Straight up milking the market

European Airlines Face Fuel Shortages Within Weeks

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/b...

"The researchers found a positive association between feeling bothered by the news article and expressing disbelief in the allegations. Participants who experienced higher levels of mental discomfort were more likely to claim the accusations were fabricated. ...
www.psypost.org/cognitive-di...

‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week.

For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead.

One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.

Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power Long-serving prime minister beaten by opposition after early results showed clear lead

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Wonderful news, for Europe, and the Rest of the World!

🔥 @rokhanna.bsky.social to Democratic leadership: “Get out. Let a new generation lead. You’ve been ineffective. The base doesn’t like you. The base wants fighters.”

So old and yet so intricate.
Truly amazing.

Beautiful!

LONDON, April 8 (Reuters) - Investors placed an ‌approximately $950 million bet on oil prices falling just hours before the U.S. and Iran announced a ceasefire

Oil trading volumes and volatility have surged since the ​war, hitting record highs
www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Turns out Russia, Russia, Russia was worse than we thought

JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election US vice-president rails against ‘bureaucrats in Brussels’ interfering in Sunday’s vote as he arrives in Budapest

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

This Fish looks oddly familiar!

“This is why the old Nato is gone and Europeans, plus Canada, need to develop a new security framework to replace it.It’s frightening, difficult, and expensive, but that doesn’t make it less necessary or urgent.”

“The fact that Trump hates Europe is an ascertained fact. All this is part of a coherent Trumpian onslaught on Europe and European leaders are finally moving away from the sycophantic Rutte approach to him.”

Trump says he is ‘absolutely’ considering withdrawing US from Nato The president, a longtime critic of Nato, has stepped up his rhetoric after allies refused to join the US-Israel war on Iran

“This is by far the worst crisis Nato has ever confronted. Military alliances are, at their core, based on trust: the confidence that if I am attacked, you will come help defend.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

A reminder of what could happen without vaccines for polio , the measles, rubella, and diphtheria.

projects.propublica.org/childhood-va...

San Diego just gave us the best reveal of No Kings Day. #NoKings

Torrance, CA showing up today! They’re singing Minneapolis songs and the size of this crowd makes me emotional
Heroes! 🦄💙🇺🇸

www.bbc.com/news/article...

I mean, we all expected that right?

No other reason to have those documents

Congratulations, Dana!!!
👏👏👏🎉🎉🥳🎈

And, We Have Motive.

Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab

The administration continues its attacks on climate science in their plan to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Gift article below

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire.

1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It. The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principl...

Trump DoD Axed a Program Meant to Limit Civilian Casualties....
www.propublica.org/article/trum...