Mostly Harmless (Cam Johnson)

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I write software and yell at clouds.

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History has been made! We have a new challenger for the World Chess Championship:

Congratulations to 17-year-old Gukesh for winning the 2024 #FIDECandidates - the youngest player ever to qualify for the World Championship match!

Gukesh drew with Nakamura in the final round of the #FIDECandidates and now only Caruana can stop the 17-year-old from winning the tournament outright with a victory over Nepo! Gukesh and Caruana would face each other in a tiebreak tomorrow.

The game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--open/round-14/S4zisI6M/JPsDSKMA

FIDE Candidates 2024 | Open • Round 14

April 4th - 22nd | 8-player double round-robin | Classical time control

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Congratulations to Tan Zhongyi for winning the 2024 Women's Candidates and becoming the challenger for the Women's World Championship against Ju Wenjun! Leaderboard: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--women/round-14/7Eeze5c7#leaderboard

#FIDECandidates #chess #lichess

FIDE Candidates 2024 | Women • Round 14

April 4th - 22nd | 8-player double round-robin | Classical time control

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Tesla: Now, It Feels Desperate

Fewer and fewer believe the carnival barker, and the timing for the tone deaf stock options grab could hardly have been worse.

lawrence’s Substack
That's a lot of being right for being so utterly wrong.

Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was on May 2020 (James Hunt/The Block)

https://www.theblock.co/post/289875/bitcoin-ushers-in-fourth-halving-as-miners-block-subsidy-reward-drops-to-3-125-btc
http://www.techmeme.com/240419/p15#a240419p15

Citadel Securities (which was the target of GameStop and AMC conspiracy theories), who Nunes blamed for the illegal short selling, turned around and did a 360 noscope headshot on Trump's toady CEO. Spectacular

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BREAKING: The House advanced a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, teeing up final votes this weekend. https://apnews.com/article/house-ukraine-speaker-johnson-mtg-68a810a998381dfd9f4c3c4e452b9f51
Ukraine, Israel aid bill on track as House pushes toward votes

The House has pushed a $95 billion national security aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies closer to passage. A key procedural vote gained approval Friday to move ahead with the bill. House Speaker Mike Johnson has been making the rounds on conservative media working to salvage the wartime funding, particularly for Ukraine as it faces a critical moment battling Russia. His own job is also under threat as the restless right flank threatens to oust him from office. President Joe Biden sent a swift endorsement of the speaker’s plan. Final votes on the package are expected Saturday.

AP News
In the 12 days following my call with Prime Minister Netanyahu, 3,000 trucks with food and supplies moved into Gaza – a daily increase of over 50% from the week prior.

It's still not enough.

We continue to urge Israel to ramp up land, air, and sea deliveries for Gaza civilians.
Iran recently launched one of the largest missile and drone attacks the world has ever seen against Israel.

Together with our allies and partners, the U.S. defended Israel, helping defeat this attack.

And today, we're holding Iran accountable with sanctions and export controls.