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Thread on the A24325G mutation.
Yet another obscure reason why we can tell that Covid started at Huanan market.
Yet another obscure reason why we can tell that Covid started at Huanan market.
The market origin theory says that Covid spilled over from wildlife at Huanan market and then spread out into Wuhan.
The lab leak theory says Covid was circulating around Wuhan first, but it just happened to be noticed at the market.
The lab leak theory says Covid was circulating around Wuhan first, but it just happened to be noticed at the market.
There are lots of ways to distinguish between these two.
I've written before about looking at where people got sick. They were all clustered around the market:
I've written before about looking at where people got sick. They were all clustered around the market:
Okay, you all voted, and for NOW, we're going to put this NEC MultiSpin 6X SCSI CD-ROM into my Pentium 233 system. This drive is REALLY cool! Let's talk about it briefly in a ๐งต here! 
First of all, if this ends up being permanent, I won't be too sad. The Philips drive that was in the system is starting to look a little ratty ๐
. Granted, for form over function, it is an 8X drive, so TECHNICALLY this is a downgrade!
Also, before I get too far into this, in case you missed it, I picked up this drive earlier today at a vintage computer sale that was happening a town or two over! I did grab all of the caddies you see here that go with the drive as well!
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โAI warfare speaks to the biggest moral and practical question there is: Whoโor whatโgets to decide to take a human life?
โAI warfare speaks to the biggest moral and practical question there is: Whoโor whatโgets to decide to take a human life?
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And who bears that cost? In 2018, more than 3,000 Google workers protested the companyโs involvement in ยปthe business of warยซ after finding out the company was part of Project Maven,
And who bears that cost? In 2018, more than 3,000 Google workers protested the companyโs involvement in ยปthe business of warยซ after finding out the company was part of Project Maven,
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then a nascent Pentagon effort to use computer vision to rifle through copious video footage taken in Americaโs overseas drone wars. They feared Project Mavenโs AI could one day be used for lethal targeting.โ
March 23, 2026
@WIRED archive.is/20260323123727โฆ
then a nascent Pentagon effort to use computer vision to rifle through copious video footage taken in Americaโs overseas drone wars. They feared Project Mavenโs AI could one day be used for lethal targeting.โ
March 23, 2026
@WIRED archive.is/20260323123727โฆ
The following thread is really important to understand the field situation in Southern Lebanon and avoid falling for the enemy's propaganda:
According to @beirutreview25:
The enemy has relied, since the very first day in the Southern Lebanese battlefield, on a tactic of encirclement and isolation rather than invading villages and taking control of them directly, in order to avoid attrition and heavy losses, and to accelerate reaching points that would give the appearance of a quick achievement. The enemy is seeking to implement a geographic separation operation extending across the width of the Southern Litani, dividing Resistance lines into isolated cells. It has been observed that the enemy deliberately began the invasion through crossing points within non-Shiite villages, where Resistance elements are absent.
So, what is the reality of the current field map? And what is the method used by the โisraeliโ enemy on the ground, and what are its limits?
The enemy has relied, since the very first day in the Southern Lebanese battlefield, on a tactic of encirclement and isolation rather than invading villages and taking control of them directly, in order to avoid attrition and heavy losses, and to accelerate reaching points that would give the appearance of a quick achievement. The enemy is seeking to implement a geographic separation operation extending across the width of the Southern Litani, dividing Resistance lines into isolated cells. It has been observed that the enemy deliberately began the invasion through crossing points within non-Shiite villages, where Resistance elements are absent.
So, what is the reality of the current field map? And what is the method used by the โisraeliโ enemy on the ground, and what are its limits?
First: The Field Situation in the Western Sector:
Enemy forces carried out an encirclement maneuver around the villages of Shaama, Tayr Harfa, al-Jibbayn, and Shihine without entering any of them, reaching al-Bayyada via the Iskandarouna route.
The objectives of this encirclement are:
โข Depicting an achievement or for propaganda effect.
โข Isolating all villages located behind al-Bayyada and cutting off their [Resistance] supply lines.
โข Overlooking Tyre and the plains surrounding it from the elevated position of al-Bayyada.
Enemy forces carried out an encirclement maneuver around the villages of Shaama, Tayr Harfa, al-Jibbayn, and Shihine without entering any of them, reaching al-Bayyada via the Iskandarouna route.
