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Jack Dorsey says Apple removed his Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat, used during protests in Iran and Uganda, from China's App Store following CAC's demands (Stephen Katte/Cointelegraph)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitchat-jack-dorsey-china-app-store-…

Jack Dorsey's Decentralized Bitchat App Removed from China App Store
Apple has removed Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat from the App Store in China at the request of the Cyberspace Administration of China, which argued the messaging app violated internet service regulations.

Ayatollah Killed In U.S. Airstrike. What do you think? https://theonion.com/ayatollah-killed-in-u-s-airstrike/

Ayatollah Killed In U.S. Airstrike
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the theocratic dictator who ruled Iran for over 36 years, was killed in a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation, with the Iranian government announcing 40 days of public mourning following the death of the 86-year-old leader. What do you think?

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has so far been unable to access data from a Washington Post reporter’s iPhone
because it was protected by Apple’s "Lockdown Mode"
when agents seized the device from the reporter’s home, the US government said in a court filing.
FBI agents were however able to access the reporter’s work laptop by telling her to place her index finger on the MacBook Pro’s fingerprint reader.
This occurred during the January 14 search at the…

FBI stymied by Apple's Lockdown Mode after seizing journalist's iPhone
Post reporter was compelled to unlock MacBook Pro with fingerprint, however.

Immigration agents draw guns, arrest activists following them in Minneapolis (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/minneapolis-immigration-crackdown-arrests-29ab636ca0f7db5389418463ca8b67c7
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p81#a260203p81

I need a few incoming webmentions for testing (okay, this sounds like a really fishy attempt to generate likes … I promise that it is not 😂). So would you all please like and repost this piece I recently wrote? You can also read it, of course.
https://matthiasott.com/articles/webspace-inv…

Webspace Invaders · Matthias Ott
There’s something happening on the Web at the moment that almost feels like watching that old arcade game Space Invaders play out across our servers. Bots and scrapers marching in formation, attacking our servers wave after wave, systematically requesting page after page, relentlessly filling their data stores while we watch our access logs fill up.

What a shocking development.
https://www.arlnow.com/2026/03/03/man-arrested-after-allegedly-touching-womans-hair-on-metro-near-clarendon/

Man arrested after allegedly touching woman’s hair on Metro near Clarendon | ARLnow.com
A Maryland man has been arrested and charged after apparently live-streaming himself discreetly touching a woman's hair on a Metro train in Arlington. Bryan Betancur, 28, was taken into custody yesterday (Monday) following an incident that took place around 10:09 p.m. on Sunday on a Silver Line train servicing the Clarendon Metro station, Metro Transit

Iranian cryptoasset outflows reached ~$10.3M between February 28 and March 2 amid US and Israeli strikes; in 2025, Iran's crypto ecosystem was worth $7.8B (Chainalysis)
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/iranian-crypto-outflows-spike-after-airstrikes/

Iranian Crypto Outflows Spike After Airstrikes
On-chain data shows a sharp increase in activity from major Iranian exchanges in the hours following the February 28, 2026 US-Israeli airstrikes.

There were not too many headlines about this but there should be, the war in Ukraine has spread to the Mediterranean. This ship was destroyed by a drone apparently.
https://theukrainianreview.info/sanctioned-tanker-under-russian-flag-catches-fire-…

Sanctioned Tanker Under Russian Flag Catches Fire Near Malta
A sanctioned tanker, Arctic Metagaz, flying the Russian flag caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea near Malta. Preliminary reports suggest a drone may have attac

Noem faced Republican criticism
Republicans largely kept the focus on the large numbers of migrants who came into the country under former President Joe Biden,
portraying Noem as the leader of a cleanup effort of the former administration’s mess.
But she did come under some harsh questioning by members of her own party.
Senator Tillis, who called on Noem to resign following the shootings in Minneapolis, criticized her for erroneously arresting American citizens, for…

Noem defends her portrayal of killed Minneapolis protesters as agitators
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has defended her agency in testimony and under questioning at a Senate hearing. She appeared before the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday as a backlash grows over deadly immigration enforcement actions tied to President Donald Trump's deportation push. It was her first congressional hearing since two protesters were killed in Minneapolis by Homeland Security officers in January. Noem's department sent hundreds of officers to Minnesota. Protesters marched and…

ICE demanded Maine sheriff's employment records following his criticism of arrest (Bangor Daily News)
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/02/03/mainefocus/mainefocus-police-courts/ice-demanded-maine-sheriffs-employment-records/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p129#a260203p129