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Whoa! Netflix is Sending Narnia Heading to Theaters...What This Means for the Future of Film

(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) Here’s a funny thing about the debate over whether streamers should release their movies in theaters first: Both sides think the other side represents the “conventional wisdom”. If you’ve been reading me for any amount of time, or even just scanned my front page, you know I think movies make more money by having a robust theatrical window compared to going straight-to-streaming. I’ve published thousands of words on this topic. And for years, I felt like I was standing up to a wave of opposition. See, while the “put your films in theaters to make money” take was obvious at any point before 2019, post-streaming revolution, most of the trendy thinkers took the opposite point of view. Big names argued that Netflix putting their film straight-to-streaming (“S-to-S” from here on out) actually made more money. Netflix was “disrupting” theaters, just as they disrupted Blockbuster Video, and since innovation is always good, this too was a great idea. This thinking then leaked into the mainstream business outlets like the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. I read many articles whose take boiled down to “Netflix makes tons of money from S-to-S releases” and “theaters were in structural decline” anyways. Covid-19 shutting down theaters and the 2023 strikes shutting down film production seemingly justified this point of view, as the box office struggled to return to 2017-2019 heights. Yet I’ve also read folks arguing the opposite point: the conventional wisdom says to put films in theaters! From some writers’ points of view, “everyone” actually agrees/agreed with my “send your films to theaters” take—especially the stodgy traditional studios—and folks still didn’t understand Netflix’s genius. I feel like, for the last two years, many people have argued this point as if it’s conventional wisdom. You know what? I may have been wrong. At this point, the “S-to-S strategy makes money” might be the minority viewpoint. Especially with the news this month that Netflix will put at least one film—Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film The Magician’s Nephew—in theaters in 2027 for a full 49-day run is big news. So that’s the story of the week, but I’ll also explain why they’re making this move now and why Netflix may not completely embrace theaters, along with other topics, like how I don’t buy Disney’s “super app” strategy, the latest good news out of the unions, my take on the latest attacks against free speech, and a whole lot more. Let’s get started. Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - Netflix Goes to Theaters! Listen, I promise not to victory lap too hard today. As I just wrote, I’ve argued against sending films straight-to-streaming for—checks calendar—eight years now. Since 2018. Yikes. That’s a long time. And for years, others painted my thinking as “conventional” in that I was standing up for the status quo against trendy, cool disruption. And that’s not cool! But math is math, and I never could make the S-to-S numbers work. The only thing that ever enabled that model was Wall Street’s brief exuberance for it. It seems like the heads of Netflix now agree with me. (There were always rumors that former head of film for Netflix Scott Stuber argued internally for theatrical releases as well.) As they announced: “The Magician’s Nephew_—the first film in a Narnia series of films—will open on 12-Feb-2027, with a 49 day theatrical exclusive run.”_ I’m a little surprised at how little coverage this big change actually got. Credit to Bloomberg for leading with it and Matt Belloni’s The Town for highlighting it with the provocatively titled podcast “Hell Hath Frozen Over”. But after that? Instead of getting as much coverage as, say, the FCC’s latest egregious crackdown on free speech, this news story got crickets. But it’s massively more important for the future business of entertainment. So let’s start with the obvious question… Why Put Your Movies in Theaters? So…why should Netflix put (some!) of their movies in theaters? Well, I’ve already written that in a very, very, very long article from 2022: [ ](https://entertainment.substack.com/p/the-data-is-in-theatrical-films-massively) [ The Data Is In: Theatrical Films Massively Outperform Straight-To-Streaming Films ](https://entertainment.substack.com/p/the-data-is-in-theatrical-films-massively) Entertainment Strategy Guy · April 5, 2023 [ Read full story ](https://entertainment.substack.com/p/the-data-is-in-theatrical-films-massively) To summarize, theatrical runs make much more money, especially blockbusters, because they earn more money per viewing,1 and that helps boost home entertainment sales. Theatrical films also perform as well or better than the streaming-only films. Now, partially this is driven by increased marketing for said films, but said marketing ultimately boosts the awareness of the movies and drives improved streaming and library performance as well. Again, I’ve made this case after reviewing the economic models and streaming data for years. Just last week, Emily Horgan also made the case for kids films! Yes, it is probably conventional wisdom, but that’s also because it’s true! I’d also argue we’ve seen a lot of data in the various studios’ behavior. As I’ve noted before, the more a studio needs to make money, the likelier they are to put films in theaters. As such, Disney, Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount and Sony all send their major films to theaters. Even if they once made a big S-to-S push (*cough* Disney *cough*), they’ve since relented and returned to theaters. The tech companies don’t need to make money, per se, so it took them years to embrace theaters. Apple doesn’t need to make money because it doesn’t disclose their (likely) Quibi-sized losses each year. (They fear bad press more than losing money.) Amazon announced two years ago that they planned to make Amazon-MGM Studios/Prime Video profitable on its own, and guess what? Now they’re putting films in theaters. That leaves Netflix. They’re in between the “no need to make money at all” and the “desperately need to make money to offset linear TV declines”, so they had less pressure to put some films in theaters. Plus, for years, they were the sexy disruptor, and Wall Street rewarded them for that. (Honestly, they still do.) Yet, even Netflix likely saw the money they were leaving on the table (I’ve estimated it at an easy billion dollars before) so they changed their course. I heard one pundit argue that, because Netflix already makes so much money, they don’t need to make more money, which sort of goes against everything I’ve ever learned about business and economics. Again, to be super-nuanced, sending “films to theaters” does not mean EVERY film. TV movies have been a thing for decades. Lifetime films, Hallmark holiday films, Disney Channel Original Movies, and so on, don’t need theatrical runs. But films above a certain budget level (say $25 to 50 million) almost certainly need theaters to maximize their revenue. The Scenarios (with a Dose of Skepticism) Now time for some skepticism: it won’t surprise me at all if Netflix re-changes course. Specifically, Netflix announced that their Narnia film will go to theaters. And I’d bet anything we see KPop Demon Hunters 2: The Huntering2 also goes to theaters, cause it’s the surest hit outside of a Disney animated sequel right now. But how much does Netflix truly commit to theaters? They’ve already tried to emphasize that this is a one-off move. I see three broad scenarios:

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May 18 • 3:27 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
Neanderthals dined on shellfish much earlier than humans

Many of their harvesting techniques are similar to ones used today.

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May 18 • 3:00 PM EDT • Science • popsci.com
Google's new gradient icons for Gmail, Calendar, Drive and more are finally rolling out

Say hello to new icons for Docs, Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Tasks, and more.

