gregory David Roberts' Shantaram, a novelized memoir tracing an escaped Australian convict's immersion in the city's slums and criminal networks, and Jeet Thayil's Narcopolis, a hallucinatory portrait of Bombay's opium dens from the 1970s onward. Together, the selections offer readers a layered portrait of a city defined by extreme wealth and poverty, colonial history, and relentless reinvention.

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STEM

Google CEO Sundar Pichai's Vision on AI

MIT Technology Review

On December 6, 2023, MIT Technology Review published an in-depth interview with Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai conducted on the eve of the launch of Gemini, the company's most capable AI model to date. Pichai described the moment as a pivotal platform shift, stating that AI is "a profound platform shift, bigger than web or mobile." He highlighted Gemini's multimodal architecture — built from the ground up to process text, audio, images, and code simultaneously — as a key differentiator.

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CULTURE

Harmless but Stubborn: Understanding the Nature of Whiskey Fungus

The Whiskey Wash

Whiskey fungus — scientifically known as Baudoinia compniacensis — is a dark, sooty mold that thrives on the ethanol vapors released during spirit aging, commonly called the angel's share. It grows on virtually any surface near distilleries and aging warehouses, coating buildings, trees, fences, and cars in a persistent black film in communities surrounding major whiskey producers.

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SPORTS

Michael Jordan's $3 Billion Hornets Sale

Sportico

Michael Jordan agreed in June 2023 to sell his majority ownership stake in the Charlotte Hornets to a group led by investor Gabe Plotkin and former Atlanta Hawks minority owner Rick Schnall at a franchise valuation of approximately $3 billion. The deal ended Jordan's 13-year run as the controlling owner, a tenure he began in 2010 when he purchased a majority stake for roughly $275 million — representing nearly a tenfold return on his original investment.

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LOCAL

A Beacon of Hope for Maine's LGBTQ+ Community

Portland Press Herald

In June 2023, the Equality Community Center in Portland, Maine announced plans to develop the state's first affordable housing complex specifically designed for LGBTQ+ older adults and their allies. The proposed building would feature 55 units targeted at residents aged 55 and older, with a low-income housing tax credit structure to keep rents affordable. The project addressed a documented gap in housing security for aging LGBTQ+ individuals, who disproportionately lack the family support networks many older adults depend on.

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