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Survey: 57% of US women and 47% of men ages 18 to 29 say they get health and wellness information from influencers; women say they see such content more often (Aaron Smith/Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/20

Nearly 6 in 10 young women get health and wellness information from influencers
Young women are especially likely to say they often see influencer content about beauty and appearance.

How sports stars can also be influential climate leaders https://theconversation.com/how-sports-stars-can-also-be-influential-climate-leaders-285199

How sports stars can also be influential climate leaders
Climate leadership does not require personal perfection. In fact, acknowledging contradiction can strengthen credibility.

US wholesale prices surged 4% last month after the war in Iran sent energy prices soaring (Paul Wiseman/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/inflation-oil-gasoline-inflation-trump-6990c9ca0e19553b40c13af11b9c575b
http://www.memeorandum.com/260414/p63#a260414p63

Trump’s policies are working together to hike prices, as midterms approach
Trump promised to bring inflation down. Yet he keeps doing things that push prices up.

The war on Iran is Exhibit A. When Iranian authorities retaliated by closing the Strait of Hormuz, a global energy lifeline, the price of gasoline jumped more than 50 percent from pre-war levels.
Consumers are now paying an average of $4.51 per gallon, according to AAA.

Higher energy costs are also spreading…

Trump’s policies are working together to hike prices, as midterms approach
Trump needs lower inflation to help Republicans in the November elections. But some of his main economic policies are causing prices to rise.

It's bad enough that normies do it, but it's awful when a cybersecurity company does.
"Through its investigation, law enforcement also found that General Informatics had been using the same username and password for its remote access tool across its clientele."
https://www…

La. FD sues cybersecurity firm after hackers infiltrate network
The St. George Fire Protection District alleges a cybersecurity contractor failed to prevent a breach that left its network vulnerable to ransomware and other attacks

Christliche Influencer: Beistand vom Herrn und Nähe zur AfD
http://www.taz.de/Christliche-Influencer-haben-AfD-Kontakte/!6186916/

Kamerabrillen: So stellt sich Meta Gesichtserkennung vor
Meta erwägt Gesichtserkennung für seine Smart Glasses. Technikchef Andrew Bosworth gibt erstmals Einblick, wie eine solche Funktion implementiert werden könnte.

Kamerabrillen: So stellt sich Meta Gesichtserkennung vor
Meta erwägt Gesichtserkennung für seine Smart Glasses. Technikchef Andrew Bosworth gibt erstmals Einblick, wie eine solche Funktion implementiert werden könnte.

Ian Crosby's Synthetic, which is building an AI bookkeeper, raised a $10M seed led by Khosla; Crosby founded Bench, which raised $100M and imploded in 2024 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/khos…

Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose first startup, Bench, imploded | TechCrunch
Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.

Profiting From Inflated Hospital Prices (Merrill Goozner/Washington Monthly)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/05/14/hospital-prices-health-care-inflation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260514/p24#a260514p24

Conservative Influencers Tap a Nonprofit to Pay for Their Security (Ken Bensinger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/business/media/conservative-influencer-security.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260514/p22#a260514p22