Nicole Saphier Nominated Surgeon General Despite Divergent Views
Casey Means is out and Fox contributor Nicole Saphier is the new nominee for surgeon general. While MAHA folks seem to be embracing her, Saphier's views — on vaccines, on the use of Tylenol during pregnancy — aren't entirely in lockstep with those of Kennedy & Trump. https://t.co/aTPfRQmMtN
Press Gazette Analyzes DCN Amicus Brief on Agentic AI
Press Gazette continues to be all over the developments across AI, especially those impacting publishing. This is a really fair assessment of DCN's amicus brief filed overnight in the ninth circuit in Amazon v Perplexity - all about agentic AI...
Gaming Studios Reveal New Film Projects And
NEW: More from iicon.. - Sonic movie producers at Story Kitchen tease Streets of Rage movie news and reveal they're pitching a Planet of Lana movie - Capcom exec says sales indicate Pragmata's got a viable future - Niantic...
Defense Funding Vote Uncertain Ahead of Midterms
On the FY 27 $350b Reconciliation defense request -- HAC -D chair Ken Calvert told me today: He'll vote for it but “I’m not going to count on it,” as “It’s going to be difficult. I’m just being practical.'' SASC...
US Commercial Petroleum Inventories Drop Amid Crude Shortage
Sprucing up some EIA charts. Latest on weekly stocks. The total US commercial petroleum inventories **ex-NGLs** is a particularly important adjustment in the current crude-starved environment. https://t.co/gAJ30n96JT
Beware Podcast Guest Fees and Hidden Sales Pitches
2 shady things to watch out for if you get invited to a podcast (both happened to me recently). First was an EA who reached out to see if I wanted to be "considered" to be a guest. There was a...
Tune in Tomorrow 5:45 Am ET for CNBC Morning Call
I'm scheduled to join @MorganLBrennan on @CNBCMorningCall tomorrow at 5:45am ET! Get up early and join us ☕⏰ https://t.co/c8yuMyI6kW
House Democrats Warn TotalEnergies of Upcoming Action
House Democrats to TotalEnergies: ‘We’re Coming for You’ #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/u9WAf7d2Pp https://t.co/jXPXltDirp
Reason Inflates Pageviews to Secure Koch Funding
This is what I get for going on Twitter... Don't look any of this up...Reason uses their pageview numbers to justify getting more money from the Koch brothers.
Hamas Agrees to Disarm and Transfer Power
“finalizing the process by which Hamas decommissions its weapons and allows for the transition to a new government…”
US Coast Guard Funding Crisis: How Trump Plans Fix
US Coast Guard. Deadbeat broke. How did it happen? What is Trump doing to fix?
Law Bars US Firms From Essential Trade, Forces Imports
Huh. So, basically, the law was blocking American companies from buying/selling an essential good and was forcing those buyers to instead rely on imports?!? Huh.
Kentucky Derby Broadcast Sees 5x Growth in Four Hours
A 5x build-up over 4 hours for the #KentuckyDerby on #NBC ... slightly higher than my mint julep intake on race day 🙃 Holla @andrewelkadi for the #mediarights work cc: @Octagon
U.S. Turns Net Crude Exporter Amid Overseas Surge
The surge in US crude oil overseas sales means the country was last week a net exporter of crude. (In the past, the US exported more crude oil *AND* refined products — combined — than it imported. But now it's an...
Teen Social Media Bans Threaten Charter Rights to Expression
I had a really enjoyable conversation with The White Hatter Team about the often overlooked Charter implications of measures like teen social media bans and age-gating. FYI: Kids have Charter rights and participating in social media is expression. https://youtu.be/IQIk1rPxqnk
Roblox Slashes FY Sales, Bookings Below Street Forecasts
Juuuuuuuust a bit outside: Roblox full year sales and booking guidance to ~$6B and ~$7.5B Street had 2026 sales and bookings at $6.6B and $8.4B, respectively https://t.co/w8SZ5OCN6O $RBLX via @paigehtml https://t.co/9TtSy4cF51
Roblox Cuts Bookings Guidance by $1 B After Safety Updates
New: Roblox lowered its full-year bookings guidance by about $1 billion after implementing child-safety updates that the company says slowed user growth. https://t.co/mdvtYDevtC
AI Beats Human in F1 Sim Racing Challenge
This is so cool @brcullum built a machine learning model to race @dvassallo's #vibejam F1 sim and ran thousands of simulations to become the fastest Now we could have AIs competing against AIs in F1 races (like that IRL competition already does?)
