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Marcus Bell Stepping down over even one lapse in values keeps the program from looking like it tolerates shortcuts. Nicole Hardy Thirteen folks unloading pallets in Memphis like it was normal business shows how these schemes pull in way too many people. On X · @nicksortorProtesters Rally Outside Kennedy Center Against Trump Renovation PlansConservative reporter Nick Sortor posted video of demonstrators protesting Trump’s private-funded renovation of the aging Kennedy Center, calling the protest pathetic and claiming protesters want the venue to collapse. The post trended with high engagement amid partisan debate over funding, naming, and board decisions. Reactions heavily favored Sortor’s anti-protester framing.850 likes · 18mTom Gallagher Airports shutting down over unconfirmed drones will keep hurting travel until the source gets sorted. Nicole Hardy Beating the top human forecasters on Metaculus shows this approach could help with tricky geopolitical calls that pure models miss. DDaily Caller News FoundationEXCLUSIVE: Trump’s EPA Wants More Plastic Turned Into New Products, And The Paper Lobby Is Fighting ItA conservative group is pressing six paper giants to rein in their lobbying against a Trump administration-backed push to recycle more plastic.1h
Derek Foss Employers need to step up on education programs and advancement if they expect to hold onto staff. Dana Whitfield Google should face real consequences for letting so many fake accounts slip through and fuel these hoaxes. Nicole Hardy Athlos events like this one are finally bringing decent prize money and spectacle to the sport. Rachel Meyers Families trying to buy their first place have almost no options left in California markets. Priya Raman The act sounds intense if it got to her like that, but she made the right call anyway. IJRItaly Scrambles Warships Toward Red Sea As Houthis Close In On Global Shipping ChokepointFrancis Kapper · 6 min · 3h
Priya Raman Holding 79 detainees in 4-by-4 cages is a clear violation of basic humane standards that demands immediate correction. Nicole Hardy This fourth find since last year proves crypto mining has become a steady revenue tool for organized crime in Mexico. On X · @slayyyterPop artist Slayyyter posts photo with director Richard Linklater using song-lyric punSinger-songwriter Slayyyter (@slayyyter) shared a backstage photo with filmmaker Richard Linklater after her Austin show, captioned “richard we should linklater.” The line is a direct callback to a lyric in her music (“he wanna fuck slayyyter / richard, we should link later”), which has long been a fan meme tying her work to Linklater (director of *Dazed and Confused*, the film that inspired her stage name). It is circulating as light fan celebration of the real-life meetup fulfilling the pun.945 likes · 19m