US Warns China Will Lose Access to Iranian Oil
Escalation either way: US Treasury Secretary Bessent says China will no longer be able to get oil from Iran.
Transparent, Phased Recommendations Balance Speed and Risk
I was talking through a project with a colleague this week and something came up that I've been chewing on since. A client is generating significant revenue right now and wants to get a new platform live as quickly as possible...
UK to Supply 120,000 British Drones to Ukraine
Significant #drone news today as UK announces biggest ever UAV package for #Ukraine - 120,000 British-built drones to be supplied this year from @Windracers , @TEKEVER and @MalloyAero #avgeek https://t.co/aG3Xz0fehP https://t.co/lSlk4kMQ8K
Scale Faster: Test 5‑10 Creatives Weekly, Not One
I've seen inside 50+ ad accounts. Here's the pattern: Accounts that tested 1-2 new creatives a week stagnated. Accounts that tested 5-10 new creatives a week scaled. Your assumption that you'll find a winner eventually is wrong. You find winners...
Medical Debt Drives Suicide, Not Patient Non‑Compliance
Sixteen percent of suicides in the United States have medical debt as a contributing factor. We talk about patient non-compliance in medicine as if it is a behavioral problem. For a significant number of patients, it is a financial one....
Pre‑war Shipments Arrive, Marking Energy Crisis Turning Point
The global energy crisis has moved from theoretical to very real. As the last shipments sent before the war begin to arrive, we are now hitting a turning point in the energy crisis. Full Newsletter: https://t.co/8EQyEETy7t #crudeoil #energy #geopolitics https://t.co/HnrMkQSYy5
Saudi Pipeline Restores, Red Sea Crude Loads Surge
Iranian coast blockade to lift April’s Red Sea crude loadings to new highs ▶️Saudi pipeline restored at the weekend following Iran attacks, minimising delays in exports from its west coast ▶️Red Sea loadings peaked in March and likely to surge in April...
US Forces Six Iran-Linked Vessels to Reverse Course
Signs of scramble from Iran-linked ships amid US blockade ▶️Falsely flagged US-sanctioned tanker that transited Hormuz earlier on Tuesday makes U-turn in Gulf of Oman ▶️Centcom says it forced six vessels to turn around and ‘re-enter an Iranian port’ in the Gulf...
Persistence Birthed Slickwater Fracking, Unlocking Cheap Shale Gas
tweet of the day: George P. Mitchell spent nearly 20 years and millions of his own dollars trying to crack the Barnett Shale in Texas. His team eventually figured out "slickwater fracking", which finally made extracting gas from shale cheap...
Hormuz Closure Drives US Gulf VLGC Rates Above $100K
Hormuz closure pushes Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGC) rates in US Gulf over $100K per day ▶️Baltic Exchange’s US Gulf-Japan VLGC index is at $111,628 per day, its highest level since January 2024, during the Panama Canal drought crisis ▶️US Gulf-Europe VLGC...
Whisky Distillery Uses Stored Green Power for 1200°C Steam
Heat batteries delivering up to 1,200C using off peak electricity: A Scottish whisky distillery just claimed a world first — producing high-temperature steam for distilling using stored green electricity instead of fossil fuels. https://t.co/1A1cS5hLUt
Lawyers Aid Migrants in Fake Gay Asylum Claims
If this doesn't piss you off nothing will Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds https://t.co/qoGDLh3pZE
Iran Conflict Reveals Europe's Vulnerable Chemical Import Reliance
The Iran war is exposing Europe’s dependence on imported chemicals, threatening production of everything from food to painkillers https://t.co/leA9nWEbuu via @martin_marilen @weberalexander @hellococomo https://t.co/XrCPrbmVWo
Middle East Turmoil Threatens Worldwide Industrial Supply Chains
The Narrowing Straits: Why the Middle East Crisis is a Fault Line for Global Industry https://t.co/q4PGQdnQp0
Chinese Airlines Reshaping Global Aviation Routes
The Geopolitics of the Skies – Why Chinese Carriers are Redrawing the Global Aviation Map https://t.co/0ZmuFlEOCE
Gate Bridge Failures Can Rip Aircraft Doors Off
If you’re still shocked by yesterday’s China Airlines A350 in Melbourne rolling back and mangling its L1 door on the aerobridge… have a look at this absolute classic from 2023 Back on July 9, 2023 at Dublin Airport, an American...
