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➤ Musician Eric Church used six guitar strings to share life lessons with UNC graduates. (Hear More)

➤ A new report shows scammers aggressively target Americans over 60. (Listen Now)

➤  Scientists uncovered genes that may unlock the secret to regrowing human limbs. (Podcast Available)

AI Is About to Break the Grid. Here’s the Fix.

Behind every AI breakthrough is a data center requiring massive amounts of always-on power. By 2030, these data centers will need more energy than Germany and France combined.

That need for always-on power is straining the grid. Today, they depend on lithium batteries that degrade over time and need expensive replacement.

Qnetic solves this. Their breakthrough energy storage tech works like new for 30+ years without degradation. Always reliable. Always ready.

Eight major energy players have already signed $110M in potential orders with Qnetic. With global AI spend hitting $2 trillion this year alone, the infrastructure race is on. 

Become an early-stage Qnetic investor today and share in the potential of this energy innovation.

➤ Napoleon Solo, who entered the race with 10-1 odds, won the 151st Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park in Maryland by pulling away from favored Iron Honor in the homestretch. (Watch Video)

➤ The PGA of America announced the purse for the 108th PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club is $20.5 million, putting the tournament alongside the Masters and the U.S. Open with purses of at least $20 million. (More)

➤ The NHL stripped the Vegas Golden Knights of a second-round draft pick and fined coach John Tortorella $100,000 after the team didn’t open its dressing room to reporters following Thursday’s series-clinching win over Anaheim. (More)

➤ Martial artist and actress Gina Carano said she lost 100 pounds to make weight for Saturday night’s 145-pound featherweight MMA bout against Ronda Rousey. (More)

➤ Charles Woodson Jr., a class of 2027 defensive back and son of 1997 Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson, committed to play football at Michigan, following his father’s footsteps to Ann Arbor. (More)

➤ Yesterday’s Results: NHL | MLB | NCAAB | NCAASB | Soccer | PGA Championship

Weekly Market Report  Previous Week

➤ Berkshire Hathaway added a $2.6 billion stake in Delta Air Lines, marking the company’s return to the airline industry after exiting the sector entirely during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. (More)

➤ Cisco Systems plans to cut nearly 4,000 employees—less than 5% of the company’s global workforce—as part of a strategic shift toward artificial intelligence. (More)

➤ A new report indicates Social Security beneficiaries could see a 3.9% cost-of-living adjustment next year, an increase of 1.1 percentage points from this year. (More)

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Ladies and gentlemen, here are our most-clicked stories of the week:

➤ A few simple daily habits may help keep your brain sharp as you age, according to new findings on memory, navigation, and cognitive health. Experts say small everyday choices could make a bigger difference than many people realize. (Podcast Available)

➤ A list of the U.S. cities with the most sunshine ranked Yuma, Arizona, first with 4,015 annual sunshine hours, followed by Phoenix, Las Vegas, Tucson, and El Paso. (See List)

➤ New Social Security Administration data showed Liam and Olivia remained America’s most popular baby names in 2025, while Noah, Charlotte, Amelia, and Emma gained ground across multiple states. (See Rankings)

➤ Tired of warped, bacteria-filled cutting boards? The TIBO Titanium Cutting Board is built to resist stains, odors, and deep knife grooves while giving your kitchen a sleek, ultra-durable upgrade. Unlike wood or plastic boards, titanium won’t absorb juices or smells, making cleanup fast and food prep cleaner, safer, and easier every day.  (SHOP NOW)

Forget 2026. This Tech Is Straight From 2226.

Picture a capsule the size of a person, buried silently underground. Inside, a rotor spins at 12,000 rotations per minute in a perfect vacuum. No friction, no heat, no noise.

Why’s it spinning? It’s storing energy. Enough to power 30-40 homes a day. To release it, the rotor slows down and sends power back to the grid. And it does this, day after day, for 30+ years without losing a single percent of performance.

It sounds like science fiction, but it’s not. It’s Qnetic. And they’re already generating serious interest. 

Eight major energy players have already signed $110M in potential orders, and with the global energy storage market projected to exceed $3 trillion, demand isn’t slowing down.

Individual investors can get in before Qnetic scales to 3,500 annual deployments worldwide by 2030.

➤ Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commuted former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ nearly nine-year sentence tied to 2020 election data breaches, allowing her release on June 1 after more than 600 days in prison. (More)

➤ Texas Children’s Hospital agreed to create what Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called the nation’s first detransition clinic, fire five doctors, and pay $10 million to settle a transgender youth care investigation. (More)

➤ USS Gerald R. Ford returned to Norfolk after a record 326-day deployment that included operations against Iran, the capture of Nicolás Maduro, and a major onboard fire that displaced hundreds of sailors. (See Timeline)

➤ London police deployed thousands of officers, drones, horses, and facial-recognition cameras on Saturday as rival protests and the FA Cup final drew massive crowds across the city. (More)

➤ NASA compiled nearly a decade of satellite data for new maps showing shifting nighttime light patterns worldwide, revealing a mix of urban growth, blackouts, construction booms, and energy-efficiency retrofits. (See Maps)

➤ A former CIA-funded researcher claimed the U.S. recovered four distinct extraterrestrial species from crashed UFOs, providing no evidence while relying on accounts from others involved in alleged retrieval programs. (More)

Whatever happened to Tupperware?

Tupperware was never just a food container. For a few decades after World War II, it was practically a symbol of American life.

The company emerged in the late 1940s, when inventor Earl Tupper developed lightweight plastic containers with airtight “burping” seals that felt futuristic in an age still dominated by glass jars and wax paper. The products were genuinely impressive by the standards of the day: durable, lightweight, leak-resistant, and far better at preserving food than many existing storage options.

But the real breakthrough came from Brownie Wise, a charismatic saleswoman who realized the product worked best not on store shelves, but in living rooms, and the Tupperware party was born. Here’s a TV commercial for one.

From the 1950s through the 1980s, Tupperware parties were a cultural phenomenon—part social event, part shopping spree, part escape from household routine. Women would gather on Tuesday evenings, admiring the latest designs: the iconic Wonderlier bowls, the Jel-Ring mold for fancy Jell-O, the Cake Taker that every mom coveted.

In an era of expanding suburbs and isolated homemakers, the parties offered something bigger than kitchenware. They created community, status, and, for many women, a rare chance at independent income.

Tupperware became a cultural institution because it perfectly matched postwar America: optimistic, consumer-driven, convenience-obsessed, and fascinated by plastic as the material of the future.

But the culture that sustained Tupperware slowly disappeared. As more women entered the workforce, daytime home parties faded. Big-box retail and later e-commerce made direct sales feel unnecessary. Cheap competitors flooded the market. Plastic itself lost its glamorous image and became associated with waste and pollution.

By the 2020s, Tupperware had become more of a nostalgia brand than a cultural force. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2024 before reorganizing under new ownership as “The New Tupperware Co.” Today, it is trying to reinvent itself as a leaner digital-era brand, selling products online and through its remaining network of independent consultants in selected global markets.

Still, the brand left a remarkable imprint on American culture. Today, those vintage pastel bowls are collector’s items on eBay. The parties are gone, but somewhere in your kitchen, there’s probably still a butter-yellow Tupperware container—lid missing, of course—that refuses to die.

Were you a fan of Tupperware, or did you ever attend a Tupperware party? Let us know your thoughts by replying to this email.

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What do you most associate with Tupperware?

1. Tupperware parties
2. Leftovers in the fridge
3. Missing lids
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1. Cash/gift card: 69%
2. A trip: 11%
3. Life advice: 8%
4. A new laptop/tech: 6%
5. Other: 6%

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