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Netatmo heizt jetzt mit Matter
Netatmo erneuert Klassiker für Heizen und Videoüberwachung: Die Thermostate für Wand und Heizkörper sprechen Matter, die Outdoor-Kamera filmt in 2K und HDR.
https://www.heise.de/n…

Hue-Lampen mit Matter direkt in Apple Home einbindbar – aber nicht alle
Die beliebten smarten Lampen von Philips sind bekannt dafür, für HomeKit die Hue-Bridge zu benötigen. Das gilt aber nicht mehr für neuere Modelle.

Judge warns revival of suit against Black Lives Matter organizer 'imperils' First Amendment (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/judge-warns-revival-suit-black-lives-matter-organizer-imperils-first-a-rcna264347
http://www.memeorandum.com/260320/p76#a260320p76

@ZhiZhu
"Our senators
—particularly those who profess support for the #military and reverence for alliances
—must all say, clearly and publicly, that treaties matter,
that allies matter,
and that American power is strengthened,
not weakened,
by restraint and respect for #law.&qu…

Sam Altman says currently "the idea of putting data centers in space is ridiculous" and that it is "not something that's going to matter at scale this decade" (Lauren Edmonds/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman

Sam Altman says Elon Musk's idea of putting data centers in space is 'ridiculous'
While in New Delhi on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said "there will come a time" for orbital data centers, but it won't be anytime soon.

I’m still calling my Senators and telling them not to vote in support of the guy who called Alex Pretti a terrorist. No matter how extravagantly he apologizes. After something like that, you just leave public life.

Size Doesn't Matter But This Does by Liz Plank
#feminism

Sources: OpenAI begins offering its chatbot ads to dozens of advertisers, initially charging per ad view, not per ad click, and asks them for <$1M commitments (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-lines-adver…

OpenAI Lines Up Advertisers, Reveals Key Details Ahead of Ads Launch
OpenAI has started offering its new chatbot ads to dozens of advertisers, according to two people familiar with the matter. To start off, the company is charging on the basis of ad views as opposed to per-ad clicks that are typical at large sellers of search ads like Google and Amazon, the ...

This seems pretty accurate #agenticAI

In honor of Yoko Tarō and his nice taste in the matter I’ll be looking at screenshots of game character butts all night. Thank you for your attention in this matter
#nier

The Fin
A weekly podcast from The Australian Financial Review that examines the biggest stories in business, markets and politics, and why they matter, explained by the best financial journalists in the country...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-fi

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nemeciii/115928748530883810
We (Americans) are in for a world of hurt, no matter what happens.

learn 👇
https://archive.org/details/0-kathara-pics-all-3814-pages/0KATHARA PICS ALL 3814 PAGES/page/n989/mode/2up

One more thought...
One of the more toxic elements of the whole "manosphere" thing relative to dating is the application of game theory to relationships. They've got people trying to "maximize their dating potential" or whatever, trying to find the "most attractive march" (which is it's own fucked up thing I'm not even going to dig in to). But that whole mindset is basically going to always leave you miserable.
Oh, you're single? You need a partner. Oh you have a partner? Could you get a "better" one?
It turns relationships into the endless pointless grind of capitalism. Fuck that. None of that shit makes sense. No matter how "well" you do in that game, you always feel like a loser. Everyone does. Fuck that game. Quit.
The constant desire makes you miserable and your misery makes you unlikable. When you let go of it, you leave room to experience what is instead of constantly imagining what could be.
You will always be able to imagine a better "could be" than what is now. By comparing your situation now to that "could be" you will always see your situation as bad because it's worse than your yardstick.
Is your situation good for you? Is it serving you? It can be good and it can also be possible to make it better. When was the last time you just experience your life instead of trying to strategize your way into "something better."
Throw away the yardstick. Something something Buddha.
Edit: all this is of course aside from the whole objectification thing, which is it's own whole set of fucked up. But yeah... All that shit is real bad news.

To review, I am not going quite so far as to saying the thing is “entirely without use”. I am saying:
* There’s a lot of FOMO around LLMs.
* There are money-men heavily invested in you using them *no matter* their efficacy.
* The ethics are… not good IMO.
* Building software is a lot more than writing code that “technically works”.
* There are definitely at least *some* times where doing it yourself is faster.
* I’m fucking tired okay.

I scares me to think that some who thinks he's been teleported is in a senior post involving emergency response.
No matter what the truth is, all of options I can think of make him an unreliable resource that in a position where senior staff need to be immediately present.
Top US Fema official claims to have teleported to a Waffle House before | Trump administration | The Guardian

I scares me to think that some who thinks he's been teleported is in a senior post involving emergency response.
No matter what the truth is, all of options I can think of make him an unreliable resource that in a position where senior staff need to be immediately present.
Top US Fema official claims to have teleported to a Waffle House before | Trump administration | The Guardian

Why the Baltic Sea still chokes after decades of nutrient controls #BalticSea

Why the Baltic Sea still chokes after decades of nutrient controls
The Baltic Sea has been under pressure for decades: Although phosphorus and nitrogen river loads, the main cause for its eutrophication, have been significantly reduced, adverse effects such as algal blooms and oxygen depletion still massively occur, leading to further ecological problems. Scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) have now published a comprehensive review showing how nutrient pollution, internal matter cycles and global warming interact, ther…

It is curious how quiet Vance and Rubio are on the Greenland matter.
Not that I would expect them to publicly counter Trumps incoherent rantings but strange that they are not (as far as I am aware) loudly supporting Trumps message. Bessent seems to be more vocal about it.
An optimist would think that perhaps something is going on to remove Trump.
#uspol

We need our military leaders to show their moral courage | Cognoscenti https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/01/20/minneapolis-ice-insurrection-act-trump-amerian-soldiers-andrew-carleen?linkId=900232191 …

We need our military leaders to show their moral courage
"It seems it’s only a matter of time before U.S. soldiers are deployed against the American people," writes Navy veteran Andrew Carleen. "When that moment comes, I wonder what kind of moral courage will we see from uniformed leadership?"

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Nina Simone:
🎵 Mississippi Goddam
#NinaSimone
https://moochinaboutltd.bandcamp.com/track/black-lives-matter-speech-mississippi-goddam-part-i
https://open.spotify.com/track/175Ef68hYgpfcm6zeKCH0L

I think with this submission from @… we can consider this matter resolved https://indieweb.social/@sstephenson/116098273597530810

Sources: OpenAI begins offering its chatbot ads to dozens of advertisers, initially charging per ad view, not per ad click, and asks them for <$1M commitments (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-lines-adver…

OpenAI Lines Up Advertisers, Reveals Key Details Ahead of Ads Launch
OpenAI has started offering its new chatbot ads to dozens of advertisers, according to two people familiar with the matter. To start off, the company is charging on the basis of ad views as opposed to per-ad clicks that are typical at large sellers of search ads like Google and Amazon, the ...

Open Market: Cowboys have plethora of dynamic LB options in free agency https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/open-market-cowboys-have-plethora-of-dynamic-lb-options-in-free-agency

All this "former Prince" stuff out of the UK doesn't sit right with me. The royals, in theory, are royal dei gratia. If something other than an act of God can cause one to lose that title, then it undermines the legitimacy of all their claims. I think they should pick one: either try and presumably imprison a Prince for his crimes, or dissolve the monarchy.
(Of course, in reality, the rules are made up and the points don't matter, but I will continue to advocate for l…

In this flurry of news, don’t sleep on this: even though Trump is still trying to hide the fact that he’s a serial rapist and pedophile, he is an absolutely public and unabashed racist, no matter how bright the spotlight.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/21/trumps-davos-speech-stephen-miller-white-identity-politics

In 1967, physicist Andrei Sakharov proposed a set of conditions that must be satisfied to explain the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe,
including violation of the combined charge conjugation and parity (CP) symmetry.
CP symmetry was once thought to be universally conserved,
until this view was overturned in 1964 with the discovery of CP violation in the decay of neutral kaons.
This landmark result later earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1…

Nobel Prize in Physics 1980
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1980 was awarded jointly to James Watson Cronin and Val Logsdon Fitch "for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons"

Like the Moon on Water — #substack

Like the Moon on Water: Rethinking Heroism in an Age of Noise
Real heroism isn’t thunderous—it’s quiet, practiced, and often unseen. How stories train us for empathy, courage, and the moments that truly matter.

