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A reporter writes about a visit from the FBI in 2020, following his story about a hack, and the long-term personal impact, along with eroding press freedoms (Zack Whittaker/~this week in security~)
https://this.weekinsecurity.com/fbi-ag

FBI agents visited my home about an article I wrote, and now I can't go to Mexico
Mexico formally requested the FBI's help in seeking answers about one of my stories. Having federal agents on my doorstep sparked my own years-long effort to pry information out of the FBI to explain why it came to my house to begin with.

While staying vigilant, we’re embracing the chance to catch our breath and to start healing. The city right now has a bit of the feeling of the days after a natural disaster: there is so much damage to repair. Thousands of people are still sheltering at home, understandably reluctant to go to work and/or school. Thousands are facing imminent eviction when March rent comes due.
There’s organizing around rent relief, talk of a rent strike. Food delivery is still in full swing. Mutual aid is not letting up.
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This is conCERNing...
https://home.cern/news/press-release/experiments/base-experiment-cern-succeeds-transporting-antimatter
And it raises some questions:
- what orange-black UN number do you put on that truck?

Alex Vindman is not a man to hold a grudge.
Ask him about the bullying, intimidation and retribution meted out by Donald Trump and Maga acolytes following his appearance as a key witness in the first of the president’s two first-term impeachments, and he almost shrugs it off.
“I’m an optimist by nature. I’m more focused on the future than the past, and this idea of vindictiveness or grievance is completely opposite of my personality.
-- Now, accountability is essential …”

Hoe de verkiezingen beinvloed worden door miljonairs met hun al dan niet illegale maar in ieder geval veel te grote giften. Mooi uitzoekwerk!
https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-terwijl-wij…

Opinie: Terwijl wij braaf stemden, stelden miljonairs hun belangen zeker in gemeenteraden
Als we willen voorkomen dat deze kleine minderheid van superrijken onze politieke koers bepaalt, moet de drempel voor partijgiften flink omlaag en moet de controle veel strenger worden.

Once when I was 14, my little brother and I were lying in beds next to each other, and I tried to walk him through a thought experiment about how social context influences aesthetics.
In another world where Jesus was nailed to a giant plastic My Little Pony figurine, would you feel the same weight and reverence when walking into an old Catholic church and seeing their equestrian "crucifix"? Would everything we've all been immersed in since birth to create that feeling ab…

Filing: Tron founder Justin Sun sues the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, alleging it unfairly locked up his WLFI holdings and threatened and defamed him (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/04/21…

Tron's Justin Sun sues Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over frozen assets
World Liberty unfairly froze Sun's $WLFI tokens and threatened him, the lawsuit alleged.

Gas and LNG expert Anne-Sophie Corbeau: "People really need to turn down their thermostats. We're heading for the Mother of all energy crises. Refilling Europe's gas storages could become the drama of the year."
Even more so for the Netherlands, where the filling level has now been run down to below 7%, I would add.
In Tijd.be, by Tobe Steel

A US judge rebukes a DOJ prosecutor for not mentioning a 1980 law protecting journalists when seeking a warrant to search WaPo reporter Hannah Natanson's home (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/us/politics/washington-post-reporter…

Judge Rebukes U.S. Over Application to Search Washington Post Reporter’s Home
A prosecutor apologized for failing to alert the magistrate to a 1980 law that restricts searches for reporting materials.

I just had an idea for illuminated wallart for our new home, but my wife won't allow it 😔
#whoniverse #SilenceDay #doctorwho