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First images out of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, following an Iranian strike on their primary export hub.

Andrew Ross Sorkin challenged GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen on how $GME has enough financing to acquire $EBAY

A beekeeper in Massachusetts has been arrested after unleashing an entire swarm of bees on police officers who were trying to evict an elderly cancer patient from his home. Over 1000 bees died in the struggle, and one officer had to be hospitalized for bee-related injuries.

The data center buildout *is* the re-industrialization of America

Trump just announced that he will be going after all Smithsonian museums that teach “how bad Slavery was,” calling it “WOKE.”

THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED ON A CRUISE SHIP IN THE ATLANTIC- AFP CITING WHO WHO: ONE CASE OF HANTAVIRUS INFECTION HAS BEEN LABORATORY CONFIRMED, AND THERE ARE FIVE ADDITIONAL SUSPECTED CASES

In celebration of Randy Johnson’s number retirement, the Mariners are serving a 51-inch “Big Unit” hot dog at T-Mobile Park this Saturday and Sunday only. Price: $37

“The business model clearly doesn’t work, Spirit should be allowed to fail.” The problem is this is bigger than Spirit. The question now should be: Why doesn’t the business model work here while low-cost carriers flourish in Europe & Asia? Is there something fundamentally different about American travelers & what they want? Maybe, but not enough. Did US airlines do it worse? Also no, IMO. There are lots of factors (rising costs far beyond jet fuel being a big one) but one differentiator here is entrenched major US airlines have been permitted to dominate hub after hub & loyalty programs (read as: credit card revenue) that dwarf what exists in every other country, allowing big airlines to offset otherwise unprofitable flying. You need scale to truly compete in the airline industry. Major carriers were able to bury Spirit with that scale. There’s a reason why new upstarts like Breeze & Avelo really only fly between second-, third- and fourth-tier cities… As more airlines fail or merge, the big get bigger. This feels like a turning point. It’s only going to get worse. And while the lower cost end of the market vanishes, everyone else is moving upmarket: chasing “premium” travel at higher fares … yet retaining the even higher nickel-and-dime fees you all hate. This isn’t just about Spirit. We’re returning to that so-called “Golden Age of Air Travel” … and I’m not sure consumers are going to like it.

my broke buddy got twins on the way and he hit a $400 parlay the other night and ordered a parrot online

BREAKING: Israeli Police have released footage of the French nun who was violently assaulted by a 36-year-old Jewish extremist in front of the cenacle on Mount Zion.