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A rare Ebola strain is spreading in the DRC, with no confirmed vaccine. Global health organizations are using Claude to respond as fast as possible.
Internal memos, leaked handbooks and out of print founder books. Free to read or borrow.
A rare, periodic reevaluation of one of the oldest and dearest tools in my kit.
“Defenses against AI-created bioweapons will take years to build. We don’t have years to spare,” writes Ashish Jha.
Inside the leaked Keitaro-powered backend of a cloaked investment scam targeting South Africa.
Look around you, and you’ll see rare earth elements at work. A phone vibrates because a magnet moves a weight . Its screen was polished with cerium powder. Its connection to the rest of the world crosses oceans on cables amplified with erbium . If you drove today, a rare earth magnet helped you steer, and a cerium compound scrubbed the exhaust . All of these devices function because of 17 metals collectively known as rare earth elements . The scientists who gave the group that name in 1794 created a misnomer. Cerium alone is about as common in the Earth’s crust as copper. However, separating rare earth minerals from one another and from raw ore is intensely difficult. As a result, countries that control the processing of rare earth minerals have a lot of political leverage. Read full article Comments