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Alt - Zero Hedge - 2 hours ago

A BrAIve New World For High Yield

A BrAIve New World For High Yield Authored by Luke Coha via BondVigilantes.com, As the world grapples with how AI will shape and change our lives going forward from the mundane, like automated homes or more clever apps, to more existential threats (opportunities?) leading to job and possibly sector obsolescence and related, broader social implications, it’s definitely well accepted that the demand for AI computing power is enormous and growing. Estimates vary, but they are all ast...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

Singapore Remains The World's Most Powerful Passport In 2026

Singapore Remains The World's Most Powerful Passport In 2026 Your passport shapes how much of the world you can access. In 2026, the gap between the strongest and weakest passports spans nearly 170 destinations. This graphic, via Visual Capitalists' Gabriel Cohen, ranks global passport strength using data from the Henley Passport Index, based on how many destinations citizens can enter without a visa. Singapore leads with access to 192 destinations. That’s nearly five times the ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

Meanwhile In Scotland...

Meanwhile In Scotland... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A trans Tamil immigrant on a temporary student visa has just been ELECTED as a Green Party MSP to Holyrood in Scotland – despite having no British citizenship, no permanent residency and no right to full-time work. Where else would this be allowed to happen? It’s insane. The candidate, Dr Q Manivannan (they/them), arrived in the UK a few years ago as a PhD student and was selected for the Green list in Edinbu...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 5 hours ago

Is The Socialist-Islamist Alliance Finally Over?

Is The Socialist-Islamist Alliance Finally Over? Via Remix News, Khalid Al-Hail is a defector from the Qatari ruling establishment, the president of the Qatar National Democratic Party, and the country’s most prominent opposition spokesman. Now living in exile in the United Kingdom, he is a successful international businessman and the leading advocate for democratic reform in Qatar, known for exposing the regime’s state-backed influence operations and media manipulation abroad. ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 7 hours ago

America's 250th: Here's Where Celebrations Are Taking Place

America's 250th: Here's Where Celebrations Are Taking Place Authored by Savannah Halsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, Celebrations across the United States are expected in the coming months as Americans mark the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding. Americans can find parties, fireworks, sporting events, and opportunities to learn about history in various locations. The events are being hosted by individual states and the federal government, which established a task force f...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 9 hours ago

Why Socialism Fails

Why Socialism Fails Authored by Deborah Palma via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Economics is not a zero-sum game in which one person’s gain comes at another’s expense; nor is it just about numbers or purposeless statistical aggregates, but conscious human action. Custom image by FEE Ludwig von Mises, in his work “Human Action,” explains that individuals act to replace a less satisfactory state of affairs with a more satisfactory one. This process is inherently subjective and te...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 10 hours ago

More States Enact New Laws Curbing Teachers Unions

More States Enact New Laws Curbing Teachers Unions Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), New organized labor reforms signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week require a majority of members to be present for teachers union certification or recertification votes, increase fines for illegal strikes, and establish merit-based pay for educators. Students join striking teachers as they demand higher pay and smaller class sizes outside Oakland Technic...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 11 hours ago

Kraft Heinz CEO: "Consumers Are Literally Running Out Of Money Toward The End Of The Month"

Kraft Heinz CEO: "Consumers Are Literally Running Out Of Money Toward The End Of The Month" While the digital US economy, if proxied through the earnings growth and stock prices of AI companies and their "picks and shovels" support ecosystem, has never been stronger, the traditional US consumer, responsible for 70% of US GDP, has rarely been more depressed than right now (and according to the latest University of Michigan sentiment survey, Americans have literally never been more pe...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 12 hours ago

The Gerrymander Debacle In Virginia Leaves The Democratic Party With A Dangerous Agenda

The Gerrymander Debacle In Virginia Leaves The Democratic Party With A Dangerous Agenda Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org, “Eff around and find out”: That taunt from Hakeem Jeffries celebrating Virginia’s gerrymander did not age well. On Friday, the House minority leader found out that Virginia’s Supreme Court was not quite as gleeful as he about Democrats’ attempt to virtually eliminate Republican representation in the purple state. The court just cooked the p...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 13 hours ago

SPLC Leader Pleads Not Guilty To Charges Of Funneling Millions To Neo-Nazis

SPLC Leader Pleads Not Guilty To Charges Of Funneling Millions To Neo-Nazis Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Southern Poverty Law Center’s leader entered a not guilty plea in federal court this week, desperately fighting charges that the organization defrauded its donors by secretly funneling more than $3 million to the very white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups it claimed to oppose. The SPLC was forced to respond to an 11-count indictment from the Trump DOJ, inc...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 13 hours ago

Kim Jong Un Creates Ultimate Deadman Switch: North Korea To Auto-Launch Nukes If Assassinated

Kim Jong Un Creates Ultimate Deadman Switch: North Korea To Auto-Launch Nukes If Assassinated North Korea just casually revised its constitution to automatically launch a nuclear strike if leader Kim Jong Un is assassinated, or if the country’s nuclear command-and-control system is placed in danger by hostile forces’ attacks.  The change was adopted during the first session of the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly in Pyongyang on March 22 and was disclosed this week by South Korea’s...

