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A look at Cybathlon, an event by ETH Zurich where researchers team up with people with disabilities in a competition to test brain-computer interfaces (Oliver Whang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/scien…

At the Cybathlon, May the Best Brain-Computer Interface Win
Every four years at the Cybathlon, teams of researchers and technology “pilots” compete to see whose brain-computer interface holds the most promise.

Politico is using SMS to send news updates that sound "personal and urgent" to a select group of lawmakers, staffers, and lobbyists working at the US Congress (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-ameri

How Politico is using text messages to boost engagement on Capitol Hill
Politico has started texting an invite-only group on Capitol Hill so its breaking news coverage gets to their phone lock screens.

The more I study capitalism, the more I realize it is a system structured to divide people. It uses the state and economic institutions strategically to keep the working majority fragmented and powerless, preventing them from uniting against their common exploitation.
It’s wrong, deeply wrong, that capitalism enslaves people not only economically but socially and politically. It steals freedom and dignity, forcing the overwhelming majority to serve the selfish interests of a tiny rulin…

AI video generation startup Higgsfield raised a $50M Series A led by GFT Ventures (Amit Chowdhry/Pulse 2.0)
https://pulse2.com/higgsfield-50-million-series-a-raised-to-transform-ai-video-creation/

Higgsfield: $50 Million Series A Raised To Transform AI Video Creation
Higgsfield.ai, a rapidly growing company specializing in AI for video creation, has announced the successful close of its $50 million Series A funding round. The investment was led by GFT Ventures and joined by a group of firms, including BroadLight Capital, NextEquity Partners, AI Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures, Alpha Square Group, and other strategic backers. 

I refuse to replace capitalist hierarchies with red-tinted authoritarianism, because in the end, I want liberation, not another power structure draped in red with the hammer and sickle.
#Authoritarianism #Anarchism

Snufkin is often seen as a free spirit who values personal freedom and dislikes material possessions or hierarchical control. He is a carefree, anti-establishment character who despises private property and the trappings of capitalism, as evidenced by his habit of tearing down "private property" signs.
He embodies a philosophy of simplicity, independence, and living in harmony with nature, making him appear anti-hierarchical and anti-capitalist in spirit. This aligns with hi…