California drivers fork over $6.30 plus per gallon as Sacramento policies favor foreign oil…

Gavin Newsom and Democrats duck the blame game while Chevron exposes their policy disaster…

 California families and workers eat the direct hit from shuttered refineries and lost jobs…

Chevron just added these new signs to their pumps educating customers, “Sacramento policies did this. Now you pay more”

 “California politicians are choosing foreign oil and fuels over local jobs and lower costs”

 This is what we need. Huge companies willing to educate the public and tell the truth

 It’s Gavin Newsom and Democrat policies causing $6.30+ average cost per gallon in California

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Ebola emergency spirals in central Africa

 The World Health Organization has officially classified the Bundibugyo virus outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern…

The virus has spread from the Democratic Republic of the Congo into Uganda, with confirmed cases now reaching Kampala…

As of late May, there are over 500 suspected cases and more than 130 suspected deaths reported across the region…

Health experts warn that the true number of cases is likely “the tip of the iceberg” due to conflict and displacement…

The current strain is notoriously difficult because there is currently no approved vaccine or specific medical treatment available…

Global humanitarian groups are sounding the alarm as funding cuts have left the response severely understaffed and undersupplied…

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff there said Saturday. It was the second such attack in the region in a week.

No one was hurt in the attack, according to initial reports but as patients ran out to escape the fire, 18 people with suspected Ebola infections left the facility and are now unaccounted for, a local hospital director said.

The angry residents had arrived at the clinic in the town of Mongbwalu on Friday night and set fire to a tent set up for suspected and confirmed Ebola cases by the Doctors Without Borders humanitarian group, Dr. Richard Lokudi, director of the Mongbwalu hospital, told The Associated Press.

“We strongly condemn this act, as it caused panic among the staff and also resulted in the escape of 18 suspected cases into the community,” he said.

On Thursday, another treatment center, in the town of Rwampara, was burned down after family members were banned from retrieving the body of a local man suspected to have died of Ebola.

Burials of Ebola-victims stir anger, frustration

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Rescued Wingless Bumblebee Can't Stop Having Zoomies | The Dodo

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Gen Z Can’t Afford Instant Ramen

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEUd5RSDW8w

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How to Slow Aging for $0.06 a Day (Vitamin C)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p0cld4RmDo

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Erin Brockovich launches data center complaint map and racks up 1690 resident reports in one week

Erin Brockovich has launched a website and has begun tracking all data centers in America and logging resident complaints

In just 1 week it’s already logged 1,690 resident complaints

For this who don’t remember

Erin Brockovich was the paralegal responsible for winning out a case against PG&E, Hinckley in California, because their wastewater runoff was seeping into rural areas and creating a lot of health issues for, for the surrounding neighborhoods

That case brought in a $333 million settlement that went to the families affected by the situation because a lot of them either had staggering medical bills due to their tap water was no longer safe

So why is this important, well residents all over America are reporting their tap water and river water is being heavily polluted by data centers

Her map of data centers is new, she just launched it

The website features an interactive US map showing operational, under-construction, and proposed AI data centers, overlaid with community-reported complaints

 Residents can submit reports with details, photos, and locations. Within days of launch, it received a surge of submissions over 1,600 in the first week, and reports of 1,800+ from 47 states shortly after

Common Resident Complaints Being Logged

– Water usage

– Raising utility bills for residents

– Noise pollution: Constant 24/7 humming from fans, generators, and cooling systems disrupting sleep, daily life, and wildlife.

– E-waste from frequent hardware upgrades, pollution including PFAS concerns

https://citizenwatchreport.com/erin-brockovich-launches-data-center-complaint-map-and-racks-up-1690-resident-reports-in-one-week/

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AI is supposed to save money… but in some cases is doing the exact opposite. Microsoft reportedly cuts Claude Code for GitHub Copilot CLI. AI coding costs may exceed human engineers

AI is supposed to save money… but in some cases is doing the exact opposite.

 Nvidia VP: “For months our AI costs have been higher than human salaries.”

 Startups now flexing about their massive token bills like it’s a status symbol.

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Is The Entire AI Boom Built On Fake Revenues?

This perfectly mirrors the 2001 dot-com crash when Global Crossing and Qwest Communications swapped identical fiber-optic network capacity with each other just to book fake sales...

 https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/entire-ai-boom-built-fake-revenues

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Huawei Touts Sanctions-Busting Chip Breakthrough, SMIC Shares Erupt

Huawei's press release stated:

In her speech, she presented the Tau (τ) Scaling Law, a new principle for guiding the future development of the semiconductor industry. This law proposes replacing geometric scaling with time (τ) scaling as a new guiding principle for the evolution of both semiconductors and electronic systems. Based on this principle, innovative technologies such as LogicFolding can be used to continuously compress signal propagation delay and steadily improve transistor density, which will drive the ongoing evolution of semiconductors and electronic systems.

