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Trump's Midterm Redistricting Master Plan Is Falling Short (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trumps-midterm-redistricting-master-plan-is-falling-short-868ce156
http://www.memeorandum.com/260207/p2#a260207p2

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@emd/116183119035053665
Managed to get a flight home tomorrow! Long day but I’m glad they didn’t risk flying on a broken plane.
Now to get some refunds for upgrades I wont get to use.

U.S. immigration officials do not plan to detain #Kilmar #Abrego #Garcia again -- as long as a judge’s order banning it stands, according to a Tuesday court filing.
❌Immigration and Customs Enforcement did make clear they would detai…

ICE doesn't plan to detain Abrego Garcia again as long as judge's order banning it stands
Immigration officials do not plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as a judge’s order banning it stands That's according to a Tuesday court filing from the U.S. government. The Salvadoran citizen’s case has become a lightning rod for both sides of the immigration debate as he fights to remain in the U.S. after a mistaken deportation to his home country, where he was imprisoned. The government court filing comes after U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis earlier this month questioned …

I'm going to try the following experiment. I'm clearing ~half a day every week to plug a gap in my knowledge. To learn something I've been meaning to learn about for ages. Could be in my field (like energy based models) could be outside (like electronics).
I'll keep a running todo list of things to learn, and just pick one on the day that I feel like reading up on.

Meta executive warned Facebook Messenger encryption plan was 'so irresponsible', shows court filing
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/meta-executive-warned-facebook-messenger-encryption-plan-was-…

US court filings detail Anthropic's Project Panama, an effort to "destructively scan" up to 2M books with a hydraulic "cutting machine" led by an ex-Google exec (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/2…

Inside one company’s secret plan to ‘destructively scan every book in the world’
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.

US court filings detail Anthropic's Project Panama, an effort to "destructively scan" up to 2M books with a hydraulic "cutting machine" led by an ex-Google exec (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/2…

Inside one company’s secret plan to ‘destructively scan every book in the world’
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.

Microsoft's AI safety team proposed technical standards for detecting AI-generated content, but its CSO declined to commit to using them across its platforms (James O'Donnell/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/1

Microsoft has a new plan to prove what’s real and what’s AI online
A new proposal calls on social media and AI companies to adopt strict verification, but the company hasn’t committed to following its own recommendations.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@paulbiggar/116153528253708733
I have a horrible sinking feeling that the aftermath of the Iran strikes is going to be the first "but AI said" of international geopolitics.

Privacy-focused MVNO Cape, which has raised $61M from a16z and others, launches across the US following a March 2025 beta, offering a $99 monthly plan (Steven Melendez/Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91481000/this-

This new privacy-focused phone service is designed to keep your phone from getting hacked
Cape, which offers a range of enhanced privacy and security measures, is now offering service across the United States.