Bioethicist Vs. Germline Editing Entrepreneur Sparks Uneven Debate
Starting right now. Debate between I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard/reprogenetic bioethics) vs. Cathy Tie, 'serial' human germline editing startup entrepreneur. This should not be an fair fight, but Glenn Cohen is a nice guy...so https://t.co/qfqivoLvhV
Metformin Fails to Boost Walking Distance in PAD Patients
Metformin to Improve Walking Performance in Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: The PERMET Randomized Clinical Trial "Among people with PAD without diabetes, metformin did not improve 6-minute walk distance at 6-month follow-up compared with placebo. These results do not support metformin...
UK MPs Slam Palantir Manifesto as Narcissistic Supervillain Rant
A "disturbing, narcissistic rant" and the "ramblings of a supervillain" - this is how the US spy tech company Palantir's manifesto has been described by UK MPs.
Saudi Arabia Pulls $200M Met Opera Funding Amid War
Saudi Arabia has just backed out on a deal to provide $200M in much-needed funding to @MetOpera. The reason: Because of the war’s impact on the Saudi economy, they are pulling back on funding commitments. This is a terrible blow to one...
FCC Grants Globalstar Exclusive LEO, Backs Starlink AWS‑4
This new FCC order is super complicated, but basically is telling everyone to stay in their lane: Globalstar gets exclusivity in its Big LEO spectrum, and Starlink gets FCC backing in AWS-4 (2000-20/2180-2200MHz) worldwide, but attempts to access Big LEO...
Turn One Home Into Multiple Income‑Generating ADUs
Co-living: looks great on paper, tough to manage. But what if you could add ADUs to a single-family home? More units, more doors. Generational living or rental income – that’s the investor opportunity. #RealEstateInvesting #ADU #PropertyManagement #InvestmentOpportunity #SingleFamilyHome RealEstateTips GenerationalLiving...
Solid‑state EV Batteries Promise 80% Charge in 7.5 Minutes
JUST IN: A Chinese company just recharged an EV from 0 to 80% in 7.5 minutes. Most people have no idea what this means. Greater Bay Technology just rolled its first all-solid-state EV battery cells off a production line. These cells hit 260-500...
NASA Moves Crew‑13 Launch to September, Resumes Six‑month Cadence
NASA announces Crew-13: NASA's Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canada's Josh Kutryk, Russia's Sergey Teteryatnikov. Launching in Sept instead of Nov as NASA resumes ~6-month cadence (instead of ~8). 2nd flt for Watkins, 1st for the others. https://t.co/rK0XBeLEjt
D.R. Horton Cuts Unsold Inventory 35% YoY
D.R. Horton is quickly shrinking its pileup of unsold completed inventory "Unsold homes are down 25% from December and 35% from a year ago" - Paul Romanowski, CEO of @DRHorton said during their April 21, 2026 earnings call Chart via @ResidentialClub
Xpeng VLA 2.0 Outshines Tesla FSD in Test
"Drove Tesla FSD and Xpeng VLA 2.0 back to back - VLA was more impressive than expected" #alwaysberiding ⚡️⚡️⚡️ https://t.co/2sqso4zG1Q
Flow Batteries Promise LDES, Yet Industry Faces Mixed Results
Flow batteries hold potential for LDES but industry shows mixed fortunes so far #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/V1R1sVBgQ6
Psilocybin Reconfigures Cortical Inhibition via Interneuron Recruitment
wonky / important pre-clinial paper out of Alex Kwan's lab Psilocybin reshapes cortical inhibition through selective interneuron recruitment @kwanalexc https://t.co/OZX2cHDD94
Pisgah Energy Adds Solar to Six NC Airport Buildings
Pisgah Energy installs solar on 6 buildings at North Carolina airport #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/2bgnI21iQk
Private Credit Masks Volatility, Echoes 2008 Shadow Banking
Private credit may hide volatility, but hiding it doesn't make it disappear. We learned that lesson with shadow banks in 2008. Is private credit just shadow banking with a new name? Partly yes, partly no. The honest answer is rarely...
Tesla Launches In‑house Solar Panels, Aims 100 GWh/Year
This flew under the radar on the earnings but Tesla said on Tesla Solar: “We began meaningful customer deployments of Tesla’s first in-house designed solar panel produced at Giga New York” That's a start of a 100 GWh/year business there. Not...
