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Hole Blasted By Drone In Chernobyl’s Radiation Shield
February 14th, 2025Via: The War Zone: While the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said there was no immediate radiation release, the massive, complexly designed New Safe Containment (NSC) structure was compromised and could suffer further damage, the experts told us. In addition, one expert expressed concern that in a worst-case scenario, the ensuing repair work could require […]
Our World Faces ‘Unprecedented’ Spike in Electricity Demand
February 14th, 2025Via: The Register: The world is going to need a lot of new electricity generation in the next three years to keep up with an “unprecedented” spike in demand, says the International Energy Agency (IEA) – and it’s going to be a tough goal to meet. The IEA’s report examines the current state of the […]
HHS Spent More Than $22B on Grants for Migrants — Including Cash for Cars, Home Loans and Startups
February 13th, 2025Via: New York Post: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ramped up grants for migrants from 2020 to 2024 — which included cash assistance to buy cars, homes and even build credit for startup businesses, according to a shocking watchdog report that found taxpayers were left on the hook for $22.6 billion. HHS’ […]
Larry Ellison Wants to Put All America’s Data, Including DNA, in Giant Database for AI to Study
February 13th, 2025Tell us another one, Larry. Via: Register: If governments want AI to improve services and security for their citizens, then they need to put all their information in one place – even citizens’ genomic data – according to Larry Ellison, the Oracle database tycoon. Ellison shared his take on what governments need to do to […]
Trump Says No Right of Return for Palestinians Under His Gaza Proposal
February 10th, 2025Annexing Canada? Annexing Greenland? Those are somewhat easy to dismiss. (Right? Right!?!) There is, however, some sort of X factor between Trump and Zionism, which means that we should take Trump much more seriously when it comes to the Gaza situation. When I first heard Trump’s Gaza plan, my first thought was, “He’s having some […]
“When DOGE found empty fields in Treasury’s payment system, they uncovered more than missing data. They found a mechanism.”
February 10th, 2025I’d be astonished if it’s only 50% fraud. Via: EKO: Simple things were left blank: Payment categories Payment rationales Basic audit controls The kind of fields any small business would require. The kind that let you track where money goes. The kind that stop a billion dollars of fraud. Every week. Here’s what Treasury didn’t […]
DOGE Technologist and Thiel Fellow Luke Farritor
February 10th, 2025And now, Department of Energy: …listed as an engineer in the DOE’s staff directory… Hmm. Via: R&D World: Before he joined the White House’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), 23-year-old engineer and former SpaceX software intern Luke Farritor was already making waves in digital archaeology. In 2023, he helped lead the Grand Prize-winning team […]
Research Underway to Enable Satellites to Permanently Orbit in Very Low Earth Orbit
February 9th, 2025Is this actually going to happen? I don’t know why, but Cryptogon is read by many people who are qualified to provide a sanity check on this. I hope they comment. Needless to say, it would be very bad if remote operated/autonomous weapon systems were able to use realtime, high definition imagery, available planet-wide, for […]
Mel Gibson Claimed Qigong Master Levitated Him During Therapy
February 7th, 2025You might think Mel Gibson’s claims sound like nonsense. I think they sound like nonsense. Here’s something that happened to me that also sounds like nonsense: About thirty years ago I was doing sales related work. I had a customer who owned a furniture shop in Huntington Beach, California. He had a bunch of pictures […]
RC-135 Rivet Joint Surveillance Jet Just Flew Unprecedented Mission Off Mexico
February 6th, 2025Via: The War Zone: A U.S. Air Force RC-135V Rivet Joint conducted a highly unusual flight in the Gulf of California yesterday, between Mexico’s Baja Peninsula and the rest of that country, according to online flight tracking data. The strategic intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) plane looks to have done the same today. The Rivet […]