Long ago I decided subbed or dubbed doesn''t matter much because I often forget which one I was watching after the fact and end up switching back and forth.
#anime

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
Tyler Ballgame:
🎵 Matter of Taste
#TylerBallgame
https://tylerballgame.bandcamp.com/track/matter-of-taste
https://open.spotify.com/track/54t1dWYSvY6XaBdFdhV20C

black lives matter crowd cares about renee good
“all lives matter” people justify her killing
Very interesting

Tipp: Matter-Zubehör ohne QR-Code in HomeKit einbinden
HomeKit-Zubehör kommt stets mit einem QR-Code zum schnellen Scannen. Bei Matter-Geräten ist das nicht immer der Fall. So geht es trotzdem.
https://www.

☝🏻 "If you keep running in circles, the speed doesn't matter.” — Karin Janke

After the whole Adam Something "dating advice for leftist men" thing, I realized I should probably write something about that. I didn't, but I realized I should. Here I am sort of getting around to it.
I had a friend call me an "elder" at one point. I was like 35 at that time, but like... a lot of old leftists are just dead or in prison, so we take what we can get I guess. Being also an elder in the sense that I'm an elder millennial, who is also a parent and married for almost 10 years and all that, I guess I'm technically qualified.
So here it is, dating advice for (straight cis) leftist men:
1. Don't.
That's it, actually. That's the whole thing. Let me explain a bit.
First of all, this is dating advice for neuroatypical folks. We're way overrepresented in both extremes because this system wasn't built for us. And that's who is *the most* confused by all the relationship stuff, and most likely to try to apply all this masculinity/manosphere bullshit. I'm also talking a bit from experience here, as a neruo-spicy trying to "figure out" how to date within a paradigm entirely built around neurotypicals and their relationships. It's garbage. Throw it out. There's nothing worth saving.
His video had some line comparing not having sex to your house being on fire. I'm not gonna bother to quote it because I'm busy with actual life. But like, that's exactly what I'm talking about. I recognize that and it's horribly destructive. Men who buy in to patriarchy actually believe this, because those men value themselves based on (hetro) sex. Yeah, if you think you're worthless because you aren't "getting laid" then yeah, you're gonna feel like that's an emergency.
"Dating" as a paradigm turns humans into roles. It dehumanizes us all, and thus makes human connection much harder. It is a game that, like thermonuclear war, can only be won by not playing.
When you abandon "dating" and just act like a human, everything starts to be easier. There's no such thing as being "friend zoned" because you're just friends. Sometimes friendships become other things, sometimes they don't. It doesn't actually matter, because if you're actually there for friendship then you don't *need* anything else.
My grandma, at 98 I think, gave me some advice. My grandparents always got along well, and were married for enough decades that I listened really closely. She told me I should just do things I loved to do and everything else would work itself out.
And it kind of did.
I understand the fear, the idea that you'll die alone. I get that. I get the loneliness. It all hits a lot harder when you have ADHD emotions and past trauma. I get that. But that fear is self-manifesting. When you build your confidence, when you don't *need* to be "in a relationship," you have more room to actually build relationships. For me, dating was dehumanizing. When I abandoned that, I was able to actually be a good partner, and I was able to find my partner.
I would advise against marriage as well, but we did get married for legal reasons. It can still be hard to maintain that, to see each other as people rather than roles. That becomes extra hard as parents. But the times that we cut through that are the times we're closest. Those are the times when it becomes easier to remember that we're both humans and all human relationships need tending.
Roles don't need to be tended because they are classifications. Classifications are static. But relationships between humans are not. Humans are messy and chaotic. Humans have all kinds of complex needs and desires.
So yeah, don't date. Just be a human and see what happens. Maybe google "relationship anarchy" and see where it takes you.
If you have ADHD, it can be especially useful to understand that relationships with neurotypical folks can be especially difficult. Assume you're incompatible with 90% of the population as your baseline, and you'll start to understand why the standard "dating" thing has made you feel so alienated and miserable.
Neurotypical folks generally have no idea that atypicality exists, much less how it impacts relationships. Having to conform to a neurotypical relationship just adds additional mental strain unless you find someone (really special) who can do at least some of the work.
The ADHD thing was especially important for me. There were so many things I was told to do in specific ways by neurotypicals that never worked for me. Their advice always made me feel like a failure. When I was finally diagnosed, I realized they were just giving advice for the wrong type of brain. It was advice I could never use. Basically all dating advice I ever got fell into this same category.
That's my braindump. Maybe I'll develop it more in the future, but I'm busy so maybe not. I hope it helps someone who is struggling like I was.

