Archive for February, 2024
2014: Air Force Research: How to Use Social Media to Control People Like Drones
February 16th, 2024I was considering the success of the Covid operation and what the upcoming AI generated video capabilities will enable, in terms of social control. Think about applying advanced AI tools to this decade old research. It could make Covid look like tiddlywinks. Via: Ars Technica: Military social network research has been ongoing over the past […]
The U.S. Government Will Soon Spend More on Interest Payments Than Military
February 16th, 2024Via: Wall Street Journal: Treasury yields have sprung to multiyear highs, forcing the U.S. government to pay a lot more in interest and putting pressure on the budget. The U.S. government is expected to pay an additional $1.1 trillion in interest over the coming decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest estimates. Interest costs […]
Russia: Alexei Navalny Dies in Prison
February 16th, 2024Via: Reuters: Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable opponent, collapsed and died on Friday after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade jail term, the Russian prison service said. The death of Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, robs the disparate Russian opposition of its most […]
Open AI Announces Sora, an AI Text to Video Model
February 16th, 2024Up until now, text to video AI has been most effective for generating surreal and hilarious nightmare fuel. Morphing humanoids and other bizarre hallucinations make for a sort of weird comedy gold: OpenAI’s Sora produces much more impressive results. While many of the example videos contain anomalies, these tend be far less glaring than with […]
Collapse in San Francisco
February 15th, 2024This is clearly happening for a reason, but what’s the reason? I don’t buy the explanation that it’s just a bunch of stupid Democrats doing stupid things. Is this acting as a sort of economic bomb to drive down property prices so some group can buy the place up? What’s actually behind this? Via: Tyler […]
U.S. Air Force Takes Delivery of First Autonomous Electric Cargo Plane
February 14th, 2024Via: Electrek: Pyka, a Silicon Valley startup, delivered its first electric autonomous cargo plane to AFWERX, the US Air Force’s network of innovators. … Pyka’s CEO believes DAF is “an ideal customer” for the long-range electric aircraft. Powered by four electric motors (100 kW combined) and a 50 kWh lithium-ion battery, the Pelican Cargo has […]
SpaceX Readying Four Rockets on Launchpads Simultaneously
February 14th, 2024If we exclude woowoo theories, no other entity has had more of a space launch capability than SpaceX. Four SpaceX rockets vertical on SpaceX's four launch pads in Florida, California, and Texas pic.twitter.com/KpXXDyDKao — SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 14, 2024
Israel Launches Airstrikes in Lebanon
February 14th, 2024Via: CBS: The Israeli military said Wednesday its fighter jets “began a series of strikes in Lebanon,” raising fears of a war between the two countries after months of cross-border fire and increasing tension fueled by the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military gave no further details on the […]
Stupor Bowl Antics
February 14th, 2024Via: Vigilant Citizen: Super Bowl 2024 was the most watched telecast of all time and an enormous number of viewers tuned in specifically for Taylor Swift. And she spent most of the time hanging out with an industry plant wearing a huge inverted cross. And that was only the start of the freak show. Here’s […]
And Now… US Rep. Mike Turner: “Information Concerning a Serious National Security Threat”
February 14th, 2024Update: Probably an Anti Satellite System Via: Reuters: The space-based weapon U.S. intelligence believes Russia may be developing is more likely a nuclear-powered device to blind, jam or fry the electronics inside satellites than an explosive nuclear warhead to shoot them down, analysts said on Thursday. — Update: Russian Efforts to Develop Nuclear Capability in […]
