Archive for May, 2025
‘Operation Sindoor’: India Launches Strikes on Pakistan
May 6th, 2025Via: AFP: India fired missiles at Pakistani territory early Wednesday in a major escalation of tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals, as Islamabad vowed retaliation. The Indian government said it had attacked nine sites, describing them as “precision strikes at terrorist camps” in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, days after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the […]
Beijing Stops Publishing “Hundreds Of Statistics” To Cover Up Economic Collapse
May 6th, 2025Via: ZeroHedge: Regular China-watchers know very well that when it comes to local “data” reporting, China’s fabrication and goalseeking skills are second to none, and even the US Bureau of Labor Statistics is a rank amateur compared to Beijing’s National Bureau of Statistics, which tramples over actual econometric reporting with the glee of a bull […]
Israel Readies Plan to Seize All of Gaza
May 5th, 2025Donald’s coming to set you free Bringing the light for all to see No more tunnels, no more fear Trump Gaza is finally here Trump Gaza shining bright Golden future, a brand new light Feast and dance, the deal is done Trump Gaza, number one Trump Gaza shining bright Golden future, a brand new light […]
Brief Glimpse at Amazon’s Kuiper Broadband Satellites
May 5th, 2025Perplexity thinks Amazon’s launch cost is something like 3X higher than Starlink’s. It’s going to be interesting to see how Bezos will try to compete with Starlink, which is already fully operational with millions of customers. Via: Ars Technica: Amazon requested ULA end the official live broadcast of the launch around five minutes into the […]
“Hijacked Cicadas Play Music Like a Cyborg Loudspeaker”
May 5th, 2025Via: New Scientist: Cicadas make noise with organs called timbals that have thick ribs joined by thin membranes that, when flexed, create a click. Doing this hundreds of times a second creates a continuous noise, with the pitch determined by the frequency of the flexes. To take control of the timbals, the researchers implanted electrodes […]
China Hit By Worker Protests Over Unpaid Wages, Factory Shutdowns Amid Trump Tariffs
May 5th, 2025Via: ZeroHedge: President Donald Trump’s hard-hitting tariffs on China appear to be taking a toll, disrupting Chinese factories and sparking worker protests over unpaid wages. As we noted late last month based on reporting by the Financial Times, factories across all of China have begun shutting down and furloughing workers “as the trade war unleashed […]
White House Eyes Deep Cuts In Non-Defense Spending, Boosts Military Budget
May 5th, 2025Mmm hmm. Why don’t they do the Pentagon? Via: ZeroHedge: The Trump administration has unveiled an early discretionary spending request ahead of its formal FY2026 budget submission. The proposal aims to cut discretionary funding by $140 billion – roughly 0.5% of GDP, and significantly shift the balance between defense and non-defense spending.
Ukraine War: Attack Drones with Unjammable Fiber Optic Links
May 5th, 2025Via: Daily Mail:
The U.S. Has Approved CRISPR Pigs for Food
May 3rd, 2025pHo0d. Via: MIT Technology Review: Most pigs in the US are confined to factory farms where they can be afflicted by a nasty respiratory virus that kills piglets. The illness is called porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, or PRRS. A few years ago, a British company called Genus set out to design pigs immune to […]
Aurora Begins Commercial Self-Driving Truck Service in Texas (Without Safety Drivers)
May 2nd, 2025Via: TechCrunch: Autonomous vehicle technology startup Aurora Innovation says it has successfully launched a self-driving truck service in Texas, making it the first company to deploy driverless, heavy-duty trucks for commercial use on public roads in the U.S. The launch comes just as Aurora hits its deadline; in October, the company delayed its planned 2024 […]
