Costco is selling up to $200m in gold bars per month (~80,000 oz).

It’s a lot. For reference, China’s Central Bank bought $400m of gold in March (~160,000 oz).

A funny side note: bunch of Costco members trying to rack up credit card rewards buying the bars and then re-selling

Congratulations, Levi and Joanie! 👏🇵🇭

The Philippines now has 11 qualifiers to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

FULL STORY: abscbn.news/3UrZCNa

🤯

Here are some of Trump’s plans if he gets elected in November — and, spoiler alert, they’re scary as sh*t

Let’s be honest, we just aren’t going to need as many employees in the future.

Prepare your career and family as fast as possible.

My daughter is 7 and had a slumber party last night.

We do not have phones or iPads. Just computer games allowed for a set time a week.

The friend had a phone and played Roblox the whole time. Didn’t want to play dress up, school, anything make believe, etc.

1) Should I

*BIZ BUZZ: MLM in pharma?*

If your doctor is aggressively pushing certain drugs, beware.

That’s because he or she may be part of a local pharmaceutical company—rumored to be based near the Philippine Heart Center—that is said to be incentivizing doctors for prescribing its

#softlaunch Proud to announce The Global Technology for Social Justice Lab at UMass Amherst as a new interdisciplinary hub & trust network for scholars & practitioners at the intersection of critical tech studies & global studies.💫1/3

LeBron is dialed in ☎️

📺: Lakers-Nuggets | 8:30 ET on ABC

The House swiftly approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel, and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session

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Also strong words of caution for parents with kids still in school 🙏🏼 focus on soft skills - learning TO learn will be key

Poll: How likely do you believe your government will help society navigate the risks from AI? (Education, reskilling UBI, regulation, etc.)

Why?

Damn.

You rarely ever see a news headline saying “$1 Trillion bet” 😳

Meet Team #PatrolngPilipino ! ♥️💚💙

From experimenting with verticals & alternate storytelling, to doing trial & error new skills like socmed management & website CMS, to mentoring 7 batches (and running) of young communicators, after a year neto lang kami nakapag-pic.

Are journalists prepared to cover “the vertiginous slog of the 2024 [presidential] campaign?” Charlie Sykes writes in The Atlantic Daily. “Only if we realize how profoundly the rules of the game have changed.” theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

The LA Clippers have announced two important features for their new student section-style seats:

1. Season tickets come out to $32/game
2. Seating assignments are based on arrival time, with the earliest fans able to sit in row 3.

That's so incredibly cool.

(h/t Tomer Azarly)

Boston Dynamics unveils new humanoid robot for 'real-world applications' abc7ne.ws/3Q5bB0A

Interesting Telegram operating details in this interview with founder Pavel Durov:

— ~1 billion users
— Never ran an ad
— Only 30 full-time employees
— He’s the sole director, equity holder and product manager (works directly with every engineer and designer)
— No HR (he

Security analyst Chester Cabalza says the influx of Chinese students is happening not only in Cagayan, which hosts two EDCA sites, but also in other key strategic areas including Subic, which is situated near the West Philippine Sea. #ANCHeadstart

GDP growth forecast, 2024.

🇵🇭 Philippines: 6.2%
🇻🇳 Vietnam: 5.8%
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 5%
🇲🇾 Malaysia: 4.4%
🇹🇭 Thailand: 2.7%
🇧🇳 Brunei: 2.4%
🇸🇬 Singapore: 2.1%

(IMF)