Steve Kim

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

California spent years building a case that oil companies were robbing drivers at the pump. A state investigation found zero evidence of price gouging. A six-month CBS investigation found what's actually happening.

The state charges a 61-cent excise tax per gallon plus environmental fees. It mandates a unique fuel blend that no other state uses, which means California can't just buy gas from Texas when supply gets tight. The market is isolated by design.

Then two refineries shut down. Valero in the Bay Area and Phillips 66 in Wilmington closed, taking 20% of the state's gasoline production offline. The reason they left: rising costs, tightening regulations, and a profit cap law that punishes good quarters without cushioning bad ones. Chevron's Richmond refinery manager put it plainly: cap the good months but don't support the bad ones, and the business becomes unviable.

So California created conditions that drove refineries out, lost a fifth of its production capacity, then blamed the remaining companies for the price increase that followed.

The numbers today: California average is $5.89/gal. Oklahoma is $3.27. The national average just crossed $4 for the first time since 2022. A USC study projects California could hit $7.35 to $8.43 by year end.

The state is now publicly asking oil companies to please stay. The same companies it spent years accusing of theft.

[Steve Kim @Cyclops714]

@OCFireAuthority The GoodYear blimp should cast a nice fat shadow over it during the day.

[FBI @FBI]

Help find this Person of Interest.

If you have any information, please call 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324) or https://t.co/iL7sD5efWD.

[NFL @NFL]

Lavonte David INT with under a minute left!

TBvsSEA on CBS/Paramount+
https://t.co/HkKw7uXVnt

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

The Padres were ready to kill the umps after this

[FBI Salt Lake City @FBISaltLakeCity]

We are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University.
1-800-CALL-FBI
Digital media tips: https://t.co/K7maX81TjJ

[Evil Empire @octoberstanton]

The SUPERTEAM Dodgers can’t even win against the 89 loss Colorado Rockies 😭😭😭😭

[Jeff Fletcher @JeffFletcherOCR]

Jo Adell has robbed a few other HRs, but off the top of my head I'm calling this the best catch of his career. (Maybe I'm forgetting one.)

[Sack Head Shaun @2againsttyranny]

Ok, I did some research because I wasn't going to sleep tonight if I didn't, this triggered the 'tism. I wanted to know the ratio, adjusted for population variances of heat deaths to gun deaths between the Europe and the US:

🔥 FACT CHECK: You're 3.6 times more likely to die from heat in Europe than from a firearm homicide in the U.S.

📊 Annual Deaths:

WHO European Region: ~175,000 heat-related deaths/year
▸ Source: World Health Organization, 2024
https://t.co/KDYbEn18JP
United States (CDC 2023): 17,927 firearm homicides/year
▸ Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
https://t.co/XrfPJQkmrr
📍 Adjusted for population:

WHO Europe: 19.4 deaths per 100,000 (population ~900 million)
United States: 5.4 deaths per 100,000 (population ~335 million)
➗ Ratio:

19.45.4≈3.6\frac{19.4}{5.4} \approx \mathbf{3.6}5.419.4​≈3.6

✅ Conclusion:
You are approximately 3.6x more likely to die from heat in Europe than from homicide by firearm in the U.S., even when adjusting for population.

BUT THEY WONT INSTALL AIR CONDITIONING

[Steve Kim @Cyclops714]

@stephenasmith @shedeur @DeionSanders Because in a team sport with other teammates, coaches, staff, owners, and fans, no one wants that diva that thinks he’s the center of the universe with a toxic father that thinks he knows everything. Doesn’t matter if it’s Prime Time or not. Skills ain’t enough. Stay humble.

[MLB @MLB]

Tatis 💣

[Los Angeles Angels @Angels]

DOUBLE TROUBLE! GAME OVER 🔥

[NFL @NFL]

.@TomBrady throwing to @RobGronkowski across Bourbon Street.

Legends. (via @NFLonFOX)

[Steve Kim @Cyclops714]

@CornellNFL Simply put, if we had any other coach, we would’ve won.

[Steve Kim @Cyclops714]

@Buccaneers This is not a mediocre team. We don’t want a mediocre coach.

[Steve Kim @Cyclops714]

@Buccaneers Until Todd Bowles goes, expect this to happen every year.

[𝓟𝓐𝓣 🗽 @Darts2Leek]

¡¡BAKER TO MIKE EVANS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, TIE GAME!!

#Commanders 10-10 #Buccaneers / #NFL

[Holy Roller NFL @HolyRollerNFL]

¡¡EL DÚO MAYFIELD-EVANS ES INEVITABLE EN EL JUEGO!! ¡¡TOUCHDOWN DE LOS BUCCANEERS!!🔥🤩

#WeAreTheKrewe | #NFL

[Last Take™ @TheRealLastTake]

The Texans seriously just blocked the Chargers PAT attempt and ran it back for two points….

This genuinely only happens on Madden

[NFL @NFL]

MIKE EVANS. 1,000 YARDS ONCE AGAIN.