Saturday, July 12
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> American Amanda Anisimova upsets No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka to advance to tomorrow's Wimbledon women's final against Iga Swiatek; men's semifinal matches are set for this morning (More)
> "The Office" spinoff "The Paper" sets Sept. 4 premiere on Peacock (More) | "The Young and the Restless" leads all series in nominations for the 52nd Daytime Emmy Awards with 19; see complete list of nominees (More)
> Paul McCartney announces 19-date North American tour beginning Sept. 29 (More) | Screen Actors Guild ends nearly yearlong strike with video game companies over use of AI replicas (More)
Science & Technology
> xAI releases Grok 4, the latest version of its flagship large language model; CEO Elon Musk says model was trained on the company's Colossus supercomputer (More) | Large language models explained (1440 Topics)
> New bionic knee, which integrates directly into bone and muscle tissue, restores natural movement in patients with above-the-knee amputations; users in clinical trial report device feels like a natural extension of the limb (More, w/video)
> DNA analysis of Greenland sled dogs—the world's oldest known breed, known as "Qimmeq"—reveals Inuit communities arrived as early as 1,200 years ago; estimate is hundreds of years earlier than previously thought (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow +0.4%, Nasdaq +0.1%); S&P 500, Nasdaq reach new records (More) | Bitcoin notches new all-time high above $113K, up roughly 21% since the start of this year (More)
> Italian candy maker Ferrero, owner of brands including Nutella, Kinder, and Ferrero Rocher, to buy cereal maker WK Kellogg in roughly $3.1B deal; WK Kellogg shares close up nearly 31% on the news (More)
> Tesla to hold annual shareholder meeting Nov. 6 amid investor pressure; comes four months past deadline under Texas law, where Tesla is incorporated (More) | Ford recalls over 850,000 cars in the US due to potential fuel pump failure (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Secret Service suspends six agents without pay for up to 42 days, nearly one year after assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania (More) | Suspect in second assassination attempt on Trump at a Florida golf course seeks to represent himself in his trial, scheduled to begin in September (More)
> Gaza hospital accuses Israeli military of killing at least 15 people, including seven children, waiting in line to receive nutritional supplements; Israel says it targeted militants (More) | Hamas says it will release 10 hostages amid ceasefire negotiations; did not say when release would occur and whether hostages were among 22 living or 28 dead hostages still believed to be held captive (More)
> France and the UK reach deal to address migration, other issues; so-called "one in, one out" agreement will see the UK deport some migrants arriving by boat in exchange for accepting those with UK family connections (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Middle Child INTJ
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I was the middle child in my family. My sister was almost 4 years older, and my brother was a solid 8 years younger.
Ordinarily, being the middle child would not have been a problem except that I had an unusual personality. Years later, when in my 20's, I discovered that my personality, according to Myers-Briggs, was that of an INTJ.
While it is not the rarest personality type, it is still rare comprising about 2% of the population. And it is unlikely that INTJs are the middle child in a family. Yet, as the middle child, I became very introverted, feeling like I did not belong in the family.
I was heavily criticized by both parents for not living up to their expectations of what they thought I should be like. This pressure on me while not understanding who I was or was supposed to be, caused me to rebel. My rebellion was executed with exaggeration and after entering my teenage years found myself at odds with law enforcement.
My father took the family overseas to live in Cairo, Egypt and it is there that I began and graduated from high school. My unique personality flourished in that environment but was soon deflated when I returned to the USA and entered college, again retreating and becoming introverted.
My 45 year career was a constant battle between my personality and the personalities of those around me, those with whom I worked, and those that supervised me - none of whom seemed to understand or appreciate who I was and why I was so different from them.
Close friends, I could count on one hand and true friends, I could count with two fingers, neither of them living close enough to establish a working relationship - one dying of colon cancer when we were in our 60s. He was my oldest knowing friend as our friendship started in THIRD GRADE.
At 77 almost 78, my personality matters very little to me anymore, although, my second wife and I still struggle at times with my personality. She cannot understand why I am not more like her. I cannot understand why she does not understand that I am different from her and always will be.
Astronomers Stunned by 33-Billion-Light-Year Cosmic Structure That Defies All Known Physics
In a groundbreaking study that challenges current cosmological models, scientists have discovered the Great Wall of Hercules-Corona Borealis, a colossal galactic structure spanning nearly 10 billion light-years, prompting a re-evaluation of our understanding of the universe's large-scale architecture.
The cosmos, vast and mysterious, never ceases to surprise us with its wonders. One of the most fascinating discoveries that continue to intrigue scientists is the Great Wall of Hercules-Corona Borealis, a colossal structure challenging our understanding of the universe.
Recent studies using gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most energetic explosions known, have revealed that this structure is even more extensive than previously thought. As we dive deeper into this astronomical marvel, we uncover insights that could reshape our comprehension of cosmic structures.
Friday, July 11
Headlines
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Delta gave the airline industry some hope. “Things aren’t that bad” was the main takeaway from Delta’s quarterly earnings report yesterday. The airline reinstated its annual forecast, which it had pulled in April as a result of economic uncertainty. The new outlook isn’t as rosy as it once was, but it was enough to push Delta’s stock up and give airlines some much-needed optimism (United, American, and Southwest all jumped yesterday, too). Delta CEO Ed Bastian said consumers have become “a little numb” to tariff talk and are booking travel for later in the year, rather than holding off entirely. United and American report their earnings next week with hopes of adding to the sector’s momentum.
A judge blocked Trump from carrying out his ban on birthright citizenship. The judicial back-and-forth on the White House’s controversial order continued yesterday when a federal judge in New Hampshire issued a temporary halt to President Trump’s mission of ending birthright citizenship, even though the Supreme Court recently limited lower courts’ ability to issue such nationwide injunctions. The New Hampshire judge was able to carry out the injunction because the case brought to him was a class-action suit, for which the Supreme Court carved out an exception because they involve large groups of plaintiffs. This is undoubtedly not the last you will hear on the matter.
Musk says Grok is coming to Teslas by next week. Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot that had to be briefly shut down this week because it called itself “MechaHitler” as part of an antisemitic posting spree, will be available in Tesla vehicles by “next week at the latest,” the billionaire said yesterday. The news came shortly after xAI released Grok 4, the latest iteration of the chatbot that seemingly recommended a second Holocaust. Musk hopes integrating Grok into Teslas will help the company compete with automakers that already feature ChatGPT voice assistants, like Volkswagen.—AE
Robert Reich
Why Miller, Vought, Bondi, Patel, Noem, Vance, Kennedy Jr., Rubio, and Hegseth are amplifying his cruelty
Friends,
The conventional explanation for why Trump’s second term is far more extreme than his first (which was extreme enough) is that the guardrails are now gone.
The people who occupied significant roles in the White House and Cabinet during his first administration — who talked him out of (or subverted) his illegal and unconstitutional cravings — are no longer there. In their places are loyalists who will do whatever he wants.
But this conventional view overlooks a more important explanation.
He’s more extreme this time because he’s attracted people around him who are also extreme and pushing him to new levels of malevolence.
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In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> President Donald Trump to attend Sunday's FIFA Club World Cup final between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain (More) | Brazil national soccer coach Carlo Ancelotti gets one-year prison sentence in Spain for failure to pay taxes (More)
> “Ne Zha 2,” Chinese animated film that made $2.2B at global box office, sets Aug. 22 release date for English-language version, which will include Michelle Yeoh as part of the voice cast (More)
> Max officially reverts its name back to HBO Max just two years after initial switch (More) | "Big Bang Theory" spinoff series confirmed for HBO Max (More)
Science & Technology
> Researchers isolate the oldest proteins ever analyzed, recovered from the enamel of an extinct rhino species at least 18 million years old (More)
> New study estimates 27 million tons of nanoplastics—plastic particles smaller than the width of spider silk—exist in the North Atlantic Ocean; results raise concerns over the penetration of such particles into marine food chains (More)
> Significant weight loss triggers mechanisms in cells to begin recycling harmful lipids and the removal of senescent, or no longer dividing, cells; study is the most detailed to date on how weight loss impacts fat tissue (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +1.0%) (More) | President Donald Trump sends letters detailing new import tariffs to at least seven more countries (More) | Federal Reserve's meeting minutes from June show officials divided over tariff-driven inflation and number of interest rate cuts (More)
> X CEO Linda Yaccarino steps down after over two years in the role; shake-up comes after Elon Musk merged X with Grok chatbot maker xAI in March (More) | Retailers log $7.9B in online sales in first 24 hours of Amazon's four-day Prime Day event, up 9.9% year over year (More)
> Pharmaceutical giant Merck to buy UK-based Verona Pharma for roughly $10B; acquisition is Merck's largest since its nearly $11B purchase of Prometheus Biosciences in 2023 (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> US Justice Department sues the California Department of Education for allowing transgender athletes to compete in school sports; alleges the state is violating antidiscrimination laws (More) | President Donald Trump hosts five African leaders through Friday, with a focus on the continent's economic potential (More)
> The US resumes sending some weapons to Ukraine after pausing deliveries earlier this month (More) | Russia launches record attack on Ukraine, per Ukrainian officials (More) | European Court of Human Rights rules Russia violated international humanitarian law in Ukraine, shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 (More)
> French police raid the headquarters of the far-right National Rally party as part of a probe into whether the party broke campaign finance laws (More) | Seoul repatriates six North Koreans who accidentally drifted into South Korean waters, the first such return under South Korean President Lee Jae-myung (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Liberal Conservative
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The title of this opinion may seem like an oxymoron or at the very least a contradiction, but I can assure you that I am, in fact, a liberal conservative. Liberal comes first because that is my main focus.
I don't like govt telling me what to do or how to do it. I don't like govt paying me not to work unless I am retired. I pay for my own education, find my own employment opportunities, and obey whatever laws I feel like I should obey.
For instance, the speed limits on the highway are too slow for most drivers these days and the advanced vehicles that they drive.
Also, paying taxes is a necessary evil but I want my taxes to be as low as possible, and I don't want to pay for those lazy people who don't want to work.
I don't think American need to have the right to bear arms although they do have the right to protect their personal property if they so choose.
The same is true for abortions although, the govt should not pay for it.
If taxes are going to be collected, then there should be NO EXCEPTIONS and NO TAX SHELTERS including for non-profits.
Drugs and Alcohol should not be illegal, and each person has a right to decide how they want to DIE. For some, dying because of drugs or alcohol is a perfect way to go. It's not my style, but that should not matter.
Woman should be paid the same as men and biological males should not play in female sports... both those concepts seem like common sense to me.
College degrees should be limited to those areas that are necessary like doctor, dentist, engineer, accountant, lawyer, computers, artificial intelligence, robotics, etc.
College degrees like English, biology, elementary education, history, political science, foreign languages are not necessary for college and can be taught as a certificate program.
I have only gotten myself into debt where my income could make the monthly payments almost with my other financial obligations. I have always balanced my budget, never spending more than I could afford because I wanted something that other people had and could not wait.
This is the conservative side of the belief. I have been debt free for over twenty years and still use a credit card to buy stuff. I just pay it off before any interest is due.
I like being a liberal conservative.
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