Billionaires’ Survivalist Bunkers With Fiery Moats and Water Cannons
February 13th, 2024Via: The Hollywood Reporter:
Corbi — who worked on the palatial 27-floor, $4.8 billion Mumbai residence of business mogul Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries — reveals to THR that his most spectacular project, due to be completed in 2025, is an island fortress created on a 200-acre property in the U.S., with cutting-edge tactical systems.
“The shelter can withstand a blast one mile from ground zero,” says Corbi. “But that was almost incidental. The client [a business mogul] was saying, ‘I want to make sure that no one can get to my family,’ so we wound up literally building a 30-foot-deep lake [around the compound] skimmed with a lighter-than-water flammable liquid that can transform into a ring of fire. The only access to the island is a swing bridge.”
Also at Corbi’s project, “there are water cannons that can take down parachuters, Apache helicopters, whatever’s coming your way 500 feet in the air,” he says. “Then we took all the dirt removed for the lake to literally build a mountain as natural fortification around the property. And we cut a tunnel through with flame-throwers, gassing systems, a steel wall that closes midway that could stop a 16-wheeler going 80 miles an hour, and bollards at both ends.”
AI Is Starting to Threaten White-Collar Jobs
February 12th, 2024Via: Wall Street Journal:
Decades after automation began taking and transforming manufacturing jobs, artificial intelligence is coming for the higher-ups in the corporate office.
The list of white-collar layoffs is growing almost daily and include jobs cuts at Google, Duolingo and UPS in recent weeks. While the total number of jobs directly lost to generative AI remains low, some of these companies and others have linked cuts to new productivity-boosting technologies like machine learning and other AI applications.
Company executives and management consultants are also signaling that generative AI could soon upend a much bigger share of white-collar jobs. Unlike previous waves of automation technology, generative AI doesn’t just speed up routine tasks or make predictions by recognizing data patterns. It has the power to create content and synthesize ideas—in essence, the kind of knowledge work millions of people now do behind computers.
RFK, Jr.: “Here’s The Truth About The War In Ukraine”
February 12th, 2024It’s true.
Too bad about his Epstein situation and his support of Israel…
Here’s the truth about the war in Ukraine pic.twitter.com/pBf4XkTO21
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) February 11, 2024
Sam Altman Wants to Raise $5 to $7 Trillion for AI Chips
February 11th, 2024Via: Business Insider:
The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with officials from the United Arab Emirates to pitch his plan to build lots and lots of new chip factories. The cost? $5 trillion to $7 trillion.
OpenAI needs more computing power (currently, it relies on Microsoft for this) — and this means it needs more silicon chip factories. A lot more.
San Francisco: Waymo Robotaxi Goes Up In Flames After Crowd Attacks Vehicle
February 11th, 2024Via: The San Francisco Standard:
A crowd in San Francisco’s Chinatown surrounded a Waymo robotaxi on Saturday night, broke the windows and threw fireworks inside, setting the vehicle ablaze, the company said.
The incident occurred on Jackson Street near Grant around 9 p.m. Waymo said that the autonomous vehicle was not transporting any passengers at the time of the incident and no injuries were reported.
Dr. John Campbell: “White Clots Common,” “New Disease” [???]
February 10th, 2024“White, fibrous clots… Embalmers are seeing these in clots in a high percentage of corpses.”
Alabama: Thieves Somehow Steal 200ft Radio Tower
February 10th, 2024Via: Action News 5:
A 200-foot AM radio tower in Alabama is gone, stolen without a trace.
WJLX’s AM station signal has been greatly impacted by the theft in Walker County.
Station general manager Brett Elmore said he remains hopeful that somebody will share information to help law enforcement find those responsible for the theft. Still, he said he is blown away by what happened.
“I have tried all weekend to figure it out, and I just can’t. I have been in the radio business, around it all my life and then in it professionally for 26 years, and I can say I have never heard of anything like this. I can say I’ve seen it all now,” Elmore said.
He said they first learned of the theft on Friday. He said a bush hog crew went down to the WJLX tower site to clean up the property, but the thieves had already cleared it out.
Netanyahu Orders “Evacuation” of 1.4 Million Palestinians from Rafah
February 10th, 2024Via: Sky:
Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the evacuation of Rafah, the southern Gaza city on the border with Egypt where an estimated 1.4 million people have been driven by Israel’s military offensive.
The order from the Israeli prime minister comes ahead of an expected ground offensive in the area, where Palestinian refugees, unable to leave the territory, are living in makeshift tent camps or overflowing UN-run shelters with severe shortages of food and medicine.
A statement from Mr Netanyahu’s office said: “It is impossible to achieve the war objective of eliminating Hamas and leaving four Hamas battalions in Rafah.
“On the other hand, it is clear that a massive operation in Rafah requires the evacuation of the civilian population from the combat zones.
“That is why the prime minister directed the IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) and the defence establishment to bring to the cabinet a dual plan for both the evacuation of the population and the disbanding of the battalions.”
Farm Protests: EU Eases Demands in 2040 Climate Proposal
February 9th, 2024Via: Politico:
Under intense pressure from farmers, the European Commission has dropped key passages in a proposal for a new 2040 goal for cutting greenhouse gas pollution.
“All sectors” would need to contribute to the effort, the EU executive’s plan says. But a mention of a possible 30 percent cut to agricultural pollution between 2015 and 2040, which was in previous drafts seen by POLITICO, had been removed.
Also excised were recommendations for citizens to make changes to their behavior, like eating less meat, and a push to end fossil fuel subsidies.
“Well-Meaning, Elderly Man with a Poor Memory”: Biden Won’t Face Criminal Charges for Mishandling Classified Papers
February 8th, 2024Man Ruled Too Senile To Stand Trial Still Fine To Run Country https://t.co/vFcfq36IwW pic.twitter.com/CY4EFh8a8F
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 8, 2024
Via: Reuters:
President Joe Biden will not face charges for knowingly taking classified documents when he left the vice presidency in 2017, according to a prosecutor’s report released Thursday, opens new tab that will raise new problems for the Democrat as he seeks reelection.
Special Counsel Robert Hur said he opted against bringing criminal charges following a 15-month investigation because Biden cooperated and would be difficult to convict, describing him as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
Hur’s conclusion, opens new tab ensures that Biden, unlike his expected 2024 presidential rival Donald Trump, will not risk prison time for mishandling sensitive government documents.
But it could cause further embarrassment for Biden, 81, as the oldest person to ever serve as U.S. president tries to convince voters that he can serve another four-year term.
