Arizona Public Service, the state's largest utility, proposes a 45% electricity-rate increase for data centers to ensure "that they are paying their fair share" (@jennifer_hiller / Wall Street Journal)
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Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women’s health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives aimed at middle-aged women, including further study of menopause. https://t.co/t1uZECKti8
From 1966 to 2025 we dropped sterile flies over South America that ate screwworm and thus prevented them from spreading, but the le epic efficient cracked coders at DOGE thought this was a silly waste of the ~0 dollars it cost us.
NBA free agent Terry Rozier must forfeit most of his $26.6 million salary for the 2025-2026 season due to his alleged role in a sports gambling scheme, an arbitrator rules. https://t.co/WtcEv88otW
Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) filed an amicus brief today urging a federal judge to block the weaponization fund https://t.co/Y6jv4t1WTz
Wow - Cassidy signs onto brief stating, in part: "The Anti-Weaponization Fund presents an immediate and dire threat to our constitutional order and the authority of Congress. Indeed, among other purposes, the Fund is designed to compensate the insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. The existence of the Fund strikes at the core of Congressional authority and our Constitutional order"
A flesh-eating parasite that had been kept out of U.S. livestock for decades has been detected in Texas, threatening the nation’s cattle industry and food supply at a time when prices are already high. https://t.co/p011Q4crOe
My LG TV updates software in the background better than my Apple devices. Very annoying. Not sure why that’s not a post midnight endeavor that doesn’t require so much manual work.
Sam Altman says he has no plans to put money into the 2026 US midterms; OpenAI is seeking to distance itself from Greg Brockman-backed Leading the Future PAC (@birnbaum_e / Bloomberg)
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Two physician associate groups have sued the Trump administration over a federal rule limiting student loan borrowing for some graduate degree programs that impact healthcare professionals. https://t.co/yhORufApLh