Alt - Boing Boing - 14 hours ago

Your PC can be saved—Windows 11 Pro is just $9.97 through May 18

TL;DR: Upgrade to Microsoft Windows 11 Pro for just $9.97 through May 18 and get a faster, smarter, more secure PC experience with built-in AI tools and productivity upgrades. There comes a point in every PC's life where opening a browser tab feels like asking it to run a marathon in jeans. Read the rest The post Your PC can be saved—Windows 11 Pro is just $9.97 through May 18 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 14 hours ago

How The American System Reshaped The World

How The American System Reshaped The World Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Freedom exists in the absence of government control.  We are free when we are able to worship, speak, write, make a living, and protect our families and property without fear that government agents will punish us for our actions.  America’s Founding Fathers embraced an expansive view of personal liberty that recognizes the inherent right of each person to do as he sees fit, so long as that perso...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 14 hours ago

"They'll Be Laughing No Longer": Trump Rejects Iran Peace Deal Response As "Totally Unacceptable"

"They'll Be Laughing No Longer": Trump Rejects Iran Peace Deal Response As "Totally Unacceptable" Summary Trump calls Iran's peace proposal response "totally unacceptable" Iran warns of 'decisive, immediate' response to British or French warships approaching Hormuz Strait. Iran responds Sunday to US peace proposal, finally submitting something official to Pakistan. Details not initially disclosed. Trump TS: Iran "playing games with the United States." IRGC new warn...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 14 hours ago

Vegetable-Oil Inflation Sends World Food Prices Higher

Vegetable-Oil Inflation Sends World Food Prices Higher The benchmark for global food commodity prices rose for a third consecutive month in April, hitting its highest level since early 2023, as Middle East supply disruptions, elevated energy costs, and tightening supplies of certain agricultural products appear to be driving the next leg higher in global food prices. This is a major risk we have warned about throughout the U.S.-Iran war, as energy and supply chain disruptions sprea...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 15 hours ago

Earnings Estimate Revisions Are Very Optimistic

Earnings Estimate Revisions Are Very Optimistic Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, 💰 Earnings Estimate Revisions Are Very Optimistic Last week, we discussed the SandP earnings record and why such record earnings could be a warning for the market. I want to continue that discussion by focusing not only on what has happened but also on what is expected to happen in the future. While the Q1 2026 earnings results are spectacular, so far, the earnings estimate revi...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 16 hours ago

Secret Israeli Base Hidden In Iraqi Desert Backed Operations Inside Iran

Secret Israeli Base Hidden In Iraqi Desert Backed Operations Inside Iran In a revelation sure to outrage Baghdad and broad swathes of the Iraqi public, Israel established a secret military base in Iraq's desert region to support air operations against Iran, related to the start of Trump's Operation Epic Fury, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Israeli forces even at one point launched airstrikes early in the conflict on Iraqi troops who approached the site and risked exposi...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 16 hours ago

Iran Responds To US Peace Proposal, While Threatening 'Decisive' Strike On UK, French Warships If They Approach Strait

Iran Responds To US Peace Proposal, While Threatening 'Decisive' Strike On UK, French Warships If They Approach Strait Summary Iran warns of 'decisive, immediate' response to British or French warships approaching Hormuz Strait. Iran responds Sunday to US peace proposal, finally submitting something official to Pakistan. Details not initially disclosed. Trump TS: Iran "playing games with the United States." IRGC new warning: will unleash "heavy attack" on US bases in re...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 16 hours ago

Bahrain Intensifies Crackdown On Shia Communities, Arrests Dozens Over Alleged IRGC Links

Bahrain Intensifies Crackdown On Shia Communities, Arrests Dozens Over Alleged IRGC Links Via The Cradle Bahrain’s Interior Ministry announced on Saturday the arrest of 41 citizens, including multiple Shia religious leaders, over alleged ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The ministry said security services uncovered the alleged network through "investigations, security reports, and previous Public Prosecution cases related to espionage involving foreign enti...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 17 hours ago

Spencer Pratt Surges In L.A. Mayoral Race As Democrats Grow Nervous

Spencer Pratt Surges In L.A. Mayoral Race As Democrats Grow Nervous Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, best known for his role on MTV’s The Hills, is gaining traction on online prediction markets, including Polymarket and Kalshi, as well as local polling, after a series of viral campaign videos and last week’s mayoral debate. Pratt’s campaign has released hard-hitting viral ads that have spread across social media like wildfire. His election odds are rising as voters rea...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 18 hours ago

Hantavirus-Plagued Cruise Ship Begins Evacuations

Hantavirus-Plagued Cruise Ship Begins Evacuations Early Sunday morning, the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, anchored off Spain's Canary Islands, began evacuating passengers after a deadly hantavirus outbreak triggered a multinational public health response and put global health authorities on red alert. "The docking took place at 6:30 a.m. and has been a success in spite of all the adversities," Health Minister Mónica García said in a statement quoted by Bloomberg News. H...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 19 hours ago

Housing Market's Crucial "Spring Selling Season" Is In Tatters

Housing Market's Crucial "Spring Selling Season" Is In Tatters Authored by Wolf Richter via Wolf Street, Late last year and early this year, the story was that dropping mortgage rates, powered by big rate cuts from the Fed, would unleash demand in the housing market in the spring – the key spring selling season – and that sales volume would take off and that Realtors’ commissions would rocket to the moon. And so that didn’t happen. Inflation has been reheating for months before th...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 19 hours ago

Soaring Death Toll In Lebanon Toll As Full-Fledged Israel, Hezbollah Fighting Returns

Soaring Death Toll In Lebanon Toll As Full-Fledged Israel, Hezbollah Fighting Returns Full-fledged war has returned to Lebanon as the government has announced that at least 23 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes on Saturday alone.  Stretching back into Friday, this brings the total death count to at least 50 killed over the past 24 hours of Israeli bombings, also as Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) late on Saturday said rescue operations were still ongoing for bystand...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 19 hours ago

Soaring Death Toll In Lebanon As Full-Fledged Israel, Hezbollah Fighting Returns

Soaring Death Toll In Lebanon As Full-Fledged Israel, Hezbollah Fighting Returns Full-fledged war has returned to Lebanon as the government has announced that at least 23 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes on Saturday alone.  Stretching back into Friday, this brings the total death count to at least 50 killed over the past 24 hours of Israeli bombings, also as Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) late on Saturday said rescue operations were still ongoing for bystanders m...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

Winning? Do We Need To Understand UBI

Winning? Do We Need To Understand UBI Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Winning? Do We Need To Understand UBI Iran (and the potential for a deal) has continued to move markets. As the 30-year bond rose above 5% earlier this week, we got news that we have a new approach to resolving the conflict – a one-page MOU. Markets (ex-oil) rallied around various “deal” headlines all week. Spider, Bret, and I spent some time discussing this on Friday’s Podcast – The U.S. Proposa...

