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If you need $3 trillion in debt to keep the dream alive, it’s not a dream anymore. This is why people have grown increasingly worried about the financing behind AI over the past few months: bond issuance has surged since September, and global financing of data centers is expected to balloon to almost $3 trillion …
Democrats further narrow GOP’s House majority with Arizona special election win Democrat Adelita Grijalva is the projected winner of the special election Tuesday in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, further narrowing the already razor-thin Republican House majority. Grijalva defeated Republican Daniel Butierez, a small-business owner, according to an Associated Press projection. The former Pima County supervisor …
The story isn’t about ICE or troops. It’s about media panic that Trump’s federal government is finally enforcing immigration law without asking for permission. ClickOrlando ran a piece acting like Marines were rolling tanks into Miami. The article says, “Veterans blast deployment of military to assist ICE in Florida,” but it only quotes two critics …
SpinLaunch, a California-based startup, is poised to revolutionize the satellite industry by launching hundreds of pancake-like microsatellites into low-Earth orbit using a giant centrifugal cannon, promising a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional rocket launches. In a groundbreaking move that could forever change the landscape of space exploration, SpinLaunch, a California-based startup, is set …
https://twitter.com/Alphafox78/status/1874617089866305957 h/t MT Ballsack
Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic’s polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has triggered a record-breaking “ozone spike” and could impact global weather patterns. The polar vortex circling the Arctic is swirling in the wrong direction …
A freight train operated by Union Pacific Railway, hauling heavy military vehicles, derailed near downtown Colorado Springs Monday night. Local news KKTV 11 reported eight train cars hauling heavy military equipment derailed along Las Vegas Street, just south of Circle Drive, around 1830 local time. Happening Now At approximately 6:30 PM on Monday, October 9, …
via powerlineblog The Times purports to explain: Releasing damaging information about candidates of the opposing party into the heat of a campaign is an age-old political practice, but the sensational nature of the disclosure of sex tapes — reportedly featuring [Susanna] Gibson and her husband, a lawyer — is highly unusual. Most of the rest of the …