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@WallStreetApes @greggutfeld It was obvious before the fact when the event themes was. "Never waste a tragedy!"

California Rep Kevin Kiley says they have learned the $100 million dollar pacific palisades Fire Aid concert money was laundered to nonprofits “What we have learned is absolutely beyond belief — Tens of thousands of people donated raising a hundred million dollars for what they was were told was direct relief for the victims. But now we've learned that this money didn't go to the victims at all. Instead, it went to nonprofits” Here are some examples - CA Native Vote Project: $100,000 for voter participation for Native Americans - Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE): $250,000 for programs prioritizing undocumented immigrants - Altadena Talks Foundation: $100,000 went to supported podcasts, including Toni Raines podcast - NAACP Pasadena: $100,000 political advocacy - Los Angeles Black Worker Center $550,000 to political advocacy organizations - Center for Applied Ecological Remediation: $500,000 for fungus/microbe/plant soil remediation projects Over $500,000 went to bonuses for nonprofit leaders and consultants

@JamesRosenTV I like this image a lot!

Detail from the Cannon Rotunda. When you work on Capitol Hill, as I am privileged to do periodically, every square inch within a 360° radius contains some amazing architectural feature, a hidden sculpture or passageway, or yet another small but fascinating visual detail.

@adamcarolla Still, NICE made more sense than, DICE or LICE.

Thanks for the recognition. I traced it back to nov 2018. That was the first time I said it on stage

@JamesRosenTV @VH1 @ringostarrmusic @JoeWalsh So you are not some Johnny-come-lately Beatle-obsessed fan who just discovered the members last week? You are part of the culture and mystique, @JamesRosenTV !

Why, yes, mine *is* the only face on the back cover of the 1998 @VH1 “Storytellers” album by ⁦@ringostarrmusic⁩, peeking over legendary guitarist (and Ringo’s brother-in-law) @JoeWalsh, that doesn’t belong to a band member. Ringo gave me a nickname, too. Not divulging it.

@OwenGregorian It's a scarcity mindset.

And when you ask ‘em “How much should we give?” They only answer “More, more, more” - John Fogerty

@JustineBateman Given the homeless situation, any estimate as to how many thousand pink girl's bicycles have been stolen?

Your turn, Los Angeles.

@lordbuckly @EricLDaugh To her campaign, these are freebies. Hope the signs become, at best, memorabilia to Socialist Propaganda collectors.

@EricLDaugh This is what she spent our money on.

🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass installed over 450 signs declaring public property “OFF LIMITS” for ICE But the U.S. Attorney has deemed them 100% NULL AND VOID Karen Bass is pathetic! Vote Spencer Pratt! ICE agents will go ANYWHERE they need to arrest illegals 🇺🇸 🎥 @MattSeedorff

@ZiaErica @thevivafrei I totally respect the family’s right to privacy. At what point do you believe they will be comfortable revealing the date she passed? Grief is so personal. I work exclusively with estates and trusts for 35 yrs. My family owned one of largest chains of mortuaries in CA.

@thevivafrei Honestly... I'm so shocked that you would speculate like that. You are wrong. And this is so beneath you to post something like this. You could have reached out to any of us. This family is PRIVATE... Scott was the public figure. Not them. Come on Viva... lord.

My first thought, and I have no insider information or confidential details, is suicide. In the absence of any other corroborating illness, when a caregiver loses the person they were caring for, life can become even more difficult. I hope I am wrong. One way or the other, this is an unfathomable tragedy. Prayers for everyone.

@OwenGregorian @MarcelaMarjean Do you have any idea how many times an hour you change your mind about tasks? THINK < BACKSPACE < TURN AROUND < DELETE

This mind-reading beanie could make keyboards obsolete | Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas Dictation tech for typing on your computer and mobile devices has gotten way better and more accessible over the last few years, thanks to sophisticated AI models. But an upcoming device can remove even more friction from the process of getting words onto your screen, by simply reading your thoughts. Palo Alto, California-based startup Sabi is developing what its CEO calls the most wearable brain-computer interface (BCI) on the planet. It's a beanie that you can simply slip on and think about what you want to type, and it'll appear on a connected device at about 30 words per minute. The venture capital-backed company, which came out of stealth earlier this month, lines these beanies with up to 100,000 tiny sensors, each smaller than a lentil. These are electroencephalography (EEG) sensors designed to record electrical activity from the brain, and they can capture enough to translate your thoughts into text without you uttering a single word out loud. The big draw here is that, unlike other BCI's like Elon Musk's Neuralink, you don't need to first have your skull drilled into, and wear an implant on your brain where strong signals can be picked up easily. Instead, you can just don a hat and you're good to go. In addition, Sabi's tech is said to be able to pick up continuous speech as opposed to finite sets of commands like conventional EEG-based devices. The stack includes the aforementioned miniscule biosensors that are powered by chips designed in-house, as well as the company's Brain Foundation Model, which it describes as being trained on the world's largest neural decoding dataset. Wired notes this amounts to some 100,000 hours of data from 100 volunteers to learn what brain signals are supposed to universally correspond to specific activities. That should help ensure that when two Sabi users think of typing out a particular word, the exact same word appears on screen – despite the signals from their brains potentially differing somewhat. As someone who records a ton of voice memos and has dabbled in using dictation apps to type, I'd be up to try it. The challenge with those options, even with all the powerful transcription and summarization tools available, is that you've got to speak out loud, and that's not discreet enough for a shared workplace. As for privacy, Sabi says your data is encrypted before it's sent to the cloud, and as such, its model has been trained on encrypted signals rather than unprotected raw data. And as with other BCIs, this could make computing and communication significantly more accessible to people with impaired motor functions, whether from disabilities or injuries. Since it doesn't require surgical implants, people could try it before committing to the solution with a lot less hassle. Sabi's beanie is slated to arrive by the end of 2026; a baseball cap version will follow. We don't yet know what these will cost, and whether they'll be able to do more than type. But I sure am excited about the idea of putting a new type of thinking cap on. newatlas.com/wearables/sabi…

@hunleyeric Sad. Very sad. As Scott taught us, let’s wait (48) hours. I’m in conflict with my intuition here.

This is heartbreaking to hear.

@OwenGregorian Your alliteration is making me spit my coffee all over the floor.

Starbucks CEO roasted as ‘out of touch’ over defense of $9 coffee: ‘Affordable premium experience’ | Anna Young, New York Post Brew-tally expensive. Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is getting roasted for being “out of touch” after defending the company’s $9 cup of coffee – insisting the steep price reflects a “premium experience” offered to customers. The coffee giant’s chief – who earlier this year was granted access to the company jet for personal travel – said that customers across all income levels are willing and happy to shell out big money for a chance to interact with baristas or score a “great seat” inside the chain. “What we’re seeing is people, you know, they want to have a special experience, and regardless of what your income level is, in some cases, a $9 experience does feel like you’re splurging,” Niccol told The Wall Street Journal’s “What’s News AM” podcast. “And then, what that means is we have to make it worthwhile, right? And then in other cases, people believe, ‘Well this is a really affordable premium experience.’ Because they’re saying like, ‘Well it’s less than $10 and I get a really premium experience,'” he continued. “So, regardless of where you’re stationed in those income cohorts, we want to make that experience worth your while. And what we know is what’s definitely something that drives that value is to be able to have a great seat, having a great moment of connection with a barista.” When podcast host Luke Vargas pressed on whether a “K-shaped” economy – where the wealthy recover while everyone else struggles post-pandemic – was hitting Starbucks‘ bottom line, Niccol said it wasn’t impacting the company’s business or revenue. He even bragged how the coffee chain is “doing really well” with younger generations. “We’re doing really well with Gen Z and millennials, and then really had strong performances across all income cohorts,” Niccol said, adding customers have described Starbucks visits as a form of escapism. “It can start with as little as $3 for a traditional cup of coffee. And then obviously you can build your way into all sorts of customized drinks that people love that move that ticket up…. The way we’re going to play the value game is you’re going to feel like it was worth it.” He insisted customers value the experience over discounts or flashy one-off promotions. Critics ripped into Niccol’s “corporate slop jargon” after a snippet of his interview was posted on the WSJ’s Instagram page Wednesday. “This is a guy who remote works from Orange county and then takes a private jet to work in Seattle. He’s out of touch,” one digital naysayer fumed. Another said: “‘A great moment of connection with your barista.’ Bro just poor the damn coffee.” “When was the last time Starbucks felt like a premium experience,” one person raged, as another queried, “Starbucks is a premium experience?” Others called on customers to “boycott” Starbucks and visit their “local coffee shops.” “So….. bad coffee. bad pricing. great experience justifies an over-specialty price? Shop local bro.” nypost.com/2026/05/01/us-…

@realEstateTrent This is really a full 360. Original McD’s #1 in San Bernardino was walk-up only.

After many years in Manhattan, this McDonald’s remodeled. Registers out. Self-ordering terminals in. There’s also now an outdoor pickup window. What’s your biggest takeaway?

@JamesRosenTV Great product placement idea! Do we have a project about to start on lower shelf, @JamesRosenTV ?

If you are visiting the #SupremeCourt this lovely spring, stop by the bookstore and pick up a copy of SCALIA: SUPREME COURT YEARS, 1986-2001. A great honor for this kid from Staten Island to occupy shelf space there, let alone alongside Justice Scalia’s own books.

