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A profile of Pure Storage co-founder John Colgrove, as AI-driven demand for data storage pushes the company's stock to record highs, reaching a $30B market cap (Alicia Park/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/…

After Four Decades In Silicon Valley, This Engineer Is A New Billionaire Thanks To The AI Boom
Pure Storage’s low-key cofounder John Colgrove joins the three-comma club after signing a flashy deal with Meta amid increasing data storage demand.

Peace is closer than ever: The West is preparing tough guarantees for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/17/peace-is-closer-than-ever.html

highways are essential! we can't have protesters shutting down highways, that's terrible optics and hurts support for the cause! also, the government says burn more oil! drill, baby, drill! stop EV subsidies, and all hail gas-powered cars!
*explodes ordinance over the biggest interstate highway on the west coast, necessitating a shutdown*

Texans vs. Raiders prediction: CJ Stroud to lead Houston past Las Vegas and closer to the playoffs

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/texans-vs-raiders-where-to-watch-pick-odds…

💥2000 meters to Andriivka
The closer you get to combat, the more jarring it becomes.
Death comes randomly.
The noise is terrifying;
the fear is stifling.
And most people can’t bear to see what war actually does to the human body
—how a brief instant can transform a living, breathing person
into ugly scraps of flesh.
The fighting in Ukraine has, in many ways,
transformed the nature of warfare.
As many as 80 percent of battle casu…

A War Film to Change All War Films
An Oscar-shortlisted documentary shows battle in startling clarity.

So, initial thoughts so far on the Clockwork uConsole:
- The trackball is pretty bad, would classify it as barely functional.
- Wifi does not work which severely limits things...maybe an antenna problem? Verified it was securely installed on the CM4 module.
- Install isn't bad, very solid device.
- The thermal pad for the RPi CM4 is waaaay too thick.
#clockwork…

Over the years I've been asked many times for advice on pedagogy, what to read to learn more, etc. I've finally put together a bunch of materials into one blog post: Key Advice • Readings • Neuromyths • For Computer Scientists • Classroom Tips. Enjoy!
https://parentheticallyspeaking.org/ar

Pedagogy Recommendations
Parenthetically Speaking: Articles by Shriram Krishnamurthi

UK online grocer Ocado's stock closed down 17.4% on November 18 after its US partner Kroger said it would close three automated warehouses in January 2026 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-co

The White House points to a
seven-month snapshot
showing low inflation,
but economists say prices are closer to 3 percent.
The shutdown delays fresh data.
Most experts agree inflation has picked up in recent months,
in part because of Trump’s tariffs.
Economists expect more tariff-driven price increases in the months to come.

Trump says inflation is dead. Most data says: Not quite.
The White House says inflation is low and cool. Virtually every alternative calculation paints a less rosy picture.

Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are providing millions to the American Federation of Teachers to build AI training hubs aimed at educating 400,000 teachers (Jocelyn Gecker/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/artificial-int…

Microsoft and OpenAI invest millions in AI training for teachers
The country’s largest teachers unions are teaming up with tech companies like Microsoft and OpenAI to help educators build literacy in artificial intelligence. The tech giants are paying for training for teachers to apply AI skills in the classroom. For the companies, the partnerships are also opportunities to make inroads into schools and win over students in the race for AI dominance. American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten says skepticism guided her negotiations, but the…