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Musk agreed with one conservative commentator who suggested Nolan would be called racist if he gave the role to a white woman instead.

Musk agreed with one conservative commentator who suggested Nolan would be called racist if he gave the role to a white woman instead.

The Post breaks down the matchups between the Mets and the Yankees with the Subway Series set to resume for the first time in 2026 on Friday.

41 People In US Under Monitoring For Hantavirus: CDC

Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,

Forty-one people are under monitoring in the United States for hantavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 14.

Most of those being monitored were at one time on board the MV Hondius, a cruise ship that experienced an outbreak of the disease after it sailed from Argentina on April 1 to remote locations such as Antarctica.

Eighteen people were flown from the ship recently to medical facilities in Nebraska and Georgia for quarantining during the incubation period for the virus, which is up to 42 days.

Some other individuals left the ship before the hantavirus outbreak was detected and are at home in states such as Arizona and California.

The third group is composed of people who were exposed to hantavirus during travel because they came close to cruise ship passengers, particularly on planes, Dr. David Fitter, a CDC official, told reporters on a call.

Eleven Hondius passengers worldwide have been confirmed or are suspected to have contracted hantavirus, according to the World Health Organization. Three people who were on board and either tested positive or showed symptoms of the virus, such as fever, have died.

Humans typically contract hantavirus from infected rodents, but person-to-person transmission is believed to have occurred on board the vessel.

“Epidemiological investigations continue to better define epidemiological links between cases and exposure factors on the ship, as well as to try to understand the potential source of exposure,” the World Health Organization said in a statement on May 14.

No mandatory quarantine orders have been imposed as of yet in the United States.

“We are working closely with passengers and public health partners to ensure monitoring and rapid access to care if symptoms develop,” Fitter said.

“Our goal is to work with them and alongside them, building plans based on their specific situations to protect the health and safety of passengers and American communities. We understand that these passengers have already been through a difficult experience. This coordinated approach reflects our respect for them as partners in keeping themselves and their communities safe.”

Kansas officials said earlier Thursday that three residents who were not on the Hondius were exposed to a person with hantavirus.

The three are being monitored, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Other states, including Maryland, New Jersey, and Washington state, have said residents were possibly exposed on flights.

The CDC says the risk to the public is low, with hantavirus transmission believed to only occur through close contact with infected people or their bodily fluids.

Tyler Durden Fri, 05/15/2026 - 07:20

GameStop is a lousy business, which CEO Cohen readily admits, but somehow he has made it work.

From a tiny storefront in Manhattan to a nationwide obsession, this episode of American Icons, presented by Fox Nation, traces the incredible story of Lombardi’s Pizza — America’s first licensed pizzeria. Hosted by actor and comedian Sebastian Conelli, the episode explores how one New York institution helped shape the way the entire country eats. Through...

With the 30gth season of the Subway Series rivalry starting Friday in Queens, The Post looked at the off-the-field aspects of the showdown too.

One never knows how college softball’s most formidable hitting duo will celebrate their latest home run. Megan Grant likes a shimmy followed by a Superman pose. UCLA’s Jordan Woolery has 33 home runs this season entering the first game of the NCAA Tournament. Jordan Woolery is into the TikTok dances suggested by the team’s freshmen....

There are no confirmed cases in the United States of the Andes hantavirus outbreak that killed three people aboard a luxury cruise ship this month, US health officials said on Thursday, but 41 people, including 18 quarantined in Nebraska and Atlanta, are being monitored for possible infection.

President Trump was struck by the beauty of Zhongnanhai’s roses as he and Xi Jinping toured the latter’s executive compound Friday.

Mamdani managed to avoid any real spending cuts this year, at the price of spending all his available political capital — and of putting himself in a far deeper hole for the rest of his term.

The Mets have shown improvement in run prevention from last season, even if it isn’t always evident to the naked eye.

Europe's Green Deal Is Unraveling

Authored by Mohamed Moutii via the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)

Over the past decade, Europe has played a leading role in shaping global climate policy, highlighted by the launch of the European Green Deal in 2019—Ursula von der Leyen described it as a “man on the moon moment.” The initiative aims to make Europe the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 while fostering innovation and strengthening its industrial base.

