“I only care about one thing,” Trump said. “Will we be No. 1 in crypto?”
-- You might say the corruption is the point.
NBC sought to calculate the amount of fines and fees owed by Trump’s wealthy pardon recipients and found:
The 87 people and one corporation pardoned by Trump in the last year had been ordered to pay more than
$298 million in fines and restitution
—$20 million more than the total owed by all of the pardon recipients in his entire first term,
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Sources: TSMC plans to hike advanced and mature node prices by up to 10% in 2027, plus a 10%-15% premium for advanced chip orders exceeding original forecasts (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology…
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Charvarius Ward contemplated retirement after difficult '25: 'Didn't want to finish my career' like that https://www.nfl.com/news/charvarius-ward-contemplated-retirement-difficult-2025-colts-cb
The thesis I was reading spent the majority of it's time focused on John Boyd's OODA loop as a tool for critical analysis in high pressure or constrained situations. Table top exercises could also benefit from using these steps to slow down the thought process, expose what's actually happening, and sharpen these tools.
So each step could start by observing (which is generally what the GM will tell you, but you may ask additional questions to refine observational thinking). What do you look for in any given situation? How do you gather data? What sources do you use?
Next you would orient. Talk through this out loud. What does that data mean? How this fit what you already know, or does it challenge your assumptions? Are you observing something related to a previous action? What does that tell you about your previous action or actions? How do you turn the data you observed into intelligence you can act on? How do your observations narrow the options for the next possible action?
Then you decide your action. But you're not simply deciding, you're coming up with a hypothesis that your action will test. Anything you do is an opportunity to learn something about the world, about your situation, about the accuracy of the model you're using to make decisions. What belief does your next action imply? How will you know if that action was correct or incorrect? What observations would challenge your hypothesis? What observations would confirm it? Are those mutually exclusive, or are there additional observations or actions you must make to clarify things?
Then act. Finish your turn by choosing your action or actions (individually or collectively). Perhaps take a moment to write down notes, like what your observations, your hypothesis, and if you think your previous hypothesis was confirmed or refuted. You can review these all later to refine your thinking.
By exploring these ideas in a safe environment, you can train your brain to run through the process at high speed when under pressure. This helps you avoid panic. It's a lot like slowly practicing marshal arts moves until they become muscle memory, which then just happen without thought when needed.
Predicting when Fernando Mendoza will make his Raiders debut is anyone’s guess https://raiderramble.com/2026/05/20/predicting-when-fernando-mendoza-will-make-his-raiders-debut-is-anyones-guess/
Trump plan would fence park near White House long used by tourists, protesters (Dan Diamond/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/17/trump-plans-fence-around-lafayette-square-park-outside-white-house/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260617/p29#a260617p29
Still Eating Your Patients
Seventeen years ago I asked whether every veterinarian should be required to be a vegetarian. The question has sharpened since then. The right word now is vegan, because the line between dairy cow and veal calf is no longer plausibly deniable, and because the climate science on animal agriculture has overrun the old fence between eggs and the slaughterhouse. The provocation in 2009 was short, almost a snapshot of a paradox.
Falcons' Kevin Stefanski to be 'very intentional' in splitting reps between Michael Penix, Tua Tagovailoa https://www.nfl.com/news/falcons-kevin-stefanski-very-intentional-splitting-reps-michael-penix-tua-tagovailoa…