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But against Atlanta, he delivered an opposite-field double in a four-run first inning, hit a single to center in the third and then a homer to right in the fifth.

The Carolina Hurricanes won their first Stanley Cup championship in 20 years on Sunday night.

Daichi Kamada and his Japanese teammates were minutes away from a World Cup -opening loss that wouldn’t have been unexpected considering the opponent.

The horrified witness called 911 just after 6 p.m. reporting an unconscious woman in the kettle pond at Bowne Park.

The 53-year wait was over. But there was still a bit of business to attend to before Jalen Brunson could begin to celebrate.

Why Does America Have A 'Diversity Visa'?

Authored by White Papers Policy Institute and James Fulford via American Greatness,

The Diversity Lottery means you can receive immigrants from almost any of these countries on the watch list for human trafficking for the sole reason that “diversity is our greatest strength.”

Lucky you!

The Immigration Act of 1965 abolished the National Origins quotas of the 1924 Act, which had favored European immigrants. As a result, America has had a flood of non-European immigrants . . . and Europeans were, in effect, discriminated against for Visas.

In 1990, the late Teddy Kennedy instituted the “Diversity Visa Lottery” with the specific intention of allowing more Irish immigrants to the U.S.

Since then, it’s been a source of many overly diverse immigrants, some of whom were terrorists or mass murderers. Recently, the Trump administration paused it after a diverse guy from Portugal, Cláudio Manuel Neves Valente, killed two students and wounded nine other students at Brown University.

This is not the first time something like this has happened:

The Brown University shooter, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente entered the United States through the diversity lottery immigrant visa program (DV1) in 2017 and was granted a green card. This heinous individual should never have been allowed in our country.

In 2017, President Trump…

— Special Envoy Kristi Noem (@EnvoyNoem) December 19, 2025

As Kristi Noem writes above:

In 2017, President Trump fought to end this program, following the devastating NYC truck ramming by an ISIS terrorist, who entered under the DV1 program, and murdered eight people.

That was Uzbek bike path attacker Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, below:

An NBC report from October 31, 2017 said:

The 29-year-old man detained after a flatbed truck drove down a popular lower Manhattan bike path, killing at least 8 people and injuring more than a dozen more, has been identified as an Uzbek national living in New Jersey.

In a report like this, the words “Uzbek National” are, in effect, a euphemism for immigrant.

After it transpired that Saipov was an Uzbek immigrant here on the Diversity Visa, The New York Times found an Uzbek Rhodes Scholar (now at Stanford) to do an op-ed saying, as Steve Sailer blogged at the time:  “An Uzbek Explains Why the Zeroth Amendment Obligates USA to Have the Diversity Visa Lottery: ‘No Person Has a Greater Claim to the American Dream Than Any Other.’”

The November 2, 2017 op-ed by Machmud Makhmudov was titled “We Need the Diversity Visa Lottery,”  and I suppose by “we” Mr. Makhmudov means the citizens of the United States.

By the way, the fact that Makhmudov, now an American citizen, got a Rhodes Scholarship, which Cecil Rhodes intended “to promote unity among English-speaking nations,” is just one more example of high-skilled immigration displacing a better class of American.

At the time of the Uzbek mass killing, Steve Sailer pointed out that he’d called out the Diversity Visa as long ago as 2002 in an article for UPI: “Analysis: The Curious Immigration Lottery” (UPI, July 29, 2002).

Oddly enough, the diversity lottery originated as a way to bring more whites to the United States. White ethnic politicians in America felt that their distant relatives in Europe had been squeezed out by chain migration from the Third World. So, natives of the 14 largest sources of legal immigrants—such as Mexico, India and China—are banned from participating. In particular, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., saw a diversity lottery as a way to boost the number of legal Irish immigrants.

[Center for Immigrants Studies head Mark] Krikorian explained, “It was cooked up in the 1986 law to provide a way to amnesty Irish illegal aliens, since the main amnesty in that law primarily benefited Mexicans. In fact, to this day the lottery is often referred to by congressmen and their staff as ‘The Irish Program.’ But as the program evolved, and as there were fewer and fewer Irish illegals, its emphasis changed, and it’s now more accurately described as the Middle Eastern, East European and African program.”

Only 331 visas were awarded to Irish applicants this year.

But the reason Sailer was writing about this crazy visa in 2002 is because of another immigrant atrocity—when Hesham Mohamed Hedayet, below, shot up the El Al counter at Los Angeles International Airport.

The late Sam Francis wrote at the time:

If it’s proof of the sheer, homicidal insanity of American immigration policy you want, consider the case of the late Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, who achieved immortality of a kind when he shot and killed two people at Los Angeles International Airport last week on July 4. Mr. Hedayet may or may not have been a “terrorist,” actually connected to some formal terrorist organization. But he certainly was an immigrant.

Mr. Hedayet, himself shot down by an El Al security guard after he began blasting by-standers at the El Al ticketing area on Independence Day, was in this country legally, through the grace of a program known as 245(i), which is supposed to let in aliens who meet certain work qualifications and which both President Bush and a bipartisan coalition of the Open Borders lobby have been trying to expand. But the only way that Mr. Hedayet was even able to apply for legal status under 245(i) is that his wife won a lottery.

The lottery in question awards a green card, the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s ticket of legal immigration status, on the basis of “diversity” to some 55,000 foreigners every year. Once she got her green card and became legal, then her husband could apply for legal residency himself under 245(i) and stay here if he paid a fine of $1,000.

Welcome to America in the 21st century. [More]

It’s now America in the second quarter of the 21st century, and it’s finally time, with the Trump administration firmly in control, to just stop doing this. While Trump can simply refuse to issue refugee visas, as head of the Executive Branch, the Diversity Visa Lottery is a congressionally mandated program, and needs to be repealed by Congress. One avenue for this would be the Assimilation Act, of which we wrote last week, whose

structure and provisions align closely with core America First priorities: it ends exponential family-chain migration, eliminates the anti-assimilation diversity lottery, imposes a national-interest gate that includes cultural considerations, and raises concrete assimilation and self-sufficiency bars. The Assimilation Act represents the strongest congressional attempt in generations to halt mass immigration and to replace it with an immigration system focused upon quality and cultural compatibility.

There are other options for repeal. The America First Policy Institute wrote in February that:

After 30 years, the Diversity Visa Program does not advance America’s national interest, nor was it ever designed to do so. Indeed, sold under the guise of “diversity,” the program was unabashedly designed to import less-educated, low-skilled workers of Irish descent to appease the constituencies of Northeast politicians. The program has been riddled with fraud from its inception, making security checks and eligibility determinations unreliable. Additionally, lax rules that fail to address the dangers posed by state sponsors of terrorism and other terrorist groups present significant national security concerns.

The Trump administration has rightfully paused the Diversity Visa Program in the wake of the shooting at Brown University. America’s immigration programs should not be designed based on the ease with which foreign nationals can use (or abuse) them. Instead, such programs should place the interests of Americans first. It is time that Congress ends the DV Program and replaces it with a program that promotes merit-based immigration, where individuals are selected to come to the United States based on education, skill, self-sufficiency, and ability to contribute to our economy and society.

Thirty-plus years of “diversity” is enough.

Tyler Durden Sun, 06/14/2026 - 23:20

“We got the full experience today,” manager Aaron Boone said with a chuckle after the Yankees’ 8-3 win over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

Sabrina Ionescu knows how quickly the game can be snatched.

A way-too-early look at the odds to win the 2027 Stanley Cup.

Francisco Lindor has taken another step in his recovery from a strained left calf that’s sidelined him since April, as the shortstop has begun running the bases.

SpaceX IPO Lifts Off As Data Center Race Moves From Ashburn To Abilene To Space

SpaceX surged 19% on Friday in its Nasdaq debut following the world's largest IPO, closing near $161 after opening at $150 and valuing the company north of $2 trillion.

J.P. Morgan + SpaceX= Largest IPO

Congratulations to the @spaceX team on this milestone, we were proud to serve as a lead bookrunner on the transaction. pic.twitter.com/axxob266QP

— J.P. Morgan (@jpmorgan) June 12, 2026

Investor excitement over the potential commercialization of the Starship mega-rocket is certaintly a major driver, but also markets are beginning to view SpaceX as one of the most pivotal players in the emerging orbital data-center race, where launch dominance, Starlink infrastructure, satellite manufacturing scale, and plunging access-to-orbit costs could position Elon Musk's rocket company at the center of the next frontier in AI compute.

Nearly six months ago, we read the tea leaves and told readers how to position ahead of the SpaceX IPO and the coming space-and-data center buildout race in low Earth orbit. That thesis is moving from speculative to investable, after SpaceX's public-market debut yesterday and Starship commercialization story nears (read report).

