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Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero, which has 19M registered users and $30M in annual recurring revenue; PitchBook: GPTZero is valued at $88M (Geoff Weiss/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/superhuman-acquires-gptzero-ai…

Superhuman acquires GPTZero to enhance AI authenticity tools
Superhuman is acquiring GPTZero, the AI detection startup founded by 26-year-old Princeton grad Edward Tian.

Trump's motorcade drove directly across the drained Reflecting Pool while it was being painted.
On May 7, Trump paid a visit to the Reflecting Pool to meet with reporters and inspect the new paint personally.
To get there, the motorcade drove across the drained Reflecting Pool from the Washington Monument side.
It made an impressive spectacle,
but may have damaged the bottom of the pool in the process.
Not that this administration cares much about science, …

Trump's Motorcade Driving Across The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool May Have Contributed To Damage
With several heavy vehicles driving across the empty reflecting pool, the motorcade may have caused damage to the structure underneath the new blue liner.

NFL Network: Falcons TE Kyle Pitts agrees to three-year, $54M contract https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-network-falcons-te-kyle-pitts-agrees-to-three-year-54m-contract

Hauling logs across to the sawmill. I've got a certain amount done this morning, but it's now too hot to work.
#TheJoyOfCrofting

Regional and Seasonal Effects of #GeomagneticStorms on Terrestrial Weather: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL121097 -> Powerful Solar Storms May Change Weather Patterns Across North America: https://www.unh.edu/news/powerful-solar-storms-may-change-weather-patterns-across-north-america - UNH scientist discovers the sun’s outbursts may briefly weaken rain and snow events.

How Bolivia’s cacao farmers took on the gold-mining industry – and won https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/22/mining-agriculture-cacao-farmers-resisting-bolivia-gold-rush

The global growth outlook 2026 is increasingly defined by weakening momentum across major economies.
Growth downgrades are emerging simultaneously across advanced and emerging regions.
As a result, analysts are shifting from recession forecasts toward concerns about prolonged stagnation.
This synchronized deceleration suggests that the world economy is entering a phase of structurally weaker expansion rather than a short cyclical dip

Global Growth Slowdown 2025–2026: Are Major Economies Sliding Into a Synchronized Stagnation?
Global growth outlook 2026 highlights slowing momentum, weak demand, and synchronized risks across major economies

African swine fever outbreaks increase in pigs and wild boar across the EU https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/african-swine-fever-outbreaks-increase-pigs-and-wild-boar-across-eu

African swine fever outbreaks increase in pigs and wild boar across the EU
In 2025, African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks increased across the European Union in both domestic pigs (+76%) and wild boar (+44%) compared to 2024, according to EFSA’s latest annual epidemiological report. The disease reemerged in Spain after 31 years without detections, raising the number of affected Member States to 14.

“Expanding the Supreme Court is no different than redistricting in California and Virginia.
It is a proportionate response to Republican attempts to degrade liberal democracy and move America toward a post-liberal order.”
https://open.…

It Is Time for Ruthless Aggression
The national battle over gerrymandering should be just the first step. Next up: expanding SCOTUS.

Fossil fuel subsidies and high costs stall energy transition across rural Indonesia https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/fossil-fuel-subsidies-and-high-costs-stall-energy-transition-across-rural-indonesia/

Fossil fuel subsidies and high costs stall energy transition across rural Indonesia
DENPASAR, Indonesia — Renewable energy uptake has yet to gather momentum across Indonesia’s more than 84,000 villages, a new report concludes, as the government of the world’s fourth-largest country pledges to achieve a radical energy transformation over the next decade. “Village street lighting has increased, while household use has declined due to high initial costs, […]