Saturday, September 07, 2024
7: Kamala Harris
Nate Silver's Election Model Shows Donald Trump Surging
Former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney says he'll vote for Harris
Top 10 people most likely to reach trillionaire status
Why I Still Think Trump Will Win
India and Modi High Step Into China’s Backyard Can New Delhi take advantage of Beijing’s weakened economic clout to expand its own influence in Southeast Asia? ...... With China burdened by an intractable economic slowdown, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gone on a multi-nation tour to impress its newfound influence around the world. He’s just been to both Kyiv and Moscow. This week, he’s in Brunei and Singapore in Southeast Asia, a region China considers its backyard. ....... China has accounted for about 97% of the world’s increase in coal production since 2018. Now, however, it has been left with a vast and slowly deteriorating pile of solid fuel. … There’s little reason for climate advocates to celebrate the fact that this inventory isn’t being burned. Coal that’s oxidized in a stockpile will produce carbon dioxide just as surely as the stuff that’s incinerated in a power plant — it just won’t produce any useful energy, a worst-of-both-worlds situation.”
Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.
Thursday, September 05, 2024
Nepal Will Lead The World
‘He was in mystic delirium’: was this hermit mathematician a forgotten genius whose ideas could transform AI – or a lonely madman? In isolation, Alexander Grothendieck seemed to have lost touch with reality, but some say his metaphysical theories could contain wonders
Illegal visa network making millions fleecing students
Ilya Sutskever’s startup, Safe Superintelligence, raises $1B
Pennsylvania and Georgia may choose America’s next president
How China extended its repression into an American city Chinese diplomats and pro-China diaspora groups based in the United States organized demonstrations in San Francisco that harassed and silenced protesters opposed to Beijing’s policies, including through violence, during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to the city in November, a six-month investigation by The Washington Post shows.
US close to agreeing on long-range missiles for Ukraine; delivery to take months
Robot controlled by a king oyster mushroom blends living organisms and machines
Don’t Trust the Election Forecasts The data doesn’t support the obsession with presidential prognostications.
Starlink backtracks, complies with order blocking X in Brazil, says regulator
Wednesday, September 04, 2024
4: Kamala Harris
James Carville: Three Things Kamala Harris Must Do to Win I hate to say it, but Donald Trump remains the singular most recognized name in the United States. Since he moseyed down that golden escalator in 2015, he has dominated the American airwaves and algorithms. Whether they hate him or love him, people know exactly what Mr. Trump’s shtick is. ..........
Tuesday, September 03, 2024
Saturday, August 31, 2024
31: Kamala Harris
The Man Who Will Do Anything for Trump Why Kash Patel is exactly the kind of person who would serve in a second Trump administration
How Republicans and Democrats paint starkly different pictures of America This summer’s conventions featured strongly diverging visions of the future — and the present.
Why the U.S. isn't ready for wars of the future, according to experts
Kamala Harris' Chances of Beating Donald Trump in Texas, According to Polls........ Texas has voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election since 1980, but recent demographic changes and shifting political alignments have led some to consider it a potential battleground state.
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Cheeni Kum (2007)
The Coming War Nobody Is Talking About
Kamala Harris Has Left the Building
Israel’s Hunt for the Elusive Leader of Hamas Yahya Sinwar’s ability to evade capture or death has denied Israel a military success in a war that began after he planned the Oct. 7 attacks.
Friday, August 23, 2024
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
20: Ukraine
“Beijing increasingly feels that diplomatic and economic actions are not enough to get its points across to Washington, so it is relying more on its military as a tool for signaling. Partnering with Russia is a way to amplify Beijing’s messaging,” said Brian Hart, a fellow with the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. ......... Beijing needs Russia as its only major-power partner to counterbalance the United States.
Google's former CEO says the tech giant is losing out to OpenAI and Anthropic because staff are working from home
Kamala Harris Leading in Five Battleground States: Survey
The Saudi Crown Prince is Talking About An Assassination. His Own. Many people want to kill the Saudi leader, but is he using such threats as a means to get the U.S. to pressure Israel on a future Palestinian state?
