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Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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Does this mean Texas gets invaded now? Or is that only after intrepid reporter Nick Shirley gets a scoop?
www.fox4news.com/news/48-texa...
www.fox4news.com/news/48-texa...
January 27, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Does this mean Texas gets invaded now? Or is that only after intrepid reporter Nick Shirley gets a scoop?
www.fox4news.com/news/48-texa...
www.fox4news.com/news/48-texa...
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Across six top large language models, xAI’s Grok performed the worst at identifying and countering antisemitic content, according to a study published Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League.
Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
January 28, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Across six top large language models, xAI’s Grok performed the worst at identifying and countering antisemitic content, according to a study published Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League.
Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
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Kash Patel this Sunday: “You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines, to any sort of protest that you want."
January 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Kash Patel this Sunday: “You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines, to any sort of protest that you want."
What an ass hole!!!
Minneapolis sports commentator apologizes for paid protesters comment and announces 'time off'
Minneapolis sports commentator apologizes for paid protesters comment and announces 'time off'
January 27, 2026 at 3:36 PM
What an ass hole!!!
Minneapolis sports commentator apologizes for paid protesters comment and announces 'time off'
Minneapolis sports commentator apologizes for paid protesters comment and announces 'time off'
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“Another adult living in the home was outside and begged the agents to let him take care of the small child and was refused."
Instead, an agent “took the child, and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.
Instead, an agent “took the child, and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.
ICE detained a 5-year-old Minnesota boy and used him as “bait”
The preschooler is one of at least four children from the same school district who have been detained this month, according to school officials.
www.motherjones.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:40 PM
“Another adult living in the home was outside and begged the agents to let him take care of the small child and was refused."
Instead, an agent “took the child, and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.
Instead, an agent “took the child, and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.
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I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
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We have now achieved plasmas with pressures as high as 1.6 GPa, comparable to the pressures found deep below Earth’s crust. Introducing the latest Zap device, FuZE-3... www.zapenergy.com/news/zap-ene...
Zap Energy exceeds gigapascal fusion plasma pressures on new fusion device, FuZE-3
Next generation of fusion device reaches record plasma pressures in a sheared-flow-stabilized Z pinch
www.zapenergy.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We have now achieved plasmas with pressures as high as 1.6 GPa, comparable to the pressures found deep below Earth’s crust. Introducing the latest Zap device, FuZE-3... www.zapenergy.com/news/zap-ene...
Finally !!!! www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
WA nuclear site makes history. Radioactive waste plant launches
“This is really a historic breakthrough. After decades of effort, we are officially turning nuclear waste into glass at Hanford,” said U.S. Sen. Patty Murray.
www.tri-cityherald.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Finally !!!! www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
Another US administration leader blowing smoke. You have to have the science talent and the money to make this happen. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chris Wright: nuclear fusion will soon power the world
AI will soon enable harnessing of the energy that powers the sun and stars, says Chris Wright
www.bbc.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Another US administration leader blowing smoke. You have to have the science talent and the money to make this happen. www.bbc.com/news/article...
SpaceX has been moving at a breakneck pace, and rapid progress comes at a cost. Worker injury rates at its Starbase facility are almost 6x higher than the avera…
July 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
SpaceX has been moving at a breakneck pace, and rapid progress comes at a cost. Worker injury rates at its Starbase facility are almost 6x higher than the avera…
youtube.com/watch?v=S8E1.... A good listen
The Energy Grail, with Julien Barber (Investor at Emerson Collective)
YouTube video by Arkaea Media Group
youtube.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=S8E1.... A good listen
Took a hike and what a view!
July 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Took a hike and what a view!
