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After Destiny 2’s Closure, PlayStation’s Live Service Push Is Officially In Shambles
Destiny 2 is shutting down and Sony has nothing to replace it, relying mainly on a single first-party game going forward for its live-service push, Marathon.
Who has the better chance of inheriting Trump’s Maga movement: Vance or Rubio?
Analysts say the American vice-president and secretary of state are trying to prove loyalty without becoming political liabilities.
AI-generated images are making it impossible to distinguish truth from fiction. We need laws and AI watermarks to protect our shared reality.
Generative AI is destroying the baseline assumption that photographs bear some causal connection to reality. That's bad news for democracy.
Scientists just found a faster, cleaner way to extract lithium for EV batteries
A breakthrough lithium-extraction method could help solve one of clean energy’s dirtiest problems. Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a fast new technique that pulls lithium directly from salty underground brines using a temperature-sensitive solvent, avoiding the giant evaporation ponds that can take years and drain precious water supplies. Even better, the method works on low-quality lithium sources that current technologies struggle to use.
How a bold Williams headhunting drive shows that James Vowles means business
Team Principal James Vowles has outlined how hiring Piers Thynne from McLaren demonstrates Williams' ambitions for the future.
Studying sports and disability, he laid the groundwork for the Special Olympics
Frank Hayden, who has died at 96, saw sports as a gateway to opportunity for people with special needs.
A mistaken commutation and an over-the-top reaction
It seemed an itch that Gov. Jared Polis just had to scratch. After months of hints and speculation, Polis put his signature on a commutation of the prison sentence of Colorado’s election-denying queen, former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. True, Peters’s break was one of 44 commutations and pardons announced en masse by Polis late […]
The 4th BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize Award Ceremony Concludes with Great Success
The 4th BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize Award Ceremony, organised by the Hong Kong Alliance of Technology and Innovation (HKATI) and title-sponsored by Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (BOCHK), was concluded successfully. The Ceremony was officiated by distinguished guests including Mr Leung Chun-ying, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (NCCPPCC); Mr Zhang Yong, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central Peop
Bond breakout? Big effects of bad data. Immigration and thermostatic politics & dad-chat is coming for dad-books.
Thank you for opening your Chartbook email. Anna Airy, A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London, 1918 Bond breakout - John Authers Across the developed markets, bond markets are staging a slow-motion car wreck. Looking at the drastic moves in the US, Japan, the UK and France, Barclays’ Ajay Rajadhyaksha commented: “Last week, long bonds broke. Not in one country. In all of them. Simultaneously. Four countries. Four different political systems. Four different central banks. But the same trade — “get me out of duration!”” Each country has its own contributing political problems, but the uniformity of the shift out of long-term bonds with high duration makes clear that something broader is afoot. For Rajadhyaksha, it is “simple and uncomfortable.” The developed world “has too much debt, too little fiscal discipline, and no political appetite for fixing either.” If there’s a trigger, it has been the Iran war and the resulting shock to oil supply. Source: Bloomberg G7 countries are now borrowing at rates that were enjoyed by EM in the early 2020s For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Trade between China and Russia has grown in recent years For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Big effects of bad data A decade ago nearly nine in ten Americans, when approached, agreed to fill out the Current Population Survey, which is administered to about 60,000 households each month and asks about, among other things, employment. Fewer than seven in ten do so now (see chart 1). For the Consumer Expenditure Survey, which tries to capture 3,700 households monthly, the response rate is down from 68% to 40%. … When the information becomes less reliable, investment decisions get more difficult to make. Some may be delayed, creating a potential drag on the economy. A new working paper by Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University, Erica Groshen, former head of the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) now at Cornell University, and Duncan Hobbs and Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute, a think-tank, hazards an estimate. Preserving trust in “the integrity and quality of official statistics”, the authors claim, generates economic benefits of about $25 for every $1 spent on the BLS, the agency with an annual budget of $700m that is responsible for many of these data. To arrive at their conclusion the quartet analysed an ignoble episode in the BLS’s recent history. On August 1st 2025 Donald Trump sacked Erika McEntarfer, appointed as the agency’s commissioner by his predecessor, Joe Biden. The president alleged, without evidence, that the BLS’s steep downward revision to recent jobs numbers had been “RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad”. In fact, it was the wanton dismissal that looked bad in the eyes of many observers. In the following seven days there was a 50% leap, relative to the week before, in the average value of the index of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU), which tracks the number of articles mentioning such uncertainty that are published daily in American newspapers. This was a discernible jump even when compared to the chaos caused by Mr Trump’s trade war in April 2025 and his real one in Iran in the past two months (see chart 2). Based on Mr Bloom’s earlier study with other colleagues of the EPU’s impact on business investment, industrial production and employment, the authors estimate that the jump reduced American GDP by over $100bn (0.3%) and non-farm payrolls by 168,000 (0.1%). Source: The Economist Immigration and thermostatic politics (Sarah O’Connor in the FT) A strange thing happened a year and a half ago. No sooner had Americans elected Donald Trump as president on an explicitly anti-immigration platform than US public opinion began to swing much more favourably towards immigration. … to political scientists who study “thermostatic” politics, this development is no surprise at all. Public opinion often moves against the prevailing party, especially if they are perceived to have gone “too far” in one direction. The phenomenon was first explored in the 1990s with reference to fiscal policy, but in recent years it has been particularly evident in the realm of immigration policy. While these swings in opinion polls can make it seem as if people don’t know their own minds, they can be a useful democratic check on governments by sending bright flashing warning lights when policies stray too far from the public’s comfort zone. The problem comes when politicians misinterpret those signals. When people tell pollsters they want less immigration, or think it is bad for the country overall (or the converse), they are often expressing an opinion about how things appear to be going in that moment relative to their preferences, rather than a deep shift in their underlying views. According to Alexander Kustov, a political scientist, most Americans’ views are quite stable and moderate: they support immigration that is controlled and in the national interest, and oppose flows that are disorderly or under-enforced. In the US, he argues the Trump administration over-interpreted dissatisfaction with high immigration under Joe Biden, and implemented policies that went too far for many voters. “People don’t necessarily change their idea about their ideal immigration policy, but they can react to what the government is currently doing,” he told me. “A lot of people are not happy with what the Trump administration are doing — right now we’re not talking about border enforcement, we’re talking about people not just getting harassed, but killed.” But similarly, he added, pro-immigration advocates would be making a mistake to interpret the recent, more favourable swing towards immigration as a deep-seated ideological shift in attitudes. The recent history of UK immigration policy offers another cautionary tale. After the 2016 Brexit referendum, public concern about immigration fell. This was partly because net migration statistics declined, but also because people felt a sense of catharsis and control, says Sunder Katwala, director of British Future, a think-tank. By 2019, the public ranked immigration as only the ninth biggest issue of concern, according to Ipsos polling. But when the Conservative government liberalised visa routes for students and care workers between 2019 and 2022, that helped net migration to surge. And so, too, did public concern. Today’s Labour government has implemented another sharply restrictive turn in immigration policy. As Kustov and researcher Caitlyn Yates argue, thermostatic public opinion should be a useful check on politicians. Instead it seems to have helped to magnify the pendulum swing in the UK. The government over-interprets and overreacts to a change in public opinion, which reacts in turn, prompting a sudden swing the other way. Source: Financial Times HEY READERS, THANK YOU for opening the Chartbook email. I hope it brightens your day. I enjoy putting out the newsletter, but tbh, what keeps this flow going is the generosity of those readers who clicked the subscription button. If you are persuaded to click, please consider the annual subscription of $50. It is both better value for you and a much better deal for me, as it involves only one credit card charge. Why feed the payments companies if we don’t have to. Subscribe Anna Airy, Shop for Machining 15-Inch Shells: Singer Manufacturing Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, 1918 Racing for a vaccine … we have been here before! The deadly Ebola outbreak in two African countries driven by a virus species with no vaccine has triggered an urgent search for a potential jab, in a test of troubled global efforts to avert threats posed by emerging diseases. A World Health Organization advisory group is due to would meet on Tuesday to recommend candidate jabs to prioritise for clinical trials, the global health body said. It will assess data including an analysis by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Cepi), which was set up after failures in the international response to a previous Ebola crisis. The latest Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has infected hundreds of people and killed more than 80, health