Republicans vouch for Fed chair, creating a rare schism with Trump (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/jerome-powell-federal-reserve-trump-af06d80b28be9c8a5de9c3b2fe33fa3d
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p120#a260116p120
2026 is being celebrated by Toho as Mothra Year, as this year marks both 65 years since Mothra first appeared on screen, and also 30 years since the Heisei-era Mothra trilogy.
Mothra's my girl (my wife knows, and she's okay with it). 😍
https://godzilla.com/blogs/news…
Time to investigate my dad's turntable; a Pioneer PL-15R; so at 33.33RPM, and with a disk with 64 edges, that should be 33.33/60*64=35.6Hz - so seeing 35.7Hz off my hacky photodiode sensor makes me very happy; although it's varying a little, but my scopes frequency counter is based off it's display, so hmm. And it's FFT won't go down that low really.
Series B, Episode 06 - Trial
PAR: With respect, Major, I didn't do it for you.
THANIA: You served a full tour with Space Commander Travis, didn't you?
PAR: Five years. He was hard.
THANIA: But fair.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/206/245 B7B4
Ganz früh am Morgen wusste ich bereits wie mein Frühsport heute aussehen würde.
#schnee #bayerwald
New study by the National Bureau of Economic Research: A survey of 6000 CFOs, CEOS throughout US, Europe, UK and Australia comes to the conclusion that businesses predict that "AI" will improve productivity by a whopping 1.4%. Truly earth shattering.
https://www.nber.org/papers/w34836
Automattic adds an AI assistant to WordPress.com, enabling users to perform site-wide layout and style modifications via natural language commands. (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/wordpress-co…
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84 (Sophia Tareen/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/jesse-jackson-dies-43abb84d2ffc76d967f9a5596ebd0be1
http://www.memeorandum.com/260217/p8#a260217p8