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Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel
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Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel
Following global pushes for age assurance by governments, Persona is increasingly being used by major online platforms to carry out biometric age checks.

Pillar, which helps businesses driven by commodities, like metals, manage financial risk, raised a $20M seed led by a16z, bringing its total funding to $23M (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/fina

Financial risk management platform Pillar raises $20M seed in round led by a16z | TechCrunch
Pillar's investors include a16z, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Crucible Capital and Gallery Ventures.

Summary:
A colossal ancient impact may have reshaped the Moon far more deeply than scientists once realized.
By analyzing rare lunar rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the Moon’s largest crater,
researchers found unusual chemical fingerprints pointing to extreme heat and material loss caused by a giant impact.
The collision likely stripped away volatile elements,
reshaped volcanic activity,
and left a lasting chemical signature deep belo…

Chang’e-6 lunar samples reveal a giant impact reshaped the Moon’s interior
A colossal ancient impact may have reshaped the Moon far more deeply than scientists once realized. By analyzing rare lunar rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the Moon’s largest crater, researchers found unusual chemical fingerprints pointing to extreme heat and material loss caused by a giant impact. The collision likely stripped away volatile elements, reshaped volcanic activity, and left a lasting chemical signature deep below the surface.

Open Slopware
“Free/Open Source Software tainted by LLM developers/developed by genAI boosters, along with alternatives.”
#AI

open-slopware
Free/Open Source Software tainted by LLM developers/developed by genAI boosters, along with alternatives. Fork of the repo by @gen-ai-transparency after its deletion.

Never forget #Navalny
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-by-the-uk-sweden-france-germany-and-the-ne…

Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death
Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death.

We can't have anything nice goddammit!! 🧛
https://artthreat.net/8345-59320-hulu-drops-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-reboot-gellar-blindsided-by-decision/

At least someone's enjoying the thought of a by-election in Farrer
https://www.betootaadvocate.com/report-farrer-by-election-is-going-to-be-a-real-shitshow/

Report: Farrer By-Election Is Going To Be A Real Shitshow
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact For years, Farrer was the kind of seat political parties kept in the china cabinet. Safe. Reliable. Only taken out on special occasions. With the vacancy declared, what should have been a routine rural by-election has instead morphed into a full-blown political demolition derby. The Coalition

The world was shocked by RF's anti-record. Zelenskyy named the conditions for REAL PEACE in Munich: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/14/the-world-was-shocked-by.html

unicodelang: Languages spoken by country (2015)
A bipartite network of languages and the countries in which they are spoken, as estimated by Unicode. Edges are weighted by the proportion of the given country's population that is literate in a particular language.
This network has 868 nodes and 1255 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Weighted

„This morning, like millions of people across the world, I heard the unconscionable statements made by members of the jury of the Berlin film festival when they were asked to comment about the genocide in Gaza. To hear them say that art should not be political is jaw-dropping.“
Author #ArundhatiRoy, 'Shocked and Disgusted' by Jury's

Make a passport a requirement to vote. Then block the issuing of new passports. Magats in action.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/nonprofit-libraries-ordered-by-state-department-to-stop-processing-passport-a…

Light Streaks — generative photography
A small selection of long-exposures of randomly generated IFS (aka Iterated Function Systems), a family of very oldskool primitive/trivial fractal functions, but which can produce a fairly wide variety of outcomes. Each image is the result of billions of iterations of a single particle being iteratively transformed (meaning the particle's current position is used as the input for computing its next position etc.) For each iteration & posit…

Bucky Brooks' top five 2026 NFL Draft prospects by position 3.0: Carson Beck climbs QB rankings https://www.nfl.com/news/bucky-brooks-top-five-2026-nfl-draft-prospects-by-position-3-0-carson-beck-climbs-qb-rankings…

Trial By Wine
Schmidty, Swanny and Clarky revisit crimes and run them through their jury of three, debating both sides of the case to agree an appropriate (if totally fictitious) sentence...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/trial-by-win…

#WhatsApp’s ‘End-to-End Encryption by Default’ Claim Called Major Consumer #Fraud
https://cybersecuritynews.com…

Russia’s Channel One airs fake front pages spread by Matryoshka bot network for the first time
https://theins.press/en/news/289380

Russia’s Channel One airs fake front pages spread by Matryoshka bot network for the first time
On Jan. 29, the “Vremya Pokazhet” talk show on Russia’s Kremlin-controlled Channel One (Perviy Kanal) presented “proof” of what the program’s host said was criticism directed against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by the French press. The covers of two French newspapers — Libération and Le Parisien, both showing the date Jan. 27 — were presented on screen to corroborate his allegations. However, it later emerged that the front pages displayed on Russian television were…

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

"Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds"
#Australia #FossilFuels #Climate

recent-ish reading/rereading. #books

HagioClass, by José Pablo Iriarte
Lightspeed Magazine
Basically, an @… Hanna Fresh AI Hell segment in the form of a short story
Highly recommended the podcast form narrated by Steven Rudnicki, whose Hemingway growl is amazing.

HagioClass - Lightspeed Magazine
Hayley stands by the exit to the bookstore, eyeing the torrent coming down in sheets over the parking lot. Behind her, Matt hides the tiniest of fist pumps and says, “You don’t want to go out in that. Come on, let me buy us a couple of drinks at the café.” She takes a long look at the tempest outside, checks the time on her phone, and says, “I guess I have time for a cup of tea. I’ll get my own.”

from my link log —
Same-site cookies by default.
https://textslashplain.com/2019/09/30/same-site-cookies-by-default/
saved 2019-10-02

Indiana ban on student IDs for voting blocked by federal judge | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/indiana-ban-on-student-ids-for-voting-blocked-by-federal-judge/

Position-by-position look at Raiders draft needs: Running back https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/position-by-position-look-at-raiders-draft-needs-running-back-3762302/

Nonprofit libraries ordered by State Department to stop processing passport applications (Susan Haigh/Associated Press)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/nonprofit-libraries-ordered-by-state-department-to-stop-processing-passport-applications
http://www.memeorandum.com/260214/p15#a260214p15

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Bruce Springsteen:
🎵 Tunnel of Love
#BruceSpringsteen
https://theyellowmustardsupportgroup.bandcamp.com/track/tunnel-of-luh-tunnel-of-love-by-lostwars-originally-performed-by-bruce-springsteen
https://open.spotify.com/track/2rUHBIfbMBB92n1gSfSqwF

Comparto lo nuevo de la banda chilena Slowkiss, liderada por Elisa Montes, ahora radicada en España, acaban de lanzar su tercer disco, «Fresh». Suena mucho mšs grunge que los anteriores, pero mantiene la esencia punk de la banda. Estš bueno.
https://album.link/s/71ppkOsUQkYciYqBoaKJpq…

Territorial concessions by Ukraine won't bring peace, Zelensky says in Munich: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/14/territorial-concessions-by-ukraine-wont.html

We shall be known by the company we keep
By the ones who circle round to tend these fires
We shall be known by the ones who sow and reap
The seeds of change, alive from deep within the earth
It is time now, it is time now that we thrive
It is time we lead ourselves into the well
It is time now, and what a time to be alive
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 14 that
territorial concessions by Ukraine
would not bring peace,
just as the 1938 Munich Agreement did not prevent World War II.
"It would be an illusion to believe that this war can now be reliably ended by dividing Ukraine
— just as it was an illusion to believe that sacrificing Czechoslovakia would save Europe from a greater war,"
Zelensky said at the Munich Security Conference.
The Munich Agr…

Territorial concessions by Ukraine won't bring peace, Zelensky says in Munich
"It would be an illusion to believe that this war can now be reliably ended by dividing Ukraine – just as it was an illusion to believe that sacrificing Czechoslovakia would save Europe from a greater war," Zelensky said at the Munich Security Conference.

Oh, dear thing, did you see a post by a Palestinian facing genocide on your favourite fucking sci-fi hashtag by mistake? You, poor, delicate flower. Do you think you’ll survive? Should we call 911? @… ht…

Since OpenClaw is spreading everywhere and is being promoted by various means for use by the general public. And the general public has no clue. Somethings really bad are going to happen.
Since OpenAI hired the author of OpenClaw and is facilitating its open source foundation, supplying the models and stack, IMHO they could easily get tied into litigation from the first OpenClaw Agents Go Wild incident.
(Though I am not a lawyer)
#OpenClaw #OpenAI

"Celebrating Seven Years of By the People"
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2026/03/by-the-people-turns-7/
"We turned seven during the Fall of last year and we’ve been waiting to make a very exciting announcement: Our volunteers completed one milli…

SHOWTIME
A Passion Play (Pt. I)
God, Allow Me (Please) To Play Music
Theater

SHOWTIME by ExWHYZ
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Die #pruef_by in München war sehr nass (Regen) - und sehr cool.
Ich war noch nie auf einer Demo, die so viel Spass gemacht hat.

