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OH on slack: https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-austin/welcome/ is happening next week. If you're local to Austin or Texas, it's worth attending.
Aside: a lot of DevOpsDays events are canceling this year because sponsor money is just not happening. Pour one o…

https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-austin/welcome/

A photojournalist for TV station Fox 7 Austin was arrested after an altercation with state troopers at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas (Robbie Farias/Austin American-Statesman)
https://www.

FOX 7 Austin photographer among dozens arrested at pro-Palestinian protest at UT campus
A photojournalist at FOX 7 Austin was arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday.

No Tags Expected For Tony Pollard, Derrick Henry, Austin Ekeler https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/no_tags_expected_for_tony_pollard_derrick_henry_austin_ekeler/s1_17039_40021300

No Tags Expected For Tony Pollard, Derrick Henry, Austin Ekeler
Adam Schefter reports that the Cowboys are not expected to use the franchise tag on RB Tony Pollard, nor will the Titans do so for RB Derrick Henry or the Chargers for RB Austin Ekeler. Pollard, 26, was a fourth-round pick by the Cowboys out of Memphis in the 2019 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year, $3,187,780 rookie contract with the team, including a $667,780 signing bonus, $667,780 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $796,945. He was set to become an unrestricted free agent last year w…

Nach vier Jahren in Austin: Oracle verlegt Hauptsitz schon wieder
Während der Coronapandemie ist Oracle 2020 nach Texas umgezogen, nun geht es weiter nach Tennessee. Ziel ist ein besserer Kontakt zur Gesundheitsbranche.

🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #ElSonido
Austin TV:
🎵 Shiva
#AustinTV
https://austin-tv.bandcamp.com/track/07-shiva

Campus Protests Over Gaza Intensify Amid Pushback by Universities and Police (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/college-protests-spread-austin-dallas.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/240425/p35#a240425p35

A look at the underground bitcoin community in Austin, which attracts bitcoiners because of Texas' pro-crypto policies and ecosystem of developers and miners (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/24/inside-austins-bitcoin-underground.htm…

US announces $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/26/us-announces-billion.html

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio2's #RomeshRanganathan:ForTheLoveOfHipHop
N.O.R.E.:
🎵 Nothin
#NORE
https://austinmillz.bandcamp.com/track/n-o-r-e-nothin-austin-millz-remix

Media advocates denounce an Austin TV photojournalist's arrest amid campus protests; one calls for a law shielding journalists from law enforcement interference (Matt Grant/KXAN-TV)
https://www.kxan.com/investigations/press-

One of #Putin's laundromats in the United States has been wiped out.
Vadim Wolfson, a Russian living in #Austin, TX was arrested yesterday on money laundering and sanctions violations charges. Wolfson and two co-conspirators are alleged to have moved tens of millions of dollars for Andrey

'There was a misalignment': Austin Ekeler explains why he parted ways with Chargers, signed with Commanders

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/…

'There was a misalignment': Austin Ekeler explains why he parted ways with Chargers, signed with Commanders
Ekeler was no longer the right fit in Los Angeles

USA kündigen neue Militärhilfe für Ukraine an
Die US-Regierung hat der Ukraine ein neues milliardenschweres Militärhilfepaket für die langfristige Lieferung von Waffen zugesagt. Sein Land wolle Kiew zur Abwehr des russischen Angriffskriegs weitere Waffen und Unterstützung im Umfang von sechs Milliarden US-Dollar (5,6 Milliarden Euro) zur Verfügung stellen, teilte US-Verteidigungsminister Lloyd Austin mit. Dabei gehe es unter …
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Neue US-Militärhilfe für die Ukraine ++
Die USA haben ein neues milliardenschweres Militärhilfepaket für die Ukraine zugesagt. Wegen befürchteter russischer Angriffe lässt Kiew zwei Krankenhäuser evakuieren. Alle Entwicklungen vom Freitag zum Nachlesen.

