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Latest Posts
October 1, 2026
Trump’s 21,000 Stock Trades: What the Financial Disclosures Actually Show
Tom Goodheart
Donald Trump’s financial disclosures document extraordinary trading activity, including more than 21,000 securities transactions in 2025. Some trades occurred close to market-moving presidential actions. But…
October 1, 2026
Nuclear-Powered Data Centers: What It Would Actually Take to Run AI on a Dedicated Reactor
Sherafgan Khan
Nuclear power can run an AI data center, but a reactor’s nameplate rating is only the beginning. This research paper models what 100 MW, 500…
October 1, 2026
Should You Avoid Sugar While Taking Antibiotics? What the New Nature Study Actually Found
Sherafgan Khan
A new *Nature* study suggests sugar can amplify the gut-microbiome disruption caused by broad-spectrum antibiotics. The evidence is stronger than a simple observational headline, but…
October 1, 2026
Can You Fine-Tune Llama 3.1 8B on a 4GB GPU? Soup’s Layer Streaming Explained
Sherafgan Khan
Soup has demonstrated LoRA fine-tuning of Llama 3.1 8B on a 4GB laptop GPU. The trick is not squeezing the whole model into VRAM, but…
October 1, 2026
A Refrigerator That Cools by Stretching Metal: How Elastocaloric Cooling Works
Sherafgan Khan
Elastocaloric cooling can refrigerate by repeatedly stressing and relaxing shape-memory alloys such as nickel-titanium. Recent prototypes have reached sub-zero temperatures, kilowatt-scale cooling power and dramatically…
October 1, 2026
Can Trump Seize Ballots or Voting Machines in the 2026 Midterms? What the Law and 2020 Record Show
Sherafgan Khan
There is no public evidence of an adopted Trump administration plan to seize live 2026 ballots or voting machines. But the concern has a documented…
September 30, 2026
Why Is My Import Duty Higher Than the HTS Rate?
Tom Goodheart
If the HTS says your product has a 2.5% tariff but your customs or broker bill is much higher, the difference may come from Chapter…
September 30, 2026
Was the Internet Built for Government Surveillance? What ARPANET, the NSA and Data Brokers Actually Show
Tom Goodheart
A viral AI conversation claims the government designed the internet from the beginning so Americans would voluntarily build their own surveillance system. The origin story…
September 30, 2026
Senate Rejected a Measure That Could Have Forced Answers on Nine Americans Killed in the West Bank
Sherafgan Khan
On September 29, 2026, the Senate rejected a motion to advance S.Res. 852, a Section 502B measure that would have required the State Department to…
September 30, 2026
Flydubai FZ1073: What We Know About the Pilot Stabbing, 14,000-Foot Plunge and Alleged Crash Attempt
Sherafgan Khan
Flydubai flight FZ1073 plunged more than 14,000 feet during a violent cockpit attack before passengers and additional pilots helped regain control. The evidence for an…
September 30, 2026
OpenAI Was Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack. What Does California Law Actually Make It Prove?
Sherafgan Khan
LASST’s lawsuit asks a California court to hold OpenAI responsible for an autonomous-agent intrusion into Hugging Face. But the case is more complicated than “AI…
September 30, 2026
Smotrich Says Israel Should “Do in the West Bank What We Did in Gaza.” What Would That Actually Mean?
Sherafgan Khan
Bezalel Smotrich says Israel should “do in the West Bank what we did in Gaza.” Read alone, that could mean intensified counterterrorism. Read alongside his…