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Black Mirror is at it again. Several years ago, Bandersnatch, a special spin-off episode of the anthology series, which tells dark, cautionary tales about the use of technology, turned heads for putting interactivity directly in a TV show. You were able to, by using simple either-or choices, choose which path the story took, to a degree. What was clever about it was how the function mirrored form, as the episode itself followed the creation of a game offering a similar kind of choice - or an illusion of choice, as the case turned out to be. There were many meta layers to it. And now an episode in the brand new series of Black Mirror, released on Netflix this week, is trying to do a similar thing. Sort of. The episode in question is Plaything, which stars Peter Capaldi as a scraggly suspect in a murder case, one which has links to an unusual video game made during the 1990s. The episode revolves around Capaldi's character's statement and life story, as we flash back to the 1990s, when he was working as a video game journalist for magazine PC Zone, just as Black Mirror creator and episode writer Charlie Brooker once did. His life takes a dramatic turn when he's asked to preview his idol Colin Ritman's new game. The Thronglets game that accompanies the Plaything episode of Black Mirror, and that the episode is about.Watch on YouTube If the Ritman name sounds familiar that's because it is. Ritman was in Bandersnatch, where he was also idolised by the main character, and he's played by the same actor again, Will Poulter (who was excellent in the prescription drug-focused series Dopesick, in case you haven't seen it). There's so much about the set-up of Plaything that's similar: Tuckersoft is once again the fictional game developer at the heart of the story, only this time it's depicted in the early 90s rather than the 80s, and hallucinogenic drugs play a catalytic role in the plot again. The major difference is the game around which everything revolves. Ritman has been working on an ambitious new game called Thronglets, which is what Capaldi's character takes us - the viewer - along with him to see. It's a kind of god sim with tamagotchi ideas. In it, creatures called Thronglets pop into being and need caring for, and if done well, they will multiply. Then... things happen, but I don't want to say too much for fear of spoiling it. A companion mobile game, that's the idea this time, which I know doesn't sound very exciting but actually, there's a neat concept here - it's a far cry from the Fall Guys-style party game Netflix put out for Squid Game 2. The concept is that the Thronglets mobile game is the same game that's in the Black Mirror show. Like, exactly the same. Both were designed alongside each other, Charlie Brooker told mobilegamer.biz, and both influenced each other. Brooker was involved with making it, too, working with the talented Oxenfree studio Night School over a considerable development period of a year-and-a-half. The Thronglets game in action, pictures taken by me. The very busy picture is taken fairly late on in the game - it's by no means always that hectic. | Image credit: Eurogamer / Netflix The gist of the game - and I'm trying to be careful of spoilers here - is that your Thronglets treat you as a kind of god (there are heavy 90's god sim vibes here; it reminds me a lot of Peter Molyneux and Lionhead's Black & White) and both learn from your actions as you play and by asking questions of you - deep, philosophical, 'what is life?' questions. This is all very in keeping with the Plaything episode of the Black Mirror show. What's less in keeping with the show are the Cookie Clicker-like resource-harvesting tasks you'll have to fulfil, I presume because we now need something to actually play. But they fulfil a broadly similar purpose to the Thronglets game in the show, of making increasing demands of you, and they're only really employed across one level in the few hours the game lasts, so they don't overstay their welcome. The mechanics are so-so, then, but what's really enjoyable about the game - as in the Black Mirror TV show - is the self-referential meta commentary running through it. Every time a Thronglet comes to you with a question, there's a humorous outcome, either as you struggle to answer what they ask, or because of how they interpret what you say. And the choices you make are remembered, reflected back at you when a level ends or brought up by the Thronglets later down the line. It's an impressive little package. I could imagine the game turning heads even if it weren't linked to the Black Mirror TV show. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. But where it really impresses is in how it takes you a layer deeper into an episode of a TV show and allows you to experience the central concept of it - the game - for yourself. We'll never quite experience it in the same way Capaldi's character does, for reasons, but in Thronglets, Night School, Brooker and Netflix have done a good job creating something similar and enjoyable too. I do have one issue with Thronglets, though: it's a mobile game separated from the episode of TV itself. Bandersnatch and its interactive concept were welded together - a kind of gaming interactivity Netflix turned sharply away from last year - which meant there was no way to experience one without the other. But it's different with Plaything and Thronglets. It's not clear that there's an accompanying game at all, after you finish watching the episode - it's not signposted from there. You have to go specifically to the Netflix Mobile Games section to find it or see it advertised on the Mobile Games carousel. It speaks to a larger discoverability issue Netflix has with games in general: that people don't necessarily go there looking for them. I suppose Thronglets is a part of its solution, made to encourage people to play games there, but it's currently sitting in a catch-22 grey area and I fear it'll be overlooked. And that's a shame, because Thronglets, to me, feels like the gaming future Netflix wants. It's a fine example of how an additive brand-related gaming experience can be done.