authorities say. Cepi’s reaction will be a crucial indicator of its progress towards its wider goal of producing vaccines for pandemic threats in just 100 days, despite steep cuts to international health funding. “If there was ever a time that we could show the world why Cepi is needed and show the world why the 100-day mission is needed, it’s now,” Nicole Lurie, the organisation’s executive director for preparedness and response, told the FT. “We’re happy to accept that responsibility, but obviously we need help from partners — particularly financial help in the long run.” DR Congo and Uganda would make the final decision on whether to press ahead with any vaccine candidates endorsed for clinical trials by the WHO experts, the global health body said. “Other ethical and community acceptability issues will be considered,” said the WHO, which declared the latest outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday. “This will be important to make sure that the trial, if it happens, will be adequately communicated to the population.” Lurie said Cepi had provided information from a survey of research teams and companies working on drugs that might be effective against the Bundibugyo virus behind the outbreak. The organisation hoped soon to announce partners in the quest for a jab, she added, although she declined to give a timescale for when one might be developed. Cepi’s Nicole Laurie said global health bodies were ‘getting some live-fire drills’ with hantavirus and the latest Ebola outbreak. The hunt for a vaccine should be helped by scientific advances including the use of artificial intelligence to find drugs active against viruses, Lurie said. Existing jabs against the Zaire Ebola virus responsible for many previous outbreaks might provide a basis for tackling the Bundibugyo species, she added. “We’ll see how far and how fast we can get,” Lurie said, adding that Cepi had done preliminary work recently on a possible jab for the rat-borne hantavirus responsible for a recent fatal outbreak on a cruise ship. “Both with hantavirus and now with Ebola, [we] are getting some live-fire drills.” Source: Michael Peel in the Financial Times Dad-chat is coming for dad-books. (By Pamela Paul and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg in the WSJ) They were the go-to gifts for Father’s Day: a book about some little-known chapter of World War II, the sweeping narrative of a shipwreck, perhaps the latest presidential biography. These days, dad books are a dying breed. Nonfiction book sales have been in decline for the past four years, and are now the most challenged segment of the print book market. Publishers say certain types of books still fare well—including celebrity memoirs and religious titles. But in recent years, print sales in such categories as biography, current affairs and business and economics—what publishers refer to as “serious nonfiction” and which tend to resonate especially with men—have fallen considerably. Sales of nonfiction print titles were down nearly 8% through May 9 this year, and sales of books about politics and current affairs were down 19%, according to book tracker Circana BookScan. Publishing has long been subject to cyclical changes, with trends in format and genre taking over bookshelves in grand sweeps. (Remember the adult coloring-book craze? Or the stratospheric rise of romantasy?) But many in publishing believe the decline in serious nonfiction is more existential. “The trend couldn’t be clearer,” said Jonathan Karp, the former chief executive of Simon & Schuster and publisher of the new Simon Six imprint. “This is a sea change and people should wake up and realize we’re living in a new world.” One culprit for the shift: a new media diet for fans of more serious nonfiction. … Sixty-two percent of men and 54% of women consumed a podcast in the prior month, according to a recent survey by Edison Research at SSRS, up from 46% and 39%, respectively, in 2023. “When we have internal meetings to talk about this problem, it always comes around to podcasts,” said Jonathan Burnham, president and publisher of the Harper Group at HarperCollins Publishers. “The man who wants to read American history is now tuning into one of the many good podcasts about history that lends the quiet attention to a serious subject he’s looking for. It makes the idea of sitting down with a 700-page Ron Chernow book less appealing. You’ve scratched that itch.” Source: Wall Street Journal Remarkable report by Novara from the nationalist rally in London in mid May. Anna Airy, Leopard Moth and Plums, 1915 If you’ve scrolled this far, you know you want to click: Subscribe
Welcome to sport’s ultimate taboo where athletes risk it all for millions in Las Vegas
The Enhanced Games promise human advancement and world records but critics fear more worrying effects
Golden Knights' 2-0 Leads Have Translated Into Series Wins
With the Golden Knights bringing a 2-0 series lead back to Las Vegas, history is accompanying them when opening a playoff series with consecutive wins.
Super Sunday for Sunderland
Whatever happens this weekend, we will keep the red flag flying high and hopefully taking it across the continent!
Another retail chain closing all stores after 33 years in business
Another familiar name on high streets is disappearing as mounting financial pressure and fierce competition continue to reshape the retail industry. The company spent years trying to survive a market that has become increasingly unforgiving. After multiple insolvency proceedings, shrinking sales, ...
