Laura E. González

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Homeowners Are Ditching All-White Interiors for Something Less Vanilla wsj.com/real-estate/lu…

Jeff Booth: If you’re pricing Bitcoin in dollars, you don’t get it.

Leave it to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and their daughters to teach us the major musical scale with “Do Re Me.” 🎼

JUST IN: Lyn Alden says “Bitcoin is a buying opportunity” this morning on CNBC “Once we do have light at the end of the tunnel, I think some of those beaten down areas have a lot of upside.”

Trump seems to throw his own people under the bus an awful lot.

Mexican Hawaiians, Paniolos and Planters Sonora-born coffee grower Armando Rodriguez now calls Hawaii his home: carrying on a tradition since the early 1800s, when King Kamehameha welcomed vaqueros to the island to train horses & breed cattle. mexicosolidarity.com/mexican-hawaii…

Everyone has the right to live free from poverty & the chance to thrive. Yet millions are forced to choose between food, shelter or education. Every efforts must be made to eradicate poverty so all people, everywhere, can live with dignity & prosperity. un.org/sustainabledev…

There is a danger in becoming used to violence. When images of war, suffering, and loss no longer move us, we risk losing our sense of shared humanity. What should trouble us begins to feel normal. We cannot afford to become numb. Nonviolence calls us to remain aware, to remain compassionate, and to remain committed to protecting life, even when the world feels overwhelmed by conflict. #MLK #Nonviolence365 #BelovedCommunity

“Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherf*cker who plays it is 80 percent.” — Miles Davis

New episode of The Brainstorm. We sat down with Nicole Kagan, Head of Research at @Kalshi, to unpack prediction markets, what they are, what they are not, why they matter, and where they’re headed. They’re still widely misunderstood. This conversation aims to bring some clarity.

Native American veterans were serving this country before they were even legally considered U.S. citizens. That's not talked about enough. Visited the Hualapai Veterans Memorial today with warriors Mike, Herbert, and Franklin. Army and Marines. The memorial opened last Veterans Day and it's worth the visit.

“The biggest mistake we make in life is thinking we have time” ― Kobe Bryant

BREAKING 🇮🇹 Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope in 13 years to wash the feet of priests on Holy Thursday as Jesus did He is at the Lateran Basilica

Hawaii's Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5 to 0 today to approve a resolution calling on the U.S. Congress to deschedule cannabis, facilitate expungements and allow cannabis banking. themarijuanaherald.com/2026/04/hawaii…

Today, California is delivering on our promise to turn on the LARGEST public broadband network in the nation — and proving it works. The Bishop Paiute Tribe is the first community connected via their own tribally-owned internet provider.

Jack Mallers: "Rubio says Iran war to last weeks, not months, with no US ground troops needed. Okay, well then what the f**k is this? What's the letter to the Marines saying, prepare your family, we're going to war?" "Somehow, no matter who's the president, we're in conflict. Bush, conflict. Obama, conflict. Biden, conflict. Trump, conflict. Spend, spend, spend. Debt, debt, debt. Lie, lie, lie. War, war, war." "This isn't a blue thing, this isn't a red thing. This isn't a left thing, this isn't a right thing. This is, government's gotten too big, they have a monopoly on printing money, they can finance these things, they can steal our wealth through dilution, through inflation."

WATCH: The White House took down this video, but we still have it. Trump: We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.

“Focusing is about saying no.” ~ Steve Jobs

Your art won’t be for everyone, but it’s for someone. And that’s enough. Keep going.