Almost $1B Later, the US Still Can't Make a Medical Glove
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-07-07/why-it-s-so-difficult-to-produce-100-american-made-medical-gloves
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-07-07/why-it-s-so-difficult-to-produce-100-american-made-medical-gloves
Bloomberg.com
Almost $1 Billion Later, the US Still Can’t Make a Medical Glove
The failure of a program to produce 100% American nitrile gloves shows the difficulty of reviving US manufacturing
pgrust passes 100% of the Postgres regression tests
https://malisper.me/pgrust-passes-100-of-postgresqls-regression-tests/
https://malisper.me/pgrust-passes-100-of-postgresqls-regression-tests/
malisper.me
pgrust passes 100% of the Postgres regression tests - malisper.me
pgrust is a Postgres rewrite in Rust that I’ve been working on with my friend Jason Seibel. It targets compatibility with Postgres 18.3, passes the PostgreSQL regression tests, and now also passes the isolation tests. It is disk compatible with Postgres and…
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FCC Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/climate/fcc-space-mirror.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/climate/fcc-space-mirror.html
Nytimes
F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry
A start-up company has permission to try its plan to bounce solar rays onto the dark side of Earth, turning night to day for a three-mile-wide patch.
Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine (1965) [pdf]
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/Good1964.pdf
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/Good1964.pdf
USAA closed 51% of home insurance claims without making a payment in 2025
https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/san-antonio-usaa-insurance-claims-rejected-22293061.php
https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/san-antonio-usaa-insurance-claims-rejected-22293061.php
San Antonio Express-News
USAA closed 51% of home insurance claims without making a payment in 2025
Denials have been an ongoing issue for insurers, and data show the rate of nonpayment of claims has been inching up for years. Climate change is a factor.
We scaled PgBouncer to 4x throughput
https://clickhouse.com/blog/pgbouncer-clickhouse-managed-postgres
https://clickhouse.com/blog/pgbouncer-clickhouse-managed-postgres
ClickHouse
How we scale PgBouncer in ClickHouse Managed Postgres | ClickHouse
PgBouncer is single-threaded, so a single process caps out at one CPU core no matter the box size. See how ClickHouse Managed Postgres runs a peered fleet of PgBouncer processes with so_reuseport to scale pooling across every core — with benchmarks showin
Tropical forests facing increasing risks of exposure to critical temp thresholds
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2528622123
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2528622123
PNAS
Tropical forests are facing increasing risks of exposure to critical temperature thresholds | PNAS
Understanding how close tropical tree species are to critical temperature thresholds
that might impede photosynthetic activity is vital in a world ...
that might impede photosynthetic activity is vital in a world ...
Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/04/california-hawaii-rowing-solo-journey
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/04/california-hawaii-rowing-solo-journey
the Guardian
Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii
Kelsey Pfendler set out to become first US woman, youngest woman and fastest woman to solo over 2,400-mile journey
Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/11/vulgar-thatcherism/#there-is-an-alternative
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/11/vulgar-thatcherism/#there-is-an-alternative
I used to love Claude, but the latest models are slowly ruining it
https://www.androidauthority.com/claude-latest-models-pushback-bad-3683521/
https://www.androidauthority.com/claude-latest-models-pushback-bad-3683521/
Android Authority
I used to love Claude, but the latest models are slowly ruining it
For the longest time, Claude was hands-down my favorite AI chatbot. However, that's changed after the latest models were released.
Weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control, researchers find
https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/11/research_fralinbiomed_yanweightlifting.html
https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/11/research_fralinbiomed_yanweightlifting.html
Virginia Tech
Weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control, researchers find
Virginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute show that resistance training outperforms endurance exercise in improving insulin sensitivity in obesity and Type 2 diabetes models.