The Saudi Crown Prince Is Talking About An Assassination. His Own. Many people want to kill the Saudi leader, but is he using such threats as a means to get the U.S. to pressure Israel on a future Palestinian state?
Indian-American billionaire Vinod Khosla, climate experts tear into Elon Musk over ‘dumbest’ CO2-level tutorial to Trump
America prepares for a new nuclear-arms race Its build-up could start as early as 2026
Deception and a Gamble: How Ukrainian Troops Invaded Russia Planned in secrecy, the incursion was a bold move to upend the war’s dynamics and put Moscow on the defensive — a gambit that could also leave Ukraine exposed.
Time magazine's Kamala cover is one more reason for Americans to be disgusted by liberal media
'Not a dog whistle but a dog howl': Experts blast latest Trump campaign ad
Ukraine's incursion into Russia: President Zelensky's risky move will be taught across the world
Kamala Harris' Plans to Shake Up Housing Market
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
14: Kamala Harris
Why China’s and Russia’s Militaries Are Training Together The two countries have held joint exercises near Alaska, Taiwan and Japan in defiance of the United States and its alliances.
Thursday, August 08, 2024
Monday, August 05, 2024
5: Kamala Harris
The Economist Who Predicted What Could Well Be the Next Recession
How 2024 Became the Zoom Election Hastily assembled mega-rallies conducted over Zoom are raising millions to elect Kamala Harris, giving the videoconferencing app an unexpected role in this year’s campaign. ......... Zoom was not built for grass-roots political organizing. But over the past several weeks, it has become a critical piece of campaign tech for Democrats hoping to elect Kamala Harris. Star-studded Zoom rallies have drawn hordes of viewers, raised tens of millions of dollars and given enthusiastic Democrats an easy way to get involved. ........... “The feeling a lot of people have about politics today, I haven’t seen anything like it since 2008,” said Ross Morales Rocketto, the organizer of a “White Dudes for Harris” call last Monday night that drew 60,000 attendees and raised more than $4 million. ......... There’s a raw, unpolished feel to these meetings that I think helps explain their popularity. Most of the speakers aren’t dressed in suits and reading from prepared remarks; they’re ad-libbing into grainy webcams in their garages and home offices, often framed by terrible lighting and occasionally interrupted by their pets. .......... The mood in the meetings I saw was joyful and optimistic, not preachy or grim, and the tech glitches (Mark Hamill struggling to unmute himself) and glimpses of domestic normalcy (Lance Bass from ’N Sync earnestly praising the Harris campaign while his children played in his living room behind him) only added to the feeling of authenticity. The overall vibe was less corporate strategy meeting, more chaotic pep rally. ........ (The organizers of “White Dudes for Harris” got around Zoom’s limitations by simultaneously streaming their event to YouTube, and inviting people to watch it there.).......... The company’s stock market value fell from a pandemic-era high of roughly $160 billion to around $18 billion today, as workers returned to the office and competitors like Google Meet and Microsoft Teams strengthened their products.
Inside the Obama-Shapiro Relationship The speaking style of Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, a potential vice presidential pick, can sound suspiciously similar to President Obama’s. But the real connection between the two men is deeper than commonly known. .......... Over the nearly two decades since that early endorsement, Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Obama remained in touch, developing a connection that is closer than is commonly understood, according to interviews with people who know them both. Now, Mr. Shapiro is a popular governor in a crucial battleground state who could join a presidential ticket himself, as Vice President Kamala Harris, another early Obama supporter, weighs her running-mate options. ......... “Josh was one of our earliest supporters in 2008 in Pennsylvania, when almost all the political establishment was with Hillary,” David Plouffe, who managed Mr. Obama’s campaign that year, said in a text message on Thursday. ........ Mr. Obama said the former president seeks to be a sounding board and confidant for Ms. Harris. ........... Among the likenesses: They both managed to end up with family dogs named “Bo.” And Mr. Shapiro’s cadence, rhythms and sometimes even hand gestures can seem so reminiscent of the former president’s that some people have started jokingly referring online to Mr. Shapiro, who is Jewish, as “Baruch Obama.”
