Is it fair to say that it was personal ambition that got Mandelson?
He ended up wanting to move with the "international rich" (as Alan Clark used to term them) and thought that he was more important than his former peers.
Pride goes before ...
... a lifetime of grift.
He is 72 years old, and is unashamedly filthy rich.
If he never works another day in his life, he is not exactly going to the poorhouse.
Not many of his ex constituents will be as secure as he is.
If he ends up.in clink, it won't matter how rich he is.
Depends what sort of clink. I understand Ms Maxwell enjoys a fairly luxurious place of detention. Epstein himself used to wfh, returning to his pen at nights. It too appears to have lacked nothing, except of course a lock on the door to keep the ruffians out.
If Swindon Town wins.. The place is utterly devoid of culture. Imagine winning a trip to the UK City of Culture and ending up in Swindon Town centre. There's a railway museum and an edge of town shit shopping village. The centre of town is mostly closed down
You could visit the Oasis centre in West Swindon, which apparently gave Oasis their name. It's shit
Isn't it the setting for The Office?
That's culture.
That's Slough I think you'll find, which does at least have the old Horlicks factory.
Yes, it was set in the old ICI building where I once worked.
Crossover happened today on next PM market - Rayner now favourite:
Rayner 5.2/5.4 Streeting 5.4/5.6
And Rayner now favourite for Next Labour leader by quite a margin:
Rayner 3.75/4.8 Streeting 5.1/5.4
Labour following in Conservative footsteps - members are going to choose the person they love but who will simultaneously be the worst possible choice for winning the next GE.
It follows reports over the weekend that Angela Rayner has, well:-
Meanwhile, today is Groundhog Day in the United States, as made into a film starring Bill Murray.
The tale of an ambitous cynic who gets stuck in a time loop which causes him to believe that his actions have no consequences, the Mandelson scandal is likely to be the top story on tonight's news.
Apparently the aforementioned groundhog (known as Punxsutawney Phil) has decreed six weeks more of winter in his part of North America and to be honest in the 18th Century that was about the best weather forecast available.
In the 21st Century there is finally some warmth coming to the east of North America at the end of the week after a long cold period.
There is much talk in weather nerd circles of polar vortex and mid-Feb, so don't get too calm yet.
Ukraine was apparently colder than the N Pole over the weekend.
Meanwhile, today is Groundhog Day in the United States, as made into a film starring Bill Murray.
The tale of an ambitous cynic who gets stuck in a time loop which causes him to believe that his actions have no consequences, the Mandelson scandal is likely to be the top story on tonight's news.
Phil: Do you ever have déjà vu, Mrs. Lancaster? Mrs. Lancaster: I don't think so, but I could check with the kitchen.
In the original script, Bill Murray was stuck in the time loop for 10,000 years.
I can’t remember - do we know how long he is stuck for.
It is the source of much internet discussion, but there is no definitive answer.
Hiowever, nobody -I think- has suggested 10,000 years. 10,000 days perhaps, but not years.
The director said it was 30-40 years, in the actual film, as shot. IIRC
If you were wondering whether FBI agents are willing to break the law if told to by the president, the answer is is the same as it was for whether soldiers and generals would follow illegal orders: on the whole, with exceptions, yes. These are practice runs. Like the firebombing of the boats in the Caribbean, they are meant to habituate everyone — the officers, the media, Congress, the public — to the idea that the president can not only break the law himself (we know that, thanks to the Supreme Court), but order others to do so, and no consequences will follow. Nobody quits, nobody gets investigated, nobody goes to jail. Not even if they kill someone. https://x.com/acoyne/status/2018405974764060760
Crossover happened today on next PM market - Rayner now favourite:
Rayner 5.2/5.4 Streeting 5.4/5.6
And Rayner now favourite for Next Labour leader by quite a margin:
Rayner 3.75/4.8 Streeting 5.1/5.4
Labour following in Conservative footsteps - members are going to choose the person they love but who will simultaneously be the worst possible choice for winning the next GE.
It follows reports over the weekend that Angela Rayner has, well:-
Meanwhile, today is Groundhog Day in the United States, as made into a film starring Bill Murray.