Donald Trump Jr.’s Inner Circle Rallying Around Ex- Vanessa Amid Health Struggle
Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-wife, Vanessa Trump, is reportedly being surrounded by support from both her family and the wider Trump circle following her breast cancer diagnosis. Insiders close to the family...
Spring sports surge: How to avoid foot and ankle injuries
One warm weekend — and suddenly everyone is back outside running, playing pickleball, or hitting the basketball court. But doctors say jumping into intense activity too quickly can lead to painful injuries that may keep you sidelined for weeks.
‘Deserted parking lot’: Business owner criticizes Beachwalk developer over lack of progress; developer responds
A St. Johns County restaurant owner is voicing frustration over what he calls stalled progress at Beachwalk, the high-profile development known for its artificial lagoon, saying unfinished construction and empty lots have left his business struggling for customers.
10 beloved comedies that would be horror movies if they were realistic
From 50 First Dates to The Parent Trap, movie fans discuss the rom-coms and family favorites that would be terrifying if they actually happened in real life.
Studying the science of baseball
Testing equipment at the UMass Lowell Baseball Research Center.
Longtime Clive plumbing business closes, laying off its staff
Bill Rhiner's Plumbing Co. Inc. in Clive shut down May 1, laying off its staff, according to a new filing with the state
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband’s health
Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer.
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband’s health
WASHINGTON — Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet official to depart during Trump’s second term. “Unfortunately, I must submit my resignation, effective June 30, 2026,” Gabbard wrote
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband’s health
Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer.
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband's health
Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. In her resignation letter, which she post...
How To Take Your Real Estate Business To The Next Level
Learn how to scale your real estate business by applying the right strategies and technology to help you and your team grow.
Mike Duggan decision rocks Michigan. What politicians are saying
Democrats and Republicans had plenty to say about Mike Duggan's decision to end his Independent campaign for governor.
Exclusive | U.S. Warns of Growing Russian and Chinese Spying in Cuba
The new findings on signals-intelligence facilities are being used to bolster the case for the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Havana.
Rapid rise of "Cockroach Janta Party" online protest movement appears to spook India's leaders
The satirical "Cockroach Janta Party" calls itself a "political front of the youth, by the youth, for the youth." India's government may be trying to squash it.
Frozen Microbes From The Distant Past Threaten To Wake Up, Ready To Infect People, Plants, And Animals
Despite lying idle for millennia, the pathogens can still be infectious.
Lawmakers warn data protection rules don't protect key sites, including White House and CIA
The Biden administration spent almost a year crafting regulations to block U.S. adversaries from buying commercial data gathered from cell phones at the federal government’s most sensitive locations.
The Boys limped through its last season, but made up for it with the finale
A satisfying conclusion to a bloody mess of a show.
MIT students study plasma physics beneath Alaska’s aurora
MIT graduate students have been traveling to Alaska to study plasma through the aurora borealis, designing and deploying their own instruments to capture large-scale phenomena in real-time while advancing student-led research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and youth outreach.
Scientists uncover cancer-causing chemicals hidden in everyday foods
Scientists have identified potentially cancer-causing chemicals hiding in many everyday foods, especially those exposed to high heat cooking methods like grilling, roasting, smoking, and frying. The compounds, known as PAHs, can form during cooking or enter foods through contamination, raising concerns about long-term health risks.