Amazing image from Artemis II

Warner Bros. won a record-tying 11 awards at the 98th Oscars, followed by Netflix's six; Apple, Disney, Focus, and Neon had one each, while Paramount had none (Catherine Shoard/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/m…

Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500M in 2025, down from $3.5B in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/15/unac

Unacademy to be acquired by upGrad in share-swap deal as India’s edtech sector consolidates | TechCrunch
The deal comes after Unacademy’s valuation plunged from $3.5B to under $500M, as India’s once-booming edtech sector struggles.

Just finished "The Phantom Scientist" by Robin Cousin, translated into English by Edward Gauvin. It's a book I really enjoyed, although of course being an academic computer scientist it pushes a lot of my buttons. The idea of an "Institute" fated to descend into chaos, a systems expert tasked with slowing that process, and researchers whose results are a bit too effective for their own good is a catnip setting for me, and the points about epistemology although somewhat diluted are quite nice.
#AmReading #ReadingNow

Reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 is critical to avoid disastrous effects on human well-being, researchers warn https://phys.org/news/2026-04-reversing-biodiversity-loss-critical-disastrous.html

Reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 is critical to avoid disastrous effects on human well-being, researchers warn
Halting and reversing the global decline in biodiversity is now urgent to avoid destabilizing Earth's vital systems that support human well-being. That's the stark message of a new paper published today in Frontiers in Science. The authors warn that without protecting remaining intact biomes and ecosystems, climate and development goals will be impossible to achieve.

#WhiteTown #Leicesterval

Leicesterval: Leicester Indiepop Weekender 2026
Last year's debut weekender went well enough that we're giving it another go, our unlucky for someone thirteenth gathering of DIY greatness in all. Saturday 28th February upstairs from 2pm to around 10.30pm (and there's going to be a dinner break this year!), Sunday 1st March downstairs from 3pm to around 8.45pm followed by an indiepop disco upstairs to midnight. Saturday: JETSTREAM PONY Led by Aberdeen/Trembling Blue Stars/Luxembourg Signal singer Beth Arzy alongside former Wedding Present/…

This is why a Mayor has to just fucking build it, rather than holding endless public outreach (and scarring city employees in the process, who are then less likely to take bold action because they're scared of getting yelled at).
It's also why when people are like, "but you can't blame people for climate change, that's Big Oil propaganda!", it's ultimately both. Oil companies have the deep pockets, but individuals have the passion to fight for their dumb p…

Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD (@mbonsma.bsky.social)
Awesome new paper by @ashtonindc.bsky.social unpacking ideas about "what—and who—our streets are for" that are behind car supremacy. By analyzing what people say at public meetings, this paper makes the case that individuals are upholding car supremacy and stymieing efforts to build safe streets.

A classic from the 90s https://song.link/s/02VLaPjDwW5iCQOj9P7vMn

A Deeper Love by Clivillés & Cole
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Nitter keeps on giving.
Just saw there this meme being shared. By whom, you ask?
By Sarah Palin.
Yes. That one.

"For 66 years Cuba has endured the most comprehensive blockade imposed on any country. Designated by Washington as a “state sponsor of terrorism,” Cuba is excluded from international financial systems such as Swift, used by more than 11,000 companies in over 200 countries."
‘Fear explains it, fear of the Latin American revolution’ | Morning Star

The predominant lyrical mode relies more and more on the listener almost unconsciously failing to register the singer isnt singing to / for them specifically till one day a veil is pierced in the minds of millions and everyone is brutally decapitated by swiftes in musical rapture, intoxicated by a sudden backlog of unanswered screams

Jag och Erik spekulerar i podden
Är det bra eller dåligt att ta en multivitamin varje dag? | Podcast https://tyngre.se/podcast/halsoveckan-by-tyngre/ar-det-bra-eller-daligt-att-ta-en-multivitamin-varje-dag

Swedish power plant targeted by pro-Russian group in 2025, government says
https://www.reuters.com/world/swedish-power-plant-targeted-by-pro-russian-group-2025-government-says-2026-04-15/

KEHS talk: Draughts, Insulation, Ventilation (2024) - Kingston Efficient Homes Show 2024 small talk by Patrick M. - https://www.earth.org.uk/KEHS-2024-talk-Draughts-Insulation-Ventilation.html

KEHS talk: Draughts, Insulation, Ventilation (2024)
Kingston Efficient Homes Show 2024 small talk by Patrick M.

