day eighty-two (13. 453)

In a breach of protocol and following his warning after his meeting with Xi to Taipei to not speak of independence, Trump says he intends to hold direct talks with Taiwan’s president, the first time a US leader has done so since 1979. As indications that the US is preparing for conflict, former Cuban leader Raúl Castro is indicted by the US department of justice for the 1996 downing of two airplanes, whilst Trump and Hegseth sunk at least fifty-eight boats with impunity. Reports emerge that the US and Israel had hoped to put controversial populist ex-president Mahmud Ahmadinejad in power with the opening salvo of the war and the bombing campaign that killed the Supreme Leader, hoping to free Ahmadinejad from house arrest but underestimating support for the regime with apparently the former president souring on the idea of the coup as the fighting intensified.

synchronoptica

one year ago: the Heidelberg Asparagus Supper (with synchronopticæ) plus NASA sells an iconic property

twelve years ago: privacy and HIPAA 

thirteen years ago: laser-cut recordings 

fourteen years ago: frictionless markets plus codified disinformation

sixteen years ago: synthetic cells