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Show Notes — 2026-05-21 # Hunchline: The Morning Line — Thursday, May 21st, 2026 Applied Digital rips over eighteen percent as the AI infrastructure trade goes into full reprice mode, three FBI UAP files quietly vanish from the government's own transparency portal, and UK police somehow log a one-year-old infant as a crime suspect in their system. ## In This Episode - **Applied Digital (+18%)** — AI data center stock leads a sector-wide rip across the AI infrastructure trade alongside Astera Labs, Navitas Semiconductor, and Arm Holdings - **Intuit (-17%)** — TurboTax and QuickBooks parent drops hard after soft earnings guidance in an AI-obsessed market - **UAP Files Disappear** — An automated tracker catches war.gov silently editing its UFO document release from 161 files to 158 overnight with no explanation - **Spielberg Disclosure Statement** — The director says he can now make a film called 'Disclosure Day' and hints that 'everything is true, and has been true' - **UK Baby Crime Suspect** — UK police databases have flagged hundreds of children as crime suspects, including at least one one-year-old infant - **Norway Viking Bloc** — Norway moves to lead a northern European security alliance specifically designed to contain Russia in the Arctic and Baltic - **Grandma Swatted on Minecraft** — An 81-year-old streaming Minecraft to fund her grandson's cancer treatment was swatted while live - **Senate Stablecoin Debate** — Ongoing negotiations over whether yield-bearing stablecoins should receive legislative clearance — a structural signal for DeFi and traditional banking ## Market Board | Ticker | Close | Change | |--------|-------|--------| | S&P 500 | $741.22 | +1.02% | | NASDAQ | $712.68 | +1.59% | | Russell 2000 | $279.98 | +2.56% | | Bitcoin | $77,939 | +0.95% | | Ethereum | $2,137.07 | +0.43% | | Gold | $415.22 | +0.90% | | US Oil Fund | $144.71 | -5.39% | | Long-Term Treasuries | $83.80 | +0.94% | ## Sports + Odds **Completed Scores (May 20-21)** - NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder 122, San Antonio Spurs 113 - NHL: Vegas Golden Knights 4, Colorado Avalanche 2 - MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 0 - MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Diego Padres 0 - MLB: Toronto Blue Jays 2, New York Yankees 1 - MLB: Athletics 6, Los Angeles Angels 5 - MLB: Boston Red Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 3 **Today's Lines** - Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers — CLE -102 / DET -116 - Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals — STL +108 / PIT -126 - New York Mets @ Washington Nationals — WSH -104 / NYM -112 - NHL: Montréal Canadiens @ Carolina Hurricanes — CAR -196 / MTL +162 **Prediction Markets** - Trump kiss by May 31: 99.9 cents (near certainty) - US-Iran permanent peace deal by May 22: 4 cents - Australia wins 2026 FIFA World Cup: 0.1 cents ## Google Trends Watch 1. **DP World Tour** — European golf tour event completing rounds overnight 2. **Benji Madden** — Good Charlotte / Cameron Diaz husband goes viral for unspecified social post 3. **Adrien Broner** — Boxer in legal trouble again, hearing or filing surfaced 4. **Auto Accident Lawyers** — Spikes with traffic news cycle or SEO ad machine running hot 5. **Snowfall** — FX drama getting renewed attention, likely a rewatch wave or platform feature 6. **Alabama Barker** — Travis Barker's daughter posts something viral on social media 7. **FT** — Financial Times article gets wide pickup, likely tied to AI economics discourse 8. **Maja Chwalinska** — Polish tennis player with strong WTA tournament showing 9. **Google AI Studio** — Google pushes major updates to its Gemini developer platform 10. **King Charles** — Royal health reports resurface, Buckingham Palace stays vague ## Chapters 00:00 — The Board 02:20 — Daily Thread 06:04 — Stonks + Crypto 09:39 — Sports + Predictions 13:21 — Google Trends 16:13 — Conspiracy Corner 20:08 — The Wrap 21:45 — Today's Morning Line 25:57 — Bonus Demonic Labubu Song ## Legal Notice This episode referenced ongoing legal proceedings involving boxer Adrien Brone