Bookmarks 2026-05-01T23:06:37.066Z
by Owen Kibel
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Bookmarks for 2026-05-01T23:06:37.066Z
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You Can’t Trust ‘Climate Economics’ - WSJ Added: May 1, 2026
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Israel’s center wants Democrats back. It may not have the cards. - POLITICO Added: May 1, 2026
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Alex Jones' Infowars Is FORMALLY OVER, Website Goes DARK w/ Tyler O'Neil | Timcast IRL - YouTube Added: May 1, 2026
Alex Jones' Infowars Is FORMALLY OVER, Website Goes DARK w/ Tyler O'Neil | Timcast IRL
Site: YouTube
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Democrats eye sweeping 2028 redistricting: "Everything's on the table" Added: May 1, 2026
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President Trump Participates in The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner - YouTube Added: May 1, 2026
President Trump Participates in The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner
Site: YouTube
West Palm Beach, FL

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Trump orders withdrawal of 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany Added: May 1, 2026
Trump orders withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany amid feud with Merz
Site: The Hill
President Trump ordered the Pentagon on Friday to withdraw about 5,000 U.S. service members from Germany amid his public feud with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The redeployment of troops will…
President Trump ordered the Pentagon on Friday to withdraw about 5,000 U.S. service members from Germany amid his public feud with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The redeployment of troops will bring the number of service members roughly to pre-2022 levels and will affect a brigade combat team and potentially other U.S. forces already in Germany, according to a senior Pentagon official. The shake-up will affect the long-range fires battalion that the prior administration planned to deploy to the country later this year. It comes as the Trump administration has expressed frustration with Germany and other NATO allies over not stepping up enough during America's war with Iran. Merz said this week that Iran was "humiliating" the U.S. as it chokes off the Strait of Hormuz and causes chaos in global energy markets. Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the withdrawal in a statement to The Hill, saying the decision “follows a thorough review of the Department’s force posture in Europe and is in recognition of theater requirements and conditions on the ground.” The Pentagon expects the withdrawal to be completed over the next six to 12 months, according to Parnell. On Wednesday, Trump said he was reviewing a possible reduction of U.S. troops in Germany, with the decision to be made over the “next short period of time.” The withdrawal also comes as relations between Washington and Berlin have grown tense in recent weeks, with Trump arguing that Merz miscalculated the threat posed by Iran. “He doesn’t know what he’s talking about! If Iran had a Nuclear Weapon, the whole World would be held hostage. I am doing something with Iran, right now, that other Nations, or Presidents, should have done long ago,” Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social. “No wonder Germany is doing so poorly, both Economically, and otherwise!” Previously, the German chancellor had said that Washington had been “humiliated” by Iran amid the closure of the Strait of Hormuz during a conversation with students in his country. The move would follow the administration’s priority of focusing on the Western Hemisphere and Indo-Pacific and could be met with rebukes on Capitol Hill among defense hawks who are wary of reducing the U.S. military footprint in Europe. Last fall, the Pentagon pulled some rotations of brigades in NATO nations, including Romania, and brought them back to the U.S., a move that infuriated the Republican chairs of the House and Senate Armed Services committees. “We strongly oppose the decision not to maintain the rotational U.S. brigade in Romania and the Pentagon’s process for its ongoing force posture review that may result in further drawdowns of U.S. forces from Eastern Europe,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the chairs of the Senate and House Armed Services committees, respectively, said at the time. Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the withdrawal, with the Pentagon chief saying the move was coordinated with the White House and NATO. “It’s all part of the view that we have of Europe. And there will remain troops in Romania, but there’s some change in how we rotate and how many,” Hegseth said at the time.

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World's Slowest Rocket Company Suddenly Wants to Churn Out 60 Rockets a Year Added: May 1, 2026
World's Slowest Rocket Company Suddenly Wants to Churn Out 60 Rockets a Year
Site: Gizmodo
Blue Origin is setting its New Glenn rocket up for a major challenge.

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Darwin Predicted This in 1859. A 150-Million-Year-Old Fossil With Soft Tissue Still Intact Just Proved Him Right
Added: May 1, 2026Darwin Predicted This in 1859. A 150-Million-Year-Old Fossil With Soft Tissue Still Intact Just Proved Him Right
Site: Indian Defence Review
They scanned a pigeon-sized fossil no one thought much of. Under UV light, soft tissue glowed back, and a 160-year argument ended right there.

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Study: AI models that consider user's feeling are more likely to make errors - Ars Technica
Added: May 1, 2026Study: AI models that consider user's feeling are more likely to make errors
Site: Ars Technica
Overtuning can cause models to "prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”...

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AI Music Is Here To Stay, If $2.5 Billion Startup Suno Gets Its Way Added: May 1, 2026
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Tax the Rich, Capital Flight: Seattle’s Progressive Contradiction | National Review Added: May 1, 2026
Tax the Rich, Capital Flight: Seattle’s Progressive Contradiction | National Review

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Barack Obama Statement on Correspondents Dinner Shooting Fits a Partisan Pattern | National Review Added: May 1, 2026
Barack Obama Statement on Correspondents Dinner Shooting Fits a Partisan Pattern | National Review

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DESI-HVS1 is an old hypervelocity star ejected from the galactic center, observations suggest Added: May 1, 2026
DESI-HVS1 is an old hypervelocity star ejected from the galactic center, observations suggest
Chinese astronomers report the discovery of DESI-HVS1, which may be an old metal-poor hypervelocity star of galactic center origin. The finding, based on the data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) and ESA's Gaia satellite, was detailed in a research paper published April 23 on the arXiv pre-print server.