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Season 2 of Marvel Rivals brought a new map, Krakoa: Hellfire Gala. This is a Domination map that features portals and a beautiful landscape. While we are still in the first week of the new Marvel Rivals season, the latest leak reveals another map coming soon. As expected, NetEase will release a new map with Season 2.5, which is set to arrive in late May. In this article, we will take a detailed look at the leak and reveal everything we know about the map. The latest Marvel Rivals leak shows details about the new map According to X0X_Leak, one of the most reputable leakers, the next map will be Arakko. The leaker shared several details about it even before Season 2 came out, revealing that it will be a map. This information was confirmed by Miller Ross on Friday, who also claims that Arakko will be a new Convoy map in Marvel Rivals. Ross, who’s leaked big things in the past, believes that the Season 2.5 update will also bring Ultron, a new Strategist. Ultron’s abilities in Marvel Rivals have already been leaked, and it appears that he will be a flying healer. Furthermore, the leaker claims that the mid-season update will arrive on May 30. The Krakoa map arrived with the Season 2 update. Image by VideoGamer It’s important to note that none of these details have been confirmed by NetEase. Due to this, we will have to wait a few more weeks to find out more information about the big mid-season update. We are, however, hoping that the leak is accurate, as adding a flying Marvel Rivals Strategist would be a great move by the developer.. For now, Season 2 offers plenty of new content, including seven new free skins. Emma Frost, the game’s newest Vanguard, is also out, and she’s been very fun to play. Marvel Rivals Platform(s): macOS, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X Genre(s): Fighting, Shooter Subscribe to our newsletters! By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime. Share

The scent of the Adriatic fills the Puglian air on a typical spring day. Silvery olive trees and Mediterranean pines defy the sirocco winds near Il Tabacchificio (“the Tobacco Factory”), a building with a simple and square profile boasts an interesting history and a luxurious present. First built in the 1930s, it once employed about a hundred people, mostly women. At the time, the province of Lecce produced a quarter of Italy’s tobacco, and this operation was one of the most important in the region.Designed in the 1930s, this building in Puglia was once an important tobacco factory that employed about 100 people, mostly women. In the postwar period, part of Tabacchificio was used to store food until the 1960s, when it was converted into small metal and frame factory. After years of neglect, the current owners, who purchased it in 2014, decided to renovate it while preserving its original character. The work, which lasted four years, was entrusted to Raffaele Centonze, an architect who describes himself as a “storyteller of spaces.” He enhanced the building’s original features and made it one of the most popular locations in the region for both Italian and international travelers.After years of neglect, the current owners, who bought the building in 2014, decided to renovate it while preserving its original character. The work, which lasted four years, was entrusted to Raffaele Centonze, “a storyteller of spaces” who was able to enhance the original features. In the dining area, the table is by Marina Home Interiors and it is surrounded by Tulip chairs by Eero Saarinen (Knoll) and Panton chairs from Vitra. The entrance to Tabacchificio, where three pieces from Gaetano Pesce’s famous UP series stand out: the foot (right, foreground), the red armchair (in the rear of the photo) and the ball pouf, all from B&B Italia. The industrial hanging lamps are Naviglio by Boffi. Sustainability played a key role