Chinese Spy Balloon

Intense and ongoing speculation has surrounded what is being called the “Chinese spy balloon” that circulated U.S. airspace in late January and early February of this year. A new exclusive report from NBC News has been released confirming what many suspected, that the balloon was collecting and sharing sensitive information…

While political philosophy in the Russian Federation is dominated by Eurasianism, i.e., …

So, so much here https://apple.news/AqGCmH1N3Ry68FSxaV1SYRw I have been thinking about this. Reminds me of when I learnt why and how satellite surveillance became okay back when it first started. I will have to write something later. [And I am just talking about the headline. The article itself is so far behind a darn pay wall that I can’t even post a link to it here.] #99spyballoons go by…

( Washington, D.C.): “We did no mistake. Any object presents a threat to the safety and security of American people, I will take it down” President Biden said in response to whether it was worth taking a $12 Balloon down costing millions of dollars. He also confirmed that there is…

(And the sky is winning) Last week I was cooking up a batch of premium headline ideas for my column, mostly regarding trending topics in the news, such as the Chinese balloons or the British transphobe. I sat by a window, a sunbeam bouncing from my eyes to the cell…

On Saturday, February 4th, a Chinese surveillance balloon accomplished a seven-day journey across the United States. Entering the continental United States over Montana, the U.S. Government was swift in condemning the balloon as an act of espionage. The device lingered over Malmstrom Air Force Base, home to U.S. nuclear missile…

The Great Firewall of China, or just the Great Firewall (GFW), is a mixture of legislative actions and technologies enforced by the People’s Republic of China to regulate the Internet, and it works by monitoring all of China’s internet activities: blocking access to select foreign websites for political reasons, blocking…

Decades before the recent spy scandal, a TV show terrified us with an accidental prop — When the Chinese balloon scandal first broke, I posted a clip from “The Prisoner” while making a joke that the balloon was actually Rover. Now that balloons have become a thing, I wanted to go back and explain the reference for those who didn’t get it — because I’m the…

This past weekend, I got a lot of engagement for a tweet analyzing ChatGPT’s ability to play chess. However, I was wrong, a victim of a bias called Concept Drift, the flip side of Confirmation Bias. Also, this week, we learned that Unidentified Flying (or Floating?) Objects have been around…