The article doesn’t make this clear but “proficiency testing” is a “testing the testers” activity that ensures that labs’ procedures are working. So milk testing done by labs will still be done but those labs won’t be tested until this is resolved. Yes, the activity being stopped is important but a short stall shouldn’t immediately accept food safety.

IIRC the plan is for the de minimus exemption to end on May 2nd. So we may see similar changes for sub-$800 shipments after that.

I second the “check a thrift store” idea. People buy them, use them 3 times, then eventually donate them so you’ll likely find several barely used models.

Using our tax dollars to house people in a Salvadoran prison. Yikes. What are the chances we can stop payment on that one?

I’m no expert but… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starvation_(crime)

https://archive.is/KUFht

~~Looks like it isn’t real.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/illegal-border-crossings-plummeted-in-january/ ~~

I’ve been corrected. Is is real. It makes sense that they were just documenting his word salad.

More permanent copy for posterity: https://archive.is/5YlSS

https://archive.is/QhtCz

https://archive.is/1CLRw

They’re keeping their key AI experts from travelling to the US.

Archive link: https://archive.is/MDC7G

I love the question and hope to see some good responses here.

If someone reading this has Ryan Mcbeth’s ear they might want to point him to this post. He’d likely have good suggestions. Here’s one of his lectures on disinformation: https://www.youtube.com/live/THfi_lxBvW0

Edit: Here’s another much shorter video of his on disinformation: https://youtu.be/DZ6eMYW7Xwc

In the past, what has worked for me is to configure the routers to disconnect clients whose signal level drops below a specified threshold. Clients aren’t savvy about this / will stay connected to a poor signal when a better one is available. You’d have to look at router-reported signal levels in your physical space to figure out where to set the thresholds.

If anyone wants to see more context here’s some video of what he did: https://youtu.be/h9ytfBg953Q

Congrats, you made me wonder what the specifics were enough to look it up.

Here’s the case info for anyone else that’s similarly curious: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-dis-crt-sd-new-yor/114642632.html

Great article. Thanks for sharing.

OP- Consider removing the 3 “opens new tab” statements. Those are an artifact of how you copied the article’s content.

I checked tineye and it didn’t find any other copies of this image. Says it was posted to imgur yesterday.

https://tineye.com/search/3518bf0ca837e6e509d9c43e7c772c455e4ab33d?sort=score&order=desc&page=1

A source for those interested: https://substack.com/home/post/p-151721941

I read this as a haiku.

Have you considered contacting faith-based organizations and explaining your situation and asking what they can do to help? Churches, Sikh temples if you have any, or charitable orgs might have or locate an opportunity directly or find one from among their membership to help someone in need. You might get lucky and whatever work they find you ends up teaching you a skill.