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NASA Confirms That Mars Has Air, but Is It Enough to Keep a Human Alive Even for a Few Seconds?
Added: May 1, 2026NASA Confirms That Mars Has Air, but Is It Enough to Keep a Human Alive Even for a Few Seconds?
Site: The Daily Galaxy - Great Discoveries Channel
NASA confirms that Mars has air but its composition and pressure raise a critical question about whether humans could survive even a single breath on the Red Planet.

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Meet The Eel That Generates 800V — A Biologist Explains How It Doesn’t Electrocute Itself Added: May 1, 2026
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Scientists Found a Rare Fossil Showing Snakes Once Had Legs and Looked Very Different From Today
Added: May 1, 2026Scientists Found a Rare Fossil Showing Snakes Once Had Legs and Looked Very Different From Today
Site: The Daily Galaxy - Great Discoveries Channel
Hidden deep within ancient rock, this snake specimen reveals an unexpected mix of features. What researchers uncovered using modern imaging tools reaches far beyond a simple discovery.

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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Torches Norah O’Donnell’s Sick 'Manifesto' Trap on National TV - YouTube Added: May 1, 2026
Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Torches Norah O’Donnell’s Sick 'Manifesto' Trap on National TV
Site: YouTube
The mainstream media has spent years cultivating a toxic petri dish of debunked hoaxes, only to use a deranged shooter's manifesto to ambush Donald Trump on ...

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FastVideo/FastHunyuan · Hugging Face Added: May 1, 2026
FastVideo/FastHunyuan · Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

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Western music is getting simpler and more repetitive by the day and data prove it Added: May 1, 2026
Western music is getting simpler and more repetitive by the day and data prove it
Ever had that moment when a song comes on and it feels strangely familiar, like it reminds you of another song that came out just a few months ago? If you feel this phenomenon has become more frequent, then you are not imagining it. Science agrees with you. A recent study found that Western music is not only starting to sound more alike but is also becoming less structurally complex than in the past.

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Zohran the moron #shortvideos #psa #2026 #nycmayor #commentary - YouTube Added: May 1, 2026
Zohran the moron #shortvideos #psa #2026 #nycmayor #commentary
Site: YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Don’t Throw Away Old CDs! Boil Them and Be Shocked by the Result! | Creation Invention - YouTube Added: May 1, 2026
Don’t Throw Away Old CDs! Boil Them and Be Shocked by the Result! | Creation Invention
Site: YouTube
Hello everyone! You are watching video "Don’t Throw Away Old CDs! Boil Them and Be Shocked by the Result! | Creation Invention"Old CDs are usually thrown awa...

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The YOLO Presidency - The Atlantic Added: May 1, 2026
The YOLO Presidency
Site: The Atlantic
Trump is focused on becoming one of history’s “great men.”

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The Clinton's Proximity to Epstein - YouTube Added: May 2, 2026
The Clinton's Proximity to Epstein
Site: YouTube
Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of Pod Force One: https://www.youtube.com/@PodForce1Watch full clips of Pod Force One with Miranda D...

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INFOWARS IS OVER - YouTube Added: May 2, 2026
INFOWARS IS OVER
Site: YouTube
CASTBREW Mother's Day 20% Off: https://castbrew.com/products/mothers-day-bundleJoin - https://timcast.com/discordHosts:Tim @Timcast (everywhere)Tate @realTat...

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SHE’S BEING SUED - YouTube Added: May 2, 2026
SHE’S BEING SUED
Site: YouTube
CASTBREW Mother's Day 20% Off: https://castbrew.com/products/mothers-day-bundleJoin - https://timcast.com/discordHosts:Tim @Timcast (everywhere)Tate @realTat...

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Mila Joy on X: "Spirit Airlines is OVER. You can thank Elizabeth Warren." / X Added: May 2, 2026
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Katie Miller on X: "All of America can now hear how Greg Brockman and Sam Altman lied to @elonmusk and stole a charity. Monday 11:30am ET: https://t.co/h01c2rRW5I" / X Added: May 2, 2026
Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Trump’s Cuban American base is no longer guaranteeing him loyalty - POLITICO Added: May 2, 2026
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President Trump Participates in an Executive Order Signing, April 30th, 2026 - YouTube Added: May 2, 2026
President Trump Participates in an Executive Order Signing, April 30th, 2026
Site: YouTube
The White House

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President Trump Participates in an Event with Seniors - YouTube Added: May 2, 2026
President Trump Participates in an Event with Seniors
Site: YouTube
The Villages, FL

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President Trump Participates in The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner - YouTube Added: May 2, 2026
President Trump Participates in The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner
Site: YouTube
West Palm Beach, FL

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Germany and Europe Have Even Bigger Trump Problems Than U.S. Troop Withdrawal - WSJ Added: May 2, 2026
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Trump declares hostilities with Iran "terminated" Added: May 2, 2026
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Sonoma Valley Authors Festival - Sonoma Valley Authors Festival
Added: May 2, 2026Sonoma Valley Authors Festival
Site: Sonoma Valley Authors Festival
The Sonoma Valley Authors Festival is an annual 3-day weekend lecture series that brings people together to hear authors from a variety of literary genres. Held annually at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn in Sonoma.

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Fetterman Warns of Communist Resurgence in Democratic Party Over Maine Nominee / X Added: May 2, 2026
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Golders Green stabbing proves antisemitism is now a feature of British life
Added: May 2, 2026Golders Green stabbing proves antisemitism is now a feature of British life
Site: UnHerd
Another day, another antisemitic attack in the UK. Today, it was a stabbing spree in Golders Green, London’s best-known Jewish neighbourhood. Last month, in the same area, assailants torched ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity. Less than two weeks ago, there was an attempted arson attack against a synagogue in North London. Weeks before that, [...]Read More...