@lordbuckly @gatewaypundit Maybe DOJ’s strategy is to slowly starve him to death. I’d doubt his real book sales amount to much nor are Dems incentivized to buy them in bulk. Seriously, isn’t it just symbolic?

Federal Prosecutors to Seize Comey's Book Sale Profits thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/federa… #gatewaypundit via @gatewaypundit

@JamesRosenTV @LBJLibrary Great find. Something Bob Caro had not shared yet.

Letter from President Lyndon Johnson to the Smothers Brothers, November 1968. cc: @LBJLibrary

@lordbuckly @weijia @tamarakeithNPR I think the stolen wine may be the only good story to come out: One bottle to remember the event. The second bottle to forget the evening.

@weijia @tamarakeithNPR Less the stolen wine and champagne by the journalists who support micro looting.

The Hilton donated the ~2600 dinners that went unserved at WHCD. They freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf life before giving them to 2 shelters for abused women and children. HUGE thank you to the staff that worked through the night under terrible circumstances.

@joelpollak Hell yeah!

Scott Adams biography — writing in progress. Aiming for fall release.

@OwenGregorian In a strange way, I kinda like the idea that she took both bottles. One as a momento to remember the evening. The other to forget the experience.

Woman seen snatching wine bottles in aftermath of White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting | Ryan King, New York Post Duck, cover, and grab the wine! A woman was caught on camera blissfully snatching bottles of wine during the chaotic aftermath of the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. While throngs of reporters and other guests fled the Washington Hilton ballroom, an unknown blonde woman wearing posh black fur went straight for a table to stockpile booze. Because the shooting took place early on during the salad portion of the marquee dinner, there was an abundance of wine left abandoned at tables across the ballroom. The woman’s identity is not immediately clear, and it’s not apparent whether she was a journalist or some other guest. Footage of the wine grab quickly went viral. But netizens were torn whether snatching the wine was in poor taste given what could’ve been a tragic evening if the shooter wasn’t stopped, or a fiscally prudent move given the high price tag of the swanky dinner. “So, there you have press members STEALING wine bottles: this is who the press is! Repugnant!” one user wrote, showing a video of the wine-loving attendee. “How shameless, after the shooting incident, journalists are stealing liquor bottles in the same hall where President Donald Trump was also present,” a different user fumed. “How is this stealing? They were placed on the tables for dinner. They were meant to be consumed. Everything was already paid for,” another poster wrote in defense of the pilfering. “Bro they paid $350+ a plate and the night got canceled early, free wine tax refund is fair game,” a user named Bullz wrote. Other attendees were similarly caught exiting the ballroom with bottles of wine after chaos engulfed the marquee DC dinner. CAA agent Michael Glantz also went viral for being seen on camera casually eating his salad while other attendees were hiding under the tables due to the shooting. Saturday night’s annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner was interrupted by a deranged gunman who attempted to rush past security and opened fire before being pinned down by security. Multiple shots were fired, but ultimately only one Secret Service officer suffered a minor injury after getting shot in their bulletproof vest. President Trump and cabinet officials were promptly evacuated from the dinner in response. It was the first White House Correspondents’ Dinner Trump, 79, has attended as president. The suspect, who has been identified as Cole Allen, 31, of Torrance, Calif., attempted to breach the security perimeter to get to the ballroom where the dinner was taking place. Technically, access to the Washington Hilton, which hosts the feted dinner, is only guarded by loose ticket checks. Those attending pre-dinner parties or staying at the hotel don’t get screened for weapons. Screening for weapons happens before entering the ballroom itself. Allen is now facing two counts of discharging a firearm during a crime and one count of assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon, according to US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro. He is set to be arraigned on April 27. nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-…

@lordbuckly @susancrabtree Still trying to make sense of this. Unless …

@susancrabtree How could you miss at this range???

Why did this Secret Service officer miss?

@lordbuckly I got a call from former child actor, known for his “Quick Draw” six-shooter skills in old TV westerns and ads. It was just prior to the WHC dinner so now I’ve gotta call him back. If the man is running in a straight line, how did Secret Service Agent miss hitting the guy?

The head of the Secret Service reports to Suzy Wiles. She has a mad crush on him. But when the assassins THEMSELVES are calling out your org you have to go. "PS: Ok now that all the sappy stuff is done, what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, gonna rant a bit here and drop the formal tone. Like, I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo. What I got (who knows, maybe they’re pranking me!) is nothing. No damn security. Not in transport. Not in the hotel. Not in the event. Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance. I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat. The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before. Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again. Like, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed shit."