Alt - Boing Boing - 20 hours ago

Why pay for Microsoft 365 every month when you can pay $30 once and get Microsoft Office forever?

TL;DR: Stop paying monthly for Microsoft apps you use every day. Get a one-time purchase of Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows for $29.97 (reg. $219.99) through May 18. Microsoft 365 now costs $99.99 a year, which means you're essentially renting Word, Excel, and PowerPoint indefinitely. Read the rest The post Why pay for Microsoft 365 every month when you can pay $30 once and get Microsoft Office forever? appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

Iran Responds To US Peace Proposal, As Ayatollah Meets With Top General To Discuss 'Readiness'

Iran Responds To US Peace Proposal, As Ayatollah Meets With Top General To Discuss 'Readiness' Summary Iran responds Sunday to US peace proposal, finally submitting something official to Pakistan. Details not initially disclosed.  IRGC new warning: will unleash "heavy attack" on US bases in region if more Hormuz aggression persists. The still not publicly seen Supreme Leader has met with a top Iranian military commander to talk 'readiness' against US-Israeli aggression....

Alt - Zero Hedge - 21 hours ago

Iran-Linked Media Floats Data Tax On Hormuz Undersea Internet Cables

Iran-Linked Media Floats Data Tax On Hormuz Undersea Internet Cables An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked media outlet has signaled that submarine fiber-optic cables running through the Strait of Hormuz remain in Tehran’s crosshairs. Tehran views Hormuz not only as an energy chokepoint but also as a digital chokepoint, with undersea cables beaming internet across the Gulf and into the global network. Source: Retuers  Tasnim published an article titled “Three Practical Steps...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 21 hours ago

What Would Be Truly Bullish? Actually Fixing What's Broken

What Would Be Truly Bullish? Actually Fixing What's Broken Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via Of Two Minds, We've come to an interesting juncture in history, interesting because while we're being assured that AI will solve all problems, including any it creates, back in the real world, AI is incapable of fixing what's broken because too many people are getting rich off the status quo, and since the status quo is the problem, those who own / control AI will use it to maintain the st...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 22 hours ago

Housing Cost Pressure Varies Widely Across The EU

Housing Cost Pressure Varies Widely Across The EU Housing affordability in the EU has an uneven spread across the continent according to data from Eurostat. As Statista's Jack Lillis details below, the share of people whose housing costs exceed 40% of disposable income ranges from as low as 2.4% in Cyprus to as high as 28.9% in Greece. The EU 27 average stands at 8.2%, but this figure masks significant disparities between countries. You will find more infographics at Statista ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 23 hours ago

The Most Direct Social Engineering Propaganda You'll Ever See

The Most Direct Social Engineering Propaganda You'll Ever See Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, A new Channel 5 drama series has delivered what many are calling peak social conditioning: a classroom scene where a teacher is berated by students for failing to instantly adopt preferred pronouns and for daring to stage Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A clip, shared widely on social media, shows an old-school drama teacher clashing with pupils over basic biology,...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 23 hours ago

Maersk CEO Warns Iran War Is A "New Wake-Up Call" For Global Trade

Maersk CEO Warns Iran War Is A "New Wake-Up Call" For Global Trade It is becoming increasingly clear that reopening the Strait of Hormuz has become a top U.S. priority (really a global priority) , as oil executives and industry insiders warn that the clock is ticking toward an energy and global trade shock if the maritime chokepoint remains closed for another month. Frederic Lasserre, head of research at Gunvor, one of the world's largest oil traders, warned earlier this week: "The...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

AI Is Losing The PR Battle And The Consequences Could Be Huge

AI Is Losing The PR Battle And The Consequences Could Be Huge Authored by Donald Kendal via The Epoch Times, Lately, when watching high-profile sporting events like the NBA Playoffs, you may have noticed a rash of commercials for artificial intelligence (AI) companies. While average commercials strive to show off new products or services or recruit new customers, these AI commercials seem to have a different primary objective. They seem to target goodwill. Heartwarming commercia...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

How Governments, Corporations, and Technocratic Systems Are Quietly Redefining Ownership In The 21st Century

How Governments, Corporations, and Technocratic Systems Are Quietly Redefining Ownership In The 21st Century Authored by Milan Adams via PreppGroup, There are periods in history when societies begin to discover that the liberties they believed to be permanent were, in reality, conditional arrangements tolerated only while they remained politically convenient. Across the Western world, governments are quietly expanding the legal and administrative mechanisms through which private la...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Chinese EVs Absent From U.S. Roads, But Parts Under The Hood Are Alarming

Chinese EVs Absent From U.S. Roads, But Parts Under The Hood Are Alarming For good reason, U.S. policymakers have resisted opening the domestic auto market to a flood of cheap, gasoline-powered Chinese cars and EVs. Such a move would crush Detroit into even more misery. It would accelerate the hollowing out of the nation's industrial base (something Europe willingly did), further degrade suppliers, and weaken the country's ability to convert truck production lines to tank production...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

4 Key Points From New White House Counter-Terror Strategy

4 Key Points From New White House Counter-Terror Strategy Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump’s administration rolled out its new counterterrorism strategy overview on May 6, articulating recent policy shifts and new pledges going forward. The 16-page strategy guide seeks to articulate an “America First” approach to dealing with militants, extremists, and criminal enterprises. “For the 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, America has retu...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Cameco Sees As Many As 20 AP1000 Nuclear Reactors On The Horizon

Cameco Sees As Many As 20 AP1000 Nuclear Reactors On The Horizon Cameco leadership recently made announcements during their 2026Q1 earnings call regarding an expectation that as many as 20 AP1000 reactors will be announced for construction with support from the Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Department of Energy (DOE).  Grant Isaac, the Chief Operating Officer and President of Cameco, provided some color on the call for the difference between the different department effort...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Trump Congratulates Incoming Iraqi Leader, Who Moves To Disarm Pro-Iran Militias