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May 18 • 7:11 AM EDT • Technology • androidcentral.com
The radicalization of the left and the Democrats is 'the big political story': Michael Shellenberger

Public News founder Michael Shellenberger discusses the radicalization of the Democratic Party and more on 'One Nation.'

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May 17 • 11:10 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
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6 Portable Entertainment Gadgets To Buy From Costco (And 5 To Skip)

Costco can be a great place to find deals on all sorts of technological goodies, but though its selection is wide, not everything is worth shelling out for.

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May 17 • 4:30 PM EDT • Technology • slashgear.com
6 Portable Entertainment Gadgets To Buy From Costco (And 5 To Skip)

Costco can be a great place to find deals on all sorts of technological goodies, but though its selection is wide, not everything is worth shelling out for.

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May 17 • 4:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • slashgear.com
Southeastern appoints new Dean of College of Science and Technology

HAMMOND --- Southeastern Louisiana University has selected Mitchell Croatt as the dean of the College of Science and Technology. He is scheduled to assume his new position Aug. 1.

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May 17 • 2:04 PM EDT • Science • an17.com
Adam Driver has cheeky response when asked for comment on Lena Dunham's bombshell book

Adam Driver was asked about Lena Dunham's bombshell memoir, which included several claims about his alleged behavior on the set of 'Girls,' at Cannes.

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May 17 • 9:03 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Now What? With Carbon Pricing Eroded and Pipeline Politics Advancing, Here Are the Pathways for Climate Success