Kind request for every US citizen to pay $600 for Trump's illegal war in the Middle East, on top of the price increases it causes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/18/iran-cost-budget-pentagon/

Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
That figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said.

Will Colts, Daniel Jones run it back in 2026? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47624055/indianapolis-colts-daniel-jones-2026-outlook

The Pentagon plans to cut its participation in elements of NATO’s force structure
and a range of the alliance’s advisory groups,
-- the latest sign of the Trump administration’s drive to scale back the U.S. military presence in Europe,
according to multiple officials familiar with the matter.

The impending move will affect about 200 military personnel
and diminish U.S. involvement in nearly 30 NATO organizations,
including its "Centers of Excellence&…

Pentagon moves to cut U.S. participation in some NATO advisory groups
The planned exit marks the Trump administration’s latest move to scale back Washington’s military investment in Europe’s defense.

“What’s the Matter with Description? Form, Practice, and Material Culture” https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/15/“what’s-the-matter-with-description-form-practice-and…

RE: https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/116109430224379547
A fun thing to think about: Where are all the Singularity people with solar?
There’s this whole pseudoscientific subculture organized around the one epistemological premise of “lines that go up will go up forever,” when in reality trends change and curves level off. And now here’s this one thing where people keep stubbornly predicting that it will level off and in fact the line (on a log scale) •has• kept going up far more consistently than predicted…. So why aren’t all the Effective Altruism people saying stuff like “In the future solar cells will save trillions of lives, so it doesn’t matter how many oil executives we kill in the present?”

@… @… I agree, consider this matter resolved

Open Market: Cowboys have plethora of dynamic LB options in free agency https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/open-market-cowboys-have-plethora-of-dynamic-lb-options-in-free-agency

> Our conclusion is clear: AI is promising for quality assurance and marker training, but for the moment it’s nowhere near ready to take over high stakes marking.
https://ofqual.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/14/using-ai-in-mar…

Using AI in marking: why technical capability, fairness, and transparency all matter
Ofqual has published new research exploring artificial intelligence’s potential role in marking, as well as its current capabilities and constraints. Rather than providing definitive answers, the published working paper offers an overview of the topic, shares our current thinking, highlights …

I wouldn't normally post a link to LinkedIn, but this is an important republished piece on AMOC collapse from Johan Rockström.
Climate risk becomes a matter of security
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/climate-risk-becomes-matter-sec…

Climate risk becomes a matter of security
The destabilisation of the #AMOC is no longer a distant scenario - it’s a national and global security risk. Iceland’s Climate Minister Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson and I outline actions to tackle this threat in this article first published in Dagens Nyheter and Vísir.

Raiders, Tom Brady experience Fernando Mendoza's magic before No. 1 NFL Draft pick https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/raiders-tom-brady-fernando-mendoza-1-nfl-draft-pick/d9abd526ee10…

EPA Repeals Regulations for Mercury and Toxic Air Pollutants From Power Plants
Environmental and health groups said the change will make people sicker and supports a dying industry
https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/02/epa-rep…

EPA repeals Biden-era coal rules aimed at limiting brain-harming pollution
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) repealed Biden-era regulations that forced power plants to cut harmful pollutants including brain-damaging mercury and particulate matter, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced on Friday.

Do Laws Matter to Conservatives?  - The Hustings #USPolitics

Internal memo: Axios lays off 11 newsroom staffers but says it is "continuing to hire and grow" as it focuses on "subject matter experts and local expansion" (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/axios-l…

Axios Lays Off 11 Newsroom Staffers
Axios laid off 11 newsroom staffers on Tuesday, the latest cuts at the news outlet as it pivots to seeking “subject matter experts.”