The tale of an ambitous cynic who gets stuck in a time loop which causes him to believe that his actions have no consequences, the Mandelson scandal is likely to be the top story on tonight's news.
Phil: Do you ever have déjà vu, Mrs. Lancaster? Mrs. Lancaster: I don't think so, but I could check with the kitchen.
In the original script, Bill Murray was stuck in the time loop for 10,000 years.
I can’t remember - do we know how long he is stuck for.
It is the source of much internet discussion, but there is no definitive answer.
Hiowever, nobody -I think- has suggested 10,000 years. 10,000 days perhaps, but not years.
The director said it was 30-40 years, in the actual film, as shot. IIRC
Just joining the thread. I take it we are arguing about how much the average Melania punter felt they'd aged during screening?
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Meanwhile, today is Groundhog Day in the United States, as made into a film starring Bill Murray.
The tale of an ambitous cynic who gets stuck in a time loop which causes him to believe that his actions have no consequences, the Mandelson scandal is likely to be the top story on tonight's news.
Phil: Do you ever have déjà vu, Mrs. Lancaster? Mrs. Lancaster: I don't think so, but I could check with the kitchen.
In the original script, Bill Murray was stuck in the time loop for 10,000 years.
I can’t remember - do we know how long he is stuck for.
It is the source of much internet discussion, but there is no definitive answer.
Hiowever, nobody -I think- has suggested 10,000 years. 10,000 days perhaps, but not years.
The director said it was 30-40 years, in the actual film, as shot. IIRC
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
He'll end up reinventing Metaverse so you can put on a headset and explore a Grok generated universe.
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Basically just SpaceX investers buying himself back out of spending money on Twitter.
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Because he is rich and powerful and therefore he can.
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Apparently The Next Big Thing is Data Servers In Space. I'm not making that up. Data Servers. In Space. Big ones.
So by merging xAI and SpaceX he has the ability to launch Big Data Servers into Space so they can run the AI moar kwik or something. I dunno. I don't operate at Stupid Rich level. He has hundreds of billions to play with and nobody to tell him no. So it's Big Data Servers In Spaaace time.
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Basically just SpaceX investers buying himself back out of spending money on Twitter.
He already did that when XAI bought what was Twitter. This helps finance the much costlier AI development.
The SpaceX IPO will be vast, so a few tens of billions can probably be skimmed off for that. Should keep the whole thing rolling for a year or two.
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Apparently The Next Big Thing is Data Servers In Space. I'm not making that up. Data Servers. In Space. Big ones.
So by merging xAI and SpaceX he has the ability to launch Big Data Servers into Space so they can run the AI moar kwik or something. I dunno. I don't operate at Stupid Rich level. He has hundreds of billions to play with and nobody to tell him no. So it's Big Data Servers In Spaaace time.
Maybe all the robots can operate in space too and just send drones down to earth to deliver the goods that they make.
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Apparently The Next Big Thing is Data Servers In Space. I'm not making that up. Data Servers. In Space. Big ones.
So by merging xAI and SpaceX he has the ability to launch Big Data Servers into Space so they can run the AI moar kwik or something. I dunno. I don't operate at Stupid Rich level. He has hundreds of billions to play with and nobody to tell him no. So it's Big Data Servers In Spaaace time.
Maybe all the robots can operate in space too and just send drones down to earth to deliver the goods that they make.
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Apparently The Next Big Thing is Data Servers In Space. I'm not making that up. Data Servers. In Space. Big ones.
So by merging xAI and SpaceX he has the ability to launch Big Data Servers into Space so they can run the AI moar kwik or something. I dunno. I don't operate at Stupid Rich level. He has hundreds of billions to play with and nobody to tell him no. So it's Big Data Servers In Spaaace time.
I believe the idea is then they can be powered in space too and not need to use earthbound power.
Whether its truly cheaper to power data servers in space than on the ground is another question.
The Green Party have shared doorstep data with me from across Gorton and Denton.
They say it shows:
Reform - 39%
Greens - 34%
Labour - 21%
Their data shows Reform 5 points ahead and Labour in a poor third place.
That's amazing. Those numbers are exactly what the Greens would want the electorate of the constituency to think the state of the race is. And it turns out they are the actual real numbers! They must be delighted.
39% looks far too high for Reform given that two-thirds of the constituency isn't exactly good ground for them. If they win it'll be with around 30% at most imo.
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Apparently The Next Big Thing is Data Servers In Space. I'm not making that up. Data Servers. In Space. Big ones.
So by merging xAI and SpaceX he has the ability to launch Big Data Servers into Space so they can run the AI moar kwik or something. I dunno. I don't operate at Stupid Rich level. He has hundreds of billions to play with and nobody to tell him no. So it's Big Data Servers In Spaaace time.
I believe the idea is then they can be powered in space too and not need to use earthbound power.
Whether its truly cheaper to power data servers in space than on the ground is another question.
Of no great importance, but kind of fun: The low temperature in Orlando, Florida last night was 25 degrees; the low temperautre in Juneau, Alaska was 32 degrees. (Fahrenheit, of course.)
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Apparently The Next Big Thing is Data Servers In Space. I'm not making that up. Data Servers. In Space. Big ones.
So by merging xAI and SpaceX he has the ability to launch Big Data Servers into Space so they can run the AI moar kwik or something. I dunno. I don't operate at Stupid Rich level. He has hundreds of billions to play with and nobody to tell him no. So it's Big Data Servers In Spaaace time.
I believe the idea is then they can be powered in space too and not need to use earthbound power.
Whether its truly cheaper to power data servers in space than on the ground is another question.
Interesting program following Steve Rosenberg doing his job as BBC Moscow correspondent. He's one of the best the BBC has and obviously has to walk a tightrope a lot of the time. But he's always clear and always appears decent. I don't know about making himself the story though. It seems a little narcissistic for someone with his quality
They were talking about the programme this morning on Today. It was Panorama who approached him and the Moscow BBC team and he initially didn’t want to do it as they are so busy and a small team but Panorama really wanted to see his perspective as a British journo in Moscow who has such a long connection and so can engage with the country well. So the point of the story was intended to be as much about him as Russia by design of Panorama.
It was actually an excellent program. Well worth watching
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Apparently The Next Big Thing is Data Servers In Space. I'm not making that up. Data Servers. In Space. Big ones.
So by merging xAI and SpaceX he has the ability to launch Big Data Servers into Space so they can run the AI moar kwik or something. I dunno. I don't operate at Stupid Rich level. He has hundreds of billions to play with and nobody to tell him no. So it's Big Data Servers In Spaaace time.
I believe the idea is then they can be powered in space too and not need to use earthbound power.
Whether its truly cheaper to power data servers in space than on the ground is another question.
A lot of it seems to be on the back of the Google paper :
In less disgraceful governance matters.. I’ve just booked my holiday!
Train to Paris on 17 April, whence I’ll get another train to Vannes. Hotel for a night in Vannes, then a return flight from Bordeaux (can’t get a sensible flight back from Biarritz) on 11 May
That should give me plenty of time to walk the circa 400 miles from Vannes to Biarritz. Everything else will be booked on the day
I love an adventure!
How many miles a day do you usually walk, roughly speaking?
At work ten to twelve, on holiday about twenty five, on days off about five
You're like one of those TdF cyclists. Doing a leisurely 200km on the "rest day" so their legs don't seize up.
That's simply not true: there are lots of nice areas for Londoners to live in.
Here in California, for example, there's Brentwood in Los Angeles. That's a nice area for Londoners -like me- to live in,
I thought Brentwood was on the Elizabeth Line, just over the Essex border
Come to rural Essex, for the price of a flat in central London you can buy a mansion here and in Summer it is beautiful, great pubs and walks and Fetes and shows and cricket on greens in summer and easy to get into London anyway just a short drive to a tube or train station.
I would still live in Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, Hampstead or Richmond Park if I could afford it (and if I was Jewish Golders Green) but yes anywhere else in London you are better off living in a nice part of the home counties in my view once you reach your 30s and beyond
That's simply not true: there are lots of nice areas for Londoners to live in.
Here in California, for example, there's Brentwood in Los Angeles. That's a nice area for Londoners -like me- to live in,
I thought Brentwood was on the Elizabeth Line, just over the Essex border
Come to rural Essex, for the price of a flat in central London you can buy a mansion here and in Summer it is beautiful, great pubs and walks and Fetes and shows and cricket on greens in summer and easy to get into London anyway just a short drive to a tube or train station.
I would still live in Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, Hampstead or Richmond Park if I could afford it (and if I was Jewish Golders Green) but yes anywhere else in London you are better off living in a nice part of the home counties in my view once you reach your 30s and beyond
Where do you keep the tanks? Next to the shed you keep the Morris Dancer kit in?
We've touched on the ongoing dramas in Australian politics and it seems the Liberal and National Parties remain split after the meeting between Liberal leader Sussan Ley and National leader David Littleproud on Tuesday morning (local).
The Liberals sit on the Opposition benches while the Nationals are now on the Crossbench with the other Independents.
The poll rise of Pauline Hanson's One Nation is another big factor - the latest Roy Morgan has them at 25% with the Liberals on 18%.
South Australia has a State election on March 21st and the question will be whether One Nation can emerge as the opposition to Labor. One to watch.
We've touched on the ongoing dramas in Australian politics and it seems the Liberal and National Parties remain split after the meeting between Liberal leader Sussan Ley and National leader David Littleproud on Tuesday morning (local).
The Liberals sit on the Opposition benches while the Nationals are now on the Crossbench with the other Independents.
The poll rise of Pauline Hanson's One Nation is another big factor - the latest Roy Morgan has them at 25% with the Liberals on 18%.
South Australia has a State election on March 21st and the question will be whether One Nation can emerge as the opposition to Labor. One to watch.
The Nationals will likely be wiped out in their largely rural and outer suburb and small town seats by One Nation.
The Liberals will survive though in more prosperous urban and suburban areas and Sussan Ley is more popular with Teals who have made inroads in such seats than recent Liberal leaders have been.
The Liberals still lead One Nation in South Australia but Labor lead on 2PP
If you were wondering whether FBI agents are willing to break the law if told to by the president, the answer is is the same as it was for whether soldiers and generals would follow illegal orders: on the whole, with exceptions, yes. These are practice runs. Like the firebombing of the boats in the Caribbean, they are meant to habituate everyone — the officers, the media, Congress, the public — to the idea that the president can not only break the law himself (we know that, thanks to the Supreme Court), but order others to do so, and no consequences will follow. Nobody quits, nobody gets investigated, nobody goes to jail. Not even if they kill someone. https://x.com/acoyne/status/2018405974764060760
The Supreme Court, despite having some smart people on it, really did not think very far ahead when taking the most broad interpretation possible of presidential immunity, combined with the untested and probably similarly broad ability to pardon people.
You might say actually they did think far ahead and like the authoritarian approach, which is certainly true of a few of them, but as of now it is not impossible for Trump's minions to lose, and there's no way Alito and Thomas for one would accept a Democrat president having that kind of latitude.
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Apparently The Next Big Thing is Data Servers In Space. I'm not making that up. Data Servers. In Space. Big ones.
So by merging xAI and SpaceX he has the ability to launch Big Data Servers into Space so they can run the AI moar kwik or something. I dunno. I don't operate at Stupid Rich level. He has hundreds of billions to play with and nobody to tell him no. So it's Big Data Servers In Spaaace time.
I believe the idea is then they can be powered in space too and not need to use earthbound power.
Whether its truly cheaper to power data servers in space than on the ground is another question.
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Apparently The Next Big Thing is Data Servers In Space. I'm not making that up. Data Servers. In Space. Big ones.
So by merging xAI and SpaceX he has the ability to launch Big Data Servers into Space so they can run the AI moar kwik or something. I dunno. I don't operate at Stupid Rich level. He has hundreds of billions to play with and nobody to tell him no. So it's Big Data Servers In Spaaace time.
I believe the idea is then they can be powered in space too and not need to use earthbound power.
Whether its truly cheaper to power data servers in space than on the ground is another question.
Elon's spin sounded like valuation-boosterism to me. But what do I know?
No one better at it than him.
Which is not to say some of his companies have not achieved a lot, but he does still make ridiculous promises as easily as he breathes.
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Merging a successful company with vapid buzz words.
Why?
