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Over the past year, Trump has followed the plans laid out by Project 2025 almost to the letter. The new National Security Strategy published by the White House on December 5 reads almost like a copy-and-paste of the project.

I feel that conservatories need the tuition dollars, especially those outside the elite circle of Juilliard et al., so are willing to accept a certain caliber of student—but in reality, will overwhelmingly focus on the most promising of these students. This, of course, is justified by the competitive nature of the industry—but I can’t shake the feeling that most students end up paying to support an organization that truly benefits far fewer. e

The Big-Tech giants are insanely profitable but they don’t have enough money lying around to build the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of data centers the AI prophets say we’re going to need. Which shouldn’t be a problem; investors would line up to lend them as much as they want, because they’re pretty sure they’re going to get it back, plus interest.

But apparently they don’t want to borrow the money and have the debts on their balance sheet. So they’re setting up “Special Purpose Vehicles”, synthetic companies that are going to build and own the data centers; the Big Techs promise to pay to use them, whether or not genAI pans out and whether or not the data centers become operational. Somehow, this doesn’t count as “debt”.

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If the genAI fanpholks are right, all the debt-only-don’t-call-it-that will be covered by profits and everyone can sleep sound. Only it won’t. Thus, either the debts will apply a meat-axe to Big Tech profits, or (like 2008) somehow they won’t be paid back. If whoever’s going to bite the dust is “too big to fail”, the money has to come from… somewhere? Taxpayers? Pension funds? Insurance companies?

Who This Role Is Perfect For

Young developers who want to grow 10x faster than a normal job.

People who want to earn money by building real products, not doing endless theory.

People who love learning, experimenting, and doing something new every day.

Builders who want to eventually create a portfolio of dozens of apps.

Overall, around half of such encounters with bongkrekic acid end fatally. Even the smallest amounts of the substance—one to one and a half milligrams—can cost an adult their life. In the tragedy described, the Chinese authorities found a concentration of 330 milligrams per kilogram in the homemade noodles that the victims had eaten. Assuming a consumption of around 100 grams per person, this is around 20 to 30 times the lethal dose of the poison.

The preparation of the food made no difference. Unlike the bacteria that produce bongkrekic acid, the substance itself does not decompose during cooking. And neither the taste nor the smell of the dish indicates its presence.

While a maize preparation was the downfall here, bongkrekic acid was originally associated primarily with another food. The toxin was even named after it: Tempeh Bongkrek. Tempeh is made from fermented soy. After soaking and cooking the beans, mold spores are added and the mixture is left to ferment for around two days in an airtight container.

As part of the agreement, Mrs. Parker promised not to disclose the sum but made clear that she was relieved that she and the hospital had come to terms before Georgia capped malpractice awards at $1.05 million.