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They've been laughing at us for years with the "Intel Inside" joke and having the Intel chip factory in Israel.
That said, Thinkpads are awesome for tinkerers. Get some chip clips, nuke the Intel ME and you're good to go.
Check out the coreboot, seabios, heads, & skulls repos on github and you'll find plenty of assembly to keep you occupied.