Artemis II Countdown Continues Despite Flight Termination Issue
Artemis II update: An issue with the Flight Termination System is being worked, but the countdown is proceeding.
New Show Unpacks AI Impact with Fresh Frameworks
Really excited to launch this new show. This was an exceptional episode. So many great frameworks for analyzing the impact of AI. Here are a few clips as a preview: Listen and subscribe here: Spotify: https://t.co/6a6URmgLQv Apple: https://t.co/Hm9mpeZUis https://t.co/Ch2CEPJI5q
High‑dose Flu Shots Cut Alzheimer Risk, Especially in Women
We've seen the Shingles vaccine is linked with reduced risk of Alzheimer's and dementias in 4 large natural experiments. Today, the potential of high-dose flu vaccines vs standard dose for the same in a large retrospective age 65+ cohort [N>160,000)....
Don’t Oversell Procurement; Promises Must Match Performance
“Selling a Procurement brand proposition that doesn’t match the actual results delivered is like selling a sports car to a punter only for them to discover it’s been built with a scooter engine.” ➤ https://t.co/voeARTOsF0 #procurement #purchasing #supplychain https://t.co/phgChnSgHF
Pro‑voting Groups Sue to Block Florida's Citizenship‑proof Law
Shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed Florida’s version of the SAVE America Act into law, pro-voting groups moved swiftly to challenge the severe new voting restrictions, asking a federal court to block the state from requiring voters to prove...
Saudi Arabia Adds 7.8 GW Solar Capacity in 2025
Saudi Arabia adds around 7.8 GW of solar in 2025 #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/WGmXqbJ7ty https://t.co/vbc6qMP2wS
Europe Readies Red Sea Force as Houthis Threaten Bab El-Mandeb
European Red Sea Task Force Ready For Attacks Amid Fears Houthis Could Close Bab el-Mandeb Strait Concerns grow that the Iranian-backed rebels could close the waterway, drastically exacerbating the global oil crisis and opening a new front. https://t.co/aVVe6CgGk5
Only 1% Worry About AI Vulnerability Apocalypse
So why nobody (well, maybe <1%) care about the coming AI-powered vulnerability apocalypse? (ref @unpromptedconf vs #RSAC discussions, cc @gadievron ) #question
Experts Misjudge Iran War: Regime Change Remains Unlikely
It is insane how every so called "expert," academic getting 5 minutes of fame, podcaster, or media personality starts their critique or prediction of the war in Iran with regime change. Too bad it is a house of cards built...
Columbia Engineers Create Self‑Repairing, Self‑Upgrading Robots
Self-Repairing, Self-Upgrading #Robots Developed at Columbia #Engineering by @tweetciiiim #AI #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML https://t.co/3ovnUfe9IR
DIY Hollywood: Pro‑Level Filmmaking Now Cheap
Hollywood might be in trouble. Cinema Studio 3.0 is changing the game. Now, regular people can make big, movie-looking scenes right from their own rooms. Higgsfield Cinema Studio 3.0 comes with about 200,000 visual styles, 150 camera moves, and millions of action-scene...
Year-Long Aerobic Exercise Preserves White Matter, Boosts Cognition
Effects of aerobic exercise and cardiorespiratory fitness on white matter free water fraction in older adults: a 1-year randomized controlled trial "These findings suggest that 1 year of aerobic training may reduce [Free Water Fraction] in the CC body and that higher...
Two‑Thirds of Americans Demand Quick End to Iran War
According to a new Ipsos poll, 66% of Americans say the US should end its involvement in the Iran conflict quickly. THE US PUBLIC IS TURNING ON TRUMP, THE WAR PRESIDENT. https://t.co/tRVyc22FJC
Truckers Profit as Spot Rates Outpace Diesel Surge
Truckers just came off the strongest quarter in years. They are happy to pay the higher diesel, so long as they get to enjoy the much higher rates that are currently being painted in the market. 80% of...
EU Red Sea Task Force Poised to Counter Houthi Threat
Operation Aspides, the European Red Sea naval task force, tells me its prepared to respond in their defensive mandate should the Houthis launch a new wave of attacks on vessels. https://t.co/g4UvidO52w
Office Availability Drops 12.6M Sq Ft Across Top Markets
The Office Market is Healing New York was just the beginning. Office market tightening is now sweeping through San Francisco, Houston, and Boston as availability declines. Q1 2026: All top 15 office markets saw declines in availability totaling 12.6M sq. ft New York...
