was arrested in Miami on Thursday after being accused of threatening to kill three former business partners he’s known for “several years” ― including Shkreli Shkreli was identified as one of the victims The others were identified as Shkreli’s friend and former Vyera Pharmaceuticals executive Akeel Mithani Leer en español a company founded by Shkreli as Turing Pharmaceuticals The company came under fire in 2015 for raising the price of a life-saving medication by roughly 4,000% after obtaining exclusive rights to it would later go to prison for securities fraud and conspiracy In 2021, the Irish-born Mulleady was banned as part of a settlement from “working for or controlling a pharmaceutical company” for seven years the investigation into Mulleady began on March 27 after one of the victims reported to the FBI that Mulleady sent threats via social media platform X to him and the other victims The report doesn’t specify which threats were sent directly to Shkreli Mulleady sent a direct message to the victim stating the following: “I will kill you with my bare hands if I was legally permitted to do it I think about ending your life bc you are a really bad person Tell them Kevin Patrick Mulleady is going to kill you Maybe the NYAG (New York attorney general) could help you with my threats on your life im coming for you On Jan. 23, 2024, New York Attorney General Letitia James mentioned Mulleady in a news release announcing what her office called “the latest win against Martin Shkreli.” The arrest report states Mulleady later contacted the victim and said things including Im going to make you meet Jesus” and “I will drive that last (nail) in your coffin Authorities said he texted photos of guns to the two other victims and Deputies said he also sent a threatening voicemail They went to Mulleady’s apartment in the Infinity at Brickell building on Thursday to serve a risk protection order and arrest him The arrest report states that Mulleady surrendered a firearm “equipped with an installed silencer,” “along with over 500 rounds of ammunition.” Mulleady appeared in Miami-Dade bond court on Friday morning where Judge Mindy Glazer ordered he be held on a $22,500 bond after finding probable cause to charge him with three counts of written threats to kill or do bodily injury who claims to have ”founded or co-founded over 25 successful companies," is indigent and is being represented by the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office “It’s easy for people to accuse you of s--- but it’s harder for them to really prove it at the trial.” “Anybody can go on their phone and write something from somebody else I can program a phone number to say it’s your name,” the attorney continued he’ll be on Level 3 house arrest ― the least restrictive form He was also ordered to stay away from Shkreli and the other two victims and not communicate with them online Those records show he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Friday afternoon Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved Chris Gothner joined the Local 10 News team in 2022 as a Digital Journalist TV Listings Email Newsletters RSS Feeds Closed Captioning / Audio Description Contact Us Careers at WPLG Terms of Use Privacy Policy Public File FCC Applications EEO Report Do Not Sell My Info 1.0 Host Exhibit Copyright © 2025 Local10.com is published by WPLG INC. all thanks to watching Anthony Edwards outplay LeBron James and blow by Luka Doncic time and time again while leading the Minnesota Timberwolves over the Los Angeles Lakers in five games of the first-round playoff series “Ant-Man, my bad, bro. I knew you was a dog, I didn’t know you was a dog dog. I didn’t think you was going to go at Bron like that," Pierce said in a public apology posted online Friday Edwards has gone viral for a clip in which he says was motivated by all of Minnesota's naysayers but especially by what Pierce said about him before the series against L.A Paul Pierce," Edwards says in the clip The Hall of Fame Boston Celtics legend questioned whether Edwards had the cojones to stand up to LeBron and Doncic the way he did to Kevin Durant during last year's first-round playoff series "He admired KD but he ain't going to be doing all that woofing to [LeBron and Luka] but LeBron is a different type of aura than KD Kevin Garnett instantly disagreed with Pierce "I'm talking about Anthony Edwards ain't scared of nobody in the league "You just gave off scared energy." "I think he's going to be a little more respectful," Pierce said Paul Pierce says Anthony Edwards will be a lot more “respectful” to LeBron than he was Kevin Durant last year“He admire KD, but he’s not going to be doing all that whiffing to them.. KD is one type of Aura, but LeBron is a different Aura than KD”(Via @kg_certified) 🤔 pic.twitter.com/mQJqloJdBz You ain't going to hear no s*** like that from me no more In addition to his social media apology, Pierce offered an extended apology on a new episode of KG Certified that dropped Friday He has the patter of a Rutgers frat bro and the laid-back charisma of a Miami club promoter I looked up from my phone to see him standing in his doorway so whenever he needs to do something off-camera he plays a video and attends to his business quickly but we can talk when I’m done,” he told me “That was the one cohort they had to hold on to am qualified to teach these kids why we need a functioning welfare state,’ ” Piker told me “I just felt like no one else was really in these spaces trying to explain these things Piker has almost three million Twitch followers as with most guys who talk into microphones on the internet At the peak of his Election Night stream in November he had more than three hundred thousand viewers and he doesn’t use visual pyrotechnics to hold his viewers’ attention what you see on his stream is an overlay of three things: a fixed shot of Piker sitting at his desk; a screen share of whatever he’s looking at on his computer; and his chat all surging in real time up the right side of the screen that the “American empire” has been a destructive force on the whole—would surely be off-putting to the median voter But he is just one of many independent media creators with an anti-Trump message—in recent weeks the political-podcast charts have included “The Bulwark,” “This Is Gavin Newsom,” and even a show called “Raging Moderates.” For a couple of weeks last month a liberal show called “The MeidasTouch Podcast” beat out “The Joe Rogan Experience” for the No has a both-sides perspective,” Ben Meiselas “We do not mince words about the threat to workers I pulled up a chair, just out of frame. Kaya ambled toward me, vetting my scent. Piker talked, almost without interruption, for four more hours, holding forth about recent internet drama, a documentary about the history of NATO and the UnitedHealthcare C.E.O.’s assassin Within reach of his rolling desk chair was a mini-fridge full of cold brew and Diet Mountain Dew Some of his takes were too unpolished for prime time critiquing a clip from a rival podcast on the right.) Then again a live stream isn’t supposed to be a tight “I’ll see you tomorrow.” After turning the camera off Comments were still floating up one of his monitors—the thousands of fans in the chat had dwindled to a few hundred to keep one another company after the feed had gone dark and everything they say sounds fake as shit,” Piker said but at least people get the sense that he’s authentically saying what he’s thinking.” He put his feet up and reached for a fresh Zyn pouch feel increasingly alienated,” he continued and the reason your life sucks is because of immigrants or because a trans kid played a sport.’ And all the Democrats are telling them is ‘No be joyful.’ ” No one has ever accused Piker of being a moderate but in this case he is trying to forge a compromise But your undocumented neighbor is not the problem here he explained (but did not yet excuse) why such voters were drawn to Trump: “I think that the sense of cultural alienation breeds a sense of mistrust.” The first Trump Administration didn’t deliver many material gains to the rural poor—deaths of despair continued to rise and wages continued to stagnate—but at least Trump spoke to their anguish and seemed outraged on their behalf the question may not be why so many non-urban non-élites became Trump Republicans but what took them so long the economists Marianne Bertrand and Jessica Pan published a paper called “The Trouble with Boys.” In one survey more than a quarter of men in their teens and twenties reported having no close friends men were significantly more likely to die from it Cartoon by Edward SteedCopy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied a social scientist and a fellow at the Brookings Institution blasts Republicans for exploiting “male dislocation” and misogynist fury at the expense of women’s rights But he also lambastes Democrats for “pathologizing masculinity.” He gives an example from his sons’ high school in Bethesda where boys passed around a spreadsheet ranking their female classmates by attractiveness—behavior that Reeves describes as “immature,” even “harmful,” but not worthy of an international incident He writes that “indiscriminately slapping the label of ‘toxic masculinity’ onto this kind of behavior is a mistake,” likely to propel young men “to the online manosphere where they will be reassured that they did nothing wrong “Democrats got used to speaking about men as the problem not as people with problems,” Reeves told me and problems become grievances when you ignore them.” He knows a lot of well-connected Democrats in Washington and for years he has urged them to campaign on men’s issues—“not in a zero-sum way certainly not taking anything away from women we see you.’ And the response I always got was ‘Now is not the time.’ ” Rosin told me about a husband and wife she’d met in Alabama an arrangement he experienced as deeply shameful “She would put the check down on the kitchen table and nobody would speak about it,” Rosin said “But then ‘man-victim’ became a viable identity.” As Rosin stayed in touch with the man he started exhibiting a more “mischievous” expression of men’s-rights sensibilities My Rules.” This coincided with the rise of Trump He didn’t offer detailed policy solutions to any of the underlying sociological problems (“It is a very scary time for young men in America,” Trump said in 2018.) Richard Reeves was a guest on a popular podcast hosted by Theo Von a formerly apolitical comedian who recently went to Trump’s Inauguration presents himself as a curious goofball with essentially no prior knowledge on any topic but also without apparent malice—about the plight of the white man “I’m not speaking against any other group,” he said you can’t make white males feel like they don’t exist.” Von grew up poor in a small town in Louisiana but if you grew up with nothing you didn’t fucking feel any privilege sometimes.” If Von had made this observation at a Trump rally, or on X, he might have been led from just-asking-questions guilelessness to more overt white aggrievement. If he’d made the same point in a liberal-arts seminar, or on Bluesky my own inner hall monitor was on high alert.) But Reeves introducing some academic caveats without coming across as a scold has a uniquely terrible history when it comes to slavery,” he said But he also noted that low-income white men were at particularly high risk of suicide The hallmark of social media is disinhibition born of anonymity. On the internet, no one knows whether you’re a dog, a Macedonian teen-ager, or the Pope wearing a puffer jacket. Podcasts, on the other hand, are built on parasociality: Michael Barbaro isn’t your friend after making coffee with him in your ear a hundred times And then there’s the world of always-on streaming in which the temptations of parasociality are even more acute The hosts respond to your comments in real time You can remind yourself not to bond with the pixels on the screen but you may fall for the illusion all the same Piker treats fans in a way that can be confusingly intimate giving them avuncular life advice one minute and thirst-trap photos the next “abi” being Turkish for “big brother”; his fans are called “Hasanabi heads,” or “parasocialists.” Even as most of his fellow-streamers have drifted to the right His explanation for this is that he is from Turkey where “the idea that American economic and military power runs the world—that was duh.’ ” He was born in New Jersey and grew up mostly in Ankara and Istanbul spending summers with relatives in the U.S (He speaks English with an American accent.) His father “The inequality is just so blatant,” she told me but now we have the internet—everyone can see it.” he moved to Los Angeles and got a job with his maternal uncle who happened to be the founder and host of “The Young Turks,” one of the biggest left-populist talk shows on the internet The show had a considerable footprint on YouTube but Piker helped it adapt to punchier formats that were better suited to Facebook and Instagram I remember when this was a pudgy kid and I was changing his diapers,” Uygur told me he’s killing it in front of the camera.” Piker hosted a recurring video segment called “Agitprop,” and picked fights with the right-wing influencers of the day such as Tomi Lahren and Representative Dan Crenshaw He got himself in trouble—“America deserved 9/11” was not a particularly good take even in context—but he also expanded his name recognition Although he made some of the outlet’s most popular videos you can still be alienated from the means of production.) So and they formed a pandemic pod in a two-bedroom apartment shouting about video games or sex advice or whatever,” she told me and they would send me earplugs in the mail.” That year he spent forty-two per cent of his time live on camera (Not forty-two per cent of his waking hours—forty-two per cent of all the hours in the year.) In a call-in segment called “Chadvice,” Piker coached men through the small terrors and triumphs of daily life One twenty-eight-year-old from Finland described himself as having an Asperger’s diagnosis and an “abject fear of rejection”; Piker with solicitude and just enough amiable ribbing spent half an hour talking him through the social mechanics of a first date it was a niche platform where bored adolescents could watch other adolescents play video games Amazon bought it for nearly a billion dollars—an eye-popping amount at least back then—even as mainstream analysts knew almost nothing about it “My demographic hem is showing,” the columnist David Carr admitted in the Times; still “there is clear value in owning so much screen time of a hard-to-reach demographic of young men.” One article referred to Twitch as “talk radio for the extremely online.” while covering a rally during Bernie Sanders’s Presidential campaign Most of us travelling