YoY, US Money supply  diminishing  at fastest pace since the 1930s

Notes Today: 

• Tension is building over the US debt ceiling, spurring investors as far away as Asia to prepare for the worst

• Global sea surfaces hit record temperatures this April...strong El Niño event appearing in the next few months looms over us...

• Currently, our planet contains eight billion humans. It also contains 33 billion chickens. 

• @VodafoneGroup: Our partner @AST_Spacemobile (ASTS) has completed the first two-way voice call using the Bluewalker 3 (#BW3) satellite 🛰️ 🌠It’s the first time anyone has achieved a direct voice connection from space to everyday cellular devices. A next major step in mobile communications.
• With @AST_SpaceMobile, we've been testing the first-of-its-kind space-based cellular broadband network, with mobile phones. See what AT&T engineer, Suja John, says about our future. #ConnectingChangesEverything

 

 

Ongoing solar storm  hits G4-levels

Some weather frogs are predicting a 62% chance of an El Nino event developing during the May-July timeframe. 

• If it does develop it implies a drier/warmer than normal US corn/soybean belt. 
• While Brazil and Argentina could be wetter than normal.
• Drier and hotter in southeast Asia
• Should Soybean production come in some 3% below current estimates the stock / usage ratio would drop to about 3.4% 

•  Now this from Chat GPT: I'm sorry, as an AI language model, I don't have the ability to predict future events with certainty. However, I can tell you that El Niño events are difficult to predict with a high degree of accuracy. El Niño is a climate phenomenon that occurs irregularly and can vary in strength and duration. It involves changes in ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific and can have significant impacts on global weather patterns. While there are some indicators that suggest the possibility of an El Niño event this year, it is impossible to say for certain whether one will occur. It's important to note that even if an El Niño event does occur, its impacts can vary depending on its strength and other atmospheric and oceanic conditions.
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FT: Deaths in China outstripping births for first time since 1960s

Is the headline curse about to diminish Apple?

Notes Today:

• Floridians will be able to carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill DeSantis signed Monday. This will allow anyone who can legally own a gun in Florida to carry one without a permit or training, nor will a background check be required.
• An estimated 26% of Americans ages 18 and older -- about 1 in 4 adults -- suffers from a diagnosable mentaldisorder in a given year. Many people suffer from more than one mental disorder at a given time. In particular, depressive illnesses tend to co-occur with substance use and anxiety disorders.

It is dangerous, “Spock says, “to be ill-informed about facts.”