Between temper tantrums, it appears that Elon Musk has some coherence to his worldview. There’s the rightwing stuff, but there’s also a distinctive Silicon Valley contribution. Jason Steinhauer explicates that contribution in terms of three “clashes” on how power is to be wielded. Clash #1:...
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Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm vacated the 1954 decision of the Atomic Energy Commission, the predecessor of the Department of Energy, to revoke J. Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance. Many people.
Representation of laser fusion. The central sphere is the target, also called the capsule or pellet, that contains the deuterium and tritium whose nuclei are to be fused. The blue.
I am moving into Phase 2 of my three-phase strategy for dealing with the destruction of Twitter. Phase 1 was to set up accounts on alternative platforms. Mastodon. A quirky platform run by quirky people. I have seen too many reports of it being unfriendly...
Neuropace system for epilepsy. One of the existing brain implants. CC license: ArinaGr19 Reuters reports that Elon Musk’s Neuralink Company is under federal investigation for potential violations of the Animal.
For the past few days, my Twitter feed (yes, it’s still there) has been cluttered with dialogs with the ChatGPT chatbot. Some are on the level of polite and trivial.
Vladimir Putin has made clear his ambition to reintegrate Ukraine into a Russian Empire. Russia expanded from the Ukraine-Moscow-Novgorod area across Asia over a period of centuries. By 1721, it was at its maximum extent, including colonies in North America. Like other empires, it indulged...
Over the weekend, they’ve made it pretty clear. Samantha Power quotes Jake Sullivan: https://twitter.com/PowerUSAID/status/1591393902820724736 It’s directly stated, looks like he had it written out when he gave it. I’ll write.
The polling/pundit debacle that predicted a “red wave” in the election has reminded me of this brilliant title of a short story by James Tiptree, Jr. Except that’s Alice Bradley.
I see a request in an earlier thread for a place to discuss our second favorite internet site, so here is a selection of relevant tweets. I do not have the energy to supply a coherent thru-line. Nor do I know if one is possible....
Democrats are outperforming The Expectations! Could be that the white-bread bros are missing something. https://twitter.com/lrozen/status/1590192130936688640 https://twitter.com/JeffSharlet/status/1590194358589890560 https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1590194086149259264 https://twitter.com/mikethemadbiol/status/1590190271631085570 New Mexico so far continues with a Democratic governor and 2 Democratic.
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