The buyouts are a solid indication that Skydance is looking to reduce headcount. Announcing a 5 day RTO policy at the same time shows that the management also views RTO as a pathway to reduced headcount. Less about being quiet and more like being very conspicuous.
It would be nice that if instead of a full competition, space race, there was cooperative competition, similar to, but better than, the International Space Station. Plan the first lunar base together, but each country works on their own rockets, landers, etc. Share the cost, have a vested interest in making space accesible
Bring India into the fold, as well as Japan, ESA, etc.
Russia is excluded.
I mean maybe Starlink would be able to put some price pressure on other carriers. But that Mint mobile is like $10 month (= taxes and fees, etc etc) that's a pretty competitive market. I would much rather buy from an affable Canadian than a
And in 2026 you have to be pretty remote not to get some version of a terrestrial signal. Even the times I was on vacation, away from urban areas, but not like wilderness remote I could tether just fine with my off-brand cell service. When I am actually in wilderness I'm not dragging a laptop and I'm fine without service. That's kind of the point. ( Requisite "What happens in an emergency" Well, I'm not that guy in sneakers and shorts All-Trails-ing up Shasta in the late afternoon without knowing the weather. I'm fine outdoors.)
"Buy on the rumor, sell on the news" old but pretty accurate description of herd mentality of stock trading. Now codified in algorithmic trading.
Recall that Moderna stock (MRNA) is up over 600% YTD and that is based on the "We cured cancer** " rumor narrative. A little pull back when this is narrowed to "only" better outcomes on certain cancer in combination with an existing drug and at exorbitant expense...I think a little pullback on the stock price is warranted. Its also a little weird to me as a lay-person that this is tied together with Keytruda.
More interesting is that the tools and techniques around mRNA are still progressing in meaningful ways. As others have posted, the mRNA research started on therapies like this melanoma treatment, with covid interrupting to an extent.
"NATO turned what was originally intended to be a mostly peaceful show of force like the temporary invasion of Georgia into a war of attrition."
That's a pretty wild assertion. Like did I totally mis-understand the movie Red Dawn ?!?
As a thought experiment, let's say the supposition above was correct? After being rebuffed in Kyiv, rather than demonstrating Russia could & would walk into Ukraine any time and call it a day. Putin pursued a bloody, multi-year ground war, and calculated attacks against civilians. That seems to contradict the 'peacful show of force' bit.
Nah, there's no nuance here. Putin wanted to topple the Ukraine government, take Donbas to add to Crimea, and then install a puppet for awhile. But he blew it. And here we are. He's not super smart, he's not super brave, he's a --clown
Not for nothing, but this is the unlock schedule. There will be twice the number of shares tradeable in 2027 as there are now.
October 9 328.4 million shares (7%)
October 24, 328.4 million shares (7%)
November up to 1.3 billion shares (28%)
Dec.8, 2026: 797.6 million shares
2027: Elon Musk’s 6.42 billion shares unlock in stages, with Musk’s block fully tradable on June 12, 2027
Same reason no (rational) person will sign up for Sam Altman's crypto / retinal scan
For the record below is what the State Bar dinged Jenkins on. tldr; The prior DA's office let a guy with 73 felonies and 34 misdemeanors in S.F. alone be allowed to be free before his last crime which was armed carjacking and then killing two people in his getaway attempt. Jenkins emailed the criminal's record using her city gov email to outside address.
https://thevoicesf.org/exclusi...
Mission Local
"The subject line of Jenkins’ email was “Troy McAllister Police reports.” It contained three police reports regarding the serial offender who, while driving intoxicated on Dec. 31, 2020, struck and killed two pedestrians. All three police reports were unredacted and, significantly, one contained a lengthy, unredacted rap sheet for McAlister, dating back to 1993.
Following their exit from the District Attorney’s office, both Jenkins and du Bain officially joined the nascent recall effort of Boudin, and highlighted the details of McAlister’s extensive criminal history contained in the police reports and/or rap sheet."
Separately I am curious on how a criminals 'rap sheet' is not public record. Note I voted for Brooke and will vote for her again. She is an important part of the re-making SF livable again.
Wish I had mod points. Very interesting paper from 1999 no less. That's an informative keeper for me and to have my kids read.
It's dispiriting but not un-expected to see comments in
As though the USGS of all groups is some politically motivated shadow group. The USGS. And 100 years of a parade of people measuring the sea at Fort Point and writing down the measurements.
I need to sit down and record myself today doing a testimonial on my perspective, ideals, thoughts etc. And then send it to my extended family. That way when I become older and somewhat un-hinged people can point me back to video when I was not a kook and hopefully it will knock some sense back into me.
Except Europe doesn't actually have all of these. Some of them yes, but not all. It's still super-expensive to raise one child (let alone two+) in Western Europe. Same as it is in first world Asia like Japan, Korea, etc
This data shows a huge drop in U.S. fertility rates going into the Great Depression leading into WWII. Why? To quote "It's the economy stupid." That and perhaps a certain level of optimism/pessimism for the future.
https://www.researchgate.net/f...
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-...
The initial instinct is correct. Parent is off his rocker. Simple formula is to make having 2.1 kids on average easy and pleasant.
IMHO that means
-free childcare from 4 months to Kindergarten
-free public schools K-12 that are good nationwide
-Very low cost education incl state colleges and training + apprenticeships for trades
-Affordable health care
-Available work that pays the bills, keeps up with inflation, puts a roof over your head
There are solutions to each of these none of which require unseemly new -ism's nor Eisenhower era 90% tax brackets. But it does require taming the corporate and political interests that have effectively sabotaged childcare, education, healthcare, retirement and wages. We see it again and again decade after decade, and somehow don't have the stones to fix it. Oh, and the foreign wars. Those have proved to be absolute wastes of treasure. Back to watching the intro to Idiocracy again
In real life Hegseth would be fired, Palantir would be replaced. The Civilian Protect units would not have been eviscerated.
Even in the current administration, stuff that smears the president will usually get you canned. But looks like Heggie is pretty invincible given the pass he was provided on this tragedy, Johnson calling his sheep back to the barn early to prevent any on-the-record votes about Heggie. I hope that the next session of congress will propose a bill to cancel as much of the Palantir government contracts as is feasible.
I think there is great value in having the military interface with the general public. Especially in an all voluntary military situation. It's an opportunity for the public to see how servicemen/women are living, the sacrifices they are making compared to the civilians, and how tax dollars are being spent. I am fortunate that annually the Navy comes to town and offers tours of the vessels they've docked. It super interesting to see the level of sophistication / lack of sophistication on these ships. The morale and conduct of the enlisted and officers. It's just a weekend but provides excellent insight, to my a civie. You also tend to get a little of the 'real' from jokes and side comments the service people present.
I also am a super-fan of air shows, displaying the speed, precision, and sheer power directed to making that 20k kg aircraft burn through the sky. It's the kid in me, but that's awesome. Likewise with a slow, and low flyby of the bigger planes. Helos the whole deal.
BUT what Heggie and the like are pursuing is much more related to the desire of a-holes like Putin, Xi, Kim Jong Un, Gaddafi, and other dear leader types. I feel certain if they could swing it, they would put on one of those military parades with the pointy missiles on trucks and scores of troops with heavy boots walking in lock-step. No. Not in the United States of America please and thank you. More, planned, organized interactive events between military...less show of power nonsense. RPMs of founding fathers within sarcophagi increasing with every passing day
A solid 25% of my electricity bill goes to wildfire costs and that's up from 13% in 2023. Keep in mind that this is 'revenue requirement' money which means the cost also includes "and includes an opportunity for the utility to earn a fair return on its investments." That fair return was apparently helpful in buying Xavier Becerra the governorship
My question is why aren't these costs amortized over 20, 30, 50 years since the benefits of such measures presumably will endure over that period of time? Or put another way, why should rate payers in 2023-2033 bear the entire cost?
Also insurance situation in California is badly . The top job, Insurance Commissioner is a port of call for legislators who have termed out. And bad ones at that. They skew the insurance rates, not accurately reflecting the risks nor costs. It's a veritable giveaway with a typical CA politician thought that these costly benefits will come for free. Nope. Homeowner insurance rates are rising through the roof, if you are lucky and not having your policy cancelled.
Keeping watch over this mess for the past 8 years? This guy:
Ricardo Lara - Straight from college to being a staffer in the statehouse. Then elected to State Assembly (2010–2012) and State Senate (2012–2018) before becoming Insurance Commissioner.
Wikipedia: "After the election, Lara faced significant criticism in which he admitted to receiving donations from the insurance industry he regulates despite pledging not to do so during his campaign.[23][24][25][26][27]
Since assuming office in 2019, Lara has missed nearly all key Senate Insurance Committee hearings, few of which were held each year, often due to international and cross-country travel. Public records revealed at least 46 such trips, including a minimum of 11 taxpayer-funded international excursions to destinations like Bogotá, Paris, Bermuda, Toronto, and the United Kingdom. In many cases, the Department of Insurance has been unable to provide clear documentation of the business purpose of these trips."
W T A F
I got this link from a Slashdot poster years ago and have been fascinated with it ever since.
https://www.gridstatus.io/live...
California is CAISO as noted by parent post. There are frequently days where the sun is shining but temps are not too high or for wind where it is windy, but again temps not so high. In both cases there is a certain amount of electricity that simply cannot be added to the grid because there is no demand. The operators basically turn those off** and that is called curtailment. There can be 1, 9, higher GWh of electricity that could be generated but is not. There is still lotsa battery room to grow to capture this. Indeed we are still in an era of negative (wholesale) electricity pricing for parts of the day until storage meets that curtailment load.
Also, also some consumer + business demand balancing like avoiding running the dryer between 4-9p; figuring out when to charge your elec vehicle etc.
tldr; it's coming along. I can legit see that carbon-ish neutral generating coming soon. If only [expletive] PG&E didn't rob us *** on the transmission and delivery costs we could
**That's also why some wind turbines aren't turning on windy days. They're not broken, just told not to produce so they feather the props
*** Complicit with the corrupt and inept political apparatchiks.
The next person to mention spaghetti stacks to me is going to have his head knocked off. -- Bill Conrad