correspondents were youngish reporters from oldish outlets wearing blue button-downs and carrying notebooks in the back pockets of our Bonobos but he dressed as if he were from another planet backpack,” a portable camera setup that streamers use (I learned) when they venture out into the world Admirers in the crowd kept interrupting him and asking for photos I still didn’t get why viewers would hang around on his stream all day when they could get an unimpeded view of Sanders’s speech on YouTube You might as well ask why a fan would watch a football game at a bar when he could concentrate better alone or read a summary of the game in tomorrow’s paper Piker’s followers wanted to watch the rally through his eyes because they wanted to be his friend In October, 2020, Piker spent a couple of hours playing the group video game Among Us with some special guests, including the congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez They occasionally mentioned the ostensible purpose of the event—getting out the vote—but mostly they made easygoing small talk “I wouldn’t do it for this long if it wasn’t for you,” he told his viewers at the end of the night an inclination that was left-coded until very recently.) In 2014 when Rogan was a fan of “The Young Turks,” Piker met him at the Hollywood Improv the state of media and girls,” Piker wrote at the time “Top ten coolest moments of my life.”) During the 2020 Democratic primary Rogan interviewed three Presidential candidates—Tulsi Gabbard and Bernie Sanders—and concluded that Sanders was his favorite “He’s been insanely consistent his entire life.” motherfucker,” Rogan told CNN’s chief medical correspondent adding that the medication had been prescribed by his doctor “thinking that it’s gonna come back under proper management,” picked “California Dreamin’.” these shows reached tens of millions of potential voters many of them the kind of American who is both the hardest and the most crucial for a campaign to reach: the kind who is not seeking out political news Trump ended his parasocial-media tour by sitting in Joe Rogan’s studio to go without gaffes—which was part of the point While repeating his timeworn case that the 2020 election was rigged Trump let out a shocking Freudian slip—“I lost by  .”—before quickly trying to recover: “I didn’t lose.” Rogan laughed in his face the episode got more than fifty million views and the reaction was overwhelmingly positive “Unedited/uncensored interviews should be required of all candidates,” one of the top comments read She appeared on a few big podcasts—“Club Shay Shay,” whose audience is primarily Black and “Call Her Daddy,” whose audience is mostly female—but she never made inroads with the comedy bros (The closest she got was an interview with Howard Stern a former shock jock who now seems wholesome like Little Richard in the era of Lil Baby.) Harris’s staffers tried to get her booked on “Hot Ones,” the YouTube show on which celebrities answer innocuous questions while eating sadistically spicy chicken wings Her campaign staffers insisted that she wanted to do Rogan’s show but that it fell through for scheduling reasons Rogan claimed that he was eager to interview her and that he was even willing to keep certain topics off-limits I’m going to see the pattern of the way you think  whether you’re calculated or whether you’re just free.” Imagine the set of a prototypical man-cave podcast and “Flagrant,” co-founded by the comedian Andrew Schulz wouldn’t be far off: four dudes lounging around with a few plastic plants and a shelf of brown liquor behind them and Schulz and the other hosts buttered him up and you gotta make sure that you’re stiffed up,” Schulz said “I think street photography has arrived in the territory.”Cartoon by Frank CothamCopy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied but Schulz suggested that his greater talent may be a kind of listening “Democrats are tuned in to what people should feel,” he said “Trump is tuned in to what people actually fucking feel.” Schulz noted that this was also one of his own key skills: gauging micro-fluctuations in an audience’s reaction When Trump appeared on “Flagrant,” he talked about being taken to a hospital in rural Pennsylvania after he was shot and how impressed he was with the “country doctors” who’d treated him ’cause I just thought ‘country doctors’ was a funny phrase,” Schulz told me and in the next sentence he immediately says it again and he watches me to make sure I laugh again.” “Flagrant” bills itself as “THE GREATEST HANG IN THE UNIVERSE!” I spent the rest of the day watching Schulz and his co-hosts tape an episode (and then an extra segment sponsored by an online betting platform and then an extra extra segment for Patreon) and I could imagine some places in the universe that would have been greater One of the running gags in the episode was that the hosts kept pronouncing the word “prerecorded” as “pre-retarded.” At one point a host volunteered how many times he’d masturbated in a single day and his record was so formidable that the others looked worried for him even a solid hang can’t be scintillating all the time One function of a long-standing friendship “When she’s being the working-class chick from the Bronx “But when she starts going on MSNBC and doing ‘We have an orange rapist in the White House’—then you start to lose people.” Schulz said that he’d invited Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to appear on the show “numerous times,” to no avail (The Harris campaign says that Schulz never sent a formal invitation.) He couldn’t be sure why Walz had stayed away from podcasts like his “If we’ve got on a guy who was in the military for twenty years you know how guys really talk,’ ” Schulz said “And then let’s say we start busting balls he loses our people.” Walz was added to the Presidential ticket because he was able to talk like a regular person who could make the opposition seem “weird” by contrast “the Democrats can’t let a guy like that loose.” When Trump was on “Flagrant,” Akaash Singh a co-host who refers to himself as a “moderate,” encouraged him to consider practicing self-restraint “What we love about you as comedians is you shoot from the hip,” Singh said would you be a little more mindful of how powerful your words are?” “I don’t have an issue with them.”) By the left he is more likely to be dismissed as a limousine socialist who lives in a $2.7-million house If we’re still married to each other in ten years let’s get divorced.”Cartoon by Jeremy NguyenCopy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied “This is the first day where there will be no Italiophobia on this broadcast.” Already his chat was full of spaghetti emojis and “FREE LUIGI!” Piker walked a fine line—celebrating Mangione as “hotter than me” and speaking in generally exalted terms about “the propaganda of the deed,” but trying to stop short of overtly glorifying murder which is against Twitch’s terms of service he was suspended from Twitch for twenty-four hours after musing that someone may want to “kill Rick Scott,” the Florida senator.) he reserved his condemnation for the finger-wagging from the “corporate media,” as exhibited everywhere from Fox News to CNN they can’t let anybody have anything,” he said later his chatters sent him links to new information as it emerged—Mangione’s Goodreads account I would have been tempted to spend the day following the same bread crumbs struggling to retrace Mangione’s path to radicalization But it was easier to let Piker and the forty thousand internet sleuths in his chat make sense of it for me Many of Piker’s viewers come to him with inchoate opinions it still has to be relatable and entertaining.” One of his maxims is “Read the room.” In his case this means posting many hours of content about nothing in particular “He’s built up enough trust with his audience that if he’s being boring and academic for forty minutes they’ll stick with it until he starts doing something more interesting playing a Japanese dating simulator or whatever.” Some days he puts on a Trump hat and streams as Hank Pecker a “Colbert Report”-style satirical character updated for the MAGA era Piker records a weekly podcast with three buddies an apolitical chat show on which one of the most heated topics of recent debate was proper manscaping technique and another was whether one of them farted was proud to tell me that the podcast’s audience is about sixty per cent male—“which sounds like a lot but actually most shows in this space are eighty-twenty male or eighty-five-fifteen.” One theory for this lopsidedness is that women have better things to do with their time such as holding down meaningful jobs and cultivating lasting relationships while men are stuck playing video games with their imaginary friends adapting “eight hours for what you will” to the current decadent moment most people just wanna be comfortable,” he said Piker has stopped using the word “retarded,” but he still uses the word “pussy,” even though it may sound misogynist and “lame,” despite fans who consider the term ableist then I guess I’m not for you.” When his commenters try to tone-police him Piker will often single one of them out and say you’ve won Woke of the Day.” It’s not a compliment The day after Mangione’s arrest, Piker had back-to-back interviews with Lina Khan, then the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, whom Piker called “the LeBron James of regulators,” and with the writer Ta-Nehisi Coates but I love this man.” Piker’s mother stopped by during the Coates interview check your messages!” she shouted from the kitchen read his mother’s message aloud: “I got his book for the content and fell in love with his writing.” Piker’s father was sprawled on the couch watching “Love Actually.” with a bag of dirty laundry and a calendar featuring photos of himself posing in the nude While many of Halkias’s comedian friends have taken a reactionary turn he has stuck to his progressive principles (He got his start on a podcast called “Cum Town.”) “Ladies and gentlemen “we’ve got the left’s Joe Rogan here in the building!” In the “Rogan of the left” discourse both Piker and Halkias are frequently mentioned as top prospects Even if they were secretly flattered by the designation the least alpha thing they could do—the least Roganesque thing they could do—would be to thirst for it As a model for the future of progressive media Piker checks only some of the requisite boxes he was a guest on “Flagrant”; when I asked one of the show’s staffers about Piker’s performance but he sort of comes off like he thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room.” Piker sometimes succumbs to the socialist bro’s cardinal sin of pedantry and he can seem like a jejune know-it-all trying to reduce any societal problem to a one-word culprit usually “capitalism” or “imperialism.” Some segments of the Democratic coalition would find Piker to be edgy if “Rogan of the left” is to mean anything it would surely mean a higher tolerance for controversy even at the risk of alienating parts of the base On the scale of “whether you’re calculated or whether you’re just free,” Piker is freer than most Democratic surrogates Ivy League overachievers who sound like chatbots trained on stacks of campaign brochures But he is less free than the average MAGA bro who is unconstrained by the need for any consistent ideology “You can tell him I said that.” Halkias has his own podcast On the normier part of the spectrum are liberal influencers like Dean Withers and Harry Sisson bro” spirit of early YouTube to TikTok Live which was decorated with some Yes We Can iconography and had glass-walled conference rooms with cheeky names such as “Sedition” and “Conspiracy.” When the company began were treated as audacious upstarts challenging the media hierarchy Now they are middle-aged bosses in Henleys and tapered jeans We sat in “Legitimate Political Discourse.” A long table had been laid with LaCroix and PopCorners “We have become the out-of-touch lib establishment,” Vietor said Crooked now has more than a dozen podcasts “Pod Save America.” Vietor recounted a time when a friend invited him to appear on a show put out by Barstool Sports “The ‘how dare you platform someone you disagree with’ era is over Fuck that.” (He has since appeared on the show.) In 2018 Favreau was hosting a show called “The Wilderness,” about how the Democratic Party lost its way and wanted to include a clip of Obama reaching out to the white working class ‘I’m not sure this plays well today,’ ” Favreau said ‘That’s part of the problem!’ ” After the 2024 election Piker appeared on “Pod Save America.” Lovett got pushback from moderate fans with a Democrat who wants restrictions on trans women in sports—but he shrugged it off The “Rogan of the left” formulation isn’t entirely vacuous Rogan-like figures can’t be engineered; they have to develop organically Their value lies in their idiosyncrasies—their passionate insistence on talking about chimps and ancient pyramids rather than the budget ceiling—and in their authenticity which entails an aversion to memorizing talking points Many Democrats assume that what they have is a messaging problem—that voters don’t have a clear enough sense of what the Democrats are really like But it’s possible that the problem is the opposite: that many swing voters got a sense of what the Democrats were like but you get a sense of who he is as a human being,” Rogan said alluding to a line from “Scarface”: “All I have in this world is my balls and my word.” Reeves, the social scientist, told me, “There is a strong correlation between which Democratic lawmakers are in my inbox and which ones have the year 2028 circled on their calendar.” Senator Chris Murphy read Reeves’s book in 2023 and praised it on X; many of Murphy’s constituents writing a follow-up on Substack: “We should try to do two things at once—fight for the equality of women and gay people while also trying hard to figure out why so many boys are struggling and why so many men are feeling shitty.” Sanders and Fetterman share what could be described as populist instincts they may represent elements of a style that other politicians could crib from I find the performance of masculinity to be totally boring,” Hanna Rosin told me “But if that’s what fifty-one per cent of Americans need—someone who reads as some version of ‘gruff manly dude,’ but whose heart is still in the right place—then I’m willing to go along with it.” Twitch stars often appear on one another’s streams a gym in Encino owned by a streamer and fitness influencer named Bradley Martyn to do a “collab.” It would also feature Jason Nguyen a twenty-year-old Twitch star from Texas who goes by JasonTheWeen but mostly we just talk about gym-bro shit,” Piker told me but his content isn’t really political at all.” (“I dont lean towards anyone,” Nguyen wrote when reached for comment “I dont want anything to do with politics 😭.”) performing for the camera by flirting with a woman on a weight bench “Is Jason rizzing right now?” Piker asked Martyn he was wearing a tank top with a Rambo-style cartoon of Trump and the words “LET’S GO BRANDON.” “I was coming into hostile territory who is six feet three and two hundred and sixty pounds looks vaguely like Bradley Cooper on steroids (Martyn has taken testosterone supplements which Piker once brought up in a jocular debate about trans rights: You do hormone-replacement therapy so why can’t they?) Nguyen is much smaller ‘There’s three muscleheads in the gym right now,’ ” Nguyen joked Piker roasted Nguyen with a fake comment from his own chat: “Jason looks like a twink.” They wandered from station to station—first bench-pressing then deadlifting—as their cameramen followed voice: “And also reach out to the young men out there who are lost—who feel anchorless rudderless—by lifting some heavy weights.” One flat-screen TV showed Joe Rogan interviewing Elon Musk they let liquor stores and strip clubs open all the wars—it’s not like I trust any politician how can we get a different result?” Last fall “How would you actually make an effective change there?” It wasn’t a specific question “We’re changing that whole thing around,” he said Martyn appeared on Piker’s stream to explain his support for Trump “Why do you have so many Zyn containers behind you?” Martyn said “I fucking slam those bad boys daily,” Piker said “One side at least acknowledges that people are angry—the Republicans.” The Democrats’ proposed solutions were inadequate “You’re gonna have to say sorry when he does what he says he’s gonna do.” They ended the gym session by daring each other to take turns sitting in Martyn’s cold plunge Piker resisted at first—“I didn’t bring a towel I hope y’all are happy he took his shirt off,” Nguyen said Then he checked his phone: the woman from the weight bench had already sent him a message A long-ago crime, suddenly remembered A limousine driver watches her passengers transform The day Muhammad Ali punched me What is it like to be keenly intelligent but deeply alienated from simple emotions? Temple Grandin knows The harsh realm of “gentle parenting.”  Retirement the Margaritaville way Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Thank You for the Light.”  Sign up for our daily newsletter to receive the best stories from The New Yorker. Ali Paige Goldstein / Everett CollectionApril 16, 2025 ShareSave Listen-1.0x+0:0012:06Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration Last fall, the consumer-electronics company LG announced new branding for the artificial intelligence powering many of its home appliances Out: the “smart home.” In: “Affectionate Intelligence.” This “empathetic and caring” AI It might switch off your appliances and dim your lights at bedtime select a soundtrack to soothe you to sleep The technology awaits your summons and then It will surround you with care—and ask for nothing in return as consumers with human-level intelligence The people building the future are not asking for our permission; they are expecting our gratitude more as parody than as satire: Sharp as it is in its specific observations about tech culture the show sometimes seems like a series of jokes in search of a punch line when it casts its gaze on the gendered dynamics of tech—when it considers the consequential absurdities of tech’s arrogance The show doesn’t spend much time directly tackling artificial intelligence as a moral problem—not until its final few episodes as a consumer technology and as a future being foisted on us That is because Silicon Valley is highly attuned to the way power is exchanged and distributed in the industry and to tech bros’ hubristic inclination to cast the public in a stereotypically feminine role Silicon Valley knows that there’s no greater claim to entitlement than an attempt to build the future Read: The rise of techno-authoritarianism The series focuses on the evolving fortunes of the fictional start-up Pied Piper, a company with an aggressively boring product—a data-compression algorithm—and an aggressively ambitious mission. The algorithm could lead, eventually, to the realization of a long-standing dream: a decentralized internet its data stored not on corporately owned servers but on the individual devices of the network Pied Piper’s founder and the primary author of that algorithm is a coder by profession but an idealist by nature he battles with billionaires who are driven by ego But he is not Manichean; he does not hew to Manne’s sense of masculine entitlement He is surrounded, however, by characters who do fit Manne’s definition, to different degrees. There’s Erlich Bachman, the funder who sold an app he built for a modest profit and who regularly confuses luck with merit; Bertram Gilfoyle, the coder who has turned irony poisoning into a personality; Dinesh Chugtai the coder who craves women’s company as much as he fears it; Jared Dunn the business manager whose competence is belied by his meekness Even as the show pokes fun at the guys’ personal failings Pied Piper is a tiny company trying to hold its own against the Googles of the world can be giddily adolescent about its own bro-ness (many of its jokes refer to penises) insightful about the absurdities that can arise when men are treated like gods The show mocks the tech executive who brandishes his Buddhist prayer beads and engages in animal cruelty It skewers Valley denizens’ conspicuous consumption (Several B plots revolve around the introduction of the early Tesla roadsters.) Most of all the show pokes fun at the myopia displayed by men who are revered as “visionaries.” All they can see and care about are their own interests the titans of tech are unabashedly masculine Read: Elon Musk can’t stop talking about penises and Silicon Valley spends its seasons writing whiplash into its story line Richard and his growing team—fellow engineers getting a big new round of funding or good publicity they are brought low again: Defeats are snatched from the jaws of victory The whiplash can make the show hard to watch You get invested in the fate of this scrappy start-up You feel a bit of preemptive catharsis until the next disappointment comes Read: OpenAI goes MAGA in many instances means to be betrayed by it And AI makes that vulnerability ever more consequential Siri and Alexa and their fellow feminized bots are flourishes of marketing They perform meekness and cheer—and they are roughly as capable of becoming an “immortal dictator” as their male-coded counterparts Pied Piper seems poised for an epic victory The company has a deal with AT&T to run its algorithm over the larger company’s massive network It is about to launch on millions of people’s phones Pied Piper’s algorithm uses AI to maximize its own efficiency; through a fluke Richard realizes that the algorithm works too well It will make its own definitions of efficiency Pied Piper has created a decentralized network in the name of “freedom”; it has created a machine Now that network might mean humanity’s destruction It could come for the apps installed in self-driving cars It could come for bank accounts and refrigerators and satellites we’re watching not just comedy but also an action-adventure drama The guys will have to make hard choices on behalf of everyone else And the show asks whether they will be wise enough to abandon their ambitions—to sacrifice the trappings of tech-bro success—in favor of more stereotypically feminine goals: protection Coders will have to come to grips with what they’ve created Do we want our machines to be affectionate Or can we settle for ones that leave the work of trying to be good humans to the humans ​​When you buy a book using a link on this page Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Scientists just recently decided to study female birds like the two red-legged honeycreepers (Cyanerpes cyaneus) pictured above in Costa Rica have less striking coloration than their male counterparts which are bright blue in the case of the honeycreepers This is one factor that likely contributes to unconscious bias against studying female birds. Photograph By Klein & Hubert Nature Picture LibraryByJason BittelMarch 18 That might sound like a simple statement—an obvious statement—but just a little over a decade ago most scientists viewed birdsong as trait that belonged nearly exclusively to male birds This is just one of many ways scientists have historically short-changed female birds, researchers argue in a new study published in the International Journal of Avian Science “People tend to have an unconscious bias towards male birds, and that’s often because they’re brighter and easier to identify,” says lead author Joanna Wu an ornithologist and ecologist at the University of California females and males are indistinguishable at a glance making studying differences between the sexes even more difficult These biases echo similar ones in human studies and could impact efforts to save species from threats like climate change and habitat destruction “Without females, you’re really missing a large part of the population, and a pretty important part of the population for survival,” says Karan Odom a behavior ecologist at the University of the Pacific Overlooking female birds in research “can have real conservation consequences,” says Wu. As an example, she points to golden-winged warblers The female birds inhabit lower-elevation habitats than males outside of the breeding season Rather than simply being a quirk of warbler biology this behavioral difference has real world impacts because lower-elevation habitats are easier to log While conservation efforts focused on the males’ habitat, one study found that female golden-winged warblers lost twice as much non-breeding habitat as males When scouring the scientific literature for their perspective piece, Wu and her colleagues—all members of a birdwatching group called The Galbatross Project, which communicates the importance of female birds—also found a number of other interesting and understudied patterns. “I was surprised to find studies are consistently finding females disperse farther than males do,” says Wu. And this finding may be linked with another. “Study after study consistently finds that female birds have a lower survival rate,” says Wu.  Take a bird flying from the United States to Panama as part of its yearly migration. If female birds fly even slightly farther than males, that’s more time spent in the crosshairs of predators, more energy expended, and more risk of starvation. Differences between the sexes may also make female birds more susceptible to landscape-scale changes, such as climate change. And all of these factors are likely to have knock-on effects for the population. but also that it goes back the beginning of the birds’ family tree I think it’s important to be recognizing that we might’ve missed some things,” says Odom (Why do some female hummingbirds masquerade as males?)  [these things] are framed by those who are in positions of leadership and have the capacity and the resources to ask the questions those areas were dominated by men,” says Comen “And that legacy pervades all sorts of intellectual investigation For example, in humans, females can suffer from different diseases than males or a disease may present differently between the sexes studying both is necessary to ensure the health of the population overall but helps us understand how to improve the health of men,” says Comen it’s how can we align together to improve the health of everybody in society.” (We’re finally studying women’s bodies. Here’s what we’re learning.) “One thing that most excites me about this paper is that there are solutions that we can pretty easily implement,” says Wu “And the first and foremost is we just have to recognize that there are sex differences.” In addition to increased awareness of the problem other steps forward include training scientists and the public on how to better identify female birds and DNA samples to sex species that are more difficult to parse Studies and surveys can also better account for the way the sexes may use different habitats in both space and time—such as focusing on capturing birds during the migration season when females may already be spending more time at a nest Making an effort to investigate birds outside of North America and Europe which is where most studies have historically taken place This is because many tropical songbirds are socially monogamous which tends to be an indicator of species with female singing “My deepest hope for all of our health is that we are less divided and more united, and recognizing that everybody in society deserves just, fair, and ethical quality healthcare,” says Comen. “We cannot have that without examining that which is similar between us, but also that which is different.” access content via the FT Edit page on FT.com and receive the FT Edit newsletter Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times have tuned in to the most popular podcasts in the manosphere to understand what men are getting from these spaces Male podcasters offer more than just viral soundbites political gaffes and the occasional offensive joke the headlines are ablaze with Trump’s pre-election podcast blitz the New York Times’ recent deep-dives into Theo Von’s emotional rollercoasters and Hasan Piker’s progressive flexing but the real question is: why do these podcasts resonate so deeply with millions What do they reveal about the state of masculinity in 2025 let’s resist the urge to flatten the “manosphere” into a single some of these podcasts are magnets for controversy and the kind of humor that makes HR departments sweat (or quit) And you’ll hear something else: vulnerability and a desperate search for meaning in a world that keeps shifting the goalposts for what it means to be a man whose podcast ‘This Past Weekend’ has become a cultural phenomenon regularly drawing millions of viewers and listeners Von’s style is a paradox: one moment he’s riffing with Trump about addiction or admitting to Tony Robbins his struggles with pornography and self-worth There’s a reason his show feels more like public access TV than a polished late-night set: it’s honest has built his empire on a different but equally potent brand of authenticity His podcast is a theater of masculine performance and even the occasional conspiracy theory become tools for exploring what’s real and what’s bravado Rogan’s genius isn’t in being right; it’s in being relatable the appeal of these podcasts is the promise of transformation almost mythic struggle: the battle against one’s own worst instincts The podcasts become bildungsromans-spiritual coming-of-age stories-where the hosts and their guests wrestle with their flaws in public Theo Von’s conversations with Tony Robbins are a case in point reframes these admissions as acts of courage The message: masculinity isn’t a static trait but a quest- a journey from selfishness to selflessness who conducted anthropological research in Papua New Guinea has seen firsthand how the concept of the “big man” (bikpelaman) is less about dominance and more about being useful to one’s family and society men who are bullies or insecure lose their coalitions and their influence.) The opposite-rabisman-means unaccomplished The podcasts echo this ancient dichotomy: the true mark of manhood isn’t bravado to become a bulwark against entropy for one’s community you have to wade through a lot of posturing the “ingroup” language that signals you’re part of the club and the macho anger often reveals itself as a mask for deeper feelings of inadequacy and fear This is where these podcasts diverge from traditional media The hosts are often as lost as their listeners The “manosphere” isn’t about certainty; it’s about permission to be confused The products and services advertised on these shows aren’t so much stuck in the past as they are stuck at the surface: creatine gummies fix your life.” But what the audience is actually craving isn’t just physical enhancement But here’s the opportunity: even brands selling physical attainment can go deeper The key is to connect the pursuit of physical health to broader themes of self-actualization fitness brands can build campaigns around the idea that strength and endurance aren’t just about personal gain; they’re about having the energy and resilience to support your family When a brand frames physical transformation as a step toward becoming more generous it taps into the deeper emotional triggers that drive real loyalty and advocacy Some brands have already shown how this works like completing a fitness challenge or overcoming a personal hurdle can be positioned not just as personal victories but as moments of connection Storytelling is crucial: share customer journeys that highlight how physical change led to greater confidence such as group challenges or charity tie-ins reinforce the message that physical health is a foundation for positive social impact the future of male-focused marketing isn’t in selling bigger biceps; it’s in supporting the journey from selfishness to selflessness Brands that elevate their messaging from surface-level gains to stories of growth and meaning will win the hearts and trust of this audience what do these podcasts really reflect about masculinity today They’re spaces where men can admit to feeling lost or inadequate- and where they can hear others doing the same but the real engine of their popularity is the search for meaning and a new /old kind of manhood that’s still being invented/rediscovered episode by episode the lesson is simple: stop selling to the stereotype and start listening to the struggle The brands that help men become more generous and more self-aware will be the ones that win in this new Abigail bridges the worlds of anthropology, marketing, technology and creativity, first as a brand/communications strategist in the creative advertising space and later at Google, where she led strategy and creative teams for over a decade. Catch her on her podcast, Human Code, or connect on LinkedIn Tom has led two anthropological lives. In the first, he studied an ethnic group in Papua New Guinea. The second has been spent analyzing the rituals, routines and beliefs that power American and International consumer culture. He is the author of many academic and business articles and books. You can continue the conversation on LinkedIn. Sunday night, the Winnipeg Jets pulled off a miracle comeback in Game 7 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs - and the fans went crazy.  The fans at a men’s league hockey game that is the fans at Canadian Life Centre went crazy as well You can’t witness your team erasing a two-goal deficit in less than two minutes and not go berserk.  Vladislav Namestnikov beat St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington with 1:56 left to go Cole Perfetti’s tally with three seconds left sent everyone in the rink into a frenzy The Jets would end up winning in double overtime While this moment was unfolding in front of 15,000-plus packed in that hockey barn members of a nearby men’s hockey league were watching the game on the rink’s jumbotron When it became evident that the Jets had a legitimate shot of a comeback That means that they saw Perfetti’s goal - and everyone I can guarantee you that 95% of men’s daydreaming is dedicated to fantasizing about being in a moment like this The rest is given to whether or not they and 99 buddies could take down a gorilla That’s a men’s league game these dudes will remember for the rest of their lives I would suspect that who won the men’s league game didn’t matter nearly as much as the Jets-Blues game Winnipeg will take on the Dallas Stars in the second round starting at 9:30 p.m These dudes will probably be among the most excited for the series to start You are agreeing to OutKick's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy DISCLAIMER: This site is 100% for entertainment purposes only and does not involve real money betting. Gambling related content is not intended for anyone under the age of 21. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER On May 5, 2025, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, led by analyst Meyer Shields, issued an update on Brown & Brown (BRO, Financial) maintaining their "Underperform" rating on the stock However, the firm adjusted its price target for Brown & Brown (BRO, Financial) This change reflects a reduction of -1.96% in their price target for the company Brown & Brown (BRO, Financial) continues to be evaluated with an "Underperform" rating by Keefe The company's performance and future outlook will remain under scrutiny by market analysts Based on the consensus recommendation from 16 brokerage firms, Brown & Brown Inc's (BRO, Financial) average brokerage recommendation is currently 2.6 (Note: This interview contains some minor spoilers, particularly one moment shown in the trailer.) Nerdist: It seems pretty obvious you love what you do, that you love to make movies. It’s also obvious lots of people want to work with you. So of all the films you could have picked to star in, why this one? What is it that appealed to you about The Surfer? Nicolas Cage: I related to the character. I felt bad for the character. His situation is something we can all, in this human experience, relate to. Where we think, “This house/that childhood memory/this place is going to make everything all right.” Or, “If I just work a little harder I’ll be able to get it all back.” That kind of Sturm und Drang and pathos spoke to me. Also that it was unusual storytelling. When I read this script, I thought, “Well, this is different. This is weird. This is the kind of story I aspire to write.” It was a non-linear narrative. I couldn’t believe the whole thing took place on a beach in a parking lot. That was new. And the more I do this, the more I want to find expressions in cinema that are unlike other things that we kind of become bored with. I wanted to find a new way of storytelling. I always think one of the best perks of being a famous actor is getting to work for months at beautiful locales. Yet somehow you signed up to shoot exclusively along a gorgeous beach where you spend most of your time suffering in the hot sun without shoes. What is it that you find fun about putting yourself through such a grueling production? Cage: The circumstances were so extraordinary. What a situation, that I felt like it would give me some latitude, some range, to maybe play with voice and line delivery in a way that I could explore film performance on all cylinders. Just, “Go man go.” And there were a couple moments that reminded me of old movies like Sabrina with the olive, when (Humprey) Bogart puts the olive in his uncle’s mouth and says, “Eat it.” I had just seen that moment. I was cracking up so much. And I thought, “Well, this character could be like a punk rock version of that moment and use the rat and shove it in (the character) Pitbull’s mouth and say, Eat it.” I was working with people that were open and were willing to try things. And Lorcan has a marvelous sense of humor, and I couldn’t work with a nicer group of guys. Julian [McMahon] and Nick [Cassim], these are great actors. They’re also good people to be around. So working with both the cast and the crew built an environment where I felt free that I could explore and express myself. It’s funny you mentioned what I think might be the biggest explosion from your character, the rat scene, because while I think you have genuine moments of madness in what is essentially a terrifying folk horror story, I actually found your performance understated in many ways. How did you decide when to hold back versus kind of letting yourself really go? The Surfer is described as a psychological thriller, and we see your character is unsure if he’s losing his mind as he struggles to separate reality from fantasy. You also get really dirty and suffer physically. You’ve started films where both of those things were also true. In what ways is The Surfer similar to some of your other movies that share the same kind of DNA and in what ways is it really different? Cage: It’s similar in that in these other movies that you mentioned there’s a heartfelt emotional experience at the core of all of these characters I like to think people in the audience can relate to on some level. Or cringe, or feel, or have some sympathy for. Getting pathos with. It is similar to something like Wild at Heart, in that Lorcan is not afraid to be a surrealist. He’s not afraid to take his time with the storytelling. He is not afraid to weave other elements in with cinema, with cinematography or backstory, in a kind of hopscotch manner of flashback and foretelling. It was certainly his style and signature that makes this movie both horrifying and hilarious. The Surfer leaves a lot of room for interpretation over what has actually taken place, especially at the end. Do you know definitively what happens and what it all means? Or do you only have the same info that viewers are left to grapple with? Cage: That’s very interesting, and I hesitate to answer your question because I want to leave room for the audience to form their own secret relationship with the story and the characters in the movie. Julian would say that this whole thing is in the Surfer’s mind, that none of it is real. That even his character is a figment of his imagination, which is fascinating. I rewatched the movie, again, looking at it from Julian’s perspective, and I thought it did work on that level in some ways. But I’m not that aware while filming what ultimately the finished product will be and what you will receive from it. Nor do I really ultimately want to be. I want to keep it enigmatic enough that you can buy into your own story with it, or how it relates to you. What do you remember in your history or your past that you can understand why….maybe not as extreme…but why this guy feels the way he does. The Surfer arrives in theaters on May 2, 2025. We’re delighted you're perusing our site for all your nerdy news We'd wholeheartedly appreciate you enabling ads to keep this content free How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Jessica and Rich here My brother just came to me with an unexpected sex request that could ruin both my life and his He wants to use my house for hook-ups with the woman he is having an affair with don’t have kids and am out of the house at work all day so Steve using my place wouldn’t be an issue for me in that regard My sister-in-law is also a complete and utter bitch Steve came to realize this about his wife too late—they have two kids now Joanna’s family is quite well-off and if they divorced my brother would be guaranteed to come out on the losing end of not only any divorce settlement would it be such a bad thing to help him find a little enjoyment in life I refuse to be distracted by the extraneous context you’re offering Why should it matter that your sister-in-law would triumph financially in the event of divorce Your mental calculus is like an artisanal take on karma a small batch of universe-balancing you’re making in your bathtub In the real world outside of your bathroom your sister-in-law’s pedigree has nothing to do with your brother cheating on her but she still doesn’t deserve to be cheated on Even if she is objectively “a complete and utter bitch” (almost certainly not the case—this is just your particular perspective) she still doesn’t deserve to be cheated on If she had performed an equal or greater offense maybe you could convince me that you have a point here but that’s about as much as you’d get from me even if it’s someone as close to you as your brother He can rent himself a smush pad or get hotel rooms If those things would somehow risk him getting found out That’s what happens when you cheat: You risk getting caught I understand that you feel loyalty to your brother I get wanting to remain close to someone even when he’s behaving unethically because people are complicated and we’re not our worst behavior Don’t bring this kind of drama into your life TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need I didn’t think it was possible to find anyone who was more upset about the 2025 NFL Draft than Mel Kiper Then I looked at my social media mentions and my email I got this unsigned email from someone who didn’t like my annual “What the Steelers Didn’t Get in the Draft” column “I knew what I would be reading was going to be negative because that’s who you are!! I don’t think anything the Steelers do in any draft will ever satisfy you While most people look at the glass half full you are and always will be a half empty guy You need Jesus Christ in your life to bring you some joy!” This is an annual column that I write every year — regardless of how good or bad I think the draft weekend is — to talk about what other needs still haven’t been filled and things they need to fix before the preseason is over I specifically wrote that I liked almost all of the picks and even defended the logic of taking the one perceived “luxury pick” of Jack Sawyer I think it’s you who needs Jesus Christ in your life Maybe he can bless you with some reading comprehension This guy also wasn’t a fan of that column or at least my specific criticism that Omar Khan was unable to recoup a Friday draft pick after trading a second-rounder for DK Metcalf in March They parlayed their 2nd rnd pick into a stud WR in DK they would have needed to use a draft pick on a WR And they turned their 1st round pick in 2020 into perennial pro bowler Minkah — You Know It’s Tru Tho (@know_tru) April 27, 2025 I’ll explain the Minkah part (again) reeeeeal slowwwwww since it’s