At the end of a whirlwind week of news on carbon pricing and electricity strategy, capping a madcap year of pretty much non-stop, dramatic change, the word across much of Canada’s climate and energy transition community is that climate policy in this country has been shredded. Eviscerated. Hit with a sledgehammer by policy rollbacks that have pushed the country’s 2050 net zero target “well out of reach”. That means it’s never been more important to look for the rays of hope and glimmers of possibility. To glimpse the seeds of the next set of strategies to get Canada’s climate pollution under control and the country into the accelerating global dash away from fossil fuels. And then, once we’ve spotted those possibilities, get on with the hard, day-to-day slog of trying to make them a reality. Nothing takes away from the frustration and the deep disappointment so many climate and energy hawks are expressing, the sense of betrayal by the author of Value(s) and the former UN special envoy for climate action and finance. But we knew two things as the week drew to a close. We’re looking at the world as it most definitely is. And we don’t get to give up finding the pathways to confront climate change and deliver faster, deeper carbon cuts that leave no one else behind. So really, the first question we all have to ask ourselves is: What’s next? Subscribe All the Oxygen in the Room The outpouring of anger and grief over the carbon pricing deal between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been absolutely understandable. So much of the climate community poured years, more than a decade, into dragging the current federal pricing regime across the finish line, then defending it from a deluge of three-syllable rhymes after the Trudeau government proved utterly incapable of delivering its own message. The policy foisted on us by neo-classical economists took up all the oxygen in the room, burned through years of climate response time that we won’t get back, while cornering climate hawks into the position that the best response to the crisis of our lifetimes is a new tax…in an era of historic anti-tax sentiment. I mean, really—what could possibly have gone wrong? Against that history, let’s appreciate columnist Max Fawcett’s point that even a modest carbon pricing agreement with a government as off-the-wall libertarian/conspiracist as Danielle Smith’s—those adjectives are mine, not Max’s—is a win worth savouring (as long as Smith keeps her promises for a change). But part of living in the world as it is (no, I’m not letting that go) is to be clear-headed about what we can and can’t control. And one thing we get to decide, after seeing this week’s carbon price festivities take up all the oxygen yet again, is whether we want to keep letting that happen. Particularly when success down that road depends on a factor that no one with a climate agenda can control or influence—a provincial carbon pricing mechanism that has been manipulated and eroded beyond its lowest possible denominator. Thankfully, that’s not the way it has to go. Not when we have so many other powerful, practical tools at our disposal, including the ones still available to us through this abominable Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Canada and Alberta. Tools In Our Toolbox When I started roughing out this list, I didn’t expect it to grow to nearly a dozen bullet points. It’s probably still incomplete. Some of the greatest hits in today’s climate solutions toolbox include: • No Carbon Capture, No Pipeline: On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney explicitly stated that there’s been no change to the MOU provision that there will be no West Coast pipeline without an industry commitment to build its massive, $16.5-billion carbon capture and storage (CCUS) hub in Northern Alberta, and vice versa. The two megaprojects were joined at the hip when the MOU was signed Nov. 27, and the implementation agreement this week affirmed that they still are. A parade of independent analysts have spent years pointing to the economic and technical flaws in CCUS, while the industry kept postponing its investment decision until it could arm-twist the government for more “clarity” (by which it meant even more lavish taxpayer subsidies) on the project. Now the industry itself is running away from the CCUS hub and insisting the pipeline should proceed without it, but Carney doesn’t seem to be budging from a central tenet of the MOU to which Smith has signed on. • No Subsidies, No Investors: Climate analysts and advocates have quite rightly been hammering away at Carney and his team, insisting that any new capacity the industry wants to build must proceed without new subsidies. The government has responded with a growing collection of funding and financing mechanisms for the very wide menu of industrial development and nation-building projects they say they want to take on, and that menu always includes fossil fuel infrastructure. But it’s hard to see how even the combined fiscal clout of the federal and supportive provincial governments will deliver the financial backing private investors would need when the business case for new fossil fuel development is evaporating before their eyes. Particularly when… • No Market, No Demand, No Investors: As our friend Markham Hislop at Energi Media (our apparently sleepless friend, given the massive volume of great material he’s been churning out) points out this morning, the biggest vulnerability in any pipeline deal is the assumption that Asian buyers will want the oil or liquefied natural ga that our fossil industry is so keen to send them. Hislop writes in part: Ottawa and Alberta are effectively betting that countries like China and India will continue increasing oil imports for decades as their economies grow and energy consumption rises. That assumption underpins the entire economic rationale for expanding oil sands production and building billions of dollars in new export infrastructure. But Asian energy systems are changing rapidly… China, India, South Korea, and other major hydrocarbon importers are now investing hundreds of billions of dollars into electricity systems built around wind, solar, batteries, nuclear, hydro, and expanded transmission infrastructure. Domestic “energy sovereignty” is increasingly replacing the old energy-security model based on stable oil and gas imports. Those investments are expected to sharply slow oil demand growth and eventually reverse it, even as overall energy consumption continues rising. There are also refining constraints. Many Asian refineries and petrochemical complexes are already optimized to process discounted heavy crude from the Middle East and Latin America. That raises serious questions about how much additional Canadian bitumen Asian markets can absorb at profitable prices. Small wonder that there’s still no private sector investor for the project, despite Smith’s government desperately beating the bushes to put together a deal. For now, Alberta is acting as proponent and covering early start-up costs for a pitch to the federal Major Projects Office, which could actually turn into the next tough hurdle for Smith and her pipeline to jump. • Canada Day Looms: How ironic that Canada’s birthday this year could become a major chokepoint for the provincial premier who’s been working so diligently to tear the country apart! The July 1 target date for Alberta’s pipeline proposal is baked into the MOU, was reaffirmed by the implementation plan, but it hadn’t dawned on me that it cuts both ways. As one very smart colleague wrote in an email yesterday, “they’ve thrown the ball into Alberta’s court to get the project proposal on the table really quickly and to have to do a whole pile of work to put together a massive, complicated project that would typically take years to assemble, and they’ve given them weeks to do it.” That makes July 1 a looming deadline that Smith won’t be able to run away from politically, especially with the separatists in her party and her caucus breathing down her neck. (See previous ref to off-the-wall.) But if Alberta comes in with a sloppy, incomplete submission, even after Carney bent over backwards to simplify the application process and the rules that govern it, it may be harder for the province or the industry to blame Ottawa and insist on the faster process they claim their investors are demanding. (Oh, wait—which investors would those be??) • We’ll See You In Court (Then We’ll See You Again): If Carney did cave, that would be just one more reason for Indigenous and other affected communities to take the government and the process to court—Just as Alberta First Nations did, successfully, in response to Smith’s half-baked separation referendum. Veterans of the Harper era have been warning that a shoddy process around fossil fuel infrastructure or other major projects will be a recipe for the very delays that process seeks to avoid. And now more than ever, with renewable energy and energy storage eating fossil fuels’ lunch in import markets around the world, a delayed pipeline or LNG terminal may be as good as a cancelled one. • Charged Up, Ready to Go: With its goal of doubling Canada’s electricity supply to meet a doubling of demand by 2050, the national electricity strategy that Carney unveiled Thursday has a lot to like. With its explicit language about speeding the shift from fuels to more efficient and affordable electricity, global investment and deployment patterns that already favour that shift, an emerging bidirectional power grid, the role of front-line options like rooftop solar and heat pumps, the emergence of electric vehicles as behind-the-meter energy storage, and the domestic jobs and manufacturing to make it all happen, the document doubles down on the essential cornerstone of a faster shift off fossil fuels. The strategy envisions a more prominent role for gas and nuclear power. But some of those provisions were already in the Clean Electricity Regulations that climate hawks are now fighting so hard to defend, inserted as a compromise in a futile attempt to mollify the industry and its political representatives in Alberta and Saskatchewan. But once again, gas will be a tougher sell when it’s more expensive and now so much more unpredictable than the clean alternatives. The new nuclear technologies are still speculative and deeply vulnerable to cost overruns. Increasingly, utilities, developers, and investors know it. Carney declared Thursday that “it doesn’t do us good to be sitting in court all the time with provinces. It doesn’t do us good to be talking past each other. What does do us good is to come together with specific projects.” There are no guarantees, but so much of the language and narrative-building in the electricity strategy suggests the lion’s share of those projects will be renewable. • The Party Has Already Started: The electricity strategy only rarely digs down to specific projects, but provinces representing three-quarters of Canada’s population are already embracing a faster transition. Hydro-Québec is working on a 10-year, $185-billion renewable energy and grid buildout by 2035. Ontario recently brought 10 provinces and territories together in a National Energy Corridor Agreement to boost interprovincial and -territorial transmission infrastructure. And the MOU implementation agreement commits Alberta to facilitate investment in renewable energy projects, a big step back from its continuing, punitive restrictions on renewables development. The electricity strategy envisions much of the financing and infrastructure that will be needed to pull those advances together into an integrated whole. • Delivering on Affordability: The MOU implementation plan has little or nothing to say about affordability (are you surprised?), but the electricity strategy does, with a top-line pledge to reduce home energy costs for seven out of 10 Canadian households by 2050, a total saving of $15 billion across the board. It’s just a start, but it puts affordability on the government’s narrative map. If they’re serious and deliberate about patching together a least-cost energy strategy, it’ll have little if any room for oil, gas, or nuclear—not with powerful evidence, for example, that electricity prices are higher when those prices are set by gas. • Smith Proves that Canada Works: By signing a deal that makes it harder to claim the federal government is blocking a new pipeline, Smith has helped prove Carney’s constant anti-separatist refrain that “Canada works”—incurring the rage, no doubt, of her own political base. Canada also needs to work for anyone who depends on a clean environment, healthy and thriving ecosystems, and safe, stable climate. But with Smith and her separatist constituents setting up as a fifth column for annexation by Donald Trump’s United States, let’s set aside any notion that 51st state status for Canada is a recipe for anything other than climate disaster (and so much else). Resisting and withstanding Trump (just 170 more sleeps until mid-term elections, which is a damn sight better than the 730 we started with) doesn’t mean a free pass for a pipeline, but we can still appreciate it that keeping Canada whole and sovereign is still Carney’s Job One. • The Words Not Spoken: Apart from a commitment to export a million barrels of “low-emission” Alberta bitumen per day (memo to Smith and Carney: You realize that that’s less than the industry is already exporting??), the MOU implementation plan says nothing about the international trade and economic sovereignty deals that Carney has been travelling the world to negotiate. It didn’t have to. Carney doesn’t need permission from Danielle Smith, her American enablers, or her separatist allies to continue building the alliances that will ratchet down our economic dependency on our unstable, unreliable neighbour to the south. But every connection he builds with countries outside North America helps align our economy and our future with a faster shift off fossil fuels. Little if any of this was on our bingo cards a year or two ago. But it’s the pathway that has opened up to us. And if it gives Canada any climate or energy gains at all in an era still dominated by Trump and his increasingly ridiculous tariffs, his loutish trade negotiations and his continuing annexation threats, we have to take the wins. Not least because they’ll be the point of departure for what we can achieve in 2027, 2029, and beyond, as Trump’s grip and this era begin to loosen and then fade. What is Carney Doing? If this line of thought is right—and it’s a possibility, not a prediction—it means that Carney’s actions and decisions are largely about buying time. Time for Trump’s power to wane. Time for Alberta’s separatist/conspiracist virus to spread, mutate, die out, or at least die back, with help from a vaccine of federal steadiness and calm (appropriate enough, for a movement populated largely by vaccine deniers) that no conspiracy theory can dismiss. And time for the government’s trade and investment agenda to deliver results—even knowing that some of those results will bring impacts that front-line communities will not and should not accept. In the immediate moment, none of this changes the way the wider climate community has to respond, from campaigners to investors to front-line practitioners. All of our voices are still essential. But those voices will be stronger and more confident if we have a clearer sense of the brutal game we’ve been pulled into, and a plausible path (or two it three) for playing it to the win we need. This conversation also underscores our biggest task for the remaining years of what was supposed to be the “decisive” decade for climate response: if we can shift the energy narrative in Canada, make it a mainstream view that the country’s preoccupation with oil and gas has us falling farther behind a changing world, we’ll see far better results in the 2030s and beyond. For many veteran climate advocates, taking on that part of the fight will begin with recognizing that most of our friends and family, neighbours and colleagues already understand that climate change is real and right in front of us: they’re looking away and staying silent because they don’t have what climate communicator Katharine Hayhoe calls “efficacy”. As Hayhoe recently pointed out in a feature interview with The Energy Mix, it amounts to science denial to keep hammering away at the dire news about global warming without also helping audiences understand what they can do about it, with multiple studies telling us why that won’t work. Far better to open those conversations with the dominant crises like energy security, food security, emergency preparedness and business continuity, affordability, and financial security that have knocked climate change far lower on the list of public priorities, and will likely keep it there. We Knew This Would Happen Climate hawks have always known this day would come. For decades, we warned that everyone had to pay attention to climate change right now, because it would be much tougher to respond once the crisis itself started affecting our daily lives. We were right, and here we are. But now, thanks to decades of hard work, communities and countries have an alternative to doubling down on fossil fuels. “In 10 years everyone will have ‘always known’ that solar and batteries were going to win,” Morgan Solar Executive Chair Mike Andrade writes on LinkedIn. With the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz roiling energy priorities around the world, Canada and the United States are among the shrinking number of countries that are still very keen on fossil fuel development. Understanding that gap is a first, essential step in spotting the opportunities ahead, and averting the deep economic as well as environmental and social risk we face if we don’t seize them. Thanks for reading The Energy Mix Weekender! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. Subscribe Mitchell Beer traces his background in renewable energy and energy efficiency back to 1977, in climate change to 1997. Now he and the rest of the Energy Mix team scan 1,200 news headlines a week to pull together The Energy Mix and The Energy Mix Weekender. Chart of the Week BYD Eyes 20 Dealership Locations After Canada Greenlights Chinese EV Imports ‘Sledgehammer’ Carbon Price Deal Boosts Emissions by 230Mt, Aims for Fall 2027 Pipeline Approval ‘Worse Than Harper’: Regulatory Rollback Would Stop Canada from Assessing Project Impacts, Critics Warn Electricity Strategy Aims for Doubling by 2050, Allows ‘Flexibility’ for Gas Power Plants Opposition Mounts as O’Leary’s Data Centre Approved in Drought-Stricken Utah Diluted Carbon Price Misses ‘Reality of the World We’re In’, Could Impede Diversified Trade: Climate Institute $200B in Clean Energy Investment Will Need On-Time Delivery, Reliable Policies, Trade Association Says ‘Sovereign Pipeline’: CEO Pitches to Keep Trans Mountain in Government Hands What a Supercharged El Niño Could Mean for Canada Canada’s future is electric, and here’s how a power grid superhighway would get us there (Toronto Star) The Perilous Waters of Hecate Strait (Globe and Mail) Saudi Aramco profits jump despite conflict in Middle East (The Guardian) Farmers confront rising cost of fertilizer and fuel as spring seeding under way (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Clarkson forecasts 24% decline in offshore oil, gas capital expenditures (Oil & Gas Journal) Pipe Dreams: How Oil and Gas Fail to Deliver Economic Development in Africa (Oil Change International) Developing countries must hold the pen to script the fossil fuel transition (Climate Home News) Iran war threatens the dream of a post-oil economy in the Gulf (Washington Post) U.S. Oil, Gas Work Force Hits Lowest Level Since 2022 (Rigzone) Why Polestar Is Doubling Down on Net Zero as Rivals Pull Back on EVs (Bloomberg) Why this Michigan utility plans to sell its hydro dams for $13 (E&E News/Politico) Levees can no longer save New Orleans (Vox)

