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Global chip sales hit $298.5B in Q1 2026, up 25% from Q4 2025, and March sales were up 79.2% YoY to $99.5B, driven by strong sales in Asia and the Americas (Semiconductor Industry Association)
https://www.semiconductors.org/global-semiconductor-…

Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 25% from Q4 2025 to Q1 2026 - Semiconductor Industry Association
Worldwide chip sales in March increase 79.2% year-to-year, 11.5% month-to-month WASHINGTON—May 4, 2026—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor sales were $298.5 billion during the first quarter of 2026, an increase of 25% compared to Q4 of 2025. Global sales were $99.5 billion during the month of March 2026, an increase of 79.2% […]

The US has always been a nation of immigrants. The early US had debates on how long you had to have been here a citizen you could serve in the US Houses. This letter by Ben Franklin summarizes the debate (whose vote ended up very much pro-).
https://bjpryor.substack.com/p/immigra

Immigrants in Congress
Letter 101

Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing. ‘They Let Him Rot in There.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/us/ice-detention-deaths-immigrants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YVA.teBh.4RHWhZr2B1dx&…

Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing. ‘They Let Him Rot in There.’
As immigrant detainee deaths have increased, conditions in detention facilities nationwide are coming under more scrutiny.

At least 7 killed, 25 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/at-least-killed-injured-in.html

Miami Herald's Julie K. Brown gets a Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on the Jeffrey Epstein case, which led to Epstein's arrest in 2019 (Jason Nark/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/julie-brown-pulit…

Julie K. Brown receives Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on Jeffrey Epstein case
Brown's 2017 and 2018 reporting was cited at the awards ceremony. “Her work, and the government’s release of the Epstein files, continue to reverberate around the world.”

ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is taking steps to close Camp East Montana,
a massive immigrant detention camp near the Mexican border that opened less than eight months ago,
according to an internal ICE document reviewed by The Washington Post.

The document, distributed to agency staff this week,
indicated that ICE is drafting a letter to terminate the facility’s contract,
…

ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows
Preparations to shutter Camp East Montana in El Paso come less than eight months after facility’s opening, according to an internal ICE document.

Is it wrong to pay incarcerated people in jail? This Pennsylvania county says no
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-wrong-pay-incarcerated-people-pennsylvania.html

Honeycomb, which offers an AI-powered insurance platform for multi-unit residential properties, raised $40M led by Zeev, bringing its total funding to $95M (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/06/04/honeycomb-insurance-ai-apartments-40-million/

Exclusive: Investors bet $40 million on Honeycomb’s no-inspection landlord insurance AI
The startup’s automated underwriting engine ingests hundreds of data points per property to price its policies.

San Francisco immigration judge Jeremiah Johnson, 52, learned that he had been firedwhen he got an email from Attorney General Pam Bondi on a Friday in November.
Thirty seconds later, administrators locked his email.
He became one of the 104 judges fired by the Trump administration.
No reason was given, though immigration attorneys and advocates hypothesize that the administration targeted judges because of “perceived bias.” 
“It was surreal and also made me feel di…

Fired judge goes to the border, searching for what he missed on the bench 
After being fired from his post as immigration judge, Jeremiah Johnson decided to venture to the United States - Mexico border to better understand the experience of migrants crossing over.

In its latest quarterly report, Capcom says "PC sales account for approximately 50% of total unit sales, and we expect this ratio to continue increasing" (Shaun Prescott/PC Gamer)
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/ca

Capcom makes the majority of its sales on PC, and it expects the 'ratio to continue increasing'
PC makes up "approximately" half of all sales while other platforms share the rest.