Y Combinator adds Canada back to its accepted countries list, and says it had removed the country because its top Canadian companies reincorporated in the US (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/y-combinator-reverses-decision-will-inve…
San Franciscans: please take the new SFMTA budget survey! it's quick!
https://www.sfmta.com/projects/sfmta-budget-planning-fy-2026-27-and-fy-2027-28
Over the past year, tech industry lobby groups have used their lavish budgets to aggressively push for the deregulation of the EU’s digital rulebook.
The intensity of this policy battle is also reflected in the fact that Big Tech companies have on average more than one lobby meeting per day with EU Commission officials.
This lobbying offensive appears to be paying off.
Recently, a string of policy-makers have called for a pause of the Artificial Intelligence Act,
a…
JOB> Open Search for Executive Director of the Buddhist Digital Resource Center https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140659/open-search-executive-director-buddhist-digital-resource-center
oh great. now we have Buddhist techbros pushing Buddhist AI.
Look at the CVs of the folks involved.
#Buddhism
Over 30yrs, immigrants produced a cumulative fiscal surplus of $14.5 trillion, including $6.3 trillion from non‑citizens.
They reduced U.S. budget deficits by about 1/3rd over that period.
- Cato Institute, Libertarian think tank
✅ Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023 | Cato Institute
JOB> Open Search for Executive Director of the Buddhist Digital Resource Center https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140659/open-search-executive-director-buddhist-digital-resource-center
Apple's MacBook Neo uses an A18 Pro that launched in the iPhone 16 lineup, alongside 8BM of RAM and a headphone jack; Apple discontinued the 12" MacBook in 2019 (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/886496/apple-march-2026-ev…
CFP> Critical Review for Buddhist Studies (CRBS) vol. 39 (~2026.February.28th.) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140408/cfp-critical-review-buddhist-studies-crbs-vol-39-2026february28th
CFP> Critical Review for Buddhist Studies (CRBS) vol. 39 (~2026.February.28th.) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140408/cfp-critical-review-buddhist-studies-crbs-vol-39-2026february28th