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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.

“Originally launched as a casual meet-up in a cafe, the club has flourished into a network of offline events across Europe.
“Facilitators now organise sessions in 18 cities, and the club has built a following of around 600,000 on Instagram.”
'A simpler way of being': The rise of the offline club ht…

'A simpler way of being': The rise of the offline club
There's a growing movement of young people coming together to switch off their phones and rediscover life offline.

One of my VR Lighthouses died last month. These things are gyroscopically spinning 24 hours a day for, what, a decade now? Nearly.
No wonder. Mostly the industry seems to be settling on using head-mounted cameras rather than sweeping infra-red beams and receptors on the head anyway.
It is true that lighthouses give accurate positioning, but means I can't easily take the headset next door, say. Or to a party.
So inside-out, as they call it, is fine for the headset now and mostly okay for the hand-controllers.
But it offers no solution at all for the foot-trackers and hip-tracker that I need for puppetting the characters in the #vr #slimeVR #trackers

Some thoughts from Claude about military use of AI in targeting.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYIHIM6ihVJ/?igsh=cmM1ZmdjaDl3bzJ5

Falcons' James Pearce Jr. charged with 3 felonies in incident involving WNBA's Rickea Jackson https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7113545/2026/03/12/falcons-james-pearce-charged-3-felonies-misdemeanor/

Brian Morales, a U.S. citizen,
has been deported to Mexico despite telling arresting officers that he had proof of citizenship at home, according to a new report.
According to Univision’s Lidia Terrazas, 25-year-old Denver-born Brian Morales was threatened with either deportation or prison time following a traffic stop in Texas by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents.
This is the latest in a string of incidents involving U.S. citizens and Department of Homeland Security …

DHS deported a US citizen to Mexico after threatening him with prison time: report
A man deported to Mexico has claimed that officers not only refused to see his documents but accused him of fraud

His comment sums things up pretty well, IMO.
https://www.ft.com/content/7cab4ec7-4712-4137-b602-119a44f771de

This. @… https://bsd.network/@dch/116375237468185032

dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker: (@dch@bsd.network)
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu here's a suggestion before spending a bazillion on "AI". Make it (much) easier to start small businesses. Like, €100 instead of €1000s, and a clearly defined list of paperwork, that can be processed at a single govt agency in under 1 hour, in 1 country. Then, simplify the byzantine pan-EU tax arrangements so this small business can just pay tax once, instead of needing to spend €4000/year on accountant support, and filing in multiple countries.…

“During Friday’s Artemis II re-entry,
we will be deploying seismic and acoustic instrumentation at sea across the Southern California Bight
to record the sonic boom produced by the capsule’s re-entry,”
the USGS wrote in an email shared by a user on Reddit.
“Modelling indicates that the acoustic signal may be audible on land in some areas of Santa Barbara County and Baja California, including the Channel Islands.”
On its Facebook, the USGS states the sonic booms…

State charges Falcons' Pearce with 3 felonies https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48188048/falcons-james-pearce-jr-charged-3-felonies-misdemeanor