Ukraine's Strikes Cripple Russia's Chemical and Oil Sectors
Well, it’s only noon in Ukraine, and since this morning strikes have already hit a chemical plant in Sterlitamak and now a gunpowder plant in Samara, all footrage immediately avaliable online. And that’s just within the past few hours. Ukraine is now effectively destroying not only Russia’s oil sector but also its chemical industry on a daily basis, undermining its economy and military production.
Gensler: Preempting NJ Gaming Commission Politically Impossible
“Nobody was intending to preempt the New Jersey state gaming commission. It was politically not discussed, and if it had been, it would have been dead in Congress. Senators wouldn’t have voted for it.” - Gary Gensler, former Chair of both...
Nissan's Electric Juke Looks Even Worse than Original
I didn't think it was possible but Nissan was able to create an even worse looking Juke for its electric version -.- https://t.co/r1djLjjD9u
AI5 Begins Mass Production as Top AI Chip
AI5 will be one of the most produced AI chips ever. e v e r Now entering production.
Know Critical Pediatric Emergency Signs Every Parent Needs
Are #parents missing life-threatening signs in their children? #Paediatric emergencies every parent must know. https://t.co/ayQmCxSvsZ #research #healthcare #parenting
New Drug Boosts Survival for Platinum‑Resistant Ovarian Cancer
Combining a new drug with #chemotherapy extends the survival of platinum-resistant ovarian #cancer patients in #clinicaltrial https://t.co/JE4r8nISUq
AI4 Already Outperforms Human Safety
AI5 will go into Optimus and Supercomputer clusters AI4 is already good enough to achieve better than human safety for self-driving
Fatty Liver Affects 1.3B Now, 2B by 2050
1.3 Billion Globally Have Fatty Liver Disease; Numbers To Reach 2 Billion By 2050: Lancet Study https://t.co/DqKS8L0hCx #research #fattyliver #disease #health
China Threatens Employee Penalties to Deter Supply‑chain Decoupling
This is extraordinary: China’s response to Western firms diversifying supply chains is to threaten penalties on their own employees and executives inside China if they “decouple.” It’s like an abusive partner reacting to a breakup by threatening the kids or shared...
Uber's $10B Robotaxi Bet: Catch‑up After Market‑Driven Pause
Wild that Uber was one of the leaders in this space for a while, but then took its eye off the ball to appear sensible to the stock market, and is now racing to catch up. Uber commits $10bn to robotaxis...
Center-Left Reconsiders Fossil Fuels, Embraces “Woke” Drilling
COLUMN: Even before the US-Iran war, some on the center-left were rethinking their stance on fossil fuels. Can oil drilling be woke again? Yes, it can. I talked to Canadian Energy Minister Tim Hodgson about "all-the-above" energy policy. @Opinion https://t.co/Aaj3jwJxde
Robotic Phlebotomy Achieves 94% Success, Low Complications
I've been following Vitestro for years. They have been developing robotic devices to collect patients' blood samples. They have big news now as the results of a multicenter ADOPT clinical trial have been published in Clinical Chemistry. That is the...
Master TikTok Organic? Now Target Meta for Apps
finally sharing something for app marketers. if you've figured out TT organic, Meta should be next.
Pakistan to Impose Evening Rolling Blackouts Amid LNG Shortage
Pakistan plans more rolling blackouts due to a fuel shortage 🇵🇰⚠️ Power supply will be suspended for two hours during the evenings when demand rises Pakistan hasn't received an LNG shipment since early March due to the war in the Middle...
China Produces over 20% of the World's Key Industrial Goods
Insane chart: China builds more than 20% of the world's solar panels, wind turbines, ships, trains, steel, aluminum, telecom equipment, chemicals, cement, machinery and aerospace equipment And that's 2023 data, likely understating its dominance Source: FT https://t.co/5vnFnr2SX1
Eramet's Nickel Quota Slashed 70%, Threatening Indonesian Supply
Eramet’s Weda Bay Nickel received a 70pc lower 2026 quota, raising new concerns over Indonesian ore supply. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/04/eramet-weda-bay-nickel-quota-cut-raises.html
US Blockade Threatens $435 M Daily Loss for Iran
🇮🇷 Iran Intel Brief | Pre-London ─────── US blockade of Iranian ports halts 90 percent of Iran's sea-based trade and economy. US declines to renew sanctions waiver for Iranian oil exports expiring April 19. Iran considers pausing oil shipments to evade testing the US...
Asian Leaders Discuss Energy Security Amid Middle East Conflict
Honoured to speak to leaders from across Asia at a meeting of the AZEC convened by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi @takaichi_sanae on the global energy market situation amid the conflict in the Middle East & @IEA’s work to support governments...
Preparing Trust for Hospital Telemedicine Robots Amid Physician Shortages
Imagine being a physician sitting in front of a laptop webcam while roaming around in a hospital as a telemedicine robot. What a cultural shock it would be! But now North Carolina hospitals are deploying the OhmniCare Telehealth Robot to facilitate...
Hong Kong Q1 Arrivals Surge 17% YoY, Long‑Haul Up 19%
Provisional arrival figures into Hong Kong, Q1 2026: • 14,307,643 arrivals in Q1 (+17% Year-On-Year) • 4,354,229 arrivals in March (+14% YOY) • 994,574 long haul visitors in Q1 (+19% YOY)
Actuators, Not Aesthetics, Will Drive Humanoid Robot Value
Everyone is watching the robots. I think the smarter bet may be hiding inside them. The more I look at humanoid robotics, the more I feel many people are focusing on the shiny part of the story and missing the layer...
Japan Pledges $10 B to Fuel Southeast Asia
Japan will provide as much as $10 billion in financial support to Southeast Asian countries to help them buy oil 🇯🇵🤝🛢️ This is the biggest effort yet to help cash-strapped developing nations deal with fuel shortages (This benefits Japan. SE Asia key to...
Tesla AI Team Tapes Out AI5, Eyes AI6 and Dojo3
Congrats to the @Tesla_AI chip design team on taping out AI5! AI6, Dojo3 & other exciting chips in work. https://t.co/hm54TdIzBx
Europe's Weakness Limits Its Challenge to US
Seems like Europe is siding with China and Iran. USA on the other hand is in war with Iran and Cold War with China. To me it seems like Europe is escalating against USA, and I would then expect USA...
Norway’s CCS Hype Misleads; Choose Cheap Clean Tech
Norway's been shopping around CCS PR in Australia, so I dug into the latest data and found that despite our reputation, we are really not a model for anyone to follow. Don't put your eggs into the fossil fuel basket,...
Jindal Stainless Expands Specialty Steel, Cuts Imports via PLI
Jindal Stainless signed an MoU under India’s PLI scheme to expand specialty steel and reduce import dependence. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/04/jindal-stainless-specialty-steel.html
Lab Success Doesn't Guarantee Real Cancer Drug Efficacy
Just a reminder. Killing cancer cells in a lab is very easy. Almost anything will kill cells. Even water (because of osmotic damage). Inside our bodies killing cancer cells is extremely hard for many reasons so things that kill...
Helium Stocks Poised for Takeover Bid Amid IPO Un
Helium equities looking for a bid for sure. If North America helium doesn’t public this cycle got to wonder.
US Expats Boost Cotswolds, Airport Expands for Private Jets
#WINK an interesting snippet in their RNS https://t.co/COuIAQeCwx As a frequent visitor to the Cotswolds it is remarkable how many Americans have made it their home…or have a holiday home there. Gloucestershire airport is upgrading its ATC to accommodate the largest private...
Kids' Social Media Use Doesn't Require Identity Disclosure
Whether under-16s should be on social media or not is widely contested, but no one needs to present their "identity" to social media companies. #verifiablecredentials #authentication #socialmedia #ageverification https://t.co/9cAmJlKwxA
Tax Fossil Fuels to Phase Them Out, Not Fund Expansion
It is good that Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry. But it is extremely bad that we use that cash to help expand it, often in destructive ways and at great loss to ourselves. Like the tobacco industry, we should...
Trump and Vance Encouraged Putin, Fueling Ongoing War
This is why Russia is still fighting, why the war continues and why people are dying: Because Trump and Vance encouraged Putin to believe he could win
Free Interactive Map Shows Entire U.S. Power Grid
🚨 Every power plant, transmission line, substation, and data center on the U.S. grid. Someone put them all on one interactive, completely FREE map. Zoom into any region, and the whole picture comes into focus. You can literally see: → the transmission corridors carrying...
