WSJ - Trump administration considering a possible executive order or other action that would require banks to collect citizenship information from customers. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-administration-considers-action-requiring-banks-to-collect-citizenship-info-8e26f6d2?st=XHPK2b&reflink=article_copyURL_share

Proposition: It's insane to spend $1000 on a phone. Really, it's nuts to spend more than $300 for a phone.

The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.

Data Centers bring only a handful of jobs after construction ends. But they can push up electric rates and drain water supplies for local residents. They can be noisy and polluting. JUST SAY NO!

Tsunami quickly reaches the Pacific Japanese coast, evacuation orders issued. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/live_tv/

A strong earthquake has just jolted northern Japan. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20251209_02/

The topic for my usual Monday national network radio tech segment tomorrow will be the massive Airbus grounding of thousands of planes for a fix for a solar radiation caused disruption to flight control systems that injured passengers on a recent flight. Also some discussion of why most computers don't have error correction memory, and some issues of human health (especially of flight crews) related to radiation exposure during flights.