Reaching 120 & Beyond: Musk Makes Stunning Longevity Claim

Elon Musk says “semi-immortality is an extremely solvable problem,” and that in hindsight, the solution will seem obvious.

As The Vigilant Fox reports, reaching 120 and beyond, Musk believes, is simply a matter of “changing the program.”

“When you consider the fact that your body is extremely synchronized in its age, the clock must be incredibly obvious. Nobody has an old left arm and a young right arm. Why is that?” Musk said.

He added:

“What’s keeping them all in sync? You’re pre-programmed to die. And so if you change the program, you will live longer.”

However, Musk said he is not interested in immortality:

“One of the worst curses possible would be that you live forever.”

https://twitter.com/i/status/2010817884881027379

Russian-flagged tanker seized by US spotted near UK – media

The final destination of the Marinera remains unknown, according to British press reports

The Russian-flagged tanker Marinera, which was captured by the US military in international waters in the North Atlantic, has been spotted off the shores of northeastern Scotland, several British media outlets, including BBC and the Sun, reported on Tuesday.

The vessel was interdicted on January 7 northwest of Scotland. The Pentagon claimed that the ship, formerly known as Bella 1, had been involved in “violations of US sanctions” against Venezuela. The British military provided “support” in seizing the tanker.

The ship was pictured being escorted by a US Coast Guard vessel and British tugboats in the Moray Firth – a large triangular inlet located north and east of Inverness – the media outlets said as they published several photos of the tanker. A British government official told BBC that the tanker had “entered UK waters to be replenished with essential supplies.” The vessel is then expected to sail elsewhere, the official said. According to the media reports, its final destination remains unknown.

Russia previously acknowledged the capture of the vessel. The Transport Ministry stated that the Marinera had received a temporary permit to fly the Russian flag on December 24. It also accused Washington of violating the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which ensures freedom of navigation in international waters.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said last week that the American authorities had been repeatedly notified through official communication channels that the oil tanker was sailing under the Russian flag. Moscow also strongly objected to the threat of prosecution of the tanker’s crew on US soil voiced by American officials.

The ship’s crew was made up of Russian, Ukrainian and Indian nationals. Washington agreed to set free the two Russian crew members following a request by the Kremlin.

The US first set its sights on the tanker in late December after it reportedly tried to approach Venezuela. At the time, the captain refused a demand to board by the US Coast Guard, and changed course towards the Atlantic, prompting the American military to take up pursuit.

https://www.rt.com/news/630929-tanker-seized-us-spotted-uk/

Questions Arise Over $5.8 Billion In Rental Assistance

Topline: The federal government is unable to verify that $5.8 billion in rental assistance paid to more than 204,000 recipients in 2024 was not fraudulent, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s latest annual report.

Key facts: HUD spent $15.2 billion on project-based rental assistance in 2024, which pays local housing authorities or private businesses and nonprofits to build affordable housing. That included $4.3 billion in “questionable payments” to nearly 113,000 groups that may have been ineligible for funding, according to the financial report — a mistake rate of over 26%.

HUD also gave $33.9 billion directly to families to help with rent payments, but the financial report claims $1.5 billion sent to almost 92,000 people was “questionable.” The estimates include $77 million paid to 29,715 dead people and $150.3 million paid to 9,472 people with invalid Social Security numbers.

But most of the flagged payments — $5.2 billion — were sent to people or businesses with inactive registrations in the System for Award Management. The federal government is generally not supposed to pay money to anyone not registered on SAM.gov. The online platform allows officials to ensure that a business is legitimate, not a fictional company trying to steal money from the government.

Most of the recipients that did not register on SAM.gov were likely legitimate businesses that mistakenly did not follow federal procedure, not organized criminals intentionally breaking the law. Contrary to viral claims on social media, the payments are not all known to be fraudulent.

Still, HUD would have been able to better screen applicants if it was using the Treasury’s Do Not Pay list, which tracks entities with missing paperwork, debt to the government, a history of fraud and more.

The software agreement that gave HUD access to the list expired in 2019, during President Donald Trump’s first term. It remained inactive throughout Joe Biden’s time as president and was not renewed until May 2025, according to HUD’s inspector general, who blamed both presidents for “weak governance around Do Not Pay implementation” in a May 2025 report.

In 2024, HUD sent $212 million to 11 entities on the Do Not Pay list, the inspector general found.

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Background: In its latest financial report, HUD relied on what it called “innovative methods and advanced analytics” to analyze millions of payment records, unlike past audits that use a sample of a few hundred records.

HUD also announced it will publish full estimates of improper payments from its two largest rental assistance programs, as required by the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019. The estimates have never been completed because of “a lack of necessary data, no effective technology platform for collecting supporting documentation, and unsuccessful attempts to manually review information,” according to the financial report.

Limited estimates released in 2024 identified just $45 million in unknown payments from HUD’s rental assistance programs.

https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/CFO/documents/afr2025.pdf

If there is no internet how come Israeli press has all the info??????

Fake and ghey