taken you (and others) five years to grasp You can’t say a guy from 2019 has been “added” to 2020 … after he played 14 games in ‘19 That’s not a complaint about the trade It’s a complaint about how people try to spin it as two good moves in one “At least Metcalf is a 2025 offseason acquisition to improve upon last year’s club.” I never said they shouldn’t have made the trade I simply pointed out they failed in their attempts to create a way to get the pick back “Who gives a (bleep) what Kiper thinks?” probably the same people who give a (bleep) when they get “A” grades on picks Or do the Kiper-types only know what they are talking about when they praise the Steelers’ draft class and they are idiots when they are critical of it I thought the Steelers did well with a limited pool of picks But I’m not going to cherry-pick mentioning him only when he has good things to say about the Steelers and ignore him when he is critical of them This guy didn’t like my praise of the Steelers selecting running back Kaleb Johnson as their second selection in the draft — Joel Andrews ???? (@JAMillie07) April 26, 2025 Not only do I think Johnson’s better I think he is a better fit for the Steelers and will likely be more durable in the NFL Steve is fed up with Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson “They can’t bring back Karlsson for next season It would kind of make the decision to finally part with Sullivan pointless and hollow in my mind They did the hard part and set the wheels in motion so moving Karlsson from the team by hook or crook should be easier I can’t take anything they do next season seriously if he’s still on the team I doubt I’ll even check the scoreboard.” you can be 99% sure that Karlsson is still on the team … and was on the ice Figuring out how to shed themselves from Karlsson should be one of the top priorities of the front office this offseason — if not priority No I don’t necessarily agree with the connection you make to Sully though I’d go so far as to suggest that if they can’t move him maybe getting another coach on the bench would help the problem Sullivan’s pathological acquiescing to veteran status got in the way of him ever reaching Karlsson and making him a more responsible hockey player Finally, Tom had a little beef with my column about how Art Rooney II should react to how Kyle Dubas fired Sullivan and how he should use the same reasoning toward Mike Tomlin After four seasons on the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coaching staff, Mike Sullivan is no longer with the organization. https://t.co/8LvPfeKb7t — Tribune-Review Sports (@TribSports) April 28, 2025 Tim Benz is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Tim at tbenz@triblive.com or via X All emails are subject to publication unless specified otherwise Stay up-to-date on important news from TribLIVE 1-800-909-8742 © 2025 Trib Total Media | All Rights Reserved About Us Advertise Career Opportunities Contact Advertising Contact Circulation Contact Newsroom Contact Us Feedback Request Correction Resource Center Scholarship Opportunities Send Letter to the Editor Send News Tip Subscribe Subscriber Services Blog eFeatures Email Newsletters eTrib Facebook Home Delivery Instagram LinkedIn Marketing Minute Store Locations TribLIVE App - App Store TribLIVE App - Google Play X (formerly Twitter) Arts & Entertainment Best of the Best Business Directory Circulars Contests Coronavirus Lifestyles Local News YaJagOff Obituaries Opinion Our Publications Photos Real Estate Sports Video Weather Cookie Settings Privacy Policy Terms of Service One viral tweet request recently rose above the rest and I have to agree that I'm on board with older Houseguests coming into this season Big Brother is a game that favors the young, especially for those wanting to win BB through competitive dominance being a "comp beast" is rarely as entertaining for fans at least compared to other ways that Houseguests can dominate look at how many people rallied behind this post highlighting an exchange between Season 26 Houseguests Matt Hardeman and Angela Murray: 💀💀💀 #bb27 needs to casts more people age 50+ they make good tv ngl #bb26 pic.twitter.com/DUm0eH2AaPMay 3, 2025 with the live feeds offering that much more to gawk at and subscribe now to watch previous seasons as well Opt for its Essential plan or go ad-free and get double the catalog with Showtime through the Premium plan from $12.99 a month get 12 months for the price of 10 with its annual plan Of course, Angela was a Houseguest with some TV experience so her age may not have factored too strongly into her entertaining gameplay I think there's something to be said about Big Brother bringing in older Houseguests rather than loading every season with single twentysomethings who are just as invested in finding a showmance as they are in winning the game I Normally Like Big Brother, But I Absolutely Love Season 26. Here's Why I'd be interested to see if Big Brother would take influence from The Bachelor franchise's spinoff The Golden Bachelor with a season in which every Houseguest was above a specific age I'm honestly not sure how younger fans would respond to an entire cast loaded with olds or if there are even enough applicants who would fit the bill and be able to drop everything in their lives to take part I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some clues that point to more Houseguests of a certain age I'll continue to expect the unexpected until something official is shared but he also regularly reports on happenings in the world of Star Trek He graduated from the University of Southern Indiana with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Radio and Television He's great at hosting panels and appearing on podcasts if given the chance as well you will then be prompted to enter your display name The Last Of Us Season 2 Episode 4 Live Blog Watchalong: I'm Reacting To Isaac's Brutal Introduction Ellie And Dina's Revealing Seattle Trip And More William Shatner Posted His Annual Star Wars Day Message In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 2024 victory the Democratic Party finds itself at a crossroads with tensions between establishment figures and progressive insurgents intensifying One of the most notable primary challenges to emerge is Saikat Chakrabarti’s bid to unseat former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in California’s 11th congressional district  It is anybody’s guess whether this tech millionaire turned politico’s challenge is viable or merely symbolic Chakrabarti is a technology entrepreneur and political operative who gained prominence in the political sphere after transitioning from Silicon Valley Chakrabarti graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Computer Science where he worked as an early software engineer he helped build the payment processing platform that became one of Silicon Valley’s most valuable fintech companies he had brief stints at Bridgewater Associates and worked on Wall Street which demonstrated his early entrepreneurial ambitions it showcased his interest in creating technology solutions a political action committee aimed at recruiting candidates to run for Congress This marked his transition from technology to politics he also helped establish Justice Democrats another political organization focused on supporting progressive candidates he was the key architect behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning 2018 upset victory over Rep several factors would need to align: Chakrabarti is banking on Democratic voters’ frustration following the 2024 losses to fuel an appetite for new leadership as defeat often prompts soul-searching within political parties.  Chakrabarti represents a stark generational contrast He explicitly references this in interviews noting he was just one year old when Pelosi first took office in 1987.  I guess,” he told SFGATE in an interview “But it’s really hard to know what that word means these days.” The former Speaker’s deep roots in San Francisco politics and proven electoral resilience make her extraordinarily difficult to defeat San Francisco voters have recently shown willingness to reject incumbents The city’s progressive voter base might be receptive to his message Drawing from his experience with AOC’s campaign Chakrabarti understands how to bypass traditional gatekeepers He acknowledges he “can’t play on the establishment’s turf” and needs to connect directly with voters His emphasis on transformative economic policy to address working and middle-class concerns could resonate if voters believe Democrats need a dramatic course correction Winning 20 consecutive elections demonstrates Pelosi’s enduring popularity in her district She typically wins by overwhelming margins Pelosi’s fundraising network is unmatched allowing her to outspend challengers significantly While Chakrabarti likely has connections in tech circles he cannot match Pelosi’s national donor base including most elected officials and major organizations providing her with crucial endorsements and volunteer infrastructure Pelosi has successfully positioned herself as progressive enough for her San Francisco district throughout her career Even Chakrabarti acknowledges many voters in San Francisco “respect Nancy Pelosi for her career and the glass ceiling that she shattered.” This sentiment could make voters reluctant to end her career primary challenges against powerful incumbents rarely succeed While Chakrabarti brings credible progressive credentials and campaign experience to this race his challenge to Pelosi remains a longshot he would need to capitalize on post-2024 Democratic soul-searching and convince voters that Pelosi’s approach is fundamentally misaligned with the moment’s demands voters’ personal respect for Pelosi’s historic career might lead them to reject ending it prematurely What may be more telling is whether Chakrabarti’s campaign becomes a rallying point for progressive 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Learn more about our use of cookies: cookie policy On a recent appearance on the Stacking the Box podcast Jeanty said that he was the victim of a prank call after the Las Vegas Raiders selected him with the sixth overall pick in the draft “Some dude called me and was like ‘We just traded with the Raiders, and you’re coming to the (Dallas) Cowboys,’” Jeanty said on the podcast. But the former Boise State running back didn’t fall for the joke Jeanty was one of several prospects to receive a prank call during the 2025 Draft Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders was the victim of a prank call that the Sanders social media team captured on video One of the culprits was later revealed to be Jax Ulbrich the 21-year-old son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich Jax Ulbrich uncovered Sanders’ phone number on his father’s work iPad The NFL fined Jeff Ulbrich $100,000 and the Falcons $250,000 for the information breach “My actions — my actions — of not protecting confidential data were inexcusable,” Jeff Ulbrich said “My son’s actions were absolutely inexcusable The NFL has taken action and I fully respect the punishment and we will not be appealing the fine in any way Going forward I promise my son and I will work hard to demonstrate we are better than this.” Ohio State quarterback Kyle McCord and Penn State’s Abdul Carter and Tyler Warren were also the victims of prank calls The prank call was quickly brushed aside by Jeanty who is a +230 favorite to win NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in the latest odds from DraftKings 211-pound Jeanty led the country in carries (374) yards (2,601) and touchdowns (29) during his record-breaking junior season for Boise State He placed second in the Heisman Trophy voting and led the Broncos to a 12-2 record and the program’s first College Football Playoff appearance Odds are courtesy of DraftKings Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help BOB LUNDEBERGBob Lundeberg is a reporter for Boise State Broncos On SI. 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Sources: Kevin Mazur / Getty; Katie Flores / Billboard / Getty; Shutterstock.April 29, 2025 ShareSave Listen-1.0x+0:008:53Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration Something in Boone’s face—a tightness around his saucer eyes a droop in his beaming grin—suggested (and at first I thought I was projecting) nerves the kind of act that makes you wonder if this whole medium has been worth it.” The next week Boone addressed his critics in another TikTok “If you hate me or my music at least have a good reason for it.” Boone has been on a trajectory few musicians will ever experience. Last year, his single “Beautiful Things” was the most-streamed song in the world. He opened for Taylor Swift on the Eras tour, and at this year’s Grammys, he caused amazement by stripping off a tuxedo and somersaulting off a piano whose cover features him baring his abs while draped in the star-spangled banner suggests what he’s seeking to do: unite the country in admiration But in these times of national confusion about masculinity no happy-go-lucky dude with a mullet and a nice voice can exist for long without controversy racking up millions of views before ever releasing an album allowing the star’s personality to stand out against a familiar and comforting backdrop the music showed a notable amount of ambition blossoming from piano-ballad lows to operatic highs “Beautiful Things” is simpering and sentimental the song still surprises me—the gloomy intro simply does not prophesy the sharp screaming that comes later Read: Coachella defeated my cynicism about music festivals Boone is not so much diluting the spandex-and-sequins tradition as he is trying to square it with a deeply flavorless moment for popular rock it encourages a familiar vision of masculinity: singing with gritty seriousness while wearing Carhartt Boone is offering a version of this sound—“Beautiful Things” is the ultimate photo-montage song—while adding a touch more flamboyance and drama utilitarian music with a dose of pizazz is helping make him into a name But it also explains why portions of the audience read him as “off.” He’s slightly outside of settled identity categories and thus will be variously seen as trying too hard Scroll through any hostile comments section—or read the infamous Pitchfork review—and you don’t see a lot of substantive critique of Boone Boone’s TikTok addressed to his critics was desperate “I just read a comment that said ‘[I don’t even know] why I hate Benson Boone but it feels right.’ Like WHAT!! how am I supposed to improve after reading that?” My feedback for him would be to write more interesting music—though presentationally, I hope he sticks with the glam and acrobatics, because guys these days could stand to learn from it. For example: Mark Zuckerberg celebrated his wife’s 40th birthday by imitating Boone’s Grammy performance The stunt was widely mocked as a rich man’s cringeworthy outpouring of vanity but I sensed a plaintive undercurrent in Zuckerberg’s eagerness to squeeze himself into turquoise tights The Facebook founder has recently challenged other tech magnates to cage matches and complained about the alleged feminization of corporate America He’s clearly searching for some model of masculinity that would validate the worth of laptop professionals like him He’s not alone in that search: The sense that America’s boys are lost in transition, unsure about what male excellence really looks like, is leading the nation’s culture and politics down all sorts of strange corridors We could do a lot worse than the Boone model—looking fine without threatening anything other than good taste Skip to content Want a personalized experience and access to exclusive content Coca‑Cola's “Share a Coke” packs land on shelves across Great Britain from today with a fresh wave of nicknames LONDON: Forget "darling" and "sweetie" new research of under 30-year-olds* has revealed that Gen Z are ditching outdated pet names for personalised nicknames that reflect who they are and their friendships “Share a Coke” packs are in store from this week featuring a host of new nicknames  along with a chance for customers to create personalised cans with names of their choice to share the love with friends Can customisation will be available from May 15th According to the findings from Coca‑Cola “snookums” (37%) and “chick” (35%) are off the cards as they are old fashioned and outdated Almost a third (28%) of under 30s would never dream of using “muffin” or “bubba” (28%) while a quarter (25%) dislike the term “duck” It’s no surprise that three quarters (77%) of modern Brits think that the style of nicknames has changed over the years When it comes to ‘modern terms of affection’ Gen Z are embracing a whole new vocabulary with “bro” (53%) and “bestie” (35%) proving the most popular One in four (24 %) love spending time with their “fam” while one in five (17%) dote on their “queen” Other modern pet names include “day one” (13%) “sugarplum” (10%) and “family” (10%) which all make the top 20 list The research reveals that nicknames play a crucial part of Gen Z friendships with 42 percent admitting that they feel happy and loved (38%) when they are called by their nickname One in five (20%) say it makes them feel an important part of their friendship group while one in ten (12%) admit that it makes them feel secure With modern Brits having an average of three pet names more than half (56%) admit they prefer being called by their nickname rather than their real name Over a quarter (28%) got their pet name from an inside joke 21 percent say it is based on their personality and a further 12 percent were given it because of a particular character trait And these names are not just for personal situations anymore – 15 percent have been called theirs in front of their boss while 26 % have been called their pet name in front of colleagues a whopping 93 percent of young Brits believe that nicknames are a way of showing affection Nicknames: A Sign of Affection and Belonging “Nicknames are more than just labels; they’re a shorthand for shared history inside jokes and personal connections” says Charlotte Butt Senior Marketing Manager from Coca‑Cola Trademark “They reflect the unique relationships between individuals and the evolution of language within friendship groups that’s why we made sure to include terms of affection in our “Share a Coke” range.” Pet names are not the only way Brits care for their friends buying gifts is also a keyway that modern Brits show support (37%) alongside everything from spending quality time together (41%) sharing daily pep talks (52%) or even a steady stream of hilarious memes (4%) When it comes to the type of gifts – three quarters (74%) opt for personalised ones because it is more thoughtful (65%) feels more authentic (39%) and is an easy way to show that you care (38%) getting a gift with their name on it makes Brits feel valued (60%) appreciative of the time spent choosing the gift (36%) and closer to their friends (24%) - almost 9 in 10 (89%) get excited to see something with their own name on it With the popularity of this in mind and with nicknames and personalisation being a key part of Gen Z friendships Coca‑Cola has bought back “Share a Coke” with the option for customers to create a can with any name of their choice be it a nickname first name or surname - simply scan the QR code on pack or instore from May 15th to create a truly unique Coca‑Cola pack Alongside the much-loved name personalisation available Brits will be able to choose from a range of other nicknames and phrases around friendship “Share a Coke is about celebrating the ‘Real Magic’ of human connections one personalised Coca‑Cola can at a time,” adds Charlotte Butt “We're excited to bring back this campaign with new nicknames allowing people to express their unique relationships and celebrate the people who matter most We were inspired by how Gen Z uses nicknames to build stronger bonds tangible way to express those connections.” Look for personalised Coca‑Cola packs in store from May 1st and get ready to share the magic with your mates 1) 0ms;transition:background-color 150ms cubic-bezier(0.4 1) 0ms;transition:fill 120ms cubic-bezier(0.4 1) 0ms;font-size:inherit;}.css-v4v4rs{-webkit-user-select:none;-moz-user-select:none;-ms-user-select:none;user-select:none;width:1em;height:1em;display:inline-block;fill:currentColor;-webkit-flex-shrink:0;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;-webkit-transition:fill 120ms cubic-bezier(0.4 1) 0ms;font-size:inherit;}@media (min-width:0px){.css-v4v4rs{display:block;}}@media (min-width:1100px){.css-v4v4rs{display:none;}}.css-mps3fk{-webkit-user-select:none;-moz-user-select:none;-ms-user-select:none;user-select:none;width:1em;height:1em;display:inline-block;fill:currentColor;-webkit-flex-shrink:0;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;-webkit-transition:fill 120ms cubic-bezier(0.4 Walker, a 6'3", 227-pound tight end, spent the first three seasons of his collegiate career at Brown before playing for Rice in 2024. He compiled 1,465 yards and 15 touchdowns while playing wide receiver with the Bears before switching to a tight end role and recording 252 receiving yards last season with the Owls. According to Clayton Trutor of Seven Days in Vermont Walker also works out alongside Mahomes and other NFL players at APEC in Fort Worth Mahomes and Walker grew up in different states with Mahomes being raised in Texas by his father and mother Graham will have to prove himself among other talented rookies while also proving that he belongs in a talented tight end room that features veteran star Travis Kelce Walker will be surrounded by a sea of rookies hoping to leave a good impression on the Chiefs but he at least has a slight edge over others since he comes from the same family as the quarterback who has delivered three Super Bowls to Kansas City The Motley Fool is a financial services company dedicated to making the world smarter The Motley Fool reaches millions of people every month through our premium investing solutions free guidance and market analysis on Fool.com The fast-growing coffee chain is better loved by consumers than you-know-what in the business If you're not quite sure what to make of Dutch Bros (BROS -1.20%) stock here The coffee drive-thru chain's continued growth pushed shares sharply higher in 2024 and into early 2025 this one was upended by tariff fears and has been drifting sideways ever since Does that mean it's not the growth stock many investors thought it was after all maybe it's exactly the growth stock it's been deemed to be and the crowd just needs to be more patient recognizing all the bigger-picture stuff it's doing right that will matter in the long run -- even it doesn't mean much in the short run That's arguably the case right now in light of new data from consumer market research company Chatmeter which ranks Dutch Bros as consumers' favorite coffee and premium beverage choice for a wide range of criteria The coffee chain had a little less than 1,000 stores up and running at the end of last year so it's certainly possible you've never heard of it That's particularly true if you live in the eastern half of the United States since Dutch Bros' roots are planted on the West Coast even as it is growing its way across the country Don't let its relatively small size fool you, though. This little company offers a lot of growth potential This uniqueness is relative to industry titan Starbucks (SBUX -3.65%) So a comparison of the two companies is the best way to describe what Dutch Bros is Whereas Starbucks has spent the last five decades perfecting a polished universally uniform (even if somewhat cold) sit-down coffeehouse experience Dutch Bros has gone in the exact other direction and each locale is unique in the experience -- and vibe -- it offers are more likely than not to engage in some sort of casual personal conversation with customers that has nothing to do with coffee further differentiating itself from competitors it's this authenticity that consumers increasingly want It's a premise that seemed sound enough to anyone was keeping their eye on the company But there had been no serious empirical evidence to confirm the marketplace is headed to where Dutch Bros is waiting Using artificial intelligence to analyze customer reviews of rivals Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts in addition to a recent survey of over 1,000 U.S Chatmeter determined that Dutch Bros outperforms its two top competitors in a wide range of metrics There's some significant separation between Dutch Bros and its nearest competitors for all these metrics Its reviews specifically lauded the friendliness of the staff underscoring the idea that its personal-engagement ethos helps draw a crowd Image source: Chatmeter's Coffee Wars Analysis, published April 2025 As data from by digital commerce intelligence provider Nosto highlights since (and perhaps because of) the pandemic 88% of consumers say authenticity plays a key part in their decision to do business with a particular company authenticity is very important when it comes time to spend their hard-earned money This shift in consumers' preferences also raises the question of how -- or even if -- Starbucks could shift cultural gears at its 17,122 U.S locations that were built from the ground up to largely operate as the opposite of what Dutch Bros is Don't read too much into the data -- Dutch Bros isn't perfect Its customers also complained of lengthy wait times This could be the result of its drive-thru structure which limits the number of orders that can be taken and prepared at any given time It also leads investors to wonder if its broistas are chatting with customers too long rather than proceeding to the next customer Investors should also note that the company has been issuing stock to pay for its growth The market also fears new tariffs could make it more expensive to source ingredients too many customers and growth opportunities worth funding are certainly better than the alternative But coffee drinkers are pretty committed to the habit and will likely absorb any extra cost if need be More than anything, though, you might want to take Chatmeter's data at face value and come to the conclusion that Dutch Bros is connecting with consumers in a way that its top competitors just can't This bodes particularly well for its expansion plans which were recently raised from an end goal of around 4,000 stores to eventually more than 7,000 at a time when Starbucks as well as Dunkin' both appear vulnerable While that's a long-term task that could take more than a decade to accomplish the stock is likely to reward the profitable progress made along the way Dutch Bros may be a bit more speculative than the average blue chip Its long-term growth isn't even really in question The only questions here are how much will it grow It may be worth plugging into here and now even if there's no clear answer to either question just yet The analyst community seems to think so anyway 12 out of the 17 professionals covering Dutch Bros still consider it a strong buy despite its recent weakness James Brumley has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Starbucks. The Motley Fool recommends Dutch Bros. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy *Average returns of all recommendations since inception Cost basis and return based on previous market day close Market data powered by Xignite and Polygon.io Coachella Valley residents are getting a new drive-thru spot to sate their coffee fixes Dutch Bros Coffee, a popular and fast-growing coffee chain is opening its first west valley location in Cathedral City The company is known for its specialty coffees but also a variety of other beverages like energy drinks Its set-up is slightly different from a traditional drive-thru in that employees come up to your car window to take your order and have you pay directly with them before you pull forward to grab your items from a window Forbes reported that Dutch Bros had about 950 locations as of late last year having nearly doubled that number in just three years You'll be able to find Dutch Bros at 34-051 Date Palm Drive When will it open?While Dutch Bros did not announce a specific date for its Cathedral City opening the company did say it's on track to open this summer Ani Gasparyan covers the western Coachella Valley cities of Desert Hot Springs and Cathedral City Metrics details To investigate the etiology and clinical characteristics of Moraxella catarrhalis infections in the lower respiratory tract among pediatric patients in southwestern Shandong Province This study aims to enhance early identification and diagnostic accuracy for laboratory physicians while providing evidence to guide clinical diagnosis and treatment of Moraxella catarrhalis-related infections This retrospective cohort study analyzed pediatric patients with Moraxella catarrhalis lower respiratory tract infections in southwestern Shandong Province Clinical isolates were obtained through standardized sputum/bronchoalveolar lavage collection protocols and subjected to microbiological identification and molecular characterization of β-lactamase production and bro gene variants Epidemiological patterns and clinical profiles were systematically evaluated using electronic medical record data spanning January 2020 to December 2023 During the 4-year surveillance period (2018–2021) Moraxella catarrhalis was isolated from 848 pediatric cases of lower respiratory tract infections representing a 7.81% overall detection rate Age-stratified analysis revealed the highest prevalence in infants aged 28 days to 1 year (9.69%) with significant seasonal variation peaking in the fourth quarter (11.58% Monomicrobial infections predominated (79.72% 172/848) predominantly co-occurred with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae All isolates were confirmed through parallel testing using automated biochemical analyzers and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry Antimicrobial susceptibility profiling demonstrated complete susceptibility to ceftazidime with ≥ 95% susceptibility rates to ciprofloxacin (98.2%) A concerning temporal escalation in erythromycin resistance was observed (69.73% in 2018 vs while ampicillin and clindamycin resistance remained persistently high (> 93% across all years).