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> Makary initially overrode agency scientists to halt the approval of the first fruit vapes on the market before the FDA announced the approval would move forward last week.
His income was $25 million a year but his spending was at $50 million a year.
https://www.reddit.com/r/interesting/comments/1fc6wsc/michae...
He was making $5 million a year and he was MISERABLE. Those stupid horse expenses completely drained his life and finances to the detriment of everything else, he was one of the most unhappy people I've ever encountered in life.
He is a Stellers Sea lion (2,500 lbs and 11 feet) while generally the other sea lions are Caldiornia Sea Lions (850 lbs and 7 feet).
The recall affects all 173 of the $70,000 Cybertrucks sold by Tesla, which come with 18-inch steel wheels.
> This is the 11th Cybertruck recall so far, following issues with the vehicle’s accelerator, trim, inverter, reverse cameras, and even font size. Tesla released its RWD Cybertruck model last April, but discontinued it just months later. It launched an even cheaper $60,000 dual-motor AWD Cybertruck variant in February of this year, which isn’t affected by this recall.
> “On affected vehicles, higher severity road perturbations and cornering may strain the stud hole in the wheel rotor, causing cracks to form,” according to Tesla. “If cracking propagates with continued use and strain, the wheel stud could eventually separate from the wheel hub.” Tesla says it will remove and replace the front and rear brake rotors, hubs, and lug nuts free of charge.
My one criticism of your post is it needs more pics of the greyhound!
He also has a custom personal challenge coin that he hands out with guns and the punisher's face which is definitely something an edgy 13 year old would think is cool: https://www.reddit.com/r/challengecointraders/comments/1pj3k...
Don't forget flying his girlfriend around on a government private jet to her concerts and sporting events! https://www.axios.com/2025/12/01/kash-patel-alexis-wilkins-f...
And having FBI SWAT security detail and transportation assigned to ferry his girlfriend around to her personal events, then siccing FBI on the reporters who broke that story: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/us/politics/fbi-times-rep...
> The F.B.I. began investigating a New York Times reporter last month after she wrote about the bureau’s director, Kash Patel, using bureau personnel to provide his girlfriend with government security and transportation, according to a person briefed on the matter.
> Agents interviewed the girlfriend, queried databases for information on the reporter, Elizabeth Williamson, and recommended moving forward to determine whether Ms. Williamson broke federal stalking laws, the person said.
> Those actions prompted concerns among some Justice Department officials who saw the inquiry as retaliation for an article that Mr. Patel and his girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, did not like, and who determined there was no legal basis to proceed with the investigation, according to the person briefed on the matter.
> When the investigator asked Emilie if she could prescribe medication, she allegedly answered: "Well technically, I could. It's within my remit as a Doctor." In a statement, a Character.AI spokesperson declined to discuss the lawsuit.
Agree they are milking it like Marvel for more and more content, which is making everything feel watered down and less compelling!
I thought the pacing for Asoka was particularly glacial. I get they were going with a thoughtful/slow burn but there was soooo much empty staring into space, landscape shots, filler content walking through the highlands with nothing happening, etc. I think they should have gotten Thrawn in the mix by episode 3!
> The Mandalorian and Grogu is currently tracking for around an $80 million domestic opening over Memorial Day weekend—a number that would make it the lowest debut in Star Wars theatrical history.
Paywall link: https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://fortune.com...
Chan Zuckerberg is NOTORIOUS for overly ambitious claims, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative started in 2015 with the bold statement they would "cure all disease in our lifetime." It's been 11 years. Have they cured 1 disease? Let alone ~all~ disease? No.
When Zuckerberg realized he probably wasn't going to hit this goal they quietly changed it to "within our children's lifetimes."
I used to work in their building and actually saw them change it on the wall and as "within our childrens" 3 years in. Stay posted, probably in 15 years they buy themselves some more time and make it "our children's children's lifetimes."
Note they already doubted the integrity of Tavneos data five years ago: "New information that only became known to CDER [Center for Drugs Evaluation and Research] more than three years after approval shows that unblinded study personnel manipulated the results of the pivotal clinical study so the drug looked effective when the original analysis did not support that conclusion," the FDA said in a statement on Monday.
> The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has proposed to withdraw the approval of Amgen's oral medicine, saying that new information indicates that data was "manipulated" to facilitate its green light.
> The FDA said that Amgen’s options are to pull the drug from the market or request a hearing.
> The company is evaluating its next steps, an Amgen spokesperson said in an email.
Full CDER letter here: https://www.fda.gov/media/192160/download?attachment
It's generally a cost generating maneuver and diversion tactic to stall medicare-only (unprofitable patients) so they leave without getting assigned a room. Leaving without being seen (LWBS) is tracked as a quality metric by the government, so if the hospital sees them, makes a care plan, stalls them in the hallway for 10 hours and the patient gets frustrated and leaves themelves it's "elopement" not LWBS so the hospital doesn't have to spend money to care for the no-insurance unprofitable patient but also doesn't get dinged on their medicare quality metrics.
The other problem is elderly who have no places to go for discharge. No family support, no insurance for a SNF, no suitable housing or money for a board and care. These patients can stall waiting in the ER for 100 hours or more while a care worker is assigned and tries to sort out where they can go.
> The case centers on the accusation that Keirans' theft of William Woods' identity began in the late 1980s, when the two men worked together at a hot dog cart in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Woods said Keirans stole his wallet in 1988, but returned it after Woods threatened to punch him. But while Keirans had possession of Woods' wallet, he used the information on Woods' social security card to apply for a driver's license as William Woods.
> Court records show Keirans used Woods' identity to build a new life — marrying, having a child, opening bank accounts, obtaining credit, and working at the University of Iowa Hospital, where he earned more than $100,000 a year as an IT administrator.
> Court documents indicate that, when Woods tried to reclaim his identity in 2019, Keirans convinced police that Woods was the imposter. Woods was arrested and charged with identity theft and false impersonation.
> Woods spent 428 days in jail and 147 days in a state mental hospital, where he received medication after a judge found him not competent to stand trial. He was convicted in March 2021 and ordered by the court to use what it believed was his true name: Matthew Keirans.
> After his release, Woods continued fighting to reclaim his identity. In January 2023, he contacted the University of Iowa Hospital, where Keirans worked. A detective investigating Woods' complaint used DNA evidence to prove Woods was telling the truth. When confronted with the DNA results in July 2023, Keirans admitted he had used Woods' identity for decades, produced false documents, and lied to law enforcement.
> "My life is over," Keirans said, when confronted with the DNA results, according to the Associated Press.
> Fermi, which was co-founded by former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, is developing an AI campus in Amarillo, Texas, which will eventually use nuclear reactors to power data centers. That campus, known as Project Matador, has struggled in recent months, including friction with a key customer, Bloomberg reported.