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Wonder why anyone in Aotearoa NZ is celebrating RocketLab's US launch in aid of the US military. For his own gain and glory, Peter Beck (I don't see justification for his honourific) betrayed the trust of the kaumātua of Mahia Peninsula and sold us all out to perhaps the least honourable country in the world these days. Here's the story if you haven't already seen it:

Investment in Austin-based startups grew to a record high of $7.19B in 2025, up from $4.37B in 2024 and topping a pandemic peak of $6.1B in 2021 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/all-time-high-f…

Austin's Star Is Still Shining Bright: Venture Funding To City's Startups Hits All-Time High
Austin’s startup scene is stronger than ever. That’s the consensus among investors in the city, and it’s borne out by Crunchbase data, which shows startups headquartered in the Lone Star State’s capital raised a record $7.19 billion in venture funding in 2025.

Bizarrely warm end of the winter, here in the Netherlands: average temperature in the last part of February (21-28/29) was more than a full degree higher than the previous record set just five years ago:
10.5°C, that's warmer than the already warmed 1991-2020 average for April!
Peak was above 17°C.

Sennheisers Kopfhörersparte sucht neuen Besitzer
Nach der Sennheiser-Übernahme im Jahr 2021 vollzieht der Schweizer Hörsystemspezialist Sonova eine Strategiewende und will sein Consumer-Geschäft veräußern.
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From The Conversation
Israel wants to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. But should it have nuclear weapons itself?
Israel’s avowed goal in the Middle East war is to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Yet, the double standard associated with this is hardly sustainable in the long run.
The worst-kept secret in the world of nuclear politics is that Israel possesses a formidable arsenal of nuclear weapons.

Safety Damar Hamlin re-signs with Bills on 1-year deal https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7131835/2026/03/27/damar-hamlin-bills-free-agency-2026/

Irgendwie sind es immer wieder Mitglieder der gleichen Partei, bei denen sowas passiert. Aber das ist sicher nur Zufall 🤡
'In Friesoythe haben #CDU-Mitglieder im Stadtrat jahrelang mehr Sitzungsgelder abgerechnet als die Vertreter der SPD. Der Vorsitzende der Ratsfraktion sieht darin kein Fehlverhalten. [...] Seit Herbst 2021 gab es laut der Stadtverwaltung 20 Abende, an denen die CDU/FDP-Fr…

Kommunalpolitik im Oldenburger Münsterland: CDU-Stadträte kassierten doppelt
Im niedersächsischen Friesoythe haben CDU-Mitglieder im Stadtrat jahrelang mehr Sitzungsgelder abgerechnet als die Vertreter der SPD. Der Vorsitzende der Ratsfraktion sieht darin kein Fehlverhalten.

The far-right influencer and
US Senate candidate Jake Lang
has been arrested after recording himself damaging an
anti-ICE-sculpture at Minnesota’s capitol
amid the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency’s crackdown there.
On 5 February, Lang,
who received a presidential pardon from Donald Trump over his role in the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol,
posted a video on X of himself kicking down the sculpture,
which was made from ice