Genuine question: how does a plant-based diet improve national security? Seems to be the odd one out.

Jack Shanahan, retired US Air Force General and first Director of the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center:

My colleagues and I uncovered how Russia pays media outlets in West Africa as low $80 to publish disinformation that is weakening European security and undermining democracy in Africa. Soon, Europe could face a migrant crisis & Africa could be dealing with military dictatorships.

How Iran Crushed a Citizen Uprising With Lethal Force

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/w...

Boy (7) strikes it lucky by finding one of the world’s rarest minerals near his home in Cork Within seconds of handing it over to an expert, it was clear quartz discovery was very special

Cotterite is an exceedingly rare form of quartz known from one Irish locality in Co. Cork. I was privileged to be present when Ben (7) brought it into the museum @nmireland.bsky.social Full story just published in Irish Naturalists’ Journal @injournal.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

A pity! I saw @ronsexsmith.bsky.social play there in 2023 it was wonderful.

That’s why HAVN designed the EMF-blocking beanie. Powered by our proprietary WaveStopper™ Technology, it forms a barrier that blocks over 99% of WiFi, 5G, and Bluetooth radiation right where it matters most: your brain.

They gentrified the tinfoil hat

@cooptx.bsky.social @cmr2.bsky.social @cmr2.bsky.social @thekevina.bsky.social @vespavixen.bsky.social

Il n’y a que quelques moments oú la voix de s. Menia est accompagnée d un écho strident, mais assez faible en volume pour être acceptable. Ça n’est pas constant, et les 2 autres voix/micros n’ont pas ce problème. Ecouté sur le haut parleur de mon téléphone

Oui

‘Data manipulations’ alleged in study that paved the way for Microsoft’s quantum chip Internal emails from 2021 reveal tensions among researchers hunting for elusive Majorana particle

Further unreliable research from @qutech.bsky.social and @msftresearch.bsky.social covered by @averyorrall.bsky.social from @retractionwatch.com. I shared details which I wanted to share within a confidential investigation of @tudelft.nl but it was shut down...
www.science.org/content/arti... 1/n

Thailand deports 40 Uyghur detainees to China despite warnings from U.S. and rights groups Rights advocates had said the Uyghurs, a persecuted Muslim minority in China, were “at real risk” of torture, imprisonment or even death if they were returned.

NBC news report with images of the transfer process: www.nbcnews.com/news/world/t...

Unbelievable news.

Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.

New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Quantized Majorana conductance - Nature In a step towards topological quantum computation, a quantized Majorana conductance has been demonstrated for a semiconducting nanowire coupled to a superconductor.

This is a mega-thread of all Microsoft problems related to topological qubits.

NOTE: I skip the numerous news reports and press releases, this thread is for serious _scientific_ and procedural materials

First retraction: Quantized Majorana Conductance, from Nature

www.nature.com/articles/nat...

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