Trump Congratulates Incoming Iraqi Leader, Who Moves To Disarm Pro-Iran Militias Via The Cradle A committee comprising three senior Iraqi figures is close to finalizing an "executive plan" to disarm factions within the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) that enjoy support from Iran, Asharq Al-Awsat reported on 8 May. Development of the plan, which will be presented to US officials in the next few days, comes amid expected changes to the leadership of key security agencies under the...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

"Exponentially Deteriorating": Baltimore's Lawlessness Spreads Into Suburbs As Democrats Lose Control

"Exponentially Deteriorating": Baltimore's Lawlessness Spreads Into Suburbs As Democrats Lose Control Maryland is one of many blue states that have transformed into a failed progressive experiment, where net migration flows are negative as productive, working-class taxpayers flee the state, not just because of high taxes and the power bill crisis, but also because they've had enough of left-wing politicians and their failed criminal justice and social reforms that have fueled a de...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

From Civilian To Military Economy: This Is What A Declining Empire's Economy Looks Like

From Civilian To Military Economy: This Is What A Declining Empire's Economy Looks Like Authored by Bryan Lutz via DollarCollapse.com, “A government always finds itself obliged to resort to inflationary measures when it cannot negotiate loans and dare not levy taxes, because it has reason to fear that it will forfeit approval of the policy it is following if it reveals too soon the financial and general economic consequences of that policy.” ~ Ludwig von Mises, The Theory of Mone...

Alt - Boing Boing - 1 day ago

This fan edit corrects the continuty problems of a Star Wars favorite

Star Wars, as George Lucas is quick to point out is, you know, for kids. But kids grow up. What seemed cool when you were 12 and Empire Strikes Back popped feels more like Elan Sleazebaggano by the time you hit 40. Read the rest The post This fan edit corrects the continuty problems of a Star Wars favorite appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 1 day ago

Ben Palmer's fake ICE hotline is still getting hits

I'm genuinely amazed that the fake ICE tipline set up by comedian Ben Palmer who specializes in pretending to be what he's not is still operational. Of course, that fact is a pretty damning indictment of this country. Comedic value aside, it's extremely interesting to get a firsthand view into the mindset of people who hear their neighbors speak Spanish and immediately try to get them deported. Read the rest The post Ben Palmer's fake ICE hotline is still getting hits appeared first on Boing Bo...

Alt - Boing Boing - 1 day ago

Here are some terrific resources tracking the "Andes" hantavirus outbreak

I've been glued to the news about the Andes virus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius. If somehow you've not yet heard of Andes virus, it's the only type of hantavirus that has been shown to spread from human to human, while most other hantaviruses spread only from direct contact with rodent droppings. Read the rest The post Here are some terrific resources tracking the "Andes" hantavirus outbreak appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 1 day ago

Another day, another gaming price hike

Hey, do you remember when the Switch 2 first launched and all anyone could talk about was how expensive it was? Don't worry, because Nintendo heard you loud and clear: the price of their hardware is going up once again. Read the rest The post Another day, another gaming price hike appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Caught On Tape: California Billionaire Tax Architect Admits Wealth Confiscation Could Go Even Further

Caught On Tape: California Billionaire Tax Architect Admits Wealth Confiscation Could Go Even Further One of the co-authors of California’s controversial 'one-time' tax on billionaires appeared to suggest that the levy could extend beyond a single imposition. Marxist economics professor Emmanuel Saez, who hails from France, made the comment during a Tuesday debate against economist Arthur Laffer at the University of California, Berkeley. “I don’t think it’s going to be a one-tim...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Commodity Supercycle: The Enemy Of The Bull Thesis

Commodity Supercycle: The Enemy Of The Bull Thesis Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The commodity supercycle thesis is everywhere right now. Bank of America’s Michael Hartnett, one of the most widely read strategists on Wall Street, recently declared “commodities the biggest trade of the next five years,” anchoring the call on deglobalization, chronic capital underinvestment, and a world drifting away from dollar dominance. As is often the case, the narrative...

Alt - Boing Boing - 1 day ago

This 2019 Chromebook is a schoolwork machine—get it now for just $60

TL;DR: This refurbished 2019 Gen 2 Chromebook is the perfect midyear gift for students and professionals looking for a hassle-free laptop. Grab one now at 70% off. Investing in an expensive, premium-grade laptop doesn't make sense if you're buying for young school-aged children. Read the rest The post This 2019 Chromebook is a schoolwork machine—get it now for just $60 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

"Dateflation": 40% Of Singles Are Going On Fewer Dates Due To High Costs

"Dateflation": 40% Of Singles Are Going On Fewer Dates Due To High Costs Inflation is reshaping modern dating by making romantic outings more expensive and forcing many singles to be more intentional about how they spend, according to a new study from DealSeek.  Rising costs are affecting how often people go out, with 71% of singles saying dating is more expensive than it was a year ago and 40% saying they are going on fewer dates because of it. For many people, paying for transpor...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Hantavirus: Stop The Spread Is Back

Hantavirus: Stop The Spread Is Back Via the Brownstone Institute, Hollywood loves a good sequel and so does politics and pharmaceutical development.  Since Covid, there have been several attempted disease scares – Mpox, Swine flu, Bird flu, Chikungunya, Measles – but nothing has really caught the attention of audiences like the new Hantavirus frenzy.  Today’s evidence comes from DRUDGE REPORT: global effort to stop the spread. Is “flatten the curve” next? Let’s remember how th...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Wall Street Keeps Testing AI Traders, But Most Are Still Underperforming

Wall Street Keeps Testing AI Traders, But Most Are Still Underperforming Recent trading competitions suggest large language models are still unreliable portfolio managers, according to Bloomberg. Tests involving models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI have often delivered underwhelming results: many lost money, traded excessively, and made erratic decisions despite receiving identical prompts. In several cases, models appeared unable to stick to coherent strategies for more ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Trump Says He's Not Replacing FDA Chief Makary

