/qnotables/ - ===Q Notables===

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110248 (050326ZDEC24) Notable: Flashback: GWB Sr. praising Fauci

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>if they preemptive pardon fauci would they just cover the covid years or go back further

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110255 (050328ZDEC24) Notable: GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!❤️

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il Donaldo Trumpo

@PapiTrumpo

GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!❤️🇺🇸

https://x.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1864494038474277210

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110268 (050330ZDEC24) Notable: Former Social Security Administration Employee Admits To Role In Transnational “Grandparent Scam” Operated From Dominican Republic

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Former Social Security Administration Employee Admits To Role In Transnational “Grandparent Scam” Operated From Dominican Republic

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/former-social-security-administration-employee-admits-role-transnational-grandparent

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110424 (050349ZDEC24) Notable: UnitedHealthcare CEO assassination

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🚨 #BREAKING: A message was inscribed on one of the bullet casings found at the scene of the assassination of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, law enforcement sources tell NY1

No word on exactly what the message was yet.

This is getting deeper and deeper…

https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1864509032683233583

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110425 (050349ZDEC24) Notable: Elvis Presley’s favourite movies unveiled by his family – 1940 classic left King in tears

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https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1984647/Elvis-Presley-favourite-movies-Patton-Godfather-Monty-Python

Elvis Presley’s favourite movies unveiled by his family – 1940 classic left King in tears

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110506 (050358ZDEC24) Notable: Trump picks billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

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Trump picks billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he plans to nominate billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA.

“Jared will drive NASA’s mission of discovery and inspiration, paving the way for groundbreaking achievements in Space science, technology, and exploration,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Isaacman, 41, is the founder and CEO of the payment processing company Shift4. He has flown to space twice on commercial SpaceX missions, but has not worked at NASA or in the federal government. Isaacman funded both of those spaceflights himself, for an undisclosed sum.

In a statement, Isaacman said he was “honored” to receive Trump’s nomination.

“Having been fortunate to see our amazing planet from space, I am passionate about America leading the most incredible adventure in human history,” he wrote on X.

Isaacman has close ties to Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Trump chose Musk, a close ally, to co-lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency.” Musk on Wednesday congratulated Isaacman in a post on X.

Isaacman in 2022 partnered with Musk and SpaceX to pay for and launch the Polaris Program, a series of three private spaceflights to test technologies and maneuvers for exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. Isaacman was one of four private citizens sent into orbit on the first of the spaceflights, known as Polaris Dawn.

The five-day mission, in September, included the first all-civilian spacewalk.

Isaacman also bankrolled and flew on SpaceX’s first all-civilian mission to orbit in 2021.

If Isaacman is confirmed, he will take control of NASA at a pivotal time for the agency, with key missions planned to help return humans to the moon in the coming years.

The United States has faced increasing competition in its efforts to go to the moon and establish a permanent presence on the lunar surface.

China has made significant progress with its space program in recent years and has said it intends to land Chinese astronauts on the moon by 2030. The country has already flown robotic spacecraft to the moon and returned the first samples from the moon’s far side. Chinese leaders have said they plan to eventually build a base on the lunar surface.

“I was born after the Moon landings; my children were born after the final space shuttle launch,” Isaacman said in his statement, adding: “I can promise you this: We will never again lose our ability to journey to the stars and never settle for second place ... Americans will walk on the Moon and Mars and in doing so, we will make life better here on Earth.”

Trump’s selection of a relative outsider to lead NASA — along with Musk’s involvement with the incoming administration — may signal a move toward increased commercialization of NASA’s operations. Already, the space agency relies heavily on SpaceX and other commercial partners to launch its astronauts, cargo and spacecraft to the International Space Station and beyond.

NASA’s current administrator, Bill Nelson, has occupied the role since May 2021. Nelson represented Florida as a senator from 2001 to 2019, and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991.

In 1986, Nelson became the second sitting member of Congress to fly in space, on the Space Shuttle Columbia’s STS-61C mission. Nelson and his astronaut crewmates conducted science experiments as they orbited Earth 98 times over six days.

