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China's Helium Export Ban Raises New Risks For Global Supply Chains Authored by Michael Zhuang via The Epoch Times, China has imposed a temporary ban on helium exports, adding fresh uncertainty to global supplies of a gas essential to semiconductor manufacturing, aerospace, medical equipment, and other high-tech industries. The first pilot helium production facility in Europe, located in Saint-Parize-le-Châtel, France, on Sept. 11, 2024. FREDERIC MOREAU/Hans Lucas via AFP/Getty Images The July 10 announcement by China's Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs comes as Beijing faces mounting pressure on its own...

From "Don't Be Evil" To Drone King: Eric Schmidt's Interceptors Deployed With U.S. Troops Google's old motto, "Don't be evil," was retired for very good reasons eight years ago. On Friday, Google joined the growing list of tech firms preparing to deploy AI tools for national security work at the Department of War. But this note is not about Google. It is about Eric Schmidt's ventures in the drone warfare space, accelerated by the wars across Eurasia. Recall that earlier this year, Schmidt reportedly visited Kyiv to accelerate his drone-startup ventures, using Ukraine...

A Bad Moon Is Rising On Our Nation's 250th Birthday Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Burning Down The House... "I forgot to get napkins. I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me." - Darializa Avila-Chevalier, primary election winner, New York’s 13th Congressional District Who are all these Democratic Socialists of America, anyway? DSA on the March shoulder to shoulder with the Pride Brigade “We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization,” one of their spoxes declared on Instagram in 2024. Hmmmm . . . . I wonder if you can be...