Babies Too Young for MMR Vaccine Become 'Sitting Ducks' In Measles Outbreaks
South Carolina is grappling with its worst measles outbreak in 35 years, tallying roughly 1,000 cases and exposing infants too young for the standard 12‑month MMR shot. State health officials have allowed a six‑month dose for babies like Arthur, while pediatricians are also administering the second MMR dose earlier than usual. Vaccination coverage in the epicenter has slipped below the 95% herd‑immunity threshold, with exemptions pushing community immunity under 90%. Meanwhile, a state bill seeks to eliminate vaccine requirements for children under two, sparking fierce debate between public‑health advocates and parental‑rights legislators.
Metal Shark Completes U.S. Navy Patrol Boat Program
Metal Shark announced the completion of the U.S. Navy’s 40-foot Patrol Boat Flight 1 program, delivering a total of 57 vessels after a contract awarded in 2017. The effort included two first‑article prototypes, full‑rate production authorized in 2020 for more than...
Pediatric Flu Deaths Surge Even After Season Ends
#Flu season is now officially over, but pediatric flu death reports continue to flow to #CDC. In the wk ending 4/4, CDC learned of 12 more kids who died from flu in 2025-6, bringing the total to 139. It will...
Pause the Pipeline Rush: Politics Over Practicality
Why the Rush to Build Another Pipeline? The baying hounds of pipeline expansion—Premier Danielle Smith, the oil industry, federal energy minister Tim Hodgson, hydrocarbon shills—need to take a beat #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli https://markhamhislop.substack.com/p/why-the-rush-to-build-another-pipeline
CapeTalk 567 Keeps It Real With XPN-AM
CapeTalk 567, a 28‑year‑old AM station in Cape Town, upgraded its on‑air audio chain by swapping the legacy Orban 9200 Optimod for an Orban XPN‑AM processor installed at its Greenpoint studio. The new XPN‑AM provides separate processing paths for the...
“Appeals Court Says Trump White House Ballroom Construction Can Proceed for Now”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an order that allows construction of a new ballroom in the West Wing of the White House to proceed while the underlying lawsuit continues. The panel overturned a lower‑court injunction,...
New Mexico Funds Wi-Fi for Historical Sites
New Mexico’s Office of Broadband Access and Expansion awarded a $460,000 grant to the Department of Cultural Affairs to install free public Wi‑Fi at 12 historic sites, creating 213 new access points. The funding comes from the $100 million Connect New...
Best Players for FC 26 Bottom Corner Evolution
The Bottom Corner Evolution feature is now live in FC 26, costing 15,000 in‑game coins and usable twice per card. It offers three upgrade levels that boost key attacking attributes such as Finishing, Curve, Shot Power and add specialized playstyles...
Fire Catches Russia’s only Su-57 Production Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
A fire erupted in Shop 46 of the Komsomolsk‑on‑Amur Aviation Plant, Russia’s sole serial producer of the Su‑57 fifth‑generation fighter. The workshop fabricates roughly 300 polymer‑composite components, including about 100 large‑format structural panels critical to the aircraft’s airframe. With only 20‑25...
A Cultural Alliance Tested: Italy’s New Tourism Minister and ENIT’s Global Strategist
Gianmarco Mazzi was appointed Italy’s tourism minister in April, pairing his cultural‑industry background with the technocratic leadership of ENIT chief Alessandra Priante. The two have publicly pledged coordinated action on sustainability, digital innovation and regional promotion. Their partnership will be...
Potatoes Omitted From Healthy Plate Due to Sugar Risks
"The School’s Healthy Eating Plate does not include potatoes in its vegetable recommendations given their negative impact on blood sugar. Researchers at the School and elsewhere have found that diets high in potatoes and similarly rapidly digested, high-carbohydrate foods can...
Wednesday: Season Three; Lena Headey, Andrew McCarthy and James Lance to Guest on Netflix Series
Netflix confirmed that Lena Headey, Andrew McCarthy and James Lance will guest‑star in season three of Wednesday. Production is currently underway near Dublin, Ireland, joining a slate of newly announced cast members and returning leads such as Jenna Ortega and Catherine Zeta‑Jones....
The Pitt's Nurse Assault Storyline Gets An Honest Reaction From A Real ER Doctor
HBO’s *The Pitt* dramatizes a nurse being placed in a headlock, a scenario that Dr. Robert Glatter of Lenox Hill Hospital says mirrors a disturbing reality in U.S. emergency departments. He cites a study where 100% of ER nurses faced...
Three Launches, Two by SpaceX and One by China
SpaceX conducted two launches on April 11, 2026, placing 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg and sending Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo capsule to the ISS from Cape Canaveral. The Falcon 9 booster B1063 completed its 32nd flight, tying for fourth‑most‑flown launch vehicle,...
Splatoon Raiders Rated for Switch 2 in Europe
Splatoon Raiders, the upcoming single‑player spin‑off for Nintendo’s Switch 2, has been assigned a PEGI 7 rating on the European eShop. The rating mirrors those of earlier Splatoon entries, indicating the game is complete and edging toward launch. While rumors pointed to...
