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Amazon is lining up another wave of job cuts next week, according to reports, while Autodesk has confirmed 1,000 roles are to go in sales-related redundancies.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/amazon-to-lay-off-thousands-mor…

Amazon to lay off thousands more while Autodesk confirms 1,000 jobs to go
Amazon is lining up another wave of job cuts next week, according to reports, while Autodesk has confirmed 1,000 roles are to go in sales-related ...

15,000 people singing to call on ICE to leave their jobs!
🎵🎵🎵
Oh-h-h, It's okay to change your mind,
Show us your courage,
Leave this behind,
It's okay to change your mind,
And you can join us,
Join us here any time
🎵🎵🎵
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVEuV1hkvjG/

Singers on Instagram: "15,000 people singing to call on ICE to: quit your jobs! Show your courage! Lay down your weapons! Leave this behind! 🧊 Singing with Brandi Carlile was awesome - but what we’re really about is taking it to the streets. Join us for our National Weekend of Action Feb. 28 / March 1 by find your local group at tinyurl.com/groupslistSR (linked in bio) and contact them directly to join an action near you. ⭐️ We sing to protect and care for our communities in the face of rising authoritarianism. Always and forever we say: ABOLISH ICE. Who in your life can you start a conversation with about abolishing ICE? Send them this video and invite them to join you at a Singing Resistance action near you! 💌 Song: Annie Schlaefer It’s okay to change your mind Show us your courage Leave this behind It’s okay to change your mind And you can join us Join us here anytime"
31K likes, 307 comments - singingresistance on February 22, 2026: "15,000 people singing to call on ICE to: quit your jobs! Show your courage! Lay down your weapons! Leave this behind! 🧊 Singing with Brandi Carlile was awesome - but what we’re really about is taking it to the streets. Join us for our National Weekend of Action Feb. 28 / March 1 by find your local group at tinyurl.com/groupslistSR (linked in bio) and contact them directly to join an action near you. ⭐️ We sing to prot…

From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/from-sat-24-jan-love-letters-exhibition-reveals-the-lengths-we-go-for-love/

From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love - The National Archives
Love letters relating to some of the most famous – and sometimes dangerous – love affairs in British history are on show at The National Archives from Saturday, 24 January 2026. Among the exhibits in a new exhibition, Love Letters, is a never-before-seen love letter from the Cambridge Five spy ring’s “fifth man” John Cairncross […]

Anthropic details the AI Fluency Index, tracking 11 behaviors that represent human-AI collaboration and measure how people collaborate with AI (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-fluency-index

Anthropic Education Report: The AI Fluency Index
Anthropic's AI Fluency Index measures 11 observable behaviors across thousands of Claude.ai conversations to understand how people develop AI collaboration skills.

On this Monday morning, please spare a thought for those who are starting the week off in cold, damp tents surrounded by the rubble of their previous lives, trapped within the clutches of an ongoing genocide that is the collective failure of humanity.
If you want to help, here’s a list of verified Mastodon accounts of Gazans and links to their fundraisers, ranked by how little support they got last week to feed their families and cover the basic necessities of life:

Gaza Verified
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan

Four years after the massacre of nine black church goers in Charleston, South Carolina;
two years after the murder of a white anti-fascist and anti-racist activist in Charlottesville, Virginia;
and days after the racially motivated massacre of 22 people who were targeted because their murderer wanted to kill Hispanics,
America has reached a crisis point where we finally have to talk about racism in our society.
But is the media approaching this conversation in an …

Why Corporate Media Doesn’t Talk Honestly About Racism
Media conversations about racism are rarely accurate, let alone honest, facilitating the status quo and hindering systemic change. A discussion between Dylan Rodriguez, Eddie Conway, and Jaqueline Luqman

According to Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison:
ICE is blocking MN investigators from the crime scene. The MN National Guard is on the way to force ICE to let investigators in.
(NB: Still trying to find a confirmed source for this; I have no further info yet)
UPDATE: Source for this is somebody at the scene who heard Ellison say it in conversation. Source is likely reliable person, but may have incomplete info. This is a big game of telephone right now, so don’t treat this as authoritative in any way.

Politico plans to launch in Australia later this year, starting with a Canberra Playbook, led by Ryan Heath, who launched the Brussels Playbook (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/24/2026/politico-is-launching-in-australia

Exclusive: Politico is launching in Australia
The company is preparing to launch a Canberra Playbook newsletter before the next parliamentary cycle later this year, Politico’s CEO told Semafor.

Google acquires Common Sense Machines, whose AI models create 3D assets from 2D images, and was last valued at $15M after raising $10M from a16z and others (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-google-acquires-3d-im…

Exclusive: Google Acquires 3D Image Generator Startup
Google has acquired Common Sense Machines, a Cambridge, Mass.,-based startup developing generative artificial intelligence models to create three-dimensional assets from two-dimensional images, a Google spokesperson confirmed. The deal closed this week, according to the spokesperson. The spokesperson declined to provide a price. The company had around a dozen employees, according to its

Microsoft confirms it does provide BitLocker recovery keys for encrypted data if it receives a valid legal order and the user has stored the keys on its servers (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewste

Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw
The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.