Apparently The Next Big Thing is Data Servers In Space. I'm not making that up. Data Servers. In Space. Big ones.
So by merging xAI and SpaceX he has the ability to launch Big Data Servers into Space so they can run the AI moar kwik or something. I dunno. I don't operate at Stupid Rich level. He has hundreds of billions to play with and nobody to tell him no. So it's Big Data Servers In Spaaace time.
How many Brompton owners are there on PB: I count at least three.
Dura_Ace, MattW and me.
I really want one. I'm going touring this summer with a friend who has the gravel edition, and I've met someone who crossed the Nullarbor on one.
I've ridden mine from London to Brighton; it's a decent touring bike. If you have the small one (like me), you can usually take hand luggage on planes.
I’m not convinced by the supposed cooling advantages of data centers in space.
When you’re on the night side of the Earth, then sure, there's no sunlight, and yoiu can dump heat by radiating it away. Not because space is "cold" (it very much isn’t), but because there’s nothing around to stop infraredfrom streaming off into the void.
But let the Sun get a clean line of sight to you and things turn real ugly, real fast.
You have to actively move heat away from sun-exposed components using heat pipes or liquid loops, shepherd it around to carefully oriented radiator panels, and then politely ask deep space to take it away. All the while your servers are generating yet more heat.
So yes, you can cool a data center in space. Spacecraft have been doing thermal gymnastics like this for decades. But the idea that space itself is some kind of free, bottomless heat sink is a category error.
I’m not convinced by the supposed cooling advantages of data centers in space.
When you’re on the night side of the Earth, then sure, there's no sunlight, and yoiu can dump heat by radiating it away. Not because space is "cold" (it very much isn’t), but because there’s nothing around to stop infraredfrom streaming off into the void.
But let the Sun get a clean line of sight to you and things turn real ugly, real fast.
You have to actively move heat away from sun-exposed components using heat pipes or liquid loops, shepherd it around to carefully oriented radiator panels, and then politely ask deep space to take it away. All the while your servers are generating yet more heat.
So yes, you can cool a data center in space. Spacecraft have been doing thermal gymnastics like this for decades. But the idea that space itself is some kind of free, bottomless heat sink is a category error.
Someone senior has been reading Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive again
OMG! White Supremacist MAGA ghouls are going to lose their shit when they discover White American citizen Alex Pretti was summarily executed by a pair of ICE Hispanics.
Lord Mandelson interview with @katyballs , who spoke to him both before and after the release of thousands of new Epstein emails
* On resigning from Labour. 'The decision wasn’t easy but I feel better for it as I need to reset. I am a New Labour person and always will be wherever the current party situates itself. But I think I want a sea change. I want to be more an outsider looking in than the other way round. I want to contribute ideas that enable Britain to strengthen and to work for all, in every part of the country'
OMG! White Supremacist MAGA ghouls are going to lose their shit when they discover White American citizen Alex Pretti was summarily executed by a pair of ICE Hispanics.
Likewise privileged white liberals when they discover that the ICE agents weren't Okies from Muskogee.
I’m not convinced by the supposed cooling advantages of data centers in space.
When you’re on the night side of the Earth, then sure, there's no sunlight, and yoiu can dump heat by radiating it away. Not because space is "cold" (it very much isn’t), but because there’s nothing around to stop infraredfrom streaming off into the void.
But let the Sun get a clean line of sight to you and things turn real ugly, real fast.
You have to actively move heat away from sun-exposed components using heat pipes or liquid loops, shepherd it around to carefully oriented radiator panels, and then politely ask deep space to take it away. All the while your servers are generating yet more heat.
So yes, you can cool a data center in space. Spacecraft have been doing thermal gymnastics like this for decades. But the idea that space itself is some kind of free, bottomless heat sink is a category error.
I mean it’s worse, isn’t it? You can ONLY radiate the heat.
I’m not convinced by the supposed cooling advantages of data centers in space.
When you’re on the night side of the Earth, then sure, there's no sunlight, and yoiu can dump heat by radiating it away. Not because space is "cold" (it very much isn’t), but because there’s nothing around to stop infraredfrom streaming off into the void.
But let the Sun get a clean line of sight to you and things turn real ugly, real fast.
