The Tech Bubble Is Giving 2008 Housing Bubble Deja Vu.
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The US Was Aware Of Israel's Attack On Iran.
And of course, there's President Trump's own rhetoric . If he was trying to "warn" Iran, that implies he new something was up. And even now, telling Iran to make a deal before things get worse indicates that he's quite aware that Israel will strike again (and it's curious that he doesn't seem to want to prevent any future strikes). Meanwhile, Marco Rubio is trying to downplay America's involvement while stocks take a hit .
China's DeepSeek Ate Silicon Valley's Lunch.
Rachel Blevins reminds us that this shows how unprepared the US is: And Danny Haiphong gives his take: Basically, "DeekSeek" is "reefer" in this clip:
CT Town Musing Over Phone Ban For Schools
Hmmm ... Gov. Ned Lamont’s suggestion last month towards the end of his annual State of the State address that kids lock away their smartphones during the school day unexpectedly generated a wave of applause that still is resonating. “I’m getting a lot of feedback, more feedback on this than anything I’ve done in a while,” Lamont said Tuesday on a school tour. “And I think it really has hit a chord with parents and teachers, and the kids are OK with it.” Lamont, Attorney General William Tong and education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker visited Illing Middle School in Manchester, where school administrators are three months into a smartphone experiment begun before Lamont mused that schools might do well to emulate Beyoncé. The singer is one of the performing artists who sometimes require phones be locked in Yondr pouches, small neoprene bags that allow patrons to keep their phones but not use them to take calls or make recordings or photographs during performances. Manche...
