NEURALINK: CHANGING THE FUTURE, ONE THOUGHT AT A TIME
“You don’t realize how much of your life is just moving a cursor around.”
At home in Yuma, Arizona—the house he swore he’d never return to—Noland Arbaugh sits in the kitchen, under a Carhartt beanie that hides a coin-sized implant in his skull.
A simple disk held over his head wakes up the Neuralink device.
Then he thinks—and the cursor moves.
“Work,” @ModdedQuad says aloud, almost playfully.
A command. A symbol.
After losing all movement below his shoulders in a devastating accident, Noland tried everything to stay independent.
But the accident changed everything.
With Neuralink’s brain-computer interface, he controls a screen without lifting a finger.
Not science fiction. Reality.
“It’s just a relief to be doing something normal."
Early tests show Noland can move a cursor faster than any paralyzed patient using older tech.
Small actions. Huge freedom.
The chip didn't just restore function.
It restored a future.
Source: Men’s Health
🚨🇺🇸 STARBASE ON TRACK TO BECOME AMERICA’S FIRST SPACE-AGE CITY
Starbase, Texas is about to go official.
With 90% voter support expected, the SpaceX hub near Brownsville is on the verge of becoming its own city.
The area — home to SpaceX’s Starship factory — would span 1.5 square miles and house up to 3,500 employees.
Voting wraps May 3, setting the stage for the nation’s first municipality built around space exploration.
What started as a launch site is now rocketing toward full cityhood, with a mayor and commissioners ready to be elected alongside it.
Source: Teslarati
It doesn’t make sense to blame the so called “gender wage gap” on racism or sexism when Asian Women are out earning White Men.
The wage gap is better explained by differences in behaviors.
New opinion piece from USA Today columnist Ingrid Jacques: "Musk risked Tesla's health to help our country. We should thank him, not hate him."
"Elon Musk, at great personal and professional cost, has devoted his time to finding ways to cut through the bureaucracy and downsize government where it makes sense."
Full piece: https://t.co/239ryxi6Q6
Study finds 45% of people reported to have died of COVID, did not die of COVID.
Media and quoted "experts" repeatedly overstated COVID deaths during the pandemic, scaring the shit out of the public. It was almost military duty for some science writers.
FLASHBACK: Volodymyr Zelensky insists that his suspension of democratic institutions, including a free press, was a necessary wartime measure against Russian aggression. In reality, Zelensky had already begun shuttering television networks critical of his administration a full year before a single Russian tank crossed the border. By any honest standard, he meets the textbook definition of a dictator — one who silences dissent not in the name of survival, but in the pursuit of unchecked power.
🇺🇸WHEN JUDGES BREAK THE LAW, WHO’S LEFT TO TRUST?
The recent arrests of judges, like Hannah Dugan in Wisconsin and Joel Cano in New Mexico, for allegedly aiding or harboring illegal immigrants highlight a serious breach of public trust.
When judges, who are entrusted to uphold the law impartially, commit crimes, it’s far worse than a citizen doing the same.
Dugan is accused of obstructing federal agents by helping a migrant evade ICE, while Cano and his wife allegedly harbored a Tren de Aragua gang member.
These acts erode confidence in the judiciary, undermine perceptions of fairness, and fuel skepticism about the rule of law.
Public trust is fragile - when those meant to protect it betray it, the damage is profound.
Unless incentives are changed, the outcome will not improve.
Successful teachers should receive higher compensation and terrible teachers must be fired.