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheMorningAfterMix
Depeche Mode:
🎵 It Doesn't Matter
#DepecheMode
https://einsendremixes.bandcamp.com/album/depeche-mode-it-doesnt-matter-two-einsend-remixes-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/10S0mI7SkDUWQlcvjJgSVf

reminder that no matter how funny that translator may be, generative AI is still awful and immoral and Kagi kinda sucks balls too[1]. thank you for your attention
1. https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html

I think it’s good actually to detangle yourself from nostalgia traps, doesn’t matter if it’s Star Trek or Star Wars or Harry Potter.
https://aftermath.site/star-trek-skydance-trump-paramount-ellison/

The English in this article is so poor, there are several paragraphs I had to read several times to get any sense out of them. AI or the four(!) reporters named? Interesting topic, but nothing much added in this piece.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/13/politic…

Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome
The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting spies, diplomats and troops that are colloquially known as Havana Syndrome, according to four sources briefed on the matter.

Just finished "How I Made It to Eighteen" by Tracy White. It's a graphic novel with relatively simple art, but that ends up suiting the subject matter well: it's an autobiography focused on a stay in a mental hospital dealing with depression and bulimia.
It doesn't get as deep into mental hospital mechanics as I might have liked, instead focusing on the author's life, but in presenting both her own life, some flashbacks, and some perspectives from her friends, it's quite interesting. As is typical of real life, there's no neat resolutions to the various threads of interest because they're not imaginary plot lines constructed to wrap up neatly but instead are events that actually happened.
In any case as is par for autobiographical graphic novels, it was super interesting.
#AmReading #ReadingNow

Arm Angles in American Sign Language: The Textbook That Teaches What Other Textbooks Ignore
Watch any native signer and then watch an intermediate student. The difference is not in the handshapes. It is not in the facial expressions, though those matter. The difference lives in the arms. The native signer's shoulders engage when emphasis requires it. The elbows extend and contract with meaning. The signing space expands for formal address and contracts for intimacy.…

Arm Angles in American Sign Language: The Textbook That Teaches What Other Textbooks Ignore | David Boles, Blogs
Watch any native signer and then watch an intermediate student. The difference is not in the handshapes. It is not in the facial expressions, though those matter. The difference lives in the arms. …

The dynamics of S-stars and G-sources orbiting a supermassive compact object made of fermionic #DarkMatter: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/546/1/staf1854/8431112?login=false -> 'Dark matter, not a black hole, could power Milky Way's heart': https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/dark-matter-not-black-hole-could-power-milky-ways-heart

Does Evidence Even Matter?
"Velocity has replaced authority in media."
https://om.co/2026/01/26/does-evidence-even-matter/

Sources: the White House plans to unveil a federal AI framework on Friday covering preemption of state laws, child safety, communities, creators, and censorship (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/white-house-rollout-ai-framework

White House eyes Friday rollout for AI framework
The White House is expected to send Congress its ideas for regulating AI on Friday, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.

Android-Handy TCL Nxtpaper 70 Pro: Matter Bildschirm wird flimmerfrei
TCLs Nxtpaper-Mobiltelefone können E-Ink nachahmen und SD-Karten aufnehmen. Das neue 70 Pro ist zudem flimmerfrei, rechnet aber langsamer.

Trump threatens Iran with further attacks if Hormuz does not reopen within 48 hours
Donald Trump has posted this on Truth Social in the past few minutes:
“If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time,
the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

Alt Text:
“Sarah J. Jackson
@sjjphd.bsky.social
“Someone has sure already made this
observation but the fact they can
convert all those empty warehouses into
prison camps means they could have
converted them into housing,
community centers, job training centers
or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It's
always a matter of will not resources.”

Victator (@vicfroh@mastodon.social)
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I reinstalled MX Linux on my father's mini PC because because it wouldn't connect to the Internet or the local network. After half an hour of scratching my head, I still didn't know why.
After reinstalling and configuring everything (network printer, email, accounts for various websites, etc.), I realized that the IP address I had assigned to it was already taken.
It doesn't matter how much you know about system or network administration if you're a complete m…

Location is everything, except when it’s the Cowboys DC Matt Eberflus https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/21/location-dallas-cowboys-dc-matt-eberflus/87874865007/

In einer kleinen Studie wurden #Mikroplastik-Partikel in den Plazenten von drei trächtigen #Katzen und in Föten von zwei Tieren nachgewiesen.
Insgesamt fanden Forschende 19 verschiedene #Kunststoffarten

Detection of microplastics in the feline placenta and fetus
The present study aimed to detect microplastics in feline placentas and fetuses in the early stage of pregnancy. For this study, 8 pregnant queens were evaluated. A standardized protocol for the digestion of biological matter was used, as well as a plastic-free approach for sample collection and manipulation. Microplastics were investigated by means of Raman spectroscopy, with the aim of identifying their composition. Four of eight animals were contaminated, with a total of 19 microplastics det…

You don't need AI to summarize that thing you need to read for you. No matter how long it is, you'll have plenty of time to get through it during the commercial breaks of whatever North American sports broadcast you watch next.

Does international law still matter? The strike on the girls’ school in Iran shows why we need it.
Article 52 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions stipulates that “Attacks shall be limited strictly to military objectives.”
The United States of America signed this protocol (in 1977) but has not ratified it. Israel is not a party to it.

One for @…
I'm planning a visit in the near future
https://region.com.au/this-must-try-ba

This must-try Bánh Mì in Greenway is worth the drive - no matter where you're coming from | Region Canberra
There’s not much that can entice me onto the endless roundabouts of Isabella Drive, but the promise of a cracking…

If you're using an LLM to generate passwords, STOP. For one, your chat logs are a matter of record and are open to people within the company! For another, LLMs aren't smart and don't know what they're doing, so that password isn't guaranteed to be any good. Just use apg or something

“What’s the Matter with Description? Form, Practice, and Material Culture” https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/15/“what’s-the-matter-with-description-form-practice-and…

No matter who you are, some scholar can show you the great idea you had
was had by someone before you.

I'm running for reelection because experience and independence matter for Maine (Susan Collins/Bangor Daily News)
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/02/10/opinion/opinion-contributor/susan-collins-reelection-experience-independence-matter/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p70#a260210p70

The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently serves as a pastor.
A livestreamed video posted on the Facebook page of Black Lives Matter Minnesota -- one of the protest’s organizers -- shows a group of people interrupting services at the Cities Church in St. Paul by chanting
“ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Good.”

DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor
The U.S. Department of Justice says it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently serves as a pastor. A livestreamed video posted on the Facebook page of Black Lives Matter Minnesota shows a group of people interrupting services at the Cities Church in St. Paul by chanting “ICE out.” The protesters allege that one of the church’s pastors also leads the local ICE fiel…

@… doesn’t matter how you create/generate the code, you’re still responsible for it!

Sources: Meta has revived a previously shelved smartwatch project, now code-named Malibu 2, and plans to release it in 2026 with health features and Meta AI (Jyoti Mann/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-revives-plan-smart-…

Meta Revives Plan for Smart Watch, Targets 2026 Launch
Meta Platforms plans to release its first smartwatch in 2026, according to two people familiar with the matter. Meta’s plans come as other big tech companies, including Apple, OpenAI and Google, are stepping up their plans for new consumer devices. The company has revived a previously shelved ...

What metrics actually matter at the NFL Scouting Combine? I looked at the data https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7073861/2026/02/26/nfl-combine-what-metrics-matter/

We need to start contemplating this. It’s not easy to picture; if it is easy, you’re doing it wrong. But we need to do it. We need to imagine this while we still have the capacity to imagine.
We need to make sure that there is, somewhere in this authoritarian noise, a red line whose crossing actually matters because we •make• it matter.
If enough people know where their red line is, and if enough people are prepared to take action if the regime crosses it, well, •that• helps Minnesota — and the whole world.
/end

Las Vegas Raiders star Ashton Jeanty praises wife for being there 'no matter what' https://www.sportingnews.com/us/culture/entertainment/news/las-vegas-raiders-star-ashton-jeant…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Tyler Ballgame:
🎵 Matter of Taste
#TylerBallgame
https://tylerballgame.bandcamp.com/track/matter-of-taste
https://open.spotify.com/track/54t1dWYSvY6XaBdFdhV20C

Rather than intending to face and atone for that history, we intend to bear down on that ideology and that belief system -- no matter how strongly and clearly Dr. King warned us of the misery we bring on ourselves and everyone else by behaving this way
https://mastoreader.io/?url=https:%…

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Ikea setzt mit seinen neuen Smart-Home-Geräten wie „Dirigera“ und „Kajplats“ auf neue Technik. Wir helfen Neueinsteigern und Wechslern vom „Trådfri“-System.

