Short bio of Margaret Hamilton, who coined the term software engineering and developed the software for the AGC – Apollo Guidance Computer. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid033qv8ZvrxPXnePpMAZwdJZ4KusuUWxP1279o5RK67KfbtwnLFCD91kLDU4pyHjJu2l&id=61561797488597&post_id=61561797488597_pfbid033qv8ZvrxPXnePpMAZwdJZ4KusuUWxP1279o5RK67KfbtwnLFCD91kLDU4pyHjJu2l&mibextid=CDWPTG
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2026-05-26 Tesla’s unsupervised Robotaxi fleet has shrunk to only 20 active vehicles
Electrek article 😠 https://www.facebook.com/100064672212764/posts/pfbid06fd6bET3XApz6ydVPtPbC2JwrtHNZ6qwg8mBLgEpcxrpR9UMLTEBVkJa4WCMLoxul/?mibextid=CDWPTG
For The First Time Ever, Wind And Solar Generated More Electricity Than Gas For An Entire Month
Wind and solar just hit a major global milestone: for the first time ever, they generated more electricity than gas for an entire month. April 2026 is now in the history books. https://www.facebook.com/100064672212764/posts/pfbid0CQiAfVGrLBZSTCLzBrzCUYQoXeUvUv1catKuLeFkXP98Mc8ZyeqdfQu1NbPRBkJel/?mibextid=CDWPTG In a first, wind and solar generated more power than gas globally in April 2026
2026-05-17 Inch Fab Makes ICs In A Container
Inch Fab uses 4 inch wafers, which makes it much easier https://www.facebook.com/100066647494924/posts/pfbid04gBYJxNxKVHsXefuxMjwY9YGmYwz4VuMNhbbTiprB8kpvXDVhyTRgB6Z3EgtNcerl/?mibextid=NOb6eG
2026-05-16 France, Agrivoltaics Farm, 2400 Hectares, 500 MW, Reduces Crop Water Needs By 30%
Quote “”France just completed the world’s largest agrivoltaic trial — installing solar panel canopies above 2,400 hectares of Provence vineyards, cereal fields, and vegetable plots, generating 500 megawatts of clean electricity from the same land producing full agricultural output. The Sun’Agri program installs tilting solar panels on 5-meter-tall structures above crops, with panel angles controlled
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2026-05-02 The Deal We Made With Reagan And What It Cost Us
Skip down to paragraph 9 – about health care. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02FRerZjcMxKo4VMem67r2nDiN8goWfnAXaboVALbvZGEwjSXt9EK3rAoJzhwrq6Prl&id=1824671080&post_id=1824671080_pfbid02FRerZjcMxKo4VMem67r2nDiN8goWfnAXaboVALbvZGEwjSXt9EK3rAoJzhwrq6Prl&mibextid=CDWPTG
2026-04-29 SCOTUS Eviscerates Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act Of 1965
It’s a sad day for minority voters. https://www.facebook.com/reel/2183393312587740/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2026-04-26 FBI Indicts SPLC – 11 Federal Criminal Charges
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2026-04-23 Carolyn Bertozzi, Nobel Laureate, Bioorthogonal Chemistry
Carolyn Bertozzi and Bioorthogonal Chemistry https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02y1t6AgADYj744gqHFLqthzzb6vxjPG61uXb8UX7uAkPRQ6T4e6oEH9ucDurqZKkql&id=61566382942838&post_id=61566382942838_pfbid02y1t6AgADYj744gqHFLqthzzb6vxjPG61uXb8UX7uAkPRQ6T4e6oEH9ucDurqZKkql&mibextid=NOb6eG
2026-04-18 What The Old Microwave Telecomms Channels Were Like Before Digital
I occasionally think of what possible things might have been sent over this microwave radio. When I was in Germany in the army we had microwave telecomm links on the tops of hills to connect our hawk missile sites to our headquarters. We had the voice channels connected to our switchboard and if you were
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