Mike Netter

The union behind the billionaire tax faced a labor uprising by some of its own workers just before Election Day — and now the workers who went on strike say they’re facing retaliation. Members of SWU2599, which represents SEIU-UHW staff, alleged in a recent Instagram post that some workers returning from strike were suspended without pay while others faced mandatory “captive audience” meetings with union leadership and job reassignments.

🇺🇸 San Diego’s Veterans Day Parade Is This Wednesday

Thousands of San Diegans will line Harbor Drive on Wednesday, November 11, for the San Diego Veterans Day Parade. It’s the largest Veterans Day parade on the West Coast, and it’s free to watch.

📅 When and where
10 to 11:30 a.m. on Harbor Drive downtown. It starts in front of the County Administration Building and runs along the bay toward the USS Midway.

This year’s theme
The 2026 parade marks the 35th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, with special honors for veterans of that war.

What you’ll see
Marching bands, military units, vintage vehicles and veterans from every branch.

👇 Where to watch and how to skip the parking are in the comments.

In 1976, Japan gave the United States 53 bonsai trees to celebrate America's 200th birthday. Among them was a Japanese white pine that had been carefully maintained by the same family since 1625. The tree was donated by bonsai master Masaru Yamaki, but nobody at the American museum knew about its remarkable past.

On August 6, 1945, the tree was sitting in the Yamaki family's garden in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb struck less than two miles away. The blast shattered windows in their home, but a tall wall surrounding the garden protected the bonsai trees. The family survived, and so did the ancient white pine, which continued growing for another 31 years before being gifted to America.

Its incredible history remained a secret until March 8, 2001, when two Japanese brothers visited the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum in Washington, D.C. They were the grandsons of Masaru Yamaki and had come to see their grandfather's beloved tree. During their visit, they revealed its survival story to the surprised museum staff. Today, the bonsai is known as the Yamaki Pine, a living symbol of peace and friendship between two former enemies

Elon Musk's Neuralink has demonstrated how its brain-computer interface can help a man living with ALS communicate using his thoughts. The participant, identified as Terry, used the experimental implant to tell his wife “I love you” through a synthetic version of his own voice.

Terry received Neuralink's N1 implant in the speech-related region of his brain as part of the company's experimental VOICE study. The device records neural signals associated with attempted speech, while software converts those signals into text and spoken words.

The system uses recordings of Terry's voice from before ALS affected his speech to create a personalized synthetic voice. Neuralink has also demonstrated connecting its speech application to an iPhone, allowing a participant to make phone calls using brain-generated speech.

The technology could help people with severe neurological conditions communicate more independently and maintain meaningful connections with family and friends. However, Neuralink's implant remains investigational, and its VOICE study is still evaluating the technology's safety and performance.

Demonstrated in October and happening in your lifetime
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California Governor-elect Xavier Becerra campaigned on a proposal to give some working families two hours of free electricity each day. But with his election victory behind him, questions remain about how much the plan would save customers, who would pay for it and whether state lawmakers will support it.