EU Must Adopt Systemic Approach to External Account Control
Good FT article on the role of Chinese investment in manufacturing in Europe. I worry however that EU policymakers may be framing the issue poorly. This should not be about managing incremental, country-by-country changes in production. Policymakers in the EU (and...
Direct NATO‑Ukraine Alliance Secures Europe’s Baltic Front
This is a good video -- it does a good job explaining why a direct military alliance with Ukraine is extremely beneficial for Europe in deterring Russia and its satellite, Lukashenko’s Belarus, from the perspective of the geography of Northeastern...
Achieve Exponential AI Advantage in 90 Days
The 90-Day AI Leap: From Incrementalism to Exponential Advantage by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/NVCiMQZBWN @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #TechNews #AgenticAI #AIAgents #Agentic #AI #FutureOfWork #Strategy #CEO #CFO https://t.co/QjGaX0e6nB
Iran Can Hold Hormuz Longer; US Strikes Won’t Spark Crisis
Seven weeks later, many taboos broken: 1) Iran can’t block the Strait of Hormuz. Yes, it can, and for far longer than the oil market thought it would be possible. 2) If the US attacks, an energy crisis follows. Sure, gasoline...
Scapegoat Sought for Botched Attack on Iran
"We need someone to blame for that inept, poorly thought-out attack on the Iranian regime."
Opposition’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Claim on CAB3 Is Baseless
Which SADC Guidelines are those? Is Botswana, South Africa, & Angola not in SADC?? The opposition needs serious people…. Apart from shouting “unconstitutional”, we haven’t seen any serious argument against CAB3. There is nothing unconstitutional about amending a constitution, that’s...
Twitter Ranks only C‑tier for Newsletter Discovery
Matt McGarry: newsletter growth tactics, ranked (hint: Twitter is seen as C-tier for discovery) https://t.co/w9Sv2nKwG0
Meloni Warns Trump: US Alone Used Nukes, Curb Threats
Meloni: “As far as I know, nine nations possess nuclear weapons, and only one has ever used them. That nation is the United States. Mr. Trump must tone it down. No one throws around nuclear threats like Washington, and he...
Indian Pacific Spans 731 Meters with 29 Carriages
Indian Pacific train : 29 carriages, 2 locomotives, 2 power cars. 731 meters long. https://t.co/htYhFZkFCJ
Family Offices Adopt Institutional-Grade Wall Street Strategies
The insiders know what's really driving returns in family offices now. I'm watching the best institutional consultants transform how family wealth is managed. They're bringing Wall Street expertise to private wealth, and the results are undeniable. This isn't amateur hour...
SpaceX Rocket Lights Up Concert Sky at SB Bowl
Watching the @SpaceX rocket launch over the @DBtodomundo concert at the @sbBowl - pretty epic https://t.co/VDta8rY2sz
Propaganda Accounts Like Globe Eye News Fill Twitter
What's stupid about Twitter's strategy is that accounts like Globe Eye News has zero product. So you know that it's almost 100% a propaganda account. Why else would they bother posting non-stop political content? How does this serve any of...
Guardian SC1 Revolutionizes Large-Scale Aerial Crop Protection
GUARDIAN SC1: Advanced Aerial Crop Protection System Transforming Large-Scale Farming via @WevolverApp #AgriTech #TechForGood #Innovation #Tech #Technology https://t.co/lnT5SlaQmG
First Overhead Shot Reveals B‑21 Raider’s Hidden Features
🦇👀 B-21 Raider Like You Have Never Seen It Before A new image of aerial refueling trials gives us our first full overhead image of America's new stealth bomber and a glimpse at some very interesting features. https://t.co/axHcEs67Ef
Debunking Iran War Myths: Must‑Read This Week
The 7 myths of the Iran War by @Doranimated is the best thing you will read this week.
Harrison Ford Poised for First Emmy Supporting Comedy Nod
‘Shrinking’ the Odds: Why Harrison Ford’s Emmy Moment May Have Finally Arrived Ford's supporting comedy actor submission will be among the 19 categories from the acclaimed Apple TV series https://t.co/DdbUriulcG via @variety
Vehicle Ownership Costs Jump 36% Since 2020
Car & Truck Inflation in America: Cost of Vehicle Ownership Soared by 36% since 2020. Prices of new & used vehicles, insurance, gasoline, maintenance & repairs, parts & accessories, and fees https://t.co/XQGaCM6zaV https://t.co/oRSKzIye85