Facts •do• matter. The thing is, vibes matter too.
This thread was prompted by this story (ht @… and @…), which is •so• tantalizing and so aligned with what I •want• to be true that all my skepticism alarm bells are going off:
https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2675132346/
If if we’re holding a trial or writing a history, well…I’ll wait for the dust to settle, expecting this not to hold up. Facts matter. But — no, not “but”…AND…
5/

Seahawks demand everyone's attention with drubbing of 49ers: 'Showing our talents off' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6980206/2026/01/18/seahawks-49ers-playoffs-defense-sam-darnold/

Raiders in 2026: Does the strength of schedule matter? https://raiderramble.com/2026/02/01/raiders-in-2026-does-the-strength-of-schedule-matter/

Spagnola: No matter what, tag sweet for Pickens https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/spagnola-no-matter-what-tag-sweet-for-pickens

The people who actually decide elections aren’t in the base
— and they’re turning.
Political independents and soft partisans — voters Trump converted in 2024 to beat Harris — are more loosely attached to Trump and support his policies less.
When political conditions deteriorate for the GOP, it’s these voters who are the first to leave.
What MAGA elites think might matter to other elites (people who have dinner with Steve Bannon),
-- but when it comes to electi…

Forget the "MAGA split" on Iran. It's the independents and soft partisans that matter.
Plus, most "moderates" favor left-wing economic policies. Your weekly political data roundup for March 15, 2026.

Size doesn't matter to Cowboys among 5 takeaways from 1st week of FA https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/03/16/new-cowboys-dc-christian-parker-in-total-control-1-o…

Five head-to-head matchups that could impact the Super Bowl https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47809043/super-bowl-lx-2026-seahawks-patriots-player-matchups-matter-solak

Trump's administration is considering deploying ⚠️thousands of U.S. troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East,
as the U.S. military prepares for possible next steps in its campaign against Iran,
said a U.S. official and three people familiar with the matter.
The deployments would provide Trump with additional options as he weighs expanding U.S. operations,
with the Iran war well into its first month.
Those options include securing safe passage for…

Thinking Machines parts ways with CTO Barret Zoph, with Soumith Chintala taking over the role; sources say the termination is due to "unethical conduct" (Kylie Robison/@kyliebytes)
https://x.com/kyliebytes/status/2011572331798548899

Kylie Robison (@kyliebytes) on X
BREAKING: Thinking Machines has terminated its CTO, Barret Zoph, due to unethical conduct according to two sources familiar with the matter. CEO Mira Murati announced the news at an all-hands with employees today. Soumith Chintala will be taking over as CTO.

Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
In an enormous new ask that is almost certain to run into resistance from lawmakers opposed to the Iran conflict,
The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a more than
$200 billion request to Congress
to fund the war in Iran,
according to a senior administration official,

That number would far surpass the costs of the administration’s massive airstrike campaign to date
and …

Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
That figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said.

Facts didn’t build this collective delusion, and facts won’t puncture it.
So yeah, I’m trying to stay diligent about facts where facts matter. I’m trying to stay clear in my own head about what we •know• with high confidence as distinct from what merely seems •likely•.
And I’m also studying — with careful attention, as a serious matter — what popular imagination is doing to the “100% vibes” foundation of Trumpism. Popular imagination. Not the facts. The vibes.
/end

The birthright citizenship IS an easy case.
That’s the point.
That’s the flex.
“No matter what rights you think you have, no matter how universally acknowledged you think they are,
no matter how central to American values those rights are,
WE decide whether or not you have those rights”……
https://

Bulging Bloodshot Eyes of Popehat (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
The birthright citizenship IS an easy case. That’s the point. That’s the flex. “No matter what rights you think you have, no matter how universally acknowledged you think they are, no matter how central to American values those rights are, WE decide whether or not you have those rights”…… /1 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Murder is not a crime of violence as a matter of federal law, a Brooklyn judge has ruled
— as he dismissed two charges in a possible death penalty case against a terrorism suspect.
Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Brian Cogan made the head-scratcher of a pre-trial rulingFeb. 6 in an international terrorism case
where the suspect is accused of planning a brutal November 2015 assault rifle and grenade attack on a hotel in Mali that killed 20 people, including a U.S. citizen.

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes,
the DNA blueprint for these cells is essentially the same.
Where do those differences come from?
Scientists are realizing the defining qualities that make up each cell actually lie in a cousin of DNA called RNA.
RNA was long considered DNA’s boring biochemical relative.
Researchers thought it merely takes the genetic information stored in DNA and delivers i…

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease
Researchers are embarking on the RNA equivalent of the Human Genome Project, including sequencing all the chemical modifications that make cells unique.

The Europeans have very little intention of getting dragged into a war,
which they didn't participate in deciding,
which they weren't consulted on,
and for which they don't see that deploying warships to the Strait of Hormuz would actually make any difference.
The truth of the matter is that Iran is exploiting its asymmetric advantages.
And so deploying further ships on the straits would make no difference.
What would make a difference is for t…

Middle East experts discuss Trump's pressure on NATO to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Iran is still blocking the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump is now demanding that NATO allies act to help reopen it. For two views on this and the war, Amna Nawaz spoke with retired Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan and Nathalie Tocci. Donegan is the former commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet and is now at the Middle East Institute. Tocci is Professor of Practice at Johns Hopkins SAIS Europe.

A foreign hacker compromised files relating to the FBI’s investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
during a break-in at the bureau’s New York Field Office three years ago,
according to a source familiar with the matter and recently published Justice Department documents reviewed by Reuters.
The details of who accessed a server at the FBI’s New York Field Office, ‌including the allegation that a foreign hacker was involved, are being reported here for the first …

Exclusive: Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files held by FBI, source and documents show
A foreign hacker compromised files relating to the FBI’s investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a break-in at the bureau’s New York Field Office three years ago, according to ​a source familiar with the matter and recently published Justice Department documents reviewed by Reuters.

As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the 10-day-old war with Iran,
two people familiar with the matter told ‌Reuters on Tuesday.
The casualty figure has not been previously reported.
Prior to Reuters' publication of the figure, the Pentagon had only disclosed eight U.S. personnel seriously injured.

Exclusive: As many as 150 US troops wounded so far in Iran war, sources say
As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the 10-day-old ​war with Iran, two people familiar with the matter told ‌Reuters on Tuesday.

A grand jury in Washington
refused Tuesday to indict Democratic lawmakers
in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,”
according to a person familiar with the matter.
The Justice Department opened an investigation into the video
featuring Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin and four other Democratic lawmakers
urging U.S. service members to follow established military protocols
and reject …

Grand jury refuses to indict lawmakers over military orders video
A grand jury in Washington has refused to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” according to a person familiar with the matter. The Justice Department opened an investigation into the video featuring Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin and four other Democratic lawmakers urging U.S. service members to follow established military protocols and reject orders they believe to be unlawful. All the l…

It would take a small pickup for Democrats to gain control of the House, where they hold four fewer seats than Republicans, with three vacancies.
Winning back the Senate is a bigger lift; they would have to gain four seats, and this year’s map has them mostly playing defense of the ones they hold.


Given how many districts and states are safely in the hands of one party or the other,
the vast majority of congressional races will effectively be over when a primary win…

Analysis | Primary season has arrived. Why these races matter so much in 2026.
A 21st-century-record number of seats are opening, and races will be raucous and crowded, reflecting both parties’ ideological, stylistic and generational tensions.

The Gulf countries are in a no-win situation,
stuck between a belligerent Israel that has no qualms about using violence to achieve its strategic aims
and a desperate Iran lashing out against U.S. allies in the region as it tries to survive.
"No matter which side prevails, Gulf states have realized how vulnerable they are despite U.S. security guarantees.
“In either scenario, I don’t think that the Gulf states will be happy with the outcome,”
says Kareem …

“The Gulf Fears Whoever Wins This War”: U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Could Destabilize Entire Region
We speak with Kareem Shaheen, Middle East editor at New Lines Magazine, about the regional response to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. He says the Gulf countries are in a no-win situation, stuck between a belligerent Israel that has no qualms about using violence to achieve its strategic aims and a desperate Iran lashing out against U.S. allies in the region as it tries to survive. He says that no matter which side prevails, Gulf states have realized how vulnerable they are despite U.S. secu…

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116076735879153160
Opposition, solidarity and resistance matter more each day.
Building trust and deeper perspective from the bottom up,
in seemingly small ways, matters, as is, for example,
happening with the Peace Walk b…