Questioning LSMs' Suitability for Persian Gulf Operations
Would this be a good time to once again raise the issue of operating small, slow, and poorly armed @USNavy LSMs for the @USMC in a non-permissive environment right now? I mean the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf...
Secretive NT‑43A 737 Backs NASA’s Artemis II Launch
World’s Most Secretive 737 Is Supporting NASA’s Historic Artemis II Launch It is rare to see the unique NT-43A aircraft at all, let alone flying over Florida ahead of the first crewed lunar space mission in decades. https://t.co/8yjZDD36jh
Russia's Occupied Area Jumps 27% to 160 Km² in March
.@Deepstate_UA assesses that Russia occupied 160 square kilometers in March, 27% more than in February. https://t.co/VUiCGoqDaQ https://t.co/DkINMRkzFO
Houston's "New Housing" Is Actually Highway Demolition
In downtown Houston, an empty lot next to a light rail station becomes 375 housing units... April Fools! TxDOT actually knocked these apartments down to widen a highway. The top image is the after.
India's Tourism Pivots From Foreign to Domestic Focus
The End of ‘Incredible India’ >> “Incredible India” was built to attract outsiders, but the center of gravity in Indian travel has shifted from selling the country abroad to building for travelers at home. https://t.co/GWrckiJlE7 via @Skift
Self‑Driving Cars Stall in China, Raising Resilience Concerns
Bye bye Vegas see y’all again in the fall. By the way, talking about resilience, this is what World War III looks like. It’s not all your shit blowing up it’s all your shit not working. Baidu's Apollo Go self-driving cars stop...
Guest Appearance Announced on Above the Business Podcast
Keep an eye on the Above the Business podcast with @bradleyhamner . I'll be appearing on an upcoming episode... https://t.co/W9VQBSUsQY
Iran Sees Conflict as Chance to Expel US Influence
Former British Diplomat Alastair Crooke on Iran's position in the war: "Iran is seeing these events... as an opportunity to change the whole geopolitics of West Asia. To invert it completely, to remove the US... and its whole infrastructure of finance...
Joining Maggie Lake’s YouTube & Substack Show Today
I'm on today at the close (April Fool's Day) with @maggielake on her YouTube and Substack channel.
Supreme Court to Decide Birthright Citizenship’s Future
Today the Supreme Court is hearing a case about the future of who gets to be an American citizen and which babies born in the US get that privilege. In light of Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship, I wrote something...
SpaceX Preps IPO with Analyst Day, Data Center Tour
SpaceX is said to plan analyst day, data center tour amid IPO preparations @seekingalpha @wallsthorizon @christinelshort https://t.co/dgH1iq69mo
Critical US Grid Insight Over
This fact has been emphasized to me for years by execs at a US private electrical infrastructure I have an investment in… …yet it is ignored by most geopolitical analysts and policymakers because it is too inconvenient to acknowledge: https://t.co/CODqrwbKm1
Media Scale Comes From Data, Not Headcount
$100M with 30 people MarketBeat does $50M/year with 19 employees... @MediaKing thinks he can get to $100M with 30... "To go from a million subscribers to two... you don't actually produce more content. You just don't need more people." Scalable media businesses aren't...
Tax Attorney Secures AI Startup Deal via QSBS Strategy
Today I spoke with two founders who launched an AI powered consulting business that builds industry adjacent applications and software. Q1 Revenue: $300K Why did they want to speak with me? I am a tax attorney and they were referred...
US May Push Tencent Gaming Divestiture Over Privacy Risks
The FT reported earlier this month that the Trump administration is considering forcing Tencent to divest certain gaming assets over security concerns. The notion that gaming assets, particularly mobile gaming assets, could be useful in user-level profiling is not implausible; recall...
Marshall Islands Ship Registry: US‑run, CIA‑linked, Bush‑expanded
Most Americans will say “so what” but the Marshall Islands is a US protectorate, their ship registry is an American company based near the Pentagon that often hires retired USCG & US Navy Admirals and was set up by the...
Compliance Crackdown Cuts Drivers, Fleet Growth Stalls
This checks out. It doesn't tell us about total truck counts which have been falling since peaking in April 2025. The compliance crackdown has been far more effective in getting drivers off the road, but not doing the same with...
