@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineIn break from recent tradition, the Department of Homeland Security will help safeguard the American People by shutting down *.
https://apnews.com/article/homeland-security-shutdown-ice-funding-7bf62bc50ca0a6a6013a714bee2ffdb4
@JSkier@social.linux.pizzaWelp, this will be my last run until after surgery. Is there a Walkers of Mastodon, lol? 😆 I will be doing more walking and light elliptical use.
I've had multiple instances of collapsed vestibular episodes, and I'm done powering through this in the interest of not losing my hearing, or worse. I'm one stubborn son of a bitch, but I've been doing more damage to my body over the last 14 months than I should have been (under the guise of this being long covid and part of …
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: Paramount CEO David Ellison met with Trump last week for two conversations; Trump has said he will stay out of Netflix-Paramount competition for WBD (Brian Stelter/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/media/david-ellison-tr…
@cdarwin@c.imMeta aims to introduce
facial recognition to its
smart glasses
while its biggest critics are distracted,
according to a report from The New York Times.
In an internal document reviewed by The Times, Meta says it will
💥launch the feature “during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
The document is from last May and reportedly describes …
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialDoin' US taxes again. Super blah without a donut!!
Last year my personal filing was about 200 pages long. (We also do a separate corporate filing.)
And once again my taxes will far, far, far exceed the actual disposable income I have received.
Yes, this is an upper-middle-class, first world problem.. But I do hate paying what amounts to big wads of $$ to pay for El Cheato's destruction of the US.
@markhburton@mstdn.socialA bit of movement on this vexatious problem at last.
New local powers to keep pavements clear for those who rely on them most - GOV.UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-local-powers-to-keep-pavements-clear-for-those-who-re…
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizzaVoid, with encrypted zfs, on the laptop. Dwm or River. Tbc. But Gentoo dwm is calling. Possibly before Tet.
NixOS with KDE on the N150. Solid.
Finally revived the old NUC with Slackware Tilers: Sway and Mango. And Dank. Great stuff.
The Thinkpad that wasn't sold: this will be either TileOS or Hatchery, a project by Troutcobbler, an old ArchLabs mate. Both Debian, tiling wm's. Cool. Check them out.
The last one will be after Tet, I'm off for a couple of days fo…
@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizzaA reminder for those in Ottawa and Ontario...
Upcoming municipal elections will be October 26, 2026.
You can check to see if you are on the voter list. It takes at most 2 minutes.
The last election it took us maybe 10 minutes and they made sure handicapped voters had everything they needed.
If you don't vote then DON'T BITCH!
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys Linebacker Delivers Powerful Response to Controversial Video https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-linebacker-delivers-powerful-response-to-controversial-video/
@chiraag@mastodon.online
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFive members of xAI's 12-person founding team have now left the company, with four of the departures coming in just the last year (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/nearly-half-of-xais-founding-team-has-now-left-th…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"A National Audit Office investigation revealed in October last year that a staggering 98% of external insulation fitted under the previous government’s home-improvement schemes was installed so ineptly that it will have to be repaired or replaced."
Surprise, surprise.
Britain's building industry is unbelievably shoddy.
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWill playoff hero Rashid Shaheed return to the Seahawks in 2026? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48115391/will-playoff-hero-free-agent-rashid-shaheed-return-seattle-seahawks-2026-free-agency
@servelan@newsie.social""Elements might endure, but the MAGA movement is at heart a cult of personality unlikely to outlast its singular leader for very long in its existing form. "
MAGA warned it has an expiration date: 'Trumpism will not last' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-maga-2675255750/
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialInteresting article, "10 Ukrainians Humbled Two NATO Battalions. When Will NATO Wake Up?"
https://warontherocks.com/2026/03/10-ukrainians-humbled-two-nato-battalions-when-will-nato-wake-up/?__readwiseLocation=…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMemos: Will Lewis has stepped down as WaPo publisher and CEO; former Tumblr CEO Jeff D'Onofrio, who joined WaPo last June as CFO, is acting publisher and CEO (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/technology/washington-post-will-lewis.html
@gwire@mastodon.socialNews articles complaining about the state of the navy, during a time of conflict, are like news articles that wait until heavy snow to complain about the lack of investment in snow plows.
The UK's previous government took a bet that they wouldn't actually need a full navy before the 2030s - hence the "frigate gap".
@cdarwin@c.imThe justice department told the House Oversight Committee that Pam Bondi will not appear at the 14 April deposition
as she was "subpoenaed in her capacity as Attorney General,"
a committee spokesperson confirmed to the BBC.
Bondi was removed from her role as America's top law enforcement officer by Donald Trump last week.
Some members on the committee say they will push for Bondi to answer questions at a later date.
Nancy Mace, a Republican member…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeAnother night on the couch. I can mostly breathe out both nostrils right now as long as i stay in a semi reclined or upright seated position, although there's still plenty of congestion so who knows how long that will last. The irritation on the left eye is very much still there, and now there's an annoying tickle of a cough. Right eye seems unaffected, strangely. Wonder if i got lucky or if I'll wake up with it all crusted up too?
Kid is fully recovered and back at school …
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioWhen the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Linear Algebra
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzExactly 24 hours from now - at 0:35 UTC on 7 April - the total eclipse for the #ArtemisII crew will begin ... will they see / be able to photograph the fading detached dust tail of #Kreutz comet MAPS imaged here by #ZodiacalLight / potential dust hovering over the lunar limb might record it as well.
@yaxu@post.lurk.orgI'm not going to make it to emfcamp this year sadly, due to a date clash.. Will be there in '28!
I *will* be going to a UK live coding camp the weekend after though, let me know if you're interested.. It was masses of fun last year !
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaLooks like our boys and girl should hit the atmosphere just before 1AM IST (00:00 zulu). Fingers crossed that the insulation on that POS will hold together through reentry. The last one got a bit...ablated, extra chunky style.
@hex@kolektiva.socialRE: #cybernetic perspective, "#GenAI" is absolutely toxic. It can radically increase variety (it can generate plausible threat reports) but it can't decrease variety (you can't actually use it to filter out its own slop).
LLMs are set up to destroy modern society. It will not ever find a way to manage this complexity because it doesn't have enough complexity to even recognize the problem.
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgFunnily enough I've had a group of students working on El Niño and some related impacts this last week..
It seems our paper (aiming for submission by Summer), will be very topical...
https://fediscience.org/@hausfath/116183650607790516
@cdarwin@c.imTrump won over young, male voters by promising a stronger economy and an anti-interventionist foreign policy.
These voters are losing patience
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-iran-last-straw-1235527012/
@raiders@darktundra.xyzKlint Kubiak confirms he will be Raiders' next head coach after Seahawks win Super Bowl https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7032313/2026/02/09/klint-kubiak-raiders-next-head-coach/
@davej@dice.campOpinion: This Might Be the Most Economically Destabilizing War in Decades
Now that the United States and Iran have declared a two-week cease-fire, the question is whether the war’s economic disruption will be short-lived or lasting. The lessons from history are sobering: In an interdependent global economy, the shock of the outbreak of war can produce long-term instabilities overnight, many of which become apparent only over time.
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com@… @… And they have the gall to tell you with a straight face that’s what it means to be agile.
Last decade it was Jira, now it’s LLMs, but in all cases there are fools who will confidently tell you the meaning …
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialThis is not the first, and certainly not the last, collaboration of this kind: a Dutch solar park developer and a developer of charging hubs for heavy-duty vehicles are set to join forces: synergy through improved remuneration and, above all, they will avoid many grid-related (cost) issues
https://www.
@bthalpin@mastodon.socialCongratulations to Ireland's agricultural contractors and their haulier friends. Their sudden intervention is like a new COVID lockdown, and it's exactly what the country needs (six years and a month after the first version): a spring of working from home, walking everywhere (worrying about toilet paper shortages?) and not burning petrol or diesel. If it lasts long enough, our fossil fuel reserves will last until the ships from Hormuz show up again.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBeast Industries, the entertainment conglomerate founded by MrBeast and last valued at $5.2B, acquires Step Mobile, a teen-focused banking app (Valida Pau/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/mrbeasts-beast-industries-buy-ge…
@jake4480@c.im @cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys to play the first NFL game in Rio de Janeiro in 2026 https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-to-play-the-first-nfl-game-in-rio-de-janeiro-in-2026
@cdarwin@c.imA search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday reveals that
when the FBI raided the Fulton county election office in Georgia last month,
the decision was based on debunked claims from election deniers
and came after a referral from a White House lawyer who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
The FBI’s investigation “originated” from a referral sent by
Kurt Olsen, an attorney who sought to overturn the 2020 election
and contacted justice department offici…
@samerfarha@mastodon.socialRE: https://topspicy.social/@alda/116368684917355193
This is an awesome thread and worth a read just to enlighten people who only work with English. Even as an Arabic speaker I’ve never really thought about this much and the last point about how users will ju…
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioA brave new world will last two hundred years and fifty more, before a man dressed in blue and ridiculously long red neckwear makes that world too dumb to even bother visiting.
#BoringNostradamusProphecies #HashTagGames
@Don_kun@nerdculture.deIn "A Wild Last Boss Appeared!" geht es um einen Spieler, der nach einem Endkampf in dem Spiel erwacht - und zwar als übermächtige Gegenspielerin, in deren Rolle er geschlüpft ist. Nun will er die Welt vor den inzwischen übermächtigen Dämonen retten und dafür seine früheren Kameraden und Gegner versammeln.
Soweit klingt alles nach einem typischen #Isekai
@AccordionBruce@Mastodon.socialHow to Play Accordion: Beginner Step-by-Step Guide:
Someone posted a link to an introduction to playing the accordion on mastodon last night
The article seems to be either really poorly translated, or very badly mangled and unfiltered AI slop
Or probably both: a bad translation run through AI?
Or AI fed on bad translations?
Anyways. The internet will soon be entirely useless. This is all we’ll see:
(1/?)
@pre@boing.worldOne of my VR Lighthouses died last month. These things are gyroscopically spinning 24 hours a day for, what, a decade now? Nearly.
No wonder. Mostly the industry seems to be settling on using head-mounted cameras rather than sweeping infra-red beams and receptors on the head anyway.
It is true that lighthouses give accurate positioning, but means I can't easily take the headset next door, say. Or to a party.
So inside-out, as they call it, is fine for the headset now and mostly okay for the hand-controllers.
But it offers no solution at all for the foot-trackers and hip-tracker that I need for puppetting the characters in the #vr #slimeVR #trackers
@adamhotep@infosec.exchangeCol. Lawrence Wilkerson (chief of staff to Colin Powell under George W Bush):
This administration has committed more war crimes in the last few days than I think any country since Adolf Hitler committed. And that is an incredible condemnation of this entire process.
He later says we can't win this war—and Israel might drop a nuke.
Full interview at 17:45:
@Dragofix@veganism.socialGlobal plastics treaty negotiations: Success is still possible, researchers argue #environment …
@degrowthuk@mstdn.social"The figures show this: a child born this morning in Britain can expect to be in good health only until they are 61. The last 20 years of their life will be blighted by illness: dodgy hearts, painful joints, an inability to get about. Our healthy life expectancy has been dropping for years; it is now the lowest since 2011, when records began."
This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet? | Aditya Chakrabortty
@NFL@darktundra.xyzKlint Kubiak confirms he will be Raiders' next head coach after Seahawks win Super Bowl https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7032313/2026/02/09/klint-kubiak-raiders-next-head-coach/
@kuba@toot.kuba-orlik.name> Somebody had to move first
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-adopting-year-round-daylight-time-9.7111657
@UP8@mastodon.socialNow that I remember it, I got better pictures of daffodils towards the end of the season last year because the strident yellow threw off my exposure
#photo #photography #flowers
@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizzaBackyard is almost clear of snow and ice. Time to start planning what we will grow this year. Front of the house I want more heat and drought tolerant plants as it faces south. Last year part of the plants that were not as drought tolerant didn't last very long.
