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Francisco 2.0

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  1. Fascinating story that was declassified 30 years ago. The CIA "borrowed" a Soviet satellite that was on a world tour one night in Mexico City. There, the satellite was disassembled, photographed and whatnot...put back together and crated back up. The Soviets were not aware of what happened. Here's a great writeup from MIT https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/28/1016867/lunik-cia-heist-steal-russian-satellite-space-us-ussr/ Announced last November, a movie is being made of this event. Hopefully, they don't screw it up, because this has incredible potential: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/lunik-heist-a-real-life-cia-rocket-kidnapping-goes-to-hollywood#:~:text=The film is based on,1959 expo in Mexico City.
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  2. https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/the-odds-of-a-city-killer-asteroid-impact-in-2032-keep-rising-should-we-be-worried/
  3. Crossposting:
  4. I hope Bill Cassidy's face gets gnawed off.
  5. Somehow I missed this. Bankers everywhere are celebrating. https://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=409464
  6. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-faa-firings-purge-air-safety-1235271233/
  7. Pretty sure we all know how the members of the Nebraska Cattlemen Association voted. https://nebraska.tv/news/local/federal-layoffs-impact-nebraska-research-farm-raising-concerns Federal layoffs surprise Nebraska cattle research center, sparking concern from cattlemen
  8. Because Tesla receives so many of them. And I don't how the selling of the credits works, but I suspect Tesla can name the price: https://carboncredits.com/teslas-carbon-credit-revenue-soars-to-2-76-billion-amid-profit-drop/#:~:text=More impressively%2C the company's total,struggle to meet regulatory targets.
  9. Essentially, Tesla receives credits from various governments around the world for producing zero emission vehicles. They in turn sell these credits to Ford, GM, etc so they can use them to offset F-250's, Hellcats, etc. https://www.globalfleet.com/en/manufacturers/global/analysis/teslas-dominance-over-carbon-credit-market-explained?t[0]=Tesla&t[1]=Electrification&curl=1
  10. I have no idea about any of the machinations of FEMA, past storms, time limits, etc. But this is pretty simple: Kemp didn't sufficiently bend the knee after the 2020 election, so Trump is going to fuck over the state of Georgia.
  11. Next? They are already fucking with the past hurricane season: https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-administration-denies-kemps-bid-to-extend-hurricane-helene-aid-deadline/33QKIFIHXVHWPMDEUP7WWKXR4U/ Trump administration denies Kemp’s bid to extend Hurricane Helene aid deadline
  12. I figure it means that the IRS will publicly apologize to Trump for years of audits and hand him a refund for $1 billion or so in the Oval.
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