Archive for February, 2026
‘Special Research for Artichoke’
February 24th, 2026The following is from a 1952 CIA document called, Special Research for Artichoke: It is believed that specific research should be undertaken to develop new chemicals or drugs or to improve known elements for use in the Artichoke work. A study should be made to determine what drugs are best suited for direct use on […]
“I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?”
February 24th, 2026Many AIs fail to answer the question correctly, but far more of a worry is that 28% of humans also get it wrong: The most common pushback on the car wash test: “Humans would fail this too.” Fair point. We didn’t have data either way. So we partnered with Rapidata to find out. They ran […]
Donut Lab Starts to Release Independent Test Results of Their Solid State Battery
February 23rd, 2026Donut Lab only released charge rate information so far, along with a countdown to the next release of test results. While they appear to want the controversy to drag on for as long as possible, at least they are moving in the right direction with the release of some information. VTT Test Report I was […]
U.S. Air Force Transports Compact Nuclear Reactor Aboard C-17
February 22nd, 2026Via: The Defense Post: The US Department of Defense has airlifted a compact nuclear reactor from California to Utah, marking the first time a C-17 military transport aircraft has transported a nuclear microreactor. In partnership with Hawthorne-based Valar Atomics and the Department of Energy, officials flew the unfueled Ward 250 reactor from March Air Reserve […]
Iran (So Far Away)
February 22nd, 2026The RAMpocalypse. No hard drives. GPU and SSD prices through the roof? Worth it. Via: Dr Phoxotic: In case you don’t know what inspired the AI slop above: A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away):
Man Accidentally Gains Control of 7,000 Robot Vacuums
February 22nd, 2026Via: Popular Science: A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him a sneak peak into thousands of people’s homes. While building his own remote-control app, Sammy Azdoufal reportedly used an AI coding assistant to help reverse-engineer how the robot communicated with DJI’s remote […]
Florida: U.S. Secret Service and Law Enforcement Officers Killed Armed Man Attempting to Enter Mar-a-Lago
February 22nd, 2026Update: Suspect, Austin Tucker Martin Via: Daily Mail: An armed young man identified as Austin Tucker Martin was shot and killed on Sunday morning after entering President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Martin, the 21-year-old North Carolina native, was killed at around 1.30am on Sunday at Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida, after entering with a […]
Something Was Making Stone Tools In China 600,000 Years Before Homo Erectus Showed Up
February 22nd, 2026Via: StudyFinds: Stone tools discovered in China date back as far as 2.4 million years. The oldest confirmed human fossils from the same region? Only 1.77 million years old. That gap, now significantly narrowed by new research, leaves one question stubbornly unanswered: who, or what, was already there?
Tech Billionaires Shielding Their Children From The Products That Made Them Rich
February 22nd, 2026Via: Fortune: As far back as 2010, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs told a New York Times reporter his kids had never used an iPad and that, “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” Since then, the trend of Silicon Valley billionaires keeping their families away from technology has become even more pronounced, […]
Mamdani Requires Snow-Shovel Volunteers Show Two Forms Of ID, Social Security
February 22nd, 2026Just don’t suggest that people should have to show photo ID to vote in U.S. elections. Via: ZeroHedge: With 2-3 feet of snow predicted to hit New York City and New Jersey, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called on New York residents to volunteer as emergency snow shovelers. “You too can become an emergency snow […]
