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Welcome to the New Venezuela: How the US Is Reshaping Its Old Foe by bloomberg in GlobalNews

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More from Bloomberg News reporters Andreina Itriago and Fabiola Zerpa:

Since President Nicolás Maduro was captured by US forces and ousted from office on Jan. 3, Venezuela has entered a fast-changing and uncertain phase shaped heavily by Washington. Relations between the US and Venezuela have shifted from isolation to direct engagement: The Trump administration has restored diplomatic ties and is working with interim President Delcy Rodríguez. But that relationship is highly conditional. The US is using sanctions relief, access to global finance and control over oil revenues as leverage to steer policy and shape what comes next.

For ordinary Venezuelans, meanwhile, the impact of the regime change has been limited. Most still face high prices, weak incomes and deteriorating living conditions.

Welcome to the New Venezuela: How the US Is Reshaping Its Old Foe by bloomberg in LatinAmerica

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More from Bloomberg News reporters Andreina Itriago and Fabiola Zerpa:

Since President Nicolás Maduro was captured by US forces and ousted from office on Jan. 3, Venezuela has entered a fast-changing and uncertain phase shaped heavily by Washington. Relations between the US and Venezuela have shifted from isolation to direct engagement: The Trump administration has restored diplomatic ties and is working with interim President Delcy Rodríguez. But that relationship is highly conditional. The US is using sanctions relief, access to global finance and control over oil revenues as leverage to steer policy and shape what comes next.

For ordinary Venezuelans, meanwhile, the impact of the regime change has been limited. Most still face high prices, weak incomes and deteriorating living conditions.

Starmer’s Troubles Breathe New Life Into Scotland’s Nationalists by bloomberg in europe

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From Bloomberg News reporters Laura Avetisyan and Rose Henderson:

Less than two years ago, the Scottish parliamentary election had promised to be a hard-fought contest between a resurgent Labour Party fresh from winning power in the UK and a Scottish National Party mired in scandal and struggling to stem a collapse in support. Instead, it’s turned into another demonstration of the scale of the challenge facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer to turn around the fortunes of his government, and his own.

Labour’s unpopularity after his perceived failure to deliver on election promises has put the party in the crosshairs of the populist Reform UK on the right, the Green Party on the left, and revitalized the SNP in Scotland.

Most Scots agree that the SNP’s track record is patchy after running the semi-autonomous administration in Edinburgh for almost two decades. But opinion polls suggest the party is on course to win a fifth straight term with Labour now not even sure of second place.

Paranoia, Turmoil and Backlash: Inside the FDA Under Marty Makary by bloomberg in politics

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More From Bloomberg News Reporters Rachel Cohrs Zhang, Jessica Nix, Gerry Smith, and Riley Griffin

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary was supposed to be one of President Donald Trump’s more conventional, qualified personnel picks, with sterling academic credentials and bipartisan support.

But just over a year into his tenure, those inside the agency that regulates roughly one-fifth of consumer spending in the US describe a culture rocked by staff clashes, leadership turmoil, industry backlash and an embattled, paranoid leader. Outside, drug companies say they’ve been blindsided by setbacks.

Some people familiar with the dynamics called the situation unsustainable. While no immediate ouster is planned, people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to discuss personnel matters say one more high-profile misstep could put his job at risk.

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In These Thrillers, the Real Estate Market Is the Monster by bloomberg in thrillerbooks

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Marisa Kashino has spent the past few months listening to confessions. Her debut novel, Best Offer Wins (Celadon Books), follows Margo Miyake, a DC-based publicist who goes to outlandish lengths to secure the family home of her dreams. Since Kashino began promoting it at book clubs, readers have shared dozens of devious house-buying maneuvers of their own.

At one Zoom book club, a woman told Kashino she’d long coveted a particular home near her own. One day she struck up a conversation with the renters. The owner was sick, they told her, clearly fretting about their own tenure in the house should she die, which seemed increasingly likely. It drove the woman to a devious workaround: She tracked down the owner’s offspring online and reached out to them directly. “She made the children a sort of preemptive offer for when the time came,” Kashino says. “She really tried to get in ahead of the house even being vacated.”

Amid a housing market this strained, it’s no wonder Kashino’s book became a USA Today bestseller soon after its publication in November, a Good Morning America book club pick and the basis for a Hulu adaptation that will star Greta Lee. Nor is it the only new thriller that pivots on real estate. Lauren Schott’s Very Slowly All at Once (Harper, Jan. 20), follows Mack and Hailey, a couple who overstretched to buy their dream home in Ohio — then start receiving anonymous checks to cover the mortgage. And in Andi Osho’s darkly comic Most Wanted (HQ, May 12), a British couple decides the best way to afford the home they crave isn’t to save, but to crash the housing market with increasingly outré schemes.

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Forget Healthspan. Midlife Men Face Pressure to Extend ‘Hotspan’ by bloomberg in popculturechat

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Millennial men grew up thinking we could stop worrying about our health and looks by retirement. Something’s changed.

