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> Hermès appoints Grace Wales Bonner as menswear division creative director, making her the first Black woman to lead design at major fashion house (More) | All US women's gymnasts advance to World Gymnastics Championships finals (More)

> California earmarks $342M in tax credits to boost big-budget film production, with record $43.9M for "Jumanji" franchise (More) | Netflix secures rights to "Catan" board game universe, developing film and TV adaptations (More)

> Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, a former child prodigy credited with helping to popularize the game, dies at age 29; cause of death undisclosed as of this writing (More)


Science & Technology
> OpenAI launches Atlas web browser built around its generative AI chatbot ChatGPT; product puts OpenAI in direct competition with Google Chrome and Perplexity AI's Comet browser (More)

> Dust samples from the moon’s far side reveal debris from rare, water-rich meteorites, offering new clues into how the moon and Earth were first seeded with water (More)

> Study of ultramarathon runners suggests biological limit to how many calories humans can burn over an extended period of time (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.0%, Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq -0.2%); Dow rises to new record (More) | Gold prices fall in biggest daily drop in more than a decade (More)

> Netflix shares fall in after-hours trading after missing revenue and earnings estimates, partly due to Brazilian tax dispute; company still records best-ever quarter for ad sales (More)

> Beyond Meat shares soar 146% after plant-based meat producer is added to meme exchange-traded fund, announces plans to expand distribution into Walmart stores (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> President Donald Trump shelves planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary following phone call between US and Russian diplomats (More) | Trump nominee to lead federal watchdog agency withdraws from consideration after offensive text messages are leaked, Republican senators pull support (More)

> North Carolina's state Senate advances a new congressional map expected to provide Republicans with one additional House seat in the 2026 midterms; Republican-led state House is expected to approve the map this week (More)

> Louvre heist loot is valued at $102M, per French public prosecutor; four unnamed suspects are under investigation (More) | See previous write-up (More)

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Politics

My politics are SIMPLE...  

I don't support the Democrats, 

I don't support the Republicans, 

I don't support the Liberals, 

nor do I support the Socialists.

This is what I support:

1. Low taxes
2. Small government
3. strong military
4. State's rights
5. Abortion/Trans
6. Equality under the law
7. Legalized marijuana
8. No DEI/WOKE
9. Right to work
10. No illegal immigrants
11. Term Limits for congress/supreme court
12. No tax shelters for wealthy
13. Large non-profits pay taxes

RIGHT NOW - until we pass term limits for congress and the supreme court, our elected officials will only do what they MUST DO to get re-elected...  and we need our elected officials to do what is right FOR THE PEOPLE...

While we have many areas of SOCIALISM in our country today, PURE SOCIALISM will never work here.  It will not work here because CAPITALISM is what supports our socialistic programs.

Anything that is labeled PUBLIC is a form of socialism, like:

public education

public transportation

Public parks and recreation

Unemployment

Social Security

NOTE: if you question this, then ask AI on your phone, tablet, ipad, or laptop to provide you with examples of socialism currently taking place in the USA...

PURE SOCIALISM is the government OWNING everything...  examples of this might be, the government owning:

• Microsoft
• Ford
• Hollywood
• Netflix
• Exxon
• Google
• Amazon

I think we can tolerate some socialism in the USA but that's it.  Perhaps, if we set term limits and removed tax shelters from the wealthy, then those extra tax dollars would pay for:

• Healthcare
• Education
• Housing

It is said that if you tax the wealthy then they will not invest in new products, new companies, new ideas, etc., but I think that is a bunch of BS...

The wealthy will not like paying more taxes but they like making money more and nothing will stop them from doing that.

Somewhat Political

 

AI Uncovers Hidden Hand in Raphael’s Masterpiece

In the art world, the authenticity of masterpieces has always been a subject of intense scrutiny and debate. Recently, the advent of cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) has offered new tools to art historians and critics. 

A recent study has spotlighted how AI can discern details in paintings that are often missed by the human eye. In a landmark discovery, researchers have used AI to analyze a famous painting by Raphael, the Madonna della Rosa, revealing that at least one face in the composition may not have been painted by the master himself. 

This revelation raises questions about the painting’s provenance and the broader implications of AI in art authentication.

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Wonderings 19

 Which came first the chicken or the egg?

Lucky for us we have Artificial Intelligence that we can ask to answer that question for us.

According to AI, the chicken came first because of evolution and other birds and because there can be no egg without a chicken to lay it...

So, which came first, the universe or time?

There would be no time without a universe, and the universe would not have been created until the right time.

This also begs the question, did time exist before the universe was created?

Now...  if you believe God created the Universe and everything in it in SIX DAYS, then there had to have been time before God began his work.  

That is to say that God and time are one and the same perhaps?

Or, can God exist without their being time?

If God is outside of time, then how did God come about?

Did God just think himself into existence...  assuming that God is MALE.

Is Life only available when there is time?

In order for any of this to make sense, SOMETHING FROM NOTHING WAS CREATED...  

Either the universe was created from nothing, or God was created from nothing.

Both possibilities seem rather illogical.

