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Humanity only survives if it matches every advancement in technology with a deepening of the soul. Without clarity about ethics, without sensitivity to truth and beauty, we will quickly lose ourselves in a heartless hellscape of digital minds. Teach the humanities and the arts.

Apple estimates that tariffs will cost it $900 million this quarter -- and that's just the beginning. Things will likely get worse, although nobody knows exactly what will emerge from the trade chaos.

“Chinese authorities reiterated Beijing’s request for the U.S. to “correct its wrongdoings” by removing all unilateral tariffs. Failure to do so would indicate “an outright lack of sincerity” from Washington and “further compromise mutual trust,”

LOL China went full diva mode

CHINA COMMERCE MINISTRY: US SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IN CORRECTING ‘ERRONEOUS’ PRACTICES, CANCELLING UNILATERAL TARIFFS

Thousands of satellites being sent into orbit by SpaceX and rivals like Amazon eventually have to come down. Incinerating them in the atmosphere releases damaging pollutants that pose new threats to the planet's protective shield. Read The Big Take ⤵️

Space junk pollution study ⏩️ “…dosing the atmosphere with soot from rocket fuel and particles of reentering satellites might set back decades of progress repairing the ozone layer and indirectly alter the weather.” ⏬️

Oklahoma Education Commissar Ryan Walters announces new academic standards for the coming school year. Among other things, all students will be required to learn Trump's version of the 2020 election.

New: Mike Waltz appears to be using an unofficial fork of Signal in the cabinet meeting, which archives messages elsewhere, off device. Unclear what potential security implications of this are: www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...

Lin Hsin-Chen's amazing art quilt in TAFA's wall art section: www.tafalist.com/tagged/wall-...

Friends don't let friends get their eyeballs scanned. Tools for Humanity sticking with the Orwellian theme by framing this dystopia machine as helpful tool to distinguish between AI agents & humans. But Sam Altman's latest looks like a big biometric privacy grab 1/ techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/s...

Victor Vasarely "Kezdi" sculpture painted acrylic on wood 1989 #art #opart #vasarely #victorvasarely #kezdi #sculpture #painted #acrylic #wood #dated1989

Passage, 2007 by installation artist Cornelia Konrads #womensart #Beltane #May1st

Is anyone approving of this? Using Twitter for threatening wars? Do they understand the connection between China/Iran/Russia? Seriously.

Third Try 22x22 inches #watercolorart @bsky.art

The persecution of @thekrebscycle.bsky.social is an appalling miscarriage of justice. and this component is so fucking petty

Dear media-at-large, please simply explain that #tariffs are *import taxes* paid by an importer at port of entry before the goods may be transported within the US. As a fmr small biz importer I paid import taxes & also export taxes to the country of origin (which included unofficial mfgr kickbacks)

"Board members reached out to several executive search firms to work on a formal process for finding Tesla’s next chief executive, according to people familiar with the discussions."   www.wsj.com/business/aut...

I've been plumbing the depths of Colin Dexter's Morse series and here's what I've just read: ""After he had gone Monica felt utterly miserable, her thoughts a pallid multitude that drifted along the sunless waters."" He must have laughed out loud when he wrote that and then got it past his editor.

What an image! Venezuelan men who narrowly avoided being imprisoned by Trump in El Salvador without trial (saved by the Supreme Court) spelled out an SOS to a @reuters.com camera drone observing the Bluebonnet ICE facility. 11 days ago, buses to the airport were turned around at the last second.

When photographing wildlife, I love to capture the more artistic and subtle aspects: Soft afternoon light graces an elephant's beautifully textured face in Namibia's Etosha National Park. #photography #adventure #wildlife #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #sunset #travel

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... “Bloomberg reports that President Xi Jinping’s diplomats are fanning out across the world with a clear message for countries cutting deals with Donald Trump: The US is a bully that can’t be trusted.”

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #swan

Surface spheres

A moment of sublime beauty in Canada's Algonquin Provincial Park, as early morning sunlight filters through to illuminate dew covered pine trees, as well as remnants of the fog, in radiant light. #photography #landscapephotography #landscape #travel #nature #naturephotography #bluesky #sunrise

Trump's first 100 days in office can by summed up by just this one chart. This is the consensus estimate for GDP growth in 2025 among 79 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. As you can see, forecasted growth has collapsed:

Tim Gustard, British (1954- ), Chinoiserie

also did u know the iphones basic looking calculator actually has a powerful built in conversion feature for measurement currency data energy just a ton of hidden features i am serious

UPS expects to cut 20,000 jobs this year and close facilities as it dramatically reduces shipments for Amazon.

But the more immediate threat to ballot access may be in the states, many of which are trying to pass their own version of the measure — or take similar steps to impose proof of citizenship requirements, potentially disenfranchising a large number of voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

ICE agents are lawless, sociopathic shitbirds. Treat every one you encounter accordingly.

Scientists are worried because they can’t fully explain the big jump, but they think it might mean that carbon absorption by forests, fields and wetlands is slowing down—a major problem for the world.

A stunning development in Canada: Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre didn’t just lose his bid to become Prime Minister — he lost his own seat in Parliament. Poilievre has officially been defeated in his Carleton riding by Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy.

Federal law enforcement forces innocent girls outside in their underwear in botched raid on American family; took the family's life savings kfor.com/news/local/w...

Canada's Liberal Party currently holds 132 seats, Conservatives currently holds 88 seats - official results

Elon Musk's illegal operation has nothing to do with efficiency and everything to do with dismantling public services that benefit all to rig our government for billionaires like himself. It's been a scam from the start — and the American people know it:

Here it comes.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

...and then the wind spoke, and there you were #grief #photography #nature #gardens #bloomscrolling

A Great Blue Heron launching from the metal bridge railing

Chip design software maker Cadence raises annual forecasts on steady AI demand reut.rs/4iGiktb

Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…

Great. The latest entry to the nuclear weapons club: Big Balls.