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Source: SpaceX acquired xAI for $250B; the announcement about the acquisition focuses on SpaceX's plans to launch data centers into space (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/elon-musk-says-spacex-acquired-xai

SpaceX Acquires xAI for $250 Billion
Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquired xAI for $250 billion, said a person familiar with the situation. The news, without the price, was confirmed by Musk in a press release posted to SpaceX’s website Monday. Musk did not provide details of the purchase price or how the deal could affect SpaceX’s potential IPO this year. “SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated

Ad tech company Consumable acquires Radio.com and Mark Cuban's Fireside platform and plans to develop a streaming platform to help creators deepen audience ties (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/streaming/news/radio-com…

Radio.com, Mark Cuban's Fireside Acquired by Consumable
Radio.com and Mark Cuban's interactive creator operating platform Fireside platform have been acquired by ad tech company Consumable Inc.

Recycling: Neues Verfahren kann schwarzen Kunststoff erkennen
Sortieranlagen im Recycling erkennen schwarzen Kunststoff meist nicht, weshalb dieser aussortiert statt recycelt wird. Ein neues Verfahren soll das ändern.

White House: Spain has agreed to cooperate with US military (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/white-house-spain-has-agreed-cooperate-with-us-military-2026-03-04/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260304/p110#a260304p110

Prepping for @…’s 1,000th episode
Broadcasting on #Vancouver’s #CoopRadio tomorrow night 10–11 PM at 100.5 FM
And then going out on our podcast at

Accordion Uprising
Because "Renaissance" is too hard to spell.

Congress has a legal, constitutional,
one might even say moral,
responsibility to assert themselves as a branch.
This is from Federalist 51 where James Madison says:
“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.”
So it should be that as a branch, they assert themselves against the president and say, “We have a role here"
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"Both candidates agreed that Market Street should be reopened to cars (a few people booed, then some cheered). They also both agreed that new housing developments should include more parking."
No problem for the "urbanists" at SF YIMBY, who just endorsed Sherrill.
https://

S.F. housing is hottest topic in first debate between District 2 supervisor candidates
Appointed supervisor Stephen Sherrill and neighborhood organizer Lori Brooke face off on housing, cars, and public safety

»Wie Telegram-Propaganda die Menschen lenken soll
Novaya Gazeta Europe hat Millionen Beiträge russischer Pro-Kreml-Kanäle ausgewertet. Sie zeigt, wie Stimmung unter anderem gegen Migranten gemacht wird«
Wer nutzt noch Telegram? Leider noch zu viele! Abgesehen von deren Datenschutz Vernachlässigung ist es ein Verunsicherungs-Maschine um die Bevölkerung sich gegenseitig aufzuhetzen.
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Unser Fenster nach Russland: Wie Telegram-Propaganda die Menschen lenken soll
Novaya Gazeta Europe hat Millionen Beiträge russischer Pro-Kreml-Kanäle ausgewertet. Sie zeigt, wie Stimmung unter anderem gegen Migranten gemacht wird.

Pro-American, Iranian Kurdish forces based in Iraq
are preparing armed units that could enter Iran,
creating a potential new front in an already expanding conflict,
according to Iraqi officials and senior members of Iranian Kurdish groups.
The C.I.A. has previously given small arms to the Iranian Kurdish forces as part of a covert program to destabilize Iran,
an effort that began before the current war, according to people familiar with the effort.
But in …

Pro-American Kurdish Forces Are Preparing Possible Iran Incursion
The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war.