OpenAI Whistleblower Suchir Balaji Found Dead by Suicide in San Francisco Apartment
December 14th, 2024Via: Mercury News:
A former OpenAI researcher known for whistleblowing the blockbuster artificial intelligence company facing a swell of lawsuits over its business model has died, authorities confirmed this week.
Suchir Balaji, 26, was found dead inside his Buchanan Street apartment on Nov. 26, San Francisco police and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said. Police had been called to the Lower Haight residence at about 1 p.m. that day, after receiving a call asking officers to check on his well-being, a police spokesperson said.
The medical examiner’s office determined the manner of death to be suicide and police officials this week said there is “currently, no evidence of foul play.”
Information he held was expected to play a key part in lawsuits against the San Francisco-based company.
Government Spending Shock: U.S. Budget Deficit Soars In Worst Start To Year On Record
December 12th, 2024Via: ZeroHedge:
According to the latest Treasury data released today, in November – the second month of fiscal 2025 – the US spent a massive $584.2 billion, a 14% increase from the prior year, and a record for the month of November.
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The surge in spending was driven primarily by higher spending on health, defense and Social Security, but mostly a huge $50BN spike on Medicare outlays!
“Pope Francis to Open 5 Sacred Portals on Christmas Eve — For a Ritual That’s Never Been Done Before”
December 11th, 2024
Via: New York Post:
Pope Francis will commence a centuries-long Catholic tradition on Christmas Eve and introduce a first-time, historical addition to the holy ritual.
Starting on Dec. 24, the pontiff will open a series of five Holy Doors throughout the Vatican, including St. Peter’s Basilica, plus Rome’s three other basilicas to commence next year’s Catholic Church jubilee — a joyful commemoration of faith that normally occurs every 25 years.
The door at St. Peter’s was sealed shut by a wall of bricks since the Jubilee Year of Divine Mercy in 2016 and, on Dec. 2, those were ripped down to ready the door for opening as part of the rite of “recognition.”
After that Christmas Eve ritual, Pope Francis will open a symbolic door inside the Roman prison Rebibbia on Dec. 26, the feast of St. Stephen.
It will be the first time a pope has opened a Holy Door at a prison, reported the Denver Catholic.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J. Claims Drones Over New Jersey Launched from Iranian “Mothership” Off East Coast, “These Drones Should Be Shot Down”
December 11th, 2024Update: Pentagon Denies Reports Mystery Drones Coming From Iranian ‘Mothership’
Via: Newsweek:
The Pentagon is disputing a claim from Republican New Jersey Representative Jeff Van Drew, who said on Wednesday that the mystery drones that have been seen flying over his home state are originating from an Iranin “mothership.”
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“From very high sources, very qualified sources, very responsible sources, I’m going to tell you the real deal,” Van Drew said. “Iran launched a mothership probably a month ago that contains these drones.”
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The Department of Defense denied the reports of the drones coming from Iran.
“There is no Iranian ship off the coast of the United States, and there’s no so called mothership launching drones towards the United States,” a spokesperson for the Pentagon told reporters.
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Tell me another one.
Via: Fox News:
Oregon: Multiple Pilots Discuss UFO Activity with Air Traffic Control: “You Are Cleared to Maneuver as Necessary Left and Right to Avoid the UFO Out There”
December 11th, 2024Via: Avocado Flight:
Israel Invades Syria
December 10th, 2024Via: Al Jazeera:
Israel has “seized” territory in Syrian-controlled areas of the Golan Heights, as its military warned Syrians living in five villages close to the Israeli-occupied portion of the strategic area to “stay home”.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he ordered Israeli forces to grab a buffer zone in the Golan Heights established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria, after a lightning advance by Syrian opposition forces ended Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
Netanyahu said on Sunday that the decades-old agreement had collapsed and that Syrian soldiers had abandoned their positions, necessitating the Israeli takeover.
“We will not allow any hostile force to establish itself on our border,” he said.
Israel captured a portion of the Golan Heights in the 1967 war and annexed it. The international community, except for the United States, views it as illegally occupied Syrian territory.
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Meanwhile, Israeli media said on Sunday that the Israeli air force has bombed weapons depots in southern Syria and Damascus to prevent opposition groups from seizing them.
“We attacked ammunition depots in southern Syria and in the Damascus airport area for fears they might fall into the hands of armed groups and local factions,” the Israeli public broadcaster KAN quoted an unnamed Israeli security official as saying.
“Israel is working to thwart any potential threats and prevent any damage to its air superiority in Syria,” the official added.
Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth said weapons depots and surface-to-surface missile stockpiles were the targets of Israeli attacks in Syria, without providing further details.
Google’s Willow Quantum Computing System
December 9th, 2024Nowhere near any practical application, but with continuous progress like this…
Menstrual Abnormalities Strongly Associated with Proximity to COVID-19 Vaccinated Individuals
December 9th, 2024Via: International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research:
Indirect exposure to COVID-19 vaccinated persons was significantly associated with the likelihood of the onset of menstrual irregularities.This study provides additional data to complement a growing body of evidence raising concerns regarding the safety of mRNA vaccines.
Suspect in Murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ID’d as Luigi Mangione
December 9th, 2024Caught with the weapon, the suppressor and the manifesto on him…
Fascinating.
Via: New York Post:
The person of interest nabbed in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is an anti-capitalist Ivy League grad who liked online quotes from “Unabomber’’ Ted Kaczynski — and apparently hated the medical community because of how it treated his sick relative, law-enforcement sources told The Post on Monday.
Tech whiz Luigi Mangione, 26, of Towson, Md., has not been charged but was taken into custody Monday morning at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., after an intense manhunt following the coldblooded execution of Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel last week, sources said.
The former prep-school valedictorian was caught with a gun, silencer, four fake IDs with names used during the killer’s stint in New York City — and a manifesto, sources said.
The manifesto railed against the US healthcare industry, including over its enormous profits and alleged shady motives, sources said.
Mangione had a particularly personal reason to hate the medical community — its treatment of an ailing relative, sources said.
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Mangione also subscribed to anti-capitalist and climate-change causes, according to law-enforcement sources, citing online activity gleaned by authorities.
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Mangione was valedictorian of his 2016 high school graduating class at the Gilman School in Baltimore, where he played soccer, according to online sites. High school tuition at the all-boys school is nearly $40,000 a year.
He said at the time of graduation that he planned to seek a degree in artificial intelligence, focused on the areas of computer science and cognitive science at the University of Pennsylvania, according to an interview with the Baltimore Fishbowl.
New Jersey Drones
December 9th, 2024Please let me know of any imagery of the anomalous aircraft created with professional cameras and lenses (not phones). I’ve seen all the phone videos. I’m looking for anything shot on professional systems from Canon, Sony, Nikon, Red, etc.
Anything on image intensifier/infrared/thermal?
Local news stations have professional videographers who use 4K cameras with very long telephoto lenses. Where is that video? Please let me know.
Also, have people taken videos of the anomalous aircraft with their own UAVs?
Via: News 12:
Saturday night brought more mysterious drone sightings across New Jersey.
The Ocean County Sheriff’s Office says sightings were reported in the western and southern parts of the county.
They caught one of them on camera.
“We saw something flying a little low,” said Sgt. Kevin Fennessy, of the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office. “We took some video of it, and we’re not really sure what it was. Definitely something flying low and fast.”
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The drone team’s setup includes wide and thermal cameras. They say the object they saw was larger and faster than a recreational drone, and unlisted on FlightRadar.
