From Grok:

The post’s headline reference (“No longer in denial: Gush Etzion admits to ritual abuse”) and description of the documentary triggering the admission accurately reflect the Israeli media coverage and the council’s own statement. The mention of filming creating child pornography aligns with the documentary’s references to recordings of the abuse.

Analysis from Grok:

This work is a concrete step toward integrated quantum optics where atoms become programmable elements inside photonic processors. It bridges two leading platforms and makes chip-scale hybrid systems more realistic.

Time Frames (Realistic Outlook) Quantum technologies have long, uncertain timelines due to scaling, error correction, and integration challenges. This is an early but enabling lab result (C > 1 is a key threshold; paths exist to C > 30 via lower-loss resonators, photonic crystals, and better fabrication).

• 2026 (Current): Fundamental proof-of-concept. Single-atom trapping + coupling demonstrated. Quantum Source plans first deliveries of its ORIGIN deterministic resource-state generator (core building block for photonic QC) to select partners by end of 2026. forbes.com
• 2027–2030 (Near-term Prototypes): Multi-atom arrays on chips, improved cooperativity and lifetimes, basic photon-atom gates or small hybrid operations. Early commercial modules or enhanced photonic systems. Initial NISQ-era uses in research, optimization, simulation, or specialized quantum communication prototypes. Quantum Source targets general availability and scaling progress in this window.
• Early-to-Mid 2030s (Useful Systems): Larger integrated hybrid processors or network nodes. Fault-tolerant demonstrations in photonic or hybrid architectures become plausible as error correction matures. Practical applications emerge in quantum chemistry simulation, materials discovery, secure networks, and hybrid classical-quantum workflows. Market projections show strong growth in photonic quantum tech through this period.
• Mid-to-Late 2030s+ (Mature Scale): Million-qubit-class systems (per ambitious visions like Quantum Source’s), full quantum internet infrastructure, and widespread industrial use. Full fault tolerance across platforms remains a multi-year engineering effort even with accelerators like this interface.

From Grok:

The specific numbers and the existence of the FT/Panmure Liberum analysis are factually correct and widely referenced (including in recent X discussions). These are estimates based on public capex plans and assumptions about future revenue — reality could turn out better (or worse) depending on how quickly and profitably AI is adopted at scale.

In Egyptian mythology there are two serpents, Atum and Apophis, one to create out of chaos, the other to return to chaos. Germanic mythology offers a similar idea in the struggle between Thor/Donar (order) and Jormungandr (chaos). In our day, we wonder why the Left and most third-world invaders seem determined to destroy our civilization. To take and to destroy. Why white people, who have built ordered Western Civilization, are being systematically replaced by those who sow chaos. Burlingame recognizes this struggle as an eternal war. He writes:

The Two Classes: Resentfuls and Responsibles

Humanity’s divided into two hereditary, genetically coded classes (roughly half the population, with the other half being the malleable masses in the middle, the Adoptables):

Resentfuls: Motivated by deep-rooted envy, leading to malevolence. They see the world as inherently unfair and seek power through control, coercion, deceit, and destruction of systems. Their compulsion is to enslave and consume Adoptables while waging total war against Responsibles and the Game itself. They view relationships as zero-sum power struggles.

Responsibles: Motivated by deep-rooted gratitude, leading to responsibility. They accept the world as it is — difficult and complex — and seek to sustain and expand the Game through innovation, collaboration, and mutual benefit. Their compulsion is to draw more Adoptables into skilled, sustainable participation in the Game.

Adoptables (the pivotal ~50% of any population) aren’t hardwired to either side. They’re the battleground. Resentfuls seek to radicalize them into resentment and dependency; Responsibles seek to empower them through gratitude, relationships, and upward mobility. Adoptables’ alignment determines whether the War or the Game dominates at any moment. They’re also the primary source of raw, real-world innovation born from the necessity of surviving.

Doctrine alone doesn’t win battles. Lines of Effort (LoEs) translate principles and rules into actionable, context-specific strategies at strategic, operational, and tactical levels.

• Resentfuls have long operated from Saul Alinsky-style LoEs: power from money/people, ridicule as a weapon, make the enemy live up to its rules, etc.
• Responsibles must develop and adhere to their own explicit LoEs: emphasize relationships over money, deny psychological warfare tactics, restore forgiveness and Classical Liberalism, evolve the Game rapidly in a virtualizing world, etc.

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I’m not advocating for this, just offering it for entertainment purposes.

h/t WRSA for meme.