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May 16 • 6:41 PM EDT • Politics • energymixweekender.substack.com
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‘Acrisure Amphitheater is open for business’: Lionel Richie wows Grand Rapids with hits

The Grammy winner performed Friday at the new 12,000-capacity venue in downtown Grand Rapids, treating concertgoers to hits such as “Hello” and “Easy.”

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May 16 • 12:33 AM EDT • Business • mlive.com
Connecticut health officials warn of hepatitis A outbreak linked to shellfish

The Connecticut Department of Public Health warned residents about a hepatitis A outbreak in New York that has been linked to shellfish.

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May 15 • 4:35 PM EDT • Health • wfsb.com
2026 KPAX-Scheels Sports Awards: Hellgate's Elly Reed and Parker Link

It's Day 3 of the KPAX-Scheels Sports Awards, and today we introduce you to the finalists from Hellgate High School in Elly Reed and Parker Link.

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May 15 • 2:24 PM EDT • Sports • kpax.com
Deion: Shedeur Sanders ‘went through hell’ during NFL Draft process, rookie season with Browns
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May 15 • 8:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NMU Athletics announces the 2026 NMU Sports Hall of Fame class

MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Northern Michigan University Department of Athletics proudly announces the newest inductees to the NMU Sports Hall of Fame. The 2026 class includes Bernie Anderson (wrestling/football/coach), Rachel Helm (swim & dive), Shayla Manitowabi-Huebner (track & field), Kirsten (Silvester) Namesnik (swim & dive), Al Mitchell (boxing/coach), Mark Rosen (volleyball/coach), and the 1979 women's field hockey team.

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May 15 • 5:08 AM EDT • Sports • nmuwildcats.com
Minnesota State Fair Announces Their Free Shows and Entertainment for 2026

The Minnesota State Fair has just announced their free shows and entertainment for 2026. Your admission ticket to the fair gets you in to all of these performances.

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May 14 • 3:17 PM EDT • Entertainment • krocnews.com
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Entertainment this week: Fanny Bridge Dedication, CultureFest

Friday, May 15 Michelle Moonshine – 7:30-10:30 p.m., Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats, 10007 Bridge St. Singer-Songwriter Michelle Moonshine’s original songs have an upbeat tempo, catchy vocal lines and heartfelt lyrics; but it’s her unique...

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May 14 • 10:07 AM EDT • Entertainment • sierrasun.com
An Atlas of Mental Health

Mental health diagnoses can help, but human minds are more sophisticated than rigid categories. We may need better "maps," not just boxes, to understand mental health and illness.

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May 14 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • psychologytoday.com
Inside Scale AI’s Business After Meta’s Bombshell $14 Billion Deal

How Scale AI Is Adapting Post Meta Deal And Founder’s Departure

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May 14 • 6:30 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
ProTech Fence owners named Idaho Small Business Persons of the Year

SHELLEY — Local brothers Dallin, Morgan and Scott Jolley never imagined that their parents’ business, which ran out of the garage, would be what it is today. But this month, the three won awards as Idaho Small Business Persons of the Year for their operations of the once-tiny business, ProTech Fence. The award is the […]

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May 13 • 10:30 PM EDT • Business • eastidahonews.com
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Donovan Mitchell turns ankle on photographer’s shoe vs. Pistons

The Cavaliers went from watching Donovan Mitchell rearrange franchise postseason marks to watching him land awkwardly.

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May 13 • 9:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cavaliers vs. Pistons score, live updates, how to watch Game 5: Cade Cunningham, Donovan Mitchell battle for series lead in Detroit
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May 13 • 6:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kohli hits unbeaten century as RCB move top

Virat Kohli hit a brilliant unbeaten 105 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets to move top of the Indian Premier League table. Opening the batting, the 37-year-old struck 11 fours and three sixes in his 60-ball innings as RCB chased down their target of 193 with five balls to spare. Kohli, who was dismissed for ducks in his two previous innings but is still averaging over 50 for the fourth consecutive year, lost opening partner Jacob Bethell for 15 when he was caught and bowled by Kartik Tyagi.

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May 13 • 3:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mitchell's Bryce Miller leads boys spring sports playoff top performers

Mitchell's Bryce Miller won the 2A boys golf individual championship to lead Week 12 WNC boys high school spring sports top performers.

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May 13 • 10:58 AM EDT • Sports • citizen-times.com
Scientists and Virginia aquaculture industry unite to prepare for ocean acidification

Research by William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS is bringing together scientists, shellfish farmers and community planners to prepare for environmental challenges related to ocean and coastal acidification in the Chesapeake Bay.

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Former NYPD chief launches NYC mayoral bid, promises ‘truth’ over politics

Retired NYPD Chief of Department John Chell joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to sound off on NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s budget, warn on taxing the wealthy, and weigh in on crime, protests and NYPD-ICE tensions.

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SAP embeds NVIDIA OpenShell into Business AI Platform

The open-source runtime provides isolated execution environments and policy enforcement for agents built in Joule Studio

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Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player, dies at 47

The NBA's first openly gay player, Jason Collins, died at 47 on Tuesday, May 12. His family revealed his cause of death in a heartbreaking statement

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Shelley Moore Capito wins West Virginia GOP Senate primary with Trump's endorsement backing her bid

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito secures the GOP Senate nomination in West Virginia's primary, backed by President Trump's complete and total endorsement.

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May 12 • 8:01 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Michelle Agrest

Mather, an 85-year-old not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating Ways to Age Well, announces Michelle Agrest has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Accounting and Treasurer.

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May 12 • 1:56 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Donovan Mitchell explodes for NBA playoff record-tying 39 second-half points, leads Cavaliers to 2-2 series tie with Pistons

Donovan Mitchell exploded in the second half, and the Cavaliers turned a 2-0 series deficit into a 2-2- tie.

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May 11 • 10:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4886-4892: Ingenuity and Perseverance, Curiosity Style

Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator

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May 11 • 9:38 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
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Barnes & Thornburg adds entertainment trio from Nixon Peabody

Barnes nabs entertainment trio from Nixon Peabody; Christina Change and Carron Joan Mitchell join Barnes in Los Angeles, while Farrah Usmani joins its Nashville location

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May 11 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • globallegalpost.com
Bill would put executives on the hook for 'knowingly' causing a catastrophe

Democratic state Assemblymember Emily Gallagher and Democratic state Sen. Michelle Hinchey are sponsoring this legislation in their chambers.

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Ohio Science Teacher Honored With 2026 Shell Science Teaching Award

Melissa Kowalski, a science teacher at Put-in-Bay School in Ohio, was named the 2026 Shell Science Teaching Award recipient by the NSTA.

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Rockets Could Explore Trade for Cavaliers' Donovan Mitchell This Summer

Following a disappointing end to the season, the Houston Rockets could look to make a deal for Cleveland Cavaliers All-NBA guard Donovan Mitchell.

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May 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Harden lifts Cavs over Pistons 116-109 in Game 3

Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points.

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May 9 • 11:19 PM EDT • Sports • santafenewmexican.com
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Annual Boston walk supports maternal health equity, improving infant health

Supporters gathered at the Hatch Shell despite rainy weather for the annual March for Babies Boston, raising funds for maternal and infant health research.

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Cavaliers earn must-win Game 3 victory at home, defeating Pistons 116-109 with Donovan Mitchell scoring 35 points
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Cavaliers earn must-win Game 3 at home, defeating Pistons 116-109 with Donovan Mitchell scoring 35 points

Donovan Mitchell and James Harden combined for 54 points, giving Cleveland the star performances it needed.

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May 9 • 5:56 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Stop Ruining the Game': Helldivers 2 in Damage Control as User Reviews Hit 'Mostly Negative'

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Three brothers who own Shelley fence company chosen as Idaho Small Business Persons of the Year

More than 100 people took part in Friday's celebratory luncheon for the three brothers behind ProTech Fence in Shelley being recognized for their excellence in business.

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May 8 • 11:33 PM EDT • Business • idahostatejournal.com
Amazon Prime Video Leveraging Sports for Advertising Domination

As it heads into the upfronts, the tech giant is leaning on the NFL, NBA, WNBA and other events to drive its ad business forward.

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May 8 • 1:19 PM EDT • Sports • hollywoodreporter.com
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Helldivers 2 Dev Promises More Content Is on the Way as Disgruntled Players Drag Steam Reviews Down to 'Mostly Negative'

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has addressed significant concern within the game’s community, teasing new upcoming content amid ‘mostly negative’ Steam reviews.

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Helldivers 2 devs respond to criticism with Q&A after recent Steam reviews tank to ‘Mostly Negative’

Helldivers 2 players have criticized Arrowhead Game Studios for some time. An official response from the devs promises many improvements.

