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Media tech transformer, SMPTE fellow & Emmy winner, cloud solutions architect. Opinions are my own.
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Forbes
2 days ago
Renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are nearly $12 million over Trumpâs initial budget and the White House ballroom could cost $1.4 billion, up from $200 million.
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Trumpâs Other âVanity Projectsâ Will Cost $162.5 MillionâIn Addition To $1.4 Billion Ballroom Possibly Funded By Taxpayers
Renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are nearly $12 million over Trumpâs initial budget and the White House ballroom could cost $1.4 billion, up from $200 million.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/05/13/trumps-other-vanity-projects-will-cost-1625-million-in-addition-to-14-billion-ballroom-possibly-funded-by-taxpayers/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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âOn an annual basis, the index was up 6%, the biggest increase since December 2022.â
www.cnbc.com/2026/05/13/p...
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Wholesale inflation jumps 6% in April on annual basis, biggest increase since 2022
The producer price index was expected to increase 0.5% in April, according to the Dow Jones consensus.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/13/ppi-inflation-report-april-2026-.html
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Bethany Brookshire
about 23 hours ago
Thank you
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for this: the Trump admin likes to tout its success reducing overdoses but is cutting money to PREVENT those overdoses taking place, replacing hard-won harm reduction policy with yet more stigma.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/o...
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Opinion | Overdose Deaths Are Dropping. Maybe Not for Long.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/opinion/harm-reduction-addiction-trump.html
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âThe possibilities for the Iranians to âMacGyverâ their way around Trump's blockade are endless because the country has thousands of miles of land border to work withâ
oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
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How Iran Is Bypassing the Strait of Hormuz Blockade | OilPrice.com
Iran is relying on overland trade routes, Caspian Sea shipping, and rail exports to China to mitigate the economic impact of a U.S. naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/How-Iran-Is-Bypassing-the-Strait-of-Hormuz-Blockade.html
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Hoodlum đșđž
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President Obama: âWe pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. Thereâs no dispute that it worked and we didnât have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.â
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Greg Wolf
2 days ago
Good riddance.
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âFailed experiment in human sufferingâ: Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail to close
State officials told vendors at the facility to prepare for a breakdown of the tented camp beginning next month
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/alligator-alcatraz-south-florida-detention-center-closure
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âThe Interior Department reportedly added $6.2 million to the previous cost of the no-bid contract on Fridayâ
thehill.com/homenews/587...
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Trump changes story on reflecting pool contractor
President Trump said Tuesday he does not know the contractor that is renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after previously saying he spoke to a man he knew about it. Restoration of the bâŠ
https://thehill.com/homenews/5874959-reflecting-pool-trump-contractor/
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
3 days ago
When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today itâs zero. And we didnât close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.
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American Immigration Council
3 days ago
NEW: Today weâre releasing a framework that lays out a roadmap for replacing indiscriminate mass deportation with a safer, smarter, and more humane approach to immigration enforcement.
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Restoring Credibility and Humanity: A New Framework for Immigration Enforcement - American Immigration Council
A new framework for U.S. immigration enforcement that prioritizes public safety, fairness, accountability, and humane, proportionate consequences.
https://ow.ly/1hvy50YYgYu
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It isnât enough to say âget rid of ICEâ, immigration laws that make the worst ICE policing possible need to change.
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âAlso, I didnât give out the contract, âInteriorâ did, to a contractor I did not know, and have never used before,â the president continued. Atlantic Industrial Coatings previously repaired swimming pools at Trumpâs golf club in Sterling, Va.â
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump attacks New York Times over report on reflecting poolâs rising costs
[Join Amie Parnes and Ian Swanson for a live Q&A discussion on whatâs ahead for 2028 presidential race at noon EDT on Tuesday.] President Trump ripped The New York Times on Tuesday morninâŠ
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5873605-trump-reflecting-pool-costs-new-york-times-criticism/
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âConsumer prices rose 3.8% annually in April, the highest since May 2023âŠreal average hourly wages slipped 0.5% for the month and fell 0.3% annually.â
www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/c...
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Consumer prices rose 3.8% annually in April, the highest since May 2023
The consumer price index was expected to increase by 3.7% annually in April, according to the Dow Jones consensus.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/cpi-inflation-april-2026-.html
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Julianne McShane
4 days ago
"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."