Ajinomoto: Undervalued Monopoly Powering AI Chip Infrastructure
In February, activist fund Palliser Capital took a stake in Japanese toilet maker Toto and pushed it to expand a ceramics line used in semiconductors. Palliser is back. Says Japanese MSG maker Ajinomoto is “most undermonetized AI infrastructure monopoly” because: ▫️in...
ESA’s Celeste Mission First Signal Sets New European PNT Records
On 8 April 2026 ESA’s Celeste IOD‑1 transmitted the first dual‑frequency L‑ and S‑band navigation signal from a European low‑Earth‑orbit satellite, marking a historic milestone for Europe’s positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) ambitions. The Celeste pair, launched by Rocket Lab on...
The Cholesterol Myth: How Doctors Misled Heart Health
Cholesterol and heart disease- how we got to the crazy place we are today with unhealthy recommendations by doctors and the AHA: https://mindandmatter.substack.com/p/the-cholesterol-cult-and-heart-mafia https://x.com/trikomes
Box Office: ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ and the Denormalization of the Breakout Sequel
Universal’s *The Super Mario Galaxy* movie led Friday’s domestic box office with a $17.5 million opening, a 64% drop from its debut. The film has amassed $256.6 million in ten‑day domestic revenue, trailing the original *Super Mario Bros.* sequel by about $27 million....
KLETKA Coming to Switch April 16th, 2026 (UPDATE)
Indie studios Callback and ln404 announced that their co‑op horror game KLETKA is finally arriving on Nintendo Switch on April 16, 2026, after missing an earlier February 19 target. The title is listed on the eShop for $14.99 and challenges...
PTAB Grants Unopposed Lead Counsel Substitution in PGR2025-00086
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) granted an unopposed motion to withdraw the existing lead counsel and substitute new lead counsel in post‑grant review case PGR2025‑00086. The order follows 37 C.F.R. §42.10, which governs counsel recognition and changes, and...
Chase United Club Infinite Card 110,000 Mile Bonus
Chase’s United Club Infinite Card now offers a 110,000‑mile sign‑up bonus—100,000 miles plus 3,000 Premier Qualifying Points after $5,000 spend in the first three months, and an extra 10,000 miles for adding an authorized user. The card carries a $695...
Severe Note Bloat Is Fueling Dangerous Physician Burnout
Physician burnout is increasingly tied to electronic health record (EHR) note bloat and passive data design. Clinicians now spend roughly six hours in the EHR for every eight‑hour patient‑care shift, with nearly three hours devoted to documentation alone. Between 2009...
AI‑Designed Enzymes Break Evolution’s Limits for Biomanufacturing
Nature never designed enzymes for industrial manufacturing. It designed them to survive. That mismatch is one of the biggest bottlenecks in biomanufacturing — and most of the industry has been working around it with incremental fixes for decades. Matthew Thompson from Biomatter...
Experimental Drug Cuts Parkinson's-Linked Protein up to 60% in Early Trial
Biogen’s experimental antisense oligonucleotide BIIB094 achieved up to a 59 % reduction in LRRK2 protein in a first‑in‑human Parkinson’s trial. The phase 1 study enrolled 82 patients, delivering the drug intrathecally in single‑dose and four‑dose cohorts, and reported only mild to moderate...
St. Denis Medical Stars Weigh In: Are Matt And Serena The New Jim And Pam?
NBC’s new mockumentary comedy “St. Denis Medical” is being compared to “The Office” for its hospital‑room setting and talking‑head interviews. In the March 30 episode, nurses Matt (Mekki Leeper) and Serena (Kahyun Kim) share a parking‑lot kiss that mirrors Jim and Pam’s...
All Shelters in Road to Vostok and How to Unlock Them
Road to Vostok introduces six shelters across three map zones, each serving as a safe house for saving progress, resting, and storing loot. The default Cabin is available from the start, while the Attic, Classroom, Tent, Bunker, and Apartment require...
A Complete Guide on How to Make Money Directly From Your Content
The post outlines how creators can earn money directly from their written content by leveraging platform subscriptions and ad‑impression payouts, especially on X (formerly Twitter) and Substack. It highlights low entry costs—$4 subscription tiers on X and $8/month on Substack—while...
Aleppo's Rooftop Solar Boom Powers Homes Amid Shortages
🔥One of the most impressive rooftop solar scenes you'll see anywhere in the world — this is Aleppo, Syria.For years, the country has suffered severe power shortages. ▪️People took matters into their own hands... and this is the result.Rooftop solar...
Small Models Also Found the Vulnerabilities that Mythos Found
Researchers tested a suite of inexpensive, open‑weight language models on the same code snippets Anthropic highlighted for its Mythos system. All eight small models flagged Mythos's flagship FreeBSD exploit, including a 3.6 billion‑parameter model that costs roughly $0.11 per million tokens....