Starship is a very big rocket https://t.co/0RyGe3CPzS

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 13, 2026

A continuation of the space-based data center theme and how to profit comes from Barclays analyst Brendan Lynch in a new report titled "Ashburn, then Abilene, then space."

Lynch sees the story of space-based data centers gaining ground as territorial deployment woes materialize amid intensifying constraints on power, land, and grid.

This year alone, hyperscalers plan $800 billion in capex to build out data centers. There is growing resistance to the buildout, which has already derailed nearly half of the nation's planned 16-gigawatt capacity, with only 5 gigawatts currently under construction.

The good news for terrestrial-based data centers is that Lynch and his team don't see orbital data centers as a likely threat over the next decade, citing launch costs, radiation-resistant hardware needs, thermal-management limits, bandwidth constraints, and regulatory uncertainty.

The big attraction in space is unlimited solar power and no permitting. Orbital data centers could use near-continuous solar energy without relying on local utilities, grid interconnection waits, land availability, zoning approvals, or water-intensive cooling systems. Lynch noted that solar panels in orbit can generate up to eight times more power than terrestrial solar panels because of constant sunlight and the absence of atmospheric interference.

However, the analyst noted that the economics of orbital data centers remain a major roadblock. He estimated that orbital data centers cost roughly $51 billion per gigawatt to build and operate over five years, compared with about $16 billion per gigawatt for terrestrial data centers.

Lynch said, "However, there is still a long way to go before the economics and engineering make orbital data centers feasible at scale. Currently, orbital capacity is ~3x more expensive per MW than terrestrial, primarily due to high launch costs. Additionally, further progress must be made on engineering challenges, such as radiation-resistant hardware, thermal management, and connectivity."

Google estimates launch costs would need to fall below $200 per kilogram by 2035 for its orbital-compute vision to work, while SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is currently around $1,500 per kilogram.

Given these constraints, Lynch does not see orbital data centers as a "threat to our coverage with data center exposure (DLR, EQIX, IRM, AMT) in the next 10 years."

Now he added, "Beyond 10 years, it is harder to handicap the impact, but if space-based DCs come to fruition, it will likely be complementary to traditional deployments."

"That said, as technology advances and costs come down, we anticipate orbital capacity will gain momentum," the analyst noted.

The moment when launch costs plummet will likely hinge on the Starship commercialization timeline, which could see full-scale commercialization around 2027-28 and, really, at the end of the decade.

Starship is still transitioning from test vehicle to commercial platform. The first monetization wave is likely internal SpaceX demand, mainly Starlink deployment, larger satellites, orbital AI-compute demos, and NASA-linked lunar spacecraft.

Reuters reported SpaceX is aiming to begin orbital AI-computing demonstration missions by late 2027, a key validation point for the orbital data center.

Lynch added more color about the orbital data centers:

How data centers in space operate

Power

• Most orbital data center plans involve many satellites in low earth orbit operating collectively to form the "data center" in space, similar to how terrestrial data centers are comprised of many server racks. Clusters of satellites are often called constellations.
• Large solar panels supply near-continuous power. Satellites can be placed in sun-synchronous orbits (e.g., "terminator" orbits) to maximize solar exposure. Batteries are also required to store energy for eclipse periods when satellites pass into earth's shadow.

Communication network

• Optical laser links connect satellites so that they can share data. They are a high-speed method of transmitting data through laser beams. This is the same technology that some satellite operators use to provide broadband capacity on earth.
• Satellites transmit data to ground stations, which serve as the "middleman" between the data center and users. Constellations will likely require thousands of ground stations because low earth orbit satellites only pass in range of each ground station for a few minutes per orbit. Ground stations have large antennas to communicate with satellites either through radio waves or optical laser links. Radio waves provide reliable, regulated, lower-bandwidth connectivity, while optical links enable high-capacity, high-efficiency data transfer but require precise alignment and are sensitive to atmospheric conditions. Ground stations will also have fiber optic cables to connect with users.

Compute and cooling

• Advanced computing in space requires radiation-tolerant or radiation-hardened chips. Several semiconductor companies, including NVDA (covered by Tom O'Malley), are exploring specialized space-based computing infrastructure.
• Liquid cooling removes heat from chips, and then radiators dissipate heat as infrared radiation into deep space. Traditional air cooling methods don't work  due to the lack of atmosphere. Compute density per satellite is primarily limited by the rate at which heat can be radiated into space.

