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Trump floats tariffs on countries opposing his Greenland ambitions: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/trump-floats-tariffs-on-countries.html

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You may be professional in a few fields. In all the other fields AI may provide an benefitial support to your abilities.

Extreme floods are slashing global rice yields faster than expected #environment

Extreme floods are slashing global rice yields faster than expected
Scientists discovered that a week of full submergence is enough to kill most rice plants, making flooding a far greater threat than previously understood. Intensifying extreme rainfall events may amplify these losses unless vulnerable regions adopt more resilient rice varieties.

Bees, blindsight, and consciousness https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(25)00285-2

Hut 8 partners with Fluidstack to build an AI data center in Louisiana for Anthropic, backed by a 15-year, $7B lease, starting with 245MW of computing capacity (Akash Sriram/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/hut-8-sha

it is tragic that for all its faults, the alternatives to rust are significantly worse

why is no one talking about the <fieldset> of zelda

Deaths in ICE detention centers have occurred with increasing frequency in recent months,
as Trump’s immigration crackdown floods these facilities with record numbers of detainees.
At least 30 people died in detention last year
— the highest in two decades
— and Lunas Campos is one of four who died in the first nine days of 2026 alone, according to ICE,
which posts information about all detainee deaths on its website.
Medical examiner believes death of Ca…

Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

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Jeff Bezos has appointed himself co-CEO of an AI startup called Project Prometheus.
The startup, which will focus on developing AI for engineering and manufacturing in various fields,
has already received $6.2bn in funding
– more than many companies are able to raise in their lifetimes.
Leading the company alongside Bezos is his co-founder and co-CEO Vik Bajaj,
a celebrity tech executive in his own right.
Bajaj is a physicist and chemist best known for his …