Microsoft Invents New State of Matter: What are they doing over there in Redmond? Apparently, fucking with the rules of physics and chemistry. Microsoft says it is added a brand new state of matter to the combination of the classics (strong, liquid, fuel). They’re calling it a “topological qubit.” Catchy. The topological qubit will apparently assist make quantum computer systems. If true, it will have fairly the impact on the technological world. Additionally, with a juiced up machine that takes one other state of matter to energy, it’ll have a huge effect geopolitically, since a quantum laptop might feasibly break another type of laptop’s encryptions.
Washington Colleges Stand Robust: State Superintendent Chris Reykdal instructed Washington faculties to not dismantle their variety, fairness, and inclusion packages as ordered by the president. Final week, the Trump administration despatched a letter threatening to drag federal funding from any Okay-12 establishment that did not dismantle its race-based packages. Reykdal mentioned that letter didn’t maintain “the ability of regulation” and referenced how Washington state regulation has banned discrimination in training since 1998, in keeping with KUOW. If federal funding disappears, Reykdal and the Legal professional Normal Nick Brown are cooking up a plan. They’re exploring authorized choices, however would not it’s loopy if the Donald Trump regime is what catalyzed Washington to repair its the wrong way up tax system and implement progressive income to really fund our faculties?
Cool listing, who’s lacking? Over 40 cities and counties are suing Trump due to his cuts to analysis funding. Have you ever observed the obvious absence on this listing of progressive cities? Yeah, Seattle is not on there. That is as a result of now we have a bootlicking Trump fan as our metropolis lawyer. She’s up for re-election this 12 months. If you would like a metropolis lawyer who will defend our metropolis in opposition to authoritarianism, keep in mind that when your poll comes for the August major.
The Metropolis of Boston is main 40+ mayors, cities, and counties in an amicus transient in opposition to the Trump Administration’s drastic and unlawful cuts to federal analysis funding—cuts that can result in speedy job losses nationwide.
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— Workplace of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 (@mayorwu.boston.gov) February 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Amazon About to Spoil James Bond: Our neighborhood bookseller/tech overlords have inked a take care of longtime 007 producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli that can see Amazon MGM Studios take artistic management of the IP. We will get so many horrible spinoffs, I simply understand it. Bond will obtain all his new instruments through Prime one-day supply.
First, they got here for our antidepressants: If RFK Jr.’s “Make America Wholesome Once more” Fee targets SSRIs, medication used to deal with nervousness and melancholy that he considers “extremely addictive, probably harmful and overprescribed,” then Seattle ladies can be pissed—or, effectively, depressed. In keeping with the Seattle Occasions‘ FYI Man, 33% of Seattle ladies ages 18 to 35 use these medication. That quantities to about 205,000 unhappy gals. In complete, 19% of Seattle adults (or, 847,000 folks) are on SSRIs. Of that quantity, 25% are ladies. Do not fuck with our meds.
The Climate: Cloudy and moist at present. Then, actually moist over the weekend when the atmospheric river gushes throughout us. Thank goodness for these SSRIs, huh?
Justice Division Not So All for This “Justice” Factor: The Justice Division simply deleted a nationwide database monitoring federal police misconduct. Weirdly, the thought to make such a factor was proposed by Trump in 2020. Nonetheless, it solely got here on-line in 2023. The database had disciplinary information courting again from 2017 from all 90 govt department companies with regulation enforcement officers. Specialists consider the database had improved public security by stopping unhealthy cops from hopping to new companies.
Trump Goes Postal: Trump is anticipated to dissolve the management of the U.S. Postal Service, firing its board, and absorbing the impartial mail company into his administration underneath the Commerce Division. Looks like a nasty concept for the man who has created a bunch of suspicion round mail-in voting to now take management of the company that makes vote-by-mail occur.
In all probability Unrelated, Proper? Trump once more joked about working for a 3rd time period.
X Is State Media: Okay, so, final evening there was a city corridor within the metropolis of Roswell, Georgia the place indignant voters questioned their congressman, Rep. Wealthy McCormick R-GA, about all these Division of Authorities Effectivity cuts and Trumps tyrannical actions. He, unsurprisingly, did a nasty job dealing with this. The gang booed and jeered. A reporter for the Atlanta Journal Structure livetweeted all of it on X/Twitter. His posts disappeared. They had been blocked. You possibly can watch the entire city corridor right here.
Over on X, easy tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Structure have been blocked. They had been nothing however video of a city corridor held by Rep. Wealthy McCormick R-GA the place he was requested questions on DOGE
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— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree.bsky.social) February 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Maintain Yelling at Your Lawmakers: As a result of they do not appear to care about you, solely about toeing the road. Final evening, Republican senators pushed by means of their $340 billion price range framework that can fund border safety and deportations. Democrats tried to battle the price range, however the Senate majority received out once more.
In Luigi information: The alleged killer of the United Healthcare CEO is about to seem in his first court docket look since his arraignment at present. In Manhattan, this digitized billboard confirmed a “Free Luigi” picture:
‘Free Luigi’ billboard has gone up in decrease Manhattan the night earlier than his subsequent court docket look. 🤭😁❤️
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— burnt undertones (@burntundertones.bsky.social) February 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Good Factor to Keep in mind: Kings die! Archaeologists simply found a brand new pharaoh tomb. It is the primary pharaoh tomb anybody’s discovered since excavators dug up Tutankhamen’s burial suite in 1922. Egyptian and British researchers uncovered the tomb of Thutmose II, who in all probability reigned round 1480 B.C.
Canada beats USA: Canada beat the USA hockey staff 3-2 in extra time within the 4 Nations Face-Off championship sport. I do not know sufficient about hockey lore to know why that is such a giant deal. It feels like a giant deal as a result of Canada rightfully retains booing our nationwide anthem at sporting occasions and as a result of our president retains saying he needs to accumulate their nation. Anyway, Justin Trudeau obtained a sassy little tweet out of the entire thing and I am completely satisfied for him.
Holy cow. Darkish Justin.
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— Brent Toderian (@brenttoderian.bsky.social) February 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Canada wins! #fournations
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— Mark Carney For PM (@markcarneyforpm.bsky.social) February 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A track in your Friday: After all, the Canadian win jogs my memory of the film Miracle (besides this time, when pondering of this sport and that occasion, are… we the baddies?) which jogs my memory of the track from the top credit which my dad used to play to get me pumped up for soccer video games.