Tingbo said Huawei plans to make 1.4-nanometer chips by 2031 using its own "LogicFolding" architecture. TSMC has said it expects to begin mass production of 1.4nm chips in 2028, leaving Huawei about five years behind the global leader, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.

Tingbo claims LogicFolding can boost chip performance and will be used in upcoming Kirin mobile chips expected this fall.

This comes as U.S. sanctions on advanced chipmaking equipment and high-end semiconductors have been aimed at slowing China's push into cutting-edge chip production.

Shares of Chinese chip stocks surged, with SMIC jumping more than 18% and Hua Hong Semiconductor hitting daily limits.

 https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/huawei-touts-sanctions-busting-chip-breakthrough-smic-shares-erupt

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Iran's Top Negotiating Team In Qatar 'For Talks To End War' - But Cautions Deal Signing 'Not Imminent'

Trump: Negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran are proceeding nicely! It will only be a Great Deal for all or, no Deal at all — Back to the Battlefront and shooting...

 https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-says-us-peace-talks-hit-consensus-many-issues-no-final-deal-yet

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Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Hospitals Fuel Growing Backlash

 EU urges "strict adherence" to truce in southern LebanonA recurring problem in the ongoing Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon is that attacks are targeting paramedics and hospitals in the region. The IDF maintains that they are in some way secretly supporting Hezbollah, though the evidence doesn’t support that, and as the number of slain medical workers grows, there is also a growing backlash against the strategy.

The IDF bombardment of Hiram Hospital in the southern city of Tyre left at least 25 health care workers wounded. Attacks damaged nurses’ quarters as well as patient facilities in the area.

This was just one of the hospitals in the south that were targeted over the weekend, as officials reported a similar facility destroyed in Nabatieh District. No casualties were reported in that incident, however, as the locals had already been evacuated.

 https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-says-us-peace-talks-hit-consensus-many-issues-no-final-deal-yet

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 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers are blown up by their own mines, planted remotely.

 The Ukrainian General Staff hasn't ruled out a Russian offensive from the Bryansk region, and is therefore attempting to mine the border area between the Sumy and Chernihiv regions. So far, this has only resulted in numerous explosions of Ukrainian troops on their own mines.

 Ukrainian units continue to lose personnel due to mine explosions. The problem is that the enemy is haphazardly laying mines remotely, blocking movement routes between positions and failing to provide other units with minefield maps. This approach has long been practiced in the Ukrainian Armed Forces: if maps are needed, they must be purchased from the unit that laid the mines. If you haven't bought them, that's your own problem.

 https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-says-us-peace-talks-hit-consensus-many-issues-no-final-deal-yet

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Dr. Oz Fires Back After Joy Behar's TrumpRx Meltdown

"...unfortunately we still have no medications for Trump Derangement Syndrome..."

 https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dr-oz-fires-back-after-joy-behars-trumprx-meltdown

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At Last Minute, SEC Suddenly Delays Plan To Allow Crypto Versions Of US Stocks

...implementation would “undoubtedly have negative - potentially acute - consequences” for U.S. markets.

 https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/last-minute-sec-suddenly-delays-plan-allow-crypto-versions-us-stocks

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$150 Humanoid Robot House Cleaning Service Threatens To Undercut Maid Services

 It's no secret that some humanoid robotics companies are training their machines for work on factory floors, while others are positioning their bots to enter homes in the coming years.

One of the first real signs of humanoids entering homes today is a new cleaning service in San Francisco that uses what appear to be Unitree humanoid robots trained to clean everything from floors and countertops to stovetops, mirrors, and nearly any surface in the house.

Called "Gatsby," the new service deploys humanoid robots to homes for a flat service charge of $150.

  For the average deep clean of a typical U.S. home, the price ranges between $200 and $400, and for much larger homes, $500 or more, according to Angi List. This means the robotic cleaning service can even undercut an independent cleaner or a professional cleaning company, which often employs migrant workers.

News of Gatsby's cleaning service comes as shipments of humanoid robots are expected to ramp up this year and accelerate by the end of the decade, according to a recent UBS note.

 (Musk will be buying his own robots for the first year to replace auto workers. AFter that they will be for sale for $30,000 or so.)

 https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/150-humanoid-robot-house-cleaning-service-threatens-undercut-maid-services

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Groceries about to get even more expensive, Walmart issues worse-than-expected outlook.

 April CPI showed food at home up 0.7 percent monthly, biggest jump since August 2022.

Overall food inflation hit 3.2 percent year over year, up from 2.7 percent prior.

Beef, tomatoes and produce leading surges with some categories near 40 percent annual.

Iran conflict energy spike and fertilizer issues adding fresh pressure.

Shoppers report sticker shock ahead of Memorial Day cookouts.

Economists warn more pain possible later in 2026.

This is the exact signal families dread right before summer cookouts.