Who's driving this thing?! -- First time in a Waymo. I know there are still issues, but amazing what riding in one does to lower the skepticism level. Also, it wasn't until after this recording that I realized I could control Spotify in the car. Major bonus.

Ignoring the news of the day, here is the most fun demo I got to play with at MILCOM. Used AERPAW's (NC State U's) digital twin software to locate a beacon from a cell phone (think emergency rescue) using a drone as a base station. Located (w/game controller) via strongest signal-to-noise ratio.

Go @washingtonspirit.com !!!

Queen.

NSC and DoW are thrilled to announce 5 projects selected for the ADSSD (now ASC) awards via our OTA, boosting spectrum resilience & leadership in wireless innovation. Congrats, InterDigital, Kostas Institute, @nokia.bsky.social, Peraton Labs & RTX BBN! www.spectrumconsortium.org/news-detail/...

Who would have thought we'd be able to share this news even during a government shutdown. www.nationalspectrumconsortium.org/news-detail/...

In other good news: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ignore everything else. There's a new Wicked trailer. m.youtube.com/watch?v=vt98...

The Catholic Church in Rome has been insisting on calling attention to the suffering in Gaza, even if you don't hear much about it stateside. Seven hours of names: 16 Israeli children and 12,211 Palestinian children.

Absolutely fascinating. And so similar (yeah obviously, but still) to the story of broadband and cellular connectivity.

It's called segregation.

Google Photos gave me highlights from July, and damn if that wasn't a long and emotionally heavy month. Grateful for the reunion with friends at the end

Try and come for my marriage, you goons. Just try.

Why no major tsunami? 1. Quake not as large as those in previous disasters 2. Power of tsunami depends on how an earthquake occurs and the physical features of the land absorbing the impact- we don't have the sensing capabilities to calculate the result quickly 3. Alerts= better safe than sorry

I know companies aren't worried about the government enforcing the TikTok ban, but the fact that Samsung automatically installed the app on my phone while doing a security update overnight seems a bit much.

Want a part-time remote job helping edit @techmeme.com? We're hiring! Apply here: techmeme.com/jobs No special experience is needed, but you should avoiding cheating on the application with AI, as noted here:

I 100% do not understand how we're calling this AI. It's accelerated data collection, computation, and analysis. Which is good! It's what computers do well! But it is in no way original thought.

Hilarious thing about John Proctor is the Villain, it takes place in 2018 like, look at all the crazy stuff happening. And now it's 2025 and so very clear how much nobody learned.

Finally read the spectrum language in the reconciliation bill carefully. Within the 1.3-10.5 gigahertz band, and excluding the 3.1-3.45 and 7.4-8.4 gigahertz bands: *The FCC must auction at least 100 MHz in the band between 3.98 gigahertz and 4.2 gigahertz in the next two years. 1/x

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The rules of #spectrum allocation are changing as we speak, but “we should be focusing on the technology innovations that will enable spectrum coexistence and spectrum-sharing,” said NSC’s @msilbey.bsky.social. Read more in Constellations 💡 www.kratosdefense.com/constellatio...

Me, every winter.

It's great that folks on here are not uncritically trusting everything that gets posted and are instead asking for a source, links, etc. —especially in the case when the news is, frankly, a bit unbelievable. ...but now this is in an actual news article 🙃 www.alxnow.com/2025/06/24/r...

1. Our reporting displeased the world's richest man. 2. He spent $288 million to elect President Trump and other Republicans. 3. Trump's FTC has now launched a meritless investigation targeting us. 4. We're suing to protect the First Amendment. www.mediamatters.org/justice-civi...

"Former Justice Department and FBI officials warn that the US's ability to defend against Iranian potential terror and cyber attacks has been hampered by a “brain drain” in top Justice Department and FBI national security and counterterrorism units." www.metacurity.com/dhs-warns-of...

Telecom needs software engineers! www.linkedin.com/posts/irfan-...

Not great news, but also, sadly, not surprising: www.lightreading.com/open-ran/mav... In contrast, there are, anecdotally at least, some interesting things happening as govt agencies experiment with RAN software in private networks. There continues to be demand for O-RAN and open source software.

The team from the ARA wireless testbed in Iowa integrated an open source mobile core with Ericsson radios. Throughput on the network is 445 Mbps. It shows we can make open source solutions work for wireless. Next up, more open source software options for the RAN. advancedwireless.org/pawr-platfor...

“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport” By Ruben Bolling Genius. Click in.

Today's high in DC was 84. While the warmest in 2+ weeks, we have still yet to hit 90 this year. It's possible we're looking at our latest first 90 since at least 2003. More info at cwg.live

Among the many insane things here, weather research and forecasting should be a playground for ML/AI, and therefore something the tech bros should drool over. So much data. So much modeling. But it's not really about that, is it? AI is only appealing for amassing wealth and power, not saving lives

For anyone not following along, the govt says auctioning 600 MHz of federal spectrum would bring in $88 billion to the Treasury. #1: That number is at best a guess, not an indication of what buyers will pay. #2: That number has to be at least 110% of the cost to transition out of selected bands.

I have complicated feelings about the research grant ecosystem built up around NSF, but killing it is not the answer. Lots of people doing important work have learned to operate within it and can't operate without it. The drastic funding cuts will destroy university science and engineering programs

I know nothing about NIH, but this article resonates strongly with what I know about the university/research ecosystem built up around the National Science Foundation. Nobody in it is equipped to fight the current funding assault. And the consequences to US research and competitiveness will be dire

New media model. I will pay money to read your online content without having to deposit my email address in your database forevermore.

"It is time to stop pitting federal and commercial spectrum needs against each other and invest in technologies that allow us to do more with the spectrum we have. And that solution is spectrum sharing." breakingdefense.com/2025/05/toda...

Trampled to death by a horse called Pivot to Video

Video of a student in my town who wrote a political op-ed being grabbed off the street by government agents bsky.app/profile/pale...

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Grateful to my friend and MD colleague @ChrisVanHollen for traveling to El Salvador to try to check on Abrego Garcia’s condition. We will not let up the pressure on the self-proclaimed dictator of El Salvador or the aspiring dictator here. We will continue the fight to bring Abrego Garcia home.

somebody figured out how to hack crosswalk systems and has been recording fake public announcements by billionaires. Here's the one in Seattle From "Jeff Bezos":

if Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release,” People want action, this is action. This is the highest form of doing something www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-r...

I was furious in 2016 when companies wouldn't speak out. It's so much worse now. Companies aren't just not speaking, they're acting/retreating in fear of the *possibility* that the government *might* withdraw contracts or regulate against them. Legit concern, but somebody better grow a spine

Reading Ninth House and rewatching the Dresden Files. My appetite for worlds that are not this one remains high.

Quartz, the business news startup I worked on for a dozen years, through the height of digital media and the sector's crash, has fired all its writers and been sold to its fifth owner. So it felt like time to reflect. www.zachseward.com/what-was-qua...

Trump is now officially worse than COVID.

My senator @booker.senate.gov is rising to meet this moment, refusing to let the Senate pretend things are normal. How about yours? If they're a Democrat, call them and ask them to join Booker in this stand. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...

Absolutely seriously. What do people think "We need to beat China to 6G" means? I would like it to mean we're going to invest more in wireless innovation, but all I'm hearing is we're going to auction off spectrum that maybe nobody can afford to buy right now.

Having now rewatched the Dungeons and Dragons movie, I can confirm it is a perfect movie. No notes