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Epstein's sex empire was 'KGB honeytrap'

The release of more than three million new documents relating to the late sex offender gives credence to claims made by senior security officials: that Epstein was working on behalf of Moscow. #Israel

2026-01-31T15:45:56-0800 Daily Mail Glen Owen, Dan Hodges, Mark Hookham, Daisy Graham-Brown 6,000 words

Rated 2026-02-02T20:43:15-0800 - sethherr

Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair - @theU

Researchers analyzed samples of Utahns' hair going back a century to document a 100-fold decrease in lead concentrations.

attheu.utah.edu 1,000 words

Rated 2026-02-02T19:34:10-0800 - sethherr

My thousand dollar iPhone can't do math

TL;DR: My iPhone 16 Pro Max produces garbage output when running MLX LLMs. An iPhone 15 Pro runs the same code perfectly. A MacBook Pro also runs the same code perfectly. The tensor outputs on the 16 show numerical values an order of magnitude wrong. I suspect it points to a hardware defect in the Neural Engine or some other ML-needed system. It was a PITA to debug, but at least I got a blog post out of it. How did I get there? This was supposed to be a simple, unwinding-time project. For

2026-01-28T00:52:11-0800 Rafael's Journal Rafael Costa 2,000 words

Rated 2026-02-02T07:58:32-0800 - sethherr

How I Taught My Neighbor to Keep the Volume Down

When I moved to a new apartment with my family, the cable company we were used to wasn't available. We had to settle for Dish Network. I wasn't too happy about making that switch, but something on the

Ibrahim Diallo Blog 1,000 words

Rated 2026-02-02T07:53:13-0800 - sethherr

Opinion | A Plan to Restore Trust in Science From a ‘Fringe Epidemiologist’

Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director, says authorities broke the public’s trust in the Covid era. Now it’s up to outsiders to restore it. #Donald Trump #US Politics

2026-01-29T02:05:06-0800 The New York Times Ross Douthat, Sophia Alvarez Boyd ($) 10,000 words

Rated 2026-01-29T08:31:15-0800 - sethherr

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