Right now, the AI boom mostly shows up as investment: chips, data centers, infrastructure. ⁣ ⁣ The real question is whether those foundations eventually help workers and firms do more with less.

Debt by itself is a lousy guide. A $500,000 mortgage can be manageable or terrifying depending on salary, rates, and future earnings. Same with countries: the real question isn’t “how much debt?” but “can they carry it?”

If the job interview is "Will you do my bidding?" the answer isn't central bank independence. It's central bank karaoke: the chair just sings the president's tune.

If there’s a water shortage, don’t subsidize showers. If there’s a blackout, don’t make AC cheaper. If there’s an oil shortage, don’t cut gas taxes. Prices are helping signal scarcity. A gas tax holiday weakens that signal right when it matters most.

Think of an oil shock like a stone tossed in a pond. First splash: gasoline. Then the ripples: airfares, delivery costs, packaging, groceries, construction materials.⁣ ⁣ The ripples are real. Just give them a moment to spread.

A terrific sign for business confidence is when "not wiping civilizations off the map" counts as good news. Low bar. Somehow still doing limbo under it.

"If we don't have immigration and population growth, the number of people who can pay off that debt just went down." That's the key mechanism.

A B+ economy with a recession-sized deficit is like showing up to a Sunday barbecue in full scuba gear. Technically you’re dressed, but something doesn't add up.

If you remove phones, you haven’t removed boredom, status competition, or conflict. You’ve just changed the setting. That’s why the first-year effects can look messy.

Deficits aren’t automatically virtuous or villainous. They’re a tool. The sensible question isn’t “deficit: good or bad?” It’s “what problem is it solving?” Econ is annoyingly context-dependent like that.

Hawks center Jock Landale (high right ankle sprain) will miss at least two weeks against the Knicks in the playoffs. Landale was injured by Magic center Goga Bitadze on April 1. He averaged 10.6 points on 52% from the field and 38% from 3-point range with 5.7 rebounds this season.

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Spurs coach Mitch Johnson, on the team’s performance in a Game 5 win: “I thought we played with the appropriate fear, discipline, execution, physicality, poise. And I thought we had it from an array of people tonight, and it was really good to see.”

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The future of Thames Water is very important to residents and I have been raising a number of issues on their behalf. The government will always act in the national interest on these issues, and while the company remains financially stable, the government stands ready for all eventualities.

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Zelenograd’s Elma Technopark, home to the highly restricted "Mikron" microelectronics plant, was also targeted. Mikron is Russia’s top manufacturer of domestic microchips for military optics and smart circuitry. Geolocated footage shows a massive blaze inside the tech zone.

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“We don’t know who’s winning, but Europeans are collectively losing.” Bernard Benhamou urges Europe to ‘protect, develop, fund’ its own AI ecosystems and R+D to keep up with competing infrastructures. More on #F24Debate ➡️ https://go.france24.com/TTKC

Following the evacuation zone reduction in the Garden Grove tank crisis, Orange County officials want to reassure residents that it is safe to return.

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Russia has successfully tested the world's most powerful missile, the Sarmat-28. The missile has a range of 35,000 kilometers and can carry 16 nuclear warheads. #Scandinaviannewsagency #Russia #Sarmat28 #Missile #Snnfinland

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Hegseth says U.S. manufacturers are significantly increasing production to supply more Patriot systems to Ukraine, stating "where we can help Ukraine, we do."

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Trump’s tariffs are driving up costs across the economy. Even Mother’s Day is getting more expensive this year, with flower prices up 16%. @groundwork.bsky.social's Liz Pancotti says wages aren’t keeping up with prices, adding pressure to already-strained household budgets.

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MTV is officially ending all of its music channels. In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?

The White House and Congress are not the home of democracy or the Republic ... it is now the home plutocracy, kakistocracy, and autocracy.

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“Hope has got to be an act of discipline” Tom on Sheffield Wednesday, the newly promoted clubs and the importance of keeping the faith.

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Shocking video out of Japan shows a man performing evasive maneuvers after a black bear storms the grounds of a manufacturing facility, leaving individuals with non-life-threatening injuries. The bear's whereabouts remain unknown.

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According to his latest financial disclosure, Trump made more than 3,400 stock trades worth over $250 million in just the first three months of 2026. Sen. Warren noted that's roughly half the trading activity of all 535 members of Congress combined last year.

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