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Gallery West saved from closure, local business owner to continue its legacy

Macon's beloved Gallery West has been saved from closure by local business owner Scott Mitchell. Mitchell also owns Sweet Eleanor's Divine Desserts and The Bohemian Den.

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PS5 sales expected to decline due to generative AI memory drought and rising prices

Sony has released its financial results for the past fiscal year. Inside, it predicts a decrease in PS5 hardware sales in the next 12 months.

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Barnes & Thornburg Fortifies Entertainment, Media and Sports Practice With Key Addition of Three Partners

/PRNewswire/ -- Barnes & Thornburg — a national law firm with more than 850 lawyers in 26 markets — has expanded its Entertainment, Media and Sports practice...

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May 7 • 3:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • prnewswire.com
Disease, misinformation threaten health workers

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May 7 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Khloé Kardashian Says She Was Drugged at a Coachella Party: ‘I Was So Scared’

"I don't think anyone drugged me," she revealed on her podcast. "I just think I was the dumb one and didn't realize everyone was on drugs"

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May 7 • 3:04 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Iran deal optimism lifts markets; anger as Shell’s profits more than double

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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May 7 • 2:35 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
Savan Kotecha on Co-Writing Justin Bieber’s ‘Beauty and a Beat’ & What Its Post-Coachella Comeback Means: ‘My Kids Think It’s a New Song’

"I remember sending it to Max Martin, going, 'look at this!'" the hit songwriter-producer recalls of the 2012 pop hit currently topping Billboard's global charts.

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May 6 • 11:49 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Public health alert issued for mislabeled ravioli that may contain shellfish
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May 6 • 9:58 AM EDT • Health • 10tv.com
Public health alert issued for mislabeled ravioli that may contain shellfish
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Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals!

A celebration of the tweaks and customizations that make life easier at the CLI.

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May 6 • 9:32 AM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
Pennsylvania community health centers request $5M for ‘crumbling’ safety net backbone

Organizations under a coalition of health centers assist more than 1 million patients across 450-plus centers each year.

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May 6 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • wesa.fm
Health officials warn NYC Italian eatery patrons of possible exposure to measles by infected diner
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May 6 • 1:45 AM EDT • Health • nypost.com
Ravioli sold at Costco under public health alert. See affected item

Ravioli sold at Costco is under a public health alert for undeclared shellfish. Here’s what to know and what to do if you have it.

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May 5 • 6:43 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Assembly Studios building bandshell designed for world-class live entertainment

Designed for community access and world-class live experiences, a bandshell will host live music, film screenings, cultural events and community gatherings.

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May 5 • 2:11 PM EDT • Entertainment • wrdw.com
Assembly Studios building bandshell designed for world-class live entertainment

Designed for community access and world-class live experiences, a bandshell will host live music, film screenings, cultural events and community gatherings.

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1 confirmed case of measles in Manhattan

The person apparently visited the restaurant Norma in Hell's Kitchen on April 25 between 5-8 p.m.

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May 5 • 1:45 PM EDT • Health • abc7ny.com
Health alert issued for ravioli pasta that may contain shellfish

The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health alert for 32-oz. plastic bag packages containing “Giovanni Rana Rustic Beef Sauce & Creamy Burrata Cheese Ravioli."

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May 5 • 11:05 AM EDT • Health • fox5atlanta.com
Obama admits 'genuine tension' in marriage over pressure to stay in politics

Former President Barack Obama says his role as President Donald Trump's most high-profile critic has created tension in his marriage with former first lady Michelle Obama.

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May 5 • 8:09 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
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Legislative Dems follow highway robbery with blackmail

By Byron Pelton My colleagues across the aisle have revealed something extraordinary in their frantic attempt to get rid of Initiative 175: They believe Colorado voters are too stupid to notice their vote will be thrown out in furtherance of their elected representatives’ budget shell game. For more than a decade, the Democratic majority has […]

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Assembly Studios building bandshell designed for world-class live entertainment

Shows and events at the bandshell could begin as early as June.

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Assembly Studios building bandshell designed for world-class live entertainment

Shows and events at the bandshell could begin as early as June.

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Eric André blows up John Cena's life — and teaches the 'ancient art of analingus' — in 'Little Brother' first look

John Cena and Eric André give an exclusive first look at their new comedy, 'Little Brother,' for EW's 2026 Summer Movie Preview. Also starring Christopher Meloni and Michelle Monaghan, the film hits theaters on June 26.

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May 4 • 11:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
MAVERICK ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES PEACOCK PREMIERE DATE FOR "ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE" STARRING SYDNEY MITCHELL, MORITZ J. WILLIAMS, AND TAYE DIGGS

/PRNewswire/ -- Maverick Entertainment announced today that the highly anticipated original film Another Man's Wife will premiere exclusively on Peacock on May...

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MAVERICK ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES PEACOCK PREMIERE DATE FOR "ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE" STARRING SYDNEY MITCHELL, MORITZ J. WILLIAMS, AND TAYE DIGGS

Maverick Entertainment announced today that the highly anticipated original film Another Man's Wife will premiere exclusively on Peacock on May 8, 2026.

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May 4 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Anthropic Nears $1.5 Billion Joint Venture With Wall Street Firms

Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman each expected to invest around $300 million; Goldman Sachs also an investor.

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May 3 • 10:12 PM EDT • Business • wsj.com
Raptors vs. Cavaliers odds, prediction, line, time: 2026 NBA playoff picks, Game 7 best bets from proven model

SportsLine's proven model has revealed its Toronto Raptors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers best bets for the 2026 NBA playoffs

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What Regulators Can Learn From Sports

Mitchell Berman assesses sports as legal systems, discussing what sports can reveal about rules and regulation.

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Entertainment: Kamehameha Song Contest; Waikiki Shell May Day concert

The junior class came out on top taking the overall coed title in the 106th Annual Kamehameha Song Contest.

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May 2 • 2:56 PM EDT • Entertainment • hawaiinewsnow.com
Hellberg ready for exciting play-off with Saints

Middlesbrough will face Southampton in the play-offs as their slim automatic promotion hopes were ended on the final day.