Kamala Harris Surprises Everyone It makes for a good contrast to Donald Trump and JD Vance, where old and crazy chose to pair up with young and reckless. .......... The shooting was three weeks ago. Feels like a year. .......... Harris is a star, and Trump is a crazy person who claims he didn’t know Harris was Black. ........... Term-limiting the justices, as Biden has proposed, would almost certainly require a constitutional amendment. Not gonna happen. And who would enforce the ethical code? ..........
Why Josh Shapiro Would Make Such a Difference for Kamala Harris
How 2024 Became the Zoom Election Hastily assembled mega-rallies conducted over Zoom are raising millions to elect Kamala Harris, giving the videoconferencing app an unexpected role in this year’s campaign. ......... Zoom was not built for grass-roots political organizing. But over the past several weeks, it has become a critical piece of campaign tech for Democrats hoping to elect Kamala Harris. Star-studded Zoom rallies have drawn hordes of viewers, raised tens of millions of dollars and given enthusiastic Democrats an easy way to get involved. ........... “The feeling a lot of people have about politics today, I haven’t seen anything like it since 2008,” said Ross Morales Rocketto, the organizer of a “White Dudes for Harris” call last Monday night that drew 60,000 attendees and raised more than $4 million. ......... There’s a raw, unpolished feel to these meetings that I think helps explain their popularity. Most of the speakers aren’t dressed in suits and reading from prepared remarks; they’re ad-libbing into grainy webcams in their garages and home offices, often framed by terrible lighting and occasionally interrupted by their pets. .......... The mood in the meetings I saw was joyful and optimistic, not preachy or grim, and the tech glitches (Mark Hamill struggling to unmute himself) and glimpses of domestic normalcy (Lance Bass from ’N Sync earnestly praising the Harris campaign while his children played in his living room behind him) only added to the feeling of authenticity. The overall vibe was less corporate strategy meeting, more chaotic pep rally. ........ (The organizers of “White Dudes for Harris” got around Zoom’s limitations by simultaneously streaming their event to YouTube, and inviting people to watch it there.).......... The company’s stock market value fell from a pandemic-era high of roughly $160 billion to around $18 billion today, as workers returned to the office and competitors like Google Meet and Microsoft Teams strengthened their products.
Formal “You just broke Zoom” letter… #AnswerTheCall #AnswerTheCall2024 pic.twitter.com/aWtYTDjNIk
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 26, 2024
Inside the Obama-Shapiro Relationship The speaking style of Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, a potential vice presidential pick, can sound suspiciously similar to President Obama’s. But the real connection between the two men is deeper than commonly known. .......... Over the nearly two decades since that early endorsement, Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Obama remained in touch, developing a connection that is closer than is commonly understood, according to interviews with people who know them both. Now, Mr. Shapiro is a popular governor in a crucial battleground state who could join a presidential ticket himself, as Vice President Kamala Harris, another early Obama supporter, weighs her running-mate options. ......... “Josh was one of our earliest supporters in 2008 in Pennsylvania, when almost all the political establishment was with Hillary,” David Plouffe, who managed Mr. Obama’s campaign that year, said in a text message on Thursday. ........ Mr. Obama said the former president seeks to be a sounding board and confidant for Ms. Harris. ........... Among the likenesses: They both managed to end up with family dogs named “Bo.” And Mr. Shapiro’s cadence, rhythms and sometimes even hand gestures can seem so reminiscent of the former president’s that some people have started jokingly referring online to Mr. Shapiro, who is Jewish, as “Baruch Obama.”