Who amongst us seeing this photo doesn’t immediately think “these are the good guys upholding freedom and democracy”

A prehistory of MAGA: "Mainstream" conservatives never really purged the fascists
Author David Austin Walsh says "respectable" conservatives tolerated racists & neo-Nazis all along
https://www.salon.com/2024/04/20/a-…

Interview with author David Austin Walsh on conservatives, the far right and his book "Taking America Back"
Interview: David Austin Walsh on his book "Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right"

Filing: Sun Microsystems co-founder Andreas Bechtolsheim settles with the US SEC for alleged insider trading on Cisco's $2.6B offer to buy Acacia in 2019 (Austin Weinstein/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Billionaire Bechtolsheim Accused of Insider Trading by SEC
Andreas Bechtolsheim, a billionaire founder of Sun Microsystems Inc. and Arista Networks Inc., will be barred from serving as an executive or board member of a public company for five years after the Securities and Exchange Commission accused him of insider trading.

A prehistory of MAGA:
"Mainstream" conservatives never really purged the fascists
Author David Austin Walsh says "respectable" conservatives have tolerated racists and neo-Nazis all along
https://www.salon.com/2024/…

Interview with author David Austin Walsh on conservatives, the far right and his book "Taking America Back"
Interview: David Austin Walsh on his book "Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right"

US announces $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/26/us-announces-billion.html

Interactive Visual Learning for Stable Diffusion
Seongmin Lee, Benjamin Hoover, Hendrik Strobelt, Zijie J. Wang, ShengYun Peng, Austin Wright, Kevin Li, Haekyu Park, Haoyang Yang, Polo Chau
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16069

Interactive Visual Learning for Stable Diffusion
Diffusion-based generative models' impressive ability to create convincing images has garnered global attention. However, their complex internal structures and operations often pose challenges for non-experts to grasp. We introduce Diffusion Explainer, the first interactive visualization tool designed to elucidate how Stable Diffusion transforms text prompts into images. It tightly integrates a visual overview of Stable Diffusion's complex components with detailed explanations of their underlyi…

Every accusation by a right-winger is a confession. Every last one.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/18/austin-smith-turning-point-action-election-fraud/

Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related fraud
Arizona Rep. Austin Smith (R) — who was senior director at the campaign arm of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA — was accused of submitting fake signatures.

Postal workers face bullets and beatings amid Louis DeJoy's 'catastrophic' tenure at USPS - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/post-office-crime/?anplus

Postal workers face bullets and beatings amid Louis DeJoy's 'catastrophic' tenure at USPS
CHICAGO — As a little girl in the 1980s, Khalalisa Norris aspired to become a letter carrier. She’d sit on her front porch in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood and wait for her local mailman, and eventual mail lady, each day.In her 20s, Norris realized her dream, and ever since, she’s delivered mail on ...

Lloyd Austin: 'Ukraine’s survival is in danger’: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/19/lloyd-austin-ukraines.html

Apparently Central Texas had a fucking earthquake on Saturday morning? https://www.kxan.com/weather/weather-blog/did-you-feel-it-earthquake-shakes-austin-metro-early-saturday/
I mean: it had a *series* of small ea…

Did you feel it? Earthquake shakes Austin metro early Saturday
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter was located nearly two miles south-southeast of Falls City, Texas.

Oh look, election fraud!
(It’s always projection.)
https://mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com/@TucsonSentinel/112295057855183852

Tucson Sentinel (@TucsonSentinel@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com)
Az Rep. Austin Smith drops reelection campaign amid accusations of petition fraud https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041824_austin_sig_fraud/az-rep-austin-smith-drops-reelection-campaign-amid-accusations-petition-fraud/ Republican state representative and Turning Point Action member Austin Smith has dropped his Arizona reelection bid after being accused of personally forging more than 100 petition signatures to get on the 2024 ballot. #Tucson #Arizona

Has Commanders RB Austin Ekeler done any homework on QBs Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels? 'Heck, no' https://www.nfl.com/news/has-commanders-rb-austin-ekeler-done-any-homework-on-qbs-drake-maye-jayden-daniels-heck-no…

Has Commanders RB Austin Ekeler done any homework on QBs Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels? 'Heck, no'
With speculation at a high regarding whether the Commanders will select LSU’s Jayden Daniels or North Carolina’s Drake Maye in the 2024 NFL Draft, new Washington running back Austin Ekeler, perhaps surprisingly, said recently that he has yet to do any homework on the two. He’s just waiting for it to play out like everyone else.