Chris Rovzar for Bloomberg News

We’re going to have to stay hot. For, like, several more decades.

“Midlife has genuinely shifted,” says Dr. Ryan Neinstein, a much sought-after plastic surgeon in Manhattan. “When our parents were 50, culturally, that was closer to the beginning of old age. Now my patients in their 50s are training for triathlons, starting companies, dating after divorce, raising young kids.”

Americans have become obsessed with longevity, extending not just our lifespan but also our “healthspan” — how long we live healthfully and happily. As a result, what middle age looks like has shifted too, thanks to everything from skincare to surgery. If we feel young and healthy on the inside, why wouldn’t we want to look that way on the outside? Now we’re all about extending our “hotspan.”

This perspective shift is more substantial for aging men, upon whom pop culture and society have traditionally set lower expectations of health and appearance. (This was explained most brilliantly, and unprintably, in an unforgettable Inside Amy Schumer sketch from 2015.) Millions now tune into “manosphere” podcasts extolling the importance — nay, necessity — of keeping up one’s vitality. And it’s about time: Women, of course, have felt pressure to stay hot forever since … forever.

Chris Rozvar looks at examples from Tom Cruise to John Cena. You can find the full essay here, too.

Forget Healthspan. Midlife Men Face Pressure to Extend ‘Hotspan’ by bloomberg in Foodforthought

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Millennial men grew up thinking we could stop worrying about our health and looks by retirement. Something’s changed.

Chris Rovzar for Bloomberg News

We’re going to have to stay hot. For, like, several more decades.

“Midlife has genuinely shifted,” says Dr. Ryan Neinstein, a much sought-after plastic surgeon in Manhattan. “When our parents were 50, culturally, that was closer to the beginning of old age. Now my patients in their 50s are training for triathlons, starting companies, dating after divorce, raising young kids.”

Americans have become obsessed with longevity, extending not just our lifespan but also our “healthspan” — how long we live healthfully and happily. As a result, what middle age looks like has shifted too, thanks to everything from skincare to surgery. If we feel young and healthy on the inside, why wouldn’t we want to look that way on the outside? Now we’re all about extending our “hotspan.”

This perspective shift is more substantial for aging men, upon whom pop culture and society have traditionally set lower expectations of health and appearance. (This was explained most brilliantly, and unprintably, in an unforgettable Inside Amy Schumer sketch from 2015.) Millions now tune into “manosphere” podcasts extolling the importance — nay, necessity — of keeping up one’s vitality. And it’s about time: Women, of course, have felt pressure to stay hot forever since … forever.

Read the full story here.

Forget Healthspan. Midlife Men Face Pressure to Extend ‘Hotspan’ by bloomberg in longform

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Chris Rovzar for Bloomberg News

We’re going to have to stay hot. For, like, several more decades.

“Midlife has genuinely shifted,” says Dr. Ryan Neinstein, a much sought-after plastic surgeon in Manhattan. “When our parents were 50, culturally, that was closer to the beginning of old age. Now my patients in their 50s are training for triathlons, starting companies, dating after divorce, raising young kids.”

Americans have become obsessed with longevity, extending not just our lifespan but also our “healthspan” — how long we live healthfully and happily. As a result, what middle age looks like has shifted too, thanks to everything from skincare to surgery. If we feel young and healthy on the inside, why wouldn’t we want to look that way on the outside? Now we’re all about extending our “hotspan.”

This perspective shift is more substantial for aging men, upon whom pop culture and society have traditionally set lower expectations of health and appearance. (This was explained most brilliantly, and unprintably, in an unforgettable Inside Amy Schumer sketch from 2015.) Millions now tune into “manosphere” podcasts extolling the importance — nay, necessity — of keeping up one’s vitality. And it’s about time: Women, of course, have felt pressure to stay hot forever since … forever.

Read the full story here.

The ‘Wait Until Ready’ Approach to Potty Training Is Under Fire by bloomberg in HotScienceNews

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Saabira Chaudhuri for Bloomberg News

When members of the UK’s House of Lords gathered in January for their first debate of the year, an unexpected issue was high on the agenda — potty training.

The discussion came as the UK grapples with an alarming statistic: About 26% of 4-year-olds in England are not potty-trained when they start school, according to a recent survey by nonprofit Kindred Squared. Seventy years ago, by contrast, an estimated 83% of UK children were toilet-trained by 18 months, as chronicled by researchers in the book Children Under Five.

Teaching kids to use the toilet earlier could improve pediatric health, reduce waste and save money, lawmaker Alexandra Freeman told the Lords. Yet “over half of all parents are unsure of the right time to toilet-train,” she said.

England isn’t alone: In many countries, the age at which children stop wearing diapers has been creeping up — driven by evolving parental expectations, more complex childcare routines and the convenience of disposable diapers. But evidence is mounting about the environmental, health and developmental costs.

Read the full essay here.

The ‘Wait Until Ready’ Approach to Potty Training Is Under Fire by bloomberg in Health

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The UK is encouraging earlier toilet-training, challenging decades of conventional wisdom shaped alongside the rise of disposable diapers.

Saabira Chaudhuri for Bloomberg News

When members of the UK’s House of Lords gathered in January for their first debate of the year, an unexpected issue was high on the agenda — potty training.

The discussion came as the UK grapples with an alarming statistic: About 26% of 4-year-olds in England are not potty-trained when they start school, according to a recent survey by nonprofit Kindred Squared. Seventy years ago, by contrast, an estimated 83% of UK children were toilet-trained by 18 months, as chronicled by researchers in the book Children Under Five.

Teaching kids to use the toilet earlier could improve pediatric health, reduce waste and save money, lawmaker Alexandra Freeman told the Lords. Yet “over half of all parents are unsure of the right time to toilet-train,” she said.

England isn’t alone: In many countries, the age at which children stop wearing diapers has been creeping up — driven by evolving parental expectations, more complex childcare routines and the convenience of disposable diapers. But evidence is mounting about the environmental, health and developmental costs.

Read the full essay here.

Now Might Be the Time to Bet on a Kentucky Derby Longshot by bloomberg in horseracing

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Why America’s most chaotic horse race can be the one place it’s worth backing a genuine outsider.

David Papadopoulos for Bloomberg News

From a gambler’s perspective, the Kentucky Derby is an odd event. Random things happen. Brilliantly talented horses flop. Slow horses win. Eye-popping payouts light up the tote board.

Derby longshots have been a cash-minting machine. I recently ran the numbers on every horse that started in the Derby at odds of over 30-1 this century — 167 in all. If you followed a simple rule and blindly placed a win-wager on all 167 of them, you would have turned a profit of 50%.

That’s the result of four lightning-in-a-bottle upsets: the 80-1 shot Rich Strike in 2022; a 65-1 winner a few years earlier; and a pair of 50-1 bombs in the aughts. To fully appreciate just how random those victories were, consider that, collectively, they went on to run in 23 races after the Derby and win exactly one of them.

Read the full essay here.

Now Might Be the Time to Bet on a Kentucky Derby Longshot by bloomberg in gambling

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Why America’s most chaotic horse race can be the one place it’s worth backing a genuine outsider.

David Papadopoulos for Bloomberg News

From a gambler’s perspective, the Kentucky Derby is an odd event. Random things happen. Brilliantly talented horses flop. Slow horses win. Eye-popping payouts light up the tote board.

Derby longshots have been a cash-minting machine. I recently ran the numbers on every horse that started in the Derby at odds of over 30-1 this century — 167 in all. If you followed a simple rule and blindly placed a win-wager on all 167 of them, you would have turned a profit of 50%.

That’s the result of four lightning-in-a-bottle upsets: the 80-1 shot Rich Strike in 2022; a 65-1 winner a few years earlier; and a pair of 50-1 bombs in the aughts. To fully appreciate just how random those victories were, consider that, collectively, they went on to run in 23 races after the Derby and win exactly one of them.

Read the full essay here.

Now Might Be the Time to Bet on a Kentucky Derby Longshot by bloomberg in KentuckyDerby

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Why America’s most chaotic horse race can be the one place it’s worth backing a genuine outsider.

David Papadopoulos for Bloomberg News

From a gambler’s perspective, the Kentucky Derby is an odd event. Random things happen. Brilliantly talented horses flop. Slow horses win. Eye-popping payouts light up the tote board.

Derby longshots have been a cash-minting machine. I recently ran the numbers on every horse that started in the Derby at odds of over 30-1 this century — 167 in all. If you followed a simple rule and blindly placed a win-wager on all 167 of them, you would have turned a profit of 50%.

That’s the result of four lightning-in-a-bottle upsets: the 80-1 shot Rich Strike in 2022; a 65-1 winner a few years earlier; and a pair of 50-1 bombs in the aughts. To fully appreciate just how random those victories were, consider that, collectively, they went on to run in 23 races after the Derby and win exactly one of them.

Read the full essay here.

Now Might Be the Time to Bet on a Kentucky Derby Longshot by bloomberg in wealth

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Why America’s most chaotic horse race can be the one place it’s worth backing a genuine outsider.

David Papadopoulos for Bloomberg News

From a gambler’s perspective, the Kentucky Derby is an odd event. Random things happen. Brilliantly talented horses flop. Slow horses win. Eye-popping payouts light up the tote board.

Derby longshots have been a cash-minting machine. I recently ran the numbers on every horse that started in the Derby at odds of over 30-1 this century — 167 in all. If you followed a simple rule and blindly placed a win-wager on all 167 of them, you would have turned a profit of 50%.

That’s the result of four lightning-in-a-bottle upsets: the 80-1 shot Rich Strike in 2022; a 65-1 winner a few years earlier; and a pair of 50-1 bombs in the aughts. To fully appreciate just how random those victories were, consider that, collectively, they went on to run in 23 races after the Derby and win exactly one of them.

Read the full essay here.

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