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Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts

Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts

“We're not necessarily building in a dogmatic fashion towards full autonomy.”

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No, neither makes sense I had two posts titled Whensday. Now there is one. It is re-headlined Densday. And give gentle advice Trunkline, the least-written of the three WordPress blogs I run and write for, all with the kind assistance of the good folks at Pressable, has a new theme. The old one dated from […]

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Andrew Shell is the guy at WordCamp with the I ❤️ RSS shirt and stickers he's giving out. And he's a nice guy who knows a lot about RSS-based networking. He's kind of the expert on that.

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Containing North Korea Requires an 'Economy of Force' (bloomberg.com)

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Inside the Green Party group chats that discussed ‘killing Zionists’ (thetimes.com)

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The Athletic’s Premier League predictions for 2026-27: Final table, best signing and much more (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Elizabeth Smart Is Rethinking the True-Crime Podcast (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Political Wire
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Jared Kushner Says Trump ‘Doesn’t Wanna Rush Deal’

Jared Kushner told Fox News that President Trump “doesn’t wanna rush to a deal” with Iran to end the war, admitting: “We are not there yet.”

Political Wire
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How Ukraine’s Satellites Help Drive Its War Drones

New York Times: “A year ago, it could take days for satellite imagery to get to frontline troops, slowed by less sophisticated technology and layers of command structure. That made it difficult to hit targets that can move locations, like troops in a house, with long-range drone strikes. Now, a support team monitoring the house […]

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Trump Administration Readies 1,000 Election Monitors

“The Justice Department plans to send 1,000 monitors to watch voting during the midterm elections in November, a historic figure for a Republican administration,” Bloomberg reports.

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Trump Contradicts Vance on Top Priority in Iran

“President Donald Trump contradicted Vice President JD Vance on Monday after the vice president asserted last week that the administration’s top priority amid the Iran war was to keep the price of oil and gas down for Americans,” ABC News reports. In a social media post, Trump said that the “number one Goal is, and […]

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The Moon's shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it

The Moon's shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it

Here's what it was like watching a total solar eclipse 90 minutes north of Madrid.

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As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value

As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value

"Network effect" can run in reverse.

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Victor Brauner, Untitled, 1957 #museumarchive #modernart

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Another busy day programming with Claude on Frontier. I still have to come up with a codename. But we got to a milestone today. I was able to create, edit, publish and revise a web app using the new version of the app still running on the old machine. When it's done I will get to retire this old Mac, keep it around so we can test the new code to make sure it does what the old code does, incredibly important when porting a development and runtime environment. Claude works on its stuff at night. The workload it's going to do tonight is the equivalent of several months time for a skilled human developer who manages their time well. As people get used to working this way, I imagine the AIs will learn how to better work with humans, if that is their destiny. I still can't believe we're doing what we're doing.

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Trump seems determined to weaken America by undermining the very allies who make us stronger. Hours before major U.S.-South Korea military exercises began, Trump called for the drills to be scaled back. These exercises have long been one of the clearest demonstrations of

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We just sent a new Micro Monday email update out! Still getting our bearings again with email. I also built a new system to manage and send the emails. Learning a lot, as always. 🤞

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Middle East War Forces U.S. Aircraft Carrier Shift

“The USS George Washington’s deployment from Japan to the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln will leave the U.S. without an aircraft carrier in the western Pacific — just as adversaries in the area are flexing their military power,” Axios reports. “Why it matters: Temporary carrier gaps are not uncommon, but the absence […]

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Unearthed footage of Natalie Harp interviewing Corey Lewandowski about investigations into Trump

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Natalie Harp insists Trump won the 2020 election: "We shouldn't be afraid to say that. Because it's true"