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Big Oil found a loophole. A GOP senator snuck a tax break for oil drillers into the budget bill, shielding them from paying the corporate minimum tax. From @ddayen:
https://trib.al/kmp78Ja
https://trib.al/kmp78Ja
Senate Bill Gives Giant Tax Break to Big Oil
A provision inserted by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) would exempt many domestic oil and gas drillers from having to pay any corporate taxes.
trib.al
June 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Big Oil found a loophole. A GOP senator snuck a tax break for oil drillers into the budget bill, shielding them from paying the corporate minimum tax. From @ddayen:
https://trib.al/kmp78Ja
https://trib.al/kmp78Ja
U.S. women's national team defender Sofia Huerta and agent Spencer Wadsworth have announced they were married on June 11.
June 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
U.S. women's national team defender Sofia Huerta and agent Spencer Wadsworth have announced they were married on June 11.
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Trump has been enriching himself at an unprecedented scale since day one of his second term—actually, since just before, given that he announced the $Trump meme coin a few days before swearing to protect and defend the Constitution. https://trib.al/WQTxA3W
You Won’t Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This Year
How in the hell does he get away with this? Here’s the answer.
trib.al
June 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump has been enriching himself at an unprecedented scale since day one of his second term—actually, since just before, given that he announced the $Trump meme coin a few days before swearing to protect and defend the Constitution. https://trib.al/WQTxA3W
Retrofitting Qatari jet as Air Force One for Trump to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, Air Force says - www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Retrofitting Qatari jet as Air Force One for Trump to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, Air Force says
It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jetliner to fly as the new Air Force One, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Retrofitting Qatari jet as Air Force One for Trump to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, Air Force says - www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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That's our CB! Deserves all the hype.
May 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
That's our CB! Deserves all the hype.
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If you were considering going to the Seattle Reign match on Friday but hadn't purchased tickets yet ...
General Admission tickets in the Supporter Section are only $12.50 right now (including service fees)!!
www.ticketmaster.com/seattle-reig...
General Admission tickets in the Supporter Section are only $12.50 right now (including service fees)!!
www.ticketmaster.com/seattle-reig...
www.ticketmaster.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If you were considering going to the Seattle Reign match on Friday but hadn't purchased tickets yet ...
General Admission tickets in the Supporter Section are only $12.50 right now (including service fees)!!
www.ticketmaster.com/seattle-reig...
General Admission tickets in the Supporter Section are only $12.50 right now (including service fees)!!
www.ticketmaster.com/seattle-reig...
Everyone should question the use of AI for innovation and science. www.understandingai.org/p/i-got-fool...
I got fooled by AI-for-science hype—here's what it taught me
I used AI in my plasma physics research and it didn’t go the way I expected.
www.understandingai.org
May 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Everyone should question the use of AI for innovation and science. www.understandingai.org/p/i-got-fool...
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Written by a collogue, check it out! An article on the use of high temperature metals as coolants. www.ans.org/news/2025-05...
High-temperature plumbing and advanced reactors
www.ans.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Written by a collogue, check it out! An article on the use of high temperature metals as coolants. www.ans.org/news/2025-05...
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As the Trump administration pledges to eliminate 80,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, we're investigating how changes at the VA are affecting veterans themselves.
If you've experienced setbacks in your care, we want to hear from you.
If you've experienced setbacks in your care, we want to hear from you.
Have You Been Affected by Changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? Tell Us About It.
Have you experienced setbacks in your care or benefits amid the changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? ProPublica wants to hear from you.
www.propublica.org
May 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
As the Trump administration pledges to eliminate 80,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, we're investigating how changes at the VA are affecting veterans themselves.
If you've experienced setbacks in your care, we want to hear from you.
If you've experienced setbacks in your care, we want to hear from you.
In a world full of MAGAs be a Dolly. imaginationlibrary.com
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
imaginationlibrary.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In a world full of MAGAs be a Dolly. imaginationlibrary.com
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On this day in 1740, South Carolina barred enslaved Black people from learning to read, earning money, and gathering, and authorized white enslavers to whip and kill them for being "rebellious."
May 10, 1740 | South Carolina Passes Negro Act of 1740, Codifying White Supremacy
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
May 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On this day in 1740, South Carolina barred enslaved Black people from learning to read, earning money, and gathering, and authorized white enslavers to whip and kill them for being "rebellious."