🇨🇺💬💥 — A resident of Havana shares her harrowing experience amidst prolonged blackouts and the desperation gripping Cuba:
“Good morning, my dear. I haven’t been able to communicate with anyone for days, precisely because of the situation here in Cuba. Since Thursday, they cut off our electricity at 9 in the morning and restored it at 6 in the evening. Well, that’s fine. But then on Friday, they cut it off at 11 in the morning and we didn’t get it back until today at 5:05 in the morning.
Sixty-six hours straight without power. It’s been total chaos. Phones without charge, no connection, they shut down the internet because that pig, Marrano, said that the uproar and popular discontent was caused by the misuse of social media, not because they’re a bunch of bastards; no, no.
So, no connection, no communication, nothing. You can’t imagine the desperation of everyone: food going bad, a total collapse. Not even the emergency generators in the clinics were working. People were paying 250, 300 pesos just to charge their phones for a little bit anywhere that had a generator. People took to the streets, but the police, you know… So, my dear, this is unbearable. I hope all is well with you, and I wish you a good week.”
🇺🇸⛽️ Costco Is Now Rationing Motor Oil Because the Global Shortage Is Getting Real
A Kirkland Signature oil change has nearly doubled in price, but that's not the most concerning change to how Costco's selling lubricants these days.
Not only does 10 quarts of Kirkland Signature full-synthetic now cost $58 when it used to go for as low as $30, but stores are now imposing a two-per-customer, per-week limit.
The obvious culprit is supply—or, rather, a lack thereof. Demand remains strong as ever as global stock has dwindled due to our ongoing Middle East entanglement. As The Auto Wire highlighted in its own story unpacking the factors at hand, motor oil ultimately comes out of the same barrel that also gives us gasoline and diesel, and right now, refineries can earn more money finishing crude into gas compared to what Costco stocks on its shelves. We’re all getting the short end of the stick at the pump as it is, so it’s not difficult to imagine the pressure the motor oil ...
I heard about this meeting then found out it actually happened. Had Grok give a run down.
Cardinal McElroy — Labor Day Sermon, September 6, 2026
Sermon details
• Date: Sunday, September 6, 2026
• Location: Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Washington, D.C.
• Organized by the Catholic Labor Network and the Archdiocese of Washington; reception co-sponsored by the D.C. labor federation
Who attended the Silicon Valley trip
• Cardinal Robert McElroy — Archbishop of Washington
• Cardinal Blase Cupich — Archbishop of Chicago
• Cardinal Joseph Tobin — Archbishop of Newark
• They spent several days in August with the leaders of the AI teams at the so-called frontier labs. The engineers spoke openly about AI’s destructive elements, including the work question.
Was the meeting secret?
• Yes — unannounced at the time. The only source that mentions it, Letters from Leo, says explicitly it was “a trip no outlet has reported.” Nothing surfaced in August from ...