You have to actively move heat away from sun-exposed components using heat pipes or liquid loops, shepherd it around to carefully oriented radiator panels, and then politely ask deep space to take it away. All the while your servers are generating yet more heat.
So yes, you can cool a data center in space. Spacecraft have been doing thermal gymnastics like this for decades. But the idea that space itself is some kind of free, bottomless heat sink is a category error.
"in space" - they could be positioned on the dark side of the moon.
Regrettably, he's wrong. My pleasant market town is presently suffering a large influx of Londoners who have finally worked out that it's way nicer a couple of hundred miles further north. This is doing lots of bad things, including pushing up house prices, and encouraging the building of loads of nasty Barratt wonders on the edge of town (the London types think they are amazing, a four bed house for the price of a ropey London flat! I don't know of a single local living in one).
We should probably build a wall between Gloucester and Kings Lynn, and make the Southerners pay for it (feels a bit harsh to keep the Brummies out by drawing a line much further north).
OMG! White Supremacist MAGA ghouls are going to lose their shit when they discover White American citizen Alex Pretti was summarily executed by a pair of ICE Hispanics.
Likewise privileged white liberals when they discover that the ICE agents weren't Okies from Muskogee.
No I don't believe that is true. I suspect white liberal traitors are simply critical of performative cruelty against women and children and the execution of American citizens irrespective of the ethnicity of the perpetrators.
OMG! White Supremacist MAGA ghouls are going to lose their shit when they discover White American citizen Alex Pretti was summarily executed by a pair of ICE Hispanics.
Likewise privileged white liberals when they discover that the ICE agents weren't Okies from Muskogee.
No I don't believe that is true. I suspect white liberal traitors are simply critical of performative cruelty against women and children and the execution of American citizens irrespective of the ethnicity of the perpetrators.
OMG! White Supremacist MAGA ghouls are going to lose their shit when they discover White American citizen Alex Pretti was summarily executed by a pair of ICE Hispanics.
Likewise privileged white liberals when they discover that the ICE agents weren't Okies from Muskogee.
No I don't believe that is true. I suspect white liberal traitors are simply critical of performative cruelty against women and children and the execution of American citizens irrespective of the ethnicity of the perpetrators.
I’m not convinced by the supposed cooling advantages of data centers in space.
When you’re on the night side of the Earth, then sure, there's no sunlight, and yoiu can dump heat by radiating it away. Not because space is "cold" (it very much isn’t), but because there’s nothing around to stop infraredfrom streaming off into the void.
But let the Sun get a clean line of sight to you and things turn real ugly, real fast.
You have to actively move heat away from sun-exposed components using heat pipes or liquid loops, shepherd it around to carefully oriented radiator panels, and then politely ask deep space to take it away. All the while your servers are generating yet more heat.
So yes, you can cool a data center in space. Spacecraft have been doing thermal gymnastics like this for decades. But the idea that space itself is some kind of free, bottomless heat sink is a category error.
"in space" - they could be positioned on the dark side of the moon.
In Time, you could make Money.
The dark side of the moon is not dark. For half the time it faces the Sun. But it never faces the Earth. That's why it's called the FAR side of the Moon.
I’m not convinced by the supposed cooling advantages of data centers in space.
When you’re on the night side of the Earth, then sure, there's no sunlight, and yoiu can dump heat by radiating it away. Not because space is "cold" (it very much isn’t), but because there’s nothing around to stop infraredfrom streaming off into the void.
But let the Sun get a clean line of sight to you and things turn real ugly, real fast.
You have to actively move heat away from sun-exposed components using heat pipes or liquid loops, shepherd it around to carefully oriented radiator panels, and then politely ask deep space to take it away. All the while your servers are generating yet more heat.
So yes, you can cool a data center in space. Spacecraft have been doing thermal gymnastics like this for decades. But the idea that space itself is some kind of free, bottomless heat sink is a category error.
"in space" - they could be positioned on the dark side of the moon.
In Time, you could make Money.
The dark side of the moon is not dark. For half the time it faces the Sun. But it never faces the Earth. That's why it's called the FAR side of the Moon.
🚨🚨BREAKING: Steve Hilton outraised ALL other candidates and DOUBLED the nearest Republican in the last 6 months.🚨🚨
This is what momentum looks like. THANK YOU! We are going to SAVE CALIFORNIA!
