The wolves are circling Biden
Obama Says Biden Has to Rethink His Candidacy [politicalwire.com]
Also on politicalwire.com:
President Joe Biden’s political world is collapsing. Top allies have either publicly or privately called on him to step aside. Major donations have fallen off a cliff. Grassroots fundraising is not keeping up with the demands of a campaign that needs to aggressively scale up three months before the presidential election. Members of his own re-election effort have already declared he has no path to victory.
DARPA is launching a program to sift through quantum computing hype
“Our opening position is skepticism," stated Dr. Joe Altepeter, the DARPA program manager of the project, in a blog about QBI. “Specifically, skepticism that a fully fault-tolerant quantum computer with a sufficient number of logical qubits can ever be built.”
”We will walk into the room and say, ‘We’re pretty sure whatever you’re doing is not going to work.’ I will bring a small army of scientists and engineers, we will listen to your evidence, and we will double and triple check using our own analysis," Altepeter wrote. “And if we’re convinced the technology you’re developing checks out and you’re onto something big, we’ll tell the rest of government and become a strong advocate for your approach.”
Heartbreaking: This Guy Has No Idea That He’s So Strange And Memorable-Looking That Everyone From His Flight Is Using Him As A Landmark To Figure Out Which Baggage Claim Area Is Theirs [clickhole.com]. I have absolutely done this. I’ve probably been this guy, and I’m OK with that.
The Verge: “Dune: Prophecy hits HBO in November. The series is a prequel to Denis Villeneuve’s films, and it just got a fresh trailer.” I didn’t love the movies but I loved the original books. Sure, I’ll give the series a try.
Ask a Manager: “let’s discuss napping at work.” We can talk about it as soon as I have my nap.
PoliticalWire: Trump says “God was with me” during the failed assassination attempt. I guess God must have hated Corey Competore.
Competore, 50, was a volunteer firefighter who was shot by the assassin who aimed at Trump. Competore died protecting his family.
I’ve been warming to the idea of Kamala Harris for President and I just now realized why: Kamala has powerful Chrisjen Avasarala energy.
CBS Austin: Texans are assaulting and threatening linemen working to restore electrical power after Hurricane Beryl.
HOUSTON – Drawn guns. Thrown rocks. Threatening messages. Houston’s prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some fed-up and frustrated residents taking out their anger on repair workers who are trying to restore power across the city.”
Ryan Broderick at Garbage Day: You May Not Realize It Yet, But You’re Already Forgetting About The Trump Shooting.
Today I learned that “Dogs Playing Poker” refers collectively to 18 paintings by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, comprising one each in 1894 and 1910, and 16 commissioned in 1903 to advertise cigars. Individual paintings have been auctioned for up to $658,000.
Balloons to hoist tourists 100,000 feet into the stratosphere — With ticket prices starting at $50,000 for a six-hour ride, this is a shameful example of decadent conspicuous consumption and if we had that kind of spare money I would do it tomorrow.
GenAI sinks into the ‘trough of disillusionment’. GenAI faces growing skepticism as it struggles to deliver on high expectations. Terrific article by my colleague Julia King.
Cats are adorable little angels with fur
Lulu, one of our cats, likes to creep up on me when I’m sleeping soundly at night, put her sweet lips against my ear hole, and meow as loud as she can. She’s got a hell of a set of little lungs. Last night, I incorporated it into a dream and woke up abruptly, thinking I was hearing a human baby screaming in agony and terror.