Michael McAdams

I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point

Putin is threatening to send unstoppable hypersonic missiles to Venezuela that can carry nukes & China backs Maduro.
JFK stood up to Kruschev when he tried to send nukes to Cuba? Sadly, Mr. Trump is no JFK.
So much for Trump's great personal relationship with Putin & Xi!

The new set of Star Wars visions reveals that R2 droids can be used as cassette players and speakers.

This feels important.

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.

Nero would be proud.

This will increase Mamdani's margin of victory by double digits.

#ETTD

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Wow. Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just made a stunning admission on live TV.

Bessent: "I think that there are sectors of the economy that are in recession"

Newsom: "He is not screwing around. He's changing the rules. He's rigging the game because he knows he'll lose if all things are equal. He did not expect California to fight fire with fire."

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.

OpenAI calls on U.S. to build 100 gigawatts of additional power-generating capacity per year, increase equivalent to 100 nuclear reactors yearly — says electricity is a 'strategic asset' in AI race ag... The next space race?

Gone too far - OpenAI calls on U.S. to build 100 gigawatts of additional power-generating capacity per year, increase equivalent to 100 nuclear reactors yearly — says electricity is a 'strategic asset' in AI race against China

www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American fi...

US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds

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The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.

Pathetic.

In Virginia, the governor and attorney general races are especially important. In Pennsylvania, remember to vote YES on the retention of the Supreme Court justices on the ballot. In California, vote YES on Proposition 50.

New Mexico will supply $30M in emergency funding for food assistance • Source New Mexico New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces $30 million in emergency funding to compensate for lost SNAP benefits.

Do any New Mexicans — particularly SNAP recipients — have questions about what will happen now that the state has promised to fund $30M in SNAP benefits beginning Nov. 1?

Comment below and Source will try to get them answered in the next day or two.

Some background:

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Casey Means' confirmation hearing for surgeon general postponed While she completed medical school, she never finished residency, and is likely to face tough questions. But her hearing has been canceled because she is pregnant and has gone into labor.

While she completed medical school, she never finished residency, and is likely to face tough questions from senators about her qualifications and views on vaccines. n.pr/4oPHYiZ

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.

California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.

Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

Wow! It’s not even close. Food banks can’t keep up with the need…

Question: “How long is this sustainable.”

Food bank director: “It’s not… for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

Governments are likely to pillage the $80 trillion Great Wealth Transfer to help balance their national debt burdens, says UBS | Fortune “It seems unrealistic to suppose that governments will just sit idly by as this wealth moves around. We would expect governments to attempt to mobilize that wealth to help fund their debt,” UBS chief economist Paul Donovan said.

If you’re eyeing the $80 trillion promise of the Great Wealth Transfer and wondering what it may do for your personal finances, you’re not the only one. Governments are asking themselves the same, according to UBS. trib.al/xl7tVDl

Wide shot of a packed stadium.

Good evening from Queens.

New York is not for sale.

Black farmers have always gotten shafted in this country.

I feel his rage 🔥🔥🔥

1 in 8 Americans rely on SNAP…

Reversing peanut advice prevented tens of thousands of allergy cases, researchers say A decade ago, research said giving young children peanut products can prevent allergies. A new study says that, 10 years later, tens of thousands of U.S. children have avoided allergies as a result.

A decade ago, research said giving young children peanut products can prevent allergies. A new study says that, 10 years later, tens of thousands of U.S. children have avoided allergies as a result.

Coffee, burgers, and burritos are getting pricier as restaurants pass rising costs on to diners Nearly half of restaurants plan to raise menu prices further if concern around inflation continues, the financial services company, Toast, has found.

From Business Insider: Coffee, burgers, and burritos are getting pricier as restaurants pass rising costs on to diners

Data centers turn to commercial aircraft jet engines bolted onto trailers as AI power crunch bites — cast-off turbines generate up to 48 MW of electricity apiece With AI buildouts outpacing the grid, data centers are rolling in jet-powered turbines to keep their clusters online.

This is a bit much.

“Data centers turn to commercial aircraft jet engines bolted onto trailers as AI power crunch bites — cast-off turbines generate up to 48 MW of electricity apiece” | tom’s HARDWARE

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Amazon cloud computing outage knocks out Zoom, Roblox and many other online services An Amazon Web Services outage is causing major disruptions around the world. Users reported problems on sites, including Roblox, Snapchat and Zoom.

Amazon cloud computing outage

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Apple announces ‘major evolution’ of its Security Bounty program: $2 million top award, more - 9to5Mac Apple has announced what it describes as a “major evolution” of its Apple Security Bounty program. The company says the...

Apple announces ‘major evolution’ of its Security Bounty program: $2 million top award, more | 9TO5Mac

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BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.

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Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown | WIRED

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