TD Cowen Predicts Double‑digit Truckload Rate Hikes by Year‑end
TD Cowen report extremely bullish on truckload. Truckload carriers seeing high single rate increases, growing to double digits by year end. https://t.co/ok7KgQ3WwH
Waymo Impresses with Consistently Striking Visual Design
got to hand it to Waymo - it does have great visuals all across its materials https://t.co/mthVhatwiH
Strength Training Beats Pills, Injections, Surgery for Knee OA
Knee Osteoarthritis: Thread Number 3 The most powerful intervention for knee osteoarthritis is not a pill, not an injection, and not a surgery. It's not PRP and certainly not stem cells. It is the muscle above and below the joint. If you...
US Holds 118 Bases—Germany Hosts Largest Foreign Footprint
The US has 118 military bases in Germany. That's the highest concentration of US bases in a foreign country. In Germany, Uncle Sam runs the show. https://t.co/PKRdggZuDm
Waymo Launches Operator‑supervised Autonomous Rides, Eyes Public Rollout
NEWS: @Waymo says they are officially beginning autonomous driving with an operator behind the wheel. Usually, the next steps are non-operator rides with employees riding, and then rollout to public. Read more in our next Robotaxi Report newsletter https://t.co/D50SrmWYPO https://t.co/sz1hLnphpl
US Diesel Prices Surge Post‑Iran War to 87th Percentile
U.S. RETAIL DIESEL prices including applicable taxes have averaged $5.61 per gallon so far this month up from $3.72 in February before the outbreak of the war with Iran and $3.52 in January. Inflation-adjusted prices have surged into the 87th...
Iran's Supertanker Defies US Blockade Amid Interceptions
Dear @grok truth? A. Iranian sanctioned supertanker crosses Strait of Hormuz, reportedly defying U.S. blockade. Vs B. U.S. naval forces have intercepted eight oil tankers entering or leaving Iranian ports since the start of the blockade, according to a U.S. official -WSJ
DBS Bank Seals Hong Kong’s Biggest Office Deal of 2024
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) has agreed to pay about HK$2.62 billion (US$334 million) for six floors at The Center, marking the city’s largest office transaction so far this year.
ByteDance Releases Seedance 2.0 Globally, Bans US and Realistic Faces
ByteDance Launches Seedance 2.0 AI Video Model Globally, Excluding the U.S. The rollout follows copyright clashes with Disney, Netflix, and other major Hollywood studios. New restrictions block prompts using realistic human faces to avoid legal risks. The model is now available to enterprise...
Rolls‑Royce Unveils $9.5M Limited‑edition EV
Rolls-Royce Project Nightingale. 100 of these EVs will be made. Yours for just $9.5 million. https://t.co/wWg4OB8LMz
EV Tollbooth: Post Your Car Pic to Pass
you have reached an EV tollbooth post the most recent pic of your electric car below as payment and you may continue scrolling
Danish Media Misframes US as Strait Blockade Villain
Just to describe the state media in Denmark. In yesterdays news national explained: 1. US is now blocking strait of Hormuz (not: US is blocking ships to or from IRAN, but strait is open) 2. Economic crisis imminent (narrative: due to US...
AllogeneTx Stock Plummets After $2 Share Offering
I saw that a lot of people on 𝕏 are surprised by the sharp decline in $ALLO stock price - from $4.3 to $2.2 in one day despite the company’s excellent cema-cel readout 🧵👇. The reason for this decline is...
DEAL‑Elsevier Workshops Boost Data Governance Trust in Publishing
Trust in scientific publishing depends on how user data is handled. A series of workshops between DEAL and Elsevier created space for a structured, outcome-focused discussion on data use, governance, and privacy in scientific publishing. Read more: https://t.co/IbjdGuuWhs #data #governance #privacy #scientificpublishing...
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...
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)