While this is just new capacity, the numbers for total capacity are also impressive.
Generally ProPublica does good work, so it seems like this should be taken relatively seriously. I haven't finished reading the article yet, but so far the only indication that the article could be incorrect is that it's based on an *interim* report from the *Republican* senate staff *only*. I guess that makes it doubly unofficial? But if ProPublica is taking it seriously...
Another funny take by Dan Trombly: "A breach of a Prime Minister's phone by hostile intelligence services is a huge information security concern. Consequently, security experts recommend changing your Prime Minister every 6 weeks to limit your vulnerability to these types of attacks"
Human behavior in crowds can be really scary. Here's a video from Brazil where a stampede happened because some crossfit people were out for a run. Noah Smith compares this with asset bubbles.
Quantian points out that this is 10x what all the gaming companies spend on R&D. It's also more than what the US is spending on military aid to Ukraine. You can literally win a war with this much money.
Threads
• Short thread about an event during WWII in 1943 when Racist US military police attacked black US troops on British soil.
• Short thread about the drone ship attack on a russian warship in Sevastopol. There's also some video from the drone ships, that bring up more comparisons to the battle of Tsushima. Russia has ended their agreement to allow grain from Ukraine to be shipped, and also blocked the Telegram messaging service.