Trump Says He's Not Replacing FDA Chief Makary Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on May 8 that he has no plans to replace Marty Makary as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). When asked by reporters outside the White House about Makary, Trump responded: “Nothing much, he’s doing fine,” without elaborating further. Trump said he had seen reports suggesting the administration was planning to remove Makary from his r...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Legendary Candy Company Killed After 141 Years By Soaring Costs

Legendary Candy Company Killed After 141 Years By Soaring Costs Soaring expenses for raw materials and labor have delivered a blow to yet another longtime business, claiming Lammes Candies, a family-owned confectioner that has operated in the South for more than a century, FOX 7 Austin reports. The Austin, Texas,-based company recently announced that it will begin an "orderly wind-down of operations" after 141 years of family ownership, according to a statement posted to its Face...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

More "Love Taps"? US Reportedly Struck 4 Iranian Tankers As Qatari LNG Tanker Traverses Strait

More "Love Taps"? US Reportedly Struck 4 Iranian Tankers As Qatari LNG Tanker Traverses Strait Summary US reportedly struck 4 Iranian oil tankers attempting to traverse the Strait Qatari LNG Tanker entered the Strait for first time since start of war US continues to await a formal response from Tehran on a proposal aimed at ending the war The odds of a permanent peace deal by the end of May have faded notably (now just 25%)... US Reportedly Struck 4 Iranian Oil Tan...

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Iran Publicly Discloses Supreme Leader's Status For First Time: 'Marginally Injured'

Iran Publicly Discloses Supreme Leader's Status For First Time: 'Marginally Injured' The Iranian government has for the first time officially weighed in on the health of new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who was injured in the opening strikes of Trump's Operation Epic Fury, which killed the younger Khamenei's father and wife. "A government official claimed Khamenei, who hasn't been seen in public since that attack, is now in good health," The Wall Street Journal write...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

5 Highlights From The Pentagon's UFO Files

5 Highlights From The Pentagon's UFO Files Authored by Jacob Burg and Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours - the ALFstein files), Apollo 11 astronauts reported seeing a “sizeable” object close to the moon with a “fairly bright light source” that they described as a “possible laser,” in a newly released post-mission crew debriefing from NASA. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reported a UAP that resembled a football-shaped body near Japan in 2024. The image was released on Ma...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

De-Extinct Dire Wolves Ready To Breed; Bioscience Company Pushes Forward Multiple Projects

De-Extinct Dire Wolves Ready To Breed; Bioscience Company Pushes Forward Multiple Projects Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Colossal Biosciences has announced that its de-extinct dire wolves—Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi—are now breeding-aged and the firm plans to expand the pack later this year. The development marks a significant step for the Texas-based company in its mission to restore extinct species through genetic engineering. The dire wolf pups, born in late 2...

Alt - Boing Boing - 1 day ago

Clear out storage for up to 3 Macs with BuhoCleaner for just $30

TL;DR: With the Dr. Buho Mac Utility Lifetime License, you'll be able to remove leftover application files, duplicate files, large files, and cache junk with ease. Get coverage for up to 3 devices for just $29.99 (reg. $241.96). When it comes to longevity, you'll struggle to find a better laptop than a MacBook. Read the rest The post Clear out storage for up to 3 Macs with BuhoCleaner for just $30 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Qatari LNG Tanker Transits Hormuz As U.S. Awaits Iran's Response To Peace Deal

Qatari LNG Tanker Transits Hormuz As U.S. Awaits Iran's Response To Peace Deal The Trump administration continues to await a formal response from Tehran on a U.S. proposal aimed at ending the war and reopening the Hormuz chokepoint, following last week's clashes between Iranian and U.S. naval forces in the world's most critical waterway. While there were no official signs of a breakthrough in negotiations as of early Saturday morning, new ship data from the Hormuz area may suggest ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Frontier Jet Hits Person On Takeoff, Engine Erupts In Flames At Denver

Frontier Jet Hits Person On Takeoff, Engine Erupts In Flames At Denver A shocking runway security incident unfolded late Friday at Denver International Airport after Frontier Flight 4345, an Airbus A321 bound for Los Angeles, struck an individual during its takeoff roll, forcing the crew to abort. Full transcript of the ATC audio: Frontier 4345 (pilot): Tower, Frontier 4345, we're stopping on the runway. We just hit somebody and have an engine fire. DEN Tower: Frontier 4345, I s...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Austrian Hotel Defends Burkini Pool Ban As Hygiene Dispute With Muslim Guests Heads To Court

Austrian Hotel Defends Burkini Pool Ban As Hygiene Dispute With Muslim Guests Heads To Court Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, A hotel in the Austrian city of Salzburg is defending its refusal to allow two women to use its pool while wearing burkinis, arguing that the decision was based on hygiene concerns rather than discrimination. The case is now before the Salzburg Administrative Court after the operators of the hotel in Pongau appealed fines imposed by the district ...

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"Doesn't Look Good": Explosion Rocks Major New Orleans-Area Refinery As Fuel Markets Tighten

"Doesn't Look Good": Explosion Rocks Major New Orleans-Area Refinery As Fuel Markets Tighten A fire broke out Friday afternoon at PBF Energy's Chalmette refinery outside New Orleans, according to the facility. Reuters cited people familiar with the incident who said the 190,000-barrel-per-day Chalmette refinery suffered an explosion on Friday afternoon. The explosion can be traced to a reformer heater used to convert refining byproducts into octane-boosting components added to unfi...

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Europe Sees 'Hyper-Concentration' Of Crypto 'Wrench Attacks' As Losses Hit $101 Million

Europe Sees 'Hyper-Concentration' Of Crypto 'Wrench Attacks' As Losses Hit $101 Million Authored by Stephen Katte via CoinTelegraph.com, Estimated losses from global crypto wrench attacks reached $101 million in the first four months of 2026, with most attacks occurring in Europe, according to Web3 security company CertiK. With just 34 documented crypto wrench attacks, the losses have nearly doubled those of 2025, which came in at $52.2 million. Europe accounted for 82% of incid...

