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Wonderful news! Thank you, Judge Dianna Gibson, for honoring the will of the voters. She struck down the congressional map drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature,

James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA ushered in the age of genetics and provided the foundation for the biotechnology revolution of the late 20th century, died at age 97 reut.rs/4ou5MZL

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97 Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died. He was 97.

BREAKING: James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix whose work reshaped medicine, forensics and genetics, dies at 97.

Brewster Kahle (left) with California State Senator Scott Wiener (right), October 22, 2025.

🎉 At our 1 trillion-page celebration, Senator @ScottWiener.bsky.social honored the Internet Archive with a California Senate Certificate of Recognition for the Archive's “remarkable innovation and leadership.”

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FYI, this argument is targeted towards people who prioritize greed over people.

If we all want to improve our 401k, shouldn't GDP vote over LAND?

Personally, I think it makes more sense for people to vote in a democracy.

Why is LAND voting when GDP could?

FREEDOM & Independence.

FOSS (free and open source software) needs to run locally on hardware you own.

We are NEVER completely Free (libre) on cloud hardware.

If the US were to have a 'Trust Buster' or 'Monopoly Buster' government form between the President, SCOTUS, and Congress -- then AI and Tech might not only grow larger faster, but you'd have less hegemonic control and restriction on the marketplace.

The innovation dynamic would move horizontally.

An interesting point about Photonics is that NO ONE owns the space yet. So competitors to NVIDIA, AMD, & Intel are still a potential option, however, like the web --- NVIDIA, Google, Apple, AMD, Intel, etc...

are likely too large to allow an upstart company to grow to a $1T Scale, before buyout.

Photonics + Chiplets mean you can seperate your chiplets by a greater distance, improving thermals, and improving chip on board scalability. Pumping 600W into 1-4 square inches has it's limits.

Fiber Optics and Photonics could allow for SLI again.

I was at a demo for Intel, where they live showed off Photonics, and Chiplets on glass.

AMD is only using Chiplets for CPUs.
**NO ONE** IS USING Chiplets for GPUs or Neural Accelerators.

There is a lot of performance and cost reduction on the table in the transition to chiplets for GPUs.

While this may be true, it creates a "haves and have-nots" situation. For decades consumers were able to obtain the latest technology. SPARC workstations, Sun Microsystems, etc... were only useful for professional apps.

However now, every ounce of parallel compute is targeting crypto or AI.

a man in a beanie says " we could always dine and dash " in a netflix ad ALT: a man in a beanie says " we could always dine and dash " in a netflix ad

So, when do we start paying the US employees again?
--> The same ones making it safe right now?

Right now, air travel feels like "dining and dashing."

It's not fair to expect the most stressful jobs to be 'unpaid.'

Names of 5 million of 6 million Jews killed in Holocaust now identified Five million of the more than six million Jews killed in the Holocaust have now been identified, and with the further help of artificial intelligence (AI), even more names could be recovered, Israeli researchers said on Monday.

Names of 5 million of 6 million Jews killed in Holocaust now identified reut.rs/4nA1wGK

I don't see a path forward in the next 2-5 years that leads to an oversupply without a massive economic collapse.

Photonics, Carbon Chips, Glass Substrate, Chiplets, Manufacturing Scaling up in the US.

I don't see a 10x or 100x oversupply opportunity. Do you?

I don't see hardware divergence as a likely outcome or opportunity. Why would Orgs seeking maximum profit make hardware that doesn't maximize profit?

The only solution seems to be some manufacturing leap that can oversupply the market again.

Assume, for a second, that AI isn't a bubble - constant or expanding growth.
AI + eCommerce ==>(trends towards) centralized hardware.

What exit ramps do consumers have to regain access to personal / distributed hardware?

What hope do gamers have for affordable hardware?

Dozens of reporters returned their badges and walked out Wednesday in response to the Pentagon’s new press restrictions.

FPF’s Advocacy Director @seth-stern.bsky.social describes the premise that unauthorized reporting is a risk to national security as “absurd and baseless.”

Watch him explain why.

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100 to 150 thousand people in the street for democracy.

Photo: thank you to Dan Dunn for 50501

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Billionaire Illinois Gov. Pritzker wins blackjack pot of $1.4M in Las Vegas Billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker had some extra income in 2024 — from a lucky blackjack hand in a Las Vegas casino.

Billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker had some extra income in 2024 — from a lucky blackjack hand in a Las Vegas casino.

While Congress is out of Session, now is a great time to talk about BIG, BOLD, POPULAR -- Pro-JOBs, Pro-Increased WAGES IDEAS.

Congress needs to improve its brand, especially those "fighting FOR the PEOPLE."

We can further rebate 1st $5 million in sales taxes paid. To avoid double taxation and to help small businesses have a slight advantage over large companies.

We can segment THING Revenue & Wage Revenue using a simple trick: tax ALL Corporate Revenue. No loopholes, no deductions, just all Revenue less wages. If we tax Revenue Corps can't cheat & avoid taxes, & by rebating American wages, we encourage hiring new people -- spending more on wages.

Alaska gets a dividend from Oil Revenue that it shares with everyone in Alaska. Alaska is a conservative state, but everyone gets a share of the Oil Revenue as a dividend.

Imagine if AI, Automation, Robots, & THINGS-making-money generated wealth for all Americans, creating a dividend for everyone.

Flipping the tax code like this dismantles HUGE arguments against social services and might create an opportunity to realign with Congress on 'fighting for the people.'

This remaps the debate not as 'people' against 'people' (haves & have nots), but People vs. THINGS.

Employment taxes cover SSN, Medicare, Medicaid, etc., & some people are bitter about paying out of their earning potential for other people.

However, if THINGS are paying this tax, then it's not people paying for these things, but AI, Automation, & money making money.

Companies spend up to 150% of someone's salary/wage to cover benefits and taxes.

If we discount employment taxes, making American wages cheaper, we promote hiring & we can make up the difference or expand tax revenue through taxes on THINGS like Companies, AI, Robots, etc...

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Now would be a fantastic way to propose big cuts, & new taxes to reopen the government.

My suggestion is to Reduce Employment Taxes through new taxes on AI and Automation. There is a simple way to tax AI -- Tax all corporate revenue and rebate W-2, W-4, and wages in America.

uhm, Zoom Audio Quality.

AI noise filters are amazing! There are other advantages, too, but I bet this will be the #1 reason to have an AI chip baked into your laptop or personal computer.

Yokai illustration by Matthew Meyer depicting a yellow humanoid creature before a bright yellow ginkgo tree.

In #JapaneseFolklore there are #yokai known as bake icho no sei which are said to be the spirits of ginkgo trees. They appear near the trees wearing tattered robes and hitting a mallet. They have bright yellow skin the same colour as ginkgo leaves in autumn. Other than scaring...
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