Kamala Harris Surprises Everyone It makes for a good contrast to Donald Trump and JD Vance, where old and crazy chose to pair up with young and reckless. .......... The shooting was three weeks ago. Feels like a year. .......... Harris is a star, and Trump is a crazy person who claims he didn’t know Harris was Black. ........... Term-limiting the justices, as Biden has proposed, would almost certainly require a constitutional amendment. Not gonna happen. And who would enforce the ethical code? ..........
America would have long ago gone into demographic, economic, social and intellectual decline if it weren’t for all of the talented and ambitious people who came to our shores.
The key is to open the doors to legal immigration so that it can be easier to close the doors to illegal immigration and do it in a way that can sustain a political consensus.Why Josh Shapiro Would Make Such a Difference for Kamala Harris
Sunday, August 04, 2024
Tauba Tauba
Just did a walkthrough of the Tesla supercompute cluster at Giga Texas (aka Cortex).
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 3, 2024
This will be ~100k H100/H200 with massive storage for video training of FSD & Optimus.
Great work by the Tesla team!
Starlink now available in 102 countries! https://t.co/enkiN79Uma
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 3, 2024
Here's my 8.5 hour conversation with @elonmusk & @neuralink team.
— Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) August 2, 2024
It is the longest podcast I've ever done! 🤯 It's a fascinating, super technical, and wide-ranging conversation.
It's here on X & everywhere else, including YouTube: https://t.co/GNqvSb3WgA
On X, it's split up… pic.twitter.com/e0AjrQYFLy
In 2020, I made history when I became the first Indian-American woman ever elected to a NY State Office.
— Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (@JeniferRajkumar) August 3, 2024
Today, I proudly cast my vote to make @KamalaHarris the first Indian-American woman to head a major party ticket.
Together, we will smash the highest glass ceiling. pic.twitter.com/JVPgADB7Xr
BREAKING: John Giles, the Republican Mayor of Mesa, Arizona, which is the third largest city in Arizona, is ditching Donald Trump and endorsing Kamala Harris. This is huge.
— Kamala’s Wins (@harris_wins) August 3, 2024
A new paper estimates that Chernobyl cost 318 million life years by discouraging the construction of nuclear plants and thus increasing air pollution. If we conservatively estimate life expectancy at 80 years, that's about 4 million lives.https://t.co/iaVpDKEwy7
— Paul Graham (@paulg) August 3, 2024
“Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.”
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) August 3, 2024
— Elon Musk pic.twitter.com/b5EfD13L7g
NEWS: Figure 02 coming 8.6pic.twitter.com/ur3KIvFSzV
— Brett Adcock (@adcock_brett) August 2, 2024
On this day in 2009: Brian Acton was turned down for a job at Facebook.
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) August 3, 2024
So he started his own business instead.
He called it WhatsApp.
5 years later, he sold it to Facebook for $19 billion. pic.twitter.com/sWgeGJeFIC
✊ The people and leaders of democracies must unite and support the striving people of dictatorships the way dictators support one another in repressing and killing them. https://t.co/SkF44ga5A0
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) August 3, 2024
As seen in the Philadelphia suburbs. pic.twitter.com/l7IwClJn4r
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 3, 2024
This train better not be coming to Delhi or the Police may arrest the driver. How dare the loco pilot move the train on tracks filled with water? pic.twitter.com/tbYwtF1fmH
— Sanket Upadhyay (@sanket) August 3, 2024
Trump tonight: "I'm for electric cars. I have to be because Elon Musk endorsed me, so I have no choice. I'm for them, but for a small slice. They want to go all-electric & there's no way you can ever load (charge) them up; A charger is a gas pump with electricity coming through." pic.twitter.com/v0QJk3rs76
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) August 4, 2024
#HarGharTiranga is a mass movement that captures the zeal and enthusiasm of the people of Bharat, living in India or abroad, for our motherland.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) August 3, 2024
On PM @narendramodi’s call, all of us have been celebrating it over the past two years.
This time also, let us all come together to… pic.twitter.com/8bfCKkUpJS
Kamala Harris explains cloud storage.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) August 3, 2024
This isn’t satire.pic.twitter.com/BmscfvC1b2
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