3.17 Axios: Nvidia’s chips are improving at such a staggering pace that it defies any historical comparison. Without these gains, physics would slam the brakes on the data center boom. It’s like going from a Model T to a Tesla in under a decade — instead of more than a century. If fuel efficiency in cars …
2.28 US and Israel launch massive bombing attack on Iran, killing decades-long Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Eliot Cohen in The Atlantic: “Any normal president launching a war with such aims against a country of some 90 million people; with an area roughly that of France, Germany, Spain, and Italy combined; with a GDP (in …
1.31 Joe Walsh: “To my fellow Democrats, call him a fascist. He IS a fascist. Don’t be afraid to call him that. He’s using our Justice Department to go after his political enemies. He’s detaining & disappearing people without due process. And now he’s arresting journalists. He’s a fascist. Call him that. Don’t be afraid.” …
12.31 Ron Brownstein, in conversation with Bill Kristol: “Amid all of the swirling currents that you get whenever Trump is in the White House, I really feel like, to go back to pop culture, the real message of ‘25 was “the fundamental things apply.” At various points in his career, Trump has given the impression …
11.3o I play my 800th Wordle. Currently I have a 99 percent solve rate, and a streak of 68. My longest streak was 85. 11.29 Tom Stoppard dies at 89. 11.27 Robert A.M. Stern dies at 86. 11.24 A federal judge throws out the criminal charges against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that …
Tonight we saw Paul McCartney at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. He delivered. Now 83, McCartney played for two and half hours, something like 35 songs, starting with “Help” and encoring with a medley from “Abbey Road.” Not every song was great, not every song was a favorite, but every song was connected to …
10.31 Hours before millions of Americans lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits because of a government shutdown, Trump hosts a “Great Gatsby” Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago. The event’s theme, “A little party never killed nobody,” referenced a song from the 2013 film adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. 10.30 Andrew, the younger brother …
Last year I had the pleasure of editing “It Worked for Me,” a memoir by a businessman named Jeff Burgess. Today Jeff and his wife Joanne invited my son in law Shawn Kelly and me to be their guests in their suite at a game between the Anaheim Ducks and the Chicago Blackhawks. We saw …
Around the country, millions protested–at least seven million, perhaps eight million, among them Chamber colleagues Sam Hoyt and John Maggiore in Buffalo, Time magazine colleague Ken Smith in Minnesota, Spy colleague Elissa Schappell in Catskill NY, EW colleague Cable Neuhaus in Palm Beach FL, my cousin Tim King in Tulsa, Sara Halliwell …
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10.17 The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, sweeping their series 4-0 to win the National League championship. In six plus innings of work, the starting pitcher for the Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani, strikes out ten batters and hits three home runs, one of which left the stadium. In 150 years of Major League …