Other previous NASA administrators have included former astronauts, scientists, engineers, military officials and politicians.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/trump-picks-billionaire-jared-isaacman-lead-nasa-rcna182840

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110516 (050359ZDEC24) Notable: China tells semiconductor companies to stop buying U.S. chips

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China tells semiconductor companies to stop buying U.S. chips

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese companies should be wary of buying U.S. chips as they are "no longer safe" and buy locally instead, four of the country's top industry associations said on Tuesday in a rare coordinated response to Washington's curbs on Chinese chipmakers.

The two nations have targeted each other's economies in the last few days, escalating tensions even before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January. Trump has promised to impose heavy tariffs on imported Chinese goods, reviving a trade war from his first four-year term as president.

The industry association warnings came after the United States on Monday launched its third crackdown in three years on China's semiconductor industry, curbing exports to 140 companies, including chip equipment maker Naura Technology Group.

Their advice could affect U.S. chipmaking giants such as Nvidia, AMD, and Intel which, despite export controls, have managed to keep selling products in the Chinese market. The three companies did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The Semiconductor Industry Association, a U.S. trade association representing major chipmakers, said, "Coordinated calls in China to limit procurement of U.S. chips are unhelpful, and any claims that American chips are 'no longer safe or reliable' are simply inaccurate."

The group reiterated its belief that "export controls should be narrow and targeted to meet specific national security objectives ... We encourage both governments to avoid further escalation."

The associations cover some of China's largest industries, including telecommunications, the digital economy, autos, and semiconductors and combined count 6,400 companies as members.

The statements, released shortly after each other, did not detail why U.S. chips were unsafe or unreliable.

Beijing on Tuesday also banned exports of rare minerals used in military applications, solar cells, fibre optic cables and other manufacturing processes. A White House National Security Council spokesperson said the U.S. would take necessary steps to try to deter other "coercive actions" from China and continue efforts to diversify supply chains away from that nation.

Tom Nunlist, associate director at policy research consultancy Trivium China, said the warnings from the associations could be perceived as soft advice. Companies may listen to it, but whether they take action would be dictated by the market.

The export ban on critical minerals was much more crucial, he added.

"China had been moving quite slowly or carefully in terms of retaliating against moves by the United States, but it seems pretty clear that now the gloves are off."

The Internet Society of China urged domestic companies to think carefully before procuring U.S. chips and seek to expand cooperation with chip firms from countries and regions other than the United States, according to its official WeChat account.

It also encouraged domestic firms to "proactively" use chips produced by both domestic and foreign-owned enterprises in China.

U.S. chip export controls have caused "substantial harm" to the health and development of China's internet industry, it added. Companies targeted by the United States said they would be able to continue production due to their efforts to localise output.

The China Association of Communication Enterprises said it no longer saw U.S. chip products as reliable or safe and the Chinese government should investigate how secure the supply chain of the country's critical information infrastructure was.

The warnings echo China's treatment of U.S. memory chipmaker Micron, which became the subject of a cybersecurity review last year shortly after the U.S. imposed export controls on chipmaking technology to China.

China later barred Micron from selling its chips to key domestic industries, impacting a low-double-digit percentage of its total revenue.

Intel has also faced scrutiny. In October, another influential industry group, the Cybersecurity Association of China, called for a security review of Intel products, saying the U.S. chipmaker had "constantly harmed" the country's national security and interests.

(Reporting by Eduardo Baptista, Ella Cao, Qiaoyi Li, Liam Mo and Ryan Woo; additional reporting by David Shepardson and Trevor Hunnicutt in Washington; Editing by Christina Fincher, Jonathan Oatis and Jacqueline Wong)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-firms-diversify-chip-sources-101223516.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110525 (050400ZDEC24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110539 (050402ZDEC24) Notable: Suspected Tren de Aragua gang member in Texas charged with murder, kidnapping

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Suspected Tren de Aragua gang member in Texas charged with murder, kidnapping

A man suspected of trafficking weapons for the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has now been charged with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping in Texas.

Eiber Gabriel Sira-Vargas, 29, is being held at the Bexar County Jail with a bail set at $2 million following the death of Alexis Jose Vegas, an 18-year-old who was found face down with multiple gunshot wounds in July on the side of a highway in San Antonio, according to the San Antonio Express-News.

Sira-Vargas was once detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is suspected of weapons trafficking in connection with Tren de Aragua, Fox News Digital reported in September.

Investigators reportedly were led to Sira-Vargas after looking into an alleged robbery.

An unidentified man told police that he was at an apartment with Vegas and another individual on July 1 when three armed suspects broke inside, the San Antonio Express-News reported.

The newspaper says Vegas and the unidentified man were then zip-tied and forced into the back of a vehicle before being taken to a grassy area along U.S. 281.

When they were ordered out of the vehicle at that location, Sira-Vargas and another gunman in the front passenger seat started shooting at the pair, according to the San Antonio Express-News.

The unidentified man reportedly told investigators that he was wounded but pretended to be dead until the suspects left the scene.

Members of Tren de Aragua are said to have committed murders, rapes, extortion, kidnapping and other horrific crimes.

Researchers have traced the origins of Tren de Aragua, which translates to "train of Aragua," to the Tocoron prison in the Aragua state in Venezuela, sometime between 2013 and 2015.

According to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Tren de Aragua has been operating in Texas since at least 2021, when gang affiliates were arrested for human trafficking. The governor in September designated TdA as a "foreign terrorist organization" and launched a statewide operation to aggressively go after the gang.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/suspected-tren-de-aragua-gang-member-texas-charged-murder-kidnapping

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110545 (050402ZDEC24) Notable: Circumstances in NYC when UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was shot

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Interesting timestamp if accurate. Any Anons can confirm timestamp?

6:47

17

https://x.com/jamiemessick14/status/1864326694426845424?t=g9jdamFDNSe9U1D0fmDlbw&s=19

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110588 (050409ZDEC24) Notable: Sean Hannity moves to Florida, buys $24 million estate

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Sean Hannity moves to Florida, buys $24 million estate.

Fox News host Sean Hannity was just revealed as the buyer of a jaw-dropping $23.5 million estate in Manalapan, FL, snapping up the extravagant waterfront megamansion just 10 months after announcing that he was relocating permanently to the Sunshine State from New York.

Hannity, 62, who hosts his own show on Fox News, as well as a national radio show, announced in January that he would be upping sticks from his longtime home in New York to move to his property in Palm Beach, FL, from where he planned to record both his TV and radio appearances.

The on-air personality purchased his 3,800-square-foot Florida property in 2021 for $5.3 million—but had only ever used it as a vacation home before opting to “leave New York for good” in order to pursue his “freedom.”

However, it appears the luxurious pad didn’t afford Hannity quite enough space to run free, and he has now added an enormous 12,378-square-foot dwelling to his real estate holdings in his new home state.

His new property is a 30-minute drive from Palm Beach proper and boasts an impressive eight bedrooms and 10.5 bathrooms, as well as 1.86 acres of waterfront land.

While the home—which was listed by Gary Pohrer and Nick Malinosky, of The Exclusive Group at Douglas Elliman—was originally built in 1990, it has undergone several renovations since it last traded hands in 2021, according to its listing.

These updates include “new flooring, all new bathrooms; new impact sliders; and a new cooler unit in wine room.”

Perhaps its most alluring quality, however, is its plum spot on the barrier island of Manalapan, which ensures close proximity to the beach, plenty of privacy, and staggering views of the water at all hours of the day.

The home was certainly designed with water fanatics in mind, offering a “resort-style” heated swimming pool, a large private dock, and a private beach house.

However, despite its many impressive amenities and recent upgrades, local real estate agents told the Wall Street Journal that some might consider the home a teardown and opt to raze it to make way for something more modern and imposing.

It is unclear whether Hannity plans to move into the home immediately after his Nov. 26 closing, or if he will aim to complete his own work on the property until it meets his living standards.

What is certain is that the Fox News host has no immediate plans to return to New York any time soon, having first revealed in January that he was “done” with the state forever.

"I’ve been threatening now to do this for quite a while, but we are now beginning our first broadcast from my new home and that is in the free state of Florida,” Hannity said during a January episode of his iHeartRadio show. “I am out. I am done. I’m finished.”

The outspoken conservative explained that the motivation for his move down south came from his dislike of the political policies implemented by representatives in New York, explaining that he felt much more aligned with those adopted by leaders in Florida.

“Finally, for the first time that I can think of in my adult life, I actually have representatives in the state that I’m living in that share my values,” he went on. “Like so many Americans, I left New York for good and am now in the state with, let’s see: warmer weather, law and order, better education, more freedom, better quality of life – and guess what? No state income tax.”

Hannity cut ties with the state of New York once and for all in June, when he sold his picture-prefect Oyster Bay estate for $12.7 million, 16 years after he purchased the waterfront property for $8.5 million.

The TV host listed the residence in early May for $13.75 million. The palatial property, which was sold fully furnished, quickly sparked a bidding war and was under contract within seven days.

At the time, the listing agents, Shawn Elliott and his son, Zachary Elliott, of Nest Seeker’s International, told Realtor.com® that it was a “new record for the fasted home sale over $10 million in the area,” with Shawn adding that the person who purchased the home was a longtime fan of Hannity.

The identity of the seller of the anchor’s new property has not been revealed and records reveal that the deal was carried out via an LLC, likely to preserve the anonymity of its former owner.

In the years since the home was completed in 1990, it has changed hands only a few times, starting in 2005, when it sold for $8.75 million. It was then put back on the market in 2009, ultimately selling for $8.98 million later that year.

That owner retained the property for more than a decade before selling it on in 2018 for $18 million.

Hannity ultimately scored a fairly sizable discount on the enormous estate, which was first listed for sale in February 2024 for $29 million, before that price was lowered to $25.95 million in October.

It’s unclear whether Hannity plans to live in the home by himself, or if his two children, who he shares with ex-wife Jill Rhodes, will spend at least a portion of their time in the Florida mansion.

https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/sean-hannity-buys-florida-megamansion/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110611 (050412ZDEC24) Notable: UnitedHealthcare CEO assassination

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Why did a deep state assassin NOT wear gloves when handling the murder weapon, then make his getaway on a fucking bicycle?

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110627 (050413ZDEC24) Notable: Trump and Bannon meet at Mar Lago

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110734 (050424ZDEC24) Notable: Gail Boudreaux CEO of Anthem Blue Cross

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https://www3.weforum.org/docs/GAC/2013/WEF_GAC_SustainableSocialSecuritySystems_Presentation_2013.pdf

Right there on page #4 - Gail Boudreaux

WEF

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110765 (050428ZDEC24) Notable: Appeals court rules US can deport illegal immigrants despite local objections in win for incoming Trump admin

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Appeals court rules US can deport illegal immigrants despite local objections in win for incoming Trump admin

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can continue using a Seattle airport for chartered deportation flights in a win for incoming President-elect Trump's administration, a federal appeals court ruled.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling rejected a 2019 local executive order that sought to counter then-President Trump’s immigration policies, saying that King County, Washington violated its contract by prohibiting deportations at King County International Airport, which is also known as Boeing Field.

The court ruled that the order was unlawful because it discriminated against ICE and targeted federal operations. In 2019, Trump used Boeing Fields to deport illegal migrants from the U.S. and the local county sought to block the president's removal operations.

The order prompted ICE to begin using an airport in Yakima, Washington — a much longer drive from ICE’s Northwest detention center— for the deportation flights.

"The relocation increased operational costs due to the greater distance from ICE detention facilities to the airport. It also led to increased security concerns," the ruling noted.

In response, a legal battle with King County ensued. The U.S. in 2020 sued the county, alleging that it violated the terms of a World War II-era contract that guarantees the federal government’s right to use the airport along with discriminating against ICE.

In a ruling on Friday, Nov. 30, 9th Circuit Judge Daniel A. Bress upheld the court's decision. In the ruling, obtained by Fox News Digital, he wrote that, "this is not a situation in which King County officials are being conscripted into carrying out federal immigration laws on the federal government’s behalf."

"Instead, the United States is asking King County, in its capacity as the owner of a public airport facility, to lift a discriminatory prohibition on private parties’ ability to engage in business with the federal government that supports federal immigration efforts," the ruling states.

The new order also calls for transparency around any deportation flights.

The airport now offers a conference room where the public can observe deportation flights on a video feed, and the county posts a log of deportation flights from the airport on its website.

The ruling is a win for the incoming Trump administration. The president-elect has vowed to initiate deportation efforts on his first day back in office.

His promise was cemented by his pick of "border czar," Tom Homan.

"If you don’t want to work with us, then get the hell out all the way. We’re going to do it,’ Homan recently said.

Trump's election has prompted blue city officials to voice their opposition against Trump's deportation efforts. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said that he is prepared to go to jail in opposition to Trump's plans.

The governors of Illinois, Arizona and Massachusetts have said that they also won’t assist the administration in the operation.

In Illinois, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker promised to uphold sanctuary status, boldly declaring, "If you come for my people, you come through me."

Arizona's Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs said her state will not be helping in what she called a "misguided" plan.

"What I will unequivocally say is that, as governor, I will not tolerate efforts that are part of misguided policies that harm our communities, that threaten our communities, that terrorize our communities, and Arizona will not take part in those," Hobbs said.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey insisted that Massachusetts state police would "absolutely not" help the Trump administration's planned deportations.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/appeals-court-rules-us-can-deport-illegal-immigrants-despite-local-objections-win-incoming-trump-admin

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110767 (050428ZDEC24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110776 (050429ZDEC24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110781 (050430ZDEC24) Notable: JimW

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>>269287

Thank all of you. We made it last month. Some anons donated more than there fair share. A special thank you for them.

It would be more fair, if everybody just bought a PROTO membership. I know it is not that useful, but its real purpose is to help finance this site. If you would, please dig into your pockets for that extra $5.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110783 (050430ZDEC24) Notable: Senate report slams Medicare Advantage insurers for using predictive technology to deny claims

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>>269316

https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/medicare-advantage-AI-denials-cvs-humana-unitedhealthcare-senate-report/730383/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110798 (050432ZDEC24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110806 (050434ZDEC24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110826 (050438ZDEC24) Notable: 9, 13 ,17

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110868 (050446ZDEC24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22110894 (050449ZDEC24) Notable: #27067

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DOUGH

https://pastebin.us/?afa67662bfef30ff#3XX3mvZPg9FZsZzTn4RmwzmZ2jPHomwUruKw8XrYTngW

can continue for ~2hrs or defer

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22111021 (050516ZDEC24) Notable: Unitedhealthcare CEO update: "Deny," "defend" and "depose" written on shell cases

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@TheInsiderPaper

BREAKING: The words"deny," "defend" and "depose"were discovered by detectives on the shell casings found at the scene where Brian Thompson, the CEO of major insurance group UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down - ABC

10:46 PM · Dec 4, 2024

https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1864531652447211529

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22111077 (050529ZDEC24) Notable: Texas-based Army soldiers charged in alleged human smuggling operation after border chase

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USA TODAY

@USATODAY 1h

Texas-based Army soldiers charged in alleged human smuggling operation after border chase

All three soldiers have been charged with one count of bringing in and harboring aliens while two have been charged with assaulting a federal agent.

usatoday.com

Dec 5, 2024 · 4:20 AM UTC

https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1864525140882547118

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22111082 (050531ZDEC24) Notable: A new semiconductor that consumes a billion times less power

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'Accidental discovery' creates candidate for universal memory — a weird semiconductor that consumes a billion times less power

Scientists may have accidentally overcome a major barrier to smoothening the adoption of next-generation data-storage technologies.

Using a unique material called indium selenide (In2Se3), researchers say they discovered a technique for lowering the energy requirements of phase-change memory (PCM) — a technology capable of storing data without a constant power supply — by up to 1 billion times.

The breakthrough is a step toward overcoming one of the biggest challenges in PCM data storage, potentially paving the way for low-power memory devices and electronics, the researchers said in a study published Nov. 6 in the journal Nature.

PCM is a leading candidate for universal memory — computing memory that can replace both short-term memory like random access memory (RAM) and storage devices like solid-state drives (SSDs) or hard drives. RAM is fast but needs significant physical space and a constant power supply to run, while SSDs or hard drives are much denser and can store data while computers are turned off. Universal memory combines the best of both.

It works by toggling materials between two states: crystalline, where atoms are neatly ordered, and amorphous, where atoms are randomly arranged. These states correlate to binary 1s and 0s, encoding data via switches in states.

However, the "melt-quench technique" used to toggle these states — which involves heating and rapidly cooling PCM materials — requires significant energy, making the technology expensive and difficult to scale. In their study, the researchers found a way to bypass the melt-quench process entirely by instead inducing amorphization through an electrical charge. This slashes PCM's energy requirements and potentially opens the door to broader commercial applications.

"One of the reasons why phase-change memory devices haven't reached widespread use is due to the energy required," study author Ritesh Agarwal, a professor of materials science and engineering at Penn Engineering, said in a statement. The potential of these findings for designing low-power memory devices is "tremendous," he said.

The researchers' discovery hinges on the unique properties of indium selenide, a semiconductor material with both "ferroelectric" and "piezoelectric" characteristics. Ferroelectric materials can spontaneously polarize, meaning they can generate an internal electric field without needing an external charge. Piezoelectric materials, by contrast, physically deform when they are exposed to an electric charge.

While testing the material, the researchers observed that sections of it amorphized when they were exposed to a continuous current. What's more, this happened entirely by chance.

"I actually thought I might have damaged the wires, study co-author Gaurav Modi, a former doctoral student in materials science and engineering at Penn Engineering, said in the statement. "Normally, you would need electrical pulses to induce any kind of amorphization, and here a continuous current had disrupted the crystalline structure, which shouldn't have happened."

Further analysis revealed a chain reaction triggered by the semiconductor's properties. This begins with tiny deformations in the material caused by the current that triggers an "acoustic jerk" — a sound wave similar to seismic activity during an earthquake. This then travels through the material, spreading amorphization across micrometer-scale regions in a mechanism the researchers likened to an avalanche gathering momentum.

The researchers explained that various properties of indium selenide — including its two-dimensional structure, ferroelectricity and piezoelectricity — work together to enable an ultra-low-energy pathway for amorphization triggered by shocks. This could lay the groundwork for future research around "new materials and devices for low-power electronic and photonic applications," they wrote in the study.

"This opens up a new field on the structural transformations that can happen in a material when all these properties come together," Agarwal said in the statement.

https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/accidental-discovery-creates-candidate-for-universal-memory-a-weird-semiconductor-that-consumes-a-billion-times-less-power

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22111090 (050534ZDEC24) Notable: Unitedhealthcare CEO update: "Deny," "defend" and "depose" written on shell cases

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>>269350

>Deny, depose, defend

Found this regarding claims against bad faith institutions (like e.g. insurances).

not sure if "delay" is synonymous to "depose"

https://www.carltonfields.com/libraries/carltonfields/documents/2018/updateontopdowndiscovery.pdf

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22111092 (050535ZDEC24) Notable: Trump picks investment banker Warren Stephens as UK ambassador

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Trump picks investment banker Warren Stephens as UK ambassador

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated businessman Warren Stephens to serve as America’s ambassador to the United Kingdom.

“Warren has always dreamed of serving the United States full time,” Trump said in a statement on Truth Social. “I am thrilled that he will now have that opportunity as the top diplomat, representing the USA to one of America’s most cherished and beloved allies.”

Stephens, who is CEO of private Arkansas-based investment bank Stephens Inc, donated millions to Trump’s re-election campaign this year.

If his nomination is successful, Stephens will help to maintain the so-called “special relationship” between the US and the UK.

The two countries maintain close military, intelligence, and cultural ties.

Trump has vowed to rework the US’ relationships abroad, vowing to implement an “America-first” ethos to foreign policy.

The role of US ambassador to the UK is one of the most coveted diplomatic positions, and presidents have been known to bestow the role to prominent backers.

During his first term in office, Trump appointed Woody Johnson, a top Republican donor and owner of the American football team the New York Jets, as UK ambassador.

Barack Obama chose long-time Democratic Party fundraiser and lawyer Louis Susman as his first emissary to the UK - or the Court of St James.

Stephens did not always back Trump’s candidacies, however. In 2016, when Trump first ran for president, Stephens donated about $4m (£3.1m) to political groups that sought to stop Trump’s ascent, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported at the time.

The investment banker also donated over $2m to a political action committee that supported former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley as she unsuccessfully ran for president in 2024, the campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets found.

When Trump ultimately triumphed in this year’s Republican presidential primary, however, Stephens threw his support behind him. Federal campaign finance data show he also donated to Republican groups and US Senate candidates this year.

In a statement, Stephens said he was honoured by the nomination.

"I have expressed to President Trump that I would be extremely proud to serve our country and his administration, working to implement the President’s agenda and further strengthen the long-standing alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom,” he said.

He and his wife also maintain a philanthropic organisation, the Harriet and Warren Stephens Family Foundation, which has donated to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, the University of Mississippi, and the Episcopal Collegiate School in Little Rock.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20e79nlpe6o