Linkage

• Kalshi loses again as judges rule prediction markets must obey gambling laws (Ars Technica) They keep losing because the fact is that the predictions markets are just bookies.
• REMIND ME TO NEVER F%$# WITH CANADA (I F%$#ing Love Australia) An fascinating, if somewhat profane on how Canada's retaliatory tariffs are targeting swing elections with almost surgical precision. (%$# mine)
• Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage (Ars Technica) At this point, I have to believe that Flock is directing these larcenous reproduction costs.
• Two New Birds Louder Than Jackhammers Just Dropped (404 Media) 120 dB, which is ear-splitting.
• Ancient Negev Wine Was a Global Hit. Can Israeli Winemakers - and Scientists - Bring It Back? (Haaretz) The wine might be recreated, but I'm dubious about it's commercial potential.  Taste, and technology, particularly refrigeration, have transformed wine.
• Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, uranium cubes reveal (AAAS) Heisenberg's claims to have sabotaged the Nazi bomb effort are, and were always, complete bullsh%$.
• Undersea Archaeologists Recover the Only Known Ring Engraved With the Lighthouse of Alexandria (Gizmodo) A signet ring, likely functioning as something similar to a notary stamp, recovered from a submerged city.  I smell a Hollywood blockbuster.
• Ken Paxton’s Travel Security Detail Cost Taxpayers Millions (ProPublica) It seems that Paxton was misusing state travel as well.
• 184 cuneiform tablets discovered in Hittite royal archive (Heritage Daily) No specifics yet on the contents, they are likely mostly things like shipping manifests and tax records, which are generally boring to the layman, and catnip to professional archeologists.

It flew well, but was too weird to produce and deploy: