@simonbp
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So apparently all the coordination, planning and communications for organising No Kings events on Instagram have disappeared and the account admins have been suspended.
So... here's the thing:
DON'...
On efficacy, I'm not quite sure what they have achieved other than being a social club for people who were going to vote a particular way anyway.
A reminder that Crew Dragon was originally designed to propulsively land using its Super Draco escape rockets.
This was cancelled after the Super Dracos kept blowing up on the test stand. And because the toxic hypergolic exhaust completely contaminated the landing site.
This was cancelled after the Super Dracos kept blowing up on the test stand. And because the toxic hypergolic exhaust completely contaminated the landing site.
There are robots in the grocery store now
https://social.afront.org/system/media_attachments/files/117/452/788/962/167/193/original/85822fb9a7f409bd.jpg
I saw a cleaning robot the other week at a very rural Walmart.
It really felt like a movie scene where they want it to be the "near future", and so insert a touch of sci fi tech into an otherwise recognizable scene.
It really felt like a movie scene where they want it to be the "near future", and so insert a touch of sci fi tech into an otherwise recognizable scene.
No, on the lower end. The fancy eggs have not come down in price as much as the bulk generic eggs though, meaning you might pay 2-3x as much for the fancy eggs. Given the sorry state of the FDA, it's not entirely clear if the fancy eggs aren't just the same eggs from the same farm, with a fancier package.
#QuestionableModelRailroadAccessories
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SFist: Smoking Becomes Trendy In Silicon Valley as Some Researchers Believe AI Will Cure Cancer
https://sfist.com/2026/10/13/smoking-becomes-trendy-in-silicon-valley-because-some-researchers-believe-...
I honestly wonder how many even understand what cancer is?
Does the "cure" involve regrowing lung tissue?
Does the "cure" involve regrowing lung tissue?
Of the fusion startups, I do respect this one saying basically, "screw it, we're gonna be a tritium factory". Most fusion energy production designs don't work because they leak too much energy in the form of high energy neutrons. Those same neutrons are exactly what you need to enrich deuterium (easy to extract from seawater) into tritium.
Though the article doesn't discuss it, the prime buyer of tritium today is the US DoE, to keep the American H bombs fueled up...
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/13/cambridge-heavy-industries-has-been-quietly-building-a-desktop-fusion-device/
Though the article doesn't discuss it, the prime buyer of tritium today is the US DoE, to keep the American H bombs fueled up...
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/13/cambridge-heavy-industries-has-been-quietly-building-a-desktop-fusion-device/