SNDK Highlights Predictable, Less Cyclical Business Model
$SNDK prepared remarks. "More predictable and less cyclical business." True for memory names as well. https://t.co/7oBUPr0Itp
New PV Tech Arrives via U.S. Manufacturing Partnership
Manufacturing partnership brings new PV technology to U.S.-sourced solar #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/9mbZR0ccgN
Michelle Pfeiffer Poised to Dominate Emmys Supporting Categories
Emmys: Supporting Actress (Comedy) — Michelle Pfeiffer Could Crash Both the Drama and Comedy Races This Year https://t.co/qgM9T1MaEn via @variety
April Lev Loans Fall to Lowest Since Blackout
$25B of lev loan issuance in April (~15% below March). Lowest run rate since the post-Liberation Day blackout.
Seeking Waymo Weekly Vs. Tesla Total Driverless Ride
@grok can you help some people out and answer a question? How many paid driverless taxi rides has Waymo done per week, and how many Tesla driverless taxi rides have done ever?
Judge Bars Musk From Discussing AI Extinction Risks
Dear @elonmusk, If you still genuinely care about AI safety, you can’t let the Trump administration leave the AI industry almost entirely unregulated. You just can’t. - Gary
Iridium to Launch Low-Cost, Lightweight Certus 100 Satcom
Iridium will soon introduce a lightweight Certus 100 'safety' satcom solution. "We have tasked our partners to come up with a very low price point that can be done in the aftermarket on an overnight." https://t.co/i3S2kTwVLW #avgeek https://t.co/ZoZcLCAx2A
Tech Manufacturing Surges, Leaving Other Sectors Behind
The "K-shaped" economy has been most evident in US manufacturing, and this is feeding directly through to profit trends in the US equity market. Industrial production, a measure of manufacturing output, shows clearly the degree to which tech single-handedly grew...
Interim PFS Review Confirms Study Continuation
$SMMT ivo HARMONi-3 update on squamous subgroup interim PFS analysis: "At this early interim PFS analysis reviewed exclusively by the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (iDMC), the iDMC recommended that the study continue as planned."
Taco Bell’s Innovation Drives 6.5% YoY Growth
Being "relevant" as a restaurant brand is critical, but it's often hard to define what exactly that means. One chain that has it figured out is @tacobell; they continue to innovate & find ways to stay top of mind (esp...
Don't Let NYT Headlines Control Your Work
Never let the New York Times or their fake news headlines dictate how you do your job. https://t.co/bODV6cMXh1
Anthropic to Lease Entire 330 Hudson, Redefining NYC AI Hub
#AI takeover on #HudsonSt. #Anthropic, the co behind #Claude, set to lease the entire #330Hudson. That's 466KSF. #HudsonSquare w/never be the same. #AEW #realestate #CRE #tech #NYC #Mythos #SanFran #JLL https://t.co/Q4MmpTrfy2
AI Reveals Hidden Revenue, Not Just Headcount Cuts
If you're in a meeting right now talking about how AI will let you cut 40% of your team, you're playing the small game. IKEA just showed why. They deployed a chatbot named Billy to handle level 1 customer service. It...
AI Turns Menu Text Into Realistic Dish Images Instantly
karpathy just admitted that his own app got oneshotted and he thinks yours is next. he built menu gen. where you take a photo of a restaurant menu and it shows you pictures of what the food actually looks like (because 30-50% of...
YouTube's Multi‑View Shift: Server‑Side Delivery Solves Core Barrier
News coverage/analysis of YouTube announcing custom multi-view options has been very light on the actual innovation: User experience/control/choice may have been further improved, but the engineering milestone underneath has been the enabler. The basics were already covered in the YouTube...
New GMC EV OS Makes Phone Unpairing Hard
That shiny new 2026 @GMC Hummer EV, and every 2027 GMC EV, has its own, new infotainment OS. Everything's changed. Deleting an already paired phone? Not so easy. Here's how to do it, just for the record: https://t.co/3sDS8631E1 #cars #auto...
Rural America Sees Rapid Rise in Wind, Solar
Tracking the Growth of Wind and Solar in Rural America #energysky -- via RMI https://t.co/CN0rek5udu
Choosing Cheap Chinese EV over Pricey, Unreliable US Car
If buying a $25K Chinese EV with 350 miles of range and 100% charging in 5 minutes means China tracking me then sign me up I prefer China spies me in my cheap yet great EV than the US spying me...
Devil Wears Prada 2 Marks 2nd Biggest 2026 Launch
Devil Wears Prada 2 officially opening in 4,150 thtrs across North America this wknd incl PLF scrns. First THU pre-shows have just concluded. 2nd widest launch of 2026 behind only Super Mario's 4,252. https://t.co/0dE42QIytI
Auto‑rigged Soldier Model Brings Full Movement to Three.js
Also waited quite long with this because I was scared it'd be difficult But I generated a new soldier model now in @tripoai (sponsor of the Vibe Jam), and will also try auto-rig it, that gives it a skeleton, so I...
Trump Faces Deadline, Weighs New Options Against Iran
Trump At A Crossroads For Continuing The War With Iran The president is reportedly discussing new options for attacking Iran while facing a legal deadline on continuing the conflict. https://t.co/ISfpgzMYHX
Memory and Storage Firms Enjoy Soaring Gross Margins
The continued era of margin expansion for memory and storage players. $SNDK gross margin 78.4% $WDC gross margin 50.2%
Marketers Must Restructure Social Teams for Expanding Channels
Marketers face an urgent need to restructure social teams to keep up with channel scope https://buff.ly/el2Bhjr
Second Global Energy Crisis Sparks EU Import Push, Criticisms
We are once again facing a substantial energy crisis in the world, which is the second in just a few years. And it increasingly seems that everyone is looking out for themselves geopolitically in the current environment. Meanwhile, the EU...
India Invests $5.4bn to Expand Fleet Amid Hormuz Risks
India unveils $5.4bn national fleet expansion amid rising Hormuz risks ▶️Investment to support 62 newbuildings spanning several vessel types ▶️Enhanced national fleet will boost India’s growing maritime presence as trade and port handling figures rise ▶️Safety of seafarers in the Hormuz remains crucial...
Roku Q1 Sales Jump 22%; Ads, Subscriptions Disclosed
Roku Q1 Sales Pop 22%, Company Breaks Out Results for Advertising and Subscriptions Businesses for First Time https://t.co/H3qeykC3XQ via @variety
Jones Act Waiver Extension Sparks Heated Debate
The Jones Act waiver extension triggers explosive dialogue: The US Jones Act has long been a source of controversy and the latest waiver extension is no exception https://t.co/uklJMlUbQf
Sacramento Median and Average Prices Mirror Since 2014
Similar vibes. The average and median have been twinning since 2014 in the Sacramento region. Check out the up and down seasonal rhythm too. Remember, part of the up and down has to do with larger homes selling in the...
For You Pages Aren’t Truly Personalized, Fueling Shallow Viral Narratives
Just because it’s the “for you” page doesn’t mean that every video you watch is crafted to YOUR specific scenario. Over half the comments on most viral TikTok videos start with some variation of "well what about me?" The internet is seriously...
Nonprofit News Funding Grows, Rural Gaps Remain
Support for nonprofit local news is on the rise, but there's still vast need in underserved rural areas. Here's how several funding efforts are shaping up. Martha Ramirez Reports: https://tinyurl.com/bp9vvn8c Related IP Resources: Journalism Grants -https://tinyurl.com/4nwuxehu Civic & Democracy Funders -https://tinyurl.com/4zbzy78h Report: Giving for Journalism...
Free Webinar Explores Commodity Supercycles and Market Opportunities
Our quarterly webinar is now available for free on YouTube, covering lithium, HP manganese, anode materials, nickel as well as key critical materials like silver, aluminium, bauxite, copper, REE, antimony and thoughts about EVs, BESS, Renewables, batteries and equity positioning.
Pay Transparency Fuels Offer Rejections when Salaries Fall Short
The Candidate Knows What the Job Should Pay. The Offer Doesn't. Pay transparency laws in a growing number of states have armed candidates with public salary ranges, closing the information gap that employers used to use as a negotiating advantage. Jackson...