The objectives of this encirclement are:
โข Depicting an achievement or for propaganda effect.
โข Isolating all villages located behind al-Bayyada and cutting off their [Resistance] supply lines.
โข Overlooking Tyre and the plains surrounding it from the elevated position of al-Bayyada.
๐งตPalm Beach County elections volunteer John Panicci, who was arrested for stealing an encrypted access key during training for the Mar 24 special election, says he's a "huge tech nerd" who's a self-employed "computer consultant." His Facebook is also full of anti-Trump content, with a marked increase in the days leading up to the March 19 training session/theft.
More from his FB and X
On March 21, 2 days after the theft, Panicci was donating plasma when the machine severely malfunctioned. Shortly afterward he felt dizzy, had blurred vision and slurred speech, and passed out.
"At the very end of the cycle they realized the machine was not working properly when blood starting coming out of the front of the machine. They determined the reservoir inside had 330 ml of my blood that had not been returned plus whatever leaked into the machine. Three separate people that said they had worked there for over 10 years, had never seen anything like this happen with one of the machines before.
"When I got to the emergency room, they drew blood and determined my sugar count was 458, which is extremely high from what they tell me. I've never been diagnosed as diabetic so this is all news to me."
He was admitted to the hospital, but it's unclear how long he was there.
"At the very end of the cycle they realized the machine was not working properly when blood starting coming out of the front of the machine. They determined the reservoir inside had 330 ml of my blood that had not been returned plus whatever leaked into the machine. Three separate people that said they had worked there for over 10 years, had never seen anything like this happen with one of the machines before.
"When I got to the emergency room, they drew blood and determined my sugar count was 458, which is extremely high from what they tell me. I've never been diagnosed as diabetic so this is all news to me."
He was admitted to the hospital, but it's unclear how long he was there.
Seeing as airbases under attack are now in the news, hereโs a thread about how we used to defend them in the Cold War, when an attack was just 15 minutes away and we expected the Warsaw Pact to throw everything they had at us. ๐งต1/12
2/ RAF Bruggen was completed in 1953, and as the Cold War heated up it was designed and run as a fortress. One Station Commander added the infamous sign at the gate: โTHE TASK OF THIS STATION IN TIME OF PEACE IS TO PREPARE FOR WAR. DON'T YOU FORGET IT.โ
3/ The base was one of 4 in RAF Germany (Bruggen, Laarbruch, Wildenrath & Gutersloh). Each were heavily protected with plenty of barbed wire and concrete. Bruggen & Laarbruch also held a nuclear role, so had extra security. They held upto 4 air squadrons each.
(1/14) ๐งต HOW TO TELL IF YOU ARE TALKING TO A BOT ONLINE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE
Bots are getting harder to detect. But researchers, journalists and cybersecurity experts have identified reliable patterns. This thread covers general detection methods, then builds to the specific tactics used by far-right, MAGA and ultra-nationalist bot networks. ๐
Bots are getting harder to detect. But researchers, journalists and cybersecurity experts have identified reliable patterns. This thread covers general detection methods, then builds to the specific tactics used by far-right, MAGA and ultra-nationalist bot networks. ๐
(2/14) THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED
The old โbot vs. humanโ binary no longer applies. The landscape now includes humans, good bots, bad bots, declared AI agents, undeclared AI agents, and hybrid operations blending automation with human interaction. AI-driven traffic quadrupled in the first eight months of 2025 alone. No single test is definitive. Use several together.
The old โbot vs. humanโ binary no longer applies. The landscape now includes humans, good bots, bad bots, declared AI agents, undeclared AI agents, and hybrid operations blending automation with human interaction. AI-driven traffic quadrupled in the first eight months of 2025 alone. No single test is definitive. Use several together.
(3/14) CHECK THE PROFILE FIRST
The most basic bots lack a photo, a bio or any links. More sophisticated ones use stolen photos or auto-generated usernames. In far-right networks specifically, the Centre for Information Resilience documented accounts where real peopleโs clothing had been digitally edited to display MAGA slogans, manufacturing fake authenticity.
๐ info-res.org
The most basic bots lack a photo, a bio or any links. More sophisticated ones use stolen photos or auto-generated usernames. In far-right networks specifically, the Centre for Information Resilience documented accounts where real peopleโs clothing had been digitally edited to display MAGA slogans, manufacturing fake authenticity.
๐ info-res.org
War is a question of interests, not legality. Iran with, it's support of the October 7th attack, kicked off an existential war with Israel for the latter to prevent Iran from getting the A-bomb.
Israel won't survive as a nation after three Hiroshima class nukes...
Iran War๐งต
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Israel won't survive as a nation after three Hiroshima class nukes...
Iran War๐งต
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- riding ballistic warheads in a saturation missile attack - slam into its major cities.
The Trump Administration agreed with Israel on Iranian nukes both in the 12-day war and with the current war.
2/
The Trump Administration agreed with Israel on Iranian nukes both in the 12-day war and with the current war.
2/
The Iranian use of a space launcher as an ICBM against Diego Garcia made the current Iran war an existential one for the USA, given the EMP threat Iran represents to the unhardened American power grid.
Imagine the population of the American west - especially Las Vegas! -
3/
Imagine the population of the American west - especially Las Vegas! -
3/
I'm seeing this chemical plant that was hit in Beer Sheva listed under two different names: Neot Hovav and Adama Makhteshim.
I believe Makhteshim-Agan is also another subsidiary; I think the name change came with the China connection mentioned at the end of the thread in the QT.
That means there are at least two branches in the US:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK59199โฆ
That means there are at least two branches in the US:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK59199โฆ
the more I've been digging into the new Figma MCP, the more excited I am about it
something new I'm trying is starting with a very ugly sketch in Figma, and then having Claude Code flesh it out in Figma so I can tweak and edit before sending the final back to Claude Code
something new I'm trying is starting with a very ugly sketch in Figma, and then having Claude Code flesh it out in Figma so I can tweak and edit before sending the final back to Claude Code
my specific flow was:
1. sketch in Figma
2. prompt: "In my figma file <link>, I've made a sketch of a new grocery list feature, can you turn that mock up into something that matches the style of this app, also add a bunch of extra components that I might want to add"
1. sketch in Figma
2. prompt: "In my figma file <link>, I've made a sketch of a new grocery list feature, can you turn that mock up into something that matches the style of this app, also add a bunch of extra components that I might want to add"
these are the components it added that I might want to add to the mockup
Ukraine built a layered system to beat $50k Iranian drones โ and is now exporting it.
Shahed: 1,500-mile range, 115 mph, 40 kg warhead, launched from trucks. Cheap, GPS-guided, mass-produced.
Gulf states initially countered them with $1M Patriots, Telegraph. 1/
Shahed: 1,500-mile range, 115 mph, 40 kg warhead, launched from trucks. Cheap, GPS-guided, mass-produced.
Gulf states initially countered them with $1M Patriots, Telegraph. 1/
Gulf states initially used $1M Patriot interceptors against $30k drones. They burned high-end missiles on low-cost drones.
Ukraine couldnโt afford that โ it had to redesign air defense under constraint. So it built a cheaper, scalable air defense architecture from scratch. 2/
Ukraine couldnโt afford that โ it had to redesign air defense under constraint. So it built a cheaper, scalable air defense architecture from scratch. 2/
Ukraineโs system starts with sound detection.
Over 10,000 acoustic sensors track drone signatures, feeding location and trajectory into a centralized system โ enabling early warning and guiding interceptors in real time. 3/
Over 10,000 acoustic sensors track drone signatures, feeding location and trajectory into a centralized system โ enabling early warning and guiding interceptors in real time. 3/
Elon Musk was on a Trump-Modi call about the Iran war โ and neither Washington nor New Delhi said so publicly.
Two U.S. officials confirmed that a private businessman was on the call as the Strait of Hormuz crisis rattled oil markets โ NYT. 1/
Two U.S. officials confirmed that a private businessman was on the call as the Strait of Hormuz crisis rattled oil markets โ NYT. 1/
The call focused on Iranโs control of the Strait of Hormuz.
The halt to most maritime traffic there has pushed energy prices higher, roiled markets, and brought some Asian countries close to fuel rationing. 2/
The halt to most maritime traffic there has pushed energy prices higher, roiled markets, and brought some Asian countries close to fuel rationing. 2/
The NYT says it is unclear why Musk was on the call or whether he spoke. Neither government mentioned him in official readouts.
His presence became public only because two U.S. officials, speaking anonymously, confirmed it. 3/
His presence became public only because two U.S. officials, speaking anonymously, confirmed it. 3/