in the renovation, with Centonze using reclaimed materials like vintage doors and other period elements. The main entrance leads to an open space with vaulted ceilings, white walls, and polished concrete floors that reflect the room’s natural light. The front door aligns with one at the room’s rear, helping the space feel more open. Glass and iron elements accentuate the building’s industrial, rationalist soul. What was once a place of intense labor has now become dedicated to relaxation.The pool area of Tabacchificio. The facility is located just minutes from Castro Marina. One of the suites at Tabacchificio. Each has a different design style. In the foreground, a Flos Viscontea hanging lamp with metal frame and a fabric shade by Castiglioni. All the collectibles, placed as if they were part of an installation, are mixed together with a nod to the wabi-sabi aesthetic, a Japanese design approach that celebrates the interplay between beauty and simplicity, as well as embodying the essence of austerity and tranquility. The living room has a striking mix of furniture. The modular sofa is Tufty-Time by Patricia Urquiola (B&B Italia). The vintage blue armchairs are Soriana by Tobia Scarpa (Cassina). Naviglio lamps by Boffi. After a long day at the beach or spent lounging by the pool after a round of tennis, the elegant and minimalist suites are intimate and welcoming retreats. The spacious living room, reading nooks with favorites novels and volumes of poetry, the large kitchen and outdoor gazebos all exude the atmosphere of an Italian piazza—this is a place for gathering together, socializing, and enjoying the finer things in life. The living area, centered around a fireplace, includes an eclectic mix of contemporary design and industrial details. All the collectibles, placed as if they were part of an installation, are mixed together in deference to a wabi-sabi aesthetic that celebrates the interplay between beauty and simplicity, as well as embodying the essence of austerity and tranquility.The elegant and minimalist rooms offer an intimate and cozy retreat after a day in the sun. The reimagined tobacco factory has room for up to 16 people in its six bedrooms, each with its own, distinctive design. One bedroom has a four-poster bed, bathtub, and a private bathroom with a walk-in shower. Two suites are distinguished by having either a sculptural bathtub or two four-poster double beds. Two other double rooms offer direct access to the garden and a mezzanine area. A long corridor connects the sleeping area to the living area, a play area, and a screening room.One bedroom features a four-poster bed and sculptural bathtub. The entrance area is dotted with important design pieces. The kitchen, with its French doors opening onto a garden, gives direct access to the outdoors. The screening room and office offer space for working vacations in a tranquil setting. Overarching everything is the peace and inspiration the property and its flawless décor hold.In one of the bedrooms: the ceiling lamps are Splügen Bräu by Castiglioni (Flos). One of the bathrooms. The floor lamp on the right is Hebi Snake by Artemide. One aspect of Tabacchificio that makes the place unforgettable is the pervasive quiet and calm. This enchanted structure that once resounded with the voices of people cleaning, drying, and sorting tobacco leaves is now remarkably peaceful. The 36 vaults of the interior, tall and spacious, make the old building a rural landmark with eccentric and evocative spaces, where white predominates over every other color. The façade, aged by sunlight and wind, speaks to the timeless quality of the architecture. It’s a building with a century-long history that is far from over and instead has now embarked on a new chapter.The pervasive quiet and calm is a standout feature of the property. It is an enchanted place that once resounded with commotion and productivity.

/April 11, 2025/4:07 p.m. ETUm, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump’s TariffsA technical “glitch” has created the biggest hiccup in Trump’s tariffs rollout.Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesThanks to a technical glitch, Donald Trump’s tariffs haven’t even been collected at U.S. ports.On Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that an entry code in the U.S. system for American ships to use to have their freight exempted from tariffs isn’t working, and “the issue is being reviewed.” As a result, no tariffs are being collected by the U.S. government for the time being.U.S. shippers told the news outlet that they have not been charged higher tariff rates on their containers as recently as Thursday, despite Trump’s claims that tariffs are in effect and are being collected. This latest snafu is on top of the fact that many companies and industry groups are still unsure of when tariffs will be collected, especially since Trump keeps changing the rates erratically in social media posts and executive orders, and making new threats almost daily.“There has been some confusion on what President Trump has said in social media posts on when the tariff starts and what is written in the executive order,” Jarred Varanelli, vice president of U.S. sales at logistics firm Savino Del Bene, told CNBC. “Social media posts are not law on the pause and increase in tariffs. With the constant changes to the regulations, all customs brokers in our industry have a difficult task ahead of them.”If there were doubts about the tariffs being a wise policy, those have increased several times over the fact that U.S. authorities can’t even implement them.“Whether you agree or disagree with the policy, you have to ask, do we have the ability to do it this rapidly?” Dewardric McNeal, managing director and senior policy analyst at consulting firm Longview Global, said to CNBC. “This glitch may be an indication we need more time. It seems odd this is the time it happens. This adds policy chaos for the implementer.”For now, CBP is telling shippers to pay duties and tariffs within 10 days of their cargo’s release, in which time it expects the glitch to be resolved. But the whole mess is just further evidence of a complete lack of strategy, planning, or direction with Trump’s tariffs. It doesn’t inspire confidence from the markets, hedge funds, manufacturing workers, or anyone outside of MAGAworld. More on the reaction to these stupid tariffs:Stephen Miller Wins This Week’s Stalin Prize for Totalitarian FlatteryMost Recent Post/April 11, 2025/3:50 p.m. ETFive Big News Stories You Missed During Trump’s Tariffs WhiplashDistraction by design.Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesWhile President Donald Trump threw the economy into mayhem this week with his tumultuous back-and-forth tariff scheme, plenty of chaos ensued in other realms.Here are five news stories you may have missed amid the tariff fiasco:1. The total number of international students who have had their visas revoked has reached 600 since Trump took office, according to new data released by Inside Higher Ed.provided by Secretary of State Marco Rubio last month. Some students lost their visas for their connections to pro-Palestinian activism, while others had theirs revoked for minor crimes, like Felipe Zapata Velázquez, a University of Florida student from Colombia who was deported after being stopped by immigration agents at a traffic stop.2. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration fired hundreds of workers—again. Hundreds of probationary NOAA employees were laid off in February, then reinstated following a court order. On Thursday, the probationary employees received an email informing them of their re-termination. Their firing is to be part of a larger attack on climate and weather research from the Trump administration, as it moves forward with plans to gut NOAA’s budget entirely, CNN reported Friday.3. The Supreme Court unanimously ordered Trump to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to his birth country of El Salvador last month due to an “administrative error.” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis previously ordered the White House to “effectuate” Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States by April 7, but Chief Justice Roberts paused Xinis’s order.While the high court ruled the Trump administration had “no basis in law for Abrego Garcia’s warrantless arrest, his removal to El Salvador, or his confinement in a Salvadoran prison,” it did not require Abrego Garcia’s return, nor did it provide a deadline for the lower court’s order.4. Measles cases reached new heights. As of Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded more than 700 cases across 25 states, marking the third-largest measles outbreak of the twenty-first century. Nearly three-quarters of the country’s cases have been recorded in Texas, which has seen 541 cases alone, the majority of which were among unvaccinated people.After the death of an 8-year-old girl, the second measles death of an unvaccinated Texas minor, longtime vaccine skeptic and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. finally admitted the measles vaccine is necessary to stop the spread.5. Israeli Defense Forces murdered an American teenager in the West Bank. The family of 14-year-old Amir Rabee was outraged to learn of the death of their son, who was killed after Israeli soldiers opened fire at three people “who were endangering drivers by hurling rocks at a highway in the village of Turmus Ayya,” NPR reported. Rabee’s family wants answers.More on non-tariff news:Why Billionaire Trumpers Love This Dire Wolf RubbishMost Recent Post/April 11, 2025/2:58 p.m. ETKaroline Leavitt Reveals Shocking Logic on Wrongly Deported ImmigrantTrump’s press secretary made it clear exactly what the administration thinks of returning the man wrongly deported by ICE.Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesThe White House is trying to use semantics to dodge the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that it has to help return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States from El Salvador.At a press conference Friday, Newsmax’s Mike Carter asked press secretary Karoline Leavitt about Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s coming visit to the White House on Monday and whether Trump wanted Bukele to bring Abrego Garcia with him. Leavitt’s response was not encouraging.“The Supreme Court made their ruling last night very clear that it’s the administration’s responsibility to facilitate the return, not to effectuate the return,” Leavitt replied.It’s true that the high court ruled the Trump administration must abide by a lower court ruling to “facilitate” the return of Abrego Garcia. But focusing on this language ignores the bigger point that both courts ruled against the administration.The government was barred from returning Abrego Garcia to his native El Salvador due to his life being in danger from gangs, before ICE chose to deport him anyway. Administration officials continue to insist that Abrego Garcia is an MS-13 gang member but failed to provide any evidence to that effect, as earlier court rulings had found. Abrego Garcia does not have a criminal record and is married to a U.S. citizen and the father of a child with autism.But none of this matters to the Trump administration, which refuses to acknowledge that the legal system can do anything about its mass deportation efforts. They continue to drag their feet even in the face of the country’s highest court, controlled by conservatives that Trump himself appointed. Can anything compel this White House to respect and follow the law? More on wtf Trump is up to:Transcript: Fox Accidentally Wrecks Trump’s Spin as Tariff Panic GrowsMost Recent Post/April 11, 2025/2:14 p.m. ETTrump Has Some Potentially Deadly Cuts Planned for Weather ResearchDonald Trump continues to purge crucial government services.Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesNext on the White House’s chopping block: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.The Trump administration is planning to close “all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices,” CNN reported Friday. In internal documents obtained by the network, the administration claimed that the agency’s myriad weather-related programs “are misaligned with the … expressed will of the American people.”A source familiar with the plan told CNN that Republicans’ draft budget had been distributed to NOAA as a preemptive framework for how to slash its current operating budget. It would include eliminating the agency’s research office and ending funding for regional climate data programs, climate research, and sea grant programs. The budget proposal would also “severely defund” other portions of NOAA, including the National Ocean Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service, and would offload some of its responsibilities to the Interior Department.The draft would cut the agency’s overall budget by more than 27 percent and funding for its research office by as much as 75 percent, according to CNN.The hard and fast wake-up call for the research agency suggests that the cuts could be implemented before the end of the year.Losing NOAA and its federally funded research would have obvious impacts for the average American. It would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions to replace what currently feels commonplace, including national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, tornadoes, extreme heat, and earthquakes.The loss of NOAA would also have a cataclysmic effect on the American agricultural system, which relies on free and accurate weather reports, climate research, and analysis in order to plan its seasons.Trump first dropped in September—as Hurricane Helene swept through the American South—that he was interested in dismantling the weather monitoring agency.Nixing NOAA was the brainchild of Project 2025. On page 664, the Christian Nationalist manifesto pitched that the agency “should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories.”Read more about climate:The Bleak, Defeatist Rise of “Climate Realism”Most Recent Post/April 11, 2025/2:02 p.m. ETTrump Brags as Even More Law Firms Crumble to His Every WhimTrump announced a series of astonishing deals with law firms worth $600 million.Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesFive more major law firms have succumbed to President Donald Trump’s punitive threats as he continues his blatantly illegal intimidation of legal professionals. Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and Latham & Watkins LLP will provide pro bono services of at least $500 million, Trump boasted in a Truth Social post Friday afternoon. In a separate post, Trump revealed another $100 million deal with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. The firms will provide services to causes “President Trump and the Law Firms both support and agree to work on, including in the following areas: Assisting Veterans and other Public Servants, including, among others, members of the Military, Gold Star families, Law Enforcement, and First Responders; ensuring fairness in our Justice System; and combatting Antisemitism,” Trump wrote, adding that the firms will not engage in “illegal” diversity, equity, and inclusion practices either.  “The Law Firms will take on a wide range of pro bono matters that represent the full political spectrum, including Conservative ideals,” the post continues. In other words, the law firms will aid the Trump administration’s volatile attack on free speech, civil liberties, and the Constitution—for free. “Concurrent with these agreements, the EEOC has withdrawn the March 17, 2025 letters to the Law Firms, and will not pursue any claims related to those issues,” Trump noted, referring to his intimidation of the firms.The announcements come as part of Trump’s widespread attack on law firms, punishing them for filing lawsuits he disagrees with or hiring attorneys he doesn’t like. He’s issued executive orders penalizing some of the country’s top law firms, many of which have bent to the president’s will—including Wilkie Farr & Gallagher, the law firm of former second gentleman Doug Emhoff. The total amount of free services pledged by law firms has now reached more than $900 million, a concerning statistic not only for other law firms but for the rule of law itself. Most Recent Post/April 11, 2025/1:35 p.m. ETTrump DOJ Fights Judge on Returning Wrongly Deported ManRather than actually work to get Kilmar Abrego Garcia back, the Trump administration is choosing to make lame excuses.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesThe Department of Justice offered a flimsy excuse Friday for why it couldn’t comply with an order to present plans to return the Maryland father wrongly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.The Supreme Court upheld an order from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis Thursday night directing the DOJ to deliver plans to the court by 9:30 a.m Friday morning “to facilitate and effectuate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Lawyers for the DOJ asked to have the hearing delayed to provide time to “evaluate” the Supreme Court’s order. When the clock elapsed on the government’s deadline, lawyers for Abrego Garcia argued that the DOJ had no excuse for being unprepared because it already had been under order to deliver their plans before Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stay on the order on Monday. Xinis granted the government’s request for an extension, which then elapsed again. Finally, in a brief two-page filing Friday, lawyers for the government claimed that the court had set an “impractical” deadline and that they had been provided “insufficient” time to draw up plans.The lawyers claimed that they didn’t fully understand Xinis’s order (“The Court has not yet clarified what it means to ‘facilitate’ or ‘effectuate’ the return,”) and that their perfect compliance with Roberts’s stay had prevented them from doing their homework. The Supreme Court had instructed Xinis to clarify “the intended scope of the term ‘effectuate’” and warned that it “may exceed the District Court’s authority.” But the high court ruled that Xinis had “properly” ordered the government to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return. In its insistence not to share its plan going forward, the government completely ignored Xinis’s request to share “what it can concerning the steps it has taken” prior to the order, according to Kyle Cheney, Politico’s senior legal correspondent. “Defendants are not in a position where they ‘can’ share any information requested by the Court. That is the reality,” the government’s lawyers wrote in its filing, arguing that the order had come in too late in the evening Thursday. “Foreign affairs cannot operate on judicial timelines, in part because it involves sensitive country-specific considerations wholly inappropriate for judicial review,” the DOJ added.Read more about the case:ICE Deportee’s Lawyers Torch Trump DOJ’s Case: “No Actual Evidence”Most Recent Post/April 11, 2025/1:20 p.m. ETTrump Trade Rep. Fumbles Key Question on How Much Tariffs Will CostJamieson Greer rushed to downplay how much tariffs will increase costs for American households.Kayla Bartkowski/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration is desperate to convince Americans that Donald Trump’s trade war won’t affect their wallets.U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer took to Fox News Friday, attempting to claim that the tariff plan had not destabilized the U.S. economy—but even on his favorite network, Trump’s policies faced heat.“They say tariffs are gonna cost the American household $4,800,” prompted co-host Brian Kilmeade. “What do you say to those households?”“First of all, I would say, with respect to those projections, a lot of those are Wall Street analysts who have a lot to lose themselves,” Greer said. Except those numbers didn’t come from Wall Street analysts. Instead, the prediction came from a new report by the Yale Budget Lab, which assessed that Trump’s tariffs would raise the cost of goods by 2.9 percent, “the equivalent of a loss of purchasing power of $4,700 per household on average in 2024 dollars.”And Greer’s point that it’d be men on Wall Street rejecting Trump’s roller-coaster ride of a market agenda rings especially hollow in light of the fact that the market has already seen its fair share of winners and losers. Some of the biggest winners, however, appear to be Trump’s billionaire buddies—notably his right-hand man Elon Musk, who has seen massive gains amid the up-and-down chaos. Meanwhile, Trump’s weeklong global tariff volley and its ensuing volatility affected some 62 percent of Americans who participate in the market in some way or another, either by way of holding individual stocks or investing their money in retirement plans such as 401(k)s, IRAS, or pensions.“I think the economic fundamentals of our country are still very, very good, and while there may be an adjustment, I think we’re going to be on a good path and I don’t think we’re going to see that level of increase in household expenses,” Greer added.The administration’s slapdash approach to global trade was on full display Wednesday, when Greer was caught completely out of the loop while testifying before the ​​House Ways and Means Committee. His lack of prior knowledge made it abundantly clear that communication has eroded so thoroughly through Trump’s Cabinet that even the U.S. trade representative had not been apprised of the president’s decision to temporarily reverse course on his tariff agenda.Read more about Jamieson Greer:Here’s the Moment Trump’s Trade Rep. Learned the Tariffs Were PausedMost Recent Post/April 11, 2025/12:47 p.m. ETManufacturing Workers Are Beyond Pissed at Trump Over Tariffs WhiplashDonald Trump is quickly losing support of a key voter group. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesIt turns out that Donald Trump’s erratic tariff policy is not popular with manufacturing workers.A new Washington Post poll of over 500 workers showed that 52 percent oppose the trade measures, believing that they are bad for their livelihoods and the country. In addition, 57 percent of them said that tariffs would hurt their jobs and careers, while 59 percent said that tariffs would hurt the companies they work for.When broken down on partisan lines, less than half of Donald Trump voters (44 percent) said they believed tariffs would help them, while 87 percent of Harris voters said they would hurt them. A slight majority of the poll’s respondents said they favored or leaned toward the Republican Party, making the results more striking.Trump has alternately raised and lowered tariffs, confusing markets and businesses. At the moment, there are 145 percent tariffs on China, 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods not covered by the USMCA trade agreement, and 10 percent on most other countries. The moves have already led to layoffs in certain American industries, such as automobiles, and a looming recession would lead to even more job losses.But Trump doesn’t seem to have any kind of plan with his tariffs and is making it up as he goes along. Without any clarity as to where things are going, not only will industries and markets continue to slide, but Trump may start to lose support from manufacturing workers, many of whom were part of the reason for his election victory in 2024.Trump has already created thousands of disgruntled, laid-off federal workers. If Democrats capitalize on the vast numbers of Americans worried about their jobs, the result would be big losses for the GOP in 2026, and possibly even 2028. More on the tariffs reaction:Stephen Miller Wins This Week’s Stalin Prize for Totalitarian FlatteryMost Recent Post/April 11, 2025/12:32 p.m. ETTrump Is Begging China to Make a Deal Over TariffsDonald Trump appears to be growing increasingly desperate to fix the fallout over his tariffs.Jim Watson, Peter Klaunzer/AFP/Getty ImagesDonald Trump’s administration has been begging for a call from Chinese President Xi Jinping—despite Trump’s claims that his reciprocal tariff policy sent nations scrambling to cut deals with him. But instead of fostering negotiations, it seems their desperation only made things worse. Beijing announced Friday that it was raising tariffs on U.S. goods from 84 percent to 125 percent, following confirmation from the White House the day before that it was placing tariffs of 145 percent on Chinese goods. Ahead of Thursday’s announcement, the Trump administration had attempted to talk Chinese officials out of levying more retaliatory tariffs, and advised them to have their president give Trump a call, according to CNN. Instead of entreating Xi to a meeting, U.S. officials awoke Friday to even more tariffs, and no request to begin negotiations. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer confirmed Friday morning that the U.S. had not yet begun talks with Chinese officials to walk back the tariffs.The White House has claimed to have started negotiations with officials from 75 countries—though it has refused to divulge which ones—in response to Trump’s reciprocal tariff policy. China has been a notable holdout, and was therefore made exempt from Trump’s 90-day pause on new rates going into effect. The Trump administration has been saying pretty much the same thing to China for roughly two months, insisting that Beijing must make the first move, but with no luck. Trump claimed Wednesday that “China wants to make a deal. They just don’t know how quite to go about it,” noting that the Chinese were a “proud” people.  China’s Finance Ministry released a statement Friday saying that it wouldn’t fall for Trump’s blatant bullying. “Even if the U.S. continues to impose higher tariffs, it will no longer make economic sense and will become a joke in the history of world economy,” the ministry said in the statement, which CNBC translated.“With tariff rates at the current level, there is no longer a market for U.S. goods imported into China,” the statement said, adding that “if the U.S. government continues to increase tariffs on China, Beijing will ignore.”Read more about China:Trump’s Trade War Gets Dramatically Worse as China Hits BackMost Recent Post/April 11, 2025/12:24 p.m. ETHere’s How Trump Plans to Take Control of Greenland Donald Trump’s plan exposes just how clueless he is.Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesDonald Trump’s plan to acquire Greenland is very real, and it apparently involves convincing the country to hand itself over to U.S. control.The White House National Security Council has met “several times” to make Trump’s desires for the arctic island a reality, reported The New York Times, which spoke to a U.S. official who said the council had sent “specific instructions to multiple arms of the government.” But those instructions apparently never specified the use of military force.Instead, the effort is driven by a massive P.R. campaign consisting of spending federal dollars on advertising and social media campaigns with hopes of persuading Greenland’s 57,000 residents to basically annex themselves for America.The prospect of that happening, however, is laughable. Greenland, which is a  semiautonomous territory of Denmark, has not taken kindly to Trump and his associates’ sudden interest in acquiring their land. After months of heavy pressure from the Trump family, including an embarrassing stunt in which Donald Trump Jr. reportedly convinced homeless residents to wear MAGA merchandise in exchange for food, and an effort in the U.S. Congress to rename the territory “Red, White, and Blueland,” Greenland’s various political parties set aside their differences in March to unite under a singular goal: opposing U.S. aggression.“We don’t want to be Americans. No, we don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders, and we want our own independence in the future,” Demokraatit Party leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen told Sky News the night his party won a decisive majority in Parliament, making him prime minister. “And we want to build our own country by ourselves.”Other Greenland officials have been more blunt. In January, the chair of Greenland’s parliamentary Foreign and Security Policy Committee Pipaluk Lynge warned the U.S. not to “invade” the nation, which is largely composed of Indigenous tribes, in light of America’s historical treatment of Alaska’s Indigenous population.A late January poll by pollster Verian found that 85 percent of Greenland’s residents do not want to become part of the United States. Just 6 percent were in favor of the switch, while 8 percent were undecided, according to The Guardian.That disinterest became more apparent in late March, when second lady Usha Vance’s trip around Greenland was gutted and canceled after American representatives were spotted walking around Nuuk, the island’s capital, failing to find residents who would be interested in a visit from the vice president’s wife.But none of that has thwarted Trump’s interest.“We need [Greenland] for international security,” Trump said during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte last month. “That whole area is becoming very important, for a lot of reasons. The routes are very direct to Asia, to Russia, and you have ships all over the place. We have to have protection. “So, we’re going to have to make a deal on that, and Denmark is not able to do that, and you know, Denmark is very far away, and really has nothing to do. What happened? A boat landed there 200 years ago or something and they say they have rights to it, I don’t know if that’s true, I don’t think it is, actually,” the apparent anti-colonialist activist added.In an address to Congress last month, Trump clarified his intention: “One way or the other, we’re going to get it.”Read more bout Greenland:Greenland Commander Fired After Email Slamming JD VanceView More Posts

And it's "still free" when it arrives.During the Triple-i showcase earlier this week, developer Askiisoft reminded Katana ZERO fans about the free DLC.In this long-awaited development update for the indie action-platformer, it was confirmed the DLC is "finally nearing completion". Here's a bit about it direct from the PR, and you can see it in action in the video above.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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