The Trio

 

VINCE

 

Lara Trump

 

Lips

 

Bongino Report

 

Diamond & Silk

 

Dinesh D'Souza

 

Daylily

 

Shannon Joy Show

 

Amber May Show

 

Sarah Westall

 

Eric Ton Art

 

Alex Jones Show

 

The White House

 

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Muses

 

The Big Think

The "37% rule": How many people should you date before settling down?

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OpenAI




OpenAI launched a web browser. That sound you just heard was Google executives waking up in a cold sweat. OpenAI announced its own web browser yesterday, ChatGPT Atlas, which incorporates the company’s signature AI chatbot. “With Atlas, ChatGPT can come with you anywhere across the web...all without copying and pasting or leaving the page,” OpenAI wrote in a blog post. The browser, which directly competes with Google’s Chrome, is only available on macOS for now, but is “coming soon” to iOS, Windows, and Android. Shares of Google parent company Alphabet dropped by a few points following the announcement.

The Trump–Putin meeting was called off. Less than a week after announcing that President Trump would soon meet with Vladimir Putin in Hungary to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, the White House said the rendezvous is not happening any time soon. According to ABC News, a White House official argued that the meeting was no longer necessary after Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his counterpart, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, “had a productive call.” Russia has not budged from its maximalist position that the “root causes” of the war must be addressed before it agrees to a ceasefire.

Netflix posts rare earnings miss due to Brazilian tax dispute. The streaming giant fell short of both Wall Street’s and its own expectations in Q3 after it had to pay $619 million to settle a dispute with Brazilian authorities, dampening what otherwise might have been another strong quarter for the company. Netflix said it would have exceeded projections for its operating income without the tax dispute and does not expect it to impact future results. The wildly popular animated film KPop Demon Hunters helped power Netflix to more than $11.5 billion in revenue last quarter despite the hiccup in South America.—AE

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Robert Reich

Friends, the Sleeping Giant is Roaring







Friends,

On Saturday, 7 to 8 million of us took to the streets to demonstrate against Trump.

That’s not all.

Every major media outlet — including Fox News — has refused to sign Pete Hegseth’s unconstitutional demand that they report only what the Defense Department wants them to report or lose their press credentials. They’ve all turned in their press credentials, which means no one is turning up for Hegseth’s press briefings.

What’s the sound of a press briefing without the press?

Seven of the nine universities Trump “invited” to join his university compact — in which they give up academic freedom for a priority place in government funding — have said, essentially, f*ck no.

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At A Glance

Scroll through a painter's witty dog portraits.

Calculate what the 2026 tax rate changes mean for you.

Why the British royal family changed its name. (w/video)

Ranking America's best college towns.

What makes a place seem "haunted"?

Visualize the mass of record-breaking pumpkins.

Eleven legitimate words that totally sound fake.

When ChatGPT helps you win the lottery.

In partnership: Over 39k investors backed this robotics first-mover.*

Clickbait: UK woman plays clarinet during her brain surgery.

Historybook: Original Metropolitan Opera House opens in New York City (1883); Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine born (1917); Actress Annette Funicello born (1942); President John F. Kennedy alerts Americans to Cuban Missile Crisis (1962); Reggae artist Shaggy born (1968).

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> Toronto Blue Jays clinch ALCS title with 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners in Game 7, setting up World Series matchup against the Los Angeles Dodgers beginning Friday (More)

> Police say former NFL running back Doug Martin, 36, died after a struggle with officers attempting to detain him during a home break-in Saturday in Oakland, California; no other details were released (More)

> Broadway actors reach tentative labor deal with commercial producers; musicians' union still negotiating to avert strike (More) | Ticketmaster to ban multiple accounts and shutter resale software in response to federal lawsuit alleging collusion with brokers (More)


Science & Technology
> Federal regulators launch probe into Waymo robotaxis following reports one of the Alphabet-owned company's autonomous vehicles drove around a stopped school bus in Atlanta (More)

> Researchers develop chip implant and glasses that partially restored vision to patients with advanced age-related macular degeneration—first eye prosthesis to give functional sight to those with incurable vision loss (More)

> Scientists discover blood marker of multiple sclerosis present years before symptoms appear, potentially enabling earlier diagnosis and treatment (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.1%, Dow +1.1%, Nasdaq +1.4%) (More) | Apple shares close at record after iPhone 17 series outsell iPhone 16 in the US and China within first 10 days of availability (More)

> The US and Australia sign critical mineral deal that includes plans for up to $8.5B in projects (More) | What are critical minerals? (1440 Topics)

> OpenEvidence—3-year-old startup likened to ChatGPT for doctors—raises $200M at a $6B valuation; now reports 15 million consultations per month (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Colombia recalls its ambassador to the US amid ongoing tensions over drug trafficking allegations and US military strikes (More) | Bolivia elects centrist as president, ending 20 years of socialist government (More)

> At least six universities reject Education Department compact offering preferential access to federal funding in exchange for adhering to list of commitments, including on international student enrollment, transgender participation in sports (More)

> Supreme Court agrees to consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own a firearm (More)

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