β-lactamase production was detected in 96.58% (819/848) of isolates with molecular characterization identifying bro-1 (94.51% 29/848) showed no significant epidemiological clustering Our surveillance study demonstrates that Moraxella catarrhalis lower respiratory tract infections in southwestern Shandong Province predominantly affect infants aged 28 days to 1 year with significantly elevated seasonal incidence during the fourth quarter we observed a concerning temporal escalation in erythromycin resistance and persistently high resistance rates to ampicillinand clindamycin throughout the 2018–2021 surveillance period β-lactamase hyperproduction particularly BRO-1 gene carriage emerged as the principal resistance mechanism against β-lactams while maintained susceptibility to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and carbapenems suggests preserved therapeutic options These findings underscore the necessity for: Avoidance of macrolides and β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations in empirical therapy; Continuous monitoring of BRO gene evolution patterns; Age-specific antimicrobial stewardship programs targeting infant populations This four-year retrospective study analyzed 848 MC isolates from pediatric LRTIs in southwestern Shandong Province a region with documented high antibiotic consumption rates We characterized: Age-stratified incidence patterns; Temporal antimicrobial resistance trends; Molecular epidemiology of β-lactamase gene variants Our findings address critical knowledge gaps in China’s MC epidemiology while providing urgently needed evidence for updating pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs in an era of escalating macrolide resistance The characteristics of bacterial colonies on blood agar plates. The 848 strains were identified as Moraxella catarrhalis using the NH cards provided with the fully automated microbial identification system, with 99% identification accuracy. Confirmation by VITEK-MS system also identified all strains as Moraxella catarrhalis, with an identification rate of 99.99%. The inter-method agreement reached 100%. The characteristics of bacterial colonies on chocolate agar plates the morphology of bacterial colonies observed under the microscope Among the 848 strains of MC, 819 were positive for β-lactamase, accounting for 96.58%, while 29 were negative, accounting for 3.42%. Some of the results are shown in Fig. 4. The electrophoretogram of the β-lactamase Bro gene from Moraxella catarrhalis after restriction enzyme digestion demonstrating its previously underestimated virulence infections in immunocompromised individuals where it often progresses to lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) with atypical presentations requiring prompt treatment in HIV/AIDS patients and transplant recipients catarrhalis has achieved significant clinical importance as both a key pathogen in COPD exacerbations and pediatric otitis media and as the third most common respiratory pathogen after Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae - a status that confirms its increasing epidemiological relevance The Q4 surge observed in our study likely results from multiple interacting factors: cold dry air impairs respiratory defenses; increased indoor crowding and PM 2.5 exposure enhance transmission; and concurrent viral epidemics further compromise mucosal immunity these effects may be exacerbated by regional climate extremes and winter heating practices These findings underscore the need for targeted interventions including enhanced winter surveillance and environmental control measures to effectively manage seasonal MC infection surges immunosuppressive therapies) and invasive medical procedures (e.g. mechanical ventilation).The clinical management of MC-associated polymicrobial infections presents substantial challenges due to complex presentations and elevated antimicrobial resistance (AMR) risks exacerbated by antibiotic selection pressure from overuse of broad-spectrum agents An effective multidisciplinary approach requires: (1) Precision diagnostics combining microbiological testing and immune profiling; (2) Staged antimicrobial therapy initiating with β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations before transitioning to targeted regimens; (3) Rigorous antimicrobial stewardship including resistance surveillance and de-escalation protocols; (4) Comprehensive supportive care encompassing respiratory support and immunomodulation; and (5) Systemic prevention through vaccination programs and infection control policies This integrated framework addresses both individual patient outcomes and the broader AMR crisis through balanced diagnostic MC exhibits colonial and cellular morphological characteristics that closely resemble those of phylogenetically related bacteria posing significant challenges for accurate identification our study utilized vancomycin-supplemented (50 mg/L) chocolate agar which selectively inhibits Gram-positive bacteria while promoting MC growth Suspected MC colonies were initially screened based on distinctive morphological features (dry surface and collective mobility) and confirmed by Gram staining Definitive identification was achieved through parallel testing using both the NH card system (fully automated microbial identification) and VITEK-MS mass spectrometry demonstrating 100% concordance between methods The VITEK-MS platform proved particularly advantageous reliable identification that could be readily implemented in appropriately equipped clinical laboratories MC employs multiple virulence mechanisms to establish infections in pediatric populations extending beyond its well-documented antibiotic resistance Key pathogenic factors include: (1) UspA1-mediated adhesion facilitating nasopharyngeal colonization; (2) robust biofilm formation that enhances persistence and reduces antimicrobial efficacy; and (3) sophisticated immune evasion strategies through lipooligosaccharide (LoS) modifications and complement inhibition These virulence determinants enable MC to maintain prolonged colonization in children’s upper respiratory tracts and exploit viral-induced mucosal damage to cause secondary infections The biofilm-forming capacity presents particular therapeutic challenges by creating physical and physiological barriers to antibiotic penetration highlighting the need for combination approaches that simultaneously target resistance mechanisms and virulence factors Future research should focus on molecular characterization of these virulence determinants to develop novel therapeutic strategies especially for high-risk pediatric groups with recurrent infections or compromised immunity MC has emerged as a clinically significant pathogen presenting substantial diagnostic and therapeutic challenges Current research continues to elucidate its pathogenicity Clinicians should remain vigilant regarding MC’s potential risk factors including host susceptibility and seasonal trends while implementing long-term surveillance of infection rates and antimicrobial resistance patterns antibiotic stewardship programs must emphasize pathogen-directed therapy favoring β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations (e.g. amoxicillin-clavulanate) or third-generation cephalosporins (e.g. ceftriaxone) over ineffective options like macrolides or ampicillin Infants and patients presenting during winter months—when MC prevalence peaks—require particular attention with carbapenems or cefepime reserved for severe infections play a crucial role in improving clinical outcomes while phase I trials of MCV-101 are evaluating safety and IgG titers in healthy volunteers persistent challenges including antigenic drift (UspA2 allele variability > 12%) and IgA protease-mediated mucosal immune evasion require resolution Future development should prioritize hexavalent formulations targeting MC aligned with WHO Expanded Program on Immunization schedules its single-center retrospective design and dependence on laboratory registry data may introduce ascertainment bias MC prevalence and resistance profiles may vary across climatic zones and antibiotic stewardship intensities limited enrollment of school-aged children (6–14 years; n = 4) restricts age-stratified immunological analyses pandemic-related specimen collection reductions in 2020 (23% below baseline) may confound temporal resistance pattern interpretations Prospective multicenter surveillance incorporating whole-genome sequencing and defined daily dose monitoring is imperative to establish causal relationships between genotype-phenotype concordance and antibiotic consumption patterns Lower respiratory tract infections caused by MC are predominantly observed in infants aged 28 days to 1 year with significantly elevated incidence during the fourth quarter Complete concordance was observed between automated biochemical identification systems and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry All isolates demonstrated complete susceptibility to ceftazidime with sustained high susceptibility rates to ciprofloxacin A significant temporal escalation in erythromycin resistance was documented while ampicillin and clindamycin resistance remained persistently high β-lactamase production was detected in 96.6% of clinical isolates A total of 848 MC clinical isolates were obtained from pediatric patients with lower respiratory tract infections at our institution between January 2018 and December 2021 Isolates were cryopreserved at −80 °C in trypticase soy broth with 20% glycerol (1) Clinically confirmed respiratory infection (cough (2) Significant MC growth (semi-quantitative culture ≥++); (3) Age stratification: neonates (≤ 28 days) (4) Primary culture analysis without selective subculturing Polymicrobial infections were defined by concurrent isolation of ≥ 2 pathogenic species meeting quantitative thresholds 2023-08-C020) was reviewed by the Ethics Committee of Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University Legal guardians provided written informed consent prior to enrollment All procedures adhered to the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 revision) and Chocolate agar plates (Zhengzhou Antu); Vitek-2 Compact automated bacterial identification system and an automated rapid microbial mass spectrometry detection system (bioMérieux and antibiotic susceptibility disks (Oxoid UK); β-lactamase detection reagents (Chongqing Pongtong); Etest antibiotic susceptibility strips (Zhengzhou Antu); Taq polymerase (Nanjing Novozymes) DNA extraction kits (Jiangsu Cowin Biotech) The primers for the Bro gene were as follows: the strains were isolated and cultured in accordance with the requirements of the “National Clinical Laboratory Procedures” (4 th Edition) with an observation period lasting 2 to 5 days Suspicious single colonies were selected for smear preparation and Gram staining Bacterial identification was performed using the Vitek-2 Compact automated bacterial identification system (NH card) and the results were confirmed with the automated rapid microbial mass spectrometry detection system (VITEK-MS) The terminal filter paper of the β-lactamase test strip was moistened with cold condensate or clean water A loop or a small wooden/bamboo stick was used to pick a suspicious colony to be tested and streak it on the filter paper After incubation at 35 °C ± 2 °C for 1 min the presence of a red color indicated a positive result while no significant color change indicated a negative result Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed using the Kirby-Bauer (K-B) method and the E-test to assess the in vitro susceptibility of MC to commonly used antibiotics The interpretation of susceptibility results was based on the CLSI-M45-A2 2016 Edition guidelines and standards using quality control strains of Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29,213 Genomic DNA was extracted according to the kit instructions The reaction mixture included 2 µl of DNA template The amplification conditions were as follows: initial denaturation at 95 °C for 3 min followed by 30 cycles consisting of 95 °C for 15 s 15 µl of the amplified product was mixed with 2 U of BcgI enzyme and incubated at 37 °C for 60 min The digested products were analyzed by 1.5% agarose gel electrophoresis and the results were interpreted using the Tanon-1600 gel imaging system Medical records of patients with MC lower respiratory tract infections in the pediatric department of our hospital from 2018 to 2021 were reviewed for a retrospective analysis of their epidemiological characteristics Informed consent for participation in this study has been obtained from all participants or their legal guardians Statistical analysis of antibiotic susceptibility results was performed using the WHONET 5.6 software The SPSS 22.0 statistical software was utilized for the analysis of the specific data obtained All quantitative data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation Comparisons of continuous variables were made using the t-test while categorical variables were compared using the Chi-square test A multivariable logistic regression model was constructed to evaluate the independent effects of age A P-value of less than 0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request Hou, H. et al. 