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Some local TV stations are ending their network affiliations, freeing up money for new hires and programming, as network fees rise due to sports rights costs (Amos Barshad/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/unaffiliated-local-…

Some TV news stations are breaking their national network affiliations, and leaning into local programming.
Some TV news stations are breaking their national network affiliations, and leaning into local programming.

heise | Homey Pro Mini im Test: Lokale Steuerzentrale als Home-Assistant-Alternative
HomeKit ist Ihnen zu eingeschränkt, Home Assistant zu kompliziert? Dann könnte der neue Homey Pro Mini das Richtige für Ihr Smart Home sein.

A bit of movement on this vexatious problem at last.
New local powers to keep pavements clear for those who rely on them most - GOV.UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-local-powers-to-keep-pavements-clear-for-those-who-re…

New local powers to keep pavements clear for those who rely on them most
Local councils will be given the power to crack down on problem pavement parking.

Three Andean condor chicks hatch in Colombia as species nears local extinction https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/three-andean-condor-chicks-hatch-in-colombia-as-species-nears-local-extinction/<…

Three Andean condor chicks hatch in Colombia as species nears local extinction
Since July 2024, three Andean condor chicks have hatched at an artificial incubation program located near Bogotá, Colombia’s capital city, contributor Christina Noriega reported for Mongabay. The artificial incubation program is run by the Jaime Duque Park Foundation, a Colombian conservation nonprofit that has worked since 2015 to counter the birds’ population decline. Globally, the […]

When are you legally required to allow ICE into your home?
Only when they present a judicial warrant signed by a federal judge or magistrate, issued by a United States District Court, that lists your address.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-legally-147921564

Bra case för oss som kämpar för mer lekmannaledda församlingar och minianim
https://bokdraken.se/user/laxsill/quotation/10452#anchor-10452

laxsill's quote from Maimonides - BokDraken
Ditt läsande, din data — den svenska Bookwyrm:en

Local community groups? Busting their asses, but they live and die on volunteer support. Legal system? Too slow, too compromised. City, county, state elected officials? Grasping for something they can do. Local police? Useless or worse than useless, of course.
BUT…all the above are formed by, shaped by, and constrained by popular sentiment. An active, defiant citizenry changes how all these institutions behave. Police know, politicians know, and yes, even judges know: they can only stray so far from what people will tolerate.
This active resistance? Hell yeah, it matters. It’s the short-term •and• the long-term.

"No field of science should be associated with a face." Sabrina Imbler on what happens with a scientific field is overrun by charismatic megafauna.
https://defector.com/vibrations-from-interstellar-meteor-ac…

Vibrations From 'Interstellar Meteor' Actually From Local Truck; Or, Fact-Checking The Celebrity Scientist | Defector
On Jan. 8, 2014, an extraordinarily bright meteor plummeted from space to Earth and crumbled into confetti over the ocean near Papua New Guinea. Sensors from the U.S. government that track bright meteors called fireballs dutifully recorded this fireball’s breathtaking speed—nearly 28 miles per second. NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies logged this fireball,…