Archive for the '[???]' Category
Elon Musk Says Tesla May Have a Working Humanoid Robot Prototype by September 30
June 5th, 2022Remember the one about the AI robotaxis taking to the roads in 2020? And now… Via: Electrek: Elon Musk announced that Tesla might have a working prototype of Tesla Bot, also known as Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, by September 30, the end of the third quarter of 2022.
Uvalde School District’s Police Chief Has Stopped Cooperating with State Investigators
June 1st, 2022Via: Texas Tribune: The official response to the mass shooting at an Uvalde elementary school — a response already marred by shifting narratives, finger-pointing and a general lack of timely and accurate information — took a further turn toward dysfunction on Tuesday. The Texas Department of Public Safety said Uvalde school district’s police chief Pete […]
Massive Fire Breaks Out At Poultry Farm That Supplies Eggs To Major Supermarkets
May 31st, 2022haha Fact Check-Food processing plant fires in 2022 are not part of a conspiracy to trigger U.S. food shortages Via: ZeroHedge: A poultry farm in Howard Lake, Minnesota, that supplies the nation’s largest supermarkets with three million eggs per day experienced a devastating fire over the weekend. Forsman Farms spokesperson Jon Austin told local media […]
Gene-Editing Experiment Increased Aggression in Hamsters
May 29th, 2022Via: New York Post: Scientists at Northwestern University used controversial CRISPR technology to remove hormone vasopressin and its receptor, Avpr1a, from a group of the critters with the expectation that increase cooperation between the critters, according to the study. The hypothesis was wrong. “We were really surprised at the results,” H. Elliot Albers, one of […]
Buffalo Mass Murderer Shared Plans for Shooting with, “Retired Federal Agent”
May 28th, 2022Via: The Buffalo News: Law enforcement officers are investigating whether a retired federal agent had about 30 minutes advance notice of a white supremacist’s plans to murder Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, two law enforcement officials told The Buffalo News. Authorities believe the former agent – believed to be from Texas – was one […]
Ukraine: English Speaking Fighters Engage Russian BTR
May 27th, 2022I hear British and American accents. Besides the anti-armor rockets, they are armed with FN SCAR rifles with optics. The Ukraine International Legion forces I’ve seen are typically equipped with (far less expensive) AK-type rifles without optics. Who are these people? Is this some sort of mercenary group?
Uvalde Shooter Fired Outside School for 12 Minutes Before Entering
May 27th, 2022Via: Wall Street Journal: Local residents voiced anger Thursday about the time it took to end the mass shooting at an elementary school here, as police laid out a fresh timeline that showed the gunman entered the building unobstructed after lingering outside for 12 minutes firing shots.
Russia Deploys 50-Year-Old T-62 Tanks To Ukraine
May 26th, 2022Via: The Warzone: Numerous Cold-War era Russian T-62 tanks have been photographed at Melitopol railway station in southeastern Ukraine near the current front lines of the three-month-old conflict in the country. Whether the tanks will be used by Russian forces or turned over to local separatist groups is currently unclear, but their presence can only […]
Wuhan Lab Assembled Monkeypox Virus to Develop PCR Test
May 24th, 2022Via: The National Pulse: The Wuhan Institute of Virology assembled a monkeypox virus genome, allowing the virus to be identified through PCR tests, using a method researchers flagged for potentially creating a “contagious pathogen,” The National Pulse can reveal. … “Since MPXV infection has never been associated with an outbreak in China, the viral genomic […]
Chip Shortage: Toyota to Cut Global Production Plan by 100,000 in June
May 23rd, 2022Via: Reuters: Toyota Motor Corp will cut its global production plan by about 100,000 to roughly 850,000 vehicles in June due to the semiconductor shortage, it said on Tuesday. The company did not change its estimate of producing about 9.7 million vehicles worldwide by March 2023. The automaker also announced additional domestic factory line suspension […]
