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Music Producer’s Widow’s Drops Royalties Suit vs Amaru Entertainment

The widow of a musician and producer who worked with Tupac Shakur has dropped her lawsuit against a company formed by the late mother of the slain rapper in which the plaintiff alleged she was wrongfully denied royalty payments. Capucine Jackson, the widow of Johnny Lee Jackson, sought compensatory damages in her breach-of-contract action against […]

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Jun 4 • 11:42 AM EDT • Entertainment • mynewsla.com
Producer’s Widow’s Drops Royalties Suit vs Amaru Entertainment

The widow of a musician and producer who worked with Tupac Shakur has dropped her lawsuit against a company formed by the late mother of the slain rapper in which the plaintiff alleged she was wrongfully denied royalty payments. Capucine Jackson, the widow of Johnny Lee Jackson, sought compensatory damages in her breach-of-contract action against […]

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Jun 4 • 11:42 AM EDT • Entertainment • mynewsla.com
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How to Improve Your Gut Health (and Why It’s So Important)

Almost 40% of Americans say their daily lives are affected by their bowel habits so Dr. Trisha Pasricha, author and a director of gut-brain research, joins TODAY to break down why gut health is so important. She explains how your gut is responsible for regulating metabolism, immune health, and mood, highlights signs to know if your gut is healthy, and shares ways to improve gut health like eating more fiber.

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Jun 4 • 9:33 AM EDT • Health • today.com
Lower Burrell taps intern for business outreach, hopes to improve Leechburg Road corridor

Armed with a manilla folder of flyers explaining his business outreach project and a cellphone loaded with survey questions, Kyle Radecki starts every work day at a different Lower Burrell business. An urban planning student at the University of Pittsburgh, Radecki is doing a summer internship for the city focused

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Jun 4 • 5:28 AM EDT • Business • triblive.com
Romelu Lukaku explains why he and Pogba struggled at United

Manchester United have been home to some ferocious strikers in the past, but the position has been a weak spot in the squad in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era. The legendary Scottish manager famously s...

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Jun 4 • 4:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Microsoft admits Windows 11's right-click menu is a mess, will let you customize it after years of complaints

Microsoft has confirmed that it'll let you customize the context menu to your liking, which means you'll be able to add or remove items.

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Jun 3 • 9:28 PM EDT • Technology • windowslatest.com
Orange County business owner supplied Iran with U.S. technology, federal prosecutors say

Jamshid Ghomi, 63, of Newport Coast is accused of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, according to a federal criminal complaint.

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Jun 3 • 8:23 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
‘I can’t keep this up’: Sebastopol BBQ owner looks for path forward amid enforcement, complaints

A&M BBQ pitmaster Kris Austin is driving 30 miles a day in his diesel truck to shuttle food from his commercial smokers to his restaurant in order to comply with Sebastopol’s zoning code.

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Jun 3 • 7:01 PM EDT • Business • pressdemocrat.com
Oglethorpe business dean explains why food prices are rising faster in Atlanta

Oglethorpe’s Stephen Craft explains why food prices are rising faster in Atlanta, citing supply chains, labor and transportation costs.

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Jun 3 • 4:37 PM EDT • Business • oglethorpe.edu
The Supreme Court’s new decision tilting the midterms toward Republicans, explained

The Court’s new gerrymandering decision is tough to explain, unless you think the justices are GOP partisans.

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Jun 3 • 2:15 PM EDT • Politics • vox.com
Cannabis companies hid health issues from consumers: Federal lawsuit

The complaint targets companies in 13 states and is brought by consumers who claim the products were deceptively marketed.

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Jun 3 • 1:15 PM EDT • Health • wavy.com
How to evaluate risk when TAVR patients require surgery later in life

Robert Hawkins, MD, discussed an updated risk calculator—and the latest data on SAVR after TAVR—for a new video interview with Cardiovascular Business.

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Jun 3 • 12:05 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
Algal blooms explained: How scientists are helping spot them sooner

Algal blooms can seem to appear overnight. A stretch of ocean that looked clear days earlier can suddenly appear discolored and sometimes pose risks to ecosystems and human health. But scientists say ...

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Jun 3 • 9:20 AM EDT • Science • phys.org
Browns GM Andrew Berry explains decision to trade Myles Garrett

Cleveland Browns GM says Rams made the best offer for Myles Garrett.

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Jun 3 • 8:56 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cannabis companies hid health issues from consumers: Federal lawsuit

The complaint targets companies in 13 states and is brought by consumers who claim the products were deceptively marketed.

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Jun 3 • 8:52 AM EDT • Health • ktla.com
Cannabis companies hid health issues from consumers: Federal lawsuit

The complaint targets companies in 13 states and is brought by consumers who claim the products were deceptively marketed.

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Jun 3 • 8:14 AM EDT • Health • kron4.com
A 23-year-old got candid about how medication ruined her sex life. How common is that?

SSRIs can be life-changing for people struggling with mental health issues, but for others, these drugs caused PSSD. What is it? Experts explain.

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Jun 3 • 8:01 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Elections to top science bodies test Croatia’s gender equality in research

Croatia’s track-record on gender equality in science has been both questioned and lauded in recent months, following both bad and good news on the topic. On the one hand, a senior awards committee was announced without a single woman researcher included. On the other, the national science academy welcomed its first cohort of fellows with more women than men.Members of the committee, which gives national awards recognising scientific achievement, are proposed by the ministry of science and endorsed by the parliament. The current line-up does include a woman, but she is culture minister Nina Obuljen Koržinek rather than a researcher. Even then, she didn’t make it into the photograph released to announce the appointments on April 16. “The image speaks a thousand words,” says Tanja Rudež, a science journalist for Jutarnji List newspaper. “I am surprised that none of these men, all well-known scientists, saw a problem with the fact that there was not a single successful female scientist on the committee,” she told Science|Business.Ivan Đikić, a prominent Croatian biochemist based at Goethe University Medical School, commented on LinkedIn that the news illustrated a “sad truth” about the state of science in Croatia.“It [. . .] reveals a system where women, despite contributing a substantial share of high-quality, internationally competitive science, are systematically excluded from the very processes that determine recognition and influence,” he wrote. Some 60% of researchers in Croatia are women, according to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, and they perform well in international competitions. For example, of the 12 European Research Council (ERC) grants awarded to Croatian researchers, seven went to women.“So how is it possible that decision-making bodies are still dominated by men over 60, while not a single female ERC laureate is involved in the selection process?” asked Đikić. “This is not a marginal oversight; it is a structural failure.” The ministry of science did not reply to a request for comment. The awards committee is not unusual. For example, a scientific advisory body announced by the ministry of demographics in April comprises 35 men and five women. The board of the Croatian Science Foundation, newly appointed by the parliament, is a little better, with five men and two women, but still unequal. “This is especially significant because such bodies do not merely distribute prestige. They shape research priorities, funding allocation and long-term scientific development,” Marija Lugarić, chair of the parliament’s committee on gender equality, told Science|Business. “Representation here matters not only symbolically, but materially.”Referring to the awards committee and the board of the science foundation, Lugarić says that while both bodies were appointed by parliament, neither met the minimum 40% gender balance threshold that Croatian law and EU guidelines expressly recommend for public bodies.Đikić wants to see EU institutions put pressure on the government to ensure basic standards of fairness, transparency and democratic governance in science policy are met. “Meaningful change will not come without pressure,” he wrote. “It must intensify both within Croatia and at the level of European institutions. Anything less undermines the credibility of Europe’s commitment to excellence and inclusion in science.”Rudež also underlined the importance of talking and writing about this topic, “because public opinion in Croatia does influence changes in the status and visibility of women in science.”The European Commission has not yet responded to a request for comment.Good news from the academyA more positive story came from the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts on 21 May, with the announcement of seven new women fellows and five men. This is the first time in the academy’s 165-year history that women have outnumbered men in a new intake.One of the new fellows, two-time ERC grantee Iva Tolić, credits the academy leadership with trying to be more modern and inclusive, representing the whole community better. “The academy is really aware that so far, before this election, there were very few women,” she told Science|Business. “So, they are actively trying to make this more equal.”Related articlesExplained: How the MSCA is close to achieving gender balanceCall for EU to leverage academic freedom in global talent raceRudež is more cautious, noting that despite the academy’s “breakthrough this year [. . .] it is still a predominantly male institution, with only 18% women.”This reflects a wider imbalance in Croatia’s research landscape. “The key levers of power in science are still in the hands of men,” she went on. “For example, all 14 rectors of private and public universities are men.”Similarly, Lugarić says a structural glass ceiling still exists in Croatian science, which is “most visible precisely where power is exercised.”She cites data from the Commission’s She Figures 2024 report, which shows that Croatia ranks second in the EU for gender equality in research and innovation overall, with an equality index of 79.6 out of 100. It is in the top five for women’s career advancement, participation in research; representation across all research sectors and for scientific publications.In stark contrast, it ranks second to last when it comes to women in decision-making positions in science. “This is not a coincidence,” Lugarić says. “It is a structural pattern.”Informal barriersThe persistent under-representation of women in the highest structures of Croatia’s academies, boards, award committees and leadership positions is not down to formal barriers, Lugarić says, but arises from more subtle obstacles such as “informal networks, persistent expectations regarding traditional gender roles and the unequal distribution of care responsibilities.”Tolić would like to see more support for young women in terms of affordable housing and child support, and higher salaries. Currently, she says, salaries in science stay low for the first 10-15 years, while housing and spaces in kindergarten are limited and expensive. “You have to work a lot, you get very little money, so it’s not great to have a family in this situation,” she says.But despite the challenges, Tolić is optimistic, saying that gender equality in research in Croatia is “definitely improving and going in the right direction.” The situation is particularly promising in biology, she adds, where most full professors, heads of department and deans of faculties are women. Lugarić, too, see the glass ceiling “very slowly, cracking,” and cites the academy election as an example that structural change is possible. Yet the situation in the national awards committee is a “stark reminder that without a conscious, systemic commitment to gender balance, progress will remain slow and uneven.”

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Jun 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Brene Brown Explains Why Social Media Hurts Our Mental Health

In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, author Brené Brown explains one common misconception about social media that always leaves us wanting more.

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Jun 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • today.com
Eli Lilly's top dealmaker says don't be surprised to see more M&A that pushes Lilly into new areas

Eli Lilly's new top dealmaker explains how the company changed its approach to M&A now that it's the most valuable pharmaceutical company in the world.

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Jun 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
Craig Breslow Explains Red Sox's Stunning Offensive Turnaround

How did Boston go from one of the worst offenses in baseball to one of the best?

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Jun 2 • 11:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Can You Delay Menopause? Experts Explain What's Actually Possible

Trendy treatments like rapamycin and red light therapy claim to delay menopause, but the science behind ovarian aging is complicated.

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Jun 2 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • health.com
5 things to watch in Tuesday's primaries in California, Iowa and beyond

Democrats are banking on a rare chance to regain ground in Iowa, a rural state that has repeatedly eluded them in recent years. Republicans, meanwhile, are grappling with a New Jersey congressman whose unexplained absence could put their already slim majority at risk.

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Jun 2 • 6:45 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Kratos is Out, Faye is In: God of War Laufey Creators Explain Why Kratos' Wife is the New Star

The biggest news to come out of PlayStation's State of Play wasn't just that there was a new God of War game, but that Kratos was sitting this one out and his wife, Faye, was taking the starring role.

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Jun 2 • 6:15 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Agency handling protections for Michigan’s mental health patients under scrutiny

The state agency handling complaints and violations for Michigan’s five mental health hospitals came under scrutiny again on Tuesday.

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Jun 2 • 5:50 PM EDT • Health • clickondetroit.com
They Started Their Business in College. Now It’s Valued at Nine Figures. Here’s How Breakaway Broke the Mold for Live Events.

Adam Lynn, co-founder of Breakaway, explains how he and his company found the white space in live entertainment.

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Jun 2 • 1:36 PM EDT • Business • entrepreneur.com
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'Not normal business': Judge orders Trump officials to explain tariff refund holdup

Tens of billions of dollars in tariff refunds have already gone out the door, but the Trump administration and the nation's top trade court are locked in a standoff over issues like the progress of the program and whether future payouts can be limited.

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Jun 2 • 12:11 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
NJ Sues Delaney Hall Operator After It Refuses Full Access to Health Inspectors

Davenport, Department of Health File Complaint Against GEO Group After Inspectors Are Blocked From Conducting a Full Inspection.

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Jun 2 • 11:08 AM EDT • Health • insidernj.com
How Science Works

The 2nd Weather and Climate Livestream is now underway. It is organized by a group of early-career researchers concerned about declining funding for the field and eager to demonstrate how weather and climate research makes a difference in our lives. Last year’s event was a great success, drawing terrific press coverage including a piece in the NY Times. This year features a strong lineup of talks aimed at a general audience — I highly recommend tuning in. Share I gave a talk yesterday about How Science Works in Three Steps. You can see the short presentation here (I’ve appended a transcript below): And please tune into the livestream here. It runs through tomorrow at 6 pm ET. Thanks for reading The Climate Brink! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. Subscribe Cleaned up transcript: Thank you, and thanks to everyone tuning in. I want to talk about something I think a lot of people don’t really understand: how science actually works. Arguments over any scientific topic — climate change, vaccines, you name it — revolve around competing claims. For climate change, the claims are: Is the Earth warming? Are humans to blame? What will the impacts be? Over the last 150 years, the scientific community has developed a remarkably robust method for sorting out which claims are true and which aren’t. That method is what I want to walk through. So how does science generate knowledge? If you ask a high schooler, they’ll give you the version they learned in ninth grade: an individual scientist forms a hypothesis, runs an experiment, and draws a conclusion. That’s more or less what happens at the individual level, though in practice it’s more iterative — you design, test, and refine all at once, landing on a slightly different idea each time until you reach a conclusion about whatever hypothesis you’ve ended up with. But this isn’t science. It’s only step one. Any individual scientist can make mistakes — scientists are human. Maybe there’s a bug in the code, maybe there’s an error in the experiment. Just because someone ran an experiment and reached a conclusion doesn’t mean it’s right, and scientists don’t treat a single result as settled truth. Step two is peer review, the first layer of quality control. The scientist writes up what they did and submits it to a journal, which sends the paper to other experts in the field. Those experts judge whether the methods are sound, whether it properly references prior work, and whether the conclusions actually follow from the data. Ask any scientist and they’ll tell you peer review is miserable — the comments come back brutal, often harsh, and you have to revise and resubmit, sometimes multiple times, before an editor finally accepts the paper. Peer review catches an immense amount of bad science, but it can’t catch all of it. Reviewers get sloppy or overworked, they miss obvious mistakes, and they can’t catch hidden errors — a bug in the code, a misread instrument. So a peer-reviewed paper making it into a journal doesn’t mean the paper is right. Nobody treats a single paper as the final word. That’s where step three comes in: the crucible of science. Important results get retested by the broader community. If you publish something interesting, it gets dissected. Sometimes people try to reproduce your work directly but more often they test its implications. If someone claims X is true, and that implies that Y is also true, then scientists will go check Y. If a claim survives this gauntlet long enough, it becomes accepted. That’s how we generate knowledge. Let me give an example: the ozone hole. In 1985 — and I doubt many people watching were around then, but I remember it well — Joe Farman and his colleagues published observations from Antarctica showing that a huge chunk of ozone was disappearing every year. This was shocking because most atmospheric chemists had expected ozone loss to occur at mid-latitudes and high altitudes, not over the South Pole. When scientists see something they don’t understand, they rush to explain it, and several competing hypotheses quickly appeared in the peer-reviewed literature. One pointed to chlorine chemistry from chlorofluorocarbons. A second blamed nitrogen chemistry, possibly driven by solar proton events — meaning the sun was responsible. A third argued it wasn’t chemistry at all but dynamics: winds were carrying naturally low-ozone air from the lower atmosphere up into the stratosphere. Then the community went to work testing which theory could survive the crucible. Aircraft flew into the ozone hole and found no nitrogen, ruling out the nitrogen theory. Measurements showed the air in the polar vortex was descending, not rising — which would bring high-ozone air down, eliminating the dynamics theory. Meanwhile, those same flights measured enormous amounts of chlorine, strongly correlated with exactly the regions where ozone was being destroyed. That became known as the “smoking gun” paper, and it established that chlorine chemistry was the cause. Through this process, a consensus emerged. And it’s worth being clear that this consensus is organic. There’s no vote, no poll, no meeting where it gets decided. Scientists go to conferences, talk to one another, and independently arrived at the same answer. It’s the ultimate free market of ideas. After the consensus was established, the peer-reviewed literature doesn’t even mention the rival theories — it simply takes chlorine chemistry as given. That’s what a consensus looks like. It doesn’t mean every single scientist agrees, but it does mean there’s no longer any legitimate debate. So where can you see what scientists actually think? It’s all in the peer-reviewed literature, which contains the entire historical record of the argument: the discovery, the competing theories, the debate, the testing, and finally the community coalescing around one answer. But there’s a lot of room for misrepresentation. You can dig up an old paper claiming the ozone hole was caused by dynamics and wave it around as if there still was a debate about the cause of the ozone hole — without mentioning that the idea was disproven long ago and that even its own authors no longer believe it. There’s a bigger problem, though: the peer-reviewed literature is written in a language I call “nerd.” It’s extremely hard to read — honestly, some of it is hard for me to follow. It takes graduate students years to work through the literature in a single field, so we can’t expect policymakers or ordinary people to do it. This is where scientific assessments come in. The most famous is the IPCC — the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The job of an assessment is to read and summarize the peer-reviewed literature, synthesizing what’s settled, what’s been disproven, and what remains genuinely debated. To ensure the assessments accurately summarize the peer-reviewed literature, assessments are written by large teams, which are far less prone to bias than individuals and which dilute the influence of any one scientist with an axe to grind. The teams are deliberately assembled to avoid stacking the deck, and the reports themselves go through multiple rounds of peer review. That rigorous process is exactly why you can trust them and why people consider the IPCC to be the gold standard of what we know about the climate system. An assessment produced through a different process may well not be credible. You can even watch the consensus evolve across assessments. Take the attribution of warming. The 1990 IPCC report said the observed warming was broadly consistent with model predictions but also comparable to natural variability — in other words, we don’t know whether humans are responsible. By 1995, it concluded that the balance of evidence suggested a discernible human influence — a sentence only a committee could write, and one that barely commits to anything. By 2001, most of the warming over the previous 50 years was judged “likely” due to greenhouse gases; by 2007, “very likely”; by 2013, “extremely likely.” The 2023 report says essentially the same as 2013 — there’s not much stronger language available. So, to wrap up: science is our ultimate tool for deciphering the universe — the most successful method we’ve ever developed for determining what’s true and what isn’t. Our understanding is written into the peer-reviewed literature, so if you want to know what scientists think, that’s where to look. And for those of us who don’t speak nerd, scientific assessments are the Rosetta Stone — they translate nerd into English. Let me open the floor to questions. Thank you.

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The work you can't always see: Beer is political, part 2

