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By using a wide, infrared beam to power existing terrestrial solar infrastructure,
Overview Energy thinks it can sidestep the technological challenges and safety and regulatory issues that bedevil plans to transmit power to Earth through high-power lasers or microwave beams.
CEO Marc Berte says you’ll be able to stare right into his satellite’s beam with no ill effects.
The technology would increase the return on investment from building solar farms and reduce reliance on …

Meta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from space | TechCrunch
Overview Energy's first contract with Meta is a small step toward a future of space-based solar power.

NO, Social Security is absolutely not disappearing in 2032.
NO, full retirement is not at 65.
YES, be prepared to vote against anyone that screws with your Social Security.
▶️ The Social Security "Facts" You Need to Stop Repeating
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bBNhnsEf9H

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116636126221238889
This is the way. Unless the profits from data centers return to communities, it's just extraction.
And data centers don't really bring that many jobs. They're a few guys replacing parts as stuff burns out. Maintenance on power feeds. But mostly they sit there, trying to stay cool.

Was busy with family stuff but finally had a chance to look at the results of the ARF6 launch simulations with and without ground plane void on layer 4.
As with before - it's there, but not particularly large and probably fine to ignore. Return loss of both versions is better than -20 dB out to 23 GHz and better than -16 dB to 35 GHz.

Not surprised that there is not enough space for staff.
https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/return-to-office-unachievable

Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen announces retirement (Sabrina Lam/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/05/15/congress/steve-cohen-tennessee-retire-00923361
http://www.memeorandum.com/260516/p3#a260516p3

Internal chats: in March, xAI offered employees $420 in exchange for completed tax filings as training data for Grok, but the bonuses haven't been paid out (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

Retired Ragnow: Body told me to stop playing https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49043269/frank-ragnow-reflects-abrupt-lions-retirement-aborted-return

Early this month, a single pen stroke effectively ended representative
Steve Cohen’s career in Congress.
The man who has represented Memphis for 19 years will turn 77 later this month,
but he wasn’t planning on retiring.
He hadn’t lost any primary.
The reason was that his district had been erased around him.
A new electoral map, passed by the Republican-led state legislature and signed by Bill Lee, the governor,
divides the ninth district three wa…

Donald Trump proposed significant budget cuts to NASA,
which included defunding many science missions at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
leading to extensive layoffs and a demoralizing environment for staff.
This action threatened the continuation of major projects, including the Mars Sample Return mission

Trump Administration Proposes Drastic Cuts to NASA Science Funding, Threatening JPL - Monterey Park Today
The Trump administration has proposed a 23% cut to NASA's overall budget, including a 46% reduction in funding for the agency's science programs. This would cancel 53 science missions and reduce funding for others, including projects at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California. The proposal has drawn bipartisan criticism from members of Congress, who rejected similar cuts last year. However, the uncertainty could still slow grants and contracts at NASA in the meantime.