For the people who care about #5g stuff here, apparently my phone can do pretty well on mmW. This is downtown Austin last night, on 400 MHz of AT&T n260 (38 GHz), anchored by 10 MHz of B5 LTE. Latency isn't great, but throughout is.

US-Hilfen für Ukraine: Austin gibt sich optimistisch
US-Verteidigungsminister Lloyd Austin hat sich mit Blick auf die derzeit im US-Repräsentantenhaus feststeckenden Ukraine-Hilfen hoffnungsvoll geäußert. "Ich sehe weiterhin große Unterstützung für die Ukraine in beiden Kammern des Kongresses", sagte Austin bei einem Treffen der sogenannten Ukraine-Kontaktgruppe auf dem US-Luftwaffenstützpunkt Ramstein. Er sei optimistisch, da…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Russland will Tausende Kinder evakuieren ++
Die russische Region Belgorod will nach eigenen Angaben etwa 9.000 Kinder von der Grenze zur Ukraine in sichere Gebiete bringen. Bundeskanzler Scholz kritisiert die "Taurus"-Debatte scharf. Die Entwicklungen vom Dienstag zum Nachlesen.

Schefter: Cowboys 'not expected' to franchise tag RB Tony Pollard https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/2024/02/26/tony-pollard-no-franchise-tag-report/

Schefter: Cowboys 'not expected' to franchise tag RB Tony Pollard
From @ToddBrock24f7: The veteran RB market could get interesting; Derrick Henry, Austin Ekeler, and Saquon Barkley are not expected to be tagged either.

More than 20 arrests made at pro-Palestine protest on UT Austin campus (KVUE-TV)
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/israel-hamas-conflict/ut-palestine-protest/269-9fa17214-53c1-47e1-965e-629c0d22f1c9
http://www.memeorandum.com/240424/p96#a240424p96

Difference-in-Differences with Unpoolable Data
Sunny Karim, Matthew D. Webb, Nichole Austin, Erin Strumpf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.15910 https://<…

Difference-in-Differences with Unpoolable Data
In this study, we identify and relax the assumption of data "poolability" in difference-in-differences (DID) estimation. Poolability, or the combination of observations from treated and control units into one dataset, is often not possible due to data privacy concerns. For instance, administrative health data stored in secure facilities is often not combinable across jurisdictions. We propose an innovative approach to estimate DID with unpoolable data: UN--DID. Our method incorporates adjustmen…

Oh look, election fraud!
(It’s always projection.)
https://mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com/@TucsonSentinel/112295057855183852

Tucson Sentinel (@TucsonSentinel@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com)
Az Rep. Austin Smith drops reelection campaign amid accusations of petition fraud https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041824_austin_sig_fraud/az-rep-austin-smith-drops-reelection-campaign-amid-accusations-petition-fraud/ Republican state representative and Turning Point Action member Austin Smith has dropped his Arizona reelection bid after being accused of personally forging more than 100 petition signatures to get on the 2024 ballot. #Tucson #Arizona

Patriots Signing TE Austin Hooper To One-Year, $4.25M Deal https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/patriots_signing_te_austin_hooper_to_one_year_425m_deal/s1_17039_40100422

Patriots Signing TE Austin Hooper To One-Year, $4.25M Deal
According to Ian Rapoport, the Patriots are expected to sign TE Austin Hooper to a one-year deal worth up to $4.25 million.  Hooper, 29, was drafted in the third round by the Falcons out of Stanford in 2016. He played out the final year of a four-year, $3.165 million rookie contract and made a base salary of $720,000 for the 2019 season.  Hooper was testing the market as an unrestricted free agent when he signed a four-year, $42 million deal with the Browns. He was set to make a base salary o…

