Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s newly elected CDU party, announced that the border will remain open.

Apple announced plans to invest over $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years, focusing on advanced manufacturing, silicon engineering, and artificial intelligence.— Article

Demo of two AI agents on a phone call realizing they’re both AI and switching to a more efficient language called Gibberlink.

PSA: As part of its Hasbara 2.0 strategy, israel is disguising its propaganda as “America First” rhetoric. This isn’t just influence
— it’s infiltration.

We Studied Dragons in the Bible (Here’s What We Found) | BibleProject

Explore how biblical authors use dragon imagery to describe the human and spiritual forces that pull creation into disorder and death.

Haze or smoke on Delta plane forces passengers to evacuate via slides at Atlanta airport

The plane, which was headed to South Carolina, returned to the Atlanta airport.— Article

“The AI system will determine whether someone’s work is mission-critical or not.”

“post-Holocaust reckoning”

Planes nearly collide at Chicago’s Midway Airport this morning.

The Texas Agriculture Commissioner warned of a “growing cartel threat” at the southern border, urging ranchers to be extremely cautious.— Article

LGBT individuals in Germany support the “far-right” Alternative for Germany (AfD) more than any other party.

The warning comes as US stocks are highly concentrated, with the top five S&P 500 stocks making up 26.4% of the index and “new economy” stocks accounting for over half its value.— Article

Trump says the US will sell “gold cards” to foreigners willing to pay $5 million: “Green card privileges-plus” as a route to citizenship.

A new search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been launched more than a decade after the plane went missing in one of aviation’s greatest enduring mysteries. — Article

Resolutions urging the Supreme Court to “restore the definition of marriage to a union between one man and one woman” have been introduced in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Idaho.— Article

The Most Painful Death Ever | Wendigoon

On the morning of Sept. 30, 1999, at a nuclear plant in Tokaimura, Japan, 35-year-old Hisashi Ouchi and two other workers were purifying uranium oxide to make fuel rods for a research reactor.

Suddenly, they were startled by a flash of blue light, the first sign that something terrible was about to happen.

This means we are now set to see:

1. 25% tariffs on Canada
2. 25% tariffs on Mexico
3. 25% tariffs on the EU
4. 10% tariffs on China
5. (Potential) 100% tariffs on BRICS

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