As someone who will just nuke a cold cup of K-cup coffee in the microwave, I may not be the best person to judge that list!

Not sure you can win money if it involves death, though. Also, those odds stink. Give me the 1% (92x!) odds of random folks like Tom Hoge winning this weekend at Sawgrass, baby! (golf chat, ignore if you aren't as geeky as me)

Hmmmmmmmmm, if the walls could talk!!!!!!! 555

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/terrapower-gets-ok-to-start-construction-of-its-first-nuclear-plant/ On Wednesday, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it had issued its first construction approval in nearly a decade. The approval will allow work to begin on a site in Kemmerer, Wyoming, by a company called TerraPower. That company is most widely recognized as being financially backed by Bill Gates, but it’s attempting to build a radically new reactor, one that is sodium-cooled and incorporates energy storage as part of its design. This doesn’t necessarily mean it will gain approval to operate the reactor, but it’s a critical step for the company. The TerraPower design, which it calls Natrium and has been developed jointly with GE Hitachi, has several novel features. Probably the most notable of these is the use of liquid sodium for cooling and heat transfer. This allows the primary coolant to circulate at far lower pressure, avoiding any of the challenges posed by the high-pressure water or steam used in water-cooled reactors. But it carries the risk that sodium is highly reactive when exposed to air or water. Natrium is also a fast-neutron reactor, which could allow it to consume some isotopes that would otherwise end up as radioactive waste in more traditional reactor designs. The reactor is also relatively small compared to most current nuclear plants (345 megawatts versus roughly 1 gigawatt), and incorporates energy storage. Rather than using the heat extracted by the sodium to boil water, the plant will put the heat into a salt-based storage material that can either be used to generate electricity or stored for later use. This will allow the plant to operate around renewable power, which would otherwise undercut it on price. The storage system will also allow it to temporarily output up to 500 MW of electricity.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-auction-oil-gas-drilling-rights-alaskas-cook-inlet-2026-03-04/ Oil and gas drillers failed to show up at the Trump administration's ​sale of more than 1 million acres (404,686 hectares) in ‌Alaska's Cook Inlet on Wednesday, declining to submit even a single bid. The sale was the first of six Alaska offshore oil and gas auctions mandated through ​2032 by U.S. President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill ​Act, which he signed into law last year. Trump has ⁠sought to expand domestic oil and gas resources, including in ​Alaska where production has been in decline for decades. Drilling in ​the Arctic and Alaska is a high-risk endeavor, involving decades of work and billions of dollars of investment. Officials from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management had ​planned to read bids via a livestream on the agency's ​website beginning at 10 a.m. Alaska time (1900 GMT). Bids were due a day ‌earlier, ⁠on March 3. Instead, BOEM's sale website was updated to reflect the lack of bids. "At this time, no bids have been received," BOEM wrote. "In accordance with OBBBA, we will continue to hold leasing opportunities ​for Cook Inlet ​so that industry ⁠has a regular, predictable federal leasing schedule that ensures we achieve President Trump's American Energy Dominance ​Agenda."

https://www.thetimes.com/world/asia/article/china-taiwan-trump-invasion-l8xwr2fr0 China has all but stopped sending military aircraft into the skies around Taiwan, in an abrupt cessation of pressure that is adding to uncertainty about Beijing’s intentions at one of the world’s most dangerous potential flashpoints. Since 2020, aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have been active most days around Taiwan, part of a strategy of military pressure. Beijing claims the self-ruling island as its own territory and refuses to rule out “reunifying” by military force. But according to monitoring by Taiwan, there were no military aircraft near the island on nine of the ten-day period between February 27 and last Sunday, although the presence of naval vessels continued at previous levels. There could be various explanations for the sudden silence in the skies, including a recent purge by President Xi of high-ranking military officers and ongoing party meetings in Beijing. The most alarming suggestion is that the PLA is servicing its aircraft in preparation for an attack on Taiwan, although there is no other obvious sign that this is about to happen.

https://www.bgr.com/2089651/3d-printing-robots-solve-housing-crisis/ As the name implies, 3D-printed houses are buildings that are primarily constructed by an automated arm extruding a special concrete mix. This material builds up the shell of the house layer by layer, which can reduce building costs by up to 35% and labor costs by as much as 80%, while also decreasing the amount of wasted material after completion. The process is mostly automated, but human workers are still on hand to install all the plumbing, electrical wires, insulation, HVAC systems, and roofs. Thanks to 3D printers, houses can go up in days. In fact, Europe's biggest 3D-printed building was constructed in just under 6 days, and the world's largest house printer can build a home in a little over 3 days. And of course, reduced build time also means less energy needed for the process. Efficiency is the name of the game here. Since 3D printing houses is more efficient than traditional building methods, this process might just help solve the housing crisis. The costs of labor, energy, and materials are comparatively lower (especially if material waste isn't tabulated into the price), so those savings could hypothetically be passed on to buyers. However, the savings might not stop there. The single biggest advantage of 3D printing houses boils down to this: While traditional homes rely on insulation, 3D-printed wall systems are often built with insulated cavities and high-thermal-mass concrete that help manage heat flow. This can lead to lower energy and electricity bills — in fact, some 3D-printed homes are reportedly 40 to 60% more energy efficient than standard new builds.

Like Trump, Iran’s new supreme leader is a real estate mogul, with a house on ‘Billionaires’ Row,’ a villa in Dubai, and upscale European hotels https://fortune.com/2026/03/09/iran-new-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei-real-estate-mogul-billionaires-row-villa-dubai-european-hotels/ But before the conflict, he largely kept a low profile while accumulating assets around the world. A Bloomberg investigation in January found Khamenei has avoided putting investments in his own name, but they totaled more than $138 million. That includes Swiss bank accounts as well as luxury properties. Among his holdings in several of London’s ritziest neighborhoods is a house on “Billionaires’ Row.” Sources told Bloomberg Khamenei’s real estate empire also boasts a villa in the “Beverly Hills of Dubai” and upscale European hotels.

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[image: 7UCOEAVVLJCTPFNML4W6GFCXSU.jpg&w=1440] Sorry @renauda and @blondie I could not find similar for Canada.

And miss out on the fascinating detail?

Will wait for final confirmation by watching who will give Trump his gold medal.

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https://x.com/ryansaavedra/status/2030816599033151863?s=46

https://x.com/business/status/2031009153804591320?s=46

Yeah brain fog I suppose! I did wake up the next day with a cold (still have it) so maybe it was an early symptom.

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That’s right.

Yeah, when it first came out - 32 years ago.