June 23, 2016

• The pound hits a six-month high as investors expect Britain to vote to remain in the EU.
• UK's electoral commission estimates a final result "around breakfast time" on Friday.
• On Tuesday and Wednesday alone, the Brexit vote attracted bets worth more than $4.4 million.
• Improving the EU referendum with Alan Partridge quotes.
• “Brussels” has come to stand for the unspeakable unfairness of a world which no longer operates, as it did for several centuries, to the benefit of the English people.
• The UK’s presence within the EU has become the most important obstacle to deeper European integration.
• Incredible Cristiano Ronaldo back-heel goal keeps Portugal alive in the Euros.
• After Dems occupy the House floor to force a vote on guns, GOP's Ryan forces a 2:30 a.m. vote.
• C-SPAN switches to social media to cover the Democrats' sit-in, still ongoing despite House adjournment.
• Marco Rubio reneges, will run for the Senate seat he promised to vacate.
• Tennessee congressional candidate posts billboard "Make America White Again.”
• Dems find in Bush’s no-fly list an expedient tool, if an ideologically ambivalent one.
• Elon Musk wants his car company to buy his energy company; reception from Wall Street is mixed.
• There is a hedge fund built entirely by anonymous data scientists, and it’s making money.
• Broadway shows that get positive reviews in USA Today and the Daily News survive longer; reviews in the Times have no effect.
• Life expectancy for people with Down syndrome has increased from 25 in 1983 to 60 today.
• Industrial science, with its adherence to objectivity, can always be gamed.
• These 50 companies employ prison labor, perhaps America's modern version of slavery.
• Leading think tanks call for "Three Amigos"—Canada, US, Mexico—to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2020.
• Interview with a professional cuddler.
• Take a tip from Zuckerberg: Cover the camera on your laptop with a piece of tape.
• Newfoundland woman calls 911 because there's not enough cheese on her pizza.