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Germany's AfD On Verge Of Absolute Majority In Eastern Saxony-Anhalt Just Months Before Election

Germany's AfD On Verge Of Absolute Majority In Eastern Saxony-Anhalt Just Months Before Election Via Remix News, With just one more point on election day, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is closing in on producing a political earthquake. According to a recent poll by Infratest dimap, the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt is pushing its lead even further, now at 41 percent. The poll also shows that for the CDU, establishing a government is becoming more difficult, especially since any real...

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The Day Civilization Runs Out Of Bread Will Not Feel Like Fiction

The Day Civilization Runs Out Of Bread Will Not Feel Like Fiction Authored by Madge Waggy, For nearly three decades, much of the modern world behaved as though the nuclear age had quietly expired sometime in the early 1990s. The collapse of the Soviet Union created the comforting illusion that humanity had stepped away from the edge permanently, as if the terrifying balance that defined the Cold War had dissolved together with old political maps. Younger generations grew up hearing...

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The Rise Of AI Writing And The Decline Of Human Voice

The Rise Of AI Writing And The Decline Of Human Voice Artificial intelligence has become a powerful writing assistant, helping people draft emails, essays, marketing copy, and social media posts in seconds. But as these tools grow more popular, researchers are raising concerns about an unintended consequence: AI may be changing not just what we write, but how we communicate altogether, according to Axios. New research suggests that widespread use of large language models is making ...

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Gold, Debt And The Inevitable Global Housing Market Crash

Gold, Debt And The Inevitable Global Housing Market Crash Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us Maybe the most prominent economic discussion circulating today is the fear that the vast majority of people have been priced out of housing markets for the rest of their lives, regardless of the country they live. Gen Z and even Gen Alpha teens are already planning for a future in which buying a home is impossible. Those that are buying are aiming for cost efficiency and they are b...

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DOE's NNSA Removes Enriched Uranium From Venezuela And Japan

DOE's NNSA Removes Enriched Uranium From Venezuela And Japan The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has coordinated with Japan and Venezuela to remove enriched uranium from both countries.  The U.S. has secured its largest-ever HALEU fuel shipment, working in partnership with Japan. This significant transfer advances President Trump’s strategy to restore America's energy dominance and power next-generation nuclear reactors. https://t.co/h5Oc6f5k...

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Global Jet Fuel Exports Hit 10-Year Seasonal Low in April

Global Jet Fuel Exports Hit 10-Year Seasonal Low in April Submitted by Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Global seaborne jet fuel exports crashed to a seasonal low in April as supplies remained trapped in the Middle East and Asian refiners slashed run rates amid lower crude availability, energy flows analytics firm Vortexa said in a report on Friday. Global seaborne exports of jet/kerosene fuels slumped to as low as 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd) in April, down by 630,000 bpd ...

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Is Marco Rubio The New Heir Apparent To Trump?

Is Marco Rubio The New Heir Apparent To Trump? For months, the conventional wisdom inside Republican circles has been settled and simple: JD Vance is next. The vice president has led 2028 Republican presidential nomination polling by a country mile, averaging nearly 45.5 points in the RealClearPolitics aggregate more than 30 points ahead of Donald Trump Jr. at 14.8% and Marco Rubio at 14%. And yet, something shifted this week. One press briefing, and the betting markets started h...

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Is There More Risk Than Reward In The US–China Summit?

Is There More Risk Than Reward In The US–China Summit? Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Do the advantages of the U.S.–China summit still outweigh the disadvantages? Perhaps, but the negative risks are high. President Donald Trump (left) and Chinese leader Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo The scheduled May 14–15 summit in Beijing between Presi...

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What The Indiana Primaries Tell Us About Trump's Grip On The GOP

What The Indiana Primaries Tell Us About Trump's Grip On The GOP Tuesday night’s primaries in Indiana were not subtle. Five of seven Republican state senators who had blocked a congressional redistricting map favored by President Donald Trump lost their primary races to Trump-backed challengers. The message, delivered cleanly through the ballot box, couldn’t have been clearer. Twenty-one Republicans in the Indiana Senate voted against a new congressional map that would likely hav...

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Nick Shirley Went To Cuba... He Almost Didn't Make It Home

Nick Shirley Went To Cuba... He Almost Didn't Make It Home Authored by Sarah Anderson via PJMedia.com, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio often accuse the Cuban regime of rolling out the red carpet for our adversaries. They're not wrong. It actively welcomes those working against United States interests, and I'm not just talking about China, Russian, and Iran.  If you'll remember, in March, a group of far-leftist folks from the U.S. and Europe including members of Code Pink, commie ac...

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UCLA Med School Illegally Using Race In Admissions: DOJ

UCLA Med School Illegally Using Race In Admissions: DOJ A DOJ investigation into the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) found its medial school allegedly used applicants' race to discriminate against white and asian candidates.  Royce Hall on University of California, Los Angeles, campus is seen in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2024. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File In a seven-page letter released on Wednesday, the agency’s Civil Rights Division wrote that UCLA "continues to int...

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Clinton-Appointed Federal Judge Rules DOGE's Terminations Of Humanities Grants Unlawful

Clinton-Appointed Federal Judge Rules DOGE's Terminations Of Humanities Grants Unlawful Authored by Guy Birchall via The Epoch Times, A federal judge ruled on May 7 that the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE’s) termination of hundreds of humanities grants last year was unconstitutional and involved “blatant” discrimination. In April 2025, the Trump administration axed more than 1,400 grants, amounting to more than $100 million in congressionally appropriated funds awar...

