Charles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥

This article says the US Justice Dept moved to drop fraud and corruption charges against India's richest person after he offered to invest $10B in the US. My understanding is foreign investment directly increases the trade deficit, which is something I thought the current administration was against. I wonder if they're just stupid and think deficits sound bad and investment sounds good or if there's some method to madness.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/nyregion/gautam-adani-billionaire-doj-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iVA.slTW.KoQWyHOvy7Dv&smid=url-share

40 minutes before the #Mayday march to the Capitol in #Madison #WI

I remember learning in school in the late 80s about the #ENIAC. I felt like it was from a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth. This article from @ieeespectrum me realize it was about 40 years before I learned about it, and now 40 years have passed since then. So the #TRS80coco or #IBM XT sounds like similar ancient history to kids now.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/eniac-80-ieee-milestone

@rasterweb It's type of #RF connector. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMB_connector

Every year #Sirius says my discount is ending and the price is going from $8 to $26. Every year I threaten to cancel it, and every year they renew the discounted $8/mo rate for another year.
You should not pay full price for #SiriusXM.

@aaron.rupar Just after this Johnson reiterates that #Dunn is doing well and it's "a testament to great leadership."
It's sad and pathetic that Johnson feels compelled to go along with this when he obviously doesn't want to talk about someone's health issues or participate in this bizarre narrative that someone can reverse a terminal diagnosis with a phone call to the right people.

"#Nuclear reactors don’t emit planet-warming greenhouse gases, unlike coal and gas plants, and they can produce electricity around the clock, unlike wind turbines and solar panels."

"#TerraPower’s reactor uses liquid sodium instead of water, allowing it to operate at lower pressures. In theory, that reduces the need for costly shielding. In an emergency, the plant can be cooled with air vents rather than complicated pump systems. "

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/climate/nuclear-power-terrapower-construction-permit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QlA.V-rr.8LVBJFOmNhIz&smid=url-share

I can't believe I'm jut learning about a Driven Right Leg Circuit, aka active ground. It seems like this should have been part of #Circuits II. #Electronics
https://youtu.be/WpSSg3f72as?si=zEQRtYo9N97DaCng

National #Electric Trade Assistant (#NETA) - I wonder if the acronym is inspired by the #Spanish word meaning "for real" or "the best".

Regardless of policy views, all Americans need to stand up now against authoritarianism and fascism before it's too late. #walkout

I'm out of touch in that only last year I learned that #HP calculators are no longer produced. I still use my #33S, but but if I want to replace it, I need to buy one on E-Bay. Apparently handheld calculators with buttons and #RPN are thing of the past. Time flies.

@shermozle That's how I feel about the #Fidelity app. I like its functionality, but it feels like layers of interpreters running on top of one another.

Silver and Gold, #SLV and #IAU...
https://youtu.be/JrpLh7N67m0?si=uyw3kUq1uwPmg3Oe

#Tariffs on #PCBs change like the weather. My understanding is it's because the law allows the president to single-handed impose these #taxes in an emergency. There's no standard, so the president really wanting it counts as an "emergency". We need reforms so one person cannot raise taxes on a whim!

These #PerkinElmer ACULED VHL (Very High Lumen) LED modules have a different pinout for IR vs visible. I think their 730nm LED module follows the IR pinout, even though it's red, not quite IR.

I figured this out the morning after ordering boards from #Sunstone (formerly #PCBExpress). I'm so grateful Sunstone was able to cancel my order with a full refund. 😊

It reminds me of #AtlasShrugged.

“We are probably going to stop publishing in the Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine (#NEJM), #JAMA and those other journals because they are all corrupt."

Kennedy said agencies within the #HHS will create their own “in-house” journals. “They are going to become the preeminent journals, because if you get #NIH funding it is anointing you as a good, legitimate scientist,” he said.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5322269-robert-kennedy-jr-bans-medical-journals/

Yesterday, the #CDC reported a 27% decrease in #overdose deaths in 2024.

Possible contributing factors according the Drug Policy Alliance:
- Increased access to #naloxone, which reverses #opioid/#fentanyl overdoses
- Greater availability of medications like methadone and buprenorphine
- Funding for treatment and recovery
- Wider access to fentanyl test strips

https://drugpolicy.org/news/funding-cuts-to-medicaid-and-essential-health-services-threaten-to-reverse-recent-decline-in-overdose-deaths/

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm

Democratization of media has led to the need for #JerrySpringer politicians. Before WWW made the Internet accessible, I believed that media outlets pushed lurid content on people. I now think morbid fascination is a human trait that people haven't learned to manage in a world with the Internet. I also wonder if there's a rabble element to society that can never understand what liberal democracy is.

Jerry Springer — Yes, That Jerry Springer — Can Save the Democrats https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/opinion/democrats-need-jerry-springer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F08.yLeT.kXHxl7mun1cH&smid=nytcore-android-share

@dangillmor We all need to stand together against #fascism. I lean libertarian (NOT Mises Caucus libertarian), so I'm a long-time fan of the #Cato Institute. What's happening now is bigger than political issues like taxes, healthcare, the environment, programs for the poor, infrastructure, etc. If I understand what's happening, America is under direct attack from fascism.

@GaryRLundberg I don't have a subscription. Unlike #Protasiewicz, who I also supported, I didn't hear #Crawford make political statements during the campaign. She seems like an honest, responsible judge. I was proud to vote for her and proud #Wisconsin votes couldn't being bought.

