Posts by Amelia Frost
Hannah Chody Tried 50 Eye Shadows to Find the Perfect Peachy Pink. Finally She Made Her Own
Hannah Chody’s hundreds of thousands of followers know she has a few great loves: designer bags (obviously), the alt milk so good she bought the company, and her adorable bulldogs, to name a few. But if there’s one thing she’s known for, above all, it may be her relentless search for the perfect peachy-pink eye…
Read MoreProtests In France Are Becoming Increasingly Violent. Demonstrations Have Now Spread To Other European Countries.
Clashes between riot police and protestors became a common sight in the French capital of Paris and elsewhere in the country on Saturday, as protests which began in mid-September over anger with the French education system continue to grow in scope and frequency. According to the French Ministry of Interior, over half a million joined…
Read MoreTrump Maintains Defiant Message In Kentucky Midterm Rally, Makes Dubious Claims About Republican Popularity
President Donald Trump held a midterm campaign rally in support of GOP candidates in Highland Heights, Kentucky on Saturday. In spite of record low approval ratings and polls showing that races for the House and Senate in traditionally Republican-leaning states will be close, the president projected a defiantly optimistic message throughout the event. “I started…
Read MoreIsraeli Settlers Attack Foreign Media And Diplomats In West Bank. Israel Questions The Reports.
Israeli settlers attacked a group of European diplomats, including a 78-year old French mayor, as they were visiting the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh in the West Bank on Saturday. The attacks, which saw the window of a Belgian consular vehicle smashed and both Belgian Consul General in Jerusalem Anick Van Calster as well as…
Read MoreCalls Grow In Europe For Governments To Develop Alternatives To, Or Outright Abandon, Musk-Controlled Tech
Governments across the European continent are being urged to reduce their technological reliance on the U.S., particularly regarding technology developed or controlled by Elon Musk. Ukraine is leading the push for the establishment of a European alternative to the Starlink communications system, the development of which was confirmed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday.…
Read MoreAOC Donated $1 Million To Michigan Candidate El-Sayed’s Senate Campaign, Fuelling Speculation That She Will Run In 2028
Potential 2028 Democrat presidential candidate and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has donated $1 million to the campaign of Abdul El-Sayed in order to help him in his bid to defeat his Republican challenger Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race in November. “I am not waking up on November 4 wishing I did more to combat…
Read MoreAnthropic Co-Founder Claims AI Could Add Trillions To U.S. GDP Within Four Years
An internal Anthropic model predicts that advancements in AI could increase U.S. GDP by over 30 percent in the next four years, the AI company’s co-founder Jack Clark claimed on Saturday. Clark was speaking at the annual IMF and World Bank meetings, which are taking place between October 12 and 18 in Bangkok, Thailand. Despite…
Read MoreTrump Waives Russia Sanctions He Previously Signed Into Law, Prompting Immediate International And Domestic Backlash
Despite signing a congressional bill that would significantly expand the U.S. sanctions regime on Russia into law in September, President Donald Trump has now blocked the application of several of the Russia-related sanctions mandated by the bill just two days before they were meant to come into effect. The Trump administration claimed that a waiver…
Read MoreWeak Links Start to Show in A.I. Borrowing
Trillions of dollars in borrowed money have powered the A.I. boom. But now there is growing uncertainty around just how easily more money can be obtained — and how much of it will be paid back. Those questions burst into the forefront this week when investors rapidly lost confidence in one debt-laden data center company,…
Read MoreRussian Oil Company is Managing to Keep Service Stations Open Following Trump’s Sanctions Waiver
The U.S. Treasury Department extended a sanctions waiver that allows Russian oil company Lukoil to keep its service stations open. The waiver applies to Lukoil service stations outside the Russian Federation and extends the timeline through April 24, 2027. The waiver had been scheduled to end later this month. The waiver extension comes after President…
Read MoreGen Z Is Seeking Debt Help Faster Than Any Other Generation, New Figures Show
More young Americans are seeking professional help managing their debt, with Generation Z emerging as the fastest-growing group of clients at a major nonprofit credit counseling agency as rising borrowing costs and everyday expenses put pressure on household finances. The number of Gen Z clients seeking assistance from Money Management International (MMI) increased 31% from…
Read MoreInvestors Rotated Out of the AI Trade and Geopolitical Tensions Soared. The Nasdaq Saw Its Worst Week in Months.
Stocks plunged on Friday as traders continued to rotate out of the AI trade and geopolitical tensions continued to climb. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.34%, while the S&P 500 did so 1.09%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite underperformed, plummeting 2.14% and closing its worst week since June. Semiconductor companies led the decline, having been…
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