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Multi-trillion-dollar tech company Microsoft has laid off an entire team dedicated explicitly to DEI in the wake of the recent global IT outage. The news comes just days after Microsoft estimated that 8.5m computers were disabled by the global IT outage caused by a “glitch” from security company CrowdStrike. The BBC reported: The fall out from the IT glitch has been enormous and was already one of the worst cyber-incidents in history. The number given by Microsoft means it is probably the largest ever cyber-event, eclipsing all previous hacks and outages. The closest to this is the WannaCry cyber-attack in...

Where is President BidenThe events of the past ten days in American politics have been nothing less than extraordinary. President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated. At that time,he was factually the presumptive nominee being within 48 hours of becoming the confirmed nomination of the Republican Party. The apparently, at best completely lax security at a high risk event with a high profile target, has lead to calls for investigation, and as I write this, the director of secret service is expected to appear in front the House of Representatives Oversight Committe to face questions on exactly what happened. Simultaneously, the...

NATIONAL PENUCHE FUDGE DAY National Penuche Fudge Day on July 22 recognizes the creamy candy with an Italian name. If you like maple flavor, this nut-filled fudge is for you! Hands down the best fudge out there to make. #NationalPenucheFudgeDay Penuche is pronounced pe-new-chee and is said to have Portugal origins, becoming popular in New England during the 1700s among Portuguese whaling families. This sweet treat is considered the oldest fudge ever created. This fudge-like candy includes brown sugar, butter, vanilla, and milk. Some people add pecans or other nuts, especially if making a candy in the form of penuche....

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Kamala Harris Quotes That Prove We’re Living in Veep Only a year and a half into the current administration, it’s hard to believe that our nation’s top ‘girl boss,’ Vice President Kamala Harris, has produced such a high volume of wisdom. There is no denying that Harris has a way with words. From complex foreign policy explanations to groundbreaking musings on the COVID-19 pandemic, our VP has been a sage for the people. Here’s my favorite philosophical soliloquy (because it sounds as though she’s shouting her stream of consciousness into a void) from our babbler-in-chief: "The governor and I, we...

New research has uncovered that sleep can be detected by brief, millisecond-long brain activity, highlighting that individual brain regions can independently switch between sleep and wake states, which could impact the understanding of neurological diseases. =================================================================== The study broadly reveals how fast brain waves, previously overlooked, establish fundamental patterns of sleep and wakefulness. Scientists have developed a new method to analyze sleep and wake states by detecting ultra-fast neuronal activity patterns, just milliseconds long, challenging traditional understandings based on slower brain waves. This research also uncovered that individual brain regions can briefly transition between sleep and wake independently, revealing complex,...

Since the whole dynamic of the 2024 race for the presidency was totally upended in the aftermath of President Biden’s abysmal performance in the Trump-Biden debate on CNN on June 27, former president Donald Trump has done few interviews – preferring to allow Biden to twist in the wind. The failed assassination attempt on Trump on July 13 in Pennsylvania went further in resetting the Election 2024 race. The contest is now seen as the Republicans’ to lose. Yesterday’s historic news that President Biden was abruptly ending his campaign for a second term, and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as...

Say it ain’t so! Joe is no mo’! At long last—a mere 107 days from the election—the Democrats have abandoned democracy and have concluded that their “party leaders” (Barack Obama’s words) will decide who will be their presidential candidate in 2024. It turns out the dastardly Democrat party is a dreadful steward of democracy. Of course, this should surprise no one. The idea that democrats are the “defenders of democracy” is as much a charade as was the notion that Joe Biden is “far beyond cogent” and “better than he’s ever been.” This would all be hilarious if it weren’t...