By the end of the 1960s you have on the far right a real sense that the conservative movement had failed, which is to say it had failed to conserve pre-civil rights America. 
More than that, the radical communist Marxist revolution that they've been warning about for decades was finally here, or around the corner.
From the perspective of someone who has been warning about Jewish communist revolution and conspiracy for 20 years, 1968 and 1969 must have been terrifying.
S…

Interview with author David Austin Walsh on conservatives, the far right and his book "Taking America Back"
Interview: David Austin Walsh on his book "Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right"

Great Lakes Food Webs Science Advice Clients : #1 FFHPP
“Knowledge is flour, but wisdom is bread” Austin O’Malley
The final in this series of clients that our lab at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) provides science advice to is another part of DFO. The Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHPP) is part of the Aquatic Ecosystems policy and regulatory arm of DFO. Their primary role is to administer and ensure compliance around s…

Accused of "forging voter signatures on official paperwork so that he could run for reelection in the Arizona House"
Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related fraud - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonp…

Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related fraud
Arizona Rep. Austin Smith (R) — who was senior director at the campaign arm of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA — was accused of submitting fake signatures.

Waymo plans to debut its Waymo One robotaxi service in LA on March 14, gradually onboarding from a 50K waitlist, and in Austin commercially by the end of 2024 (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/13/waym

Waymo to launch commercial robotaxi service in Austin by end of the year | TechCrunch
Waymo will have a robotaxi service in four cities by the end of 2024 with Austin and Los Angeles coming next.

Austin: Werden Ukraine nicht scheitern lassen
US-Verteidigungsminister Lloyd Austin versichert der Ukraine die weitere Unterstützung der Vereinigten Staaten. "Die USA werden die Ukraine nicht scheitern lassen", sagt Austin zum Auftakt eines Treffens der sogenannten Ukraine-Kontaktgruppe im Ramstein-Format auf dem gleichnamigen US-Luftwaffenstützpunkt in Rheinland-Pfalz.
"Diese Koalition wird die Ukraine nicht scheitern lassen…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Russland will Tausende Kinder evakuieren ++
Die russische Region Belgorod will nach eigenen Angaben etwa 9.000 Kinder von der Grenze zur Ukraine in sichere Gebiete bringen. Bundeskanzler Scholz kritisiert die "Taurus"-Debatte scharf. Alle Entwicklungen im Liveblog.

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #PrivatePassions
Lovie Austin, Alberta Hunter & Alberta Hunter:
🎵 Downhearted Blues
#LovieAustin #AlbertaHunter
https://open.spotify.com/track/7f6MCM977nVhRH9cgPMmI2

Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related fraud
A top leader of the national conservative group Turning Point Action,
which has amplified false claims of election fraud by former president Donald Trump and others,
resigned Thursday after being accused of forging voter signatures on official paperwork so that he could run for reelection in the Arizona House.

State Rep. Austin Smith (R)
— who was senior director at Turning Point A…

Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related fraud
Arizona Rep. Austin Smith (R) — who was senior director at the campaign arm of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA — was accused of submitting fake signatures.

While not an uncommon situation, I found this story quite engaging.
"His Best Friend Was a 250-Pound Warthog. One Day, It Decided to Kill Him."
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/warthog-attack-texas-exotics/

His Best Friend Was a 250-Pound Warthog. One Day, It Decided to Kill Him.
Austin Riley spent decades raising exotic animals in the Texas Hill Country. The animal he thought he knew best changed his life forever.

Larry Ellison says Oracle is moving its world headquarters from Austin to Nashville to be closer to a major healthcare epicenter (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/23/oracle-is-moving-its-world-hq-to-nashville.html

I'll give this a go for Chicag
o
From: @…
https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk/111931198532330392

Commanders' Austin Ekeler says he 'represents the underdogs,' is ready to prove himself on new team

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/command…

Commanders' Austin Ekeler says he 'represents the underdogs,' is ready to prove himself on new team
Ekeler signed a two-year contract with the Commanders after seven seasons with the Chargers

I’m still in Austin, Texas…

Mining Invariance from Nonlinear Multi-Environment Data: Binary Classification
Austin Goddard, Kang Du, Yu Xiang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15245 https://<…

Mining Invariance from Nonlinear Multi-Environment Data: Binary Classification
Making predictions in an unseen environment given data from multiple training environments is a challenging task. We approach this problem from an invariance perspective, focusing on binary classification to shed light on general nonlinear data generation mechanisms. We identify a unique form of invariance that exists solely in a binary setting that allows us to train models invariant over environments. We provide sufficient conditions for such invariance and show it is robust even when environ…

Mid-infrared 2D nonredundant optical phased array of mirror emitters in an InGaAs/InP platform
Jason Midkiff (Omega Optics, Inc., Austin, TX, USA), Po-Yu Hsiao (The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA), Patrick T. Camp (The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA), Ray T. Chen (Omega Optics, Inc., Austin, TX, USA, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA)

Mid-infrared 2D nonredundant optical phased array of mirror emitters in an InGaAs/InP platform
The extension of photonic technologies such as lidar and free-space optical communications from the traditional visible and near-infrared wavelengths to longer wavelengths can improve performance in adverse environments such as haze, fog, smoke, or strong solar background. Non-mechanical beam steerers will be a critical component of the low size, weight, and power modules needed for the portable or unmanned systems deployed in these environments. In this work, we demonstrate the first 2D optica…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in hospital critical care unit, doctors say
https://www.axios.com/2024/02/11/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-hospitalized-bladder-issue

Austin transfers duties, cancels trip after 2nd hospitalization this year
The bladder issue he was hospitalized over "is not expected to change his anticipated full recovery," doctors say.

#Movies #JohnSteinbeck #MarilynMonroe
Via All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies
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JOHN STEINBECK wrote some classic American novels, and he also penned this b…

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio2's #SaraCox's #HalfWower
Missy Elliott:
🎵 Get Ur Freak On
#MissyElliott
https://open.spotify.com/track/6zsk6uF3MxfIeHPlubKBvR
https://austinmillz.bandcamp.com/track/missy-elliott-get-ur-freak-on-austin-millz-remix
Please 🔁 BOOST to share what you like
- your followers don't see if you ⭐ favourite a post

wow, i'm pretty sure this is a new, uncirculated 1973 pro video of willie nelson (& sammi smith) at the alliance wagon yard in #austin, served up from the mark pines collection at @… (via @…

Sammi Smith and Willie Nelson Second Night Tape 52 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Sammi Smith and Willie Nelson Second Night Tape 52

I thought the hailstorm over Austin, Texas this week was what was gonna kill me
I was wrong
I am fucken dead at Beth the HR lady in @…'s absolute delight of a tale of an extortionist trying to call a company on the phone to blackmail them
don't be drinking tea while reading
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/ransomware-gang-fail-calling-front-desk-extortion/

tbh Austin should secede from texas

Sources: two SEC lawyers resigned after a US federal judge sanctioned and sharply rebuked the SEC for "gross abuse" of power in crypto platform DEBT Box's case (Austin Weinstein/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/n…

SEC Lawyers Resign After Judge Blasts Agency in DEBT Box Crypto Case
Two Securities and Exchange Commission lawyers resigned after a federal judge sanctioned and sharply rebuked the Wall Street regulator for “gross abuse” of power in a crypto case.

A Columbine survivor’s tragic battle to reveal the ‘ripple effect’ of gun violence
Since this piece was first published, there have been more than a dozen additional school shootings across the US.
The estimated number of US students exposed to violence at their schools has grown to 370,000, with more than 400 school shootings since Columbine

Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Coalition Strikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas of Yemen (U.S. Department of Defense)
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/…

Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Coalition Strikes in Houthi-Contr
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III issued a statement on coalition strikes in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.

Maybe this is why he didn't blurb 'bout his prostate to the entire world
Lloyd Austin back in hospital to have bladder symptoms evaluated - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/02/11/lloyd-au…

Austin back in hospital to have bladder symptoms evaluated
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to be seen for “symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue,” officials said.

Unionized workers at two Gannett outlets, the Austin American-Statesman and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, strike over stalled contract negotiations (Angela Fu/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2024

Gannett journalists in the solar eclipse’s path go on strike - Poynter
Unionized workers at the Austin American-Statesman and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle are striking over stalled contract negotiations

Commanders agree on a 2-year deal with running back Austin Ekeler, AP source says https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/commanders-agree-on-a-2year-deal-with-running-back-austin-ekeler-ap-source-says

Commanders agree on a 2-year deal with running back Austin Ekeler, AP source says
The Washington Commanders have agreed to terms with running back Austin Ekeler on a two-year deal worth up to $11.43 million, a person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press

Waymo begins testing its driverless ride-hailing service without a safety operator in Austin starting March 6, initially offering the service to Waymo employees (Kara Carlson/Austin American-Statesman)
https://www.sta…

Driverless startup Waymo to test self-driving vehicles with no human driver in Austin
Autonomous vehicle startup Waymo is ramping up its testing in Austin with no humans behind the wheel.

Americans who want to protect democracy need to stand up for public libraries (Austin Sarat/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/4610887-americans-who-want-to-protect-democracy-need-to-stand-up-for-public-libraries/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240422/p30#a240422p30

Austin Ekeler free agency: Jim Harbaugh says Chargers would 'love to have him' back for 2024 season

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/austin-

Austin Ekeler free agency: Jim Harbaugh says Chargers would 'love to have him' back for 2024 season
Ekeler, who is set to become an unrestricted free agent, wants 'a fair market value

Unionized workers at two Gannett outlets, the Austin American-Statesman and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, strike over stalled contract negotiations (Angela Fu/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2024

Gannett journalists in the solar eclipse’s path go on strike - Poynter
Unionized workers at the Austin American-Statesman and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle are striking over stalled contract negotiations

I'll give this a go for Chicag
o
From: @…
https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk/111931198532330392

Treffen zur Unterstützung der Ukraine in Ramstein
Zahlreiche Verteidigungsminister und ranghohe Militärs beraten heute von 11 Uhr an auf dem US-Luftwaffenstützpunkt Ramstein erneut über die weitere Unterstützung der Ukraine im Krieg gegen Russland.
Zu der Konferenz auf der größten Air Base außerhalb der Vereinigten Staaten hat US-Verteidigungsminister Lloyd Austin die Mitglieder der sogenannten Ukra…
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Krieg in der Ukraine: Verteidigungsminister treffen sich in Ramstein
Bundesverteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius trifft sich am Dienstag in Ramstein mit seinen Amtskollegen, darunter US-Verteidigungsminister Austin. Es geht um den Krieg in der Ukraine.

Waymo begins testing its driverless ride-hailing service without a safety operator in Austin starting March 6, initially offering the service to Waymo employees (Kara Carlson/Austin American-Statesman)
https://www.sta…

Driverless startup Waymo to test self-driving vehicles with no human driver in Austin
Autonomous vehicle startup Waymo is ramping up its testing in Austin with no humans behind the wheel.

Syrskyi, Umerov discuss ammunition supplies with Pentagon chief: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/21/syrskyi-umerov-discuss.html

Exclusive: Texas AG Ken Paxton could see criminal charges dropped in deal with prosecutors (Austin American-Statesman)
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2024/03/22/ken-paxton-securities-fraud-case-felony-charges-texas-ag-plea-negotiation/72960517007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240322/p64#a240322p64

I thought the hailstorm over Austin, Texas this week was what was gonna kill me
I was wrong
I am fucken dead at Beth the HR lady in @…'s absolute delight of a tale of an extortionist trying to call a company on the phone to blackmail them
don't be drinking tea while reading
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/ransomware-gang-fail-calling-front-desk-extortion/

totally blown-out live recording of the mind-flaying #austin #drone-#noise band water damage from february, featuring guest james mcnew of

Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related fraud (Yvonne Wingett Sanchez/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/18/austin-smith-turning-point-action-election-fraud/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240418/p75#a240418p75

Source: X's new Trust and Safety moderation team in Austin with 100 content moderators was initially envisioned as a 500-person team in the Bay Area (Kylie Robison/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/inside-elon-musk-x-twitter-austin-co…

Inside the shifting plan at Elon Musk’s X to build a new team and police a platform ‘so toxic it’s almost unrecognizable’
X's trust and safety center was planned for over a year and significantly smaller than the initially envisioned 500-person team.

Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related fraud (Yvonne Wingett Sanchez/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/18/austin-smith-turning-point-action-election-fraud/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240418/p75#a240418p75

US-Verteidigungsminister für kurzfristige Hilfen für die Ukraine
Die Ukraine-Kontaktgruppe will nach den Worten von US-Verteidigungsminister Lloyd Austin Mittel für die wichtigsten kurzfristigen Anliegen der Ukraine beschaffen. Dazu gehöre dringender Bedarf an mehr Artillerie, Munition und Luftabwehrraketen, sagte Austin bei der Zusammenkunft der Kontaktgruppe, die Militärhilfen für die Ukraine organisiert. Seinem Ministerium …
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ USA: Ukrainischen Soldaten fehlt Munition ++
Die US-Regierung warnt vor weiterem Munitionsmangel der ukrainischen Armee. Die Ukraine soll über ein neues Bündnis mehr Unterstützung bei der Luftverteidigung erhalten. Die Entwicklungen vom Mittwoch zum Nachlesen.

Montana Supreme Court allows abortion ballot proposal to proceed
After two months of litigation and consideration, the Montana Supreme Court on Monday overruled the state attorney general’s January finding that a constitutional initiative to explicitly protect abortion rights is “legally insufficient,” resolving one of many obstacles to the proposal being placed before voters on the November ballot.
The ruling, signed by six of the court’s seven justices and authored by Justice I…

Montana Supreme Court allows abortion ballot proposal to proceed
The ruling says Attorney General Austin Knudsen erred in finding the proposal for the 2024 ballot “legally insufficient.”

Austin agrees to testify at House hearing on his secret hospitalization (Connor O'Brien/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/06/austin-testify-hospitalization-00139981

Cowboys Urged to ‘Roll Dice’ on Disgruntled Star Free-Agent RB https://heavy.com/sports/dallas-cowboys/free-agency-austin-ekeler/?adt_ei=[email]

Cowboys Urged to 'Roll Dice' on Disgruntled Star Free-Agent RB
Cowboys free agency could prove to be a huge disappointment this winter, but signing RB Austin Ekeler would at least bring change.

Robert Hur’s Report on #Biden Shows How #Ageism Works | Austin Sarat | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia

Robert Hur’s Report on Biden Shows How Ageism Works
Amherst professor Austin Sarat criticizes the ageism evident in special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, highlighting its undue focus on the President’s age...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Released From Hospital (U.S. Department of Defense)
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3676131/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-released-from-hospital/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240213/p72#a240213p72

Austin expected to resume duties Tuesday after bladder issue: Pentagon (Miranda Nazzaro/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4463492-austin-expected-to-resume-duties-on-tuesday-after-bladder-issue-pentagon/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240212/p57#a240212p57

Houston Landing CEO Peter Bhatia names Austin-American Statesman Executive Editor Manny García as new editor in chief and Angel Rodríguez as managing editor (Houston Landing)
https://houstonlanding.org/manny-garcia-angel-rod…

Manny García, Angel Rodríguez announced as new top editors at Houston Landing
Manny García is the new editor in chief of Houston Landing, CEO Peter Bhatia announced Friday. Angel Rodríguez will join him as managing editor.

