3/ So the IMPROBABLE SPECULATION (imagining failure)–
Scientists identify canine/feline spread disease, epidemiologists track dog parks + dog walkers as superspreaders, households infected, outrage follows––both against pet owners––and pet owners (gasp) against euthanizing pets–
4/ I say this because our justifiable moral outrage over the past few years shifted powerful spotlights (annually) from
GUN CONTROL > ME-TOO + GENDER > BLM > ?
‘Animal rights’ are ripe for activists, outrage, protest––especially if there’s an unsuspected disease catalyst...
5/ From the POV of covid––it does not wish us harm, it wishes only to survive + replicate.
The history of viral vectors via OTHER ANIMALS + living things around us is the history (and FUTURE) of our own survival... nytimes.com/2020/09/19/opi…
6/ Over 60% of human disease come from other living things (including the HIV crisis) that originated over 100 years ago (and infected 2x as many people as covid ~71million––but it took HIV 10 decades and covid 10 MONTHS)
If you were fly on wall in Qatar's strategy meetings you’d hear their not so secret strategy
i) keep up economic relations w/Iran (esp w shared gas reserves)
ii) support Islamist groups (esp Muslim Brotherhood) + use the masses as pawns for political leverage..
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iii) assert distinct identity in MidEast geopolitics as a ‘mediator’
iv) religious mafia style––foment fervent believers (funding Al Jazeera propoganda + mosques/ Imams to rule over other country populations) grow geopolitical power depsite tiny size (and no real military)
3/ The ties to Iran + Turkey in particular who leverage terrorism, religious extremism are the greatest threat to Mideast regional peace
especially with moderate + modernizing + peace + prosperity seeking UAE + Saudi (on cusp on Israel normalzied relations) and Sunni…
2/ this technical paper from Apple published year ago not widely discussed was the breadcrumb clue and the inspiration I have shared with many friends since....
3/ The paper introduces 2 methods called “windowing” + “row-column bundling” which allow devices to run models up to 2x DRAM size by storing model parameters in flash + loading them into DRAM as needed.
1/ 🛡️ The FUTURE of WARFARE isn’t a “revolution” but an evolution—a mix of drones, AI, and smart strategy. What’s the playbook for Taiwan, Ukraine, and beyond?
A quick high-level dive📡
2/ 🛰️ The Gulf War heralded stealth, precision, & GPS.
Today, uncrewed systems (drones) + AI define the battlefield. But there are limits. Attrition wars teach hard lessons.
3/ 🔥 UKRAINE's lessons for TAIWAN:
Drones disrupt but aren’t invincible.
Customized kamikaze drones carry ~5kg payloads, fly ~19km + force adversaries to spend $$$ on defense.
2/ More than 3.5 billion years ago, life on Earth emerged from chemical reactions.
Nature invented RNA, proteins, and DNA, the core molecules of life, and created the ribosome, a molecular factory that builds proteins from instructions in the genome.
3/ Proteins are wondrous dynamic molecules with incredible FUNCTIONS
-molecular engines powering motion
-photosynthetic machines capturing and converting to energy
-scaffolding building skeletons of cells
-complex sensors interacting with environment
-information processing systems running the programming operating system of life