Recently I published a piece about beer, politics, and the question of who speaks up and who doesn’t. I meant every word of it. I still do. And then my inbox opened up. Cleveland Prost is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe I’ve been writing about beer since 2014. For most of that time, I kept things deliberately light — taproom profiles, new releases, the people behind the pints. Gradually, over years of building this thing, you gave me something I didn’t expect: permission. Permission to go deeper. To say what I actually saw in this industry and what I actually believed about it. That trust isn’t something I take lightly. It’s why that piece existed at all, and it’s why this one does too. I’m not walking anything back. But I want to go further. In that piece, I wrote that beer has never existed outside the system. That immigration policy affects who staffs breweries and harvests ingredients. That labor policy affects taproom workers. That civil rights policy affects who feels safe walking into a taproom. That “beer does not exist in a vacuum. The idea that it does is comforting. It is also false.” I believe that as much now as I did when I wrote it. But one idea came back at me, in different forms, over and over (from reader emails, comments, and conversations): that beer itself isn’t political — that it only becomes political when someone decides to make it that way. That what we’re really seeing is a choice by individuals to inject division into something that doesn’t inherently require it. It’s a comforting idea. It’s also wrong — and I think it’s worth being precise about why. That framing assumes that breweries operate outside the conditions shaping everything else. That politics is something you choose to bring into a room that was, until then, clean and neutral. That if you stay quiet, you stay clear of it. But the room was never neutral. It was never clean. Politics is already in the room. It’s in who walks through the door comfortably and who hesitates. It’s in whether a space can be used for organizing without fear. It’s in whether helping someone quietly might carry consequences you have to think carefully about in advance. It’s in who staffed the brewery, who harvested the grain, who can afford to be a regular. The idea that you opt out of all that by staying quiet is an illusion. You only change how visible your response to it is. This is, I realize, a hard thing to hear if you came to a beer newsletter for something lighter. I wrote recently that “beer, for me, has always felt like a refuge — a third place in an increasingly fractured world.” I meant that. I still do. But a refuge is not an escape from reality. It’s a place to gather strength to face it. Here’s what I actually missed — and what I want to correct. Multiple people in the industry reached out to me. I’m not naming them and I’m not identifying their businesses, because that’s not my call. If and when they want to be loud about what they’re doing, that agency belongs to them. What I can share is the substance of what they said, because it complicated something I presented too cleanly. The overall message: *You don’t know what we all are doing.* And they’re right. I don’t. One example involved a collaboration brewed quietly to support another business facing serious challenges in a whole different region, with proceeds directed toward solidarity, community, and keeping operations afloat. No announcement. It could have been broadcast widely. The point was never publicity. Another example involved logistical support for community efforts: organizing safe transportation, providing space for meetings on otherwise closed days, facilitating gatherings under difficult conditions. All of it happening while balancing real financial pressure and genuine concern for personal safety. None of what they described is a brewer “deciding to make beer political.” It’s people responding to the conditions around them — conditions that are already shaping who feels safe, who has access, who can gather, who needs help, and who has the capacity to offer it. Politics, again, already in the room. Already shaping choices. Whether anyone announced it or not. I’ve spent decades in taprooms, at barrel releases, at festivals, in back offices and brewing floors, talking to the people who built this industry from nothing. I know how much happens that never makes it onto social media. I know the owner who quietly comp’d a tab for someone having a crisis. The brewer who drove an hour to pick up a stranger who needed a safe ride. The taproom that stayed dark on a Tuesday so a community group could use the space without it becoming A Whole Thing. None of that gets a post. Most of it never will. So when I wrote recently about silence — when I said that “silence right now doesn’t feel neutral, it feels like complicity” — I was writing about what I could see. And I was right about what I saw. The public silence of breweries that have the platform, the stability, and frankly the safety to say something and choose not to? That still troubles me. I’m not softening that. But some of what I read as silence is actually something else entirely. It’s people doing the work with their hands instead of their phones. It’s people who are genuinely afraid — not of being canceled, but of real consequences for their families, their employees, their ability to keep the doors open at all. That deserves more than a footnote. It deserves to be named clearly. Here’s the tension I want to sit with honestly: public statements matter. They matter because people can’t rally around something they can’t see. Visibility creates awareness and solidarity. It helps people find each other. It tells someone standing outside your taproom door, uncertain whether they’ll be welcomed inside, something they need to know — or whether it’s even safe for them to be in public at all. That’s not performative. I wrote recently that the craft beer movement “was built on collective defiance. It was built on rejecting consolidation. On pushing back against homogeneity.” I believe that too. And I’ll extend it: breweries should be at least as loud about their values as they are when they drop a new seasonal. Your hazy IPA gets a full rollout — the label art, the tap handle photo, the countdown post. Human dignity deserves the same energy. Be as loud about human rights as you are about your beer. There is no reason those two things should require different levels of courage from you. But visibility isn’t the only form of courage. And not everyone can be visible right now without real consequences — financial, personal, sometimes physical. There are people in this industry doing hard, unglamorous, sometimes risky work in the background, and announcing it would compromise it or paint a target on someone who’s already stretched thin. That’s not silence as complicity. That’s operational discipline under pressure. What I want to push back on — clearly, not gently — is the idea that behind-the-scenes action and public visibility are in competition with each other. The person organizing quietly in the back room and the person posting a statement of solidarity on a Tuesday morning are both doing something real. We need both. We need the quiet infrastructure and we need the visible signal. We need people to know that this industry — at its best, at its most independent, and human — gives a fuck. I closed that piece with a question: “Reactive and fearful? Or clear and values-driven?” That question still stands. But having heard from you, I’d add a corollary: the values-driven path isn’t always the loudest one. Sometimes it’s a phone call and a recipe. Sometimes it’s a room made available on a closed Tuesday. Sometimes it’s a drive across town for someone who needed a safe ride home. All of it is political. All of it was always political. You don’t get to opt out of that — you only get to decide what you do with it. I’ve spent more than a decade writing about this industry because I believe it can be exactly that. I’ve been lucky enough to build an audience that lets me say so plainly. That’s a privilege I intend to use. The work is happening. Some of it you’ll see. Some of it you won’t. Support it either way. Cleveland Prost is a reader-supported publication covering beer and brewing across New York state. To receive new posts and support this work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Cleveland Prost is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Jun 2 • 10:13 AM EDT • Politics • clevelandprost.substack.com
How Nespresso Builds Sustainability Into Its Business Model | MIT Sloan Management Review

Nespresso North America’s CEO explains how responsible agricultural practices help ensure coffee quality.

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Robert De Niro loved working with Ariana Grande, but still hasn't seen her in “Wicked”: 'I still am trying'

"I'm going to see it with my daughter," the "King of Comedy" star explains.

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Explainer: Everything you need to know about the 'Protect College Sports Act,' including whether bill has chance to pass
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GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic show promise for more than weight loss. But what’s science vs hype?

Ozempic-style drugs have been flagged as possible treatments for cancer, dementia, endo, addiction and more. An expert explains what the evidence really says.

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Lions HC Dan Campbell Explains All-Pro’s Position Change

The Detroit Lions are making a position change with Penei Sewell this offseason after releasing Taylor Decker to clear cap space.

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Android 17 Beta 4.1 finally fixes the Pixel problems folks have been complaining about

We're now one step closer

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PSG's summer transfer business ✍️

After another season on top of Europe, PSG are not promising an explosive transfer window. As Luis Enrique explained so well after the Champions League victory, the squad just needs a few adjustments...

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Jim Cramer Says Hinge Health “Delivered a True Blowout Set of Numbers”

Hinge Health, Inc. (NYSE:HNGE) was one of the stocks on Jim Cramer’s radar on Mad Money as he explained that many investors might be missing out on the market’s biggest winners. Cramer highlighted the company’s latest earnings and the following market reaction, as he commented: Earlier this month, we got a phenomenal quarter from Hinge […]

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What every cardiologist should consider before signing a contract

Cathie Biga, MSN, MACC, explains why salary is just one thing a cardiologist should ask about before signing any contract.