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Thailand Emerges As Possible Hub In Nvidia Chip-Smuggling Channel To Alibaba

Thailand Emerges As Possible Hub In Nvidia Chip-Smuggling Channel To Alibaba New details have emerged in the alleged AI chip diversion scheme involving the co-founder of Super Micro Computer. Bloomberg reports that some of the $2.5 billion worth of servers containing advanced AI chips were allegedly routed through a Bangkok-based company before reaching Chinese AI leader Alibaba. The Bloomberg report noted: US prosecutors this year outlined a scheme in which Super Micro's co-fou...

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We're "Ending The Days Of Hiding Fraud": Bessent Goes After Dark Money In Nonprofits

We're "Ending The Days Of Hiding Fraud": Bessent Goes After Dark Money In Nonprofits Authored by Stu Cvrk via American Greatness, On April 23, the US Treasury Department announced that the IRS plans to revise Form 990—the annual information return filed by tax-exempt organizations—to improve transparency and strengthen oversight, specifically targeting reporting on government contracts, government grants, and fiscal sponsorship arrangements. The stated goals are to detect miscondu...

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Traders Puzzled As Physical Oil Prices Tumble Amid Surging Chinese Crude Sales, Plunging Imports

Traders Puzzled As Physical Oil Prices Tumble Amid Surging Chinese Crude Sales, Plunging Imports Yesterday when discussing China's unexpected flip-flopping on its decision to order local banks to ignore the latest US sanctions on Chinese, followed days later by a demand that they pause loans to sanctions refiners, we highlighted something remarkable: in the aftermath of the Strait of Hormuz blockade, which throttled the transit of ~10% of global oil and sent physical prices soaring ...

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US To Revoke Passports Of People Who Owe 'Significant' Child Support

US To Revoke Passports Of People Who Owe 'Significant' Child Support Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of State announced on May 7 that it would revoke the U.S. passports of parents who are significantly behind on child support payments. The department said it would work with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to revoke passports of individuals who owe “significant child support debt,” providing a link to the new guidanc...

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NJ Transit Cuts World Cup Train Fare After Backlash Over $150 Ticket Price

NJ Transit Cuts World Cup Train Fare After Backlash Over $150 Ticket Price After getting roasted over its $150 World Cup train fare, NJ Transit is backing off, lowering the roundtrip ticket to $105 for rides between Penn Station and MetLife Stadium, according to Bloomberg. The agency had defended the original price as necessary to handle massive game-day crowds, with roughly 40,000 extra riders expected per match. That explanation didn’t land well, considering the same trip usually...

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Seattle's mystery soda machine vanished in 2018 with a goodbye note

For roughly two decades, a battered 1970s Coca-Cola machine sat on the sidewalk outside Broadway Locksmith on East John Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill, and nobody seemed to own it. Drinks cost 55 cents back in 2002, climbed to 75 cents by 2014, and reached a buck right when Seattle rolled out its sweetened-beverage tax in early 2018. Read the rest The post Seattle's mystery soda machine vanished in 2018 with a goodbye note appeared first on Boing Boing.

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No one knows why dark side of Venus has a faint glow

On January 9, 1643, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli pointed his telescope at Venus and noticed a faint glow on the planet's unlit side. Riccioli figured it was an artifact of his glass the same trick that makes a prism throw rainbows. Read the rest The post No one knows why dark side of Venus has a faint glow appeared first on Boing Boing.

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75% off a MacBook Pro? Upgrade your laptop for just $400

TL;DR: Save on upgrading your laptop with this deal on an Apple MacBook Pro (2020) 13″. Get this sleek and speedy device for just $399.99 (Reg. $1,580) when you buy refurbished. Time to upgrade your laptop? Don't waste your time wincing at the price on Apple's website. Read the rest The post 75% off a MacBook Pro? Upgrade your laptop for just $400 appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Redistricting Battles Heat Up After Supreme Court Ruling

Redistricting Battles Heat Up After Supreme Court Ruling Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling on redistricting has prompted lawmakers in multiple states to reconsider their electoral maps ahead of the 2026 midterms. The decision, issued on April 29, focused on a congressional map that Louisiana drew after a lower court stated that a prior map violated the Voting Rights Act. That law prohibits race-based discrimination i...

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Safeway blames a "wood pulp shortage" for its handleless paper bags

Karen Aitchison, a senior who has shopped the Diamond Heights Boulevard Safeway for 30 years, lives three flights up. When her grocery store stopped stocking paper bags with handles last month, she did what any sensible person would do she hoarded the old ones and started reinforcing them with strapping tape. Read the rest The post Safeway blames a "wood pulp shortage" for its handleless paper bags appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Physicist says the 'hard problem of consciousness' isn't real

When Carlo Rovelli's bicycle chain comes off, he calls a bike-shop mechanic, never a particle physicist even though particle physics technically governs every bolt on the thing. The Italian quantum-gravity theorist uses that fact to swat away one of the loudest arguments in philosophy of mind, in a long essay for Noema titled "There Is No 'Hard Problem Of Consciousness.'" Read the rest The post Physicist says the 'hard problem of consciousness' isn't real appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Meta's daily user count just dropped for the first time ever

Daily active users across Meta's properties slipped from 3.58 billion to 3.56 billion last quarter, the first decline the company has ever reported. Julia Angwin, writing in a New York Times opinion piece, says Meta has caught the same stink that AOL did in 2003 and that Yahoo did in 2015. Read the rest The post Meta's daily user count just dropped for the first time ever appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Massive Oil Slick Spotted Off Iran's Kharg Island, Cause Unknown 

Massive Oil Slick Spotted Off Iran's Kharg Island, Cause Unknown  An apparent large oil spill spanning dozens of square miles of sea has been spotted off of Iran's main oil hub of Kharg Island, according to open source satellite imagery and reporting in both the NY Times and Reuters on Friday. The reports cite images from Copernicus's Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Sentinel-3 satellites taken from monitoring May 6 through 8 which show a huge grey-and-white slick extending out to the w...

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'An Epic Madness Burns In The Minds of Californians...'

