Wildfires in Georgia Destroy Homes and Set Off Evacuations The fires are also causing poor air quality, expected to last into at least Thursday, for a corner of the Southeast.

Wildfires raging across the Southeastern U.S. have destroyed dozens of homes and prompted some communities to evacuate, officials said.

This photo, man

What should I name my AI and data analytics company that builds platforms enabling governments and enterprises to integrate, analyze, and act on massive, complex datasets.

I’m thinking - something that is a metaphor for knowledge and power that outstrips wisdom or context. $PLTR

Gas price hikes could happen starting today/tomorrow for motorists in: NM, TX, IN, OH, MI, KY, SC, TN, FL (these are price cycling markets!)

Hmm.. so we should expect an uptick in national avg gas price trackers?

I find audiobooks very helpful in getting over the monotony of running.

Crazy to think oil tanker captains navigating the Strait of Hormuz are now getting the same message I get from restaurants at 9pm: “We’re open… but might be closed by the time you arrive.”

Riveting stuff.

Oil Prices Plummet In Big Fuck-You To Americans Who Got Gas Yesterday WASHINGTON—In what is being characterized as a massive middle finger to millions of furious motorists, oil prices plummeted Friday, delivering a big fuck-you to all the Americans who gassed up their v...

“Nobody was hit harder than the suckers who filled their tanks mere hours before the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon caused the price of a barrel of crude to plunge 10%,” said Georgetown University economics professor Elizabeth Murphy

NPR announced $113 million from two charitable donors, including billionaire philanthropist Connie Ballmer, months after Congress voted to strip federal dollars for public media.

Ballmer gave $80 million, the largest gift by a living donor in the organization’s history. https://wapo.st/4cvzfOa

line chart showing how stocks behave after recovering from a 5%-10% pullback,

If you are wondering how stocks behave after recovering from a 5%-10% pullback, history is encouraging >

www.reuters.com/business/sto...

$SPY $SPX $VIX

Relaxation of US day-trading rules opens door to YOLO trading, higher risk A regulatory move allowing smaller, everyday investors to engage in more day trading could spur impulsive, high-risk "YOLO", or "you-only-live-once," trades ​and allow eager individual traders to take...

Relaxation of day-trading rules opens door to more YOLO trades

"Removing the restriction makes it easier for undercapitalized traders to take more 'YOLO' shots intraday," said
Ophir Gottlieb, chief executive of Los Angeles-based Capital Market Laboratories.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

BRB, gonna take a long position on the loonie and then announce that Canada is now an AI play.

Just a shoe company becoming an AI company. Nothing to see here.
$BIRD

The freakout and the reversal.

TRUMP: BLOCKADE HAS STARTED - @reuters.com

The 5 stages of Hormuz grief:

Denial: ‘The Strait is not blocked’

Anger: ‘Open the Strait you bastards’

Bargaining: ‘We can put a toll on ships together’

Depression: ‘We are going to block the Strait’

Acceptance: $4.12/gallon (and climbing)

DHS deported a US citizen to Mexico after threatening him with prison time: report A man deported to Mexico has claimed that officers not only refused to see his documents but accused him of fraud

DHS deported a US citizen to Mexico after threatening him with prison time: report

The threat of a naval blockade, after first threatening civilizational annihilation, is an almost welcome de-escalation. It’s like starting with a threat to break someone’s neck and then settling for just confiscating their lunchbox.

OMG Living next to a data center would be like having a giant dishwasher running a heavy cycle all the time. Except the dishwasher would actually be saving water.

Hungary election results live: Magyar’s Tisza projected to win two-thirds majority, in blow to Orbán The opposition Tisza party appeared on track to win Sunday's national election, early results showed, in a potential landmark defeat for veteran Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Hungary election results live: Magyar’s Tisza projected to win two-thirds majority, in blow to Orbán www.reuters.com/world/hungar...

Listening to this one on Audible. Really interesting and engaging.

Fascinating

This meeting could’ve been an email

“Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.”
― Terry Pratchett, Eric #Discworld

NEW: As Feb PCE data confirms, the Fed had an inflation problem long before the Iran war

Progress toward 2% had stalled & ex-housing services inflation was stuck above a 20-yr avg of 2.7%, a backdrop that complicates rate decisions amid an energy shock

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/b... @nytimes.com

Inflation was looking like a problem even before the war. On a three-month annualized basis, PCE (both headline and core) topped 4% in February. Year-over-year core PCE is up 3%. And now the war will push prices higher. #NumbersDay
More from @colbylsmith.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/b...

Sorry you are having to go through this. Good luck.

Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum

Israeli strikes pummel Lebanon, killing 250 in deadliest day of war Israel carried out its heaviest strikes on Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah broke out last month, killing more than 250 people on Wednesday, as the Iran-aligned group resumed rocket attacks o...

Israel carried out its heaviest strikes on Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah broke out last month, killing more than 250 people, as the Iran-aligned group resumed rocket attacks on northern Israel after a brief pause under the two-week US-Iran ceasefire reut.rs/4tbDnda