Archive for October, 2024
Bill Gates Makes $50 Million Pledge to Back Kamala Harris: ‘This Election Is Different’
October 23rd, 2024Bill Gates and Dick Cheney are pulling for Harris. Via: The Wrap: Bill Gates has donated $50 million to Kamala Harris’ campaign, a political backing that was originally intended to be private. The Microsoft founder confirmed the donation to The New York Times on Tuesday, saying “this election is different,” although he is still not […]
11,000 North Korean Troops In Russia Preparing to Fight in Ukraine [???]
October 22nd, 2024Via: The War Zone: There are now nearly 11,000 North Korean infantry troops training in eastern Russia to fight in Ukraine, the head of the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) told The War Zone Thursday afternoon. “They will be ready [to fight in Ukraine] on Nov. 1,” Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov told TWZ. The North […]
Communications Satellite Intelsat 33e Breaks Up In Geostationary Orbit
October 22nd, 2024Via: SpaceNews: The Intelsat 33e satellite has broken up in geostationary orbit (GEO) and lost power, ceasing communications services for customers across Europe, Africa and parts of Asia Pacific. … In an Oct. 21 update, Intelsat declared the satellite a total loss. The company said it is working with government agencies to analyze data and […]
British Advisors to Kamala Harris Hope to “Kill Musk’s Twitter”
October 22nd, 2024Via: The DisInformation Chronicle: In an explosive leak with ramifications for the upcoming U.S. presidential election, internal documents from the Center for Countering Digital Hate—whose founder is British political operative Morgan McSweeney, now advising the Kamala Harris campaign—show the group plans in writing to “kill Musk’s Twitter” while strengthening ties with the Biden/Harris administration and […]
Election Day: Homeland Security Critical Infrastructure Conference, “With a Large Scale Cybersecurity Exercise on November 5, 2024”
October 21st, 2024Via: Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association International: Election Day: Homeland Security Critical Infrastructure Conference, "With a Large Scale Cybersecurity Exercise on November 5, 2024" pic.twitter.com/O4Rm2gE8sg — cryptogon (@cryptogon) October 21, 2024
Make America Healthy Again? Trump Hands Out French Fries at McDonald’s
October 20th, 2024pic.twitter.com/YkLtEaC3OI — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 21, 2024 Also, F-you if you take this as an endorsement of Scamala Harris.
Man Claims That Viewing Laser Diffraction Pattern On Surface After Ingesting DMT Reveals Some Sort of Code
October 20th, 2024I’ve never taken DMT and don’t plan to, but I saw this meme a couple of days ago and was practically willing a story to appear to give me an excuse to post it. Man Claims That Viewing Laser Diffraction Pattern On Surface After Ingesting DMT Reveals Some Sort of Codehttps://t.co/D6eIzcG9Kc pic.twitter.com/MluJNtB0Fd — cryptogon (@cryptogon) […]
Los Angeles Archdiocese Covered Up Molesting Priests for Decades, Pays $1.5 Billion in Damages to Victims
October 20th, 2024Via: Los Angeles Times: Clergy sex abuse scandals have rocked Catholic churches across the world, but few places have seen the financial toll of the Los Angeles Archdiocese. With a record $880-million settlement with victims announced this week, the Los Angeles Archdiocese has now paid out more than $1.5 billion.
Integer Addition Algorithm Could Reduce Energy Needs of AI by 95%
October 20th, 2024I have nowhere near enough propellers in my beanie to do a reality check on this: Addition is All You Need for Energy-efficient Language Models Definitely interesting, if real. Via: TechXplore: A team of engineers at AI inference technology company BitEnergy AI reports a method to reduce the energy needs of AI applications by 95%. […]
“Even the Amish Are Voting for Trump”
October 20th, 2024You know it’s getting weird out there when… Via: Nick Johnson: