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> Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking trial continues as ex-aide testifies Combs kidnapped her at gunpoint, threatened to kill rapper Kid Cudi (More)

> President Donald Trump threatens to withhold federal funding from California if it allows a transgender female athlete to compete in state's high school track and field championship (More) | Cornell wins first NCAA men's lacrosse title since 1977; UNC finishes season undefeated to win women's lacrosse championship (More)

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> Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will remove COVID-19 shots from its list of recommended immunizations for healthy children and healthy pregnant women (More) | See announcement via X (More)

> Researchers discover first tools made from whale bones dating back 20,000 years in what is now Western Europe, roughly 15,000 years earlier than previously known (More)

> New memory model suggests brain cells known as astrocytes are involved in storing memories; may explain brain's larger-than-expected storage capacity (More)


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> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +2.1%, Dow +1.8%, Nasdaq +2.5%) on optimism the US will secure a trade deal to prevent 50% tariffs on goods from the European Union (More)

> Salesforce acquires cloud data management firm Informatica in $8B equity deal (More) | Motorola Solutions to buy wireless radio-maker Silvus Technologies for $4.4B (More) | Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain implant company, raises $600M at $9B valuation, up from $3.5B valuation in 2023 (More)

> Southwest ends policy of two free checked bags per passenger, the last major airline to offer the perk; most Southwest passengers will now pay $35 for a first checked bag, $45 for a second (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> State Department pauses all new student visa interviews as Trump administration considers updating procedures to vet applicants' social media profiles (More)

> Chaos erupts at new Gaza distribution center as thousands of people attempt to secure aid from US- and Israeli-backed distribution group (More) | See updates on the war (More)

> Cholera outbreak in Sudan sparks concerns of public health disaster, with drone strikes on water purification stations reducing access to clean water; more than 150,000 people have been killed in the two-year civil war (More)

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Inflation

 

In 1966, a nickel bag of marijuana cost the buyer $5 hence the name nickel bag.  Today, that same nickel bag, about 1/2 to 1 gram, depending upon your location can cost you $25 to $75 depending upon your location as well.

However, in many states' marijuana is legal so the price will vary with the demand.  The more the demand, the higher the price, unless the quantity increases.

In 1966, a dollar had significantly more purchasing power. Adjusted for inflation, $1 in 1966 is equivalent to about $9.92 today. This means that prices have increased nearly tenfold over the years due to inflation.

Prices have increased TENFOLD since 1966 or over a 60 year period of time, and while that seems like a fairly long period of time, it represents 2/3 of an individual's life span.

Therefore, you can guarantee yourself that during your LIFETIME, inflation will increase tenfold.

Historical DATA can sometimes be a bitch but one cannot cloud the truth if one has data.

Now, while inflation could be a problem for you if you don't anticipate this change, a bigger change that is not being talked about to the extent that it needs to be is AI HUMANOID ROBOTS and how they will be replacing a majority of jobs.

Robots and inflation.

PLAN FOR THE WORST

HOPE FOR THE BEST

In so doing you cannot go wrong...

Somewhat Political

 

Scientists Are Pretty Sure They Found a Portal to the Fifth Dimension

In the latest chapter in The End of the World As We Know It (2020-present), scientists have proposed the existence of a particle that can act as a portal to a fifth dimension.

The sci-fi hypothesis was published in a new study in The European Physical Journal C. It suggests that the particle can provide an explanation for dark matter, which has never been observed directly but is thought to account for most of the universe’s mass. Researchers say particles can travel across the whole universe, including to the fifth dimension.

Scientists have been questioning our universe’s known four dimensions for years. These are: three of space (up and down, left and right, back and forth – AKA 3D) and one of time. This extensive research has produced 5D equations, which, according to VICE, “express the implications an extra dimension would have on the universe, and reality itself”.

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How to Save Money and Get Financially Confident

For a good deal of my life, I lived under a dark cloud of fear that I would end up financially destitute—a bag lady. Studies reveal that I’m not the only one. Most of us have felt that way, not because we’re broke but because we lack confidence. That makes us timid, worried, and financially insecure.

Look, we don’t have to accept financial insecurity as some kind of life sentence. And that constant and gnawing fear of becoming destitute? Forget it! We can do something about this.

Become a SaverSaving money is like magic because it changes your attitude and calms your fears. I saved my way out of a six-figure pile of debt (https://www.everydaycheapskate.com/about-mary). 

Knowing I had cash tucked away in a safe place quieted my insatiable desires. That is where I found my determination to stick with repaying the debt. I taught myself how to save, beginning with a single $5 bill.

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Elon Musk wants to get back to business

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Less than a week after pledging to scale back his government duties to become “super focused” on running his companies, Elon Musk took a respite from posting quote tweets with exclamation points to oversee the launch of SpaceX’s Starship rocket last night.

The ninth flight of the 400-foot rocket got farther than the prior two tests, but ended in fiery failure for the third straight time.

Why it matters: The test flight was a pivotal step toward achieving Musk’s goal of sending a Starship rocket to Mars next year—and landing humans on the Red Planet as early as 2029.
Mr. Musk Leaves Washington

Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) may not have met its goal of finding $2 trillion in federal budget savings, but it did succeed in damaging the reputation of at least one of his companies. Now, he is exchanging a MAGA hat for a CEO cap at a time when the billionaire’s brands need him most:

• Tesla: The EV-maker endured months of boycotts in response to DOGE laying off thousands of federal workers, contributing to a profit drop of 71% in Q1. Yesterday, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association reported Tesla’s sales in Europe plummeted by 49% in April.
• X: The social media platform dealt with outages that left tens of thousands of users without access on Saturday. X traffic was down ~8% from the 2024 presidential election through March.
• Neuralink: It’s actually good news—Semafor reported yesterday that the brain chip company raised $600 million at a $9 billion valuation.

Big picture: While Musk has taken a hit in the short term, the value of his companies has surged over the past four years, and he remains the richest man in the world.—DL

SOURCE:  Morning Brew

At A Glance

Newly discovered far-flung world may be additional dwarf planet.

German wins Gloucestershire's Cheese Rolling contest.

News anchor continues show in early labor. (w/video)

"Blue Danube" waltz to be beamed into space.

Dutch social movement creates screen-free public spaces.

See London's new installation of a rippling townhouse.

Blobfish wins New Zealand fish of the year contest.

Photo series explores if birds left tracks in the sky.

Clickbait: Five of the animal kingdom's worst dads.

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