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  About Ceuta and Melilla: 🧵 “Melilla has been Spanish since 1497 and Ceuta since 1668, when it passed from Portugal to the Crown. Melilla, when Castile took it, was in ruins and under nobody's effective control: the Wattasids of Fez and the Zayyanids of Tlemcen were contesting it without actually occupying it. It was not seized from any State; a void was occupied. The Alaouite dynasty, the one reigning today, did not come to power until the 1660s: almost two centuries later. (1/4)

• Post #4231330

  “Florida wants to use cash meant for electric car chargers on flying cars instead.” Priorities. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article316700232.html

• Post #3907373

  “According to Edmunds, the average monthly new-car payment has hit a record $777, and 20.3% of buyers pay $1,000 or more monthly. To cope, many stretch loans over six or seven years. Edmunds’ Ivan Drury calls this a “mathematical trap,” warning that pairing a 7.0% APR with an 84-month loan means handing over nearly $10,000 in interest alone, leaving buyers highly vulnerable to falling underwater.”

• Post #3671944

  “China is asking top AI researchers at private firms like Alibaba and DeepSeek to hand over their passports. Why? The U.S.-China AI gap has narrowed to just 2.7%, per Stanford's 2026 AI Index, and Beijing wants to keep its talent home. The rule started at DeepSeek in March and is now spreading to a much wider group.”

• Post #3671943

  “The U.S. is importing a record amount of honey, with around 80% coming from outside the U.S.
 That’s because there are way less bees in the U.S. than there used to be, which = less honey.

Fun fact: Most bees can’t fly at night, and beehives stay at a constant temperature of around 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius).”

• Post #3671942

  “In January, SpaceX granted Elon Musk a $1.3 billion restricted stock package. Though performance goals aren't yet met, the IPO prospectus allows Musk to vote with these shares. Furthermore, SpaceX won't require a majority-independent board, and shareholder claims must be resolved through arbitration. These measures let Musk select the individuals who determine his compensation while largely insulating himself from investor lawsuits.” No comment.

• Post #3671941

  “Public training data could be exhausted between 2026 and 2032, forcing frontier AI labs to shift focus. They no longer just need more text; they need behavioral data showing how humans perform real-world tasks. This shift is critical as the next generation of AI transitions from conversational assistants to autonomous agents. Training these systems to navigate software, manage workflows, and execute complex office tasks requires observing human actions, not just words.”

• Post #3671940

  “Blue Origin's recent failed test will be devastating to NASA and broad segments of the US space industry. There is significant damage to Blue Origin's launch site, and the company doesn't have another launch site for New Glenn. Preliminary work has started on a nearby pad, but it is still in very early stages. Rebuilding the pad, or finishing a new one, will likely take at least a year. This will result in significant delays in the Moon Base program and may require restr...

• Post #3671939

  “The upshot is this: We’re all about to find out how expensive AI really is. And when we realize that personal AI assistants from the likes of Anthropic, OpenAI, and Perplexity will cost us not $20, not $100, but hundreds of dollars a month (and you can add more zeros for business and enterprise users), the magic will give way to cold, hard reality.” OK, people. Back to coding. 🤣

• Post #3671938

  https://www.engadget.com/2186261/meta-will-reportedly-let-employees-take-30-minute-breaks-from-its-tracking-program/

• Post #3671937

  “SpaceX has set a price of $135 for its initial public offering, putting the company's value at $1.77 trillion. The company aims to raise $74.4 billion from the offering, which is set to be the largest IPO ever. Its stock is likely to begin trading on the NASDAQ next week under the ticker symbol SPCX. SpaceX plans to use the money it raises to fund various moonshots, including putting AI data centers into orbit, building a lunar factory, and sending humans to Mars.” And yet, no FSD.

• Post #3671936

  “Meta has launched an AI agent for businesses on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. The agent can answer customer questions, book appointments, close sales, and perform other functions. Meta plans to expand its capabilities so that it can eventually help run whole businesses. The agent is free to use for now, but Meta will eventually shift it to being a paid subscription service with different tiers.” Looks like Zuck has found a new data source to train his models.

• Post #3671935

  Why is China considered an “emerging market”? At this point in time, it kind of seems silly to label them as “emerging”. Where does it leave everyone else?

