A Reddit post led me to discover the fascinating history of the Cold War Heavy Press Program and the 50,000-ton press crucial for aircraft manufacturing:

Here's what else you'll find in the most recent edition of Techne... 🧵

https://twitter.com/thedispatch/status/1793770384166166882

Some of the newsletter's highlights:

- @SenSchumer released the long awaited AI roadmap, outlining a vision of AI policy built on eight detailed sections, including enhanced investment, workforce reskilling, and transparency. schumer.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

Earlier this week, I wrote about King Tut's meteorite iron dagger (exformation.williamrinehart.com) and I mentioned the Tartessos culture.

This civilization was probably the inspiration for the story of Atlantis and was likely the Tarsish of the Bible.

Their art was gorgeous. 🧵 Some recently found artifacts, probably their gods or warriors... arkeonews.net/archaeologists…

In a recent @TheBARPod about the University of Austin, @jessesingal says that every kid around the country going to college learns about neoclassical economics and that's conservative. (open.spotify.com/episode/3ExeXB…)

Listen for the context above, but it's an interesting equality. The *use* of neoclassical frameworks can be conservative and is coded as conservative, but it doesn't have to be. The neoliberals are decidedly Democrats and they use these frameworks.

Neoclassical frameworks have their limits, but they can be powerful tools/models.

The most interesting medical case I have ever heard:

"A previously healthy woman began to hear hallucinatory voices telling her to have a brain scan for a tumor. The prediction was true; she was operated on and had an uneventful recovery."

This story is amazing... 🧵 This story comes from the December 1997 issue of BMJ Clinical Research, and is titled, "A difficult case: Diagnosis made by hallucinatory voices" by Dr. Azuonye.

It is something, so strap in.

Late last month @InsideSourcesDC ran an op-ed from @CGOusu on our misinformation research: insidesources.com/social-media-a…. There's a lot to the paper, so I thought a thread would be helpful.

The most surprising results? Misinformation isn't good for tech's bottom line. At a hearing on disinformation earlier this year, @FrankPallone slammed tech CEOs and their role in pushing misinformation saying, "You’re not passive bystanders. When you spread misinformation, actively promoting and amplifying it, you do it because you make more money."

A thread of my favorite libraries. Up first, the Library of the Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum in Osaka, Japan. Designed by Tadao Ando in 2000. buff.ly/32f2VM9 The "Library-Dining Room" in Sir John Soane's Museum, a house museum in the former townhouse of John Soane, a 18th-19th century English Neo-Classical architect. reddit.com/r/RoomPorn/com…

I’m throwing pickles into the late night ramen I’m making. Wish me luck. Honestly I may have gotten a good combo.

The Senate hearing on Google's ad business is beginning. You can find the livestream here: bit.ly/33w3gKb. Thread to follow. In her opening statement, @amyklobuchar says that case against Google could be the beginning of a reckoning in antitrust.

To help make sense of today’s antitrust hearing, I put together an old school FAQ with help from my colleagues at @cgousu that details some of the key questions and remedies to be discussed: medium.com/cgo-benchmark/….

Here are a few highlights. 1/6 Zuckerberg will face questions over FB’s acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp. In attention markets, however, consumer exit is key. My own estimates suggest consumers have taken back nearly $200 billion of their time since the CA story broke: medium.com/cgo-benchmark/… 2/6