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How minimum wage hikes and food stamps fit in to suicide prevention
Studies show income, debt and access to basic needs shape mental health outcomes, but U.S. strategies have largely focused on clinical care.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/05/10/suicide-prevention-poverty-food-wages/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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Mark Chadbourn
4 days ago
The US is now spending more on its interest payments on the National Debt than it is on defence.
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MeidasTouch
4 days ago
These charts tell the same story nearly every time: Trump created the mess, Biden inherited the worst of it, and did the hard work to fix it. Yet MAGA still blames Biden for the damage Trump caused â while pretending Trump is the one who cleaned it up.
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Supper Mario Broth
6 days ago
Mario Kart World uses a patented technique to make distant objects easier to see by enlarging them using a shader. The enlargement starts at 20 meters from the camera and increases until the object is 500 meters away, where it is twice as large as it would be normally.
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Kasey Kagawa
6 days ago
Feeling adventurous so I will try out riding the D for the first time. In an act of generosity, LA Metro has made riding the D free for the weekend so everyone can experience the pleasure.
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Ethan Siegel
7 days ago
Ask Ethan: How empty are the depths of space? We often talk about "the vacuum of space" as being a place where pressures and particle densities drop to zero. But outer space is never truly empty, even in the emptiest places.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space
#astro
#physics
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Ask Ethan: How empty are the depths of space?
There's a lot of room in interplanetary, interstellar, and intergalactic space, but just how low the densities go is truly mind-boggling.
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/how-empty-depths-space/
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Kathy L Weiss
8 days ago
#Colorado
: "We have a lot of folks who've worked and lived here for over 20, 25 years," Loya said. The Deportation Data Project found that immigration arrests of people without criminal convictions increased eightfold.
www.9news.com/article/news...
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Data shows ICE is arresting 8x as many people under the Trump administration
New data from the Deportation Data Project indicates a sharp rise in ICE arrests and deportations during President Trump's second term.
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/next-with-kyle-clark/data-ice-trump-administration/73-c5481163-1a5b-4b99-969a-056be7ab0d2a?tbref=hp
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Mike Walker
8 days ago
ICE Arrests Violated Order Requiring Warrants in D.C., Judge Rules
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/u...
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ICE Arrests Violated Order Requiring Warrants in D.C., Judge Rules
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/us/trump-dhs-arrests-warrants-dc.html
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NBC News
8 days ago
President Trumpâs abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. militaryâs ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials.
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Trumpâs abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies
Saudi Arabia, a key Gulf ally, suspended the U.S. militaryâs ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, sources say.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trumps-abrupt-u-turn-plan-re-open-strait-hormuz-came-backlash-allies-rcna343845
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Krassensteins
8 days ago
BREAKING: The Court of International Trade has just ruled AGAINST Trump's alternate method of reintroducing tariffs. Trump just lost again! This is great for Americans who didn't want to be taxed. A Win for us all!
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Spectrum News NY1
9 days ago
After more than 150 days in ICE detention, Allan Dabrio Marrero is back in New York and reunited with his husband. Read more:
http://specne.ws/Rc7K5T
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Brooklyn couple reunited after ICE detainment
After more than 150 days in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, Allan Dabrio Marrero is back in New York City.
http://specne.ws/Rc7K5T
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OSINTRadar
8 days ago
đșđžđźđ·âĄïž- BREAKING: The United States carried out strikes on Iranâs Qeshm Port and Bandar Abbas but a senior U.S. official says this is NOT a restart of the war. - Fox News.
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MeidasTouch
8 days ago
BREAKING: The U.S. military just carried out strikes on Iranâs Qeshm Port and Bandar Abbas, per Fox Newsâ Jennifer Griffin, citing a U.S. official
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Anna Bower
8 days ago
EXCLUSIVE: In 2022, a Georgia grand jury investigated Trumpâs alleged interference in the 2020 election. It heard from more than 60 witnesses. For years, the full record of what those witnesses said under oath has remained hidden from public view. Until now.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
8 days ago
Despite the Verrazzano's best efforts, I finished the 48th Annual 5 Boro Bike Tour. See you again next year!
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Isabela Dias
8 days ago
âI live in constant fear that I will be subjected to further baseless detentions just for going about my daily life." On May 2, Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a Florida-born US citizen, was detained by ICE in Alabama for the third time (!) in the span of a year. And he's suing the federal government.
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ICE keeps detaining the same US citizen again, and again, and again. Heâs fighting back.
âI only wish to live my life in peace,â Leonardo Garcia Venegas said in a declaration.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/ice-keeps-detaining-the-same-us-citizen-again-and-again-and-again-hes-fighting-back/
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Aaron Rupar
9 days ago
Khanna: "Someone obviously got to Lutnick from the administration. In fact, he said he talked to people in the administration and that's why he's changed his tune. The question is why he's covering up."
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Anjali Dayal
10 days ago
âThe dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, âhas already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,â Gawande wrote.â
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
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Ellen Pao
10 days ago
Lancet predicts 14M more deaths in the next 4 years. That includes almost half a million children under the age of 5.
www.thelancet.com/article/S014...
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Jared
10 days ago
On Saturday, Leo Garcia Venegas was wrongfully detained by ICE for a 3rd time in a year. Officers followed him home; he said heâs a citizen and had his REAL ID in hand. But they didnât care. They tackled and shackled him, no questions asked. Weâve got a hearing tomorrow on our prelim injunction.
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Chris Meder
10 days ago
This robot installs 80 panels/hour. One every 45 sec. 1,920/day â 0.0008 GW/day per line. Sounds small. Itâs not. Scale this across thousands of lines and
#solar
becomes manufacturing, not construction. đ 10,000 lines = 8 GW/day. Thatâs HOW China is winning the energy game.
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Josie Glausiusz
10 days ago
Costa Rica passed a law in 2018 that required electric utilities to install fast chargers every 50 miles on national highways. Tax breaks have made Costa Rica a pioneer in electric vehicles. Costa Ricans are buying electric vehicles at 3 times the rate of Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/b...
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Driving Electric in Costa Rica Is Surprisingly Doable
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/business/costa-rica-electric-vehicle-road-trip.html
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10 days ago
So that 400 million ballroom funding by private donations will cost 1 billion in taxpayer dollars
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My Met Gala outfit (see:
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âProject Freedomâ getting off to a rough start
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11 days ago
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The same person who worked on alternating current for Westinghouse also developed the vacuum steel bottle: Stanley!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stanley_Jr
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Seashells cases!
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Shahed drone camera tear down
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CXf...
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LDM #456: Remains of Shahed-136 Camera
YouTube video by Le labo de Michel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CXfxhH8n00
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Kat Abughazaleh
13 days ago
Two nights ago, I said Trump had been using our troops as pirates in Iran and a Republican got mad. Well⊠the president just admitted it. He literally bragged about doing piracy.
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âIn the first 15 months since Trump returned to the White House district court judges ruled the administration was violating an order in at least 31 lawsuits over a wide range of issues, including mass layoffs, deportations, spending cuts & immigration practicesâ
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration is increasingly ignoring US courts, new analysis shows
Critics warn that respect for rule of law could break down as executive branch flouts judicial decisions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/02/judiciary-trump-administration-separation-of-powers
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Chicago YIMBY Unofficial
13 days ago
Permits Issued For Residential Development In Bronzeville Read more:
https://chicagoyimby.com/2026/05/permits-issued-for-residential-development-in-bronzeville.html
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Michael McLean
13 days ago
Density bonus law in California responsible for 47% of all multifamily housing built in 2024
timesofsandiego.com/housing/2026...
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Developers use California's 'density bonus' law far more than higher-profile YIMBY bills
Other pro-housing laws get more attention, but developers rely on California's strengthened density bonus law more than any other.
https://timesofsandiego.com/housing/2026/04/10/california-density-bonus-housing-development-yimby/
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ProPublica
13 days ago
How a planned Disney World vacation turned into four months in immigration detention: A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nationâs only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. (Published Feb.)
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How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nationâs only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-maria-antonia-guerra-story?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1777687320&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Fal Rising
13 days ago
Yesterday on CNN NewsNight, former Rep. Peter Meijer interrupted Kat Abughazaleh after she said, "We are turning our military into pirates," arguing itâs not piracy to seize sanctioned Iranian ships. Then today, Trump flat-out says, "It's a very profitable business. We are like pirates."
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Mark Chadbourn
13 days ago
Australia is aiming to be the first country to eliminate cervical cancer.
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Australia wants to be first nation in the world to eliminate a cancer - can it?
For the first time, Australia has recorded no new cervical cancer diganoses in women under 25.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6w15vgp7lo
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The Watchdog Coalition
14 days ago
McMahon got absolutely roasted in the Senate. Ogles got clowned by his own constituents. A Trump judge just killed the voter data heist. This was a very bad week for the regime.
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ICE Got Nothing
Plus, McMahon roasted in Congress, courts crush Trumpâs voter data grab, and Ricardo goes home
https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/ice-got-nothing
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