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Variety’s Dea Lawrence on Launching Power of Women in London: ‘It’s a Great Time to Be British in the Entertainment Industry’

“It is a great time to be British in the entertainment industry,” Variety’s publisher and co-president Dea Lawrence told an enthusiastic crowd in London Monday as she explained why the publication was...

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Democrats raise doubts about proposed hikes to homestead exemptions

Ahead of the opening gavels, the opposition party memorializes its complaints.

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Can hackers pull your fingerprints from photos on social media? Experts explain.

Claims have circulated on social media that fingerprints can be pulled from photos featuring peace signs, but experts say the risk to the average person is low.

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How Did Humans Learn Which Plants Are Safe To Eat? Food Scientists Explain

You might know to steer clear of green potatoes and rhubarb leaves. That’s because they produce toxins that can make humans sick.

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The antidote to America's health crisis is closer than you think

One of America’s greatest opportunities for public health intervention is hiding in plain sight.

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Increased UK Harassment Liability from October 2026: Is Your Business Ready?

October 2026 will mark a fundamental shift in UK workplace harassment law, significantly raising the stakes for employers and reinforcing a broader move away from reactive complaint handling towards proactive prevention, governance, and risk management.What is Changing?Key legal developments in October 2026 under the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) are:

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Netflix's 'The Diplomat' creator on character she couldn't kill off

In an essay for The Envelope, Debora Cahn explains why a 'baller move' she planned for 'The Diplomat' turned out to be the wrong one — and how she changed course.

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‘Euphoria’: Who Died in the Season 3 Finale? Episode 8 Explained

Breaking down the season's ending.

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‘Euphoria’: Who Died in the Season 3 Finale? Episode 8 Explained

Breaking down the season's ending.

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Jason Benetti explains why NBC’s ‘Inside the Pitch’ is unlike anything MLB broadcasting has done before

Two months into NBC’s Sunday Night Baseball experiment, Jason Benetti knows exactly what separates it from every baseball broadcast that came before it. The “Inside the Pitch” concept — NBC executive producer Sam Flood’s live at-bat breakdown feature that debuted Opening Day alongside former pitchers Adam Ottavino and Clayton Kershaw — has drawn acclaim since…

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Rep. Derek Tran explains next steps following chemical tank crisis in Orange County

Democratic Congressman Derek Tran says oversight and an investigation is coming after a toxic chemical tank issue put his community in Garden Grove on edge for days.

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May 31 • 11:25 AM EDT • Politics • kcra.com
Iowa Democrat explains why he’s the best candidate to turn Senate seat blue
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Q&A: As costs rise, AD Jennifer Cohen says USC is well-positioned amid college sports chaos

In the new era of revenue sharing, particularly because of NIL rights, student athletes have benefitted. USC's athletic director explains why.

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May 31 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Job seeker explains two scams he encountered when searching

A graphic designer who used to design cybersecurity content for a bank said he was almost duped by two recruitment scams while job-hunting.

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May 31 • 5:54 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Pokemon Champions dev explains the limited roster and comments on timing to bring new Pokemon to the game

Pokemon Champions producer Masaaki Hoshino has spoken about what players can expect in terms of Pokemon additions for the game. Since launch, the roster has stayed the same. There’s somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 creatures to use, but obviously many other Pokemon exist. Hoshino recently spoke with Famitsu and indicated that we should be getting more Pokemon this summer....

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Trevor Rogers Explains Late Inning Collapse After Encouraging Outing

Baltimore's left-hander reached the seventh for the first time since Opening Day.

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Amon-Ra St. Brown Shares Honest Assessment of Lions’ Mindset

Amon-Ra St. Brown explained why the Lions are more motivated than ever heading into the 2026 season.

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May 30 • 5:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Newly opened Julienne's Afternoon Tea Experience in Hudson explains idea behind business
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Newly opened Julienne's Afternoon Tea Experience in Hudson explains idea behind business
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Music legend, 92, cancels remaining 2026 tour dates to focus on health: ‘So sorry to disappoint’

A rep for the singer explained why the shows were canceled rather than just postponed.

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May 30 • 12:35 PM EDT • Health • syracuse.com
I've used Android desktop mode for years, and the Googlebook may fix my biggest complaint

The missing desktop feature may finally arrive

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May 30 • 12:15 PM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com
Why 'me time' matters for moms’ mental health

Small breaks can make a big difference for moms, and Mass General Brigham psychiatrist Dr. Ash Nadkarni explains why “me time” matters.

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May 30 • 12:04 PM EDT • Health • wcvb.com
The ‘Return To Xbox’ Movement Is Starting To Lose The Plot

Microsoft is trying to recapture Xbox magic, but doing so by getting lost in minor complaints from fans, with big solutions nowhere in sight.

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May 30 • 8:35 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Tested: Windows 11's new Start menu lets you fully customize it, and it works surprisingly well

Windows 11’s new Start menu finally adds smaller layouts, removable sections, and deeper customization after years of user complaints.

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May 29 • 9:47 PM EDT • Technology • windowslatest.com
Plaintiffs suing New York argue against climate law budget rollbacks

"The commonsense reforms Governor Hochul fought for in this year's budget protect New York's status as a climate leader."

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May 29 • 7:19 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Antonio Villaraigosa explains why he should be California's next governor

Antonio Villaraigosa sat down for an interview with California Politics 360 for a wide-ranging conversation on his run to be the state's next governor.

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May 29 • 7:15 PM EDT • Politics • kcra.com
NetApp CEO says business is in ‘growth mode’ as stock has record close

NetApp CEO George Kurian explains what the larger enterprise interest in A.I. means for his business on ‘The Claman Countdown.’

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May 29 • 4:30 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
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A party switch last year may bar Hector Mujica from running as a Democrat in CD 28

Mujica’s Primary opponent, Phil Ehr, has already filed an elections complaint challenging his eligibility under Florida’s updated party-affiliation law.

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May 29 • 3:04 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Matt Booty Explains Why Xbox Won't Talk About Project Helix At June's Showcase

It's all about the games

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May 29 • 2:15 PM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
Dakich: sports media has created an ‘industry’ out of complaining about white athletes like Caitlin Clark

OutKick host Dan Dakich rips Cari Champion for accusing Caitlin Clark of WNBA favoritism, calling it part of a broader race-based media pattern.

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May 29 • 1:21 PM EDT • Sports • foxnews.com
Devastating wildfire and homelessness loom over Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' bid for second term

As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass seeks a second term, she isn't sidestepping the obvious: her tenure at city hall has been difficult. “I haven’t always got it right,” she says plainly.

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May 29 • 1:05 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Plain Talk: 'We have different views on politics and that's OK'

🔊 On this Plain Talk, recorded at the Blue Rider Bar in Minot, Public Service Commissioner Jill Kringstad talks data centers and utility rates, and Mayor Mark Jantzer discusses living with a 3% cap on spending.

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May 29 • 9:50 AM EDT • Politics • inforum.com
Longview mill implosion comes amid turnaround effort by foreign owners

Days after the fatal incident at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging plant, it's unclear what the accident means for the facility or its Japanese owner.

