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According to the United States Air Force Academy, Mitchell Hall is one of the world’s largest and most advanced dining facilities, capable of feeding 4,000 cadets in under 30 minutes and preparing 10,000 meals each day. Three days a week, cadets muster outside of the facility in formation and march in to eat a family-style …
MrBeast could be the final social-media megastar. MrBeast’s former manager says the age of social-media superstars is fading Reed Duchscher, MrBeast’s former manager, says we won’t see another MrBeast-scale creator soon. As social algorithms focus on individual interests, it’s harder for creators to achieve a broad reach. Influencers who stick to a niche are well-positioned …
The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here? The richest man on earth …
via GLP: “In the past couple of weeks I have noticed changes I don’t like. For example, I am subscribed to several gardening channels, notifications turned on, but they no longer show up in my feed. Instead I am bombarded with click bait AI gardening channels with dubious “tips” and misidentification of plants. I subscribe …
And now, it is showing up in the hard data. Credit card transactions began falling in a highly unseasonal manner in the last week of April. Spending slows down, layoffs speed up. It’s just that simple. pic.twitter.com/I7zBVDie5u — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) May 5, 2025 Bonds are setting up the ultimate catch-up trade. All the hard …
America is gonna lose their minds pic.twitter.com/g8cLmKoa9w — Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) April 28, 2025 $89 import charges on $64 worth of Temu merchandise. It has begun… pic.twitter.com/cKjdBDnBmb — Maine (@TheMaineWonk) April 28, 2025 Karen learning how tariffs work in real time pic.twitter.com/YKngYoC5wn — #TheResistance (@SocialPowerOne1) April 28, 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashes out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling him a “psychopath” and a “vampire that feeds on blood,” following Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that triggered a deadly fire in a camp for displaced people. Israel has lamented the “tragic mishap” and said its strike on …
I’m talking with #1MillionMarch4Children organizer in Ottawa Kamel El-Cheikh. That march is a huge success and it’s sending a powerful message to the woke far left: Stop sexualizing our children! pic.twitter.com/hccFcgR2qw — Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) September 20, 2023 Live With Kamel El-Cheikh And The Million March 4 Children https://t.co/Vyff0lnOzT — Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson (@LauraLynnTT) September …
Farmer wakes up and finds entire business consisting of 2 acres of crops destroyed. Feeds at least 100 people a week and has potentially lost a revenue of $80,000-100,000 of income following working 16-20hr days. He is not happy. https://twitter.com/Agent131711/status/1674431527378370566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw ‘This is the most detrimental time of the season for this to happen’: Farmer says …