Operations Satellites

• Satellites are launched into space via rockets designed for heavy loads, similar to how traditional satellites are launched, but conceivably at much larger scale.
• Physical maintenance will likely be limited, but software updates are possible. Satellites will likely have redundant components and built-in work-arounds in case of hardware failure.
• Most business models assume no servicing or upgrades. Instead, satellites that reach the end of their operating life will be replaced by new ones carrying the latest technology. Most satellites are expected to have a 5-year useful life. At the end of life, satellites are typically de-orbited into the atmosphere to burn up.

Why data centers in space are attractive

Power

• Space provides less constrained access to solar power with fewer bottlenecks to scale vs. terrestrial power grids. Developers are not reliant on utility companies to provide power infrastructure.
• Power is generated and consumed in the same location, avoiding transmission losses and grid interconnection constraints.
• Solar panels in orbit can generate up to 8x higher output due to constant sun exposure and lack of atmospheric interference (molecules in the atmosphere absorb, scatter, and reflect sunlight, reducing the solar energy that reaches terrestrial solar panels). Solar power in space is also more stable than earth because there are no clouds or weather issues.

Land

• Suitable land sites with sufficient power are increasingly scarce in key data center markets globally. Space offers a solution to land constraints.
• Orbital data centers avoid many challenges faced by terrestrial development, including community opposition, environmental remedies, zoning restrictions, etc.

Resilience

• Infrastructure in space is less exposed to disruption from natural disasters, grid failures, and geopolitical events.
• Constellations of satellites offer high resiliency because workloads can be shifted between satellites if one goes down.

Design

• The modular design enables a more efficient capacity build out, where infrastructure is scaled via incremental satellite launches rather than large upfront development projects. Over time, this could reduce capital intensity and development risk.
• Water usage is one of the most common critiques of terrestrial data centers, particularly as AI increases compute density and cooling needs. Orbital data centers do not require evaporative water cooling

Challenges to near-term deployment

Physical

• Satellites will require very large solar panels to generate sufficient power for AI workloads. Satellites that support compute functions (instead of communications) might need to be ~10x larger to achieve attractive economies of scale.
• Space requires specialized IT hardware due to radiation which can corrupt data unpredictably and degrade equipment. Traditional space hardware uses radiation hardened chips that are more than 100x less powerful than chips in terrestrial data centers and very expensive.
• Thermal management limits compute density per satellite. There is no medium for heat transfer in space (i.e. no air), so satellites require a combination of liquid cooling to remove heat from the chips and radiators to remove heat from the satellite. Heat is emitted into deep space via infrared radiation. The radiators requires a lot of surface area in addition to the large solar panels because radiative heat transfer is relatively inefficient vs. air cooling.
• Orbital data centers face networking and bandwidth limitations. Inter-satellite connectivity (generally via optical laser links) requires complex, precise alignment. Space-to-earth communication via radio waves (most common currently) is heavily regulated and has relatively low bandwidth. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) coordinates global spectrum allocation, and operators require authorization in each jurisdiction where they transmit signals to/from the ground. Optical laser links (emerging technology) are higher bandwidth and higher efficiency but face atmospheric interference due to clouds and weather and require precise alignment. Additionally, space-to-earth connectivity requires sufficient ground stations to receive/transmit data.
• Orbital systems have high failure rates vs. terrestrial infrastructure. When equipment fails in orbital data centers, it can't be replaced. As a result, orbital data centers must be highly redundant and have failover measures. If the satellite fails, it must be entirely replaced.
• Launch capacity is the primary constraint on scaling infrastructure due to the limited frequency of rockets launches. Size and weight are pertinent considerations for satellite design due to constraints of the rocket. Many orbital data center business plans are dependent on improvements to the launch process. In 2025, there were 330 launches globally. Each rocket can carry about 40-100 traditional satellites. However, orbital data centers could eventually exceed the size of the largest rockets that are available, highlighting the need for improved launch capabilities.

Regulatory

• A primary concern is overcrowding in earth's orbit, which increases the likelihood of collisions and long-term debris accumulation. The FCC requires that low earth orbit satellites are de-orbitted within five years of end-of-life, and companies must file orbital debris mitigation plans with regulators. There are currently ~16,000 satellites orbiting earth, but several companies have filed plans with the FCC to collectively increase this by 10x with build-outs in the late 2020s and 2030s.
• There will likely be future challenges due to regulatory and jurisdiction uncertainty given the lack of standards for orbital data centers. For example, spectrum allocation and licensing is currently handled by individual countries. Broader AI regulations and data sovereignty requirements will likely also be factors.

Economic

• Orbital data centers are estimated to cost up to ~$50m/MW, more than triple the cost of terrestrial data centers, at present.
• The biggest financial challenge is launch costs. Google estimates that launch costs would need to fall below $200/kg by 2035 for its vision to be economically viable. SpaceX's current launch vehicle, Falcon Heavy, is the cheapest available at $1,500/kg.
• In addition to the higher build cost, the useful life of orbital data centers is only ~5 years due to limited maintenance and upgrade capabilities and the harsh environment in space (e.g. radiation, extreme temperatures). This compares to decades of useful life for terrestrial data centers which can be maintained and upgraded more easily.'

And now to the part readers care about most: how to profit from the buildout.

Axiom Space (private, not covered)

• The company has been testing cloud computing capabilities on the International Space Station (ISS) since 2022 and launched its first two orbital data center nodes in January 2026. Its nodes are modular units located on the space station.
• Axiom is also building a commercial space station which it plans to launch ahead of the ISS's retirement in 2030.

Blue Origin (private, not covered)

• The company announced Project Sunrise with a target of deploying up to 51,600 satellites for AI workloads. It filed plans with the FCC in March 2026, but faces an objection from NASA regarding the proposed orbit altitude (which overlaps with critical human spaceflight paths) and risk of space debris.
• The company also has plans to launch a 5,000 satellite constellation for global high-speed communications infrastructure, called TerraWave. It aims to begin deploying TerraWave satellites in late 2027. TerraWave satellites are designed for networking while Project Sunrise satellites are designed to enable high-density compute.

Cowboy Space (private, not covered)

• The company filed plans with the FCC to deploy 20,000 orbital data center units in a constellation called Stampede in May 2026. Each unit would repurpose the the upper stage of the rocket as a high-density compute platform. Cowboy Space aims to launch its first rockets in 2028.
• The company is also working on a separate constellation that would send solar power back to earth.

Planet Labs (public, not covered)

• The company partnered with Google (covered by Ross Sandler) for project Suncatcher which has a demonstration mission planned for early 2027 to test Google's TPUs (specialized AI chips designed to accelerate machine learning and inferencing workloads) in space.
• Planet Labs already operates 600+ satellites that form an imaging constellation for geospatial intelligence.

SpaceX (public, not covered)

• The company filed plans with the FCC to launch a million data center satellites for ~100GW of compute capacity in January 2026.
• SpaceX currently operates ~10,00 Starlink satellites and controls ~65% of active satellites globally. Starlink satellites primarily enable communication vs. data center satellites which are designed for high-density compute.

Starcloud (private, not covered)

• The company deployed a ~1kW satellite with a single GPU in November 2025 as proof-of-concept. It plans to launch its next-gen satellite which is 10kW in 2027 and then launch a ~200kW satellite in 2028.
• Its ultimate goal is to deploy 88,000 satellites totaling ~20GW of compute primarily for inference workloads, reaching ~5GW by 2035. Starcloud filed plans with the FCC in March 2026.

Professional subscribers can read much more on SpaceX and the space economy at our new Marketdesk.ai portal. 

Tyler Durden Sun, 06/14/2026 - 22:45

Sean Strickland knew he wasn't welcome at the UFC White House event, showed up anyway, and was quickly thrown out by Secret Service.

One former Knick was feeling a little left out amid the celebration over the Knicks' first championship in 53 years on Saturday night. 

Still, you can understand, with their dismaying showing so far, why the Mets would want to change the subject to the happiest New York sports story in years.

Sunday was Donald Trump’s 80th birthday, not that he likes the “number.”

The Rulla and Brian drama didn't stop with the cast trip to Block Island.

If Episode 8 left you driving around in circles like a newcomer who just rolled into town, we at DECIDER got you covered.

Mido shockingly called Debby "a b—-ch."

Mido shockingly called Debby "a b—-ch."

Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas made an ominous joke on her Instagram story Saturday before she went on what she thought would be a thrilling bungee jumping adventure in Limeira, São Paulo.