First Crew Walkout Coverage: A Historic Moment Witnessed
My first time covering a crew walkout in person. It was worth a moment to take in the history. https://t.co/yFAJKAT1Jd
Renewables Cut Electricity Prices; Fossils Drive Them Up
Which lowers electricity prices, more renewables or more fossil fuels? More wind, solar, geothermal & hydro correlate with lower electricity prices worldwide and across the 50 states. More fossils, nuclear & biomass all independently correlate with higher prices. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yI9vlrRSc7w
Rubio Blocks Trump's NATO Exit Threat over Hormuz
Trump’s threat to exit #NATO as retaliation for the bloc’s failure to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz faces a MAJOR obstacle — one that comes from his very own Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. From @KateSullivanDC and me https://t.co/A3wZZ1pmDM
Mario Sequel Opens in Fewer US Theaters than Predecessor
Speaking of Mario, Yoshi and friends, #Universal's sequel #TheSuperMarioGalaxyMovie is opening TODAY at US #BoxOffice, hitting 3.821 theatres, which is less than #TheSuperMarioBrosMovie’s 4.025 theatres on its WED Opening Day back in 2023, due to #ProjectHailMary & #HOPPERS still performing...
Brent Slides Despite PMs' “Batten Down” Warnings
Why is front month Brent oil down on the day both Australian and UK prime ministers gave 'batten down the hatches' addresses to their nations?
Mario Films Celebrate 2D Roots, Not Cinema’s End
Is Mario really the "end of cinema?" For me, I think of the beginning of cinema. The best moments of both Mario films are when they lean into and honors the 2D, left to right movement so key to the...
Testing New Sherpa Cargo Vehicle Named Tenzing
We’re testing a new vehicle in our cargo facility, called a Sherpa. I’m naming it Tenzing.
Free Descript Video Editing Course to Replace Bad Tutorials
Soooooo... how badly do you want to learn Descript for your video editing? I am considering dropping a full course on how to edit in Descript and putting it out for free on YouTube, because the tutorials out there are GARBAGE.
Greenland Resources Secures New Moly Offtake with SSAB
Another offtake agreement for Greenland Resources $MOLY, this time with $SSABB Still think H1 27 might be it… https://t.co/Xza7hTpPuq
Artemis II Showcases Unity Over Mere Flight Test
“Artemis II is far more than a flight test” says RAeS President Elect, Prof Malcolm Macdonald. “It’s a demonstration of what happens when we choose to come together." #NASA #Artemis #ArtemisII #avgeek #spaceflight https://t.co/hDB2MAHbL2 https://t.co/vgVszNi6vJ
SiFly Q12 Breaks Guinness Record with 3‑Hour Electric Flight
SiFly Q12 Sets Guinness World Record with 3+ Hour Electric #Drone Flight via @WevolverApp #Innovation #TechForGood #EmergingTech #Technology #Tech https://t.co/ykU08St3ZE
Trump Threatens Ukraine Aid to Force European Coalition on Hormuz
Donald Trump threatened to stop supplying weapons for Ukraine in order to pressure European allies to join a “coalition of the willing” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, @lauramdubois @HenryJFoy @ak_mack and @GeorgeWParker report https://t.co/pto4HaBALr
IAEA, US Intel Say Iran Complied Before Trump Withdrew
None of this is true. The IAEA and the US intelligence community both assessed that Iran was complying with the JCPIOA when Trump walked away from the agreement.
2024 NDAA Credibility Questioned Amid Defunding Trends
The 2023 NDAA adding that the Navy prepare “for the peacetime promotion of the national security interests and prosperity of the United States,” Nobody took that seriously so why should anyone take the 2024 NDAA seriously? Trump can defund NATO obligations just...
Ride‑hailing Tames the Thrill of Demanding a Fast Cab
Something lost in the shift to Uber and that will get worse with AVs is the chaotic energy unleashed from telling a cabbie you’re late and need them to floor it. Now you just have to admit defeat.
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Surge Tenfold, Funding Needed
Ukrainian drone strike ability is surging. In March they launched nearly 10x the number of drone strikes as a year ago. Give them the funding they need and these numbers will surge further. Ukraine will win.
IOWN Energy Sells 127 MW Nevada Battery Project
IOWN Energy closes sale of 127 MW Nevada battery project #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/nO7QzEEVCv