Hard Pass

I haven't heard about thermodynamic computing before, but it sounds pretty interesting. As IEEE Spectrum explains , "the components of a thermodynamic chip begin in a semi-random state. A program is fed into the components, and once equilibrium is reached between these parts, the equilibrium is read out as the solution. This computation style only works with applications that involve a non-deterministic result ... various AI tasks, such as AI image generation and other training tasks, thrive on this hardware." It sounds almost like quantum computing to my layperson ears. [edit: fixed link]

A fresh expansion of UK crimefighters' access to live facial recognition (LFR) technology is being described by officials as "an excellent opportunity for policing." Privacy campaigners disagree.

The Home Office said today that more police forces across England will gain LFR capabilities thanks to ten new "cutting edge" vans being wheeled out, adding to those already in use by London's Metropolitan Police and forces in South Wales.

Seven forces will gain access to LFR vans as part of the latest expansion. These are: Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Bedfordshire, Surrey and Sussex (jointly), and Thames Valley and Hampshire (jointly).

Microsoft is being sued by a man who feels cheated by the current plans to sunset Windows 10. He makes some good points, but I doubt he'll win.

[alt text: a screenshot of a satirical news headline and an accompanying image. The headline says: "BREAKING NEWS: Clever migrant wears the Epstein files to hide from Trump administration." The accompanying image depicts a person wearing a ghillie suit made up of legal documents (presumably the Epstein files). The person is standing directly in front of an ICE officer, and the officer is saying, "I can't see anything!"]

Undermining California’s nationally recognized model for fair redistricting would set a harmful precedent nationwide. In Texas, the League of Women Voters is actively fighting extreme partisan gerrymanders, including filing an amicus brief in the case challenging Governor Greg Abbott’s attempt to expel State Representative Gene Wu. To maintain a consistent national standard, states like California must reject partisan gerrymanders – even those framed as temporary – so we can stand united in opposing them wherever they occur.

Furthermore, temporary exceptions rarely stay temporary. Once you break a safeguard, you don’t just risk one or two or three elections, you set a precedent that future politicians can and will use again. This precedent would invite future gerrymanders in California, including from political actors whose policies we may deeply oppose. Long-term damage to democratic norms will outlast any short-term gain.

We understand the urgency. Authoritarianism is not abstract; it is here, and it is dangerous. President Trump has created a constitutional crisis on multiple fronts – assaults to democracy that the League is at the vanguard of fighting. But the way to fight is not to abandon one of California’s greatest democratic reforms.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250814123313/https://lwvc.org/opposition-mid-cycle-redistricting/

Hmm... Sounds like fraud, waste and abuse to me. Quick! Somebody call DOGE!

The post from source: https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-i-have-ghislaine-maxwells

That post aged like wine.

Blue States Need To Defeat Trump with his playbook. There are blue states like NY that have laws in place to prohibit gerrymandering. They need to redraw their maps anyways before the 2026 midterms. Have the conservatives take them to court, and fight it, dragging they feet, until whoops, it's after the election. Trump does things knowing they are unconstitutional but he won't stop until he loses in court and has no further appeals, and even then might not stop. We should do the same. To save our country, to once again be a nation where the law applied to everyone, we need to temporarily throw out the rules and ignore the laws, just like Trump does, then when we have control, pass laws and put measures in place to prevent that from happening again in the future. So that no state can be allowed to gerrymander their Congressional maps. No President can blatantly defy our nations laws and get away with it for months while it is fought out in court. There needs to be a method to remove a president and members of Congress via a recall by their constituents.

Wanna bet this guy is predator or adulterer?

I bet he threatens young masseuses for happy endings.