Has Silicon Valley lost its impact on DC?

Zoe Schiffer: Completely. got it. I already feel quite depressed, so I need to move us to a new topic. This is about the universe. So my first question about you is, how do you feel about the universe? Would you go if I had the chance? Usually I would say, no, thank you. I’m not interested. But I don’t know after this, yeah, take me to Mars.

Jake Lahort: Oddly, I’d probably find it more comfortable to go to space than to explore the deep oceans. it is –

Zoe Schiffer: I was going to say it.

Jake Lahort: …Ocean Gate’s. But no, I was obsessed with Apollo’s missions as well as Gemini and the mercury of my childhood. I had a small bean bag chair in my house where I pretended to be a capsule –

Zoe Schiffer: Ah, my goodness.

Jake Lahort: …it was re-entered into the vibe looking for everything –

Zoe Schiffer: I can imagine this perfectly.

Jake Lahort: Yeah. A huge Al Shepherd, John Glenn Fan. I love all of that. But I’m a pretty big guy and I think fitting the boat would be difficult.

Zoe Schiffer: It’s completely fair. If you find a ship that can take you to, I won’t be able to see this, but wired contributor Jorge Galley reported that a team of astronomers in Yale and Copenhagen recently discovered that two galaxies collide with each other. They call it the Infinity Galaxy. And this discovery is extremely exciting. Because it could be the first direct evidence of how the really old, supermasy black holes were formed.

Jake Lahort: Yeah. This is for some interstellar types, but in reality it looks like eight layers next to it. And I found this to be pretty amazing. Especially with vertical video processing if you want to check this on Instagram reels. It’s rather seductive, I had to say.

Zoe Schiffer: Therefore, the prominent theory of how they form is when the stars run out of fuel and collapse under their own gravity. However, in a very old, super-large black hole, the stars would not have had enough time to reach that point. Therefore, this Infinity Galaxy supports another theory that could be formed from a dense mass of material, so star arrest is not necessary.

Jake Lahort: For at least now, we are still discovering new things about science in the United States. And maybe it will continue, maybe it won’t.

Zoe Schiffer: Well, if not, AI seems to be doing everything through everything for us.

Jake Lahort: Doge can’t get out there and at least catch up with the James Webb telescope. No one is catching that bad boy right away.

Zoe Schiffer: got it. So our next story brings us back to Earth and honestly, all of it’s Silicon Valley elite. Our colleague Joel Calli reported that crypto companies are finally able to access their banking operations. This is actually very important and covers Jake, both areas of reporting. Because banking was the central reason why sorrow of the Mark Andreesen types around the world really got sour in the Biden administration and all went into Trump. So now we see the outcome of that decision is occurring. Because under the crypto-friendly Trump administration, many US fintech companies are competing to provide bank accounts to these crypto companies. However, they still need to follow the basic rules set by the partner banks involved, so they will not completely escape the traditional banking system. But given how important this is for the final election, I’m interested in your view here.