Лучшая имплементация "Сапёра" — это Mines из Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection.
Её особенность в том, что головоломка всегда получается решаемая, и никогда не приходится угадывать. Благодаря этому можно спокойно играть с полем 9x9 на 35 мин.
https://hachyderm.io/@simontatham/1147

Simon Tatham (@simontatham@hachyderm.io)
Прикреплено 1 изображение In my Portable Puzzle Collection, it was recently (a few weeks ago) the 20th birthday of the game "Mines": a reimplementation of Minesweeper which ensures every grid can be solved by reasoning rather than guesswork. The first click in a completely blank grid is guaranteed to be safe, and to open an area of more than one clue, and after that, you can always identify a safe square to open next by thinking about the currently visible clues. This ma…

Airline Welcomes VIP Endangered Turtle Who Needed Hospital After it was Blown Off Course By Powerful Winter Storm https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/airline-welcomes-vip-endangered-turtle-who-needed-a-hospital-after-getting-…

Airline Welcomes VIP Endangered Turtle Who Needed a Hospital After Getting Blown Off Course By Powerful Winter Storm
A young loggerhead turtle washed up on a beach after being cold-stunned was rescued and issued an airline ticket to a sanctuary in Britain.

Schöne Geschichte eines wiedergefundenen Films in der Library of Congress #loc:
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/lost-19th-century-film-by-melies-dis…

Earth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change - Scientific American https://apple.news/At4qjOKsRSM-RTAWywgZBQA
I am mystified. A recent post by @…

Earth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change — Scientific American
Rising sea levels are slowing the Earth’s rotation, lengthening or days by 1.33 milliseconds per century the_burtons via Getty Images Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. And the current rate of increase to a single average day—1.33 additional milliseconds per century—is unprecedented for at least the last 3.6 million years, a new study finds. Most people take for granted that a single day will last for 24 hours, not a second more or…

"No true Scotsman" - Sorting people by worthiness definitely trending. <insert nation > values are not <insert pet hatred> . Like if you're pro DEI, you are by definition not American, so have no right to speak. I don't know about *all time* best, but these days ... Sigh.

After 4 made it through. 60% success...
Six vessels turned around by US blockade of Iran ports
https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/security/six-vessels-turned-around-by-us-blockade-of-iran-ports

Giants, DT Dexter Lawrence at impasse with contract talks; situation likely to play out by start of draft https://www.nfl.com/news/giants-dt-dexter-lawrence-at-impasse-with-contract-talks-situation-likely-to-play-out-…

Analysis: nearly 90 schools and 600 students globally have been impacted by AI-generated deepfake nudes; North America had nearly 30 reported cases since 2023 (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-nudify-schools-global-crisis/

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought
An analysis by WIRED and Indicator found nearly 90 schools and 600 students around the world impacted by AI-generated deepfake nude images—and the problem shows no signs of going away.

La banda sonora de la película Cumbres Borrascosas a cargo de Charli XCX –una artista que yo conozco bien poco–. Esperaba un disco mucho mšs pop, pero tiene momentos muy oscuros, en particular la colaboración con John Cale. Me llamó gratamente la atención.
«Wuthering Heights»
https://album.link/s/4oniyB3TRFhjglVSq

Just no words...
French woman, 86, held by ICE after moving to US to marry 1950s sweetheart
The family of Marie-Thérèse, from Brittany, fear for her health after she was cuffed and placed in a detention centre.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr

French woman, 86, held by ICE after moving to US to marry 1950s sweetheart
The family of Marie-Thérèse, from Brittany, fear for her health after she was cuffed and placed in a detention centre

