Dragon taxes 🐉

Officer-involved shooting reported as explosion jolts Washington neighborhood, suspect in custody https://share.google/DvyVGvS39vtUG5cDY

What an absolute beast of a sunspot that's been forming on the Sun, now soon to rotate off Earth-facing. A big explosion from the limb or just behind could trigger a powerful radiation storm on Earth, and it's possible that coincides with Earth-facing solar activity 👀

https://x.com/stefanburnsgeo/status/2053660106504737052

New NTSB Report Into Deadly China Eastern Crash Suggests Struggle in Cockpit - The New York Times https://share.google/QiWRDjCPLQVGvm9ae

Fire breaks out after plane crash on Monroe Mountain https://share.google/5TJskTu2NF0l4Sv3p

Hormuz Island, Iran, known for its sparkling red and black mineral-rich sands, created by volcanic soil and salts.

https://x.com/rainmaker1973/status/2053611038222815592

There are only about 25,000 elevator technicians in the entire U.S.

Let that sink in.

Now think about how many elevators exist:

• Apartments
• Hospitals
• Hotels
• Office buildings
• Airports

Every single one needs maintenance… forever.

Now here’s where it gets interesting:

Elevator techs make $100k on average
Top earners clear $150k+
With overtime in big cities? Even higher.

And the “training pipeline” everyone talks about?

It’s not 4 years of college.

It’s:

• Apprenticeship programs
• Trade-based training
• Earn while you learn

So let me get this straight…

We’re telling 18 year olds to take on $100k+ in debt…

Instead of pointing them toward a career where they can make six figures fixing elevators?

Here’s the controversial part:

The shortage isn’t because the job is bad.

It’s because no one is telling kids this path exists.

We’ve marketed college.

We’ve ignored trades like this.

And now we have a massive gap.

In 10–15 years?


https://x.com/ts_secrets/status/2034367942083965078

IRIDESCENT CLOUD + HALO IN ONE FRAME — and it almost doesn’t feel real 🌌

At first glance, it looks like heavy editing… but the colors are actually sitting on the cloud edge, not painted into the sky. That soft rainbow glow is cloud iridescence, created when tiny water droplets (or uniform ice crystals) scatter sunlight into delicate pastel bands 🌈☁️

Above it, a faint giant arc stretches across the sky — a halo effect formed higher in the atmosphere by ice crystals refracting sunlight in a completely different way 🌙✨

Two separate layers, two optical phenomena, one breathtaking moment. Nature accidentally composing art in real time 🌍💫

https://x.com/astrooalert/status/2053542466775556256

Bodies Found Holding Each Other After Volcano Eruption in Indonesia - Newsweek https://share.google/b2wCpT1Rd3HTo7lI1

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Two confirmed cases of rabies in Elmore and Lee counties are prompting an urgent request for residents to get their pets vaccinated.
On Wednesday, the Alabama Department of Public Health said testing found that a fox in Elmore County and a racoon in Lee County both tested positive for the disease.
ADPH said that on May 1, it was reported that the fox came out of a wooded area and attacked a person in Tallassee. The victim is being treated.
The strange-acting raccoon was found near Auburn around the same time, ADPH said.

“Rabies is not seasonal, and we continue to see cases year-round, but late spring is a time when activity peaks, particularly in wildlife,” said Dr. Dee W. Jones, State Public Health Veterinarian for ADPH.


https://www.wsfa.com/2026/05/06/wild-animal-tests-positive-rabies-after-tallassee-attack/