Yet several years later, the results are deeply disappointing. Instead of meeting its goals, the Green Deal is increasingly associated with higher energy costs, weakened competitiveness, and growing political backlash. It has deepened divisions within the EU, strained global relations, and increased pressure on households and businesses—raising serious doubts about its feasibility and long-term economic impact.

How Green Ideology Undermines Europe’s Economy

Europe’s economic stagnation points to a deeper structural problem in its energy and climate strategy—one closely tied to the direction set by the European Green Deal. Since its launch, competitiveness has eroded sharply, with soaring energy costs at its core. Electricity prices in Europe are now two to three times higher than in the United States and China, with taxes accounting for nearly a quarter of the total cost.

These outcomes largely stem from policy choices. The EU’s binding targets—net zero by 2050 and a 55-percent emissions reduction by 2030—have constrained energy supply, despite Europe accounting for only six percent of global emissions. At the same time, phasing out nuclear, restricting gas, and relying on intermittent renewables have weakened energy security and increased price volatility. For industry—where energy can account for up to 30 percent of total production costs—this, combined with carbon pricing, has become a critical constraint, driving firms to scale back, relocate, or shut down, accelerating deindustrialization across the continent.

The automotive industry clearly illustrates these pressures: representing over 7 percent of EU GDP and nearly 14 million jobs, the sector is under pressure from the 2035 ban on combustion engines, forcing a rapid shift to electric vehicles despite unresolved technological challenges and market constraints. As Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius warned, the policy risks driving the sector “full speed into a wall.” The consequences for the sector are already visible: declining production, mounting restructuring, and significant job losses—86,000 jobs since 2020, with up to 350,000 more at risk by 2035—while tightening regulations are set to reduce profits by seven to eight percent by 2030, pushing the sector toward losses and eroding Europe’s automotive leadership.

Agriculture has also become one of the Green Deal’s clearest casualties. Stricter rules on emissions, land use, pesticides, and fertilizers are raising costs and increasing yield volatility, hitting small farmers hardest and accelerating consolidation among large agribusinesses. Targets such as cutting pesticide use by 50 percent and expanding organic farming risk significant declines in output, threatening both rural livelihoods and food security. Rather than enabling farmers to innovate and improve productivity, these policies are constraining production—fueling widespread protests and weakening both competitiveness and sustainability.

Taken together, these pressures are not isolated—they reflect a broader economic burden. The European Commission estimates that the transition will require at least €260 billion in additional investment each year, with total costs reaching up to 12 percent of EU GDP—a burden that is increasingly difficult for the European economy to sustain.

The Green Deal’s Central Planning Problem

The economic strain is now translating into political backlash. In recent years, opposition to the European Green Deal has surged across the continent—from farmers and industrial groups to voters and political parties. The 2024 EU elections confirmed what was already clear: the once-dominant green consensus is fracturing. In response, Brussels has begun quietly rolling back key elements of the policy—weakening regulations, introducing loopholes, and even avoiding the term “Green Deal” itself. What was presented as a historic transformation is now unraveling.

This backlash reflects a deeper failure. Although the EU allocated $680 billion from 2021 to 2027—over a third of its budget—the Green Deal has achieved only modest environmental improvements, while imposing a heavy economic burden on households and businesses, who now face higher energy prices, taxes, and regulatory pressure.

The problem is not merely execution—it is structural. The Green Deal relies on centralized planning to manage a complex energy transition, even though policymakers lack the information and incentives to do so effectively. A major flaw is its rejection of technological neutrality. Leading manufacturers support a mix of electric, hybrid, hydrogen, and e-fuels to compete freely and allow efficient solutions to emerge, yet Brussels is enforcing a single pathway—effectively dictating which technologies survive and sidelining industry expertise.

