Chat Control 2 passed the EU on a vote where absent MEPs counted as yes — 314 tried to block it, 361 were needed. 500 cryptographers call it a danger to democracy.
In 2013 Harvard bound two photons into a molecule; in 1999 light was slowed to 17 m/s. The real physics behind solid light, and the wall it could build.
The LHC sits dark for Long Shutdown 3. Built to find the Higgs and hunt dark matter (27% of the universe) — a fringe theory says it cracked reality itself.
AI data centers drew 415 TWh in 2024 and are on track to double that by 2030. One hyperscaler now drinks a third of an Oregon city's water. The engines of our obsolescence run on aquifers.