Thursday, August 28, 2025

The Professor’s Minute Minute – August 29 2025

 



Jets and water, stocks in the bin, vaccines on repeat, and even airports selling tractors. Plus—cruise ships bigger than cities all a little intimidating.

  1. Alaska’s F-35 crash report

    CNN unpacks the very expensive reality of what happens when high-tech jets meet water. Sometimes it’s the pipes that fail, not the pilots.

    Read more.

  2. Charles Schwab exits Sabre

    Schwab dumps over half a million Sabre shares. The investor signal is clear: even the bargain hunters are backing away.

    Read more.

  3. Covid isn’t done with us

    A must-watch medical podcast outlines who should get Moderna vs Pfizer’s updated vaccines this season. Spoiler: travel disruption risk is far from over.

    Watch here.

  4. EU pushes age verification

    Five EU states launch an online age-verification pilot. Some travel sites are getting caught in the dragnet—compliance headaches loom.

    Read more.

  5. Tech exits hold up

    CB Insights notes that private tech investing isn’t flatlining. Direct deals and exits are keeping the sector ticking along.

    Read more.

  6. Quirky: Icon of the Seas

    Royal Caribbean’s floating city gets the deep-dive Atlantic treatment. The cruise ship is as much sociology experiment as leisure product.

    Read more.


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#Tags:

#Travel #Aviation #Airlines #Tourism #F35 #Sabre #Covid19 #Vaccines #EU #AgeVerification #TechExits #CBInsights #AirportEquipment #AvroGSE #Cruise #IconoftheSeas #QuirkyTravel


Picasso Style Note: A day of sharp contrasts—military crashes, investor exits, regulatory nets, and quirky mega-ships. Best captured with Analytical Cubism — fractured planes, muted tones, but with one oversized cruise-ship form dominating the canvas.

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