In such a system, the outcomes are predictable: misallocation, distorted competition, and costly failures. These distortions are amplified by Europe’s restrictive regulatory environment, where internal barriers within the EU single market amount to a 44-percent tariff on goods and 110 percent on services, further constraining efficiency and innovation.

Germany illustrates these dynamics clearly. Long regarded as the leader of Europe’s green transition, its Energiewende—expanding renewables while phasing out nuclear—has cost around $800 billion since 2002, yet delivered only modest results and left German industries paying up to five times more for electricity than American competitors. Much of the progress in renewables has been offset by the closure of zero-emission nuclear plants. Estimates suggest that maintaining nuclear capacity could have achieved a 73-percent emissions reduction at half the cost, highlighting the limits of ideologically driven policy.

The comparison with the United States is instructive. In the U.S., emissions have declined even as the economy more than doubled since 1990—driven largely by market forces, particularly the shift to cheaper natural gas and the expansion of renewables. This combination reduced emissions without imposing comparable costs. Europe, meanwhile, has pursued a more rigid, policy-driven approach that has raised prices and weakened growth.

The deeper lesson of the Green Deal is that climate policy cannot succeed when it abandons the principles that made Europe prosperous in the first place: free enterprise, open markets, private innovation, and limited government. Energy transitions cannot be engineered through centralized planning, subsidies, and political mandates. Innovation emerges from competition, experimentation, and market signals—not from governments dictating technological outcomes.

Tyler Durden Fri, 05/15/2026 - 06:30

That combination, at least through the first seven weeks of the season, has made Goldschmidt look like a relative bargain at $4 million.

"The US government should be buying the absolute best leading-edge technology from American companies at all times," Chris Buskirk said. "And Cerebras is one of those companies.”

Children typically need between 1 and 3 cups of vegetables daily for vitamins, minerals and fiber that support growth, brain development and long-term health.

We can't wait to see what Harbaugh does against the Cowboys, Eagles and 49ers this year.

"LoL420F*ckThePOLICE!": Millennial Uses Claude To Crack Crypto Wallet After Decade-Long Lockout

A millennial used Anthropic's Claude to crack the password to his Bitcoin wallet after locking himself out for more than 11 years.

Back in 2014, the X user "cprkrn," who did not identify himself, explained that he had a crypto wallet on an old computer, got stoned one night, changed the password, and forgot it. He tried trillions of password guesses over the years with no luck.

"I tried like 7 trillion passwords lmfao. Found this old pneumonic a few weeks ago that ended up being the old password before I changed it. Thought I was screwed. Last-ditch effort dumped my whole college computer into Claude," cprkrn said.

He noted, "It found an OLD wallet file that the pneumonic successfully decrypted. Locked out 11+ years because I got stoned and changed the password."

The password turned out to be: lol420fuckthePOLICE!* ...

Best part is the password was:

lol420fuckthePOLICE!*:)

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

— 🍜 (@cprkrn) May 13, 2026

Here are the prompts in Claude that helped the man retrieve five lost Bitcoins…

HOLY FUCKING SHIT OMG CLAUDE JUST CRACKED THIS SHIT, THANK YOU @AnthropicAI THANK YOU @DarioAmodei NAMING MY KID AFTER YOU 😍https://t.co/gObNirRDpS https://t.co/ByTdIM4d20 pic.twitter.com/xB5LUJb6Pe

— 🍜 (@cprkrn) May 13, 2026

And here is proof: the wallet went active on Wednesday after being dormant for a decade.

He added:

Last tweet + muting, asked Claude to summarize our recovery efforts:

TLDR, tried ~3.5 trillion passwords + none worked, ended up matching an old seed phrase found in a college notebook with an old wallet file 🙂 pic.twitter.com/iOaIIVsiHd

— 🍜 (@cprkrn) May 13, 2026

It was on Wednesday when we cited UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri, who provided color on what corporate America thinks about the chatbot race: “The survey continues to point to Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia as the key enterprise AI winners, but with Anthropic gaining ground.”

Read that report here.

Tyler Durden Fri, 05/15/2026 - 05:45

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.

A jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million to the family of a woman who was killed in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX.