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🫗 Commercial water dispenser machines may contain more contamination than tap water
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Commercial water dispenser machines may contain more contamination than tap water
Water dispenser machines in commercial spaces may contain higher levels of microbial contamination if they aren't cleaned regularly compared to the tap water sources supplying them that contain residual chlorine, according to a new study.

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…

Y Combinator reverses decision, will invest in Canadian-domiciled startups again | BetaKit
Famed accelerator had removed Canada from its deal terms, spurring Canadian tech backlash.

Zelensky appoints former Canadian deputy PM as economic advisor: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/05/zelensky-appoints-former-canadian-deputy.html

ICE continues to terrorize MSP. It continues to be distressing and exhausting; the incredible volume of counter-organizing and community action continues to give me heart.
One thing that’s not surprising but I haven’t seen covered much: ICE is redlining. They swarm over very specific neighborhoods; the abductions (so far) happen almost entirely within clear boundaries. Those boundaries don’t entirely correspond to where immigrants live. They do, however, seem to correspond pretty closely to •political• boundaries that are / are not heavily white.
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Who's most likely to win Super Bowl LX: Ranking all 14 playoff contenders https://www.nfl.com/news/who-s-most-likely-to-win-super-bowl-lx-ranking-all-14-playoff-contenders

US immigration lawyers, talent managers, and creators say influencers and OnlyFans models now dominate O-1B visas, which are reserved for "exceptional" artists (Ian Hodgson/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8816fcec-4148-4cda-be7f-fc59d5bcbf59

Influencers and OnlyFans models dominate US ‘extraordinary’ artist visas
Work permits increasingly being awarded on basis of online reach, favouring content creators

RapidFort, which develops tools for securing software supply chains, raised a $42M Series A led by Blue Cloud and ForgePoint, taking its total funding to ~$51M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/03/ra

RapidFort raises $42M to push continuous remediation for software supply chain security - SiliconANGLE
RapidFort raises $42M to push continuous remediation for software supply chain security - SiliconANGLE

Ukraine prepared to continue fighting if diplomacy with Russia fails, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/04/ukraine-prepared-to-continue-fighting.html

Putin vows to continue capturing Ukrainian territory, says Donbas will be 'liberated': https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/05/putin-vows-to-continue-capturing.html

Arm CEO Rene Haas says investor fears about AI hurting software companies are a "micro-hysteria" that exceeds the reality of how businesses use AI tools (Michael Acton/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/39aa0fd6-957e-48a5-bb91-d503ed441ff6