us.palaisdesthes.com from France is a favourite. Also camellia-sinensis.com in Montreal ships to the US, and www.saratogateaandhoney.com in Saratoga Springs NY is worth a look.

This is very likely CBP not ICE. They’ve been doing it for years. (Not that this makes it ok).

I know I am being pedantic given the topic, but EVERYONE has an accent. Just because someone sounds different to you, or the majority of people around you, does not mean you do not have an accent.

CBP have been doing this at BOS (& elsewhere?) for several years. 1st time I saw it was during Covid. Are you sure the passenger did not get confused btwn CBP & ICE? Purpose was never explained & they made sure you felt like you couldn’t say no but told US citizens photos would be deleted in hours.

One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!

…the Ranger Monument at Pointe du Hoc gets super busy but the coastal views can be impressive. Overlord museum (equipment) was pretty good. Omaha beach museum was also worth stopping by & had info on the Mulberry harbor if thats interesting. A solid 3 days for all that I’d say.

We went in summer and surprised by the number of tourists. Stayed in Bayeux which i’d recommend - has alot of character & near everything. Highly recommend Normandy American Cemetery of course, Omaha beach, the batteries at Longues sur Mer, the British Normandy Memorial @ Ver sur Mer…

WWII sites, beaches & Bayeaux Tapestry (now closed & enroute @britishmuseum.bsky.social) done in 2023. Happy to share if that’s the purpose of your trip.

The NTSB's preliminary report on the UPS MD-11 accident in Louisville is out.

"Examination of the left pylon aft mount lug fractures found evidence of fatigue cracks in addition to areas of overstress failure."

Yikes.

Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI|Hardcover An Instant New York Times Bestseller“A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not just in Silicon Valley but around the world . . . With Empire of AI, Hao is fundamentally shaping many peop...

And it’s so much worse than just not creating jobs (in Chile, or anywhere else), as this highly recommended read on the entire industry clearly lays out
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/empire-of-...

Bookshelf in Barnes&Noble with Ben Coates books, including The Invention of Amsterdam

Even found the trilogy in stock in Portsmouth, New Hampshire 🇺🇸 of all places. Went ahead and added the most recent release to my own bookshelf

When Democrats get in trouble, they’ve often turned to southern saviors. Will they again? - The Boston Globe As Democrats seek a path back to power, some think the party should look southward.

Democrats are trying to rebuild before the midterms and the 2028 presidential election. Today's Starting Point explores whether the party’s future lies in the South.

Are interstellar objects proof of alien life? This could finally settle the debate. The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it. It's going to be fun."

I wrote about Rubin again, this time about the telescope's capacity to find potentially dozens of interstellar objects.

It's going to be wild, as one astronomer put it, "like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it."
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

There is a direct correlation between how bad the Epstein saga is getting for him, and how much he’s willing to crash the stock market so that the news media shouts “Squirrel!”

The never ending UK “inside lane” versus US “outside lane” debate. You were correct the first time @byerussell.com

What? No complimentary PlaneSense membership?

Isn’t that part of what planning a trip is all about? Even better when you save money on a rebooking, snag a better seat, or find an even nicer place to spend the night!

bsky.app/profile/aero...

And, anecdotally, transatlantic premium class reward redemptions are still plentiful in the height of summer.

Heathrow warns of weakening demand for US business travel UK’s largest airport says US economic uncertainty has made market ‘challenging’

The canaries continue to get quieter …

www.ft.com/content/ac4e...

#avgeek @byerussell.com

DOGE is a sabotage risk to any administration and likely already did irreversible damage.

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

The Mount Etna video today is incredible.

@wutangforchildren.bsky.social

"Getting rid of USAID is a very easy way of winning headlines... But if your one accomplishment in government is to rip funds away from the neediest, so that they can die, so they can be unmedicated, so that they can starve, that is a moral stain that I hope will haunt you 'til the day you die."

Sam and Jony... and skepticism

sixcolors.com/post/2025/05...

I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

A Maryland town backed Trump's cost-cutting pledge. Now it's a target Emmitsburg is home to the National Fire Academy, effectively the war college for U.S. firefighters. The Trump administration's decision to halt classes has some townspeople pondering their votes.

Same plot as this story NPR did last week. “I didn’t think it was going to affect me, and I am not yet sure I really made a mistake”

www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...

When an American farmer sells $1 million worth of soy to China, the farmer and the US are losing money.

When an American farmer lets $1 million worth of soy rot in silos due to lack of customers, the farmer and the US are making money.

Very simple. You all just don't understand business.

The Worst Generation We owe a debt of gratitude to the Greatest Generation, which beat back authoritarianism around the globe. But today's Republican Party has made a mockery of that legacy.

Winston Churchill said of the Battle of Britain pilots, “Never was so much owed to so few.” To these cowardly Republicans, we can only say, “Never was so few to blame for so much.”

The Worst Generation www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-worst-...

Sure but when it doesn’t work, has to be deactivated by the crew, or it’s an emergency and no one can see what’s going on outside, any novelty will wear off pretty quick. I’m claiming the #flyingwarehouse moniker now…