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May 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • seattletimes.com
WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel amended

WHO Member States adopted a resolution to amend the ‘WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel’ (the Code) and strengthen its implementation, following Member State-led consultations in the lead up to the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly. The resolution marks an important step towards the vision that everyone, everywhere can access competent and motivated health and care workers, as a foundation for both universal health coverage and global health security. Key additions to the Code focus on: inclusion of provisions on health personnel recruited internationally for employment as care workers; applicability of the Code recommendations during emergencies; and encouraging co-investment in health systems and health workforce to ensure international recruitment results in proportional benefits for source and destination countries.Since its adoption by the Sixty-third World Health Assembly in 2010, the Code has undergone three rounds of review of its relevance and effectiveness. “We welcome the resolution’s focus on sustainable and ethical mobility of health personnel,” explained Dr Yukiko Nakatani, WHO Assistant Director-General, Health Systems, Access and Data. “The Code’s adoption in 2010 was a landmark achievement. Following this update, we encourage all countries to enhance implementation, including by viewing co-investment as a win-win.” The additions were recommended by an Expert Advisory Group appointed by the WHO Director-General. The Expert Advisory Group’s final report noted the progress in health workforce data availability, provision of migrant health worker rights and the embedding of ethical recruitment principles in national policies. It also highlighted areas of possible improvement in the Code implementation, including support for the strengthening of health systems in source countries.The adoption of the resolution follows extensive consultations led by Member States, underscoring the continued relevance of the Code in a context of increasing international mobility of health workers and growing pressure on health systems resulting from global health emergencies and funding constraints.WHO is already taking forward actions called for in the resolution. An updated version of the ‘WHO health workforce support and safeguards list’, that guides ethical recruitment practices by identifying countries facing the most pressing health workforce challenges, will be published later in 2026. As recommended by the Expert Advisory Group, this will include additional flexibility enabling countries to indicate their willingness to allow active international recruitment, or for Member States not on the list to request tailored support and safeguards. This approach reflects a more nuanced, country-led framework that balances workforce mobility with the need to protect and strengthen health systems in vulnerable settings.“I thank the members of the Expert Advisory Group, the group of Member States who led the resolution, and all Member States for their constructive engagement,” added Dr Nakatani. “Let’s bring this spirit of collaboration to our collective efforts to implement the resolution, strengthen the health workforce and build resilient and equitable health systems.”

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May 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • who.int
Protein traffic jams may explain aging, memory loss, and Alzheimer’s

Scientists at Stanford may have uncovered a hidden reason our brains decline with age. Studying the ultra-short-lived turquoise killifish, researchers discovered that the cellular machinery responsible for building proteins begins to jam and malfunction over time. Tiny structures called ribosomes start colliding and stalling while reading genetic instructions, triggering a chain reaction that leads to faulty proteins and harmful clumps linked to diseases like Alzheimer’s.

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May 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Stan Kroenke Is the Secretive Billionaire Who’s Conquering the World’s Richest Sports Leagues

Arsenal and Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke, ‘Silent Stan,’ explains in a rare interview why his teams can’t stop winning. And this weekend, his North London soccer team aims to conquer Europe in the Champions League final.

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May 29 • 5:30 AM EDT • Sports • wsj.com
Valve Steam Deck Sells Out in 24 Hours Despite Price Hike

The internet has recently been rife with complaints and discussions about the recent price increases to the Valve Steam Deck OLED, which saw prices of the gaming handheld spike by as much as $300. However, that same price increase coincided with the first restock of the Valve Steam Deck in anywhere ...

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May 28 • 11:43 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Google adjusts Gemini’s new usage limits in response to complaints

At I/O 2026, the Gemini app switched to compute-based usage limits. In response to “feedback about hitting limits too quickly,” Google...

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May 28 • 10:03 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
I’m an IVF Doctor. Business Is Booming Because Ob-Gyns Aren’t Doing Their Jobs.

Just last Monday, a woman sat across from me in my office and asked a question I have come to dread. Why had no one told her? She is 33, a therapist, married three years, and she has been to her gynecologist every year since high school. She was also on the brink of perimenopause. She had assumed that when she was ready, her body would be too. No one in two decades of annual visits had ever explained that the most consequential decisions about her capacity to bear children were being made by her ovaries on a calendar she could not see, while her doctor took her blood pressure and refilled her birth control. She is the patient I see several times a month. She is the most preventable tragedy in American medicine. I am board certified in both obstetrics and gynecology, and reproductive endocrinology. There’s a fertility crisis happening right now in America—and a furious debate about who is to blame. The alleged culprits include housing, smartphones, and capitalism. One group is getting off lightly: ob-gyns. Read [ How Perimenopause Became America’s New Health Scare ](https://www.thefp.com/p/how-perimenopause-became-americas) In July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the U.S. fertility rate had fallen to fewer than 1.6 children per woman—the lowest figure in our history—despite a 2025 survey of American Gen-Z women that found that nearly three-quarters intended to become mothers. American women are not opting out of building a family. They are running out of time.

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May 28 • 9:12 PM EDT • Business • thefp.com
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Xbox Game Pass Price Cut Is Working, CEO Says

One of the first decisions that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma made after becoming the new boss earlier this year was to cut the price of Xbox Game Pass significantly. In a memo to staff recently, Sharma explained the thinking behind the price cut and talked about the impact it’s making so far, saying it’s helping...

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May 28 • 3:20 PM EDT • Technology • gamespot.com
Bethesda Explains How Fallout 76: Infestations Will Make the Map Sizzle With Emergent Co-Op Chaos: ‘Appalachia Is Our Biggest Asset’

Bethesda says Fallout 76: Infestations will turn Appalachia into a dynamic co-op hunt, with tough faction bosses to hunt, and 4-Star rewards.

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May 28 • 3:00 PM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
AI Advice From Anthropic’s Head Of U.S. Small Business

Anthropic’s Lina Ochman explains how small businesses can use Claude, AI workflows, data connectors and employee-like prompting to save time.

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May 28 • 1:00 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
San Antonio Spurs star “Wemby” is rocking the NBA playoffs. Science can help explain why

Wemby’s height gives him an advantage in blocking and rebounding, but how does the tallest player in the NBA keep hitting all those threes?

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May 28 • 1:00 PM EDT • Science • scientificamerican.com
Fitbit users complain about forced migration to Google Health app

Google replaced the Fitbit app with a new Google Health app with an AI coach. Some users aren't happy.

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May 28 • 12:51 PM EDT • Health • mashable.com
Kirk Cameron praises Nashville's 'good values' after ditching California over cost of living, politics

Kirk Cameron explains why he packed up and left California for Tennessee, citing progressive policies and the high cost of living in the Golden State.

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May 28 • 12:44 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
CD Projekt Red reveals huge The Witcher 3 sales milestone, which helps explain why a third expansion is in development 11 years later

Why not make more expansions for a classic old RPG if this many people play it?