Backyard I have hanging planters, multiple level tiers and stackable planters so that my wife will have a wall of colour and green to look at all season.
@servelan@newsie.socialLancet: Kennedy's "Destruction" Will Last Generations - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/02/lancet-kennedys-destruction-will-last-generations/
@ingo@social.stuetzle.ccThe last two oil crises (1973 and 1979/1980) acted as a catalyst for shifts in social power and accelerated the implementation of neoliberal policies. The looming third oil crisis will be no different.
@hex@kolektiva.socialEvery time leftists talk about escalating against Trump, liberals point out that Trump is looking for an excuse to invoke the insurrection act. This is true. But they don't notice that he's the least popular president in history and the military has largely already made it clear that they won't be used against civilians. That risk assessment completely lacks context.
Trump could not possibly win against an insurgency because the only thing he could possibly offer to end it would be his own resignation. If Trump tried to escalate to civil war he would either lose or be removed.
More importantly, Trump compulsively escalates. He will continue to start wars because he thinks he's doing a good job and he's a hero. When he gets frustrated at some foreign enemy because he's actually completely incompetent and only able to win against incompetent and wildly unpopular opponents, he threatens war crimes.
I am familiar enough with history to fully believe that he ordered a nuclear strike last night and people said "no." Humanity has been saved multiple times by people refusing to follow orders, and you don't find out until years later. (This is also not the first story of a president dangerously deep in mental decline. Reagan lost the nuclear football.)
The longer this goes on, the greater the risk that eventually someone will actually let him do something unthinkable. But that's significantly less likely if he's trying to fight within the US border.
Just looking at things from a risk perspective, "he's going to invoke the insurrection act" is not nearly as big of a threat as democrats think it is, and it's about time they think realistically about this fact.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MechanicalBreakdown
Bustié:
🎵 W.I.L.T "Will infatuation last tonight" (demo)
#Bustié
https://anarchobodymusic.bandcamp.com/track/w-i-l-t-will-infatuation-last-tonight-demo
@Techmeme@techhub.socialxAI co-founder Tony Wu says he "resigned", following co-founder Igor Babuschkin's exit in August 2025; Wu was in charge of reasoning and reported to Elon Musk (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/another-cofound…
@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.deHey cool, flowers to myself: Starting this week, I will be Acting Professor at Ruhr-University #Bochum holding the chair of Anthropology of Knowledge.
This will be for the summer term and lots of fun, esp. in teaching controversy mapping, reading extraction, and discussing post-socialist economies.
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itMy kids have had the last week off of school and it's looking like they'll have a snow day on Monday, too.
Just slowly losing my mind over here.. (also way behind on work)
@rainerzufall_le@mastodon.social"The most powerful thing you can do in this situation doesn’t concern your attachments, or even your beliefs. It’s giving up on the idea that there is such a thing as safe territory. A kid’s book, a magic wand, even the idea of joy itself can be a tool used to club a kid back into the closet. Act accordingly."
https://
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineNot sure I agree w/this whole article, but interesting perspective. “…any systemically important market can be shut down not by force but by…withdrawal of…institutional trust layer that enables…function…mechanism is substrate-agnostic…operated in…repo market in 2008…is operating in…Strait of Hormuz in 2026…will operate again, in…different domain…next time verification costs invert transaction economics in…concentrated market structure w/o adequate government backstop.”
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialFilled my gas tank on the dog's car today, and as the sun shined down, I took the moment in. It could be the last time filling the vehicle will be possible after this week.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialBeast Industries, the entertainment conglomerate founded by MrBeast and last valued at $5.2B, acquires Step Mobile, a teen-focused banking app (Valida Pau/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/mrbeasts-beast-industries-buy-ge…
@cdarwin@c.imEverywhere you look, the news isn’t merely bad. It’s terrible.
