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voronoi diagrams are how you divide space when you know where everything is
school districts or cell tower coverage
the kind of problem you solve with coordinates, a global view, and a computer.
a CSHL group just showed the chinese money plant solves it in its leaves.
school districts or cell tower coverage
the kind of problem you solve with coordinates, a global view, and a computer.
a CSHL group just showed the chinese money plant solves it in its leaves.
each leaf has tiny pores called hydathodes around each pore, a closed loop of veins
when you map them, they are textbook voronoi cells with the hydathodes as the seed points. perfect geometry.
when you map them, they are textbook voronoi cells with the hydathodes as the seed points. perfect geometry.
but a leaf cell has no coordinates. no ruler or map of the other hydathodes. it can only sense its immediate neighbors.
the trick: each cell follows one stupid local rule about pushing auxin to its neighbor. no global plan at ALL
just chemistry flowing forward in time
the trick: each cell follows one stupid local rule about pushing auxin to its neighbor. no global plan at ALL
just chemistry flowing forward in time
🚨 The Supreme Court has temporarily restored nationwide access to mail-order abortion pills, staying a 5th Circuit ruling pending appeal.
Justice Thomas dissents, arguing that shipping mifepristone for abortion violates the federal Comstock Act. He says the manufacturers cannot claim irreparable harm from losing profits tied to what he described as a criminal enterprise.
Justice Alito also dissented, calling the Court’s order “remarkable.” He argues that mail-order abortion pills are being used to undermine Dobbs and Louisiana’s abortion ban, allowing nearly 1,000 abortions per month in the state despite its post-Dobbs restrictions.
"The Court’s unreasoned order granting stays in this case is remarkable."Justice Alito dissenting from an order returning President Biden's mail order abortion pill rule into effect. Only Justices Thomas and Alito note their dissent. Litigation returns to the Fifth Circuit.
Read the order and dissents here: supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf…
Justice Thomas pulls no punches. Noting the abortion pill manufacturers are violating federal law, he writes: "Applicants are not entitled to a stay of an adverse court order based on lost profits from their criminal enterprise." 👀🔥
🧵The Democrats may not survive the Callais ruling.
The Supreme Court’s decision to curb race-based congressional districts strikes at the structural foundation of their House power.
I've been counting 21 such districts. But by the American Spectator's count, 122 of Democrats' 212 seats sit in majority-minority districts engineered along racial lines.
This is not a small correction. It is an existential threat to their current model.
The Supreme Court’s decision to curb race-based congressional districts strikes at the structural foundation of their House power.
I've been counting 21 such districts. But by the American Spectator's count, 122 of Democrats' 212 seats sit in majority-minority districts engineered along racial lines.
This is not a small correction. It is an existential threat to their current model.
2/ Those 122 districts are more than half of Democrats' entire caucus.
Every majority-Black district is represented by a Democrat. Most Hispanic-majority districts too.
Their coalition was built on racial mapmaking, not organic support.
Every majority-Black district is represented by a Democrat. Most Hispanic-majority districts too.
Their coalition was built on racial mapmaking, not organic support.
3/ They achieved this by twisting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act through relentless litigation before leftist judges.
Justice Alito made the correction plain: Section 2 was designed to enforce the Constitution — not collide with it by authorizing racial discrimination.
Justice Alito made the correction plain: Section 2 was designed to enforce the Constitution — not collide with it by authorizing racial discrimination.
@R2Discovery's point that the 2.44mm Berlin police contract may just be the start was a great one to think about. Also notable that there was no competition on the tender because there COULDN'T be competition. Only $CEK comms equipment would work.
From the tender, in Engish "Due to compatibility and warranty considerations, only the Ceotronics AG audio communication headsets sold directly by the manufacturer may be used with the agency’s Motorola radio equipment."
I'd bet a larger upgrade cycle is forming and Berlin kciked it off. German police forces currently use TETRA standard, which was procured years ago during the initial transition to digital radio. The radio unit may last 10 years, but but legacy headsets lack modernization
Let me quote Fairservis's paper on IVC. He is one of the leading figures in IVC archaeology from an article dating to 1961. No Bhandarkar, no Banerji, no anybody.
The decade of 1950s saw nothing of worth coming out of IVC.
Now, how did the civilization start? Like Edison. 1000 times he failed to make a bulb and finally he made one.
🚨Greenhouses can grow food in extreme climates, but they often depend on fossil-derived CO₂ inputs to maximize crop yields.
New study investigates whether Direct Air Capture (#DAC) could replace those emissions-intensive CO₂ sources by capturing C directly from air.🧵1/13
New study investigates whether Direct Air Capture (#DAC) could replace those emissions-intensive CO₂ sources by capturing C directly from air.🧵1/13
2/ Researchers modeled a 1-ha sealed high-tech greenhouse in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia producing cherry tomatoes & lettuce under hot-arid conditions.
The system maintained ~1000ppm CO₂ conc, which are required to sustain high crop productivity in climate-controlled desert agri.
The system maintained ~1000ppm CO₂ conc, which are required to sustain high crop productivity in climate-controlled desert agri.
3/ The study evaluated two adsorption-based DAC systems:
• temperature-vacuum swing adsorption (TVSA)
• moisture-swing adsorption (MSA)
Both were benchmarked against conventional trucked liquid CO₂ enrichment currently used in commercial greenhouse operations
• temperature-vacuum swing adsorption (TVSA)
• moisture-swing adsorption (MSA)
Both were benchmarked against conventional trucked liquid CO₂ enrichment currently used in commercial greenhouse operations
1/ $CIGI — Colliers International Group. A real estate services firm that quietly transformed into a three-engine professional services platform: Commercial Real Estate, Engineering, and Investment Management. The market still prices it like a cyclical broker.
2/ The transformation: ~70% of earnings now come from recurring/resilient lines — engineering, project management, investment management, property management, loan servicing, and valuation. Capital markets brokerage is the volatile piece. The mix has fundamentally changed.
3/ Investment Management is the crown jewel. Harrison Street is the platform. Over 85% of IM funds are long-dated or perpetual capital. 2026 fundraising target: $6–9B in new commitments — with just under $1B raised in Q1 alone. A high-margin, fee-based; inside a services firm.
NEW: In a mandatory anti-racism class, Penn State told 1L law students they must "acknowledge the reality of systemic racism" and "dismantle systems that racialize, subordinate, and oppress."
One student withdrew from the law school over the class. We obtained shocking audio.🧵
One student withdrew from the law school over the class. We obtained shocking audio.🧵
David Blackman, a former 911 call operator and a veteran of the Texas State Guard, was thrilled to be going to law school at Penn State.
Then he sat through the first session of "Race and the Equal Protection of the Laws," a required first year course.
Then he sat through the first session of "Race and the Equal Protection of the Laws," a required first year course.
Blackman listened as a transgender faculty member, Emily Spottswood, explained why the course was mandatory.
"It’s not optional," Spottswood said, because "being a lawyer is about recognizing and combating injustice."
"It’s not optional," Spottswood said, because "being a lawyer is about recognizing and combating injustice."
🔥THREAD🧵 - “Alex, I’ll take ‘Sh*t you can’t make up’ for $500.”
In 2013, former @CapitolPolice Asst. Chief Sean Gallagher, then a USCP captain, was found guilty of forgery and embezzlement of department funds in a payroll fraud scheme. Sources have informed us that he will be taking the position as #2 in charge of security at the World Bank in DC.⬇️
In 2013, former @CapitolPolice Asst. Chief Sean Gallagher, then a USCP captain, was found guilty of forgery and embezzlement of department funds in a payroll fraud scheme. Sources have informed us that he will be taking the position as #2 in charge of security at the World Bank in DC.⬇️
Coming right on the heels of our blockbuster revelation yesterday, I have just confirmed — through multiple @CapitolPolice sources — of this most recent development in the upwardly mobile career arc of this notorious @CapitolPolice leader, and key figure in the January 6 debacle.⬇️
veritasregnat.com/2026/05/13/cap…
veritasregnat.com/2026/05/13/cap…
From my March 2024 article about the egregiously criminal behavior of Gallagher, you can learn how his internal affairs investigation resulted in a recommendation for his termination: ⬇️
theblaze.com/columns/analys…
theblaze.com/columns/analys…
Can New York impose Greenhouse Gas Disclosure mandates on midwest farmers? @AGIowa, @AGCHanaway, and @AmfreeChamber say, "No." In a first-of-its-kind Complaint, the States argue that radical New York environmental regulations belong in New York, not Iowa.
Read the full complaint here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Attorney General Hanaway weighs in:
I know a ton of attention this week is being paid to the resignation of FDA Commissioner Makary, but I also want to highlight a massively inside-baseball story within the agency that is absolutely baffling to me.
It's about FDA and finding new treatments for rare diseases. 🧵
It's about FDA and finding new treatments for rare diseases. 🧵
Last year, Michael Lewis -- you might know him as the author of Moneyball and The Big Short -- wrote a piece in the Washington Post about an obscure effort by an FDA employee, Heather Stone (@IDEpiHeather), that had made it easier to find new uses for old drugs:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/inter…
(Gift link: wapo.st/4dJ7ALt)
washingtonpost.com/opinions/inter…
(Gift link: wapo.st/4dJ7ALt)
That effort resulted in an app called CURE ID (@id_cure), which was released in 2019.
It's intended use: To collect evidence about potential uses for existing drugs for rare diseases.
Because it was released in 2019, it was also immediately used to help gather info about potential Covid-19 treatments.cure.ncats.io/home
It's intended use: To collect evidence about potential uses for existing drugs for rare diseases.
Because it was released in 2019, it was also immediately used to help gather info about potential Covid-19 treatments.cure.ncats.io/home
