Thursday, July 10
At A Glance
Meet the first Barbie with Type 1 diabetes.
The company behind the dire wolf seeks to revive the moa.
New parents are giving their babies serial killer names.
What does a heart attack feel like?
Watch a cucumber squirt out its seeds at ballistic speeds.
MLB catcher makes historic game-ending, inside-the-park home run.
US Army to put most ceremonial horses up for adoption.
Rodeo bull Sauce Boss becomes latest animal escape artist.
Clickbait: The latest chimp fashion trend.
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Former world boxing champ Julio César Chávez Jr. misses court date for 2024 gun charges, lawyer is unaware of his whereabouts; Chávez was detained by ICE last week and was due to be deported to Mexico (More)
> NHL regular season to expand from 82 to 84 games beginning with 2026-27 season as part of new collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players association (More)
> Sean "Diddy" Combs to be sentenced Oct. 3; Combs will remain in jail as he awaits sentencing for prostitution charges (More) | Former "Tiger King" star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle sentenced to a year in prison for trafficking in exotic animals (More)
Science & Technology
> Meta poaches Apple's top AI executive, Ruoming Pang, with a compensation package reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars annually; hire follows Meta's recent hiring surge to fill its new Superintelligence Lab (More)
> NASA's Parker Solar Probe measures first direct evidence of the sun's "helicity barrier;" phenomenon is linked to the superheating of the solar atmosphere and creating supersonic solar wind (More) | NASA explained (1440 Topics)
> Engineers build and test largest-ever steel-framed building built on top of an earthquake simulator; platform may lead to new methods to safely make taller buildings in quake-prone regions (More, w/video)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 -0.1%, Dow -0.4%, Nasdaq +0.0%) as President Donald Trump's trade policies keep investors on edge (More) | Trump says he will impose a 50% tariff on copper imports, with details on timing unclear; also threatens up to 200% tariff on pharmaceutical imports (More)
> SpaceX reportedly in talks to raise new funding at $400B valuation (More) | Meta invests $3.5B in world's largest eyewear maker, EssilorLuxottica SA, amid push toward AI-powered wearable devices (More)
> WeightWatchers emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after completing financial reorganization; names new medical chief, plans to offer menopause therapy (More) | 1440 Business & Finance: Tomorrow's newsletter explores the history of the mortgage (Sign up here)
Politics & World Affairs
> US Supreme Court lifts a lower court ruling, clearing the way for the Trump administration to fire tens of thousands of federal workers (More)
> State Department warns US diplomats about an impostor using AI to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio in calls to high-level officials, including at least three foreign ministers (More) | Justice Department charges 10 people with attempted murder in failed effort to storm an ICE center in Texas (More)
> At least 161 people known to be missing from flooding, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) says; death toll rises to at least 109 (More) | See previous write-up (More)
Wondering or not
Sometimes, I don't...
When I do, my wonderings are of a philosophical nature, like:
Why are we here?
What is our purpose here?
Why was I born instead of someone else?
They say that mental activity is great for someone who is increasing in years, but I don't remember what that specific age was.... 60? 70? 80? 90?
Not many of us human beings make it to 100 anymore... after Noah, who lived to 900, I believe... if one can believe what one reads.
I am pretty sure that our purpose is not just to see how wealthy we can become or how technologically advanced our society can evolve... it seems to me to much more than just that.
80-100 years of life is pretty insignificant when one realizes how old the universe is... and when that comparison is made, why do human beings live at all?
Why does our bodies almost always revert back to a child-like state right before we die?
Wondering always poses more questions than it answers which is why most people do not engage in this type of meaningless activity, especially when there is so much fun to be had living life and partying.
Physicists Catch Light in 'Imaginary Time' in Scientific First
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For the first time, researchers have seen how light behaves during a mysterious phenomenon called 'imaginary time'.
When you shine light through almost any transparent material, the gridlock of electromagnetic fields that make up the atomic alleys and side streets will add a significant amount of time to each photon's commute.
This delay can tell physicists a lot about how light scatters, revealing details about the matrix of material the photons must navigate. Yet until now, one trick up the theorist's sleeve for measuring light's journey – invoking imaginary time – has not been fully understood in practical terms.
Wednesday, July 9
Headlines
Meta, Apple
Robert Reich
What will it take for most Americans to demand an end to Trump’s dictatorship?
Friends,
I keep asking myself when Trump’s authoritarian fascism will become so intolerable to the vast majority of Americans that they rise up against it — not only massively protest but put enough pressure on Republicans in Congress that they join with Democrats in impeaching and convicting him.
In other words, what’s the tipping point for ridding us of this menace?
I thought we’d reached that tipping point when he went to war with Iran without congressional approval. Or when he sent active military troops into Los Angeles. Or when he imposed tariffs on all products imported to the United States, essentially raising taxes on Americans. Or when he forced out the president of the University of Virginia for insufficiently rooting out DEI. Or when he attacked major law firms for employing lawyers who once tried to hold him legally accountable.
Obviously, we haven’t reached the tipping point yet. So what will it take? Several possibilities come to mind:
At A Glance
Earth is spinning unusually fast today.
What happens when you flush an airplane toilet.
See photos from Spain’s Running of the Bulls festival.
Meet the team of four keeping this Disney art form alive. (w/video)
An up-and-coming Canadian band was an AI hoax.
Woman earns world record for collection of 15,485 egg cups.
Ranking the world’s most colorful destinations.
Hundreds of people just opened the world’s largest time capsule.
Clickbait: Bad Bunny and Adidas are hiring.
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> 2025 FIFA Club World Cup semifinals kick off with Fluminense taking on Chelsea tonight (3 pm ET, DAZN) and Paris Saint-Germain pitted against Real Madrid tomorrow (3 pm ET, DAZN) (More)
> Brad Pitt's "F1" nears $300M at global box office, becoming highest-grossing Apple-produced theatrical film ever (More)
> 2025 Wimbledon quarterfinals begin today; see updated scores, schedule, and brackets for women's and men's tournaments (More)
Science & Technology
> Twitter and Block founder Jack Dorsey launches Bitchat, a WhatsApp-style messaging service that works entirely over Bluetooth; application doesn't use centralized servers or require personal information (More)
> Researchers enhance a key molecule involved in photosynthesis in plants, boosting its chemical reaction efficiency by up to 25%; results may lead to improved crop yields in certain species (More) | 1440 Science & Technology: Today's deep dive on memory comes out at 8:30 am ET (Join here)
> Oldest known pterosaur in North America discovered; the reptiles coexisted with dinosaurs, current specimen pushes their timeline back to about 209 million years ago (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close down (S&P 500 -0.8%, Dow -0.9%, Nasdaq -0.9%) after President Donald Trump announces a slew of new tariffs taking effect Aug. 1 (More) | Tesla shares drop 6.8% after Elon Musk announces plans to form a new political party (More) | See previous write-up (More)
> Amazon Prime Day begins today and runs through Friday, July 11, extending to four days for the first time; shoppers expected to spend nearly $24B (More) | Amazon explained (1440 Topics)
> AI company CoreWeave to acquire data center infrastructure provider Core Scientific for about $9B; shares subsequently drop 3.3% and 17.6%, respectively (More) | ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy find new natural gas deposit off the coast of Cyprus, bolstering the region's energy exporting potential (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Death toll from Texas floods rises to at least 104 people, including at least 28 children (More) | See previous write-up (More) | Twenty-seven-year-old gunman killed after opening fire at US Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, injuring police officer (More)
> Justice Department finds no evidence the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein kept a so-called "client list" or blackmailed high-profile associates; department confirms he died by suicide, citing video footage near Epstein's prison cell (More) | Read the memo (More)
> President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss potential ceasefire in Gaza (More) | Lebanon signals openness to disarming Hezbollah in exchange for Israeli withdrawal (More)
Tennessee
The state of Tennessee has a few major cities, among them are:
- Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport
- Knoxville
- Chattanooga
- Nashville
- Memphis
The state of Tennessee is divided into three sections:
- East
- Bristol-Knoxville-Chattanooga
- Middle
- Nashville
- West
- Memphis
- Fort Loudoun Lake
- Watts Bar Lake
- Chickamauga Lake
- Nickajack Lake
- Guntersville Lake
- Wheeler Lake
- Wilson Lake
- Pickwick Lake
- Kentucky Lake
- Cherokee Lake
- Douglas Lake
- Fontana Lake
- Fort Patrick Henry Lake
- Melton Hill Lake
- Davy Crockett Lake
- Norris Lake
- Lake Nottely
- Ocoee Lakes
- South Holston Lake
- Tellico Lake
- Tims Ford Lake
- Watauga Lake
- Sevierville (Outlets)
- Pigeon Forge (Dollywood)
- Gatlinburg (Mountain Resorts)



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