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Some actual images of star systems being born
https://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/category/stars/
 @yogthos i've seen the academy award winning film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0HWQ8p7nM China is ahead of Russia in development of hypersonic weapons and may have already deployed a weapon capable of hitting US bases in the Pacific https://archive.ph/OyHup First electric car using sodium-ion battery has been produced in China. Tech just in infancy - as it scales, it will compete with lithium. As it relies on highly abundant and cheap materials, will make a huge difference Only 2.7% of Silicon Valley Bank deposits are less than $250,000. Meaning, 97.3% aren't FDIC insured. 🎻 SVB got hit by a bank run, and over 90% of their financial assets are not insured. This will almost certainly lead to a domino effect. and SVB was just shut down/taken over by FDIC For the First Time Ever: Scientists Map the Brain of an Insect with Over Half a Million Synapses https://innovationorigins.com/en/laio/for-the-first-time-ever-scientists-map-the-brain-of-an-insect-with-over-half-a-million-synapses/ US is finding out you can't just spin up high tech industry on a whim https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-03-09/worker-shortages-are-hurdle-for-52-billion-us-plan-to-boost-chip-manufacturing A thread on the British colonial administration of Hong Kong: 1. All 28 Governors of Hong Kong are directly appointed by the Queen of England 2. HKers cannot arbitrarily discuss about the Queen of England and the government indiscriminately. Hong Kong even had a curfew for 55 years. 3. Until the 20th century, HKers were still caned and arbitrarily searched by the authorities. 4. During the nearly 100 years of British colonial rule in Hong Kong, no Hong Kong Chinese served as a senior official of the Hong Kong government. 5. Britain has never implemented any democratic system in Hong Kong, and HKers have never had the right to vote or participate in political decision-making.  @yogthos Michael Parenti had an anecdote about American economists being surprised their Soviet counterparts were even allowed to read American academic authors, let alone be as expert in them as they were. It’s interesting to see that they still completely underestimate the other side. Health workers’ strikes to continue in the UK, government agrees to negotiations @yogthos In return I offer this Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird: Galen Weston Assures Canadians Record Profits Are Not From Food, But From Medicine, Clothing And Other Basic Human Necessities https://www.thetorontoharold.com/news/hxsfz5lscnlz6ognverjyudvltl0je Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born on this day in 1934. He was the first human to journey into outer space. Travelling in the Vostok 1 capsule, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. |