Freepers, I asked the gentleman who's selling (or brokering) the domain name DJT.com what they want for it he said $100k or best offer. A lot of money but really pertinent with November in mind. The question is should we have a whip round and crowd purchase this name? Is that even possible/legal, etc? I don't know but it's a nice name with the Election on the horizon. If not us getting our hands on it the Trump campaign perhaps should! 😂

Nikita Khrushchev assumed leadership of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. Khrushchev served as a General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as a Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.Remarkably in 1964, Nikita Khrushchev was forced to leave his post. The Party leadership comprises a special “troika" representatives (Alexey Kosygin, Leonid Brezhnev, and Anastas Mikoyan) deposed Khrushchev. Eventually, Brezhnev assumed the central role among the three. Under his rule, the Soviet Union expanded its sphere of influence to include Southeast Asia, Africa, parts...

The withdrawal from the race was on a single piece of paper with no White House stamp and not written on White House letterhead. Apparently the staff had a 1-minute warning. So did Joe Biden actually write this up? Have we seen Joe Biden since this letter came out? Has he really withdrawn from the race or was he simply withdrawn and no one has told him yet? Just wondering. Maybe you folks have seen some news reports that I haven't. But this seems awfully strange.

Democrats have made political assassination look like some twisted form of civil ‘justice.’ I monitor a lot of lefty chat rooms to see how the Marxist Borg is processing new information. Wading through a sewer of fractured psyches is borderline torture, but it’s helpful to watch the commie hive mind in action. The hogwash that self-described “smart people” claim to believe would make you cry for the sorry state of public education. After the assassination attempt on President Trump, I tiptoed back over to Club Xanax to see how that hellscape was holding up. By far, the great majority of...

I have recently become aware of a new shift in acceptable language. It happened at the assisted-living apartment where a loved one lives. I was trying to describe a specific maintenance worker who I’ve contacted before and was quickly corrected in the tersest manner by black aids that he was “African American.” Wasn’t “Black lives matter” just a thing a few hours ago?

@wideawake_media Imagine getting this upset because a vegetable dropped out of the U.S. presidential race. 🤡 https://twitter.com/wideawake_media/status/1815319725217382634

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... In the next one to two years, Needham analysts estimate that large publicly traded bitcoin miners are expected to more than double power capacity, including both their mining and HPC business expansion plans. The Electric Power Research Institute estimates that data centers could take up to 9% of the country’s total electricity consumption by 2030, up from around 4% in 2023. Tapping into nuclear energy is seen by many as the answer to meeting that demand. ...

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Uber’s meteoric rise since its founding in 2009 — built on the simple question “What if you could request a ride simply by tapping your phone?” — made it a poster child for the industrial “disruption” that Silicon Valley entrepreneurs sought to unleash on the world.But, despite its impact, Uber lost money for years.Launching in new cities wasn’t cheap: drivers had to be enticed, marketing campaigns had to be executed, new servers had to be spun up, and expensive lawyers had to interpret local rules and regs — whatever their advice, Uber’s strategy seemed to be “launch first, answer questions...

RIAT 2024 was in full throttle on Saturday, with seven hours of high-energy flying displays to thrill thousands of people who flooded through the gates. The theme of this year’s show is Air and Space: Pushing the Boundaries, and this explores the limits of the technology that the aviation industry is looking to use to its advantage. The British Antarctic Survey is pushing the boundaries of scientific knowledge about global warming, and one of their Twin Otter aircraft is at the show after an epic journey via Chile, Peru, Panama, Mexico, the USA, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Northern Ireland, and Fairford....

We may have just witnessed THE most incredible eight consecutive days in contemporary America from a political standpoint. Since July 13 the Nation - nay, World, has seen: - assassination attempt on Trump,-Biden asks for calm, then calls Trump a threat to democracy, -Judge tosses out the “documents” case, declaring Jack Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional,-RNC convention with Trump appearance with bandaged ear, -Secret Service under fire, -Biden rambles thru a Lester Holt interview that digs a deeper hole,-Dems from Pelosi on down demand Biden steps aside from the nomination, -Vance selected as VP candidate, -Biden comes down with Covid, retreats...