'An Epic Madness Burns In The Minds of Californians...' Authored by James Howard Kunstler, The California Death Trip “History records no pity for parties that choose purity over competence, vengeance over vision, pathology over pragmatism. The long night is not coming. It is here. . . . ” - LHGrey on X The Pacific Palisades fire ignited on January 7, 2025, in the very last days of the “Joe Biden” fake presidency. 6,837 total buildings destroyed plus about 1,000 damaged. Th...

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Toyota And Honda See Sharp Declines In Profit Amidst Iran War Pressures, Spiking EV Costs

Toyota And Honda See Sharp Declines In Profit Amidst Iran War Pressures, Spiking EV Costs Toyota expects a sharp decline in profit as rising material and shipping costs tied to the Iran conflict pressure its business, according to Bloomberg.  The automaker projected operating income of ¥3 trillion for the fiscal year ending March 2027, well below both analyst expectations of ¥4.6 trillion and last year’s ¥3.8 trillion. The company said supply chain disruptions are driving up costs...

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Minnesota Democrats Unanimously Vote To Protect Rep. Ilhan Omar... And Dead Voters

Minnesota Democrats Unanimously Vote To Protect Rep. Ilhan Omar... And Dead Voters Authored by Eric Utter via AmericanThinker.com, Minnesota Senate Democrats recently voted - unaminously - against removing deceased persons from the state’s voter rolls. This tracks with the fact that almost 100% of dead people vote for Democrats, making them Democrats’ most loyal voting bloc, even surpassing that of serial killers. (This may explain why, historically, Democrat gerrymandering seems...

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Listen to almost 50 years of startup sounds

The Data Drop releases one interactive visual essay every week, and the latest is a collection of startup sounds from 1977 to the present, covering everything from the Apple II to the Vision Pro. Along with the actual startup sound, or lack thereof, in the case of early tech like the 2600, the drop includes the story behind the sound. Read the rest The post Listen to almost 50 years of startup sounds appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Another Wall Street Giant Is Plotting Its Escape From Mamdani's New York City: Report

Another Wall Street Giant Is Plotting Its Escape From Mamdani's New York City: Report It looks like Citadel isn’t the only Wall Street giant looking for the exits as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) continues his commie Robinhood thing on the city’s richest. Fox Business Network’s Charles Gasparino reported Wednesday that the Manhattan-headquartered private equity giant Apollo is preparing to establish what insiders describe as a “second headquarters” in either Florida or Tex...

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Taiwan Semiconductor April Sales Grow At Slowest Pace In 6 Months

Taiwan Semiconductor April Sales Grow At Slowest Pace In 6 Months Taiwan Semiconductor, world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, posted its slowest pace of monthly revenue expansion since October, highlighting the challenges of sustaining torrid AI-fueled pace of growth. Sales in April rose 17.5% to NT$410.7 billion ($13.1 billion), their smallest rise in about six months. While the rise reflects just 30 days of business and its revenue can fluctuate month-to-...

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US and Iran practicing an "Israeli ceasefire," by shooting at one another

Diplomacy in 2026 increasingly resembles two raccoons fighting inside a dumpster while insisting they are "de-escalating," and the latest US-Iran ceasefire appears to follow Israel's favorite template: keep firing, but call it a "ceasefire." A U.S. official confirmed the attack, saying the U.S. Read the rest The post US and Iran practicing an "Israeli ceasefire," by shooting at one another appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filings Increase 42%

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filings Increase 42% Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, There were 644 commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in April 2026, a 42 percent yearly increase, according to a May 6 statement from the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). A Chapter 11 bankruptcy seeks to reorganize a company’s debts, with the aim of keeping the business operational and, eventually, becoming solvent. This is the most common type of bankruptcy filing made by busines...

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Yellowstone grizzly introduces two hikers to the "find out" phase of wildlife tourism

Yellowstone's wildlife brochure probably mentions the geysers first, but this week a mother grizzly reminded two hikers that the park's unofficial mascot still has claws, teeth, and very strong opinions about strangers approaching her cubs. The incident occurred on the Mystic Falls Trail, where officials believe a female grizzly with two or three cubs-of-the-year was involved in the attack. Read the rest The post Yellowstone grizzly introduces two hikers to the "find out" phase of wild...

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Report says Kash Patel is spiraling over leaks and grilling staff with lie detectors

According to new reporting from Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian, already paranoid-looking FBI Director Kash Patel has reportedly ordered polygraph tests for more than two dozen current and former staffers as leak paranoia and internal panic spread through his office. MS NOW is reporting that "FBI director Kash Patel has ordered the polygraphing of more than two dozen former and current members of his security detail and other staff and has been described as in panic mode to save his job and...

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Maryland Blames Data Centers For $1.6 Billion Power Bill Shock, Omits Green Energy Mess

Maryland Blames Data Centers For $1.6 Billion Power Bill Shock, Omits Green Energy Mess Maryland's Office of People's Counsel released a new report warning that homeowners in the state could face $1.6 billion in additional power bill costs over the next decade to subsidize transmission line upgrades, largely due to data center demand outside Maryland, more specifically from data centers in Northern Virginia. OPC filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)...

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This animator is doing wild things with construction paper

This animation by Philippa Rice uses an innovative technique I haven't seen before: paper cutouts. The video shows the technique used in different ways, and it's fun to see the possibilities that come from simply cutting paper and animating it. Read the rest The post This animator is doing wild things with construction paper appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Handmade kaleidoscopes that open tiny portals into dreamlike mini universes

Budderscopes is the creative world of artist Kaleb Weber, who makes handmade kaleidoscopes built from glass, mirrors, and found materials. Look through one, and color and shape break apart into endlessly changing patterns each scope a different mini-universe. The handmade quality makes them addictive to peer into, because no two views are alike. Read the rest The post Handmade kaleidoscopes that open tiny portals into dreamlike mini universes appeared first on Boing Boing.