Longhorns prospects on display for Cowboys OC Brian Scottenheimer at Texas pro day https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/lists/texas-pro-day/

Longhorns prospects on display for Cowboys OC Brian Scottenheimer at Texas pro day
From @ToddBrock24f7: A pair of DTs, multiple WRs, an under-the-radar LB, and a power RB coming off injury were among the prospects coaches saw in Austin.

Out of money, Pentagon chief looks to convince allies of commitment to Ukraine – Euractiv
https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/out-of-money-pentagon-chief-looks-to-convince-allies-of-…

Out of money, Pentagon chief looks to convince allies of commitment to Ukraine
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday (19 March) will try and convince European allies that President J

The US SEC fines Delphia and Global Predictions a combined $400K for making "false and misleading statements" about their use of AI (Austin Weinstein/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

SEC Sues Delphia, Global Predictions for Bogus Claims on AI Use
The US Securities and Exchange Commission penalized two money managers for what it says were bogus claims about their use of artificial intelligence, stepping up a crackdown by Wall Street’s main regulator.

Austin expected to resume duties Tuesday after bladder issue: Pentagon (Miranda Nazzaro/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4463492-austin-expected-to-resume-duties-on-tuesday-after-bladder-issue-pentagon/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240212/p57#a240212p57

Treffen der Ukraine-Kontaktgruppe in Ramstein
Vor dem Hintergrund des Ringens um weitere Hilfen für die Ukraine im Kampf gegen Russland kommen am Dienstag in Rheinland-Pfalz erneut eine Reihe von Ukraine-Unterstützerländern zusammen. Verteidigungsminister und hochrangige Militärvertreter treffen sich auf Einladung von US-Verteidigungsminister Lloyd Austin auf der US-Militärbasis Ramstein. Auch Bundesverteidigungsminister Boris…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Baerbock warnt vor "Gewaltsystem" Russlands ++
Bundesaußenministerin Baerbock hat dazu aufgerufen, dem "imperialen Wahn" des russischen Präsidenten Putin entgegenzutreten. Deutschland und Polen wollen bei der Lieferung von Munition an die Ukraine kooperieren. Der Liveblog vom Montag zum Nachlesen.

A look at Apple's iPhone recycling, including shredding robots, and contractor GEEP, which Apple sued in 2020 for $22.6M in a case that has since been inactive (Austin Carr/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04…

Apple iPhone Recycling Program Has Secrets
Apple touts its network of shredding robots and contractors as a greener way to reuse old gadgets. A lengthy court battle and a Businessweek investigation have cast some light on the recycling industry’s dirty secrets.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin taken to hospital again, for potential 'emergent bladder issue' (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-hospitalized-potential-emergent-bladder/story?id=107142946
http://www.memeorandum.com/240211/p36#a240211p36

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin taken to hospital again, for potential 'emergent bladder issue' (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-hospitalized-potential-emergent-bladder/story?id=107142946
http://www.memeorandum.com/240211/p36#a240211p36

The courts will not save us from Donald Trump (Austin Sarat/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4539082-the-courts-will-not-save-us-from-donald-trump/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240318/p19#a240318p19

X plans to build a new "Trust and Safety center of excellence" in Austin, TX, aiming to hire 100 full-time moderators to fight child sexual exploitation content (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Musk's X to Hire 100 Content Moderators With Focus on Child Sexual Exploitation
Elon Musk’s X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is planning to build a new “Trust and Safety center of excellence” in Austin, Texas, to help enforce its content and safety rules.

UT-Austin announces round of firings in latest step to comply with Texas' DEI ban (The Texas Tribune)
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/02/university-texas-austin-firings-dei-ban/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240402/p77#a240402p77

'Incompetence': Democrats join Republicans in faulting Austin and his team over hospital secrecy (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/27/incompetence-austin-hospital-secrecy-00143553
http://www.memeorandum.com/240227/p66#a240227p66