Chris Lavergne
I’m the Founder of Thought.is and the Publisher of Thought Catalog.
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Trump Brought 17 CEOs to Beijing, but Only Musk and Huang Got Seats on Air Force One
Seventeen American CEOs flew to Beijing with Trump on May 13. Larry Fink of BlackRock. Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone. Kelly Ortberg of Boeing. Jane Fraser of Citi. Larry Culp of GE Aerospace. David Solomon of Goldman Sachs.
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A Federal Agent Compared a UFO to “the Eye of Sauron” in the Pentagon’s New UAP Report
The Department of War released a major batch of declassified UAP files today on war.gov/UFO. Buried in the dump is a 4-page slide deck dated 5.08.2026, the same day as the release.
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Senior Intelligence Official Says Orbs Flared up around His Helicopter, Came within 10 Feet of the Rotor, Then Broke off to Chase Fighter Jets
The Department of War dropped the first tranche of declassified UAP files. The release is the opening batch under President Trump’s PURSUE program, the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters.
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Emma Chamberlain’s Met Gala Dress Is Inspired by Her Favorite Van Gogh and Munch Paintings
The custom Mugler gown was hand-painted by artist Anna Deller-Yee, covered in vibrant brushstrokes of red, blue, green, and yellow that run the full length of the dress.
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Trump Joked at a Palm Beach Dinner Friday Night That the United States Could Take Cuba with a Single Aircraft Carrier Parked 100 Yards Offshore.
Friday night, May 1, Trump was the keynote at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches’ 50th anniversary dinner at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, honoring former Florida Rep. Dan Mica.
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Spirit Airlines Is Dead after 34 Years, They Shut Down at 3 a.m. On May 2, 2026
The infamous Spirit Airlines is now dead, and it’s actually a bit sad. At 3 a.m.
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Tennis Can Extend Your Life By A Decade, Pickleball Likely Offers Similar Life Extension Benefits
A study of roughly 80,000 British adults confirmed the finding. Racket sports lowered all-cause mortality by 47% and cardiovascular death by 56%, beating swimming, aerobics, running, and cycling. Three mechanisms stack on top of each other.
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Grimes, Pop Singer and Elon Musk’s Ex, Says AI Will Be a Bigger Deal than Jesus
Grimes sat down with sci-fi author Nnedi Okorafor for Interview Magazine to talk about her new album Psy Opera. The conversation got weird fast.
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Trump’s Tax Cuts Gives Breaks to Tipped Workers, Overtime Workers, Seniors, & Business Owners, but White Collar Workers with College Degrees Don’t Benefit
Happy Tax Day! LOL, yeah right! Here is the breakdown of what the new tax code means. Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 4, 2025.
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The 10 Best ‘Sky High’ Quotes To Celebrate The Superhero Movie’s 20th Anniversary
"There is no smoking on school grounds. Or freezing, or bursting into flames."
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10 Years Of Joy, Sadness, And Everything In Between: 10 ‘Inside Out’ Quotes That Made The Film Unforgettable
"Take her to the moon for me. Okay?"
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Wait, Seth Rogen’s Apple TV Show Is Actually So Funny
The Studio is like a hybrid of Entourage, Inherent Vice, and Hacks. I don’t exactly know when Seth Rogen started annoying me to the high heavens. He certainly was funny back in the day and a great actor.
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Prison Planet Theory Perfectly Explains The Silly Finale Of ‘Severance’
The Prison Planet theory, popularized by metaphysician Robert Monroe, suggests that Earth is a prison designed to harvest negative human energy, known as “loosh,” to sustain interdimensional beings.
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What Is Cold Harbor? 4 ‘Severance’ Theories
Cold Harbor = The Answer Cold Harbor seems to be the secret to the whole Severance plot. But what is it? Here are a few fan theories summarized that seem reasonable enough.
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6 Concrete Reasons ‘Interstellar’ Is One Of The Greatest Films Of All Time
Interstellar is streaming on Netflix, and it’s time to celebrate it for what it is: one of the best movies ever made.
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The 6 Best Heist Movies On Netflix This February
Why did the heist crew go to art school? To learn how to steal the show. Let's go! Here are the best robbery/heist movies currently on Netflix.
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Tom Cruise’s Midsommar-like Sci-Fi Movie Leaves Netflix In February
A very bright sci-fi movie with a dark topic.
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Prime Video Has The Most Thrilling Action Movie Of The Last 20 Years
This really is one of the best films in recent memory.