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San Diego turning out for No Kings. (At the Waterfront Park protest. One of several.)
#NoKingsSanDiego #NoKings #SanDiego

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of Trump Media stock the same day Trump unveiled new tariffs that caused the stock market to plummet, according to records obtained by ProPublica.

https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-trump-media-stock-tariffs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #StockMarket #Stocks #Tariffs #Economy #USPolitics

U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs

Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumbling.

ProPublica

Q&A from a talk I gave last week.

Q: "What do you think is the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Is it post-quantum computing? Is it AI?"

A: Fascism. It's fascism.

Are there any good resources or research on long-lived components? Most of the #permacomputing articles I've seen have been somewhat high-level. For example, I didn't see much discussion of ceramic capacitor aging or the lifetimes of electrolytics. If I wanted to build a device that would run for 200+ years, is there a good source to guide me around the pitfalls?

Please check if your vote was just tossed out and challenge it.

You have until Friday April 18 ... so check now and let your friends know so they can check too.

https://thegriffinlist.com/

The Griffin List

A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted. Griffin lost a close election for the North Carolina Supreme Court, confirmed via two recounts. He then sued the North Carolina State Board of Elections to have the 60,273 votes nullified.

Now there's a protest sign you don't see often.
My 94 year old mother-in-law is protesting today. #resist #handsoff
Just saw this.
#HandsOff

For utility rides, I'll usually reach for the e-bike.

But when it's time to glide down the road to only the purr of the chain, I pump up the steel-frame acoustic and fall in love with it all over again.

Speed comes at a cost.

#BikeTooter
#WhereIsTheWisdomWeHaveLostInKnowledge
#LotsOfWorldThisWeek

Some years ago, Keith Laumer wrote science fiction stories about Bolos, huge autonomous robot tanks.

DARPA seems to be going a step further. https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/no-manning-required-ship

#DARPA #robots

No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS)