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Lukashenko agrees to join Trump’s Peace Council: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/21/lukashenko-agrees-to-join-trumps.html

Netflix acquires avatar creation platform Ready Player Me to let its subscribers carry their personas and fandoms across games; the startup raised $72M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/19/netflix-acquires-gaming-avatar-maker-read…

Netflix acquires gaming avatar maker Ready Player Me | TechCrunch
The gaming startup will allow Netflix subscribers to create avatars that can extend across gaming titles.

Would be nice if someone familiar with @… apps sets up a tar pit solution to protect hosted applications like mastodon
https://tldr.nettime.org/@asrg/1138674

#BloodInTheMachine is also an excellent book, btw. https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/across-the-us-people-are-dismantling

Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras
Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. PLUS: 10,000 drivers call on Uber to repay stolen wages, a man is arrested at a public hearing about a data center and more.

Netflix acquires avatar creation platform Ready Player Me to let its subscribers carry their personas and fandoms across games; the startup raised $72M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/19/netflix-acquires-gaming-avatar-maker-read…

Netflix acquires gaming avatar maker Ready Player Me | TechCrunch
The gaming startup will allow Netflix subscribers to create avatars that can extend across gaming titles.

Before you leave for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--African cops bust 651 suspected cyber scammers across 16 countries,
--WVA AG sues Apple over alleged CSAM stored in iCloud,
--Ukrainian man sentenced to five years for role in DPRK remote IT worker scheme,
--Systems at Mississippi's only medical center struck down by cyber incident,
--Predator spyware can shut down re…

African cops bust 651 suspected cyber scammers across 16 countries
WVA AG sues Apple over alleged CSAM stored in iCloud, Ukrainian man sentenced to five years for role in DPRK remote IT worker scheme, Systems at Mississippi's only medical center struck down by cyber incident, Predator spyware can shut down recording indicators, much more

Décapitée et ostracisée au Salon de l’agriculture, l’Agence bio est au bord de l’explosion | Mediapart
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/200226/decapitee-et-ostracisee-au-salon-de-l-agriculture-l-ag…

Décapitée et ostracisée au Salon de l’agriculture, l’Agence bio est au bord de l’explosion
La ministre de l’agriculture maintient son plan de démantèlement de l’agence de soutien à la filière bio et a fait en sorte de déclencher une procédure de licenciement de sa directrice Laure Verdeau.

DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies (Dell Cameron/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-wants-a-single-search-engine-to-flag-faces-and-fingerprints-across-agencies/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260220/p88#a260220p88

Drone attacks across Russia injure 13, spark fire at Afipsky oil refinery: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/21/drone-attacks-across-russia-injure.html

Kremlin agrees to Macron’s proposal to resume contacts, Paris to set terms in coming days: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/22/kremlin-agrees-to-macrons-proposal.html