Google Introduces AI-Powered Restaurant Booking as Search Evolves Into Action
Google has launched an AI‑driven restaurant reservation feature in the UK, embedding end‑to‑end booking capabilities into its AI Mode search interface. Users can ask the AI to locate suitable venues, check availability and confirm a table without leaving the search...
A Safety-Critical Architecture for Institutional Authority
The author presents a new framework called "attribution safety" that treats institutional authority as a safety‑critical system. Drawing on formal methods and telecom performance analysis, the model defines authority as a load‑bearing process that must terminate at a verifiable source....
Daily Antihistamines May Hinder Fertility and Implantation
If you are trying to conceive and taking antihistamines daily, you should know they dry up more than just your sinuses. Cervical mucus is what helps sperm survive and reach the egg, and antihistamines reduce it. That alone can make...
Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege Official Vinyl Soundtrack Coming July 2026, Pre-Orders Live
Lillymo Games and JSQRD are releasing the official vinyl soundtrack for the upcoming indie title Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege. The 26‑track, 8‑bit score by Josh Davis will be pressed on a 180‑gram purple‑and‑white splatter disc, limited to 300 copies. Pre‑orders...
Nuclear Power Advocates Fuel Proliferation, Not Solutions
In this 2010 TED talk, I highlighted the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation due to the spread of nuclear energy https://www.ted.com/talks/stewart_brand_mark_z_jacobson_debate_does_the_world_need_nuclear_energy The response was denial, obfuscation, and attacks. Yet, the cause of the war with Iran today is to prevent them from obtaining...
Sacramento's Best Eats: Farm‑to‑Table New American
Part of the mental reset of living in Sacramento has been realizing that it's the first city I've ever lived in where all the best restaurants are farm-to-table New American.
Austria Scrambles for Power as Peak Water Approaches
Austria races to secure power supplies as ‘peak water’ looms https://t.co/LszFiWkbeX via @martoneder @virtualnomad https://t.co/6VWqWBZMSh
Rail Grain Shipments Hit 1993 Peak, Driven by Exports
Rail grain shipments have surged this year, hitting the highest levels since 1993, all thanks to exports.
Current and Future Strategies for Parkinson's Therapy
Parkinson disease therapy: current strategies and future research priorities https://t.co/5wq36T3ZQ4 Today is World Parkinson's Day 🧠https://t.co/XUVY6eSg61 Fig. 1: Pathophysiological mechanisms underlying Parkinson disease and possible disease-modifying therapies. 👇👨⚕️ https://t.co/0G7mqNA6nm
Each New Accelerator Builds on the Previous
The accelerator accelerator accelerator CPUs are the OG GPUs accelerate CPUs TPUs accelerate GPUs (Tensor cores) LPUs accelerate TPUs Maybe something simpler could work
Artemis II Crew Returns to Ellington Field at 4:15 PM
NASA tells me the Artemis II crew is expected back at Ellington Field (near JSC) "about" 4:15 pm ET. Will be on NASA+, YouTube, and X.
US‑Iran Talks Set for Pakistan Tonight or Tomorrow
Another round of negotiations between the US and Iran will be held tonight or tomorrow in Pakistan, per Iranian state affiliated media.
Pentagon Launches Mine‑Clearance Mission in Strait of Hormuz
Pentagon says it has started a mining clearance mission in the Strait of Hormuz. “Two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers conducted operations,” it said
Amazon Seeks to Shift Super Bowl to Streaming
Amazon wants the NFL to sell them the right to take the Super Bowl off of free broadcast TV and put it on Amazon’s streaming service. What do you think ? https://t.co/LZ6A9JmyIV
Naval Cuts Expose Dangerous Mismanagement During Critical Need
it’s obvious that we are gutting our naval capabilities..at a time when they are most required..this video illustrates the extent of that mismanagement https://t.co/Xi3RzEoZEl I’m pretty sure this is not good practice
US Warships Transit Strait of Hormuz, Enter Persian Gulf
It looks like USS Michael Murphy and Frank Peterson did sail the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf and back out. https://t.co/1gEm6RBZGa
German Media Praises Tesla FSD Approval, Boost
what am I seeing a positive article on Tesla FSD approval, from large German media? Welt gets 90 million monthly visits on their site. what is happening (also, you can't really overtake someone that's behind you anyway, but OK we get it) https://t.co/0IgvfN3eBV
Asheville Housing Enters Rare Market Correction
The metro area Asheville, N.C. housing market remains in correction-mode Historically speaking, corrections are rare in the Asheville, N.C. market This is only Asheville's second correction since 1975. The other being 2008-2011 via ResiClub Terminal
Court Backs PacifiCorp's View: Process Unfair for Wildfire Suits
"The decision supports PacifiCorp’s longstanding belief that this process was prejudicial and not appropriate for managing wildfire litigation." https://t.co/8w8tXPWzv2
People Actually Google Tanker Trucks for Oil Pickups
LoL. Someone googling right now about where to get a tanker truck to pick up their oil ...