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(Most) everything you need to know for today:
May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 217 days remain until the end of the year. As of this writing, 967 days remain in Trump’s term of office.
Knee-deep in the hoopla:
Thanks for the heads up… New website detects apocalypse if billionaire jets start fleeing en masse. (Bookmark it now.) (Futurism)
Trump has now threatened to attack one out of every 13 countries in the world. That’s how many Trump has threatened or attacked so far: 15 out of the nearly 200 countries in the world. (CNN)
NY Fed finds ‘remarkable increase’ in food insecurity for many Americans. Households have also been stressed by the shift of the job market into a low-hire, low-fire scenario that follows what had been a hot hiring sector during the pandemic and its aftermath. (Reuters)
YouTube taking steps to make clear when realistic videos are made by AI. The move comes as social media sites are flooded with “AI Slop”. (CBS News)
Sam Altman would like the record to show AI will not take your job (despite everything he’s said previously). (Gizmodo)
Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis. CEOs don’t really understand processes well enough to know what really can and can’t be automated. But that lack of knowledge doesn’t stop them from acting on their beliefs. (TechCrunch)
‘Disclosure Day’ first reactions call Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi epic ‘His best film in 20 years’ and praise Emily Blunt’s ‘all-time’ performance. Critics’ suggestion: “Stop watching the trailers.” (Variety)
Late Night:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Trump met with his cabinet amid his war in Iran being a mess and his approval rating being in the toilet, Hegseth got an angry phone call from Trump after he cancelled the deployment of 4,000 troops who were about to leave to be stationed in Poland, Jimmy had a brief back and forth with RFK Jr. online that caught the attention of Fox Business, Senator John Cornyn of Texas lost his primary to a Trump-endorsed Ken Paxton, he will now face off against Democrat James Talarico, and Spencer Pratt is running for the Mayor of LA. (Video)
Keep scrolling… lots of interesting stuff in Quote of the Day, Holidays, On This Day, Birthdays, and Deaths. I can pretty much guarantee you’ll learn something new.
History highlight:
1937 – Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, was founded.
Quote of the Day:
It is astonishing what force, purity and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.
--Margaret Fuller (Wikipedia link)
(More Margaret Fuller quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Amnesty International Day, International Day of Action for Women’s Health, International Hamburger Day, Menstrual Hygiene Day, National Beef Burger Day, National Brisket Day, The Slugs Return From Capistrano Day, Whooping Crane Day, World Blood Cancer Day, World Dhole Day, World Dugong Day, and World Hunger Day.
On This Day:
2016 – Harambe, a gorilla, was shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes.
2006 – Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth on MLB list.
2002 – The last steel girder was removed from the original World Trade Center /-site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
1998 – Comic Phil Hartman was murdered by wife.
1991 – The capital city of Addis Ababa fell to the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War.
1977 – The Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, was engulfed by fire, killing 165 people inside.
1964 – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was founded, with Yasser Arafat elected as its first leader.
1937 – Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, was founded.
1936 – Alan Turing submitted On Computable Numbers for publication.
1934 – Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets were born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they were the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
1892 – In San Francisco, John Muir organized the Sierra Club.
1830 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which denied Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocated them.
1588 – The Spanish Armada set sail to secure the English Channel.
585 BC – A solar eclipse occurred, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. It is also the earliest event of which the precise date is known.
(For more comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1999 – Cameron Boyce, American actor (died 2019)
1994 – Alec Benjamin, American singer and songwriter
1985 – Carey Mulligan, English actress and singer
1985 – Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Alexa Davalos, French-American actress
1981 – Laura Bailey, American voice actress
1978 – Jake Johnson, American actor
1977 – Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host and author
1976 – Liam O’Brien, American voice actor
1971 – Marco Rubio, American lawyer and politician
1969 – Rob Ford, Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (died 2016)
1968 – Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1956 – Jerry Douglas, American guitarist and producer
1949 – Wendy O. Williams, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 1998)
1947 – Lynn Johnston, Canadian author and illustrator (“For Better or For Worse”)
1945 – John Fogerty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1945 – Patch Adams, American physician and author, founded the Gesundheit! Institute
1944 – Billy Vera, American singer-songwriter and actor
1944 – Rudy Giuliani, American lawyer and politician, 107th mayor of New York City
1944 – Gladys Knight, American singer-songwriter and actress
1944 – Sondra Locke, American actress and director (died 2018)
1941 – Beth Howland, American actress and singer (died 2015)
1936 – Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (died 1997)
1933 – Zelda Rubinstein, American actress and activist (died 2010)
1933 – John Karlen, American actor (died 2020)
1931 – Carroll Baker, American actress
1931 – Gordon Willis, American cinematographer (died 2014)
1928 – Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (died 2015)
1923 – György Ligeti, Hungarian-Austrian composer and educator (died 2006)
1917 – Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (died 2012)
1908 – Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created James Bond (died 1964)
1888 – Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, and coach (died 1953)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2016 – Harambe, Cincinnati Zoo western lowland gorilla (born 1999)
2015 – Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter (born 1940)
2014 – Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (born 1928)
2014 – Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (born 1928)
2010 – Gary Coleman, American actor (born 1968)
2003 – Martha Scott, American actress (born 1912)
1998 – Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1948)
1975 – Ezzard Charles, American boxer (born 1921)
1971 – Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1925)
1937 – Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (born 1870)
1849 – Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (born 1820)
1843 – Noah Webster, American lexicographer (born 1758)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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