Walter Hickey

How Swig Turned Dirty Soda Into a National Obsession The Utah soda-fountain chain is rapidly expanding in the US thanks to TikTok and a hit TV show.

fascinating that this stuff doesn't get targeted by rfk jr, huh? wonder why. probably nothing.

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Shortages of crucial chip packaging material threatens AI accelerator supply chains — Nittobo's Fukushima plant is tripling capacity, but it'll take years before market The T-glass supply is becoming an issue for the AI revolution, and the market is unlikely to unwind until 2027 at the earliest.

favorite genre of story is “largest-ever order of AI chips ever placed in the history of silicon foiled by production constraint at one supplier, an obscure Japanese firm for which it is a side business monetizing some byproduct ” www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr... @stokel.bsky.social

Shortages of crucial chip packaging material threatens AI accelerator supply chains — Nittobo's Fukushima plant is tripling capacity, but it'll take years before market The T-glass supply is becoming an issue for the AI revolution, and the market is unlikely to unwind until 2027 at the earliest.

Good news everyone! There's a(nother) shortage of a key component in AI chips that you probably haven't heard of. My latest for @tomshardware.com
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hell yeah

Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Women are my favorite guy"

Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Tell the world 'stop the war'"

This song feels incredibly relevant today.

Pixar’s Pete Docter Says Queer ‘Elio’ Storyline Was Axed Because “We’re Making A Movie, Not Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Of Therapy” Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter explained the animation company's decision to ax a queer storyline in last year's Elio.

If you're a powerful creative person, a moment will always arrive when you can do something a little brave that will help people, or refuse to. The book I'm working on right now is in part a history of who did what. All I'll say about this is, it never gets forgotten. deadline.com/2026/03/pixa...

delighted to hear!! what the newsletter industry lacks is an entity just willing to be an arms dealer for the non-aligned.

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please stop using a demographic label, originally concocted by a canadian author to describe literally just boomers, then applied by american turbocapitalist haruspices in the 90s to determine whether a middle american mall should have one knife store or two, as a load-bearing personality substitute

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

Garbage Day Live is coming back to Brooklyn next week. Baby's All Right in Williamsburg. Doors at 6:30pm. Special guest @katienotopoulos.bsky.social! It's going to be very very very fun.

We only have a few tickets left, so grab 'em while you can!!!
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With a sudden surge of open House sets on the GOP side, we're once again in record territory. Democrats have slowed the pace recently.

‘Sinners’ Dominates Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Dorian Awards; Rose Byrne, Amy Madigan Win Acting Prizes Eva Victor’s Sorry, Baby Garners Two Wins The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, the second largest entertainment journalists organization in the world, today announced the group’s 2026 Dorian Film Awards, with Sinners emerging as the year’s undeniable standout with 7 wins. In a rare alignment of commercial success and critical acclaim, Ryan Coogler’s sweeping historical horror epic, Sinners, became one of the few recent blockbusters to sweep the Dorians’ top prizes, underscoring its cultural resonance and artistic ambition.

'Sinners' Dominates Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Dorian Awards; Rose Byrne, Amy Madigan Win Acting Prizes

we can do it

oh my god

A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best

Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best

Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!

A man with the government has been at the last two hearings relating to the contempt claim. Both times, he sat in the section of the courtroom open only to parties and counsel. Although not at counsel’s table, Littman and Jean Lin, the other Justice Department lawyer present at both hearings, has repeatedly consulted with him during both hearings. After today’s hearing — and after not being able to figure out for myself who he was after the last hearing — I asked him who he was. I had my press pass visibly displayed and identified myself as a reporter. He said he didn’t want to do that. I suggested that he must be a government official or employee, sitting where he was, and, if so, I asked incredulously if he really was not going to tell a reporter at a hearing who he was. He said no. Then, the people leaving — myself included — got to the elevator. Littman, Lin, mystery man, and two other people sitting with mystery man on the government side of the courtroom during the hearing on Wednesday were getting into the elevator. Some of them were already in the elevator. When I stepped in, mystery man said he would wait for the next elevator. Everyone else then got out of the elevator. Left in the elevator alone, I looked at these five adults — all of whom I believe have to be government employees, hence, paid by the public and allegedly working for the public — and was some combination of bemused and appalled. “You are all ridiculous,” I simply said. The door closed.

And, the story of the mystery man.

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For $1 billion a day we could add enough solar panels to double the generating capacity of the US grid in less than five years.

THE WORLD'S FIRST PRECISION CANNABIS SIX PRECISE EXPERIENCES IN 20 MINUTES OR LESS

I rebuke Founder Mindset weed. That’s not weed that’s homework

This is pretty insane

$EWY $MU $SNDK $WDC $STX

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When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

Nancy 3/4/26 💅

always game! you know i love the newsletter man, did not assume bad faith here, just in general think that indie companies tend to be doomed if their abilities to make the most convenient business decisions for customers is arbitrarily hamstrung.

As ICE expands its network of detention centers, as part of a rapid, unprecedented expansion of detention facilities, local governments are trying to push back with any legal option available. For Bisnow, I looked at the different strategies being used and considered www.bisnow.com/national/new...

1. heads up, that functionality doesn't work on gmail mobile so your final CTA is just to pressure writers
2. ko-fi is not an email sending service
3. "just switch from substack to patreon" is not a long-term solution. every six months patreon finds a new way to rugpull clients.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Friend Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Friend

A bluesky user told me I should've had this be "Friend of the Tinman" and I've been crying ever since. www.smbc-comics.com/comic/friend-2

🎶Memory, all alone in the swoon-light🎶

What we have here is a parabolic trend breaking in the face of unexpected negative news. $MU $SNDK $WDC $STX

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Highlight so far is this MPD officer stopping his patrol of the USIP building to grab a cooke and saying to himself, "When in Rome, man."

‘Mass Confusion’: Government Texts Reveal Chaotic Response to Shutdown of El Paso Airspace One El Paso airport executive summed up the situation with the image of a cartoon bunny rabbit holding a walkie-talkie and remarking, “WTF.”

EXCLUSIVE: We obtained dozens of texts, chats & emails detailing in dramatic fashion how local officials in El Paso and New Mexico struggled to obtain even the most basic info from feds about why they shut down their airspace last month.

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