What if you had to take a picture of a donut on the moon?

The moon is 238,000 miles away.

That's what the Event Horizon Telescope (a system of radio telescopes) was able to do, but all the way out to the center of our galaxy.

Or, another way to think about it:

If an astronaut held up a donut on the edge of the moon, that black hole would be about the same size from our position here on Earth.

This is the terrifying donut about 25,000 light years away:

This is one of the first big investments in a solution to extract CO2 from the atmosphere using technology: https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/politics/doe-carbon-capture-investment-climate/index.html

Pharam Bro is released from Prison.

Why do we find this person repulsive?

He has no shame.

But, not everyone finds him repulsive.

Maybe you need to be able to feel shame in order to see the lack of it in others.

Distribution of COVID cases in San Francisco as of 5 days ago. Red circles mean it is still increasing.
The two big circles south of Market St could be due to a homeless shelter and a testing facility. Nevertheless, they were not there a few weeks ago. So, the data collection may have changed or there is a significant shift away from BayView (southeast section of town).

COVID cases keep edging upward in San Francisco.
I thought there might be a 14 day peak after Easter. But that was 32 days ago.

Progress!
#Ukraine

The Problem is
That We
Don’t understand
The Problem

Despite the Tech, Science and Philosophy we have developed, I still believe we are still under a smothering blanket of inefficiency that stifles mankind's potential.

We see this a normal, everyday life. (traditions, animosity, friction, sickness, war, death...)

But I can envision a near-term future where this smothering blanket dissipates and extraordinary things start to happen at an extraordinary pace.

And, we will look at our history and wonder "why did we take so long to get here?"

"Covid has killed more than 3 percent of the entire U.S. population 85 and older."
-- Washington Post

@Render
This is a few days old, but an insightful and historical breakdown on why the Russian pincer strategy in the Donbas is probably going to fail.
Turn on the CC to read the English translation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJiuc4KWmQo&t=240s

@th3j35t3r
FYI, I just tried to post the above message with " " around the text and it kept getting a 403 error.

Meanwhile, a whole lot of very powerful people are going to have to rethink their place in the world as the Starlink juggernaut remakes the world by helping Ukraine win *The 1st Starlink War*
#Ukraine
https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1523828159296286721

Hey @Render, I just listened to a Peter Zeihan video about how the Ukr strategy will probably change in the near future.
1. US Intel is providing highly accurate geo-intel on commanders
2. The Excalibur projectile will provide greater range and accuracy to within 16 ft

These two attributes together will give the Ukr army an ability to execute a decapitation strategy.

Valid?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPNczJ7uTqI

#Ukraine
#OSInt

Hey @Render
Have you seen this OSInt?

Active Russian SIM cards. Can they be any more stupid?

San Francisco COVID cases have reached the highpoint of Delta from mid-January.
61 people are currently hospitalized.
We had 286 people hospitalized in January.
In total, COVID has taken 867 citizens.

I'm getting a lot of "mistaken" WhatsApp messages and txts.

Is there a fishing epidemic happening?

This Ukr recon guy is awesome!
https://twitter.com/kms_d4k/status/1524506104192974849

“A problem well stated was half solved.”
– John Dewey

This is my next phase of professional life.