In August 2023, Otano was found guilty of the armed kidnapping of Jose Ortega-Gutierrez, a man known to police and considered a nuisance by shopkeepers at a Hialeah strip mall.
In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.
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Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
Affirm, PayPal, Afterpay—everyone is targeting the same merchants and users.
Companies like Shopify and Etsy have provided guidance to help their sellers navigate this new policy.
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Rhett Buttle,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
As a result, the market has slowed down since the beginning of the year, with inventory piling up and giving buyers an opportunity to negotiate prices down with sellers.
The lack of clarity is compounded by the fact that many of Turning Point’s largest vendors are limited liability companies registered in states that do not mandate public ownership disclosure.
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Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
Expect family-friendly activities, including a retro photo booth, local food vendors, a giant birthday cake, kids activities and live music from Peninsula rock band Effie Zilch.
Created in 2006 by the British artist Jason deCaires Taylor, the haunting life-size figures, including a man typing at a desk (entitled The Lost Correspondent), fishermen, market traders, and a ring of children holding hands, can be viewed by snorkelers and divers ducking beneath the bay’s surface.
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The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Sep. 2025
Surprisingly, this includes active traders who qualify for trader tax status (TTS).
Best of all, these eclectic complements come in all shapes and sizes—from modern designs by contemporary artists and local artisans to collectible porcelains resold by vintage dealers.
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Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
19 Sep. 2025
But the tax benefit will also extend to gambling dealers, clowns, DJs, entertainers, content creators, maids, electricians, plumbers, babysitters, drivers and more.
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