World Health Assembly endorses resolution on precision medicine
At the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly, Member States endorsed a new resolution on Precision medicine: a path towards targeted, personalized and equitable care, taking an important step towards advancing precision medicine as part of efforts to strengthen equitable, effective and sustainable health systems. Precision medicine refers to the use of clinical, molecular, genomic and other health data to inform prevention, diagnosis and treatment, taking into account variability while applying appropriate ethical and legal safeguards. When integrated responsibly into health systems, precision approaches can improve outcomes across different disease areas and across the life course – from cancer and rare diseases to infectious diseases, maternal, newborn and child health, mental health and noncommunicable diseases. The resolution reflects rapid advances in genomics, diagnostics, data science and digital health, alongside widening global inequities in access to these innovations. Many populations – particularly in low- and middle-income countries – remain underrepresented in data and research, limiting the public health impact of precision medicine and risking the widening of health disparities if action is not taken now. "Precision medicine is not an aspirational idea for health delivery in the future – it is already transforming lives across the world. But its benefits remain out of reach for too many and the research driving progress is concentrated in high income countries. This WHA resolution gives global health leaders, ministries of health, and WHO a clear mandate: to act. From infant screening to setting up genomic databases WHO will work with countries to bring about the power of these innovations." Dr Meg Doherty, Director Science for HealthThrough the resolution, Member States commit to developing and strengthening national policies, infrastructure, workforce capacity and governance frameworks to support the safe, ethical and equitable integration of precision medicine into health systems, aligned with universal health coverage. This includes promoting affordability, ensuring inclusive research and data systems, strengthening regulation and data governance, and fostering collaboration across sectors and regions.WHO is requested to provide technical and normative support, review and coordinate existing guidance, facilitate global and regional collaboration, and develop a Global Strategy on Precision Medicine to guide equitable and context‑appropriate implementation. WHO stands ready to support Member States through tools such as a country maturity model for countries to self-assess capacity in implementing precision medicine depending on their context. In the immediate term WHO will map all existing guidance and frameworks and host extensive consultations with interest holders globally.By placing equity, inclusion and public value at the centre of precision medicine, the resolution reinforces WHO’s commitment to ensuring that scientific advances benefit all people, everywhere, and that no one is left behind in the next era of health innovation."By uniting people-centered healthcare with innovation, precision medicine has the potential to transform lives. This resolution helps ensure those advances serve the shared goal of health for all." Dr Sylvie Briand, Chief Scientist For further information please visit the Health Topic: Genomics
What is it like playing for an expansion team?
On this week's Hockey Insider, a retired professional women's hockey player shares her experience playing for a former PHF expansion team.
Primary fight in key California Latino district highlights questions over Democratic Party's future
The latest fight over the Democratic Party's direction is playing out in a competitive California House primary, as progressives accuse party leaders of trying to muscle a moderate past a Latino challenger in a heavily Hispanic district.
Microsoft is letting Office users remove an annoying Copilot button
A floating Copilot button has irritated Excel users the most.
YouTube's Theorist launches new app to turn fans into paying members
Theorist, the company behind pop-culture channels like The Game Theorists, is launching a membership program to diversify away from YouTube.
Bayern Munich announce squad to face Stuttgart
Bayern Munich have announced the squad that will travel to Berlin to face VfB Stuttgart in the DFB Pokal final.It’s a near full strength squad for Germany’s record champions, who are playing in th...
Destiny developer Bungie will reportedly lay off a 'significant number' of people
Bungie is reportedly laying off a significant number of people and has not started work on Destiny 3.
California political campaigns scrutinized for paying social media influencers for endorsements
Kash Patel's Apparel Site Is Trying To Trick Visitors Into Installing Malware
The FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'Clickfix' attack, which involves duping users into running a seemingly benign, but malicious command.
Jacksonville man sentenced to prison after not paying $3.7 million in business taxes
Joe Hunter says 'Survivor 50' jury vote was decided before final Tribal Council
Joe Hunter says 'Survivor 50' jury vote was decided before final Tribal Council and addresses Cirie saying he needed to be babysat by tribemates on a 'Joetation.'
Six search engines worth trying now that Google isn’t really Google anymore
Google is about to look really different, and if you're not a fan of the AI overview feature, then you're not going to like what's coming.
Chicago politicians are doing Windy City politician things to try to keep the Bears in town
Chicago Bears tell the NFL that Arlington Heights, Illinois, and Hammond, Indiana are the only two viable new stadium locations even as local politicians are trying other options.
Expanding environmental aspects of your business
When discussing the natural environment in today’s maritime industry, I find a great deal of contention and difference of opinion. Varying points of view and motivations shape how much or how li
'Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Deathwatch' Is A Turn-Based Tactical RPG Coming To PS5, Xbox Series X|S And PC
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Deathwatch is a turn-based tactical RPG where you lead the Long Vigil and take command of an elite Deathwatch Kill Team.
Mortgage rates climb to highest level in 9 months
Turmoil in the bond market, fueled by the war with Iran, is sending US mortgage rates higher and threatening to make buying a home even more expensive.
Introducing the PlayStation Studios Accessibility Community Council
Learn how PlayStation is helping developers build more accessible and inclusive games through direct collaboration with accessibility experts and players.
US-bound flights with passengers who were in Ebola-affected region must land at Dulles airport for health screening
US-bound flights carrying passengers who were recently in an Ebola-affected region of Africa must land at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, where they will undergo health screening.
Te'o: Aaron Rodgers is the 'last of a dying breed in professional sports'
NFL Network's Manti Te'o cites Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers' NFL career accomplishments as being some of the best among active professional athletes.
Higher vitamin D intake in pregnancy linked to some cognitive benefits in children
Researchers are studying whether taking extra vitamin D during pregnancy could affect their babies’ brain development.
What Scientists Are Saying About the Future of Virus Control
New breakthroughs offer hope, yet global pandemic readiness remains a work in progress.
Scientists discover hidden weakness shared by hundreds of cancer mutations
Scientists have unveiled a powerful new tool called PerturbFate that could change how researchers tackle diseases driven by huge numbers of genetic mutations, including cancer and Alzheimer’s. Instead of trying to target every faulty gene individually, the system tracks how different mutations reshape cells over time and identifies the hidden “control hubs” where those pathways converge.
Common pesticide linked to hidden brain damage, scientists warn
Scientists have uncovered alarming new evidence that a common insecticide may leave lasting marks on the developing brain before a child is even born. Researchers studying New York City children found that prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos — a pesticide once widely used indoors and still used in agriculture — was linked to widespread brain abnormalities and weaker motor skills years later.
Buying your way to better health comes at the expense of others
Private health insurance contributes to poorer health among people with the lowest levels of education.
Bonus 228: The $1.776B Political Question
Every so often a story comes along that is so brazen, so cleanly emblematic of the moment we are living through, that staying quiet about it feels like a kind of complicity unto itself. Monday’s announcement by the Department of Justice that the Acting Attorney General has unilaterally created a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to compensate so-called “victims of lawfare” is one of those stories. And the reason I want to write about it here, in a newsletter ostensibly devoted to the Supreme Court and the law and politics surrounding it, is that I’m increasingly worried that we’re asking the wrong institution to save us from one of the most offensive, alarming, and anti-constitutional things we’ve seen from any president in American history. As I explain below the fold, the Anti-Weaponization Fund is not principally a legal problem awaiting a judicial fix. It is a shockingly egregious political abuse—the President suing his own government, purporting to settle with himself, and routing nearly $2 billion from the Treasury to his own supporters as a not-so-subtle (and not-so-formal) reward, if not an incentive, for political violence. And the Constitution’s answer to political abuses of this kind and magnitude is a political remedy, not a legal one. In his majority opinion in NFIB v. Sebelius (the Affordable Care Act case from 2012), Chief Justice Roberts defended the Court’s endorsement of Congress’s power to adopt the individual mandate by noting that it is “not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.” As much of a judicial supremacist as I am, that sentiment is, for better or worse, an entirely correct (and, in the long term, normatively desirable) institutional assessment. One can believe in substantial judicial power without believing that literally every political dispute in our country can and should be resolved by unelected judges. The real upshot of this latest headline (among so, so many other similar headlines) is that it is past time to reinvigorate impeachment—not because conviction is realistic in this Senate, or even because impeachment itself is feasible in this House, but because forcing every member of Congress to vote on the record whether this brazen, corrosive, and affirmatively dangerous corruption is impeachable is itself a point worth fighting for (and fighting with our friends over). Assuming the courts will save us absolves our political leaders of both responsibility and accountability for allowing this kind of mischief to continue, and it absolves all of us of our responsibility to refuse to tolerate those who would just as quickly shrug their shoulders and move on. For those who aren’t paid subscribers, we’ll be back (no later than) Monday with our continuing coverage of the Supreme Court. For those who are, please read on.
How Sen. Jay Morris mixed Meta's mega-deal with his own real estate business
While Morris used his political position to advance the massive Meta data center project and the Entergy deal to power the facility, he and his business partners were buying and selling the land around it over the past 15 months.
A money mindset trick to increase your savings rate
"A business is trying to earn a profit, right? It's the exact same thing for you — your savings are your profit."
Bone is a wonder material. Scientists are defying physics to mimic it for longer-lasting hip replacements
New materials designed by artificial intelligence promise to provide stronger hip replacements and improve how fractures heal.
Science for Living: Managing type 2 diabetes in pregnancy
As more people enter pregnancy with type 2 diabetes, researchers and clinicians at UMass Chan are studying new ways to improve care before, during and after pregnancy.
ISL final day with 5 clubs vying for title, Indians in action at Malaysia Masters: Indian Sports LIVE, May 21
Here are all the updates from Indian sports on May 21, 2026.
Texas Democrat Maureen Galindo under fire after saying she'd make ICE jail a "prison for American Zionists"
A Democratic House candidate in Texas is facing widespread condemnation and accusations of antisemitism from her own party.
It Feels Like Google Is Downplaying Smart Glasses With a Screen in Them
Probably for the best if it's trying to avoid comparisons to Google Glass.
Scientists discover strange “narwhal” waves that trap light beyond known limits
Physicists at Peking University have uncovered a new way to confine light far beyond conventional limits — without relying on metals and their inherent energy dissipation. By formulating the singular dispersion equation, the team discovered narwhal-shaped wavefunctions that trap light at deep-subwavelength volumes in purely dielectric materials. The advance, dubbed singulonics, could pave the way for ultra-efficient photonic chips, new quantum technologies, and imaging tools with unprecedented resolution.
Physicists finally solve the strange mystery of “breathing” lasers
Scientists have finally figured out how mysterious “breather” laser pulses work, solving a puzzle that has frustrated laser physicists for years. These unusual ultrafast lasers produce light pulses that rhythmically grow and shrink instead of staying steady, almost like they’re breathing.
Where do citizen science data come from?
Citizen science projects are playing an increasingly important role in ecological and conservation research worldwide. In these programs, members of the public support researchers by submitting photographs, audio recordings, observations, or even by contributing to data analysis. In Hungary, no fewer than 17 such initiatives combined their datasets in a joint study. The authors aimed to understand which socio-economic and environmental factors influence participation patterns in Hungary. By comparing the spatial distribution of citizen science data with an independent administrative dataset (municipality level data on income, education, demography, density and protected areas), the researchers identified several general trends as well as numerous project-specific relationships. For example, they found more per capita observations from municipalities with higher proportions of protected natural areas and lower population densities. Furthermore, excluding Budapest, the capital, both the proportion of people with diplomas and the proportion of elderly people showed a positive correlation with participation activity. In contrast, no consistent general pattern emerged regarding wealth or the proportion of children, although several project-specific relationships were observed. The study not only reveals how citizen science data are distributed across Hungary, but also provides robust support for the view that various biases must be taken into account when analyzing such data. The authors hope that their findings will help researchers in other countries design more effective projects and produce more accurate analyses by accounting for some of these or similar biases.
Brendan Sorsby Faces Long Odds In Fight Against Permanent NCAA Gambling Ban
A former arbitrator of NCAA infractions cases says Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby faces an uphill fight trying to force the NCAA to stand down on enforcing the policy that permanently bans athletes who are found to have wagered on their own team.
What’s next for Oregon small businesses: financial tips to avoid early pitfalls
Whether you are starting a business or trying to grow one, ARC PDX spoke with Northwestern Mutual.
Lawmakers, health leaders make bipartisan push to expand clinical trials access
A House Democrat and Republican on Wednesday highlighted their push to expand access to clinical trials, saying artificial intelligence could be one tool used to reach more underrepresented communi…
Anthropic is paying SpaceX $1.25 billion a month for AI compute
SpaceX and Anthropic have a major compute power deal valued at $1.25 billion a month, utilizing SpaceX's Colossus data centers for AI growth.
New website puts Platner on notice by amplifying scandals: 'One red flag after another'
Collins-aligned fundraising committee is compiling "red flags" from Democratic opponent Graham Platner's past ahead of Maine's 2025 Senate general election.
Congress increases scrutiny into sports betting, prediction markets
Congress is intensifying its scrutiny of sports gambling and prediction markets amid a wave of scandals in professional and collegiate sports that have raised c
Google Saved a Couple of New Android Secrets for I/O
Now that I'm back from Google I/O, I've been trying to catch up on anything I may have missed while traveling, like some of the streamed sessions that followed the main keynote. In the "What's new...
Chicago delays tipped wage phaseout after restaurant pushback
Chicago aldermen approved a compromise delaying the phaseout of the tipped minimum wage for restaurants, handing Mayor Brandon Johnson a setback.
Trade, politics and inflation impacting state and county seasonal tourism
Drops are steep; rural communities trying to draw people from closer to home.
