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Bosie’s passionate plea for lover Oscar Wilde in Love Letters exhibition https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/bosies-passionate-plea-for-lover-oscar-wilde-in-new-exhibition/

Bosie’s passionate plea for lover Oscar Wilde in Love Letters exhibition - The National Archives
A passionate plea for clemency from Oscar Wilde’s lover Lord Alfred Douglas goes on show in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening in January. The letter addressed to Queen Victoria on 25 June 1895 begs her to exercise her “power of pardon” in the case of the poet and dramatist who was beginning a […]

Sources: Beijing is set to limit access to Nvidia's H200 chips despite President Trump allowing their export to China, in its push for chip self-sufficiency (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/c4e81a67-cd5b-48b4-9749-92ecf116313d

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Czechia illegally stored citizens’ phone data: here’s what it means
The ruling affects metadata from calls and texts, shows who communicated and where; lawmakers must revise rules, tightening access and protecting privacy.

The Trump administration has filed for the #expedited #deportation
of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos
and his family,
days after a federal judge ordered their release from immigration detention. 
The 5-year-old and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias,
were detained by federal agents last wee…

Administration seeking expedited removal of 5-year-old and family, Rep. Castro says
The DHS said the removal proceedings are not expedited but "standard procedure."

A Hongkong, on n’attaque pas impunément les échafaudages en bambou
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/01/09/a-hongkong-on-n-attaque-pas-impunement-les-echafaudages-en-bambou_6661086_3210…

A Hongkong, on n’attaque pas impunément les échafaudages en bambou
Ces ouvrages très résistants sont partie intégrante de la culture locale. De nombreux habitants de la ville les défendent contre les attaques jugées ineptes après le feu qui a tué 161 personnes le 26 novembre 2025.

I think I've met more interesting western #expats in a week in #Malaysia than I do in a year in #Japan.

Police in Edmonton, Canada partner with Axon to test body cameras with AI facial recognition, and say the results will be verified by human officers (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/ai-facial-recognition-axon-edmonton-21f319ce806a0…

AI-equipped police body cameras in Canada's Edmonton spark ethical concerns
Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" watch list. The move by Axon Enterprise, Inc. has raised ethical concerns, especially since the company previously paused facial recognition due to privacy issues. The pilot aims to enhance officer and public safety by identifying individuals flagged for a history of serious offenses. However, critics worry about societal risks and the lack of public debate. Axon CEO Rick Smi…

The painter Henri Rousseau
(1844–1910)
famously never left France;
He concocted his fantastical jungles from visits to the botanical gardens in Paris,
images in books and taxidermized specimens in natural history museums,
and a teeming visual imagination.
The results are on view in a mesmerizing exhibition,
“Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets,”
at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia until Feb. 22.
These works haven’t been assembled …

The Barnes Foundation
A landmark exhibition of paintings by the self-taught artist Henri Rousseau debuts at the Barnes Foundation in fall 2025.