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Talks kick off Monday between U.S. and Mexican trade officials.
The North American economies could agree to renew the
US-Mexico-Canada Agreement,
or USMCA as it is for another 16 years
— a prospect that appears unlikely.
Or they could keep working on ways to improve it;
Under a convoluted renewal process, they have until 2036 to reach an agreement
Much of this bustling cross-border commerce is duty-free, thanks to the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, that Do…

Tricky negotiations begin Monday to renew a trade pact between the United States, Mexico and Canada — The Associated Press
Every day more than $4 billion worth of goods cross the United States’ borders with Canada and Mexico – U.S. auto parts headed for car factories in northern Mexico, cartons of Mexican avocados bound for California supermarkets, Canadian aluminum destined to become cans of Campbell Soup.

Instead of digging a bit deeper into factors affecting housing affordability, news articles like this uncritically accept YIMBY's Leora Ross's “Thanks to years of advocacy at the state level to pass laws like AB 2011, housing proposals like these will bring thousands of homes to the Bay Area and make it easier and more affordable for people to live here.”
There are so many factors affecting affordability - and this is ignored. WHY?
Plans for nearly 4,000 homes over Saf…

Instead of digging a bit deeper into factors affecting housing affordability, news articles like this uncritically accept YIMBY's Leora Ross's “Thanks to years of advocacy at the state level to pass laws like AB 2011, housing proposals like these will bring thousands of homes to the Bay Area and make it easier and more affordable for people to live here.”
There are so many factors affecting affordability - and this is ignored. WHY?
Plans for nearly 4,000 homes over Saf…

The definitive chart for avocados. Especially when you're dumb enough to buy two bags worth. 🤦‍♂️

New Challenges in Plasma Accelerators: Final Focusing for Wakefield Colliders
Keegan Downham (University of California, Santa Barbara, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Spencer Gessner (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Lewis Kennedy (CERN), Rogelio Tom\'as (CERN), Andrei Seryi (Old Dominion University)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15777 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.15777 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.15777
arXiv:2602.15777v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The focusing of particle beams for collider experiments is crucial for maximizing the luminosity and thus the discovery potential of these machines. In recent years, plasma wakefield acceleration has emerged as a leading candidate for achieving higher energy collisions with smaller facility footprints due to the large accelerating gradients in the plasma. This higher beam energy poses significant challenges for the final focusing system of the collider. Here, we discuss the various challenges of final focusing for TeV-scale plasma accelerators and propose possible solutions. Finally, we present the first design of a final focusing system for a 10 TeV linear wakefield collider, evaluate its performance, and discuss its shortcomings as well as improvements for future designs.
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afaict — as far as i cat tail

Reuse,
gut für die Fischerei
schlecht in der Kryptografie
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/02/18/carelessness-versus-craftsmanship-in-cryptography/

Palestinian journalists describe being systematically tortured, abused, beaten, and starved in Israel's prisons between October 2023 and January 2026 (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2026/02/palestinian-journalists-reco…

Palestinian journalists recount abuse in Israeli prisons, CPJ report finds  - Committee to Protect Journalists
International community must pursue accountability for Palestinian journalists harmed in Israeli custody Amman, February 19, 2026 — Palestinian journalists describe being systematically abused, beaten and starved in Israel prisons, according to a new report published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).  The report, ‘We returned from hell’: Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli prisons,...