Monday, April 27
Australian influencer Ashy Bines faced severe backlash for promoting her paid wellbeing program following the tragic Bondi Beach terror attack. Critics slammed her for linking the national tragedy to her $50-a-month subscription, deeming it insensitive and exploitative. The post, which suggested her program could help those feeling 'wobbly,' was deleted amid widespread anger.
This is not a story about crimes. There is no evidence linking Noam Chomsky to Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual offences. That boundary should not be blurred. But this is very much a story about power, judgement, and proximity. About how elite worlds function. About how influence circulates. And about how even those who devote their lives to critiquing systems of domination can misread them when they arrive dressed as conversation.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet as the next Archbishop of New York, replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan. A Chicago native with deep ties to Latin America and immigrant advocacy, Hicks inherits leadership of one of the US Church’s largest archdioceses, alongside oversight of a $300 million abuse settlement fund and a shifting political landscape.
US visa bulletin January 2026: Good news for Indian researchers, managers, founders who have applied for Green Card as their waiting time will now reduce. For EB-1 category India, the final action date in the January 2026 bulletin moved almost a year to February 1, 2023.
