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The Lurie administration and its allies are disbanding San Francisco's Bicycle Advisory Committee. I plan to go to its final meeting tonight at 6:30, city hall room 416.
FYI, Sherrill, Sauter, Mahmood, Dorsey, Wong, and Mandelman voted to get rid of it. May they all lose their next elections and be replaced by better candidates who'll restore the BAC.

San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee to Hold Final Meeting - Streetsblog San Francisco
It will cease to exist after this month

Cybersecurity is now a burning topic in capitals around the globe, so stay ahead of the curve by checking out today's Metacurity for the most crucial developments, including
--Anthropic watch: Congress scrambles, Europe recoils, and Anthropic's halo grows brighter,
--Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel's secretive power network,
--Cybercrime now accounts for a third of crimes in parts of Asia,
--France picks local rival to replace Palantir at spy agency,

Anthropic watch: Congress scrambles, Europe recoils, and Anthropic's halo grows brighter
Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel's secretive power network, Cybercrime now accounts for a third of crimes in parts of Asia, France picks local rival to replace Palantir at spy agency, Americans lost $3.5B to imposter scams last year, Hackers hijack Roblox games by seizing dev accounts, much more

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ClassicalLive
- Trio Gaspard live from London's Wigmore Hall
Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including a live concert from Wigmore Hall from Trio Gaspard performing music by Franz Schubert.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002w8ps

Abu Dhabi broke ground on Dar al Funoon (House of the Arts),
a major performing arts center on Saadiyat Island set to open by 2030.
Designed by the late architect Frank Gehry,
it will seat over 6,000 patrons across a main 2,000-seat multipurpose hall,
a 3,500-seat amphitheater,
and smaller performance venues

Construction Begins on Frank Gehry's Dar al Funoon Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Center
Construction has started on Dar al Funoon Abu Dhabi, one of Frank Gehry's final works, a performing arts hub opening in 2030 on Saadiyat Island.

Hallo Herr #Dobrindt:
Der französische Inlandsgeheimdienst beendet seine Zusammenarbeit mit dem umstrittenen US-Tech-Unternehmen Palantir. „Wir können im digitalen Bereich keine neuen strategischen Abhängigkeiten akzeptieren“, sagte Premierminister Sebastien Lecornu

Französischer Geheimdienst beendet Vertrag mit Palantir

Sources: the US has held off adding DeepSeek, CXMT, and 100 other flagged companies to its Entity List, last updated in October, the longest gap in 10 years (Karen Freifeld/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-hol

What a rip by Mbaye! And, if there is an Achilles Heel for France, is it goalkeeping?
#FRASEN #WorldCup #fedifc

Squash Bug War Casualty Report: Adults 0, Egg Pods 0.
No enemy contact, but I know they are out there, it’s like they are taunting me . . .
“Hallo, you tiny-brained gardener! You frighten no one! Today we did not come, because we did not feel like it!”
#gardening #oklahoma

For the San Franciscans and Bay Area residents:
I’m helping put on a town hall about social housing this Thursday at 6 in SoMa. Please come by! RSVPs are quickly approaching capacity, so RSVP to make sure you can get a seat:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/socia

Social Housing Town Hall
Learn from organizers and experts on the benefits of social housing, and how we can win it in San Francisco! Referring to housing that’s permanently affordable, permanently off the speculative market, tenant governed, and home to people at a range of income levels but always including those who need it the most, social housing has been inspiring socialist organizers in cities across North America, including Seattle, New York, Minneapolis, and Chicago. Together, we can build a wo…

Don't miss today's Metacurity for a concise run-down of the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Instructure forms deal with ShinyHunters who promise to destroy stolen Canvas data,
--US intel agencies want to evaluate AI model while Commerce seems to back away,
--OpenAI launches cybersecurity model Daybreak,
--Euro countries sell spyware to rights violators,
--Binance claims AI system saved $10b in scam losses,
--Shai-Hulu…

Instructure forms deal with ShinyHunters who promise to destroy stolen Canvas data
US intel agencies want to evaluate AI model while Commerce seems to back away, OpenAI launches cybersecurity model Daybreak, Euro countries sell spyware to rights violators, Binance claims AI system saved $10b in scam losses, Shai-Hulud supply-chain campaign compromised npm and PyPi packages, more