Wisconsin Sues Major Prediction Markets over Illegal Sports Betting
NEW: The Wisconsin Department of Justice has sued prediction market platforms Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket and https://t.co/jeBmEO492C in state court over alleged illegal sports betting, seeks preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to halt sports-event contracts. https://t.co/MxLvGJoq4c
Mobileye’s Q1 Shows EyeQ, SuperVision Surge
Mobileye’s Q1 2026 call is out—EyeQ shipments and SuperVision growth are the big stories this quarter. Industry shifts are real, but Mobileye’s staying in the fast lane. 🚗💨 SelfDriving
Ari Emanuel's 2025 CEO Pay Soars to $67.4M
Ari Emanuel’s Pay Package as CEO of TKO Group Jumps to $67.4 Million in 2025 https://t.co/WHbgJ250rc
Agents Value Real Audience, Not Social Media Followers
Having a following is one aspect of getting an agent, esp. if you write nonfiction but it is by no means the most important thing. They are looking for an indication that you have an audience who might want to...
AI Needs More Power: Nvidia Backs OKLO
$NVDA 🤝 $OKLO We don’t have enough power. Not even close. Investing here is paramount to our AI ambitions. 💪🏻🔋 https://t.co/5KML2W7ObN
Comcast's “Legendary” February Fell Short Profitably
Good analysis by @Drewbydoobydoo on how legendary February was not so legendary from the profit standpoint for Comcast.
Copper Demand Soars, Supply Lags—Prices Must Spike
@MBazilian Director of the @payneinstitute for Public Policy at the @coschoolofmines is a leading authority on supply and critical metals and coauthor of this article. Morgan is 100% right: copper demand from AI, EVs, data centers and global electrification is...
Droidup Introduces Moya: Next‑Gen Lifelike Humanoid Robot
Droidup #Robotics Unveils Moya, a Next-Gen Lifelike Humanoid by @CyberRobooo #AI #Robots #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML https://t.co/hfLVUIDSuZ
Replit Thrives After Swapping SF for Spacious Foster City
Two years since Replit left SF. 10x valuation and 200x ARR later we’ve taken over much of the old IBM campus in Foster City and we’re still expanding. There’s something poetic about it: IBM helped create the industry. We’re helping reinvent how...
NZ Defence Minister Sees No Reason to Rethink US Alliance
Because he’s not looking or because he’s not bothered by war crimes? “The new Defence Minister says he has not seen anything in the Iran war that would lead him to reconsider New Zealand's defence relationship with the United States.” https://t.co/gtfPNwHnns
Stunning Kola Map in DCSWorld Earns Medals
Recovering back to base for tea and medals. Kola map in #DCSWorld looking stunning. #avgeek https://t.co/DQXktVwTLG
Xbox Pivots to Daily Active Players, Rethinks Exclusivity
Xbox has announced its new strategy. "The model that got us here won’t be the one that takes us forward." Changes will include: - Reevalution of exclusivity, windows and AI. - Microsoft Gaming back to Xbox - New north star: Daily active players. https://t.co/SvRHO55HZ2
F/A‑18 Harpoons Sink Russian
Back in the saddle with #DCSWorld and a 3 x ship F/A18 Harpoon strike against a Russian Surface Action Group off Kola. #avgeek https://t.co/zV2VMudNi3
Ohio Court May Permit Fracking Waste Wells Amid Pollution Fears
An Ohio court may OK fracking-waste wells despite pollution concerns #energysky -- via Canary Media: https://t.co/Vg2SA8To9V
HBO to Produce Six‑Episode Series on Vrabel‑Russini Sc
Just waiting for the release to hit my inbox that HBO is developing a six episode limited series on the Vrabel-Russini scandal from the DTF ST. LOUIS creators
Intel's $280B Surge Masks 100x Valuation Risks
INTC up $280 billion in market cap from low. Q1 Revenue beat by $1b, Guidance raised for next Q ~1-1.5b. Still trading at 100x earnings the most expensive semiconductor company that still has a lot of...
Pizza Hut’s Sales Slump: Half Quarters Negative Since 2008
Some notable insight, particularly that Yum believes that the new owner might have to own some locations but that's not something Yum wants to do, which probably makes sense. Here's something, however: Since 2008, 47.5% of Pizza Hut's quarterly same-store...
Tesla’s Autonomous Driving Impresses Beyond Stock Hype
First time letting the $tsla drive. Pretty impressive. There will be a time and place for the majority to use it. As of now. We have a new point of reference to use. The autonomous driving is special. Not the...
Military Families Get up to $8K Opendoor Credit
Military families move every 2-3 years on average. That's a lot of added stress, pain points, and moments that could be spent doing things with the people you love. We expanded the Hero's Home Credit to include sellers to lessen...
CPU Demand Surges; Intel Sees Strong Data Center Growth
Agentic workloads are increasing demand for CPUs, $INTC CEO said data center CPU demand remains strong and foundry improvements are running well ahead of schedule. Im so bullish $AMD
Michael Set to Shatter Global Opening Records, Outpacing Oppenheimer
#MICHAEL poised to crush industry’s 75M-85M 5-day opening projections overseas, kicking off its Global #BoxOffice run grossing spectacular 18.5M on WED Opening day at intl. markets, including TUE Previews, already beating #Oppenheimer’s 15.9M WED+THU grosses in just one day. Opening could...
Intel's AI Surge Drives 15% Stock Jump, Beats Forecast
$INTC stock is up 15% on earnings. If there is ever a question regrading how early we are in AI, look at what it the rising AI tide is doing to Intel, which was arguably on the ropes. Revenue in: * Dec-25...
Trump Risks Worse Iran Deal Than Obama’s JCPOA
Trump is at risk of ending up with an #Iran nuclear deal worse than the one he abandoned in 2018. He may settle for a pact that appears more ambitious on paper but is less enforceable in practice than Obama's JCPOA,...
Greed Fuels Fees at Hormuz, Malacca, Panama
The story around maritime at the Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, and now the Panama Canal is greed. Fees. Fees. Fees.
Lufthansa Cuts 20,000 Flights Amid US‑Israeli Conflict
Lufthansa announced it would be forced to CUT 20,000 FLIGHTS as a result of the US-Israeli war in Iran. LUFTHANSA AND ITS PASSENGERS SHOULD SEND A BILL FOR DAMAGES TO TRUMP & NETANYAHU. https://t.co/8Rfx6sEPxM
Gas Prices Now About $0.50 Higher Than Under Biden
Since it seems to come up here a lot, the average price of gas under Biden was $3.55 a gallon, according to Grok https://t.co/oTBSuRDu7E That's about 50 cents less than we are paying now.
Data Centers Turn to Self‑Power Amid Utility Delays
"As data center developers face long waits for connections to traditional utilities, and amid mounting... resistance to the possibility of higher energy bills, making their own power is becoming an increasingly popular option" Max power, min accountability https://t.co/XZBADSC8dE
Mearsheimer Claims Israel Pushes US to Wage War on Iran
Distinguished UChicago Prof. John Mearsheimer on Israel's REAL PLAN for Iran: "Israel wants us [the USA] to continue the war... Do what we did to Gaza in Iran - that's the view of the Israeli lobby." https://t.co/2XdZvcSD7P
SOCOM to Acquire Three Unnamed Aircraft FY27
Rare non-standard aviation news for those nerds out there 🚨 SOCOM in FY27 will procure three new aircraft in a program called Non-Standard Aviaton-Next as it moves on from the C-146. Specific type not disclosed https://t.co/9Bg80XtX7a
Gary Barnett Proposes 86‑story, 1,198‑ft UWS Tower
A supertall apt house on the #UWS. #GaryBarnett firm plans 86-story, 1,198 ft tower on W67, more than 400 ft above nabe's next tallest bldg, per a #NYC DOB filing. W/yield 430 units. #Extell #realestate #CRE #retail #restaurant #Silverstein #multifamily...
FAA Delays ORD Schedule Cuts to June 2
New: @FAANews pushes effective date of ORD schedule reductions to June 2 (It was previously effective May 17) https://t.co/JiQoGhv5Wg
Solar Supporters Often Block Nearby Renewable Projects
The solar support gap: Why do pro-solar citizens reject local projects? #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/GsriEpFny7
Double Blockade in Persian Gulf Spikes Global Energy Prices
The situation in the Persian Gulf has worsened. Despite the ceasefire, a double blockade has broken out. It's one big cluster, and the global energy markets are feeling the heat. #iranwar #crudeoil #geopolitics https://t.co/iV7sYWClso
Orbitals Merges Anime Aesthetics with Childlike Wonder
Orbitals Doesn’t Just Capture the Anime Look, But Its Childlike Wonder A... https://t.co/G6Tp7nKXBB @Shapefarm @Kepler_Interact
Paramount Merger Wins Overwhelming Shareholder Approval
WBD shareholder vote tally on Paramount merger: * For: 1.743 billion shares * Against: 16.3 million shares * Abstain: 2.37 million shares https://t.co/SuUqxaA7dz via @variety