2026 aug 05

[rcjordan]

U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles: report
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/us-has-used-virtually-all-of-its-long-range-precision-missiles-report.html?link_source=ta_bluesky_link

Texas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are five times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratorium | Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/texas-slams-on-the-breaks-for-1-800-data-centers-power-grid-requirements-are-five-times-higher-than-peak-record-demand-474-gigawatts-of-power-requests-are-now-subject-to-new-moratorium

Millennials Say They Refuse to Care for Aging Boomer Parents. Except They Kind of Already Are.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/millennials-say-they-refuse-to-care-for-aging-boomer-parents-except-they-kind-of-already-are/

Anthropic AI agent fakes identities, targets real people in new security incident | CNN Business
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/04/tech/ai-anthropic-openai-security-breach-intl-hnk

Cruise trips disrupted with little warning due to low water levels on Danube and Rhine | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/cruises-thrown-chaos-drought-strands-ships-leaves-passengers-scrambling

Scientists Thought SuperAgers Had Lucky Genes. They Were Wrong
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-thought-superagers-had-lucky-genes-they-were-wrong/

Hughes files for bankruptcy after GEO business loses ground to Starlink - SpaceNews
https://spacenews.com/hughes-files-for-bankruptcy-after-geo-business-loses-ground-to-starlink/

Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism, UK appeal tribunal confirms in landmark ruling – Middle East Monitor
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260804-anti-zionism-is-not-anti-semitism-uk-appeal-tribunal-confirms-in-landmark-ruling/

[ergophobe]

>> Millennials

Two decades of being told to work harder, spend less, and stop complaining will do something to a person

I sometimes think of  Millennials as the most rational generation in American history.

>> Hughes

I have been waiting for this show to drop. The only use case for their service is if you have no terrestrial internet and lots of tree cover but with one small hole that happens to point to the right geosynchronous satellite. In other words, enough people to support a niche blogger, not expensive satellites way out in space (36,000km away vs 500km for Starlink)

[rcjordan]

>waiting for this show to drop

Yeah, I posted that mostly for you.

[Travoli]

>Texas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are five times higher than peak record demand

Those are some wild numbers.

[rcjordan]

The "Disability Dongle": Why Silicon Valley Hates Me and you., Sightless Scribbles
https://sightlessscribbles.com/disability-dongle/