Cuban, Buffett, Gates, how about a nfp funding to save CPB?

SEVEN CAR LOADS OF MASKED ICE AGENTS. SEVEN. to grab a dad with a baby in the car. A dad who has a green card and in the process of becoming a citizen. COME ON.

(This is a @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy video about the stop/arrest. Worth watching.)

Parnia Abbasi (2002-2025) Translated by Ghazal MosadeqA poem by a young Iranian poet Parnia Abbasi who, along with her family, all civilians, was killed today in a brutal and unlawful Israeli attack in the Sattarkhan neighbour...

While ICE kidnaps families, Israel wipes them out.

“A poem by a young Iranian poet Parnia Abbasi who, along with her family, all civilians, was killed today in a brutal and unlawful Israeli attack in the Sattarkhan neighbourhood of Tehran.”

www.pamenarpress.com/post/parnia-...

But the real problem is children having to wear masks to prevent the spread of illnesses that run rampant in prisons and concentration camps mask or no-mask on 😷

Single measles strain triggers outbreak in Milan despite high vaccination rates A unique measles B3 lineage drove a sustained local outbreak in Milan and surrounding areas in early 2025, marking a shift from previous D8 importations. This primarily affected unvaccinated adults, r...

New: A single measles strain caused a major outbreak in Milan—despite high vaccination rates. As with SARS-CoV-2, selective pressures can shift variant concentrations and drive mutations, both driven by and causing increased measles transmission.
🔗 www.news-medical.net/news/2025052...

Iranian Movie Shot in Secret Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

Breaking News: The Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival was awarded to the Iranian drama “Un Simple Accident” by Jafar Panahi.

Iranian revenge drama 'It Was Just an Accident' wins top Palme d'Or award at Cannes Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident,″ handing the festival's top prize to a director…

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident,″ handing the festival’s top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years A major landmark study reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years. The vast m...

Since 1975 (the past fifty years) global vaccination efforts have saved the lives of 154 million people, especially reducing infant deaths — by 40%.

That’s greater than the total population of France + Germany.

#ScienceMatters

G.O.P. Tax Bill May Hurt the Lowest Earners and Help the Richest

“People making between about $51,000 and $17,000 could lose about $700 on average in after-tax income”

“By contrast, the top 0.1 percent, including those with incomes over $4.3 million, would gain on average more than $389,000 in after-tax income”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...

The World’s Most Urgent Scientific Question https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level There is no question more urgent than the one indicated by that red arrow in the graph...

Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.

Penn Wharton analyzed the GOP tax bill and found they’re hurting the lowest earners.

Like folks making between 17,000 - 51,000 will LOSE $700 on average.

Make less than 17,000? You stand to lose $1,000 annually.

Literally reverse Robin Hoods. The GOP are monsters.

Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer.

Sing it from the rooftops: congestion pricing in NYC is an unambiguous triumph. It is succeeding beyond its backers wildest aspirations & none of the second-order effects people worried about have come to pass.

It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.

Virginia law directs utility to launch virtual power plant pilot program On May 2, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed the Community Energy Act (HB 2346/SB 1100) into law. The new law directs Dominion Energy to launch a 450-MW

Hey, while you weren't looking, Virginia passed a law to enable virtual power plants in the state! V. cool.

This country is slowing climate action. Its capital city is stepping up As many federal government's slow - or reverse - climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead.

As many federal governments slow — or reverse — climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead.

We strongly advise the public not to do this, it’s unsafe. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos of himself and his grandkids swimming in Rock Creek, a Washington waterway so contaminated with sewage runoff that swimming has been banned citywide for over 50 years.

Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

Why is the Daddy Party allowed to rant & rave & do impulsive, stupid shit & never, ever be held to account, while the Mommy Party is endlessly scolded & lectured & second-guessed by everyone, even when it is earnestly trying to do the right thing?

Gosh. What a puzzler.

... an accelerant of deeper structural economic/financial changes that have been in play for some time:

www.ft.com/content/e847...

@financialtimes.com #economy #markets #trade #tariffs

“.. Under this deal, it will now be cheaper to import a UK vehicle with very little U.S. content than a USMCA compliant vehicle from Mexico or Canada that is half American parts.”

@thehill.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
thehill.com/business/529...

A New Round of Chinese Stimulus Measures ... But The measures fall short of the “bazooka” some have long hoped for, and for good reasons

The Chinese monetary authorities announced a new round of stimulus measures ahead of this weekend’s tariff talks with the US.

Here’s what they make of them (free access):

substack.com/inbox/post/1...

#economy #markets #china #tariffs #trade

One good way to solve the water crisis would be to drive down the cost of renewable energy until desalination becomes economically viable.

Trump family's net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments, new report says As the Trump family's crypto ventures increase their wealth, the president's administration pauses a dozen federal crypto probes.

Since Trump took office, his family has made $2.9 billion in crypto.

Again, this is a level of corruption so cartoonish, so obvious & on the surface, that it seems to have stunned everyone to silence.

The plots of disaster movies that portray the end of civilization often begin with high-level Government Officials ignoring the warnings of Scientists.

One of several lesson learned from the 2.5 hour @Netflix Documentary — Don’t Look Up (2021).

Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104 Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.

Worries about global economic growth continue to pressure international oil prices, with both Brent and WTI trading below $60 a barrel this morning.
Moreover, the impact of concerns over weakening demand is amplified by the prospect of rising supply.
#economy #markets #oil

Green Power Set to Meet 99% of Germany’s Demand on Thursday Green electricity will totally dominate Germany’s grid on Thursday, sending power prices below zero again in a reminder of how solar and wind is transforming Europe’s biggest market.

Germany to Get 99% of Its Power From Solar and Wind on Thursday

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

What could possibly go wrong 😑 🦠

Here comes the sun!

Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.

1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation

Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"

Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company