BREAKING: Trump is overhauling federal science funding by directing the roughly $200 billion annual research budget away from traditional university grants and toward artificial intelligence and individual scientists, per WSJ
BREAKING: Shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, per CNN
"Microsoft, $MSFT, is facing backlash after announcing 4,800 layoffs, including 1,600 in its Xbox division, while USCIS data shows the company has been approved to hire 2,273 foreign workers this year through the H-1B visa program," per FOX
Shame on @citibank for allowing a loophole to auto-approve charges under $15 -- allowing a thief to rapidly fraudulently charge $14 to my wife TWO THOUSAND TIMES. Really, your system can't detect that a thousand repeated charges might be fraud?
A single bird has just accomplished one of the most extraordinary feats in the animal kingdom — flying nearly one-third of the way around the Earth without stopping to eat, drink, or rest.
The record-breaker is a five-month-old Bar-tailed Godwit that flew nonstop from Alaska to Tasmania, Australia. Covering 8,425 miles in just over 11 days, it set a new record for the longest nonstop flight ever documented in any bird.
What makes this journey even more astonishing is that it was the young godwit’s very first migration. The entire route took place over the open Pacific Ocean, with no chance to land. Despite that, the bird navigated thousands of miles of featureless water with pinpoint accuracy.
This incredible endurance is made possible by remarkable physiological adaptations. Before takeoff, the godwit packs on enormous fat reserves — nearly half its body weight — to fuel the flight. At the same time, many of its internal organs, including parts of the digestive system, temporarily shrink to lighten the load and maximize energy efficiency.
Unlike many seabirds that depend heavily on gliding, this godwit flapped continuously for the entire journey, battling shifting winds and weather systems the whole way.
Researchers at the Pūkōroro Auckland Shorebird Centre say discoveries like this are transforming our understanding of migratory birds. Their astonishing endurance, navigation skills, and energy management demonstrate biological capabilities that can match — and in some ways surpass — even the most advanced human engineering.
BREAKING: As of tonight, 1 in 7 homes for sale in America is in Florida - a state with only ~8% of the nation's homes.
The Florida for-sale market is flashing warning signs:
45% of listings have taken a price cut (6.6 pts above the national rate)
1 in 10 homes are selling for less than the original owner paid
>Be born in 1949
>Don't have to fight in a war
>Be 20 years old in time for the summer of '69
>Pick up some ridiculous 11/10 who's hitchhiking to Woodstock in my Plymouth Roadrunner I bought after working a summer job for a month
>She's immediately into me because she's from a small town and I'm the only man in her life who's not her father or brother
>Bring her home and marry her
>Go to get a job, hired off the street with no experience and get trained
>Buy 10 acres of land for less than what I make in a year
>rent out my land for decades
>retire and sit around house all day looking at my collection of boats and cars I never use
Kids today just don't understand hard work and pulling themselves up by their bootstraps!
GOP Rep. Troy Nehls, when asked about 60% of Americans struggling with affordability: "Affordability? What are you talking about?... I'm gonna get me a couple of big lobster tails. I'm gonna get me some nice rib eyes... Maybe the 60% of Americans don't work as hard as I do."