Good afternoon. It's Friday, May. 10, and we're covering first 'severe geomagnetic storm watch' in 20 years, resigning in surprise email, MLB trade deadline, and much more. First time reading? Sign up here. | | American Fact of the Day! | Glaciers Galore: With more than 3,000 glaciers, Washington is the most glaciated of the 48 contiguous states. There are 25 major glaciers on Mount Rainier alone. |
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| | Breaking Updates | | NOAA Issues First 'Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch' in 20 Years, Could Hit Mid-Day Friday | After days of observing "large sunspot groups" and "several strong flares, NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center issued a G4 Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch for Friday, May 10, through Sunday, May 12.
At least five earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed and expected to arrive as early as midday Friday, May 10, 2024, and persist through Sunday, May 12, 2024. This is an unusual event. Several strong flares have been observed over the past few days and were associated with a large and magnetically complex sunspot cluster (NOAA region 3664), which is 16 times the diameter of Earth.
CMEs are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun's corona. They cause geomagnetic storms when they are directed at Earth. Geomagnetic storms can impact infrastructure in near-Earth orbit and on Earth's surface, potentially disrupting communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations. SWPC has notified the operators of these systems so they can take protective action.
Geomagnetic storms can also trigger spectacular displays of aurora on Earth. A severe geomagnetic storm includes the potential for aurora to be seen as far south as Alabama and Northern California.
Geomagnetic storms have the potential to severely disrupt life on earth, particularly by damaging or knocking out portions of the electric grid | Read more updates here |
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| | Another One Bites the Dust: Cornell University President Martha Pollack Resigns in Surprise Email | The pro-Hamas protests that have engulfed campuses across the nation have claimed another victim, Cornell University president Martha E. Pollack, who announced in a surprise email Thursday that she is stepping down in June after a seven-year reign.
The blowback may have simply been too much for the embattled Pollack. In her letter to "Cornellians," she wrote: I understand that there will be lots of speculation about my decision, so let me be as clear as I can: This decision is mine and mine alone After seven fruitful and gratifying years as Cornell's president — and after a career in research and academia spanning five decades — I'm ready for a new chapter in my life.
William Jacobson, Clinical Professor and Director of the Securities Law Clinic, was not sorry to see Pollack go: While I wish her well in her personal life, it is time for the Cornell Trustees to turn the ship around, to eliminate DEI programming as is taking place elsewhere, and to refocus the campus on the inherent dignity of each individual without regard to group-identity.
Jacobson has been a vocal critic of the toxic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts at Cornell, and said in December '23 that the campus antisemitism is a result of the "racialization of education."
Although Pollack only barely mentions all the controversies in her letter, it's hard to imagine they didn't play a huge role in her decision. | Read more updates here |
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| | American Sports & Culture
|  | NBA fines Pacers coach Rick Carlisle $35K for criticizing officials | Carlisle has not been happy with the officiating through two games of their series with the Knicks. |
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|  | Early look at stars that could become targets ahead of MLB trade deadline | Things can change depending on who's contending and who's fading, but here's our first list of stars who could possibly be on the move. |
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|  | NFL schedule to be released next week: here's what we know | NFL schedule to be released next week: here's what we know |
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| | American Business & Markets
|  | Getting Your Small Business Out of Debt | Nav | If business debt is hurting your business, learn actionable strategies to reduce debt and strengthen your business's financial health. |
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|  | How Your Well-Being Drives Business Success | A healthy leader can foster a healthy corporate culture. |
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|  | What Small Businesses Want from Their Banks | How can banks get small business customers to recommend them to others and to expand the relationship with additional products and services? |
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| | American Politics | |  | Can tech rescue our out-of-control border crisis? | Blaze Media | As migrants pour in, Border Patrol is turning to AI and biometrics, but at what cost? |
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|  | Elon's Creepy Brain Chip Goes Bad: Neuralink Reports First Human Implant Has 'Malfunctioned' | Elon Musk's Neuralink is facing its first major challenge as the threads recording neural activity for its first human brain implant "retracted" several weeks after the surgery. This has vastly decreased the functionality of the implant. |
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|  | Anti-Israel protests sweep US college campuses around the nation | The anti-Israel protests that have led to more than 2,600 arrests on U.S. college campuses are ongoing Friday as police are taking action at schools including MIT, the University of Arizona and Kansas University. |
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