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It’s the moment many locomotive fans have been waiting for: the Eastern leg of the historic, 1.2 million-pound Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive’s nationwide tour has been announced.
The 133-foot-long locomotive, the only Big Boy to still travel the tracks, has made multiple well-attended tours since returning to service in 2019. No. 4014 is one of just a handful of remaining Big Boy engines that were built to haul heavy equipment during World War II..
It's the shoes. And Roger gets a mention.
Russia’s traditional parade marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II will take place next week without tanks, missiles and other military equipment, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
It will be the first time in nearly two decades — and in Russia’s 4-year-old war in Ukraine — that no military equipment will rumble through Moscow’s Red Square on May 9, the day Russia celebrates its most important secular holiday. The Kremlin has used it to showcase its military might and global clout, and it is a source of patriotic pride.
Victory Day parades on Red Square have involved military equipment and various weaponry every year since 2008. Smaller parades are held elsewhere across the country, including in cities like St. Petersburg.
The ministry cited the “current operational situation” as a reason for excluding military equipment, as well as cadets, from this year’s parade on the 81st anniversary of the victory. Ukraine has launched drone attacks deep inside Russia to counter Moscow’s more than 4-year-old invasion.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-victory-day-parade-3c0e2619140194148dd94c730775ee3f
White House Encouraged Agents To Act Recklessly During Operation Midway Blitz, State Panel Finds
The Illinois Accountability Commission will publish a final report on its review of Operation Midway Blitz on Thursday.
Documenting what happened...
Why Are 90% Of Humans Right-Handed? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains
Artificial Ingredients? Gen Z and Gen Alpha Are Done With Them
Parents are starting to pass on ultra-processed snacks and reach for options with simpler ingredient lists — often influenced by what their kids want to see on the label.
https://www.foodandwine.com/gen-z-gen-alpha-snacking-trends-11952838#&bytes=1
How AI’s threat to entry-level jobs is turning gen Z into ‘Generation Entrepreneur’
As AI erases the bottom rungs of the corporate ladder, some gen Z workers skip the entry level to become their own CEOs
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/apr/25/gen-z-entrepreneurs-business-ai
New Browser Plugin Adds Typos to Your AI-Generated Emails to Make Them Look Real
"Mess up your emails with AI."
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/browser-plugin-typos-ai-generated-emails
Saw this story from Rich on Tech on the midday news but haven't checked out the Scamwise site yet.
This website can tell you if an email, text or even physical mail is a scam in seconds
https://richontech.tv/p/this-website-can-tell-you-if-an-email
https://ktla.com/morning-news/is-it-a-scam-this-site-tells-you-instantly/
The Scamwise site:
Scientists Create First-Ever ‘Smell Map’
A detailed diagram of smell receptors in the nose fills in missing details of how olfaction works
https://hms.harvard.edu/news/scientists-create-first-ever-smell-map
