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Francisco Partners plans to take patient engagement software company Weave Communications private for ~$650M; Weave went public at a ~$1.5B valuation in 2021 (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2026/08/18/f…

Francisco Partners to acquire Weave Communications for $650M
The deal comes less than five years after Weave went public at a $1.5 billion valuation.

Attention Star Wars Galactic StarCruiser alumni - coming to San Diego ComicCon:
✅Disney's Most Ambitious Failed Star Wars Attraction Is Coming to SDCC - Collider
https://collider.com/halcyon-daze-the-final-voyages…

Disney's Most Ambitious Failed Star Wars Attraction Is Coming to SDCC
Halcyon Daze, the fan documentary exploring Disney's ambitious Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser attraction, is officially coming to SDCC and Gen Con.

O&C – ownership and control – *that’s* the lens by which we should be evaluating data and technology.
Who owns and controls data and technology?
If we want a fair, just world with human rights, freedom, and democracy, the answer to that question must be twofold:
1. Data about and technology for the commons must be owned and controlled by the commons.
2. Data about and technology for people must be owned and controlled by individuals.
That’s it.
Notice …

Chambers has said that he has known since 2015 that he was on the US federal government’s radar,
due to activism against police in Atlanta.
A self-described communist and anti-imperialist, he is heir to one of the richest families in the US,
the owners of Atlanta-based Cox Communications.
He sold stock back to his family worth about $250m in mid-2023 and since then has been funding an estimated 100 projects in 20 countries, Schnabel said.
She said that includes,…

Wife of US heir and activist donor on fighting his extradition to US: ‘It’s incredible that this can happen’
Stella Schnabel says Trump administration is falsely accusing James ‘Fergie’ Chambers of contributing to Hamas

Just arrived, the result of a rabbit hole I went down recently.
Harich 'Communism without Growth' (1975 Ge, 2034 Sp)
Not available in English ttbomk, but I can read this translation.
Really interesting engagement with the Meadows Limits to Growth report, from the GDR. Parallel to another from Zagreb at the same time.
The quality of the bits I've read is great.
Verso UK should bring it out.

Cowboys Have Clear Free-Agent Solution to Fix Admitted Communication Problem https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/cowboys-clear-free-agent-solution-fix-admitted-communication-problem

Are you a passionate person looking for an opportunity to work with people dedicated to equality, liberty, and justice? Do you have experience in campaigning, communications, or event planning? Or do you know someone who does?
BCCLA is hiring a Campaigns Manager and a Communications, Outreach & Events Coordinator!
The Campaigns Manager will design, develop, run and manage impactful and engaging awareness, public opinion change, advocacy, and legal campaigns. This includes wo…

Campaigns Manager - BC Civil Liberties Association
Application deadline: August 19, 2026 at 11:59pm PST.Term: Sept/Oct 2026 – Sept/Oct 2027 fixed-term position, 1.0 FTE. This fixed-term position may be extended, subject to funding and agreement with union. […]

Za'Darius Smith coming out of retirement to join Falcons: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7516962/2026/08/18/zadarius-smith-falcons-signing/

Trump's "communist" panic isn't just senile ranting.
It's a strategy. It comes straight from a book Bannon and Vance endorsed,
a genocide-themed screed that calls for dehumanizing Democrats as demons who don't deserve rights.
The "Unhumans" playbook, exposed

'Unhumans' Playbook Explains Trump's 'Communist' Fixation
“It’s important to use ‘communist’ this way as a slur.”