#Integrated circuit IC

[futurebird]

Some kind of arachnid…

Can I get help with an id?

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A battery connector is an electronic component designed to connect batteries to circuits, ensuring stable power transmission and signal communication between the power source and the main device. These connectors offer core functionalities such as pluggability, conductivity, mechanical stability, and insulation—ensuring both reliable performance and ease of maintenance.

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5 Best Audio Amplifier IC

In this article, we will explore some of the best audio amplifier ICs renowned for their exceptional performance, reliability, and versatility. Whether you are an audio enthusiast, a DIY hobbyist, or a professional audio designer, this guide will help you make an informed decision when choosing the perfect audio amplifier IC for your specific audio application.

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[orangetintedglasses]

Horny was a goddamned understatement as it currently stood; thankfully Vash was a hundred and fifty-two years old and could control himself-- at least under normal circumstances, it was taking a Herculean amount of effort to keep to that right now --so he just gave Wolfwood a somewhat wry look. Just had to ignore the fact that his mouth had gone bone dry as the undertaker moved their hands and had him touch--

"You..." the way he breathed in was... very telling. He had to gnaw on the inside of his cheek to keep himself focused, keep his eyes from wandering again, "are way more of a main course than a dessert."

Blue eyes flicked from Wolfwood's face to the hand holding what was left of his cigarette, and in that moment, Vash decided what his 'punishment' would be, reaching up and plucking the cig from his fingers. But instead of flicking it off into the night or putting it out, the blond brought it to his own mouth and used his teeth, lips and just a bit of tongue to keep it in place; recalling tips from the late night smoking session the two of them had shared, once upon a time.

Very pointedly, though, Vash wasn't actually smoking it. It was just there.

"Punishment." he said simply, which more or less meant 'I'm confiscating this'-- at least until he got a proper food order from the other, then he'd give it back. Or Wolfwood could take it, he didn't really mind one way or the other--

"Probably just going to that one place again, it's pretty good. Anything specific in mind? Or do you want the same thing you got last time?"

"Woah now, that's an idea," Wolfwood chides, "Seems that got your mind a'wanderin'." His free hand slides down to meet Vash's where his finger hooks into the towel, pushing it to once again tease the smooth flesh of his sex underneath. The positively lupine grin returns as he takes another drag and releases it to the side, unaware of Vash's more hidden desires.

Just as deliberately as the prior motion, he moves Vash's hand to his hip and raises the knot of the towel—this gives him some amount of decency. For posterity, he tightens the knot too with devilish intent to relentlessly tease the struggling Plant. He knows that Vash is horny—may as well make it as bad as possible.

"If I'm cheatin', what's the punishment for gettin' caught?" Wolfwood rumbles with a lustful timbre, "Cause even if I cheat, I don't think I'd beat you in a beauty contest no matter what I do."

Raising his finger, the undertaker gently taps Vash's beauty mark.

"Boop. Go get us some grub if ya want, you can eat me for dessert if you're that hungry."

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Analog Integrated Circuit (IC) Market

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How to Identify and Replace a Faulty IC?

If you're experiencing issues with your device and suspect a faulty Integrated Circuits, here's a guide to help you identify and replace it.

Visual Inspection: Start by visually inspecting the IC for any signs of damage, such as cracks, discoloration, or burn marks. These are clear indicators of a faulty IC.

Testing with a Multimeter: Use a multimeter to check the continuity and resistance of the IC's pins. A significant deviation from the expected values could indicate a faulty IC.

Using an IC Tester: If available, use an IC tester to perform a comprehensive test on the IC. The tester will check the functionality of the IC and identify any faults.

Testing in a Circuit: If possible, remove the IC from the circuit and test it separately using appropriate test equipment. This will help isolate the IC as the source of the problem.

Replacing a Faulty IC

Identify the IC: Before replacing the IC, ensure you have the correct replacement part. Note down the part number and manufacturer of the faulty IC.

Prepare the Replacement: Carefully remove the faulty IC from the circuit using a disordering tool. Be mindful of the surrounding components to avoid damage.

Install the Replacement: Insert the new IC into the circuit, ensuring the orientation is correct. Use a soldering iron to solder the pins of the new IC to the circuit board.

Test the Replacement: Once the new IC is installed, power on the device and test its functionality. If the replacement was successful, the device should now operate correctly.

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What Are Counters - Logic ICs?

Counters-Logic ICs are electronic devices designed for counting operations. They consist primarily of counters and logic gates, working in tandem to count, process, and control input signals. The design of these integrated circuits makes them widely applicable in digital systems for tasks such as timing, frequency measurement, and data sampling.

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𝗦𝗬𝗡─────calling your best friend endearments.

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HEESEUNG

the two of you are watching a movie when he asks if you can get more snacks. the light from the screen reflects off his face, making him look ethereal, and you can only respond mindlessly. “sure, baby,”

your words make him freeze, both body and spirit. he goes blank, your word echoing in the back of his mind while you're watching him, letting out the sweetest, most melodious giggles.

god, you know he wants you bad and yet still you're teasing him, it's cruel, torturous. he tries to play it cool, a smug look on his face. however, his red ears give away his actual feelings.

heeseung let's up for a few moments before taking a few steps towards you, enjoying how you look at him in surprise and the way your breath hitches when he tucks a finger under your chin and tilts your face up, just a few inches away from his. “say that again,”

JONGSEONG

you shoot him yet another endearing smile, grateful for his help with the cake you are baking for your friend’s birthday, along with words falling off your lips carelessly. “you're such a sweetheart,”

his mind stops functioning for a good few minutes— did he hear you correctly? did you mean to say that? was that a mistake? he can feel his cheeks heat up, a blush creeping on that he tries to hide. while you're looking oh so oblivious to the effect you have on him, his mind is jumbled, making him a stuttering mess.

a hundred questions plague his mind, and he's trying to formulate a response while fiddling with his fingers— it doesn't go unnoticed by you— careful to not make things awkward.

“uh, thank you,” he is trying his best to not lose it, the sound of you calling him sweetheart replaying inside his head like a broken record.

he thinks about it for days, wondering if it was a joke or if it actually meant something. it isn’t until he pulls you aside after classes one day, half nervous half hopeful. “you don’t call your other friends sweetheart, right?”

JAEYUN

“how do you make it look so easy?” your jaw was opened down to the floor at the sight of your best friend solving advanced differentials and integrals effortlessly. asking jake to tutor was the best idea, except most of the time you’re busy admiring him instead of studying.

he laughs at your words, putting the pen down and shifting the copy towards you, speaking in a factual tone. “it is easy,”

“easy for you, babe,” your words are laced with a hint of complaint, a huff dancing off your lips as you revert your eyes back to the notebook, lips jutted out in focus as you go over the solution.

it’s quiet for a minute, then one more, and another. and then you look up, only to see a dumb smile on his face, eyes literally sparkling. “babe? did i hear you correctly?”

he goes crazy over it everyday, touching his lips and thinking about how he wants you to call him that again. he immediately starts calling you babe like it’s the most normal thing for best friends, although the way he says it is way softer and serious, with a silver of hope.

SUNGHOON

it's a routine now, to sneak out of your respective houses together for some ice cream every few days despite the cold weather. and while he acts annoyed every time you text him for the same, you know he likes doing this just as much as you.

you take a lick of your ice cream, shooting him a satisfied grin, hands stuffed in the pockets of your jacket as you nudge him with your elbow. “thank you for the ice cream, pretty boy,”

and his mind short circuits.

you watch as his expression morphs from surprise into shyness, a rare sight even for you. his cheeks are red— he would argue it's because of the cold, and so are his ears.

“yeah, whatever,” he mumbles curtly, already walking back to his place. sunghoon might sneak out more often if it means he can hear you call him that again.

SUNOO

“you can use any of these,” he offers, the drawer filled with a bunch of sheet masks.

“thanks, honey,’” you say it casually, proceeding to open the packet, blissfully unaware of the inner conflict you have put your dear best friend into.

“sure,” he doesn’t say much, uncharacteristically so, only humming and adding a few inputs as you talk. he is listening, his brain has just blue-screened entirely, unable to process anything.

he doesn’t mention it to you in case you might get awkward— what you said felt like an honest mistake even though he wishes it wasn’t. he’s thinking about it constantly, pacing around his room after you leave.

later that night, he texts you good night with a heart emoji— he is thinking.

JUNGWON

you were waiting patiently near the park while jungwon was in the cafe across the street, getting drinks for both of you. actually, patiently would be a stretch— you’re checking your phone every few minutes.

it’s not until you catch him striding over to you hurriedly when you finally take a breath, shaking your head in slight disapproval. “took you forever,”

“queue,” he shrugs, holding out your drink before his eyes fall down to your shoes. “hold these,”

he basically hands you both the cups, the surprise on your face evident as he crouches down to tie your shoelaces. it was a first, yet sweet, oddly fluttering since you could feel your face heat up.

“there,” he smiles, taking his drink from your hand and starting to walk.

“thanks, cutie,” the words leave your mouth before you even realise. your eyes settle on his face— flushed cheeks, the tips of his ear turning red, lips curled into a nervous smile— you might do this again.

NI-KI

“do you want to hang out after school?” riki turns towards you as your words reach his ears, a response already at the tip of his tongue but it vanishes just as you trip on the stairs.

“careful—” he's quick to grab your wrist, another arm around your waist as he helps you steady yourself. “are you okay?”

concern is written all over his face, his eyes refusing to leave yours. sure, a fall from stairs could turn out bad, but you're more worried about your heart that's racing over its limit.

“good for you, i have fast reflexes,” he steps back, allowing some space between the two of you.

and you roll your eyes, a chuckle falling off your lips at his cocky remark. “yeah, thanks, handsome,”

his reaction comes to you as a surprise— the hint of pink sprinkled on his cheeks, eyes darting around aimlessly as he looks away in an attempt to hide his face.

“shut up,” say it again, he means, and you might start calling him that more often, just like he wants.

[you-cant-fuck-megaman]

Here, we all wonder why people can’t, but does anyone even stop to think if Robot Masters even have such capabilities? Because I feel like there are implications to making your industrial robots have the ability to bang in the first place. You don’t design and add a feature on your expensive robot just to not use it in some capacity.

I was wondering your thoughts on the matter. I hope this isn’t a bit too serious since I know this is a lighthearted blog, but stuff like this bothers me because I think too much.

It's definitely not too serious, but it's something I'm going to have to step out of character to do, since Stop Man has a lot of baggage about this subject and there's some things I can't shitpost about in good conscience.

You're correct in that there's a lot of implications in making industrial robots with the ability to have sex in the first place! There are a lot of implications.

Now, keep in mind that this is a franchise for children. Capcom isn't going to go into it, and most fandom participants aren't going to dig into it. And they have every right to not want to! But as any asexual in the last several centuries can tell you, the impact sex has on the way society at large engages with the individual formulates much of our life, whether on a micro level or a macro level.

If we're going to do some serious hypothetical worldbuilding upon the themes of this over-35-year children's franchise, we have to think about the nasty. Logically speaking, with Light striving for a transhumanist future where humans and robots live in harmony, that will have to include sex in some capacity. Sex, including the choice to have sex or to not have sex, is an essential part of the human experience.

And for a good chunk of humans, that's something they have the freedom to explore, learning about what they wish and what makes them feel whole as a person. What is it that you enjoy? What do you not enjoy? Do you want to pursue sexual satisfaction? Do you want to save it for someone that you feel is special? Do you feel your heart beat towards one person but you feel a burning inside towards another? Does it not interest you at all and it's just another part of your body's upkeep? Or etc, etc.

It's not universal, unfortunately, but ideally that's given to them by default. People given this have the freedom to explore how it defines them as a person.

Robots, well...don't have this by default. Your vacuum cleaner doesn't have a dick. It can't explore that. And that's okay, it's not human. It doesn't need to explore that.

But what if it did? What if we wanted it to be more human?

Now we're getting into some potentially very-horrifying territory.

The robots in the Mega Man world are not self-aware, not until the X timeline. The Archie comics struggled with this a bit, but generally speaking that's the big divide--until the X series, robots cannot make their own decisions. If you are building a robot, be it a Master or another kind, and you start installing naughty bits onto it, you are intentionally putting your choices onto another being.

Likewise, Robot Masters personalities have to be programmed. You can't just type install_Personality(); into the command line prompt--machines cannot do things by themselves. Machines must be specifically made to consider if X, then Y. If this, then that. If you make a machine to count from 1 to 10, and then ask it what goes past 10, it will not know what the fuck an 11 is. It has no concept of anything past ten. Maybe a 101? Going up to 1010. Then after that is 10101? The existence of an 11 must be explicitly defined by a creator. If you make a machine to catalogue a list of aquatic animals, you need to have a defined database of animals to sort through as "aquatic" and "not aquatic".

This is supported in canon by the existence of the IC chip, the Integrated Circuit--where everything that makes a Robot Master them, a dedicated storage house for all of their thought processes, considerations, and clauses to run through when making decisions. Even if we consider that the Megaman world runs on fucking wizardtech and it's possible that there's generative AI processes that theoretically allow for the generation of new reactions/thoughts/etc on the fly, there has to be a seed for this data to draw new information from in the first place.

This seed has to come from someone. And that someone is defining their thoughts and feelings on sex beforehand. And if that someone defines it as "you like sex, and you like sex with me specifically", that is...

Well, at best, that's an abuse of a power dynamic. When you're responsible for the well-being of another, you are in a favorable position of power that you really shouldn't use for your own satisfaction. Fucking your boss is kinky, but you really shouldn't.

At worst...well. As I mentioned before, this choice isn't universal even among humans. To this day, we have people being being forced to live lives that they don't want, and to be with and do things with people they don't want to.

There's ethical ways to handle this. It's possible to have a very in-depth exploration of the different roles, kinds, and ideas of sex and start setting up databases of those--attempt to give a neutral presentation. But what is neutral? Even nowadays, people argue about what's good and what's not good, don't they? When I wrote just one paragraph earlier "Fucking your boss is kinky, but you really shouldn't do it", I can guarantee you there are at least two readers--one that was nodding because they think it's morally wrong to do so and another who's thinking "But it doesn't really hurt anyone...and it'd be really hot for me and the boss". And that's one of the most plain vanilla kinks out there--but even on something as plain vanilla as that, the creator's own thoughts would influence the thoughts they inscribe into the machine. And the machine, in turn would use that thought as a basis to expand on their own thoughts.

We know the vacuum cleaner really is into sucking. But does it suck because it likes to suck, or because it was programmed to like sucking, or because it was told to suck and that's an extrapolation of performing its function (which is the natural job of a machine)? Now it's all existential and shit.

The only way to completely bypass this would be through self-aware, free-thinking machines--machines that develop themselves and do things outside of the limitations of their programming. Which we have, in canon! Reploids! From Mega Man X! Surely they would be the fuckable ones, right?

Well, yeah. They are.

I'm sure once I get back in-character and we hit the X series, Stop Man will be sputtering about how you can't fuck them because that's how he is. Or maybe I'll have a Reploid character who does that, I dunno. But if the theme of the Classic world is one of the relation between the robot and the roboticist, the theme of the X world is one of choice. They would not be restrained by the nature of what they've been programmed with--they can choose what they want to do.

But that also comes with its own consequences.

The Mega Man X world is very fascinating to me because it (very lightly) brushes against a narrative theme that I've always found tantalizing in classic literature; accepting the beauty of free will also means accepting the frustrations of free will. If you let people make their own choices, that also means that some people will not agree on what the right thing is--or worse, will intentionally not choose the right thing. If we create a new race of superpowered beings to aid us, and they decide not to aid us but instead to hurt us, how do we handle that? Do we try and suppress what made them different for our own protection? Do we roll over and let them kick us and take it for the sake of societal progress? Do we try to establish a set of guidelines to follow and systems to help maintain order? At which point, how much order is too much order? Etc, etc.

It's all very Asimovian and shit, which is appropriate since the series is founded on the Asimov laws. But the point of the laws in Asimov's stories WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T WORK! The X series is written with all the narrative skill of a ferret let loose across a series of typewriters, and hoooooooly shit does the Zero series handle it even worse.

But it's there. Robot are built, they're put off the assembly line, and they have a choice; they can choose what they like, what they don't like, what they want to do, who they want to do it with, and more. But as a result of their sexual liberation, they end up wrestling with a lot more in society as a result.

X is really struggling with the Dick of Damocles, there.

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Misa Explains 1: Spintronics in a nutshell

A series of posts where I will explain bits and pieces of physics I have gathered throughout the my foray into this wonderful science. Warning, these will be long.

Highly inspired by @chemblrish and @minmin-vs-physics 's posts on their fields, check out their posts (linked on this post in various places!)

Wait what even is going on?

Okay, first of all, why are we even talking about spintronics, whatever that means? Now, we live in an age where we need devices, right? Phones, TVs, laptops, name it. All digital devices come under electronics, which is a cluster of what we call "logic devices" (verrry loosely speaking) with various functions, made with expert circuitry to create our sophisticated "smart" devices. Whew. That's a lot of words. But what does it mean? It means that the very device you're using to view this post is made up of very tiny mini devices, which are made to utilize electrical signals (current, flow of electrons) to make it store information, read information, or perform logic tasks ("AND", "OR" "NOT" and the rest. Let me know if you want me to explain those, but this is not the point of the post so I'm letting them hang in the air for now).

We store digital information in the form of 'bits' (I swear all of this is relevant, please be patient) which is a computer's language of storing and using information. If you've watched any show involving hacking, you'll see stacks after stacks of "1"s and "0"s on their high contrast screens in that radioactive green font (general older sister advice: don't use high contrast it hurts your eyes), these are bits and the basis on which logic devices work. Each combination of 1s and 0s makes a different information, which is the backbone of computing. Now, how these devices make 1s and 0s is again a whole course on electronics, so I will skip over it to just preface that they exist and that's how we make digital devices.

All these years, we have used semiconductors, which allow moderate amount of current flow from them (in contrast to conductors, which allow free flow of electrons, and insulators, which do not allow flow of electrons) to make transistors, which are currently the building blocks of circuit-making devices.

[here's a picture containing ICs (the bug-like looking thing covered in wires) which have tiny transistors inside them, and the LEDs, on which the lit ones are "1"s and unlit ones are "0"s. This was my project for one of my courses!]

In electronics, a very famous law called Moore's Law, states that for increase in tech and development, the amount of transistors in integrated circuits (IC) doubles every two years. This moves proportionally with the increase in use of semiconductors, because transistors are made using them.

Every device maker's main goal is to make a device faster, smoother, and more functional. Which means, more transistors, better semiconductors. Moreover, the smaller space occupied by the ICs, the better. But obviously there's a limit to how much we can decrease the size of the transistors. One is the technical issue of creating such a small object, which will require highly precise instruments which we are not in possession of/ not feasible in the long run. The second issue is the working. "Will a semiconductor keep it's properties when they layer is so small?" is a valid question to ask when we go further down in scale. In simple words: in the long run, improving semiconductors for transistors will be difficult. Moore's law plateaus, and the number of transistors doesn't double with two years. What now? We can't just stop developing better computing devices, not just smart devices, astronomy, medicine and other scientific areas also require reliable, stable and fast computing devices.

Which means we desperately need new materials (and techniques) for logic and memory devices.

Hold on, when's spintronics going to start?

Okay background information done. Now we move onto spins and why we use it. We know that atoms are made of protons, electrons and neutrons. Out of these, electrons "revolve" in "orbits" around the nucleus, which holds the protons and neutrons. I put "revolve" and "orbits" in quotes because essentially it's a cloud of probabilities and we have no clue what path it truly takes. Electrons reside in what are called 'orbitals', which are balloon-like spaces which have a high probability of the electrons being present in (@/chemblrish explains orbitals better here).

Now along with the "revolution", electrons also considered to have a "spin". We don't really know if it "spins" the way Bayblades do, but regardless, they have an angular momentum, which is classically something rotating objects possess (@/mimin-vs-physics goes more in depth on quantum mechanical fun stuff) Either way, we don't know why it has angular momentum, but we know it does (at least I have no idea if we've figured it out??). And in true human fashion, we see anything new and think "now how can I utilize this for my benefit?"

Years and years of research later, we figured out something interesting. The angular momentum which the electron spins contain, and the angular momentum of electrons in "orbits" can interact! This interaction is called Spin-Orbit Coupling (SOC) and it causes a bunch of other fascinating phenomena in quantum mechanics. One of which, is that it if we supply electricity into a metal plane, we can align the electrons and their spins in such a way that it causes a stream of current (remember: current is essentially a flow of electrons in one direction) with aligned spins to move into a different layer perpendicularly.

Okay but what does all of this have to do anything with Spintronics?

We're finally at the part where we can discuss what Spintronics is! We can use our now generated spin current to make electronic devices (hence, spintronics!). So, how do we make these tiny devices?

What we first take is a heavy metal (these are metallic elements/alloys with high atomic numbers, which have a lot of free electrons to use) and make a very thin film of it. (The procedure of making thin films is very interesting, and I will make the next post on it!) We can now pass a stream of current/electricity* parallel to the surface of the thin film, which will give us a stream of spin-aligned electrons bouncing to move into an upper layer.

For the upper layer, we add a thin layer of a ferromagnet. A ferromagnet is a type of material which readily aligns its spin on one direction when under a magnetic field (contrary to this are paramagnets which weakly align their spins, and diamagnets which weakly align their spins opposite to the applied field).

Now remember the electrons with their spin aligned which wanted to move into the upper layer? Yeah once they are given an upper layer to move into, they flow into the layer, bringing their aligned spins with them. This spin can now affect the ferromagnet's spin, and align it in either the direction of the applied electric field ( the one applied on the heavy metal layer. I'm marking it as * for you to check which electric field I mean) or directly opposite to the direction of the electric field. This alignment can be measured. The value doesn't matter, only the direction. Is it parallel to the electric field or anti-parallel? "Up" or "down"? "Left" or "right"? Or, in terms of electronics, "1" or "0".

And look! We now have a way to make a tiny device which can display values of "1" or "0"! We used an analog signal (electricity) to create a digital output (1s and 0s)! That is electronics! But because it uses spins, it is called Spintronics.

Because we use Spin-Orbit Coupling, these devices are extremely precise and fast. And the layers of heavy metal/ferromagnet will be in the ranges of nanometers (10^-9 m), so they are also extremely small. We can also choose materials with properties we like (high melting/boiling point, low reactivity) to create devices which can work in extreme conditions (high heat, pressure, reactive areas).

And here we have it! We've made spintronic devices!

End of post disclaimer: I am a Bachelors student and I will have mistakes. I also tend to exaggerate. So if I have made a mistake in this post, please inform me nicely in the comments or tags!

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Why We Must Mobilise

Robert Reich

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The first 100 days: Why we must mobilize

Now is the time for all of us to become activists and force this despicable regime out of office

Robert Reich

Apr 28, 2025

Friends,

Today is the start of the 14th week of the odious Trump regime. Wednesday will mark its first 100 days.

The U.S. Constitution is in peril. Civil and human rights are being trampled upon. The economy is in disarray.

At this rate, we won’t make it through the second hundred days.

Federal judges in more than 120 cases so far have sought to stop Trump — judges appointed by Republicans as well as Democrats, some appointed by Trump himself — but the regime is either ignoring or appealing their orders. It has even arrested a municipal judge in Milwaukee who merely sought to hear a case involving an undocumented defendant.

Recently, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit — an eminent conservative Reagan appointee who is revered by the Federalist Society — issued a scathing rebuke of the Trump regime. In response to its assertion that it can abduct residents of the United States and put them into foreign prisons without due process, Wilkinson wrote:

“If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home? And what assurance shall there be that the Executive will not train its broad discretionary powers upon its political enemies? The threat, even if not the actuality, would always be present, and the Executive’s obligation to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed’ would lose its meaning.”

Judge Wilkinson’s fears are already being realized. Early Friday morning, ICE deported three U.S. citizens — aged 2, 4, and 7 — when their mothers were deported to Honduras. One of the children, having Stage 4 cancer, was sent out of the United States without medication or consultation with doctors.

Meanwhile, the regime continues to attack all the independent institutions in this country that have traditionally served as bulwarks against tyranny — universities, nonprofits, lawyers and law firms, the media and journalists, science and researchers, libraries and museums, the civil service, and independent agencies — threatening them with extermination or loss of funding if they don’t submit to its oversight and demands.

Trump has even instructed the Department of Justice to investigate ActBlue, the platform that handles the fundraising for almost all Democratic candidates and the issues Democrats support.

At the same time, Trump is actively destroying the economy. His proposed tariffs are already raising prices. His attacks on Fed chief Jerome Powell are causing tremors around the world.

Trump wants total power, even at the cost of our democracy and economy.

His polls are dropping, yet many Americans are still in denial. “He’s getting things done!” some say. “He’s tough and strong!”

Every American with any shred of authority must loudly and boldly sound the alarm.

A few Democrats and progressives in Congress (Bernie Sanders, AOC, Cory Booker, Chris Van Hollen, Chris Murphy) have expressed outrage, but most seem oddly quiet. Granted, they have no direct power to stop what is occurring, but they cannot and must not appear to acquiesce. They need to be heard, every day — protesting, demanding, resisting, refusing.

Barack Obama has spoken up at least once, to his credit, but where is my old boss, Bill Clinton? Where is George W. Bush? Where are their former vice presidents — Al Gore and Dick Cheney? Where are their former Cabinet members? They all must be heard too.

What about Republican members of Congress? Are none willing to stand up against what is occurring? And what of Republican governors and state legislators? If there were ever a time for courage and integrity, it is now. Their silence is inexcusable.

Over 400 university presidents have finally issued a letter opposing “the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education.” Good. Now they must speak out against the overreach endangering all of American democracy.

Hundreds of law firms have joined a friend-of-the-court brief in support of law firm Perkins Coie’s appeal of the regime’s demands. Fine. Now, they along with the American Bar Association and every major law school, must sound the alarm about Trump’s vindictive and abusive use of the Justice Department.

America’s religious leaders have a moral obligation to speak out. They have a spiritual duty to their congregations and to themselves to make their voices heard.

The leaders of American business — starting with Jamie Dimon, the chair and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, who in normal times has assumed the role of spokesperson for American business — have been conspicuously silent. Of course they fear Trump’s retribution. Of course they hope for a huge tax cut. But these hardly excuse their seeming assent to the destruction of American democracy and our economy.

Journalists must speak out too. In the final moments of last night’s “60 Minutes” telecast, Scott Pelley, one of its top journalists, directly criticized Paramount, CBS’s parent company. “Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,” he told viewers, explaining why the show’s executive producer, Bill Owens, had resigned.

“Stories we pursued for 57 years are often controversial — lately, the Israel-Gaza War and the Trump administration. Bill made sure they were accurate and fair. He was tough that way. But our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration must approve it.”

Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Paramount, is seeking the Trump regime’s approval for a multibillion-dollar sale of the media company, and Paramount is obviously intruding on “60 Minutes” content to curry favor with (and not rile) Trump.

Kudos to Pelley for speaking out and to Bill Owens for resigning. We need more examples of such courage. (They both get this week’s Joseph Welch Award, by the way, while Shari Redstone and Paramount get this week’s Neville Chamberlain.)

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Friends, we have witnessed what can happen in just the first hundred days. I’m not at all sure we can wait until the 2026 midterm elections and cross our fingers that Democrats take back at least one chamber of Congress. At the rate this regime is wreaking havoc, too much damage will have been done by then.

The nation is tottering on the edge of dictatorship.

We are no longer Democrats or Republicans. We are either patriots fighting the regime or we are complicit in its tyranny. There is no middle ground.

Soon, I fear, the regime will openly defy the Supreme Court. Americans must be mobilized into such a huge wave of anger and disgust that members of the House are compelled to impeach Trump (for the third time) and enough senators are moved to finally convict him.

Then this shameful chapter of American history will end.

[auberylis]

20250308 Major ALICE update!

For a couple months i've been working on a bunch of new stuff and improvements for Aubery's Logic Integrated Circuit Emulator (ALICE), and yesterday i concluded the works that have been planned! I am very happy to tell everyone that ALICE now crashes much less, the circuit tracing GUI became much more usable, and even more high-level devices were programmed!~

Circuit integration now works in full - watch me go from a basic logic gate based single-bit full adder to a 4-bit adder IC with a whole demo setup to test it, inside the same project!

Some high-level devices were added: everything but the ALU seems to be working correctly. TruthTable allows you to build a circuit and then compose its truth table in realtime! Using the pre-made compounds can be easier on the CPU than user-made ICs, even though i'm working on making everything run even faster. Oh, and now there's a "text" device to leave notes right on top of the circuit!

All devices now show a memo on what they do when selected, and a cohesive (although still and forever lacking) manual was started!

Finally, there are now demo projects! They and the manual are bundled within ALICE itself, so no need to download them separately from anywhere. I will work on adding more to them, with the general goal of one day having a "full basic 8-bit CPU" on the list!

Aside from these novelties, i worked real hard and made the GUI run smoother and explode less. Frankly, the code was pure spaghetti before this overhaul, and now it's at least meatballs with a side of spaghetti. It became better, i promise. Along with this, a bunch of minor bugs were eliminated, and i'm slowly ridding the project from depending on my old bmco.js utility library, which would make it run smoother.

There's a lot of plans for this project, and seeing people using it at all would greatly increase my motivation to implement them. Not like i am not motivated.. but you could make things happen faster! So! Use the thing, tell me when it explodes in your face - with saves and bug error texts preferrably - and show me what you made with it!

And one last thing: ALICE is now hosted on Gitea because i am tired of github's copilot bullshit. I will shut down the github repository soon enough -- nothing to lose, since there are no open issues out there or anything. If you feel like digging through my caverns of nonsense, or run ALICE locally, go ahead and download the source code from the Gitea repo!