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The politics of Trump's ballroom

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — President Trump was about a half-hour into his second speech of the day, musing about the danger he faced last week at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “Saturday night, it was good for one thing. People are loving my ballroom now,” Trump told a crowd last night. “That’s the only thing. They love my ballroom.” Ever since he was hustled off stage at the Washington Hilton last week, after an attempted shooter breached the dinner’s security perimeter and sent guests diving to the floor, the president has argued that the incident is proof for why his White House ballroom is needed. Only his planned $400 million, 90,000-square-foot project, Trump has reasoned, can keep a president truly safe at major events. It’s true that a bunch of GOP lawmakers have jumped on board with new legislation and words of support for Trump’s project. House Speaker Mike Johnson, Sen. Rand Paul and other prominent Republicans went on TV to talk about the need for a ballroom. But as we reported at The Washington Post this week, “people” aren’t really changing their minds on Trump’s ballroom. A new Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that most Americans still oppose the ballroom project: 56 percent against it versus 28 percent in favor. The numbers are the same as a poll from last year, the Post’s polling whiz Scott Clement found. Other new polls have found similar margins, too. “I’m just not a giant fan, especially of extravagance,” one independent voter told me. “I mean, in the era we’re in right now, given how much people are struggling, it just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to spend $400 million on a ballroom.” How we got here The Washington Post has followed Trump’s ballroom project very closely. (My colleague Jonathan Edwards may have written the most total words of any reporter about the project; I may be second.) The project exploded as a national issue after Trump tore down the White House’s East Wing after initially promising not to touch it.1 Historic preservationists sued, and about a month ago, a federal judge ordered a halt to ballroom construction.2 The only way the ballroom could proceed, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled, was if Congress explicitly authorized Trump’s plans. (An appeals court has stayed Leon’s order for now.) The judge’s ruling raised an obvious question: would Congress authorize the project? Keep in mind, “authorization” doesn’t mean that Congress needs to necessarily fund the planned $400 million project; they could just sign off on the private donations that Trump has solicited to pay for the ballroom.3 But GOP lawmakers really didn’t want to talk about the ballroom, we reported at The Post just a few weeks ago. One major reason was the ballroom’s bad polling — not a small detail with many of their own midterm elections looming. The White House Correspondents’ Dinner incident, and Trump’s advocacy, may have changed the political conversation around the ballroom. As this week’s polling shows, it doesn’t seem to have affected the fundamental questions surrounding the project. To put it another way, voters still say that cost-of-living concerns are top-of-mind heading into the midterms. Some Republican and independent voters have told me that they see the ballroom as a vanity project that will help Trump but do nothing for their own lives. It might not help Republicans that Trump has dismissed some of the cost-of-living concerns. He’s described “affordability” as a buzzword manufactured by Democrats whose policies helped cause inflation. “They’ve got one good line of bullshit,” Trump said in his first speech yesterday, delivered at a Florida retirement community known as The Villages. Thanks for reading Dan Diamond's newsletter! Subscribe for free to stay up-to-date on my work. Subscribe Speaking of Trump’s speeches… I’m down in Florida because it’s my “duty week” as a White House reporter — basically, I follow the president wherever he goes. (And then hand the baton off to one of my Washington Post colleagues next week.) As part of my duty week, I’ve spent a few days covering the White House’s reaction to Saturday’s attempted shooting, including officials’ review of the security protocols to protect the president. Trump was restrained in the wake of the incident, addressing the nation from the White House briefing room about the need for peaceful dialogue and trying to lower the temperature. But he’s clearly been itching to get back out of the White House, and I was curious to hear how his Florida speeches would go. And — to my ears — it was an unburdened Trump. Not the one we saw Saturday night in the White House briefing room, but the one we witnessed on the campaign trail in 2024. Loose, dropping profanities, mocking everyone, including members of his team. “We have a man here who knows more about Medicaid, Medicare, medical crap than any human being. Where’s Dr. Oz? Where the hell are you, stand up,” Trump said, referring to Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “It’s the most boring trip I’ve ever made. He’s telling me about Medicare, Medicaid. All I want to do is take care of you, I don’t care. I said, ‘You work out the details.’” I wrote up the speech, as Trump headed to West Palm Beach to deliver more remarks a few hours later. The White House didn’t like my story. Their rapid-response team called it the work of a “total loser”4 and “a miserable TDS-ridden moron.” You can be the judge of whether it’s a fair story or the product of someone afflicted with “TDS.” (The White House’s shorthand for “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”) I’ve pasted the story below with a gift link, meaning that you don’t need to be a Washington Post subscriber to read it. It might prompt you for an email address, though. Meanwhile, I’ll be down in Florida for the rest of the weekend, covering the president. It’s TBD whether those stories will be deemed TDS-afflicted, too. 1 Jonathan details the past six months of ballroom fallout, reactions and the implications for executive authority here. I also had a great time talking about Trump’s ballroom and other projects with Australia’s ABC News Daily on a podcast this week. 2 The judge allowed underground construction and national security-related work to continue. But that hasn’t been enough for Trump, who says the ballroom itself is essential for his protection. 3 The ballroom donors include companies like Palantir, Google and Amazon. For transparency, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post, where I work. No one has ever interfered with our team’s coverage of the ballroom or our mentions of Amazon or Bezos, and if that changed, I’d speak out. 4 To be fair, I’ve spent the morning working on stories and writing this Substack post rather than enjoying the beautiful Florida weather. So they may be onto something about who’s winning and who’s losing.

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Business Lookahead: Eyeing oil, US jobs, and European earnings

STORY: From high oil prices and the conflict in the Middle East to U.S. jobs data and corporate earnings, here’s what you need to watch in business and finance in the week ahead.:: Crude and currencyOil prices briefly topped $120 a barrel this week to hit their highest level since 2022 as the war with Iran enters a third month.While the U.S. and Iran face pressure to end a conflict that has shut the Strait of Hormuz, the world watches anxiously as the biggest-ever disruption to energy supplies unfolds.For each week the Strait is closed, keeping oil elevated, the greater the economic risks via higher inflation or weak growth or, for some, both. Oil importer Japan just intervened to prop up a yen that has been weakened by the conflict.A new month is now underway and some traders will be mindful of that old adage, "Sell in May and go away.":: Jobs gyrationsAs the U.S. economy grapples with fallout from the Middle East war, Wall Street's radar turns to Friday's April monthly payrolls report.The U.S. economy likely created 73,000 new jobs, economists polled by Reuters forecast. In March, payrolls increased by 178,000, the most since December 2024, but that followed a sharp decline in February.The U.S. employment data comes amid signs of hawkishness at the Federal Reserve, as Donald Trump pick Kevin Warsh prepares to take over as chair with the U.S. president keen on rate cuts.:: Starmer’s statusThursday's local elections in Britain, usually a non-event for investors, could move markets in a big way, with opinion polls pointing to a heavy defeat for Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party.A heavy defeat could spark more widespread demands for his dismissal among his own lawmakers and stoke expectations of a successor more willing to run looser budgets. That would bring more bad news for British bonds.::European earningsIt's a big week for European earnings with Shell and Commerzbank among those reporting.On aggregate, profits are expected to grow 3.2% in Q1, according to LSEG I/B/E/S. Under the surface, it's a little bit more complicated. Growth is expected to be driven by just three sectors: financials, tech and energy. The latter is seen as the biggest beneficiary of the Iran war due to higher oil and gas prices.But if the war, and energy surge, persist, the overall outlook for Europe's earnings could turn.

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Mitchell Robinson opened up about his mental health …

Mitchell Robinson opened up about his mental health …

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Knicks eliminate Hawks with a 140-89 Game 6 blowout

OG Anunoby scored 29 points in 27 minutes, Karl-Anthony Towns had his second triple-double of the series and the New York Knicks had their biggest playoff victory in franchise history, overwhelming and eliminating the Atlanta Hawks 140-89 in Game 6 on Thursday night. The Knicks broke several NBA records by halftime. Dyson Daniels and Mitchell Robinson were ejected after fighting following a pair of free throws from Anunoby that gave the Knicks a 50-point lead in the second quarter.

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May 1 • 12:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Mitchell Robinson and Dyson Daniels ejected as Knicks break record for largest NBA playoff halftime lead in Game 6 beatdown of Hawks

Dyson Daniels showed more fight than the rest of the Hawks. Which isn't saying much.

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DJ Khaled Reacts to Justin Bieber Performing Their Hit 'I'm the One' at Coachella: 'My Phone Blew Up' (Exclusive)

"That's my brother and I'm very grateful for everything that we've done together and I'm excited to do more," Khaled told PEOPLE at the VCARB Livery party

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California Department of Public Health Issues Annual Shellfish Safety Warning

(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) -- Beginning May 1st and continuing through at least October 31st, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising

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Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #30: 4/30 @ Brewers

Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS BREWERS Geraldo Perdomo – SS Garrett Mitchell – CF Ketel Marte – 2B Brice Turang – 2B Corbin Carroll – RF William Contreras – C Adrian Del Castillo – DH Jake Bauers – 1B Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Tyler Black – DH Lourdes Gurriel – LF Luis Rengifo – 3B Nolan Arenado […]

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City Review

This empty shell of an adventure falls short of realizing the awesome potential of being the turtle bros in VR.

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How Adam Scott became an accidental horror movie star

From Hellraiser to Hokum.

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Women & Business Profile: Michelle Latta

Michelle Latta Rebel Fox, President Michelle Latta loves advertising so much that, as a toddler, she preferred commercials over actual television

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A bitter political race turns Alabama Muslims into a target: ‘We are proud Americans’

Jay Mitchell and Katherine Robertson have both referred to Muslims in campaign ads.

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The C64 And ZX Spectrum Are Being Reimagined As Nintendo-Style Clamshell Handhelds

"Takes inspiration from some of the most successful gaming handhelds of the past"

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VCU Health breaks ground on $90M outpatient cardiac center next to Diamond District

VCU Health anticipates it will initially utilize 93,000 square feet of the two-story center. The remaining square footage is planned to be shell space that would be fill based on its future needs.

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Governor orders health, food inspections to resume - Office of the Governor

SANTA FE — Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham today directed the New Mexico Environment Department to immediately resume routine health and food safety inspections that were temporarily paused due to a funding shortfall in the agency’s Environmental Health Bureau. “The Environment Department’s decision to halt inspections was premature,” said Governor Lujan Grisham. “We will resolve the […]

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Comey appears in court in Trump threat case that's likely to pose a challenge for Justice Department

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey appeared in court on Wednesday, kick-starting a criminal case against him that legal experts say presents significant hurdles for the prosecution and will likely be a challenge for the Justice Department to win. Comey was indicted in North Carolina on Tuesday on charges of making threats against President Donald Trump related to a photograph he posted on social media last year of seashells arranged in the

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The Internet Is Falling Down, Falling Down, Falling Down (cPanel & WHM Authentication Bypass CVE-2026-41940)

Hello! Yes, it's all a disaster again! Let's get this party started: 0:00 /0:12 1× No comments today, so imagine this: * We wrote something that we find very funny, * Nobody else gets it, * But everyone humors us It's your typical watchTowr Labs blog introduction. What Is cPanel & WHM?

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DOJ indicts ex-FBI chief Comey over seashell post

Comey had posted a photo of seashells spelling out ‘8647’

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Apr 29 • 10:47 AM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
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WATCH: Justice Department holds news briefing on Comey indictment over '86 47' photo

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted again Tuesday, this time in an investigation over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials said constituted a threat against President Donald Trump.

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: April 28, 2026 | Insights

The U.S. Senate adopted U.S. Con. Res. 33, a concurrent resolution that details the shell of the reconciliation package will fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Helldivers 2's latest balance patch sees a major shakeup to durable damage, affecting the new warbond Exosuits

Helldivers 2's latest patch notes affect durable damage balancing as the new Exosuit warbonds update rolls in, balancing the game around armor.

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How Reid Health uses AI to save time, improve retention and elevate patient experience

Through a partnership with HelloCare.ai, Reid Health began using Abridge, a generative AI system, to document clinician-patient conversations.

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Apr 27 • 3:11 PM EDT • Health • aha.org
Japan’s Nippon TV Bolsters U.S. Unscripted Business With Nick Ower

Ower joins as director of development and sales, unscripted. He joins after nearly ten years at the Love Island and Hell’s Kitchen producer.

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Apr 27 • 11:30 AM EDT • Business • deadline.com
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An insider reveals the real goals of prior authorization

Years ago, Archelle Georgiou helped squash prior auths at one of America's biggest health insurers.

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Apr 27 • 10:51 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
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‘It’s Philippines’ time now’: Filipino entertainment makes way onto global stage

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) — Last weekend, BINI made history as the first Filipino girl group to perform at the world-renowned Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Filipinos worldwide f…

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Apr 26 • 9:46 PM EDT • Entertainment • kron4.com
Coachella Uses Google DeepMind AI to Test the Future of Live Entertainment

Coachella is experimenting with AI-built artist tools, immersive digital worlds, and 3D performance archives that could shape future fan experiences.

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Apr 26 • 3:04 PM EDT • Entertainment • decrypt.co
Stagecoach 2026: How to watch livestream with Post Malone, Hootie & the Blowfish

You can also catch Ludacris, Warren Zeiders and Third Eye Blind on Amazon Music and Prime Video's Sunday Stagecoach livestream, which starts at 3 p.m. Pacific.

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Apr 26 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com