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The Pharcyde:
🎵 Passin' Me By
#ThePharcyde
https://nextepisode.bandcamp.com/album/the-pharcyde-passin-me-by-next-episode-remix-free-download
https://open.spotify.com/track/4G3dZN9o3o2X4VKwt4CLts

Got the book by @… , but I have some competition for getting to it

Professor David Bowman said that,
because many of the fires in Australia this month appear to have burnt rapidly through grassland,
it made for difficult firefighting conditions.
“You can’t fight these things in the same way you fight a forest fire
because they’re travelling so quickly with high winds.
Everything you’re trying to do was being controlled by the wind,” he said.
Professor Bowman said, if heatwave conditions continued in Victoria,
the e…

Hundreds of satellite images capture Victoria's destructive bushfires erupting
Hundreds of images captured by an orbiting weather satellite, and stitched together by the ABC, show the scale and destructive force of the Victorian bushfires.

"Reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 is critical to avoid disastrous effects on human well-being, researchers warn"
#Biodiversity #Environment

Reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 is critical to avoid disastrous effects on human well-being, researchers warn
Halting and reversing the global decline in biodiversity is now urgent to avoid destabilizing Earth's vital systems that support human well-being. That's the stark message of a new paper published today in Frontiers in Science. The authors warn that without protecting remaining intact biomes and ecosystems, climate and development goals will be impossible to achieve.

SITUASION / IDOL RHYTHM STAND OUT

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SITUASION / IDOL RHYTHM STAND OUT by birezomB
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Filings: Caterpillar acquires self-driving electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor's assets, after it raised $200M and struggled to pivot to software services (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/monarch-…

Monarch Tractor's collapse ends with an acquisition by Caterpillar | TechCrunch
The startup had faced mounting pressure from dealers, farmers, and a co-founder who complained that Monarch's tech didn't work properly.

Didn't know a-ha and Alison Moyet had a duet https://song.link/s/1YMb51c8XRyS5AqF0uBgMk

Summer Moved On - MTV Unplugged by a-ha, Alison Moyet
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The Territory Nature Podcast
All things nature in Australia's Northern Territory. Produced by volunteers with the TNP Landcare Group, supported by Landcare NT...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-territory-nature/…

"Leeds is the biggest city in Europe without a mass transit system. It had trams, once: doubledeckers that ran through city centre streets and up leafy tracks, [shut down] in 1959."
Once you could go from Leeds city centre to Manchester city centre by tram, with just a short connecting walk somewhere in the Pennines.
Destroyed by private motoring and cheap oil
‘Field of Dreams stuff’: will Leeds finally get its trams after decades of promises? | Transport | The Gua…

from my link log —
Videogame doesn't infringe tattoo copyright by depicting basketball players.
https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2020/03/videogame-doesnt-infringe-tattoo-…

Videogame Doesn't Infringe Tattoo Copyright By Depicting Basketball Players-Solid Oak Sketches v. 2K Games - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
This case deals with a venerable and vexing copyright law problem: if a person doesn’t own the copyright to his/her tattoos, do other people infringe by accurately depicting the person? The answer surely has to be “no.” Otherwise, ordinary daily...

Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent now handles ~33% of its customer support issues in North America, and it is preparing to roll out the feature globally (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/airb

Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada | TechCrunch
Airbnb was poised to introduce an app that doesn't just search for you, but one that "knows you." CEO Brian Chesky said, "It will help guests plan their entire trip, help hosts better run their businesses, and help the company operate more efficiently at scale."

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Kassi Valazza:
🎵 Watching Planes Go By
#KassiValazza
https://kassivalazza.bandcamp.com/track/watching-planes-go-by
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Mut8r0Go5Xk93zZIIOlgG

She is serving life for killing a baby by giving him cow’s milk. Her parole was denied by a single vote | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/tiffany-woods-denied-parole-baby-milk-b2937312.html

Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec development you should know, including
--Allies warn of cyber divide as US firms gatekeep powerful Mythos AI,
--Goldman Sachs is working closing with Mythos to protect itself,
--UK's AISI tested Mythos, which excelled over other models,
--Bain & Co. was easily exposed by pentesters,
--Kraken suffered two insider security incidents,
--EU to abandon Chinese inverters,
--PowerScho…

Allies warn of cyber divide as US firms gatekeep powerful Mythos AI
Goldman Sachs is working closing with Mythos to protect itself, UK's AISI tested Mythos which excelled over other models, Bain & Co. was easily exposed by pentesters, Kraken suffered two insider security incidents, EU to abandon Chinese inverters, much more

Google handed over a trove of personal data about a student and journalist to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in response to a subpoena that had not been approved by a judge, according to a report by The Intercept.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/goo…

Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena powers to target people critical of the Trump administration.

