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It's the universal axiom ¬(p ∨ q) → x
Aretha Franklin -- I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Joni Mitchell -- Court and Spark
Carole King -- Tapestry
Dusty Springfield -- Dusty in Memphis
Billie Holiday -- Lady Sings the Blues
Senators questioned equity-stakes in semiconductor and critical mineral companies as well as the withholding of CHIPS and Science Act funds.
www.aip.org/fyi/senators...
How AI is Changing Drones, 5G, and the Future of Communication youtu.be/tONDCftp-50
Congratulations!!
It’s a tool. It has a role as well as limitations.
What we call AI (LLM technology) doesn’t contribute to either the creation of new knowledge or to human learning. It’s not called derivative for nothing.
Inelasticity is a helluva thing
In Alexandria during The Post's days of dominance we didn't get much local coverage.
Losing the Post's in-depth, investigatory ability is significant but in the DMV, day-to-day coverage is slightly better because small hyperlocal outlets have improved coverage in places like Alexandria or Arlington imo.
How the U.S. can maintain its edge in AI without leaving workers behind www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
"For the first time since we began tracking zero-day exploitation, we attributed more zero-days to commercial surveillance vendors than to traditional state-sponsored cyber espionage groups."
Love to see the stats backing up my hunch.
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
First Gen X'ers are now...(checks notes.)..60
Old skool division:
Sweetwater Clifton
Nate ‘Tiny’ Archibald)
Hondo (John Havlicek)
Earl the Pearl Monroe
Cedric ‘Cornbread’ Maxwell
The Whopper (Billy Paultz)
Mr Mean (Larry Smith)
The Chief (Robert Parrish)
The Human Eraser (Marvin Webster)
Dr. Dunkenstein (Darrell Griffith)
Federal science workforce in 2025:
NSF down over 30%
USGS, NOAA, and NIH down 20%
DOE down 17%
NIST down 15%
NASA down 12%
By comparison, the total federal civilian workforce was down approximately 10% last year.
www.aip.org/fyi/federal-...
A lot of expertise was lost in last year’s mass layoffs eos.org/research-and...
On Pat Riley Day. Just feels right.
Celtics win in L.A. on Pat Riley Day just seems right.
“The total amount of energy from outside the solar system ever received by all the radio telescopes on the planet Earth is less than the energy of a single snowflake hitting the ground.”
— Carl Sagan
It's called health risk management. It's what doctors are trained to do. Lots of drugs work 'too well' see: hypertension medication. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/w...
Would be the first non-scientist or engineer to hold the position.
The article also notes that Jim O'Neill-- former acting head of CDC-- will be nominated as NSF Director. If confirmed O'Neill would be the first non-scientist or engineer to hold the post. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
There’s def an end of world feeling at Kwajalein
Dedication to social science and moral commitments, yes.
Vocoders, no.
a sardine
The Sierra’s gonna Sierra
What's happening during attention lapses after poor sleep?
A fluid wave. Your brain is trying to clean itself, to wash away waste products.
nature.com/articles/s41...
gift link
wsj.com/health/welln...
White House Drafting Executive Order To Reshape U.S. Quantum Policy thequantuminsider.com/2026/02/04/w...
