Indonesia's Strait Fee Sparks UNCLOS, Supply‑Chain Turmoil
Indonesia. Impose fee on ships going thru the Strait of Malacca. Learned money lesson from Iran. UNCLOS? Will there be military action to stop it? More maritime and supply chain hell.
78% Tax Rate Means State Bears Most Carbon Tax
"With a marginal tax rate of 78%, the state effectively shares a large portion of the carbon tax cost (because carbon taxes are deductible as operating costs)." Yes, but let's imagine why he would say if Canada raised its marginal...
Zepbound Sparks Diet Shift, Slashes LDL by One‑third
Patient started Zepbound and cut their LDL cholesterol essentially by a third and no longer in the range to start a cholesterol medicine. The medicine doesn't lower LDL cholesterol that much, but it did allow her to eat a more plant-forward...
Maternal Emulsifiers May Close Infant Immune Tolerance Windows
Common food emulsifiers like carboxymethyl cellulose and polysorbate 80 are in processed dairy, baked goods, sauces, and even some baby formulas. When mother mice consumed these during pregnancy and breastfeeding, their offspring's immune development was altered in ways that lasted...
Former Employee Sues Beast Industries for Harassment; Company Denies Claims
MrBeast’s Beast Industries Sued by Former Employee Alleging Sexual Harassment and Retaliation; Company Says Suit Is Based on ‘Categorically False Statements’ https://t.co/iiW9QhO9nD via @variety
YIMBY Policies Turn Mall Parking Into 174 Homes
In Arden-Arcade, a Sacramento suburb, the full stack of YIMBY reforms help to turn a mall parking lot into 174 homes: AB 2097 allowed the mall to carve off parking, SDBL granted a 20% bonus, and HAA guaranteed entitlements. h/t...
Search Is Behavior—Be Everywhere Your Audience Looks
"Search is a behavior, not a channel.” — Lacey Reichwald Your audience is “searching” on TikTok, YouTube, AI tools… not just Google. Are you showing up everywhere they look? Full interview 👉 https://t.co/gVeYqeVDov @ahamediagroup #marketingstrategy #hcmktg https://t.co/qBsry4BqoG
Mortgage Rates Peaked 2024, Now Easing Toward 2026
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate on April 22, by year 4.58% -> April 22, 2018 4.35% -> April 22, 2019 3.43% -> April 22, 2020 3.14% -> April 22, 2021 5.38% -> April 22, 2022 6.66% -> April 22, 2023 7.43% -> April 22, 2024 6.98% ->...
Losing Goodell’s Antitrust Immunity Could Spark NFL Chaos
In an April 17 meeting with @FCC staff, @NFL General Counsel Ted Ullyot came armed with a 17-page slide deck. This page is a visualization of the alleged ensuing chaos if @nflcommish Roger Goodell lost his antitrust immunity in the...
Ship Seizures Signal Iran’s Growing Control of Hormuz
Ship Seizures Mark New Phase in Iran’s De Facto Control of Hormuz. With extended ceasefire. The situation looks shaky. https://t.co/pThf20VEbW
Asian Shipowners Set to Cross Hormuz Ahead of Western Firms
Asian Shipowners to Cross Hormuz Before Western Firms, Executives Say. Fee? Maritime safety/security? Country affiliation and negotiating release. https://t.co/wDf0p1uk9P
777 Crews Score Higher Than Those on Problematic Flights
So many factors work against the score. I bet crew who work 777 have higher scores than crew on other equipment or less desirable destinations that have issues like tight seating, baggage issues, no WiFi, late departures, cancellations or delayed...
Unitree's Supply‑chain Mastery Teaches US Robotics Competition
Sam is right about the importance of robotics for the US but Unitree offers a real lesson to US companies hoping to compete at the bleeding edge. It has risen thanks to a true mastery of China’s supply chain. https://t.co/JyNQZSycxJ
Report Uncovers $4 Bn Phantom Mining Company
This is pretty extraordinary. Our report into a $4bn mining company - that didn’t actually exist - is just a small part…
Iran's Missile Fleet Underutilized Despite Active Air Force
This article is potentially pretty damning. But I'd like to know whether the 50% of the ballistic missiles + launchers can be utilized, why if Iran still has an Air Force was it not being used & are all these...
Gulf States Eye Takeover of CBS and CNN
Three Gulf States are about to claim ownership of companies that own CBS and CNN. Who are they exactly and what do they want? I went looking. Latest for @TheAnkler https://t.co/PtldZMTkBC
Sustainable Supply Chains: Plan Smarter, Waste Less, Move Efficiently
Earth Day: sustainability is built into the daily supply chain choices - plan smarter, waste less, move efficiently. #EarthDay #SupplyChain https://t.co/As8cZeuhSD
Seedance 2.0 Delivers Ultra‑Realistic AI UGC Ads
How I Make (insanely) Realistic AI UGC ads with Seedance 2.0 WATCH HERE 👉 https://t.co/WXdgLmQEox In this video, I show you how I use Seedance 2 to create insanely realistic AI UGC ads for dropshipping. The biggest game changer is the...
Kailera Leads, SANA Ranks #2 Among Biggest Biotech IPOs
The excellent @biospace 📊👇shows the 5 biggest IPOs in BioTech history. At the top of this list is of course Kailera Therapeutics $KLRA with its $625M blockbuster IPO - the largest public offering in recent years. The one that caught...
Iran Conflict: Strategic Threat or Opportunity for China?
Is the Iran war a strategic threat or an opportunity for China? https://t.co/E82r5V2x3h @QamarEnergy @TheNational
New $10M Funding Fuels Drilling,
A C$10M raise from @AstraExp, a bought deal from high-quality resource funds. This will ramp up drilling, in a system already demonstrating size and growth potential, what could set up this #gold stock for a major re-rate. We're actively buying:...
Social Support Beats Policy‑blind Trauma Treatment for Recovery
Treating trauma while ignoring the social and political conditions that generate it risks turning medicine into a repair shop for problems our policies continue to produce. The strongest predictor of sustained recovery from addiction is social support. https://t.co/HoXy8efgWf
Copper Market Tightening Fast, Global Cathode Deficit Looms
Major metals trader Mercuria recently published to their clients feedback from the CESCO copper conference in Chile. We have read it and, in short, the copper market is tightening, fast. Mercuria believe that a global (ex-US) deficit in cathode is coming...
Mapping Hormuz Bypass Easy, Execution Far More Challenging
Bypassing Hormuz: “You can draw beautiful lines on the map. To try to make it happen in reality is something else.” @QamarEnergy @ColumbiaUEnergy @rfelliott https://t.co/JKNGbORqzA
AI Regulation Boom to Spawn $5B Compliance Industry by 2027
"By 2027, fragmented AI regulation will grow to cover 50% of the world's economies, driving $5 billion in compliance investment." Thus begins a whole new industry.
WTI Climbs 11% as US‑UK Spread Flips Dramatically
US oil (WTI) is up 11% on the week again as we move back above 93. Meanwhile, the US-UK (WTI-Brent) spread has swung back from the unusual positive extreme (+2.50, highest since Nov 2008) back to negative extreme (-8.75). Basis...
Flight Attendant Forced Off for Demanding Chinese Language
Off-Duty Flight Attendant Demands Crew Speak Chinese, Gets Kicked Off Flight - View from the Wing https://t.co/2Kf6VFMD9n
Grain Aims to Select D2D Satellite Operator in 90 Days
"Grain believes that this competitive process can be completed within 90 days ... and will facilitate the swift identification of a qualified D2D satellite operator capable of deploying the spectrum nationwide on the timelines suggested by Grain" https://t.co/gOlCA8ZxqR
Great Lakes Cities Poised for Climate‑Driven Real Estate Boom
Wildfires and floods put $15 trillion in real estate at risk. Could the Great Lakes be America's last climate haven? 🌎 🔥 🌊 I test the theory using Redfin data to see if Detroit, Milwaukee, and Buffalo are primed for a...
Structure Your Blog First, Rankings Follow
Google doesn't hate your blog posts. You're publishing without structure. That's why nothing ranks. Site-wide: - Topical map - Pillar pages - Hubs or clusters Page-level: - Competitive research - Consensus analysis - Keyword data Structure first. Writing second.
EU Faces Costly, Complex Break From US Tech Dominance
With so much of #Europe’s technology provided by a few US tech giants, alongside “troves of sensitive data,” it won’t be easy or cheap for the #EU to wean itself off this digital dependency. Via @MathieuPollet_ & Anouk Schlung @POLITICOEurope https://t.co/WNaVH4mBtt
NASA Admits Lunar Gateway Modules Are Corroded
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman just testified before Congress that both the Lunar Gateway habitable modules delivered to NASA (HALO and I-HAB) were corroded. 🚨
Ukraine's Long-Range Drones Now Routinely Hit Russian Refineries
Back in September, I wrote about Ukraine's long-range drones. Now that they are regularly and accurately striking Russian refineries and oil infrastructure, I think it's worth reading again, for those who missed it. Gift link: https://t.co/FhWqhDkkBi
Retail Sales Soar as Consumer Confidence Hits Record Low
US Retail Sales hit another all-time high while Consumer Sentiment is at its lowest level in history. Watch what they do, not what they say. https://t.co/mZJ1r5oqcI
Michael Poised to Set Music Biopic Opening Record
Box office: MICHAEL is tracking to earn at least $65M to $70M domestically, which would make it the biggest opening ever for a music biopic ahead of current record-holder STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON ($60.2M) & BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY ($55M), per Pam McClintock...
Enhanced? Bathroom and Trash Reveal the Gaps
I have yet to figure out what the “enhanced” part is. Let’s start with the bathroom situation and trash management….
Ford-Class Review Casts Doubt on Future Carriers
Ford Class Review Puts Navy’s Future Carrier Plans Into Question The review includes comparing the Ford class to the Nimitz class and seeing what has been gained or lost operationally. https://t.co/WVncs2xAJx
LLM Outperforms Expectations Finding AML/KYC Guidelines
An anecdote for you from LLM land: I sent Opus 4.7 out to do a literature survey of various government law enforcement internal guidelines w/r/t AML and KYC usage in prosecutions. It was much more successful at finding these docs...
NX Group Acquires Metro Supply Chain for $1.3B
Congrats to Metro Supply Chain on their sale to NX GROUP. NX paid close to $1.3B (USD) to gain an extensive warehouse-based supply chain network focused on Canada and the US. Expect to see more cross border M&A in 2026! https://t.co/UzwMktsJzb
One Year Strong: GamesBeat Thrives Thanks to Community
Today is the one-year anniversary of when we spun GamesBeat out of VB as an independent company. We're in better shape with a strong team. I'm grateful for the work our team has done. It's exciting to see how far...
Judge Enforces Absolute Priority Amid $500M Trump Priming
so you have Trump’s priming $500mn, the ad hoc bondholder group, and a federal judge sworn to uphold the absolute priority rule 🍿: https://t.co/nLx7Z4Tz0f https://t.co/ddFVAt6bSH
Iran Conflict Heightens Threat of Losing Iraq War 2
Translation: As a result of the Iran War, we are at increasing risk of losing Iraq War 2.
Use Public Listings for Growth, Not Just Exit
In this episode, Callum Laing breaks down a strategy most entrepreneurs completely overlook, how to use a public listing as a growth tool, not just an exit. Instead of chasing traditional IPOs, Calum reveals how his “constrained stock” model creates stability,...
Food, Not Pills, May Solve Obesity and Heart Disease
The next breakthrough in managing obesity, heart disease, or cognitive decline might not come from a pill. It might come from your food. #SynBioBeta2026 is May 4-7th in San Jose, California, you can learn more about the conference and get your...
Win in Saturated Markets with Better Offer, Marketing
I spent years trying to find 'unsaturated' products. Never found one. I made my first million selling a 'saturated' product with a better offer and better marketing. Stop looking for no competition. Start being better competition.
New Methods Could Ship Alberta Bitumen Without Pipelines
How Alberta Bitumen Could Bypass Pipelines Entirely Economist Richard Masson explains new approaches to shipping bitumen to market. #ableg #abpoli #oilsands https://youtu.be/Hr6wDz-_hXo
Marijuana to Be Reclassified Alongside Ketamine, Steroids
"The new categorization would put it in line with ketamine and steroids." well it's a start
Hormuz Mine Clearance Could Take Six Months, Delayed Until War Ends
EXCLUSIVE: It could take six months to fully clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines deployed by the Iranian military, and any such operation is unlikely to be carried out until the U.S. war with Iran ends, the Pentagon has...
Spectrum Deal Valuation Ranges $4‑8B, Amendment Unlikely
This is a normal part of the negotiating process on spectrum, and there will potentially be more of it. We recognize the biggest risk is lower power levels, but that would hurt the GPS replacement service, PNT. A backup could...
Solar Dominates Day, Batteries Own Night, India Accelerates Clean Energy
Today on Volts: the think tank @emberenergyresearch is out with its yearly Global Electricity Review. I talk with two of the co-authors about the big stories this year: Solar has won the day; batteries are winning the night. Fossil power...