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Vaccine 39, 5641–5649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.08.002 (2021) Download references This work was supported by Key Research and Development Program of Jining China (2023YXNS191) and Nursery Project of Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University Yuhan Xiang and Jian Shi contributed equally Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University Yuhan Xiang and Jian Shi performed the study and composed this manuscript while Liang Han are responsible for pictures and tables Chengfan Yan were responsible for primary data generation and analysis Shuhua Lu are responsible for the revision of the paper we have a corresponding author in this manuscript Shuhua Lu contributed to the study design and manuscript revisions All the authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version The authors declare no competing interests The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University (2023-08-C020) Identifies the institutional and/or licensing committee that approved the experiments Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99873-1 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science The Chiefs are conducting a rookie minicamp this weekend With 87 players participating — 60 on a tryout basis — it’s hard to stand out As noted by ArrowheadPride.com, Rice tight end Graham Walker is taking part He’s the half-brother of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes The son of Pat Mahomes Sr., Walker transferred to Rice last year Walker had 44 catches for 515 yards and six touchdowns His best season statistically came as a freshman in 2021 when Walker caught 53 passes for 658 yards and six touchdowns A Division of NBCUniversal DISCLAIMER: This site and the products offered are for entertainment purposes only and there is no gambling offered on this site This service is intended for adult audiences No guarantees are made for any specific outcome PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Providence Police Department said that it made an arrest in connection with a shooting on East Drive on May 3. 24-year-old Eliezer Colon was charged with domestic felony assault and a firearms offense Officers were sent to the area and discovered a 29-year-old with a gunshot wound Police said that the victim was Colon’s brother The department added that the victim was in “stable condition” as of Sunday afternoon and the incident was still under investigation Jackson is not going to get a Kansas City Chiefs uniform but at rookie minicamp this weekend in KC, Graham Walker is dressed out Walker is Mahomes' half-brother and the son of father Patrick Sr.  Walker - who was a big receiver in college who will now try to play tight end - just signed a deal for minicamp to try to advance his way to earning a training camp invite Walker played at Brown University from 2020-2023 Walker transferred to Rice and that's when he began his conversion from WR to TE He had 24 catches for 252 yards with the Owls Walker is 6-foot-3 and 225 pounds and of course still undersized for an NFL tight end all the more reason he is the longest of long shots here as it be quite the story if somehow Walker even makes to the 90-man roster for preseason let alone truly contend for a 53-man roster spot The Chiefs are chasing another trip to the Super Bowl, hoping to overcome their recent blowout defeat at the hands of the Eagles in February And no, he's not exactly a threat to all-time superstar Travis Kelce, who is likely planning to retire after this season in order to fly off into the sunset with pop icon girlfriend Taylor Swift But he's the son of a Major Leaguer and he's the brother of the best QB in the business And it's a story - 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"That made me feel like I could do anything I put my mind to And that confidence you instilled inside me – the confidence you put there – it’s something I’ll have for as long as I live It’s a huge part of what got me to this place and one of the biggest things I want to thank you for right now." Bech made it clear he will continue to honor his brother while with the Raiders He has a tattoo on his left shoulder that reads "7 to Heaven," an homage to his brother 7 jersey during his college career at Princeton this whole thing is a two for one deal," Bech wrote Bech also shared the final message he shared with Tiger as he laid in the trauma unit of the hospital with injuries that "had left him brain dead." You were the best big brother in the entire world I was so blessed to be your little brother and you will always be with me wherever I go." Hell Gate is owned & run by journalists covering NYC Columbia graduate student Mohsen Mahdawi, who was kidnapped by ICE during the final stages of his citizenship interview, has been freed on a federal judge's order "They're just shirts…?" a mayoral spokesperson insists I've worried multiple times whether I've missed my chance to properly and thoroughly document the sartorial choices of the self-proclaimed swag mayor the mayor's indictment era brought an all-time low for his swag levels.  How do you judge the clothes and accessories of a man who defenestrated his closest friends, who was abandoned by his last remaining allies, who was reduced to grovelling on live television But as the weather has heated up, and his charges melted away like so much piss-colored snow Eric Adams is emerging as the swaggiest he's been in years And he has emerged with a vision for Spring/Summer 25: shirts.  It all started with a graphic tee. In early April, the mayor showed up at City Hall wearing a simple white t-shirt with "In God We Trust" and an American flag on it tucked into his slacks.  Whether there was some sort of oblique MAGA posturing going on I would have thrown a nice casual blazer in a breathable fabric like linen over it Perhaps the mayor got a little too relaxed because he brought out a second version of the shirt a week later Adams said it was to commemorate the clubgoers who were killed in a roof collapse in the Dominican Republic "in Dio confidiamo," ("In God we trust") however This past weekend, Adams wore an insane shirt while attending the Persian Day Parade and then the Annual Nancy Avis L'Dor V'Dor Awards at the Jewish Community Council of Staten Island.  worker-owned news outlet about New York City named for the city's sturdiest (and handsomest) bridge over its most treacherous currents Designed and developed by Partner & Partners Original logo by Olive Panter You've successfully subscribed to Hell Gate Check your email for magic link to sign-in Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has found himself in an unexpected place in recent days: the bro podcast circuit two comedians known for their impolitic jokes and male-oriented humour He calmly walked the hosts through the Democratic case against Donald Trump and his own party’s policies with the two hosts nodding along in agreement In one clip that went viral Buttigieg made the case that public investments from the government are necessary for a successful economy early government funding for what later became the internet You can’t privatise the public park,” Schulz responded It shouldn’t have been a revelation that Buttigieg is capable of talking to people across the political spectrum. It’s a skill he has demonstrated since he first ran for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. During his campaign and later as Transport Secretary for the Biden administration, he became a regular on Fox News forcefully making the case for his agenda on territory his party often avoids Buttigieg’s communication skills are far better than those of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris But is that enough for the former South Bend Indiana mayor to mount another bid for the White House It’s an open secret that Buttigieg remains politically ambitious passing on contesting a Michigan Senate seat in favour of a potential run in 2028 His first tilt at the White House saw him outperform most of the crowded field — and with greater name recognition he may be well placed for the next election Yet the Democrat failed one key test during his first run for president that would foreshadow difficulties for a second While he performed well among college-educated white voters in early primary and caucus states he could not sustain momentum because he lacked deep support among minority communities — especially southern African Americans — who make up the backbone of Super Tuesday primary states The biggest gulf in American politics today is around college education with Democrats increasingly becoming the party of those with degrees and the Republicans becoming the party of those without them Buttigieg could be easily painted as a McKinsey elitist out of touch with the working-class voters drifting further away from the Democrats And as the party continues to narrow its advantage among minority voters it will probably take more than the charm of an intelligent communicator to get them back There’s also the question of how Buttigieg will approach social and cultural issues. He was the butt of many Republican jokes about his purported wokeness during the early 2020s What Buttigieg has to prove is that he can break out among working-class and minority voters Doing that will mean more than regaling Fox News hosts or bro podcasters It will require connecting with audiences at historically black churches and union halls The great divide in America between people who are college-educated news addicts and those who are too busy working for a living to pay attention to the headlines will be difficult for any candidate to bridge But in order to really prove that he can heal the problems that ail the Democrats Buttigieg has to prove that he can reach the people who’ve tuned out of the news altogether Zaid Jilani is a journalist who has worked for UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Please click here to view our media pack for more information on advertising and partnership opportunities with UnHerd Find yourself a sister who is half as loyal to you as Erica Brunson is to her NBA All-Star brother Last night, the New York Knicks defeated the Detroit Pistons 116-113 to win their first-round playoff matchup in six games Brunson hit a game-winning three that sent New York to the second round to face the Boston Celtics Detroit was poking fun at Brunson’s tendency to flop when fouled a billboard went up that narrowly avoided being vulgar while roasting him.  Brunson dropped 40 points on Detroit in a clinching game After seeing her bro get the job done in phenomenal fashion Erica made sure to call out the people who roasted him We love seeing siblings have each other’s backs The win must be extra satisfying for Erica because Jalen was the scrutiny of far more taunts than just that billboard sign Jalen Duren looked at Brunson while he was on the ground and called him a "flopping motherf---er." Pistons fans showered Brunson with a "F–k you Brunson" chant as well as a "Flopper" one in Game 6 I’m getting pissed off for the sake of my sibling Sending out that tweet must have felt great Game one of the Knicks-Celtics series is set for Monday DISCLAIMER: This site is 100% for entertainment purposes only and does not involve real money betting. Gambling related content is not intended for anyone under the age of 21. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER. which means our favorite summer shows will soon be dusted off the shelf and put back into the primetime lineup May is officially upon us and our favorite fall shows are signing off for the summer Of course, for CBS fans no summer is complete without a new season of Big Brother The long-running reality TV hit remains a guilty pleasure for viewers every summer Big Brother returns this summer for its twenty-seventh season on CBS a season that is sure to find new ways to surprise fans all these years later Fans have been eagerly waiting for the official Big Brother season 27 release date to drop and it seems our wait is almost over Taking to Instagram the Big Brother social media team had a little fun sharing a screen recording of a desktop filled with fun Big Brother Easter eggs for fans Fans watched as a new BB27 folder was created with a video labeled “BB Date Announcement” was then dragged to the folder the words “Coming Soon” faded in as the video faded to black teasing that an official release date for the season is coming our way and it seems we won’t have to wait long to know when exactly season 27 will begin The expectation is that season 27 will premiere sometime in July which is when many of the more recent seasons of the show have kicked off their run The question is how late into the month we’ll have to wait until Big Brother officially begins as we’ve seen some seasons start at the top of the month while others have begun later in July the seasons kick off after the Fourth of July holiday and the new seasons also tend to premiere on Wednesday night it’s looking likely that Big Brother season 27 will kick off on either Wednesday This would put us in line with the premiere dates for recent seasons – sans season 25 which was held back until August to help CBS fill its schedule during the 2024 actors and writers strikes – and ensure the season runs through the early part of the fall timed to when CBS begins to turn its lineup over to its returning fall shows we imagine CBS will be unveiling its 2025 summer lineup sometime the week of May 5 which means we’re likely less than a week away from knowing when Big Brother season 27 will begin buckle up Big Brother fans because the countdown to the new season is about to begin © 2025 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Minute Media or its affiliates and related brands Of course, for CBS fans Taking to Instagram A post shared by CBS Big Brother (@bigbrothercbs) Big Brother season 27 will be here in no time at least according to a new update from CBS 02-10-2025WORK LIFE Mark Zuckerberg made a plea for companies to embrace more “masculine energy.” women across industries are pushing back BY Lisa Rabasca Roepe In an interview with Joe Rogan last month Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg made a plea for companies to embrace more “masculine energy.” Zuckerberg went on to say “A culture that celebrates the aggression a bit more has its own merits.” Never mind that Meta (then Facebook) became one of the world’s more profitable companies when COO Sheryl Sandberg ran its day-to-day operations Or that Sandberg urged women to “lean in” by actively pursuing leadership roles and embracing opportunities in the workplace sparking a global community dedicated to helping foster leadership advancement and inclusion for women in the workplace “When a very powerful CEO who has platforms that nearly half of the world’s population use says something like that regardless of what his intent and his definitions are and his meaning of it is there’s a whole lens around individual bias and how it will be perceived,” says Samantha Katz founder of business consultancy Actual Markets LLC in Manhattan Even before Zuckerberg’s comments about male energy women say they were noticing a resurgence of masculinity in the workplace Senior male leaders are no longer hiding that they find it objectionable that they can’t discuss certain topics or say certain jokes in the workplace “Zuckerberg’s comment was an attempt to crush anything qualitative,” Derricks says and balance is seen as weak minded and it doesn’t have a place in the workplace.” Here’s how women are pushing back against toxic male energy in the workplace Lisa Rabasca Roepe writes about women in the workplace, technology and beer. 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