California has a jungle primary: the top two candidates, irrespective of their party go through to the November General election. If there are a whole bunch of Democrats and only two or three credible Republicans, then it's far from impossible that you could end up wither with Hilton v another Republican, or Hilton v someone unelectable.
Right now, the polling has two Republicans - Hilton and Bianco in first and second place (albeit, it should be noted, with Bianco leading Hilton). There are then no fewer than seven Democrats duking it out currently. And that number could grow.
The leading Democrat, Katie Porter, has been having a bit of a nightmare, so it could be anyone's race.
I would keep an eye on Antonio Villaraigosa, the former Mayor of Los Angeles, who is a solid campaigner, has his base in by far the most populous part of the State, and could well benefit from the implosion of Katie Porter.
I’m not convinced by the supposed cooling advantages of data centers in space.
When you’re on the night side of the Earth, then sure, there's no sunlight, and yoiu can dump heat by radiating it away. Not because space is "cold" (it very much isn’t), but because there’s nothing around to stop infraredfrom streaming off into the void.
But let the Sun get a clean line of sight to you and things turn real ugly, real fast.
You have to actively move heat away from sun-exposed components using heat pipes or liquid loops, shepherd it around to carefully oriented radiator panels, and then politely ask deep space to take it away. All the while your servers are generating yet more heat.
So yes, you can cool a data center in space. Spacecraft have been doing thermal gymnastics like this for decades. But the idea that space itself is some kind of free, bottomless heat sink is a category error.
"in space" - they could be positioned on the dark side of the moon.
In Time, you could make Money.
The dark side of the moon is not dark. For half the time it faces the Sun. But it never faces the Earth. That's why it's called the FAR side of the Moon.
I’m not convinced by the supposed cooling advantages of data centers in space.
When you’re on the night side of the Earth, then sure, there's no sunlight, and yoiu can dump heat by radiating it away. Not because space is "cold" (it very much isn’t), but because there’s nothing around to stop infraredfrom streaming off into the void.
But let the Sun get a clean line of sight to you and things turn real ugly, real fast.
You have to actively move heat away from sun-exposed components using heat pipes or liquid loops, shepherd it around to carefully oriented radiator panels, and then politely ask deep space to take it away. All the while your servers are generating yet more heat.
So yes, you can cool a data center in space. Spacecraft have been doing thermal gymnastics like this for decades. But the idea that space itself is some kind of free, bottomless heat sink is a category error.
"in space" - they could be positioned on the dark side of the moon.
In Time, you could make Money.
The dark side of the moon is not dark. For half the time it faces the Sun. But it never faces the Earth. That's why it's called the FAR side of the Moon.
@edmundintokyo recently posted an interview with an activist called Will Stancil who was involved in the protests in Minneapolis. Sadly he's now fallen victim to literal infighting and got punched by his own side.
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Trump gave a "pep rally" speech to FBI agents who seized Georgia 2020 ballots in a phone call arranged by Tulsi Gabbard
https://x.com/tripgabriel/status/2018377388006973597
If so, I worked there too.
1. From whom did this money come?
2. What are they expecting in return? What have you promised them?
And don't give us guff about Labour values. We - well I - want specifics.
If you were wondering whether FBI agents are willing to break the law if told to by the president, the answer is is the same as it was for whether soldiers and generals would follow illegal orders: on the whole, with exceptions, yes.
These are practice runs. Like the firebombing of the boats in the Caribbean, they are meant to habituate everyone — the officers, the media, Congress, the public — to the idea that the president can not only break the law himself (we know that, thanks to the Supreme Court), but order others to do so, and no consequences will follow. Nobody quits, nobody gets investigated, nobody goes to jail. Not even if they kill someone.
https://x.com/acoyne/status/2018405974764060760
So question 1 should be
1) does this money actually exist?
As for HMRC dragging out their investigation, HMRC is seriously understaffed and rather bad at paying money back....
I take it we are arguing about how much the average Melania punter felt they'd aged during screening?
Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration
Why?
Basically just SpaceX investers buying himself back out of spending money on Twitter.