It's amazing how I can paste a #schematic into #ChatGPT and have it interpret it. But it's also amazing the nature of the mistakes it sometimes makes.

@huis
"Mission mode change detected, now in Monument Mode

Goodnight friends. After exchanging our final bits of data, I will hold vigil on this spot in #MareCrisium to watch humanity's continued journey to the stars.

Here, I will outlast your mightiest rivers, your tallest mountains, and perhaps even your species as we know it.

But it is remarkable that a species might be outlasted by its own ingenuity.

[...]

Per aspera ad astra!

Love, #BlueGhost"

Protesting the #Tesla charging station at #Hyvee in #Madison at the corner of Odana and Whitney Way with @melindagg.
We were out there today and last Friday.
Most Tesla drivers seemed supportive of us.
They probably bought their Teslas before #Musk started flirting with fascism. I'm not condemning Tesla drivers, but we can't let people ignore that Tesla is associated with something evil.
@indivisibleteam

I appreciate my kids' school, #Madison Metropolitan School District (#MMSD) standing up for all students. 👍
https://youtu.be/uxmfL3ou5r0?si=hUHTasj-F-an1f5H

I uploaded a new file to a #GPT. It said it now has access. "one moment, please" After a few moments, it says the document doesn't discuss RS-485 termination. It does.
It's giving me #HAL9000 vibes. If it had said, "just a moment... just a moment..." I would think it's lying about not knowing the document deals with #RS485.

@leszek I'm happy with #Koss because I had Koss headphones that failed after nearly a year, and they send me a new pair today. 🎧

@olson.walter I'm #libertarian leaning &I have NO faith that former Pres #Trump would follow through with things like leaving #Cryptocurrency alone. When he first mentioned it, it sounded like he supported #CBDCs, until someone told him we don't like that. He'll say anything. He's openly supportive of dictators who rule "with an iron fist." I would not vote for VP #Harris if there were a viable libertarian candidate, but Kamala Harris is far-and-away the best choice for libertarians.

I am so confused as to what the #Bartleby Resarch website is all about. You can search topics for grade-school #writing assignments. It returns crappy essays, that are graded as "satisfactory", "decent", or "good". They are full of typos, misspellings, and grammatical mistakes. It presents like a serious site, but why would anyone want a large collection of bad essays?
https://www.bartleby.com/

@JasonPerseus I wonder if #Evers had been into the #SpottedCow... or maybe abstaining too much until after the vote.

@GaryRLundberg When I read The Lexus and the Olive Tree, I thought it was about how people in undeveloped areas irrationally resisted development because they were unsophisticated. I didn't see the obvious, that people irrationally, at least from my point of view, clinging to their olive tree are everywhere, not just in developing countries.
#ThomasFriedman

@SamUpstate @tomiahonen As someone on @bulwarkonline said, #Vance is the #DeSantis of the Sarah #Palin world.

"Netanyahu Is Turning Against Biden"
#ThomasFriedman makes peace in #Gaza sound almost easy. I'm not knowledgeable about it, but I'm glad there are smart people in the US Department of State and elsewhere working on the problem.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/opinion/israel-war-netanyahu.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PE0.itbx.iVfAHCIiU3FE&smid=url-share

@Ailantd They need other rovers for support and to keep the operators from going crazy. I imagine this on Mars, with characters like those in #RedMars who travelled in rovers. The one in the drawing looks a little bigger: 2 levels of 500 sq.ft. each aft, one 100 sq.ft. control deck forward. It needs a machine shop, lab backup toilet, store room, air lock, galley, and quarters, all tiny. Reactor and drive are below. It sounds like exploration with time for introspection.

@brianvastag It seems like #Madison Metro School District #MMSD stopped posting on Twitter this summer. I am asking them to remove their "Follow Us on Twitter" links form their website and emails.

Apparently this is the uniform for some ridesharing / delivery business in Malaysia called #Dego Ride. 🤣

@stux @Ekapeka told me the US is like the #JerrySpringer show. I had no idea that that was soft-pedaling what a clown show we really are.

@jetton It's not like #Keil tools' age dropdown. 😆

@retr0id I use an A-to-A #USB cable with my #AEA Technology VIA Echo #VNA and Spectrum Analyzer. It's probably not a great design approach, but it works.

I mostly feel the same as I did when I was kid, or at least a kid with an extra 40lbs strapped to my body, but I'm definitely tech-old. 😂 Two more more years before I'm over the hill on this list.
The form is from a page to request a license for #Keil tools.

@[email protected] For me this is like looking at a 600us interval of #Geiger counting and asking me to count 1 once per ms events. It's hard to know counts per lifetime because I've only directly observed what I hope is <60% of a lifetime.

The new #Digikey logo looks like the #HyVee logo to me.
@cd0 pointed out it looks like #Fry's #Electronics.
That font and color must be the new style.

@augieray I am very thankful. Fuel prices are at normal historical levels. #XOM has doubled while yielding 3% dividends. President Biden is doing a good job.
Climate change is a huge looming problem, not anyone's fault, that makes all this look like noise.
I am happy, though, that fuel is available and stocks are up.

@enoch It's nearly right over head at 9pm here in #Madison #WI.
It makes me think of #KimStanleyRobinson's #RedMars triology, the #Mars of the #Expanse, or #BenBova's Mars.

@autumn I used #BBSs through 1997. I remember my ISP in 1997 had access to several popular BBSs around North America with no long-distance fees. I thought that was wonderful, but I only used that feature for a year. Things changed fast.