Aaron Rodgers says this year with Steelers will be his last in the NFL: 'This is it'
There will be no further offseasons of intrigue around Aaron Rodgers’ playing status. So says Aaron Rodgers.
Cleveland sports radio host has rough morning trying to process Cavaliers' Game 1 choke job
Cleveland radio host Ken Carmen went viral after an impassioned meltdown over the Cavaliers blowing a 22-point lead to the Knicks in overtime.
Physicists confirm 'negative time' is real by asking the atoms themselves
A new experiment confirms that photons passing through a cloud of atoms can spend a negative amount of time there, and the atoms themselves are the ones saying so.
Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight: 8 Easter Eggs We Found
It's not just Batman history TT Games is playing with
Two New Mechanisms Could Help Explain How Greenland Sharks Live For So Long
Researchers studying the Greenland shark think they may have found two more of its anti-aging secrets.
Sky bridges, citizen science protect endangered Malaysia monkeys
A graceful black monkey edges across a swaying red rope bridge strung over a busy residential road in Malaysia's Penang, watched by local conservationists who carefully record her movements.
Read Meta's layoff email to employees
Meta emailed thousands of employees notifying them that they'd been laid off. Read the email explaining how the layoffs will work.
Trump-backed housing bill clears House after GOP defies Senate pressure campaign
Lawmakers passed a bipartisan housing bill backed by Trump that aims to make housing more affordable and restrict large investors from buying homes.
Inside Mindy Kaling's Weight Loss Journey and Her New Motivation for Staying Healthy
Mindy Kaling has been open about her physical transformation and weight loss journey over the years. Here's everything she has said about her health.
LIV Golf to pitch new business model amid bankruptcy report
LIV Golf is moving forward with its plan to take a new business model to potential investors despite a report that the league is laying groundwork for potential bankruptcy in the U.S.
UEFA announce new European Qualifiers and Nations League format
UEFA have announced radical changes to the format of the Nations League and qualifying for the European Championship, following the Champions League system.The final details have not yet been confirme...
The next Big Oil? Democrats set their sights on utilities.
Congressional Democrats are increasingly paying attention to electric utilities and the way they’re run as energy prices rise.
Flew Qatar Airways' Qsuite business class with baby for 14 hours: REVIEW
My family tried a long-haul flight in Qatar Airways' Qsuites business class. The food was great, and the pods made flying with a baby easier.
NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae
An international team studying data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope concludes the mission detected a rare, unusually luminous supernova. The
Student researcher examines how mental health affects first responder job performance
For first responders, no two days are the same, but one thing remains constant: the pressure to make split-second decisions that can save a life. Kennesaw State University research suggests that mental health challenges like depression, anxiety, and insomnia may significantly impact how well first responders can do their jobs. Mahita Polineni, a third-year psychology student in KSU’s Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences, is studying how these factors affect cognitive functioning including memory, concentration, and decision-making among emergency medical responders.
A Roanoke Ministry says it’s Helping the Unhoused. Business Owners say Downtown is Paying the Price
After Roanoke upheld zoning violations against The Least of These Ministry, supporters, business owners and unhoused residents offered sharply different visions for what downtown should become. Roanoke, VA Author: Roanoke Rambler Staff Published: 2:05 AM EST May 20, 2026 Edited: 2:07 AM EST May 20, 2026 Tears, frustration,
Prep talk: Culver City volleyball finds succeeds without home court
Culver City won the Southern Section Division 6 boys' volleyball championship while playing all but two of its games on the road this season.
Money Is Ruining Youth Sports
For-profit companies are buying up the rituals of American childhood and selling them back to parents.
Google's AI is being manipulated. The search giant is quietly fighting back
A BBC investigation revealed a simple way to get AI chatbots to spit out misinformation. Google and other AI companies are now trying to fix the problem.
Cornyn-Paxton Runoff Lures Lobbyist Money, Business Endorsements
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is missing support from President Donald Trump, but he has the backing of some of the nation’s biggest lobbying groups in his runoff against Ken Paxton.
Congrats, new grads! Welcome to job market hell.
New computer science grads are trying to start their careers at a time when many experts predict that AI will make their skills obsolete.
7 free events in Lancaster County for Memorial Day weekend, from a concert to a car show
Staying in Lancaster County this weekend?