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May 28 • 12:33 PM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Hidden in plain sight: DNA reveals 15 overlooked coral lineages in the Indo-Pacific

Scientists have discovered that one of the ocean's most recognizable corals, the iconic “organ pipe coral” — long believed to be a single widespread species — includes at least 15 genetically distinct lineages. Two of these lineages are currently known only from the Red Sea. The findings, publish

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Is The 2026 World Cup a Model for the Future? A Sports Executive Weighs In.

A sports executive explains the World Cup's complex business operations and economic impact and what it might mean for the sports industry

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The 'Doomsday Glacier' is poised to lose its ice shelf this year. An Antarctic researcher explains what that means for global sea levels

Researchers have warned that the Thwaites Glacier, one of the largest glaciers in the world, is about to lose its eastern ice shelf. We spoke to marine geophysicist Robert Larter about what this means for the "Doomsday Glacier."

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May 28 • 4:04 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Why the business of orbit is entering a new phase

Space is becoming a bigger part of everyday business, from communications and Earth observation to defense and predictive analytics. Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor and Muon Space President Gregory Smirin explain how cheaper launches, more satellite constellations and advances in AI are pushing the space economy into a new phase. Watch more from the CNBC CONVERGE LIVE conversation in Singapore to hear how the business of orbit is moving from exploration to infrastructure.

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31 hours with the spit-shined Mina the Hollower (and 34 with the four games that came before it)

To truly appreciate Mina The Hollower, an extraordinary new throwback of a game, I sent myself to Yacht Club University. That’s not a real institution of higher learning, but it’s the best way I can explain much of the past several weeks as I prepared to play Mina by playing the four biggest game previously made by studio Yacht Club Games. I had expected Mina the Hollower, in development for six years for PC and consoles, to potentially be something special. A demo I tried in March had felt great. Mina the Hollower had an old-school premise: a singular move for its hero that felt so good to control and so rich with possibilities that, in the hands of skilled designers, it could be riffed on in various ways for the length of a full game. Mina’s core maneuver, her hollowing, made her sort of an upside down Super Mario. Nintendo’s hero jumps through the air, discovering power-ups at the apex of his jump by bonking overhead blocks, then defeating enemies by landing on them. Mina essentially jumps into the ground, digging (“hollowing”) into the earth to fetch buried treasure, then burrows for a short distance to emerge on the other side of a wall that hides treasure or an enemy that needs some battering. I wanted to understand how good Yacht Club was at making games. I wanted to see how far they’d come. If Mina was terrific—as I predicted it might be—I wanted to feel how they got there, one button press at a time. On May 6, 21 days before the writing of this review, I checked with Yacht Club Games co-founder and programmer David D’Angelo, to ask which of the studio’s games I should play to truly appreciate the new one’s design. “Hmmm all of them?” he wrote back. “Starting with Shovel Knight definitely is helpful,” he continued, referring to Yacht Club’s first game. He gave me a link to a spreadsheet of over 400 cheat codes that could help me out, if I found the game too tough.1 “Most folks say Specter of Torment is the least difficult and quickest to finish in terms of playtime, and [it] refines much of Shovel Knight,” he told me. “King of Cards is a big celebration of everything we did in [the Shovel Knight compilation] Treasure Trove— might work for you better if you’re a fan of shorter, Mario-style courses. And it’s probably the closest to Mina in terms of polish.” So that was that. Four games, none of which were required. Mina is a whole new game in a whole new world, best I can tell. I’d barely played that first Shovel Knight before and never the other three. I just thought it’d help. It did. It turns out that playing a game studios major works before their latest is very illuminating.

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May 27 • 7:55 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
35 former judges ask court to investigate Trump's deal with IRS

In a May 27 court filing, the ex-judges contend Trump and co-plaintiffs failed to mention a planned settlement in their motion to withdraw the lawsuit against the IRS.

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May 27 • 7:33 PM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
‘This might explain why so few of sports’ finest were willing to participate’

Opinion, comment and editorials of the day

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The Medical Minute: 7 essential health screenings if you’re over 65

Regular health screenings help catch early warning signs before they become serious problems. A Penn State Health family medicine physician explains which screenings are essential for adults 65+.

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Ebola, chemical plants and health, hantavirus, common colds, heat and more