Why does Musk do anything these days?
So by merging xAI and SpaceX he has the ability to launch Big Data Servers into Space so they can run the AI moar kwik or something. I dunno. I don't operate at Stupid Rich level. He has hundreds of billions to play with and nobody to tell him no. So it's Big Data Servers In Spaaace time.
The SpaceX IPO will be vast, so a few tens of billions can probably be skimmed off for that. Should keep the whole thing rolling for a year or two.
I wouldn't want be holding Tesla, though.
Whether its truly cheaper to power data servers in space than on the ground is another question.
"Sean Thomas
There are no nice areas left for Londoners to live in
A pervasive sense of decline and disorder lingers over the capital" (£)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/02/there-are-no-nice-areas-left-for-londoners-to-live-in/
Quelle surprise!
Here in California, for example, there's Brentwood in Los Angeles. That's a nice area for Londoners -like me- to live in,
@Dura_Ace, @MattW and me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson
https://research.google/blog/exploring-a-space-based-scalable-ai-infrastructure-system-design/
Elon's spin sounded like valuation-boosterism to me. But what do I know?
Doing a leisurely 200km on the "rest day" so their legs don't seize up.
I would still live in Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, Hampstead or Richmond Park if I could afford it (and if I was Jewish Golders Green) but yes anywhere else in London you are better off living in a nice part of the home counties in my view once you reach your 30s and beyond
Starmer: “To us he’s just Peter (Mandelson)”
https://x.com/jamin2g/status/2018417867436220620?s=46&t=CW4pL-mMpTqsJXCdjW0Z6Q
The Liberals will survive though in more prosperous urban and suburban areas and Sussan Ley is more popular with Teals who have made inroads in such seats than recent Liberal leaders have been.
The Liberals still lead One Nation in South Australia but Labor lead on 2PP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_South_Australian_state_election#Opinion_polling
You might say actually they did think far ahead and like the authoritarian approach, which is certainly true of a few of them, but as of now it is not impossible for Trump's minions to lose, and there's no way Alito and Thomas for one would accept a Democrat president having that kind of latitude.
I also don't know how I'm alive.
Which is not to say some of his companies have not achieved a lot, but he does still make ridiculous promises as easily as he breathes.
Why would I want to add Twitter/X and xAI to the company?
What is this, return of the 1970s conglomerate?
When you’re on the night side of the Earth, then sure, there's no sunlight, and yoiu can dump heat by radiating it away. Not because space is "cold" (it very much isn’t), but because there’s nothing around to stop infraredfrom streaming off into the void.
But let the Sun get a clean line of sight to you and things turn real ugly, real fast.
You have to actively move heat away from sun-exposed components using heat pipes or liquid loops, shepherd it around to carefully oriented radiator panels, and then politely ask deep space to take it away. All the while your servers are generating yet more heat.
So yes, you can cool a data center in space. Spacecraft have been doing thermal gymnastics like this for decades. But the idea that space itself is some kind of free, bottomless heat sink is a category error.
In Time, you could make Money.
We should probably build a wall between Gloucester and Kings Lynn, and make the Southerners pay for it (feels a bit harsh to keep the Brummies out by drawing a line much further north).
https://x.com/BlueWave2026/status/2018306124361892114
Hispanic ICE agents are race traitors.
I do not say this lightly and I will not apologize for this.
https://x.com/SteveHiltonx/status/2018454005450727516
🚨🚨BREAKING: Steve Hilton outraised ALL other candidates and DOUBLED the nearest Republican in the last 6 months.🚨🚨
This is what momentum looks like. THANK YOU! We are going to SAVE CALIFORNIA!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side_of_the_Moon
Right now, the polling has two Republicans - Hilton and Bianco in first and second place (albeit, it should be noted, with Bianco leading Hilton). There are then no fewer than seven Democrats duking it out currently. And that number could grow.
The leading Democrat, Katie Porter, has been having a bit of a nightmare, so it could be anyone's race.
I would keep an eye on Antonio Villaraigosa, the former Mayor of Los Angeles, who is a solid campaigner, has his base in by far the most populous part of the State, and could well benefit from the implosion of Katie Porter.
https://x.com/AetiusRF/status/2018368164149530681