“Hacking” does a lot of work in this hoax.

Coffee With Scott Adams 7/22/25

BULLISH: I've never found much use for Truth Social other than to read Trump's post - until now. If you're looking for an indirect way to invest in Bitcoin and the president $DJT might be a good way to do that now. I predict it will average an annual CAGR of 32% over the next five years based its decision to purchase $2 billion worth of Bitcoin.

🇫🇮 THIS GIANT SAND BATTERY HEATS A WHOLE TOWN IN FINLAND It’s literally a 15-meter-tall container full of hot sand that stores enough heat to power homes, offices, and even a swimming pool for a month. When there’s extra solar or wind power, it turns that into heat and stores it in crushed soapstone at 500°C. The result? A 70% drop in emissions for the whole district. Who knew saving the planet would involve a giant sandbox? Source: James Stewart IG

Lol, I've been wondering what they do too. But it's funnier when the Treasury Secretary says it.

Watch Scott Adams brutally dismantle Beto O’Rourke and Karen Bass’s absurd Democrat talking points line by line. @ScottAdamsSays “They are so far away from any kind of common sense understanding of the country or even pretending that their job is to make the country better off. It’s all just pure empty rhetoric.”

President Trump Sets Internet on Fire with Video of Obama Getting Arrested by FBI Agents and Tossed Into Jail | Cristina Laila, The Gateway Pundit President Trump set the internet on fire on Sunday evening after he posted an AI video of Barack Obama being arrested by FBI agents and tossed in prison. The video shows FBI agents ambushing Barack Obama during an Oval Office meeting with Trump, cuffing him and putting him in prison. ... President Trump also posted mugshots of the Deep State coup plotters involved in the Russia collusion hoax. On Saturday evening President Trump floated prosecuting Barack Obama and the Deep State thugs involved the Trump-Russia collusion hoax. ODNI Tulsi Gabbard declassified a December 2016 presidential briefing revealing Barack Obama knew the Trump-Russia collusion narrative was a hoax. Obama, Brennan, Clapper, Comey, Susan Rice and others knew Russia never ‘hacked’ or interfered in the 2016 election to elect Donald Trump, but they pushed the lie through fake news media outlets anyway. On Saturday, White House spokesman Harrison Fields went on Fox News and directly called out Barack Obama and the lying media. “Obama’s hands are on this and what is he doing now? He’s over here with his wife doing a podcast, walking with flipflops on the beach acting like his whole career was everything and a bag of chips! It wasn’t! It was the most corrupt presidency we have ever seen! We thought Joe Biden was bad. Now we know who was behind it all. It was Barack Hussein Obama and we need an answers,” Harrison Fields said. ... President Trump praised Harrison Fields and the Fox News panel as he floated prosecuting Obama and others involved in Russiagate. “Great job by young and talented Harrison Fields on FoxNews. The Panel was fantastic on prosecuting Obama and the “thugs” who have just been unequivocally exposed on highest level Election Fraud. Congratulations to Tulsi Gabbard. Keep it coming!!!” Trump said on Truth Social. Read more:

Is good coffee the secret to a happy office? Nearly 100% of employers believe a brew is vital for staff wellbeing | Eleanor Gunn, The Irish Sun Nearly half of British workers say they would come in more, if they could socialise with colleagues Good coffee is regarded as a workplace essential to fuel businesses with 98 per cent of employers saying it plays a vital role in the wellbeing of their staff, according to a new poll. 82 per cent of employees say access to good coffee improves their mood and productivity. More than two thirds (70 per cent) also highlighted coffee machine chats as the most sociable moment of their day - with 91 per cent viewing them as a hub for camaraderie and collaboration. Research showed this is important as 27 per cent of workers say they feel lonely or isolated, while 83 per cent say their workplace is an enjoyable space to be in and they feel happy at work. But happiness falls to just 22 per cent if the environment is not right And 45 per cent of hybrid workers say they would come into their place of work more often if there were more opportunities to socialise with colleagues. Despite these benefits, two thirds of survey respondents said they only have access to a kettle at work. Clare Hancock, Managing Director of Thrive London, which commissioned the research of 1,000 staff and 100 employers, said: “When budgets are tight, investing in premium coffee may seem like a luxury but our research shows it’s a priceless investment in people. “The kettle hasn’t moved with the times and the best workplaces are built around moments of connection. “What we see from this research is that great, speciality coffee facilitates this.” She added: “Coffee is the small thing that powers the big things — connection, creativity, performance.” Her company Thrive London - which she runs with her sister Emma - provides speciality high end coffee.

Self-repairing batteries could double EV power packs’ lifespan, performance | Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering The PHOENIX system employs sensors to detect physical swelling, generate internal heat maps, and identify specific gases. Scientists are developing self-healing batteries designed to diagnose internal damage and initiate repairs, a technology that could double the lifespan of electric vehicles (EVs). The research addresses battery degradation, a key factor limiting EV longevity and adoption. “Extending battery life will also reduce the carbon footprint of EVs, offering a win-win for both consumers and the environment,” said the researchers in a press release. This work is part of the EU-funded PHOENIX initiative. The project aims to create durable and sustainable batteries to support the transport sector’s shift toward mandates like the European Union’s 2035 zero-emission goal for new cars. “The idea is to increase battery lifetime and reduce its carbon footprint because the same battery can repair itself so that fewer resources are needed overall,” stated Johannes Ziegler, a materials scientist at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC. Using sensors to flag defects The PHOENIX project, a collaboration involving scientists from Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Spain, and Italy, is engineering a system of internal sensors. This system provides more detailed data than current Battery Management Systems (BMS), which largely monitor basic safety parameters. “Currently, what is sensed is very limited in general temperature, voltage and current,” noted Yves Stauffer, an engineer at the Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM). “In addition to providing an estimation of the remaining energy availability, it ensures safety.” The PHOENIX system uses sensors to detect physical swelling, generate internal heat maps, and identify specific gases, providing an early warning of battery damage. “When the battery’s brain decides repair is needed, healing is activated. This could mean squeezing the battery back into shape, for example, or applying targeted heat to trigger self-repair mechanisms inside,” explained the press release. The researchers are exploring several methods, including applying targeted heat to reform chemical bonds. “The idea is that under thermal treatment, some unique chemical bonding will bounce back,” explained Liu Sufu, a battery chemist at CSEM. Another technique uses magnetic fields to break down “dendrites,” metallic growths that can cause short circuits. Improving battery performance too The research reached a milestone in March 2025, when a new batch of sensor and trigger prototypes was sent to partners for testing on battery pouch cells. This phase will help validate the technology’s effectiveness. Beyond extending life, the project also aims to improve performance. “We’re trying to develop next-generation batteries with higher energy density,” Sufu added. The team is testing the use of silicon in battery anodes, which can store more energy than the standard graphite. The project’s self-healing technology could provide the stability needed to make silicon-based anodes commercially viable, potentially leading to lighter EVs with a longer range. The initiative addresses the growing demand for EVs and could reduce the industry’s reliance on critical raw materials such as lithium and nickel. The researchers acknowledge that the sensors add to production costs and are working to optimize the technology for economic feasibility.

Conifer's iron magnet electric motors cut China out of the picture | Joe Salas, New Atlas China controls about 90% of the entire global supply of rare earth magnets, including their mining and refining. That means that most of the neodymium, dysprosium, and terbium that end up in EV motors, drones, wind turbines and even smartphones ... well, depending on supply and demand or even geopolitical landscape, China basically makes the rules. California-based Conifer Motors is trying to break that stranglehold by simply cutting rare earth materials out of the equation and making EV motors from one of the most abundant materials on Earth: iron. Yes, it's been tried before. Iron-based magnets have historically been considered too weak for any serious heavy-duty use, but Conifer has a trick up its sleeve: an axial-flux design. Most electric motors are radial-flux. That is, they are cylindrical with magnets spinning around a central shaft, which makes them simple, reliable and scalable. Axial flux, on the other hand, is more like a flat disk. Like a tuna can (axial) instead of a soda can (radial). These motors generally run lower RPMs and produce more torque due to their wider radius and shorter magnetic path. Axial-flux motors have been around since the 1800s. Even Nikola Tesla dabbled with early designs, but the motors never really caught on because they were hard to manufacture and not easy to keep cool. And radial-flux, as I mentioned, was simply good enough to get the job done while being easy to make (for sanity's sake, we'll not even get into raxial-flux in this article). Now, in the 21st century, we have all sorts of fun new tech that allows us to not only easily manufacture axial-flux electric motors, but also to make them much more efficient. Modern motor controllers, better thermal management, precision manufacturing techniques like CNC machining, lighter and stronger materials, you name it. Conifer isn't trying to break into the electric car market with these new iron-based axial-flux motors. Instead, the company is focusing on smaller 1 to 25-hp (0.75-18.65-kW) electric motor applications for stuff like HVAC fans and pumps, tools and equipment, and even fun stuff like in-wheel motor designs for small electric vehicles and off-road toys – think scooters, ATVs, and urban delivery vehicles. All of these things already exist, but the kicker with Conifer is that these are ferrite axial-flux motors rather than rare earth magnet motors. And iron can be sourced nearly anywhere; domestic manufacturing without any rare earth hoops to jump through. Conifer's in-wheel design simplifies everything: no axles, no differentials, and no other powertrain bits, making the entire vehicle project less complex and less expensive with less energy loss in transmissions, CV joints and the like. It also has the potential for better traction control systems, as each drive wheel would have its own motor. The company utilizes a winding technique normally reserved for battery production that cuts winding costs down by 90% and shortens production time. Normally, stators are wound using manual coil insertion or complex lacing machines. Conifer uses a flat, layered winding approach inspired by battery cell stacking – then automated it to be scalable without needing custom retooling for different-sized motors. Conifer's smart axial-flux layout puts more magnetic mass further from the axis of rotation and spins the motors faster than traditional axial designs – kind of utilizing the flywheel effect – to achieve higher efficiency and more torque. But that also means slower acceleration and deceleration with heavier braking loads. Fortunately, in applications like blower motors for AC units or small urban commuter scooters and the like, more inertia isn't a bad thing. All of that being said, iron magnets are simply not as powerful as rare earth magnets. It's very unlikely you'll ever see iron magnets used in EVs like a Tesla, Lucid, Rivian or any other proper road-going electric car. And while in-wheel motors are compact and convenient, unsprung weight (weight that is not loaded onto the suspension) does affect ride quality and handling, especially in lighter two-wheeled machines. Read more: