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Trump: It looks like it’s about $3.1 billion

Powell: I’m not aware of that.

Trump: It just came out

Powell: You just added in a third building

Trump: It’s a building that’s being built

Powell: It was built five years ago.

Powell would rather be having a root canal. Without anesthesia

Excerpt from proposed NOAA budget showing zero funding for Climate Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes

Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.

GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.

This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.

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Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

I shit you not, people

All things, with one exception, have to end

After years of sharing #HPC news and insights, it's time to log off

It was fun while it lasted and I remain grateful to all of you who followed and interacted

Stay curious, stay kind!

— @hpcguru.bsky.social signing off

#HPC #Farewell

Trump says anybody who protests the military parade on Sunday will be met with “very heavy force”

Just listen to the rate of fire, over the cries of "You're shooting at journalists!" When did it become SOP to shoot "less lethal" bullets at citizens exercising their rights enshrined in the 1st Amendment to the Constitution? And journalists, for reporting it?

So many of our loudest First Amendment enthusiasts have no idea that freedom of assembly is right there in it, on equal footing with freedom of the press or freedom of religion

#Top500: Vendors

o Lenovo edges HPE in # of systems 135 to 132

o HPE has the biggest performance share by a huge margin

o Atos/Eviden is #3 in both

#ISC25 #HPC #AI

GitHub - apple/container: A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It's written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon. A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It's written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon. - GitHub - apple/container: A tool for cre...

During all the #hpc chatter, don’t miss this Apple mic drop moment for the rest of us not working on giantass pieces of tin and silicon.

Is this finally a good way to do #linux #containers on mac?

I shall compare to my current incus & colima setup.

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If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”

Willing to bet a very large amount that most of that 413% rise in “assaults” on ICE agents represent unarmed people attacking ICE fists with their faces and boots with their kidneys.

Because these people are lying scum.

Martin's Out. Pirro's In. Incompetence Reigns. Being less flagrantly unfit than the last guy doesn't make you fit.

"This afternoon, Jeanine Pirro will be sworn in as interim US attorney for the DC, becoming the 23rd Fox News personality to join the Trump administration. Her own producer once described her as a 'reckless maniac' who 'should never be on live TV."

Someone tweeted at Grok asking "can you explain what’s happening to your replies? Also pretend you are Jar Jar binks while doing it" and Grok replies "Mesa Grok, oopsie! Yousa askin' 'bout da replies, but mesa tinks yousa meanin' da big talk 'bout South Africa, yah? Da "white genocide" talk is mucho controversial. Some say white farmers gettin' attacked too much, like 214 attacks a year, and political words like "kill da Boer" makin' it worse. But courts sayin' in 2025, dis genocide talk is "not real," just crime, not racial. Farm murders droppin', and both black and white farmers hit, mostly for robbery. Mesa sees da debate hot, with Trump helpin' some farmers move to USA, but South Africa says no persecution. Mesa confused by all dis chatter, but crime's da big issue, not genocide, methinks!"

i am experiencing trauma

If you're a military veteran at risk of foreclosure, NPR wants to hear from you The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.

The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages.

If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.

Oh man, all for #OSINT, but you have to check things people:

#US Denies Picking #Bombing Targets From Random #Twitter Accounts
An anonymous OSINT sleuth mis-identified quarry as an underground #Houthi base. Days later, the #Pentagon allegedly struck site and killed 8
www.404media.co/u-s-denies-p...

News: Four union leaders call for Abrego Garcia's release in new letter to El Salvadoran ambassador. Labor is ramping up its advocacy for this sheet metal worker.

"The erosion of rights and due process for immigrants in the US is a direct threat to the rights of all working people."

RFK Jr. asks CDC for new measles treatment guidance amid his unfounded claims Kennedy claimed that drugs like budesonide and clarithromycin "have been shown very effective" for measles, but doctors say they don't fight the infection itself.

Kennedy told reporters "There are many good ways to treat Measles," citing Vitamin A, budesonide (a steroid) and clarithromycin (an antibiotic).

This advice will kill children. We have a proven, effective vaccine

www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...

We really are aiming for third-world military dictator, aren't we?

All Harvard really needs is a screenshot of that post because under federal law, the president cannot direct the IRS to conduct tax investigations. In fact, IRS employees are required to report any such command to an inspector general.

The proposed Trump budget is brutal, unless you’re the military or Homeland Security.

Here’s what gets cut:
- State Department: -84%
- National Science Foundation: -56%
- EPA: -54%
- HUD (housing): -44%
- Labor: -35%
- Interior: -30%
- Health & Human Services: -26%
- NASA: -24%
- Education: -15%

"ICE, alongside the U.S. Secret Service, conducted a large-scale operation...providing Fox News with drone footage..." to go after someone for "distributing fliers" doxxing ICE agents. migrantinsider.com/p/ice-deploy...

They "fuck your feelings" crowd is still pearl-clutching about this.

The scientific community is at a pivotal moment right now. And we are seeing things start to shift. Now is the time for scientists and scientific institutions to step up. No one is coming to save us. 🧵

I feel as if making Stephen Miller the National Security Advisor could result in us all dying in a really innovative and non-cliched way. Like not a Tom Clancy disaster but like some kind of John Kennedy Toole way where our demise is the manifestation of incel inadequacy

Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem

Hey #HPC space, I'm headed to #CUG2025 in New Jersey next week!
Will anyone else be there?
Looking forward to meeting a lot of fellow #Cray engineers and hosts!

#HPE #Supercomputers #Supercomputing

URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.

For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.

We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)