• Post #3671934

  “As the Harvard Business Review points out, over-relying on AI can prove disastrous for organizational knowledge, the critical business insights companies need to make strategic decisions. The phenomenon, dubbed “knowledge decay,” describes the deterioration of information over time, marked by workers forgetting skills and organizations relying on outdated processes.” To me, the worst part is lack of context and AI taking routes that are not documented or verified. https://futurism.com/future...

• Post #3671933

  “Microsoft is building a Texas data center that runs on natural gas, not the grid. Chevron will fuel it for 20 years, enough power for over 530,000 Texas homes. AI data centers need constant power - and the traditional grid can’t keep up. That’s pushing many data center builders to use natural gas or fossil fuels to run them.” I can’t imagine the waste/emissions these behemoths will generate. This can’t be good nor sustainable.

• Post #3671932

  “Fiona Fung, an engineering leader at Anthropic, said some employees felt lonely using Claude Code, as they interacted with coworkers less.” Well, the narrative of pulling people to the office to “increase productivity” just shattered. https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/anthropic-engineering-head-claude-code-lonely-experience-big-tech-morale/

• Post #3671931

  Economy class in the 1960’s.

• Post #3671930

  “People using AI agents are working longer hours than before due to anxieties about how AI might advance without them if they log off.” This is not going to scale. I’m really getting tired of the “AI is going to replace” narrative. All these companies throwing FUD around and all for what? To build a shitty marketing campaign to boost hype. My hope is sooner than later, a picture will emerge where it’ll be obvious that engineers are here to stay. People before tokens. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• Post #2413595

  “Tesla has confirmed plans to expand its Robotaxi service to seven new cities in the first half of 2026, including Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and Las Vegas, with the service already running without safety drivers in Austin. Musk has said he expects robotaxis to cover between a quarter and half of the United States by end of year.” I’ll definitely check this on Dec. 31, 2026.

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• Post #2413593

  That snowflake sure gets his feewings hurt all the time. It’s pathetic.

• Post #2413592

  A ticket to yesterday’s Met Gala costs $100,000. What do you get? Dinner, private shows, and exclusive drinks. The first Met Gala in 1948 cost $50 to attend, which would be worth around $685.09 today.

• Post #2413591

  “OpenAI president Greg Brockman took the stand on Monday. Two days before the trial, Elon Musk had messaged Brockman to gauge his interest in settling the case. Brockman suggested that both sides drop their claims, but Musk responded by saying that Brockman and Sam Altman would be the most hated men in America by the end of the week.“ I think Elon underestimates himself there.

• Post #2413590

  “Amazon has launched Amazon Supply Chain Services, a centralized place for companies to hire Amazon for services such as fulfillment, ocean and air shipping, and truck transportation. The offering puts Amazon in competition with transportation and warehousing giants such as DSV and DHL. The global market for third-party logistics is estimated to be more than $1.3 trillion. The move is a bet that Amazon can do for logistics what Amazon Web Services did for cloud computing.” Pure savage move.

• Post #2413589

  “SpaceX is building an advanced solar cell factory in Bastrop, Texas, to vertically integrate its aerospace-grade cell production. By controlling the entire fabrication process, the company secures its supply chain and optimizes cell efficiency and mass. This move ensures a high-volume supply of custom solar arrays, essential for powering an orbital cloud network designed for AI workloads.” I wonder if this BS will stop after the SpaceX IPO, becoming a failure like the “occupy Mars” crap.

• Post #2413588

  “GameStop (GS) has made an unsolicited offer to buy eBay for $56 billion, a roughly 20% premium to the company's stock closing price on Friday. GS is currently valued at around $12 billion. GS has around $9 billion in cash and a commitment letter from TD Bank to provide up to $20 billion in debt financing to help make the deal possible, but it is unknown how the company will come up with the rest of the money.” A meme stock with barely any money trying to buy EBay. Peak 2026.

• Post #2413580

  If the weather clears up later I might mow the pool.

• Post #2413578

  “Their ballistic missiles are destroyed, their production facilities are dismantled, their navy is sunk, and their proxies are weakened,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said.” And yet, Iran still controls the Strait of Hormuz.

• Post #2413577

  “Alligator Alcatraz, Florida’s massive immigrant detention center costs $1 million per day to operate. That $1 million per day could have gone a long way to helping Floridians rather than just tormenting immigrants. Thirty percent of Florida residents are considered low income, over 18% of the state’s children face hunger, and housing insecurity is rampant.” Society in decline.