@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-18 01:21:56
The Newsom administration is suing five more California cities
— Calexico, Costa Mesa, Half Moon Bay, Ridgecrest and Turlock — for failing to complete state-mandated housing plans, known as the “housing element.”
Huntington Beach was the first city to face such a legal action, and it recently finalized its housing element plans following a court-order and massive fines.
The law, which has been in place since 1969, requires cities and counties every eight years to d…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-05-16 14:37:37
Dallas Cowboys Predicted to Reclaim NFC East Crown in 2026 https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/dallas-cowboys-predicted-reclaim-nfc-east-crown-2026
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-07-15 16:03:25
From Sputnik to Starship - estimating the experience curve of #SpaceLaunch technology: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag217/8732400?login=false -> For more than 60 years, the cost of transporting payload into space has been falling: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Transport-of-payload-into-space-SpaceX-as-the-East-India-Company-of-our-time-11365594.html - according to an analysis, there is no comparable development in history.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-16 11:15:38
Alpaca, which offers brokerage and financial infrastructure, raised $135M in equity and $300M in debt, following a $150M Series D in January (Bernard Goyder/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/broker-a…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-06-11 21:30:50
Filing: Fox Corp.'s board extends CEO Lachlan Murdoch's contract through 2030 and raises his target annual bonus to $9M and his annual equity award to $20M (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/06/fox-corp-ceo-lachlan…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-06-29 20:25:16
Lions release CB Terrion Arnold following recent arrest on eight felony charges https://www.nfl.com/news/lions-release-cb-terrion-arnold-following-recent-arrest-on-eight-felony-charges
@kerstinsailer@sciences.social2026-05-14 15:35:56
🧵 2/n
In the paper we:
... discuss how the architecture discourse has begun to include disabled perspectives;
... critique how the space syntax community has mostly ignored bodily difference in the past,
... and praise noteworthy exceptions;
... report from a building exploration of a campus building, where we've invited eight creatives with diverse disabilities to reflect on the architecture and their experiences of inclusion and exclusion, of feeling welcome …
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-16 06:11:04
TSMC reports Q2 revenue up 36% YoY to ~$39.45B, net income up 77.4% YoY to ~$21.9B, both above est., and says chips 7nm or smaller were 77% of its wafer revenue (Jenny Lee/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/16/tsmc-second-quarter-profit-.html
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-14 22:12:03
A head-spinning week
as Iran and the United States trade blows and mull peace deals
On the sidelines Europe is feeling the pain and calling for a permanent end to the conflict.
Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has been an outspoken critic of America's involvement in the Middle East
and he joins Christiane from Paris to discuss the state of play.
And, as the cycle of strikes and fragile truces continues, former Deputy National Security Adv…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-13 00:39:39
Eight activists are facing federal charges for their Palestine solidarity activism in Michigan.
On Wednesday morning, the FBI raided the homes of seven of the activists, and prosecutors unsealed an indictment against them and another activist following their arrest.
The federal government is charging the activists – most of whom attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor – with carrying out a “criminal intimidation campaign” against university administrators in an attempt t…
