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Apple's stock dropped 5% on Thursday, its worst day since April, following FTC scrutiny of Apple News and reports about delays with Siri (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/apple-stock-worst-day-ftc-siri.html

Apple has worst day since April as company faces FTC scrutiny, Siri delay reports
The iPhone-maker faces reported delays in its AI assistant and pressure from FTC chair Andrew Ferguson to look into possible political bias.

Falcons DE James Pearce Jr. charged with three felonies, one misdemeanor https://www.nfl.com/news/falcons-de-james-pearce-jr-charged-with-three-felonies-one-misdemeanor

Asia’s last great free-flowing river faces toxic contamination crisis https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/asias-last-great-free-flowing-river-faces-toxic-contamination-crisis/

Asia's last great free-flowing river faces toxic contamination crisis
Asia's longest free-flowing waterway between Thailand and Myanmar is facing a crisis.

UCLA's Hollywood Diversity Report finds that films with casts that are 41%-50% BIPOC achieved the highest median global and domestic box office receipts in 2025 (Arushi Jacob/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/diversity-report-casting-in-fil…

Hollywood Diversity Report: Audiences Prefer Diverse Casting in Films
UCLA's Hollywood Diversity Report for 2025 reported that audiences prefer diverse casting in films, and the industry's need to focus on diversity.

Der #Klimawandel gefährdet die weltweite #Pflanzenvielfalt.
Modellrechnungen zufolge könnten bis 2100 zwischen 7 und 16 Prozent der #Gefäßpflanzen mehr als 90 Prozent…

Klimawandel gefährdet Vielfalt: So viele Pflanzenarten könnten bis 2100 verschwinden
Die Erderwärmung schreitet voran. Sie führt dazu, dass sich einige Pflanzenarten anpassen, indem sie ihre Standorte in Richtung Pole verlagern. Doch nicht alle Arten können das schaffen, wie ein Forschungsteam berechnet.

Doin' US taxes again. Super blah without a donut!!
Last year my personal filing was about 200 pages long. (We also do a separate corporate filing.)
And once again my taxes will far, far, far exceed the actual disposable income I have received.
Yes, this is an upper-middle-class, first world problem.. But I do hate paying what amounts to big wads of $$ to pay for El Cheato's destruction of the US.

Following Hegseth and Hurst’s previous testimony two weeks ago, analyst Stephen Semler estimated that the U.S. government had spent
$71.8 billion over the first 60 days of the Iran war, or an average of $1.2 billion per day.
Aguilar also referred to similar estimates during his questioning, saying,
“Outside reporting estimates have indicated that the war costs could be a billion dollars a day.”
Later, as Hegseth began his opening speech at the Senate Subcommittee Hear…

Hegseth Won’t Say Whether Parents Should Forgo Childcare to Cover Defense Budget
The budget “will ensure the US continues to maintain the world’s most powerful and capable military,” he said.

Sie schrieb Filmgeschichte: die Schauspielerin und Sängerin Liza Minnelli wird 80!
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/liza-minnelli-80-jahre-jubilaeum-showbusiness-li.3448188

Liza Minnelli wird 80: Die Unbeugsame
Ein Kraftwerk auf der Bühne, eine Tochter Hollywoods aus der goldenen Zeit, eine Kämpferin bis heute – „Cabaret“-Star Liza Minnelli wird achtzig.

Sources: CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil is broadcasting from Taipei this week after failing to obtain a Chinese visa in time for the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/05/13/2026

Exclusive: CBS’ Tony Dokoupil to broadcast from Taiwan after failing to get China visa in time
It was a stumble in the network’s efforts to play a leading role in this week’s dominant global story.

Falcons' James Pearce Jr. charged with 3 felonies in incident involving WNBA's Rickea Jackson https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7113545/2026/03/12/falcons-james-pearce-charged-3-felonies-misdemeanor/