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plegreslon NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University

Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million

A quarter-century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/nyregion/trump-columbia-u...

plegreslon Two F-14 fighter jets were diverted to USS Midway (2023)

The ones in museums supposedly had their internal wing structure cut to prevent them from every flying again:

https://web.archive.org/web/20211113195112/https://theaviati...

but that part of the post has been removed from the updated version on the original website. The post now just says that one of the main points was identified as incorrect information. So the actual airworthiness of the ones in museums seems unclear. You can find a list of where they are on display here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat#Aircraft_o...

plegreslon OpenAI builds first chip with Broadcom and TSMC, scales back foundry ambition

Why? Google also partners with Broadcom for TPU.

plegreslon Zapata AI Ceases Operations