Kohler's toilet camera brings new meaning to the term "end-to-end encryptiion". I guess privacy ends at your rear-end.
And speaking of rear-end, scientists have made it possible to breathe through your intestines: with a single intrarectal dose of non-oxygenated perfluorodecalin. This was the first human trial, and was left in for only 60 minutes. But it's a proof of concept and may be useful in patients with poorly-performing lungs.
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Sundar Pichai says Google will start building data centers in space, powered by the sun, in 2027. Orbital space is going to get awfully crowded. Hope these satellites can stay out of everyone's way.
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Physicists are devising a system for coordinated time on Mars. Time flows faster on that smaller planet.
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Someone else realizes that healthcare is in a death spiral. The socialist model can't continue indefinitely, and we are now at the breaking point, where Congress is being pressured to fix the problem by renewing subsidies. This is just feeding the beast for another year or so. We can't keep doing this. This is much like the broken immigration system. Everyone felt it was too big to fix, and Trump continues his efforts to deport illegals. It's tough, unpopular work, but it needs to be done. Until then, we'll keep seeing extinction bursts as people complain.
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There's a sword-wielding man hired to kick squatters out of empty Oakland homes. Hire him and he'll move those squatters out with threat of force. Yeah, it's unconventional but times are different now. I think we will need a paramilitary parallel law enforcement arm, because the existing way, under Democrat mayor control, isn't working.
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Gov. Tina Kotek says she’s ready to tackle Oregon’s lousy business reputation. This is a joke, of course, and Oregon Catalyst sees the flaws in her plan. Oregon has depended on federal subsidies for so long, and now all of that is gone. Cost of living has gone up so much locally. Everyone is unhappy with inflation, but it is mainly a Blue state phenomenon.
At this website one can see how each state's policies contribute to declining Real Income and CPI. Oregon is the second worst state in loss of real income and second worst in decline in Personal Consumption Expenditure. The only thing that saved Oregon overall was that it doesn't have a sales tax to abuse. Washington did somewhat better, but was still lousy.
And Washington wants to institute a new 5% payroll excise tax that will affect the richest companies. The money will go to "higher education, housing, health care and SNAP benefits. Currently the bill does not include a sunset clause." Unions, homeless and illegals.
California is ready to pass a billionaires tax that is retroactive to 2025. Too late to move now, suckers.
Marketwatch says that Americans are unhappy with the economy. It's just people in Blue states.
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China is taxing condoms to try to get people to have more babies. How about making people feel wealthier?
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