As they say, bugs have ears. Public health has had a relentless May. Chemical plant (near) explosions, Ebola, hantavirus, and that's before you even get to the usual suspects: common colds, heat, and ticks. Here’s an attempt to keep you up to speed and, more importantly, what it means for you and your community. But first, an announcement: World Cup The World Cup starts in 15 days (not like anyone is counting down), and we are hanging TVs in the Health Security Operations Center. It’s going to be a gorgeous, chaotic celebration of basically every culture on earth. And it’s going to take a team effort—from communities to individuals, from public health to health care—to keep people healthy. That’s where you come in. If you’re going to the games or live within 30 miles of a stadium, we would love to hear from you. Sign up for a weekly survey here. Thanks to the more than 1,280 people who have already signed up…you will be hearing from us soon!! Global disease “weather report” Hantavirus: Two more cases The global count of cruise ship passengers with hantavirus has now increased to 13 cases (11 confirmed), with three deaths. The two new cases are overseas and among people who were already quarantining: A crew member in the Netherlands. A Spanish national passenger who was quarantining at home tested positive through daily monitoring. They are now in a biocontainment unit. In the U.S., everyone remains negative. There may be more cases, given that the incubation period of hantavirus (the time from exposure to infection) is 45 days. But this week, we will reach a major milestone: the median incubation window is 18 days, and that will pass on May 29. What this means for you: Your risk from this cruise ship outbreak remains essentially nil at this point. Ebola rages on in Central Africa Big thanks to Dr. Craig Spencer, a humanitarian physician who has treated and survived Ebola, for jumping in to provide the YLE community with an update. Craig, take it from here… The combined confirmed and suspected Ebola cases in DRC are now more than 1,000. All signs are pointing to a very long and catastrophic outbreak in Central Africa: This is a vast undercount. We know this because the test positivity rate is hovering around 50%, only 20% of contacts are being traced (and in some areas, no contacts at all), and more cases keep popping up with no known connection. This all points to widespread and undetected community transmission. This is in only a week of detection. Compared to previous outbreaks, the growth is very fast, as the huge West Africa outbreak in 2016 was first detected at 49 cases and rose to 208 cases a month later. It took four months for that outbreak to reach the size of the current one in the DR Congo. The cases are spread out across 16 health zones. There are now multiple epicenters, making containment very difficult. Next door in Uganda, the case count is seven. While this number is low compared to DRC, a concerning development is that two health care workers recently tested positive with uncertain exposure histories. If they weren’t treating known Ebola cases, this means it’s spreading undetected in Uganda as well. On the ground, backlash, including the burning of health centers, has emerged, a pattern seen in nearly every outbreak and rooted in deep community distrust. It often stems from outside actors working in communities without fully understanding or addressing local priorities. Affected populations may recognize the severity of Ebola while still holding other concerns as more pressing, such as where their loved ones are buried. Community trust is essential to an effective response, but difficult to build during an active emergency. It is best established long before a crisis begins. U.S. priorities are made clear, and may backfire. The U.S. Administration has shown that its first priority is keeping Ebola out, with helping end the outbreak in the DRC a secondary concern. That's meant travel restrictions broader than anything we've imposed before — covering travelers from across the region, and reportedly some green card holders and permanent residents as well. For example, just these past two days, news broke that high-risk American travelers will be subject to a mandatory quarantine in Kenya before they are allowed to return. If an American is infected, the U.S. government plans to send them to a hospital it is standing up from scratch in Kenya. (Currently, Americans who were in the area are allowed to return but are diverted to three airports—Houston, Atlanta, and DC—for further screening.) Past administrations have used travel notices and stepped-up screening; this goes much further. At first blush, these strict precautions may sound prudent. But this approach could backfire in three ways: Restrictions this blunt give people every reason to hide where they’ve been and whom they’ve been near — making the people we most need to find harder to track, not easier. They also breed a false sense that this is someone else’s problem. But diseases are humbling. They find the small cracks in even the most impenetrable-seeming defenses. Lives lost. There is no treatment for this Ebola strain, which means survival depends heavily on the quality of the health system. We have that system in the States, but we are choosing not to use it for infected Americans. This is unbelievable and infuriating. (See a deeper dive from me here.) The only real way to lower the risk to Americans — and everyone else — is to end the outbreak in the DRC and across the region. What this means for you: If you have travel plans to this region, it’s time to cancel them. This is a high-risk situation in Central Africa, and CDC released a Level 4 Travel Advisory. There is also great uncertainty if and when the Administration will let you back in. To the general public in the U.S., your risk remains very, very low right now. U.S. disease “weather report” Ticks: past peak season? Good news, especially for people in the Northeast and Midwest: tick numbers continue to decline. Though we are at the peak of the season, this unusually early year is trending favorably. Heat-related illnesses in the North Heat risk is certainly not blanketing the entire country yet, but this week it will be moderate in the Midwest and the Southeast. What this means for you: Be sure to check the CDC HeatRisk tool. A red day isn’t the best day for that soccer game for a kid with asthma, and a stretch of orange days is a great time to check on your elderly neighbor. Common colds surging As far as respiratory viruses go, the only thing really going around right now is the common cold. It is higher this year than last year, but should peak very soon before returning this fall. Spotlight: Chemical plants Over the weekend, YLE California covered the serious situation that unfolded around a chemical plant in Orange County, California. Thankfully, the worst-case scenario (a chemical explosion) was mitigated, but only through luck. The health implications in a densely populated area could have been catastrophic. As the situation was winding down, another chemical explosion struck Washington State. This one was fatal. Health officials say the risk to surrounding residents from chemicals in the air and ground remains low, though the community deserves far greater clarity. Clean air and clean water consistently rank as Americans’ top public health concerns — yet when chemical disasters strike, communities are too often met with reassurances rather than transparency and accountability. Residents near the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, for example, are still waiting to understand the long-term impact on their health, with few clear answers. What this means for you: Many are wondering if facilities processing potentially dangerous materials are in their neighborhoods. This interactive map allows you to enter your ZIP code and see all facilities monitored by the EPA, including any violations. Good news Ebola vaccines and treatment for the Bundibugyo species are in development. Two vaccine platforms are being explored, at least one of which may be deployable in as little as 2 months. One vaccine is being developed by Oxford, and the other uses the same biotechnology as the FDA-approved Zaire species of Ebola. (It may provide cross-protection, but it’s unclear at this point.) On the treatment side, two promising monoclonal antibody cocktails are likely to be deployed, though doses are limited and logistical hurdles remain significant challenges. Anni over at The Biotech Tea had a great explainer about the Ebola vaccine gap, if you want to read more. [ The Biotech Tea The Ebola vaccine gap, reading vessel damage, & the Makary exit 🗝️ Paid subscribers get the Biotech Term of the Week at $30/year (~$2.50/month). I try to keep it intentionally accessible, but if cost is ever a barrier, send me a message. A few people asked about expensing your subscription, so I put together a short email template… Read more 6 days ago · 10 likes · Annicka Evans, PhD ](https://www.thebiotechtea.com/p/the-ebola-vaccine-gap-reading-vessel?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web) Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been officially renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), following more than a decade of debate and input from roughly 22,000 clinicians, researchers, and patients worldwide. This is good because the old name was medically misleading, leading to patients without visible cysts being dismissed or overlooked entirely. The WHO estimates that 70% of people with the condition remain undiagnosed. A more accurate name should improve recognition, reduce stigma, and ultimately help the millions of people living with this condition get diagnosed and treated sooner. Poll Loading... Bottom line Public health situations are everywhere right now. Staying healthy takes public health professionals and systems working tirelessly behind the scenes and each of us showing up for our neighbors and communities. Love, YLE Big thanks to Ed Nirenberg for staying on top of the Ebola vaccines, Hannah Totte for all the figures, Dr. Craig Spencer for the Ebola insight, and Dr. Matt Willis for covering the chemical situation in CA. Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE) comprises a team of experts, ranging from physicians to immunologists to epidemiologists to nutritionists, working together with one goal: to “Translate” ever-evolving public health science so that people are well-equipped to make evidence-based decisions. YLE suite of newsletters reaches over 475,000 people across more than 132 countries. This newsletter is free to everyone, thanks to the generous support of fellow YLE community members. To support the effort, subscribe or upgrade below: Subscribe

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May 27 • 7:40 AM EDT • Technology • al.com
One SEC coach perfectly explains flaw in College Football Playoff debate

Mike Elko will tell you the truth about why coaches' opinions on the College Football Playoff shouldn't matter.

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May 27 • 5:13 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
Medical spa owned by US senator hit with multiple lawsuits over poor mammography quality

Plaintiff attorneys have filed at least three proposed class-action lawsuits against the Greenbrier Clinic in Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

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May 27 • 2:37 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com
Couple sues radiologist claiming he overlooked signs of both cancer and a spinal injury

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May 27 • 2:30 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com
Nate Bargatze Finally Explained Why He's Getting Into The Theme Park Business, But The Internet Still Seems Confused

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May 26 • 9:10 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
NASA’s Fermi telescope reveals the power source behind monster supernovae

NASA’s Fermi telescope has detected what may be the first confirmed gamma-ray signal from a superluminous supernova — one of the most extreme explosions in the universe. Scientists believe the blast was powered by a rapidly spinning magnetar, an exotic neutron star with unbelievably strong magnetic fields. The event, called SN 2017egm, erupted 440 million light-years away and may help explain why some supernovae become extraordinarily bright.

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May 26 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com