JUST IN: a16z raises $2.2 billion crypto fund to invest in projects linking crypto with AI & traditional finance

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Failed Snow White actress Rachel Zegler, who cost Disney more than $170 million in her role as the princess, is being brutally mocked for her Met Gala appearance, particularly for her odd jaw movements

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At a military base, soldiers are demonstrating new drones that resemble crows. These devices look so much like real birds that it is difficult to tell them apart.

The battle of the future.

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EU: The fact that our European ‘partners’ and ‘allies’ routinely talk about us like this tells you everything you need to know about what they think about us. Finnish MEP Aura Salla wants to push the US tech companies out of the EU

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During court, video of Stefon Diggs’ chef and accuser is played showing her dancing after she was allegedly attacked

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BREAKING: Global central bank gold purchases surged +36 tonnes in Q1 2026, to 244 tonnes, the highest since Q4 2024.

This significantly exceeds the 5-year average of ~228 tonnes.

By comparison, the 5-year average in 2016-2020 was ~115 tonnes, or less than half the current level.

Central banks have now bought over +200 tonnes of gold in 10 out of the last 11 quarters.

Poland led Q1 purchases at +31 tonnes, bringing its total reserves to a record 582 tonnes, heading closer to its 700 tonnes target.

Uzbekistan followed at +25 tonnes and China at +7 tonnes.

World central banks are acquiring gold at an accelerated pace.

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NEW: US Joint Chiefs of Staff released an image confirming Iran attacked US warships yesterday

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The US census just put out the most common interracial couples in the country. Thoughts⁉

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Secret recipe

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It’s a Narcan gun for Section 8 apartments

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This and a mysterious source of income

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BREAKING: The UK's 30Y Government Bond Yield surges to 5.79%, the highest level since May 1998.

Inflation is back and interest rates are surging.

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India: On Monday, May 4, at 2:24 p.m., two women were run over by a Faraca Express train while crossing the tracks at platform 1 of Bakhtiarpur station in Patna

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For those who don’t like numbers

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The Sorrows of Young Werther Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1774)

A young man writes letters to his friends about his depressing life. Honestly I couldn’t care less. I think I have too much of the American Protestant work ethic to care about this fop crying about his life. Couldn’t finish it, and it’s a short book.

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Apache Junction, Arizona — A 69-year-old man was shot and killed by police during a domestic disturbance call on February 14.

Officers responded to reports of a woman yelling inside a residence. When they arrived, the man exited the home holding what appeared to be a handgun and ignored commands to drop it.

Police opened fire after he raised the weapon toward them. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities later determined the gun was a realistic BB gun replica.

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