The UK Government Lobbied For Putting Migrants And Trans People On Banknotes

"Open The F**kin' Strait": Trump Blasts Iran As IEA Head Warns Of Panic Fuel Hoarding In Asia International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol told the Financial Times this weekend that governments must avoid panic hoarding and refrain from imposing fuel export bans as the Gulf energy shock ripples outward to Asia, Africa, Europe, and eventually reaches the US West Coast. "I urge all countries not to impose bans or restrictions on exports," Fatih Birol emphasized in the interview. "It is the worst time when you look at the global oil markets....

Tech Bros Aim To Sidestep Local Resistance By Installing Mini Data Centers In Homes California-based startup Span has developed XFRA, a distributed AI-compute network that turns unused electrical capacity in residential homes and small businesses into miniature data centers.   It may be one of the more ingenious workarounds yet from tech bros, as traditional data-center buildouts are increasingly delayed or canceled, not only because of permitting bottlenecks and grid constraints, but also because of rising local opposition. Across parts of the country, ordinary folks are watching power bills surge, while AI...

"Low Hire, No Fire": Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Plunge To Record Low We have gone from a "low hire, low fire" economy to "AI chatbot hire, no fire." We joke, but really there is no other way to explain what is going on here: this morning the Dept of Labor reported that in the week ended April 25, jobless claims fell 26k to 189k (from an upward revised 215k), compared with median est. 212k. And... are you sitting down... this was the lowest weekly jobless print on record. With the est. range at 205k-228k, today's...