We’ve seen numerous examples in these last 13 months of Trump’s mendacity and malevolence.
Unfortunately, a lot of Americans will never see him that way.
There are those who adore him unconditionally, but beyond these dead-enders, there are others who know he’s not a good person but aren’t all that bothered by it.
That’s hard for millions of us to accept.
But I hope to God that these people are final…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWhat the Raiders can learn from last time they paired a first-time head coach with a No. 1 overall pick QB https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/48412918/las-vegas-raiders-coach-klint-kubiak-quarterback-fernando-mendo…
@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizzaBatteries fully charged. Flashlights are ready. UPS for router and mesh system ready, only thing connected to it is the router. UPS behind TV is ready, but, that is only for the TV. Third UPS is beside me here, fully charged and ready to go. Last UPS is connected to the upstairs mesh device. Turned up the thermostat so when (not if) we lose power the house will stay warm enough for a few hours.
Still checking out the battery backup systems, but have to save enough to buy one (acc…
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@raiders@darktundra.xyzHow the Raiders Will Add by Subtracting https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-1-mistake-from-last-offseason-has-been-reconfirmed
@markhburton@mstdn.socialThis is from the last spate of conflict, last year.
The point is that a prolonged war will likely hit supply chains hard since they are reliant on diesel.
Mideast conflict turbocharges diesel prices, squeezing Europe | Reuters
https://www.reute…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe #Kreutz comet MAPS is now also in the field of view of the coronagraph CCOR-1: help yourself to the latest images at https://ccor.nrl.navy.mil/ccor_realtime/last_image_MinBckgnd.png (15 minute cadence). What SOHO's LASCO C3 and PUNCH's NFI see and what it all means I've just summarized the bottom of https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/artemis-ii-vor-dem-start-maps-vor-dem-perihel/ with the still growing thread https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/topic/118640744 as the major source - in a nutshell there is still some life in this sungrazer (25 hours til perihelion!) and no evidence that it's beginning to fall apart which it will certainly do at one point.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe Las Vegas Review-Journal stops printing the Las Vegas Sun, ending the last joint operating deal stemming from a 1970 law; the Sun vows to fight in court (Jessica Hill/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/las-vegas-review-j…
@cdarwin@c.imTop federal immigration officials answer lawmaker questions
On Capitol Hill, leaders for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
will answer questions from the House homeland security committee.
Rodney Scott, Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP),
Joseph Edlow, director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS),
and Todd Lyons, acting d…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzHow Raiders Will Make Las Vegas the Land of Opportunity https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-best-free-agent-signings-of-last-decade
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioRE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116144776295217687
Well tomorrow will be the absolutely last resort to fix that iMac Pro, trying to install macOS from thumb drive
Internet recovery is failing, possibly because the SSD isn’t partitioned right (which is hinted at that while it boots into target disk mode I don’t see any disk when connected to it).
We shall see…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzBuccaneers QB Baker Mayfield believes WR Mike Evans will return to Tampa Bay in 2026 https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-qb-baker-mayfield-believes-wr-mike-evans-will-return-to-tampa-bay-in-2026
@hex@kolektiva.socialFPS is the biggest available channel that I'm aware of to funnel Academi into ICE/CBP enforcement operations. The point of using FPS to support ICE agents is that FPS is stocked full of troops from EriK Prince's private army (now called "Academi" but formerly called "Blackwater"). This means that carrying out ethnic cleansing can dump money directly into the pockets of America's version of the Wagner Group (side from, of course GEO Group).
The Erik Prince angle also means that there can be an alternative chain of command that exists outside of official channels. ICE is already bad enough, but similar people have worked as mercenaries for a long time. Having an established chain of command over armed occupiers, one based entirely on economic incentives, one that can't be legally monitored or audited, one that's completely outside of the government, should be especially worrying.
I don't believe we've ever seen a clear explanation of who was kidnaping people off the streets, but I know that Academi had a contract (I believe with FPS) in Portland at the time. We also don't know who is on the ground in US cities right now, because they're wearing masks.
The bit reason J6 didn't go as planned is that Erik Prince wasn't behind it. Now there are troops with experience occupying American cities who can be called directly via Erik when Trump wants to make sure he doesn't lose again. And Erik won't back out at the last minute this time, because he's already seen that there will be no consequences for participating in a coup... if the time comes.
#USPol
@cdarwin@c.imThe timing of this exhibit feels resonant – and a bit ominous.
In January, news broke that Kerouac’s 37-metre-long first-draft scroll of
"On the Road" will be up for auction.
When it was last for sale in 2001, Carolyn Cassady
– Neal Cassady’s former wife
– denounced the auction as “blasphemy”, saying the scroll belonged in a library, not a private collection.
"Jack loved public libraries,” she said at the time, adding:
“If they auction…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzNo, the Cowboys will not trade for Myles Garrett https://insidethestar.com/no-the-cowboys-will-not-trade-for-myles-garrett
@servelan@newsie.social" Israel says will last 'until further notice'"
Panic buying and stockpiling in Gaza as border crossings closed after US-Israeli strikes on Iran | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/panic-buying-gaza-iran-war-border-crossing-b2930217.html
@NFL@darktundra.xyzFor Panthers' great Luke Kuechly, HOF would be 'the last checkmark of the career' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47806489/nfl-carolina-panthers-luke-kuechly-hall-fame-class-2026
@cdarwin@c.imJD Vance will visit Hungary on Tuesday
in an 11th-hour attempt to boost key MAGA ally Prime Minister Viktor Orbšn
before an all-important election on Sunday, but the U.S. vice president’s trip appears unlikely to swing an increasingly bitter race.
Trump has already issued several endorsements of Orbšn
— a Kremlin-aligned proponent of “illiberal democracy”
— but polls suggest those interventions have done little to boost the struggling prime minister,
who …
@raiders@darktundra.xyzBills Named in Mega Trade Pitch for Raiders’ Maxx Crosby https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/bills-mega-trade-pitch-maxx-crosby/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMemo: Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines Lab cofounder who rejoined OpenAI last week, will lead OpenAI's enterprise push, as part of a broader reorganization (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-names-former…
@cdarwin@c.imTexas Republican Primary:
Rep. Wesley Hunt came in distant third at 13.4%.
— That result means this bare-knuckle, mega-Texas primary will last for another 12 weeks.
Gobs more money will be spent.
And it will put a tremendous amount of pressure on the White House to get involved in the race.
https://www.memeor…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzMailbag: Should all of 2025 cap been spent? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-should-all-of-2025-cap-been-spent
@raiders@darktundra.xyzInsider Gets Blunt on Raiders’ Maxx Crosby Amid Trade Rumors https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/maxx-crosby-trade-rumors-insider/
@cdarwin@c.imA U.S. judge will meet behind closed doors with government lawyers on Friday
seeking to hammer out a process to refund up to $175 billion in illegally collected tariffs,
a meeting a court official described as a "settlement conference."
Judge Richard Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade will meet with lawyers representing the customs agency
responsible for reimbursing more than 300,000 importers that paid the tariffs, which were struck down last m…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzMailbag: Should all of 2025 cap been spent? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-should-all-of-2025-cap-been-spent
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSource: OpenAI is projecting that its revenue will exceed $280B in 2030; last month, OpenAI said its annualized revenue grew to $20B in 2025 (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-20/openai-for…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzKirk Cousins Gets Blunt About Raiders Minority Owner Tom Brady https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/kirk-cousins-gets-blunt-tom-brady/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzGM Lynch: Aiyuk has played last snap for 49ers https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47684734/gm-lynch-says-wr-brandon-aiyuk-played-last-snap-49ers
@cdarwin@c.im“Nuclear talks with the United States are scheduled to be held in Muscat on about 10am Friday,” wrote the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi.
“I’m grateful to our Omani brothers for making all necessary arrangements.”
US officials also indicated the talks in Oman will go forward.
They will take place amid a massive buildup of US naval and airpower in the region and appear to be a last chance for Tehran to avert a US strike against the country’s leadership and nuclear …
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@raiders@darktundra.xyzAidan Hutchinson Issues Blunt Message on Raiders’ Maxx Crosby https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/aidan-hutchinson-blunt-message-maxx-crosby/
@cdarwin@c.imFollowing the fatal shootings of American citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis last month,
Democrats have refused to support long-term funding for the Department of Homland Security unless Republicans agree to reforms on the tactics of federal agents carrying out Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
“The American people rightfully expect their elected representatives to take action to rein in ICE and ensure no more lives are lost,” Senate minorit…
@cdarwin@c.imWaymo
– the driver-less taxi company is about to get a $16bn cash injection to further expand its business to cities all around the world.
Smaller American metro areas like Sacramento and Nashville are next up to get Waymo service,
as are global capitals like London and Tokyo.
Fleets of robotaxis are seeming more and more inevitable.
It all can start to feel rather nihilistic.
Last year, the CEO of Waymo told a live audience that society will accept a …
@cdarwin@c.imDemocratic senator Chris Van Hollen, viewed as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, will unveil a plan that he says would ensure roughly half of all U.S. workers pay no federal income taxes.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is expected to release the measure next week as Democratic lawmakers search for a sharp economic message to counter last year’s Republican tax law.
Under Van Hollen’s proposal, workers making at or below a “living wage”
— $46,000 for taxpayers filin…
@cdarwin@c.imMost congressional Republicans on Saturday praised the coordinated U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran -- arguing that war was Donald Trump’s last resort to halt the Middle East nation’s nuclear ambitions after months of failed diplomatic efforts.
But Democrats, along with Rep. Thomas #Massie and Sen. Rand #Paul, both Kentu…
@cdarwin@c.im @cdarwin@c.imLast September, the Trump administration imposed a $100,000 fee on new H-1B applicants,
stirring confusion around the program.
Then in late February, another hurdle was introduced:
The Department of Homeland Security turned this game of chance into one that prioritizes higher salaries.
Now, if there are more H-1B applicants than spots available, U.S.C.I.S. will conduct a weighted lottery system based on new criteria:
wage levels that are calculated with governme…
@cdarwin@c.imAccording to reporting by Bloomberg, about half of the data centers slated to open in the US in 2026 will either face delays or outright cancellations.
The publication interviewed analysts at market intelligence company Sightline Climate, which in research first flagged by Ed Zitron last week noted that 12 gigawatts worth of power-consuming data centers are set to open in the US this year.
But here’s the catch:
they say only a third of those are actually under construction r…
@cdarwin@c.imJudge Aileen Cannon permanently bared DoJ from releasing Jack Smith's report on Trump documents
Advocacy groups will likely try to consolidate all the issues into one appellate case.
So far, they’ve collectively raised 1st Amendment and common law right of access claims, as well as Freedom of Information Act-related claims.
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@cdarwin@c.imThe only border crossing that connects Gaza with Egypt
⭐️has opened for the first time in almost a year.
✅The step throws a lifeline to Palestinians who want to leave for medical care or return to homes and families after two years of war.
The passage, near the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza,
was seized by Israeli soldiers in May 2024
and had been mostly closed since then,
other than for a brief time during a temporary cease-fire last winter.
A long…
@cdarwin@c.imA U.S. district judge in Oregon said he will vacate a declaration made late last year by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
that asserted gender-affirming care for young trans people does not meet medical standards of care.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/judge-…
@cdarwin@c.imThousands of immigrants who are lawfully in California are set to lose their food assistance benefits, known as CalFresh, starting this month.
The new restrictions stem from H.R. 1
— also known as the “Big Beautiful Bill”
— that Congress passed last year.
The changes remove eligibility for certain noncitizens,
including people with refugee status and victims of trafficking.
It also applies to immigrants from Iraq and Afghanistan who have special immigrant …
