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MAGA International Goes Down in Flames (Andrew Egger/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-international-goes-down-in-flames-orban-magyar-hungary-trump-elections-iran-war-peace-talks-pakistan-strait-hormuz-blockade
http://www.memeorandum.com/260413/p43#a260413p43

It's not simply that the Anarchist Library has some shitty stuff in it, though that's important too. It's that failing to take intersectional feminist critiques seriously will make us miss critical opportunities to critique and ultimately undermine this system.
We should not be missing this, because failing to miss this critique at this time *is missing our opportunity in this moment.*

75 years ago #OTD the #interstellar #hydrogen line at 21 cm was detected for the first time in Europe (https://sci-hub.vg/10.1038/168357a0), following the first-ever detection - in the U.S. - in March 1951 (https://sci-hub.vg/10.1038/168356a0): see https://www.astron.nl/may-11-75-years-of-the-hydrogen-line-in-the-netherlands-from-kootwijk-to-westerbork-and-ska/ for what followed.

Internal doc: the State Department moved its internal chatbot from Claude Sonnet 4.5 to GPT-4.1, following Trump's directive to cancel Anthropic contracts (Nextgov/FCW)
https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/03/state-offlo…

State offloads Claude as underpinning model in flagship StateChat
The agency moved its chatbot to operate on OpenAI’s GPT 4.1, internal document shows.

Interest in a gasoline tax holiday is growing on Capitol Hill following President Donald Trump’s endorsement earlier Monday
— but the proposal is also facing pushback from some key Republicans balking at cutting a major source of federal funding.
High energy prices stemming from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East prompted Trump to suggest pausing fuel tax collections
“till it’s appropriate.”
He said, “It’s a small percentage, but it’s still money.”
Sen. Jos…

This looks like an interesting take on the whole “AI" (IMHO its not AI and its not leading directly to AGI).
I've only watched this preview but it looks like it covers things from many points of view. The creator of the film
The AI Documentary: Or How I Becamean APOCALOPTIMIST.
#AIHype

What *should* a floppy drives read data look like (5.25" single density, BBC DFS) ?
Both my Model B and a greaseweazel are failing to read the two disks I've tried at all at the moment; does this stream (off pin 34 on the interface) look sane? I don't currently have a known-good one to reference.
#retrocomputing

Arctic winter sea-ice extent fails to expand and sets a new record low in 2026 #Arctic

Arctic winter sea-ice extent fails to expand and sets a new record low in 2026
In 2026, the Arctic winter sea-ice extent (annual maximum extent) reached the lowest value since satellite observations began in 1979, following the previous record low in March 2025. As part of the Arctic Challenge for Sustainability III (ArCS III), the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) maintain a long-term dataset spanning more than 40 years.

The Trump administration has stepped up an effort to unmask a Reddit user who criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
After failing to obtain information through a summons issued to Reddit,
the government reportedly issued a subpoena demanding that Reddit provide the information and appear before a grand jury in Washington, DC.
The Intercept described the subpoena today.
“According to a subpoena obtained by The Intercept, Reddit has until April 14 to pro…

Report: US demands Reddit unmask ICE critic, summons firm to grand jury
Trump admin reportedly gets grand jury involved in attempt to identify Redditor.

Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-a…

Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck's AI Filmmaker Tools Start-Up InterPositive
In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.