I wish Youtube could understand that I want my J-Pop to be made by Japanese Idols, not by some dude typing a prompt.

Claude, the AI model developed by Anthropic, was used by the US military during its operation to kidnap Nicolšs Maduro from Venezuela,
a high-profile example of how the US defence department is using artificial intelligence in its operations.
The US raid on Venezuela involved bombing across the capital, Caracas, and the killing of 83 people, according to Venezuela’s defence ministry.
Anthropic’s terms of use prohibit the use of Claude for violent ends, for the development o…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Family Worship Center:
🎵 Malibu By Midnight
#FamilyWorshipCenter
https://familywarship.bandcamp.com/track/malibu-by-midnight-3
https://open.spotify.com/track/0oAWhfTmC3MWieZIwsY7U2

Kaqriyoterror - CALL SIGN (Live) - English Lyrics

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Kaqriyoterror - CALL SIGN (Live) - English Lyrics by lychee
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A new tribute album with covers by various stars including Tom Waits and Jessie Buckley is coming.
The first offering is by The Boss who also wrote an accompanying essay about the “bottomless humanity” of Shane MacGowan,
revealing that he spent a day with him shortly before his death.
Piano and sax accompany Springsteen’s gruff tones;
it’s impossible not to feel your eyes pricking as he takes his time over the words

A deep dive into a global money-laundering ecosystem powered by crypto and messaging apps like WeChat and Telegram, used by drug cartels and criminal groups (Jessica Brice/Bloomberg)

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MidnightInAPerfectWorld
Naughty by Nature:
🎵 Hip Hop Hooray
#NaughtybyNature
https://djnos.bandcamp.com/track/naughty-by-nature-hip-hop-hooray
https://open.spotify.com/track/1SyQ6t9RdRBK0QUCS6a797

PIGGS / まじ無理ゲー [Official Video]

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PIGGS / まじ無理ゲー [Official Video] by PIGGS Channel
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The first vaccine was a lucky accident.
Now we can design new vaccines in weeks, atom by atom.
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-golden-age-of-vaccine-development/

The golden age of vaccine development - Works in Progress Magazine
The first vaccine was a lucky accident. Now we can design new vaccines in weeks, atom by atom.

Amazon launches its first smart warehouse in Shenzhen, aiming to cut local merchant storage costs by up to 45% as competition with Shein and Temu intensifies (Iris Deng/South China Morning Post)
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Amazon bets on Shenzhen smart warehouse to cut merchant storage costs by 45%
Amazon expands China push with smart warehouse model, aiming to retain sellers amid rising competition from Temu and Shein.

【VLOG】Thailand Bangkok〜Khon Kaen Tour. Feb.2026

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【VLOG】Thailand Bangkok〜Khon Kaen Tour. Feb.2026 by SITUASION
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Artemis, which aims to replace rule-based cybersecurity systems with an AI-driven centralized "brain", emerges from stealth with a $70M Series A led by Felicis (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)
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Exclusive: Artemis raises $70M to help fight AI-powered attacks with AI
Backed by $70 million, Artemis is tackling the new reality of faster, cheaper AI-driven attacks.

The list of qualifying documents in the SAVE Act for proving citizenship appears long -- but many of them come with qualifiers.
Under the bill, a REAL ID -compliant driver’s license would have to indicate that “the applicant is a citizen,”
--- but not all do.
Only five states
— Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont and Washington
— offer the type of enhanced REAL IDs that explicitly indicate U.S. citizenship.
Standard driver’s licenses, generally available…

Documents required by GOP's voting bill can be difficult and costly to get
Congressional Republicans are pushing voting legislation that's backed by President Donald Trump and would require voters to produce documentary proof of citizenship in order to register for federal elections. Obtaining those records and paying for them may not be as easy as the bill’s promoters make it sound. There's a range of hurdles, including the time and money involved in getting birth certificates or passports. A University of Maryland study estimates that 21.3 million Americans who ar…

