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Lindsay explains that federal guarantees on loans from the 1990s removed market pressure on colleges to ensure graduates could repay, leading to tuition jumps—like a 60 percent rise from 2000 to 2022—far outpacing inflation. Schools shifted focus to luxury amenities such as fancy dorms and gyms, while users share personal stories of endowment-rich universities hiking fees even during the pandemic. The thread sparks ideas for fixes, from taxing big endowments to make debt dischargeable in bankruptcy, highlighting a cycle of easy money, expanded admin, and graduates burdened by loans from low-earning degrees.

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James Lindsay's thread unpacks how government-backed student loans since the Clinton era erased risks for lenders and unleashed skyrocketing college costs.

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Tien, the fourth-seeded American ranked No. 20, beat struggling wild card Tsitsipas 7-6(4), 7-6(2) at the Gonet Geneva Open to reach the quarterfinals. The lefty held firm through two tight breakers, marking his second ATP clay quarterfinal and improving his 2026 clay record to 4-3 ahead of Roland Garros. Tsitsipas fired 28 winners but couldn't close, dropping to 15-11 this year. Fans reacted with shock, quips like 'Learner Tien scamming his way past Tsitsipas' mixing with praise for Tien's poise.

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From 2-4 down in the first tiebreak, 20-year-old Learner Tien stayed cool and flipped the match against Stefanos Tsitsipas, clinching straight sets on clay he openly dislikes.

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The world No. 57 qualifier stunned Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-1, 6-4 in the semis, after beating defending champion Flavio Cobolli, Jakub Mensik, and rallying past Ugo Humbert. No Peruvian had reached an ATP final since Luis Horna's 2007 Vina del Mar win. Buse now faces Tommy Paul, who rallied from a set and break down to beat Alex de Minaur 2-6, 6-3, 6-3—marking the first American men's final in Hamburg since Jimmy Connors in 1981. The ATP 500 final on Saturday pits Buse's explosive youth against Paul's clay-court grit ahead of Roland Garros.

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Ignacio Buse let out a signature scream after match point, as the Hamburg crowd roared for the 22-year-old Peruvian ending his country's 19-year ATP final drought.

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Volant Media UK Ltd, parent of Iran International, swapped £650 million in shareholder debt for equity in December 2025, after years of heavy losses and minimal revenue despite 700 staff. Filings link the move to a Cayman Islands firm tied to Saudi Arabia's largest state-backed media group, though Volant insists it's funded by private investors with no government ties. The timing preceded Iran's late 2025 protests and January 2026 crackdown, where the channel amplified opposition voices amid a regime blackout and thousands of deaths.

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A London broadcaster vital to Iran's opposition has relied on massive debt relief from shadowy shareholders, just before nationwide protests erupted.

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Volant Media UK Ltd, parent of Iran International, swapped £650 million in shareholder debt for equity in December 2025, after years of heavy losses and minimal revenue despite 700 staff. Filings link the move to a Cayman Islands firm tied to Saudi Arabia's largest state-backed media group, though Volant insists it's funded by private investors with no government ties. The timing preceded Iran's late 2025 protests and January 2026 crackdown, where the channel amplified opposition voices amid a regime blackout and thousands of deaths.

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A London broadcaster vital to Iran's opposition has relied on massive debt relief from shadowy shareholders, just before nationwide protests erupted.

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