Chris Eudaily

Update on the Assault with a Deli weapon: the suspect, who worked for DOj, has been fired. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/14/s...

This, to me, is key. It’s not Mamdani’s background or religion or even his professed socialism — which let’s be real is manifesting in some fairly middle-of-the-road policy proposals — that freaks these guys out. It’s that he’s subverting the machine.

Just for fun, here are all the tariff letters from yesterday:

Japan (25%)

Korea (25%)

South Africa (30%)

Kazakhstan (25%)

Laos (40%)

Malaysia (25%)

Myanmar (40%)

Tunisia (25%)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (30%)

Indonesia (32%)

Bangladesh (35%)

Serbia (35%)

Cambodia (36%)

Thailand (36%)

Driving past the Wayne exit when you’re listening to Fountains of Wayne is also a fun moment

Jacksonville is launching an autonomous fixed bus route, the first one in the US! I don't expect unions to like it, but operating cost for transit is mostly labor cost, so if it could scale it could be transformative. Vehicles are way too small, though. www.jtafla.com/media-center...

YouTube video by datboiwes333 DJ Screw - June 27

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YouTube video by CNBC The AI Boom’s Multi-Billion Dollar Blind Spot

Great look at AI's blind spot from @deebosa.bsky.social
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Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to take the rare step of renaming a ship, one that bears the name of a gay rights icon, documents and sources show.

The USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed on the orders of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Story by @ktoropin.bsky.social

(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency’s head said during a briefing that he hadn’t been aware the US has a hurricane season. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/

David Byrne Performs At Daughter's Wedding To SubwayTakes Creator If you’ve spent enough time on TikTok or Instagram Reels, you’ve probably heard the phrase, “So what’s your take?” spoken over the rumble of a subway train. SubwayTakes is probably one of the most pop...

David Byrne officiated his daughter's wedding to the creator of SubwayTakes and sang "Heaven" at the ceremony

If you thought the picture we posted yesterday was good...just check out this timelapse of the same storm! 🤯 Video courtesy of Mesonet technician Steve Thompson (taken Sunday, May 18 near Freedom, OK). #okwx #okmesonet

yay!

Bought a Five for Fighting album one time knowing nothing about the band other than they were named after hockey fighting. Didn't get through it and gave it away asap.

Rage on behalf of the machine

Busta Rhymes we once again should have heeded your wisdom

Something I think about a lot is that, during the Republican primary in 2023-24, a colleague and I did a piece titled "Who’s Running for President in 2024?" It was just a simple graphics tracker with headshots, and we removed people as they dropped out. We kept it updated thru the election... 1/x 🧵

Dominik Hasek says he received death threats from former Russian president Hasek, a native of Czechia, has been a vocal critic of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine since it began.

NHL legend Dominik Hasek has been a vocal critic of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

This week, Hasek said he’s received death threats from former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently deputy head of Russia’s security council chaired by Vladimir Putin.

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Last night I watched the funk documentary on PBS (it’s not new, just missed it when it came out) & Questlove was talking about the era where everyone had to take music class & that’s how we got all these amazing bands with horn players & I got so mad that we stopped doing that

Mike Wood, Whose LeapFrog Toys Taught a Generation, Dies at 72 His LeapPad tablets, which helped children read, found their way into tens of millions of homes beginning in 1999.

🐸 legend 🐸

I am a sucker for the free crappy sunglasses companies and orgs hand out at fair booths

Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.

Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.

A photo of a bunch of Nike shoes.

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

The penguins aren't fucking around with retaliatory tariffs.

U.S. and China Headed for ‘Monumental’ Split, Putting World Economy on Edge A deepening trade war could further weaken ties between the superpowers. The effects will reverberate everywhere.

"For years, both sides benefited. American companies’ extensive use of China’s factories kept prices in check for American consumers and padded the profits of the country’s biggest companies."

Inside Isomorphic Labs, the secretive AI life sciences startup spun off from Google DeepMind Isomorphic Labs is the secretive AI life sciences startup spun out of Google DeepMind with the goal of solving all disease with AI-powered drug discovery.

And in non-tariff news...

Google is backing an AI company linked to one of the biggest biological breakthroughs in 50 years that is out to 'solve all disease'
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/i...

YouTube video by IGN VAL - Official Trailer (2021) Val Kilmer Documentary

Sad to hear about Val Kilmer, always enjoyed seeing him on screen. A few years ago my friend Leo co-directed a documentary based around 100s of hours of footage shot by Val behind the scenes of the films he'd worked on. it's well worth a look if you haven't seen it
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"that is not Mel Tormé"

Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65 Kilmer, the youngest actor ever accepted to the prestigious Juilliard School at the time he attended, experienced the ups and downs of fame more dramatically than most.

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