I miss them already :(
KILLT MELT LAND「ベビーノイズ」Music Video

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KILLT MELT LAND「ベビーノイズ」Music Video by KILLT MELT LAND
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Former Mercor staffers describe "operational mishaps" at the $10B startup, including employee fraud, a security breach, and suspected North Korean infiltration (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)
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Inside Messy, Fast-Growing Mercor, Run By Youngest-Ever Self-Made Billionaires
Founded in 2023 by 20-somethings, data labeling startup Mercor exploded to $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate in September. Now it's confronting a wave of challenges, including an employee stealing money, security blunders and cultural growing pains.

The State Department has slashed by about 80% the fee for Americans to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship.
After years of legal battles with several groups representing Americans wanting to give up their citizenship,
the department on Friday published a final rule in the Federal Register that reduces the cost from $2,350 to $450.

Melvins & Napalm Death "Tossing Coins Into The Fountain Of F*ck"

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Melvins & Napalm Death "Tossing Coins Into The Fountain Of F*ck" by Ipecac Recordings
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The global economy has been rocked by the war in the Middle East,
with Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatening energy flows and sending the price of oil soaring to its highest level in years.
The United Nations Security Council responded to the unprovoked U.S.-Israeli war by passing a resolution this week condemning Iran
— specifically for its attacks on U.S. allies in the region
— while ignoring the role of the Trump administration and the Netanyahu govern…

Economist Jeffrey Sachs: U.S.-Israeli “War of Choice,” Assault on U.N. Charter Could Lead to WWIII
The global economy has been rocked by the war in the Middle East, with Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatening energy flows and sending the price of oil soaring to its highest level in years. The United Nations Security Council responded to the unprovoked U.S.-Israeli war by passing a resolution this week condemning Iran — specifically for its attacks on U.S. allies in the region — while ignoring the role of the Trump administration and the Netanyahu government in instigating t…

New renderings released this week provide the most detailed vision yet of Donald Trump’s proposed $400m White House ballroom addition.
The renderings, submitted by the project’s architects and released on Friday by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), depict a vast sprawling structure, expected to be around 90,000sq ft, from multiple angles.
In the images, the proposed building stands level with the White House mansion.
The renderings appear in a 28-page documen…

For some reasons, the Youtube algorithm always want me to listen to You'll Melt More!.
ゆるめるモ！（You'll Melt More!)『スキヤキ(O-EAST Live Version)』(Official Music Video)

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ゆるめるモ！（You'll Melt More!)『スキヤキ(O-EAST Live Version)』(Official Music Video) by ゆるめるモ!OFFICIAL
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Discover how to make fluffy Japanese pancakes at home!
These cloud-like treats are light, jiggly, and perfect for breakfast or dessert.
Includes step-by-step guide and expert tips.
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Fluffy Japanese Pancakes: A Delightful Cloud-Like Treat | Star Recipes 2026
Discover how to make fluffy Japanese pancakes at home! These cloud-like treats are light, jiggly, and perfect for breakfast or dessert. Includes step-by-step

BiSH / FOR HiM [2022.12.22 "世界で一番綺麗なBiSH" at 国立代々木競技場 第一体育館]

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BiSH / FOR HiM [2022.12.22 "世界で一番綺麗なBiSH" at 国立代々木競技場 第一体育館] by BiSH
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Medical examiner believes the death of man in ICE custody was #homicide, recording says

A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being
🔥choked to death by guards
at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

Diverse Jewish cultures
– from the Qırmızı Qəsəbə (Red Village) of Azerbaijan, to the mellahs and haras of North Africa, to the shtetls of Eastern Europe
– have been supplanted by an increasingly homogenized and diminished Israeli colonial culture modelled on German “high culture”.
Rich creolized languages such as Ladino, Krymchak, Kayliñña, Judeo-Arabic, Yevanic, Gruzinic, and Yiddish are now endangered or extinguished,
eroded in part by the imposition of German-acce…

How Zionism’s anti-Jewish logic led Israel to bomb an Iranian synagogue
Israel bombed Tehran’s Rafi-Nia synagogue in the middle of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The attack revealed, to a shocking degree, Zionism’s willingness to treat Jewish life as disposable in the service of its ideological project.