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If the best known result from a given research field is always wrong, what is the best know result of the live coding field, and in what way is it wrong?
https://slab.org/2011/12/21/best-known-and-wrong/

The Genius of Getting It Wrong: What Hawking Teaches Us About Knowing
In 2004, at a physics conference in Dublin, Stephen Hawking stood before his peers and announced he had been wrong for nearly thirty years. The specific error concerned whether black holes permanently destroy the information they consume, a claim Hawking had championed since 1976 against some of the sharpest minds in theoretical physics. He paid off a bet with Caltech physicist John Preskill, handing…

The Genius of Getting It Wrong: What Hawking Teaches Us About Knowing | David Boles, Blogs
In 2004, at a physics conference in Dublin, Stephen Hawking stood before his peers and announced he had been wrong for nearly thirty years. The specific error concerned whether black holes permanen…

CrowdStrike: Chinese entities accounted for 58% of state-sponsored cyberattacks aimed at tech companies, especially AI assets, over the 12 months to March 31 (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/10/crowdstrike-warns-of-incr…

Beijing escalating AI espionage to catch up with the U.S. on tech, cybersecurity firm says
U.S. cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike said China-based entities made over half of state-sponsored cyberattacks on tech firms for artificial intelligence assets.

Good brief piece by @…, who admits being wrong about the fediverse, and discusses some of its finer points.
"I never expected to find my news from strangers on a federated social network that half the internet has never heard of.. there's something quietly beautiful about a place where people just... share what they know. No brand deals, no engagement met…

Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse
I have never been an "online community first" person. The internet is how I stay in touch with people I met in real life. I'm not a "tweet comments at celebrities" guy. I was never funny enough to be the funniest person on Twitter. So when Twitter was accidentally purchased

Raphael Warnock meets with Mike Johnson after questioning speaker's Christian faith (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/09/congress/raphael-warnock-mike-johnson-christianity-00954949
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p93#a260609p93

Boy was I wrong about the Fediverse
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Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse
I have never been an "online community first" person. The internet is how I stay in touch with people I met in real life. I'm not a "tweet comments at celebrities" guy. I was never funny enough to be the funniest person on Twitter. So when Twitter was accidentally purchased

June 2026 was the second-warmest June on record globally, 0.12°C cooler than the warmest June in 2024.
The average global temperature for the last 12 months (July 2025 to June 2026) was 0.55°C above the 1991-2020 average, and 1.43°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average.

England’s poorest areas face deepest cuts to green space under planning law changes, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/englands-poorest-communities-face-deepest-cuts-gree…

Judge warns DOJ not to 'play possum' with 'anti-weaponization' fund it says is dead (Ryan J. Reilly/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/judge-warns-doj-not-play-possum-anti-weaponization-fund-says-dead-rcna349544
http://www.memeorandum.com/260611/p3#a260611p3

In memo to CENTCOM leaders, Cooper warns of duty to protect civilians (Breaking Defense)
https://breakingdefense.com/2026/06/in-memo-to-centcom-commanders-cooper-warns-of-duty-to-protect-civilians/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p125#a260609p125